Hello...and yes, Hello.

Some months past, there came a time when the two ill-fated friends finally managed to meet up. It all started when one decided to go to the park to sit at his favourite bench. Along came the other friend, who too decided that he needed a breath of fresh air and wandered into the park.

It was that instance as the two friends sat at on the opposite ends of the bench, turned their faces and caught sight of each other. Instantly, the two friends got up, gave each other a bear hug for the longest of time.

During that silence, it was as if the strain of time lost while searching for each other was soothed away. The look of their faces just said it all. It didn't matter how long they had taken to find each other. What matters most was that they had found each other again.

In that moment, they turned and nodded at the bench...as if to acknowledge and thank the bench for being there for them, for providing a common spot where they could find each other again.

With their arms on each others' shoulders, they walked off in silence but with the broadest of smiles.