I'll Teach You, Marianne.

"Platonic love is a love that you can never have, yet you still love." 

That sentence kept ringing in Daniel's memory after Aaron said it a few moments ago. As the closest person to Aaron for years, Daniel knew that Aaron's love to Anne seemed bigger and deeper. As a friend, he felt both amazed and sorry for Aaron. Daniel's countless efforts to introduce Aaron to many beautiful, kind-hearted women were useless. None of the women managed to stay in his heart and this made Daniel confused. He was amazed at the magnitude of Aaron's love for Anne, but on the other hand, he felt sad. He was sad because he knew Aaron's love was unrequited, because for the past two years, Aaron had been trying to win Anne's heart but all in vain. 

None of the flowers Aaron had sent to Anne were received, nor were any of the other gifts. Anne always firmly refused the gifts to the courier who brought them. As a result, even though Aaron continued to send the items to Anne, Aaron was always disappointed.

"Let's go home, I'm tired. But let's just go to a bar, I haven't had a drink in a long time," Aaron said quietly, breaking Daniel's thoughts. 

"Huh…to a bar?" asked Daniel surprised. "It's 3 in the morning and you want to take me to the bar."

Aaron, who just got up from his chair, looked at Daniel, who was relaxing on the sofa, and said. "Yeah, so what if we go to the bar at 3 am? Is there a ban for adults like us going to the bar to drink at 3 am?"

"Well, there isn't. But are you sure we're going to a bar when you just finished all your work like this. Aren't you tired?" Daniel asked again. 

"Not at all, I'm just really excited to go to a bar. I haven't had a drink in a long time, so you better get up now and come with me, because if you refuse, I'll cut your salary," Aaron replied.

Hearing Aaron mention about his salary being cut, Daniel immediately got up from the sofa and walked towards the door to open the door for his best friend and boss. Aaron just smiled faintly at Daniel's behavior. He then stepped towards the door and rushed out of his room after reaching for his cell phone which was on the table. The two single men then disappeared behind the elevator and became the last people in the office to leave. Even though Aaron no longer saw Anne after Jack's death, but he always monitored what Anne was doing, including this time where she had to go to Luxembourg to carry out her final semester assignment given by Professor Gilbert. Usually Aaron always came to the place where Anne visited. But this time he had no intention of coming to Luxembourg because he felt the small country was safe for a girl like Anne. That was why he chose to spend the night with Daniel even though there were many beautiful women waiting in line for him. 

When Aaron and Daniel arrived at the bar, it was still very busy, even though it was almost morning but the night ladies working at the bar were still busy. They happily catered to the mashers who were their exclusive guests, since only people with a lot of money would be at the bar until this early in the morning. Moreover, the bar that was being visited by Aaron and Daniel was a bar located in the most famous 5 star hotel in London, so it was no wonder that the women that night were still busy serving the wishes of their guests, even though they had to let their bodies being touched here and there. 

Seeing the scene in front of his eyes, Aaron smiled faintly. He wasn't tempted at all to hire a woman to accompany him to drink. For him, Daniel's presence was more than enough for now.

"Very beautiful."

"Wow, her body is beautiful."

"Excellent, it's just a woman."

"Arrgghh! It's not in vain that you brought me to this place, boss, my sleepiness immediately disappeared when I saw these women."

Daniel kept on blabbering, commenting on the mini-dressed women passing by in front of him. The beautiful and fantastic women were like tame snakes that weaved in front of the men's eyes, trying to seduce the visitors, including Aaron and Daniel, who were just sitting alone in a VIP room made of glass walls so they could see the people passing by outside.

"Boss, look at that... she seems to have Middle Eastern blood. Urggh! Her boobs are my dream," said Daniel who was increasingly vulgar as he held his empty glass in his hand. 

"You want him?" Aaron asked curtly.

"Yeah, I really want to enjoy her body. I really want to make her limp under my body, I really want…"

Daniel who wasn't too drunk immediately stopped his rambling when he realized his mistake. Meanwhile, Aaron just chuckled silently. He knew that his best friend really needed a woman at the moment. For almost two years, Daniel had been busy going back and forth from London to Northampton, he barely had time to have fun. He even broke up with his partner because of this busy life. On the other hand, Daniel wanted to accompany Aaron. Because of that he chose to keep himself busy with a lot of work with Aaron.

As he was getting sleepy, Aaron asked Daniel to go. He didn't want Daniel to go crazy. Because now Daniel had started blabbering, speaking incoherently, commenting on the women one by one, as they made out with their guests on the sofa in the same room as him at this time. They shamelessly licked each other's lips with their hands that were already groping everywhere. 

"Come on, Daniel, it's 5 in the morning. This place will close soon," Aaron said quietly. 

"Wh-where? Do you want to take me to the room? Is there a woman in the room?" Daniel chirped incoherently.

"Go home, of course, let's get up quickly or I'll be mad," Aaron replied in a rising voice. 

Daniel, who was only 10% conscious, looked up and stared at Aaron with bloodshot eyes. "You're too stiff, Aaron. No woman will ever be close to you if you're like this. And one more thing, forget Marianne. If that girl doesn't love you, let her go, let her keep crying over her dead lover. That ungrateful girl, she should be happy that you love her. But that Marianne arrogantly rejected you just like that, I know she's beautiful. Very beautiful even, but come on... that beauty will be in vain if you don't have a partner. Like a flower that still has honey, it should just let the bees come and enjoy the honey instead of hiding itself like that... t-chhh."

"And from now on I want to live a normal life, Aaron, find your love and forget about that insignificant platonic love. Bullshit, there's no such thing as a love like that. You're still young, handsome, rich and strong in bed... what else are you looking for? Or maybe you're impotent, Boss? Oh, really? Since you've known Marianne, who is so beautiful, you've never slept with another woman... is it true that you ..."

Slap!

Aaron, who had run out of patience, hit Daniel's head. He was very annoyed with Daniel's words calling him impotent. 

"Damn! It hurts."

Aaron, who was helping Daniel get up from the couch, didn't care about Daniel's constant cursing.

"Wait until you wake up tomorrow morning, you jerk! Y-you're going to pay a heavy price for all this. How dare you insult Anne and call me stupid? Just see tomorrow morning when you wake up, Daniel," Aaron stuttered as he struggled to get the already drunk Daniel out of the bar. 

Continued