Erich felt his heart bleed as he stood there with Erika wrapped around his back. He had lost everything twice now. And though the universe kept giving him more to live for, he feared that it would only be taken away from him again.
As much as Erika's embrace helped the man deal with some of his internal turmoil, it only further increased his anxiety. If he dared to become close with his new wife, would she too die an untimely death?
It was times like this that Erich needed a battle buddy to vent his dark thoughts to, but they were all dead. Every comrade he had ever made perished in the war with the Naraku, and none of them were coming back. He alone had that privilege.
