“To the East!”
“To the West!”
There’s a crease on my477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxA3hREC8pU
forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyYcH5DV2e
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjZ8qfAoYv
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22kyR611iI
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtYTkk6TZj
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbD9pwKKH5e
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixWMBhldjS
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSOQzBmDIT
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4IxG9Py9A
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QiYX6aueZ
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklCMPguyzp
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRf7sZ4ms93
one of his assets.
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about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOEk7ZQe9I
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXZ49OcL3E
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKl3ZMwhoH7
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkT73lGRRI
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFa351PDtSq
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Fh0B0qL3p
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7nJYevtud
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSq7H4HZuW
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCevTx599h
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5pKHu4b2b
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Mng9VbeRT
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyojZ7APUzu
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQ8JGyUBQy
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQ1tMuZjVQ
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNxnDtXhvY
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQDdeN17e3
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1ZLa9sfzj
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNKzaZk1Zv
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXggxDnULB
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1FOesn4mP
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQrG9RnESo
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfjPGsSHY7
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIY5EWxZOL
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYDSPjpfXr
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvkYUQjLgq
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BMyLpoDKp
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0Za1MUHJh
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9ymc8yewm
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpdPTa1ZWF
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxI8mnI8bx
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqliKqhxORB
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFtlY3v3Gt
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kF9D2mvye
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dWZUgD0kF
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNU0qfAT8Ql
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYQOMsckFb
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugz6EzyzEj
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ08mzSfSiC
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNAdNuSScG
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9haECDHAhL
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQB3yh2afS
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeixkoVedkT
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbxbRsKzms
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDo0OrrJKD3
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡly9hTbfvDr
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqnRWc4327
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjoMWB1YnV
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxgTs0Fbza
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLRHfwqvOX
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicmfrfn3tg
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5H2B7zr7L
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOlaLMUPaj
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrc7ObkQp38
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cbdOYFhkE
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGdb5Ibq1o
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmXDqa4IBt
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykuTnoFtvN
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3k9VrXTEj
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RtIWPQ02W
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0qVwRtpSR
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWW9vgc1vl
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdIyyiR1Vx
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3JGpyF396
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoZZgHOvrn
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcliQF0ETpL
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJMn4Gk8Ku
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmQYUjQQzl
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6YXPGUywb
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDeVjzyQuB
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oq8BTeK4y
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PtokNkYQ4
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77ecWcs7Ib
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWYlWCUZCR
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGX3ain1sA
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKME18TD3XA
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk78y9EElSv
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hxrYapBtQ
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cYm2VuRGV
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZA4SwVm4A
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmi5c89Grd
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTIBbOQMmv
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XJTiVgBWH
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPp80JgGFN
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqdJzhunlj
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzb32zJN46
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8LUTRr4po
sorry, I’m too late.
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face.
“Thank you. Thank you for477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7pf4kBzlk
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXHkDdR1q8
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLUrf1UAbP
happened.
Forget it, because I think I477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUcUBMI9Y7
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOWVTIto27
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FIDv39kta
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtBqKaFI0N
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4V3LnYulR
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxagtiP3hGP
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cz1sZe6AZ
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the477Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbipRJI2aW
only one. My first and forever love.
