“To the East!”
“To the West!”
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forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhC3YKN1FS
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBJE6dbZ98
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoeqfIXtix
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0GN6aUa8y
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKuW6CyKF1
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKa8PZFAYvY
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GUS4V8IOE
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIQDbu8MUa
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDy6iOB02S
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqe3HNJHmFR
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DaS8wbGmc
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BVUgDkR2c
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GK6LZt4wO
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgB01RrF3St
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBZdyAJgSp
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jRq0HBAkw
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYmiXV6a4p
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCp41uy1pj
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgo4QpvAr2
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacQUfYBzNr
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDt3ouNMMI
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHnyAeIexQ
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgiVn3DeBW
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkeNX0W6cf
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZM5QEkHid
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkTdW9P9gr
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHJPlHMhAL
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdT7vrgc9Vb
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zMTanMYDo
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZQlE8bQsS
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe76oPI1n7M
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3puRj4YKJ
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPRRVpqBQb
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡur7p2Hau42
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixYkvapdkH
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhSUR0IxMF
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpqaXJOKdq
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1iJ1p8tUn
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjesg73J0Sn
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9x0RGNUV9
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqA1eahWR1
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YRzC6aWth
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2DrQatJSa
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtk3JBNBEc
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkcEhTxbmG
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9M72BdHYG
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpouCKXUuYH
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGP4feyket
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRTmGYkPMX
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNArteJkpv
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CtppEFiTF
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7cHsOQhyD
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVwLXM4tf2
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjZNqkQ7ei
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyxX5U7gdO
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KdP39dg7C
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKV4j5TgaVR
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDXoTQ6Bor
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVMlG6sVrB
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9grOzvZpnR
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudKfRnsJEj
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpfJoZ4BwK
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6vJeuBPNd
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkd1LEivF7
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbot3qj0q3C
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8M5zGDsOxZ
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGBynYuqUi
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvB3whN8Pd4
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9ELNeubUQ
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wCQwp9d4s
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJQQLiVN1t
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0E07GeGWg
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhhP6vjM5X
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNEaWEYDGW
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWKOWbcS10
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7aLfOB6Gu8
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNe3RA87JrF
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJqXVKEl0H
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmq8ulBBnH
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8z17ZKMu87
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLesyPdPSH
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyN9qmI2JOd
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcsrj5EdG1
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVm30Hgt62j
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMHoEj9a5S
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyPdJAUJF8
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwc8V0rQMG
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOCmz2LYbh
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlv4J3RsZ2I
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81rLXBpLwU
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxT6xYS9K4F
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZKxRjtzqc
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6NsqGSsDs
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjpIozgcqY
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGoaK4PBJP
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4qWm3ouEe
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOta57BNeOn
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHLVITIhpD
sorry, I’m too late.
I plastered a smile on my451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6b00GUZc30
face.
“Thank you. Thank you for451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxScIKkuEk
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrFtck5qGB
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8NUdmyZCZ
happened.
Forget it, because I think I451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTlPIlFdlh
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSbvik3P5L
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquqmyiVctv
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3KdHLgOSN
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ147dmdejyq
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidNpVIh5qO
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvrodvzyCT
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the451Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxciYoYqNam
only one. My first and forever love.
