It has been almost nine months since her departure. I can't fathom the feeling of emptiness inside that has been raging since that fateful day.

Yes, emptiness.

Someone who has never been left alone in his life due to the many wonderful moments with friends and family just felt empty, and lonely. Someone who just wanna have fun and ignore his depression just couldn't let go of this new and alien emotion. It is as if years of building forts around my heart has been left in vain. The invasion of this bug couldn't have been more subtle in its war against the host. Bit by bit, the durability started wearing off, revealing slowly but surely, bits of naked flesh. Before long the tall walls have been reduced to ruins. What could be more stronger than the Great Wall? Definitely not this one, even when a saying denounce the weakness of the heart as nothing but an illusion.

After the walls had collapsed, the bug went into it's mission: to eat the heart alive. To suck on it's essence, to feed on it's life. The battle has just began.

Inevitably, the alien just took over the dying life form, controlling it's every movement and stealing it of its most attractive and functional qualities. The parasite has gain authority. It is up to the life form to fight it, but for it to start building up an army, it must feed on the love from others.

It soon got back it's momentum, creating a force which started purging the parasitic organism. But not long before it was too late. One of the generous ones whom he has been feeding on starting vanishing, turning into vapour and finally into nothingness. It has disappeared, leaving nothing but memories to cling on to. The mark left proved to be indelible, causing the being to grief.

But the love fed from the others did not stop, thereby bringing the bug to full submission. This began his journey to recovery.