After

To After,

We are all cosmic souls with pressed stories between our lips in search for the ones made up of the same atoms as ours, revolving around the universe "whose center is love". The universe - which plots our destiny to confide into the most unexpected people at the most unexpected time and after we collide "There is just after" that remains.

Maybe Hardin was pulled towards Tessa due to the force of the same universe residing between both of their bones and flesh. Tessa knew Hardin was complicated yet she chose to touch his muddled strings. They showed us that love does not only means a string that pulls us out of darkness but is also a touch that embraces our dark side.

Maybe Noah was the perfect boyfriend but Hardin gave Tessa passion and adventure, be it letting her feel the beauty of a calm silence or breaking the rules of the library.

They both came from broken families, the difference being that Tessa tried to be perfect all throughout while Hardin had veiled himself behind the curtains of invisible pain and agony. And In the process they had lost themselves but they discovered each other once again while they were unfolding into their true colors infront of each other. The feeling of home lies in a person and not necessarily where the house is or where the family is.

But we all commit mistake sometimes unknowingly, and we end up breaking ourselves all over again. Just like Hardin did that made Tessa to walk away while she had said that nothing could change the way she feel about Hardin. Nothing makes sense while we are hurt. But then they collided once again, again which involved a lot of "fuck you(s)". Love always deserves a second chance and when it's true, it does not go in vain.

Love makes no sense until you are utterly consumed by another soul. Maybe we all have a Hardin inside us waiting to be unveiled by his Tessa.