I want you to need me.

I'm so sorry if it looks like I don't care. I'm just protecting myself from pain. The pain of the dreadful truth I might hear from you. I'm just protecting you from being guilty upon inflicting me pain through the words that you might say. I'm trying to show you I'm already okay though I'm really not. I don't want you to stay just because you feel guilty or sorry about me. I want you to stay because you need me. I want you to stay because you can't live without me.

I want you to need me.

I love you.