In Greek, the word 'Nostalgia' literally means, 'the pain from an old wound'. This meaning defines nostalgia perfectly. Even though the word itself seems delicate but the meaning behind it is potent beyond words. It has the ability to act as a pinch of salt on a person's wounds. Wounds that he seemed to be running from.
The game that Jackson played had managed to scratch the layer of those memories that Darren didn't dare visit. Not because they were painful but instead because that past seemed so beautiful that it scared him. It was scary just to know that the beautiful past was just past that was lost. And the one in the past was just a memory now.
But even though nostalgia is painful, it's a seducer that lures us in and gives us no way out. We get so engrossed in feeling that pain that it becomes a drug. One which we can't live without anymore. Perhaps, that was one of the reasons Darren couldn't bring himself to forget anything about Chen Xiu.
