“To the East!”
“To the West!”
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forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibbUNsmRWY
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu04yugVgtY
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuu7t1Ym6A
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjsYwa4fyR
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6swXFoLVtr
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUNDj303fv
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTXzXGr7B1
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeb43tSX4cM
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YD6dEvXHn
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiSv5ip7wV
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmqii9Cwii
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapdnlxlv3s
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLU9VYIEmJ
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8yToZU3gY
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9Q4Os4flP
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsica5PKnwp
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTe3o65la2I
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDr7bjbckV
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEibeH5KxB
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaDL2tQE6M
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0V4LEKl5fv
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYhUVv2IfF
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0MX0U47kB
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKb4nitoQu6
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1ftIfUkDo
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHwvCmS8VW
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWiE1cym9v
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYrYPCd4qQ
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7ZG4Mhoad
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtmoE12jmE
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zaXoWu0hc
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuacU61ek2
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsXWKTvFcp
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkURlH14ltr
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYiBJVSlOp
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLaP41TWJr
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAJwiI8wiy
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPUEj3nYNJ
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MhZi3ErCI
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrXc5FiFBp
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxEQKEAHXj
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSA6ofZbPM2
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxywuLCBLyO
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvhduK6a7u
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3puDmBocU
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhaXYZGmNF
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl50bfBN9P8
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmimDIFJgCL
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrgkXB888r
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2YwpmL2he
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXYRPiuRK4
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhi3QMT4cj
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiRs6lSvhm
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgb0MX5hGaL
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlNkBR7xUi
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEqPmExPpW
with the cloth I ripped.
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closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxh4ZKuBBF7
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVXvfiBBH1
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWTrfU9KiV
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFBF4mE94q
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIU7fQboNm
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsPAwDyYFk
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9a3ouJpU4u
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmYyZYfEPX
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bYy9vHP6N
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VgdhQowGw
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0ht6YR16L
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDu7fe1OTBS
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmW4tzo3fI
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIP3Ac1Igm9
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KwNUCNhxf
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzuigWVIJo
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxQs5R7Moa
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgeo98XOXO
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpPv7PcRVH
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcS92cB4KF
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83eptyRNMc
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBIWR2f8Pl
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqP1YM7rwm
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCORAFzYg8g
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnZw339EiV
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBTEFFluJq
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfqsocFvPP
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5AsIOE3Av
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9smxSjr7d
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpEkH5t35C
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4uQKsk00z
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBhPCoY5Ya
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBarpb3qbN
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKnMtrC5cK
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLMBlmGFrA
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHEst2BZ4j
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRNwjfTnY0
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lVWP6aliI
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdE4zbZO6J
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakoo5LMfqt
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1lxusw7rt
sorry, I’m too late.
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face.
“Thank you. Thank you for517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sk2Bbupn1
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5L9Mnw0WPO
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLecojRpGEU
happened.
Forget it, because I think I517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxV8FcqYKb
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QNxWW2Sva
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1ddwysYPM
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjoIvkDsNS
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HIpUWrt3K
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArQNhV90uo
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6unuYlvQ4d
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNE8OcArEo
only one. My first and forever love.
