"Just imagining what she went through that time, tore me apart. She was all alone. And if I haven't asked for King's help, I wouldn't have known what even happened to her!"

"Adam even with King's help, you weren't able to find her. If he can't do it, then no one else can. You wasted ten years of your life hung up on her! Why can't you just move on and get over her?! Forget her already! I've lost count on how many times you broke your heart trying to find her! Give up!" Hardin forcefully yanked Adam's hands away from him.

The suddenness of Hardin's action caught Adam off guard, causing him to fall onto his b.u.t.t. Some of the b.u.t.tons on Hardin's s.h.i.+rt fell.

"Bro, have you ever fall in love?" Adam tried to get up only to fall back onto his knees.

"Never and I don't plan to for the rest of my life. Will you just give up already?" swore Hardin as he straightened and fixed his collar.

"Give up? How could I give up my 'life'? In all this years, I never stopped loving her. You don't know how it feels to be dead when you're wide awake. I only felt alive when I see her beside me in my dreams" Adam slowly stood and approached Hardin.

"Do you know what hurts me the most? I did everything that we both planned to do after graduating. I went to the university we planned to study in. I pursued to be a doctor because it was both our dream. I underwent training to our dream hospital. And now I'm working in that hospital. I did everything. Even those places she always wanted to go to, I visited all of them. And you know what's funny Hardin? I did everything in our plans but the only thing that was missing was her" Adam brushed his hair in disarray with his fingers.

"I am sorry Hardin, I must have had a lot of drinks tonight. It was awful of me to leave you like that" Adam patted Hardin's shoulder.

"Sigh. It's alright, I'm used to your craziness and if it's what you want, so be it. Then what about your mother? She stills asks about you from time to time. Won't you talk to her already?" complained Hardin as he inserted himself between the metals in the jungle bar then sat himself.

"No" Adam also followed suite and sat too.

"Sigh. Dude you're the only person I know that disowned yourself from his very own family. Can't you at least message her? She missed you a lot" Hardin reached out to flick Adam's forehead.

"No" declined Adam without hesitation while rubbing his forehead.