“To the East!”
“To the West!”
There’s a crease on my516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66RGNPWXY3
forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKLeTpPL0R
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQezSqWmZPX
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRsJMPwDq7
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTEAGu6SnK
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixD7Ktv8ru
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfaq7jrfHx
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoXHiQHYCj
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRz0geMMbR
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64mn3sh0ix
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTGvxofC0E
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zaS7n97jO
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2oVXHgtvn
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PPFWKDO6A
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewPgaK22o8
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwwdkeyrOT
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuguls7Ds2n
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUlZkNxY5b
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEqZRVJ8cw
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7lYRzmjPt
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZJ8pRp5sX
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZWONoWBK4
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfHQF1lxZ5
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjRyhn8a5u
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFZS945YcN
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDF2rSfB6KL
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtQ5GRtg8Y
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZMw2mZOB2
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlU9PQWJFG0
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZUuN4SxtF
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuylfAUXNJB
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1R3XgjKyZ
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqUMZbYuYm
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcJmvqQAUD
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFMeZhrStC
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztsappo8PV
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3oqm8TeAp
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHwffk8pqj
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35nYnG3Dgy
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnbziUUidG
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49ON2zBAud
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN17wR3XMx8
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtV9uNnMKMs
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhKV66BXvg
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC37TRbhwrH
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFWIvTBwpg
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDddjgjUSc
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJeybKzONa
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyWLIorAGw
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVvIYtFABu
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLYsNZcRuC
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wBkX2rqWK
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOO4CGxeEP
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTmRvgqTgt
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbiwIVgkxW
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgNJXcGTc1
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjoSn7hTqg
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObco57xphM
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUF20lXd0D
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpENBzeCiu
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdkkTOB2l4
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡan4KOIUEus
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPf1uf5lOvR
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiutb0zQLEK
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQuzMAbDp5
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDdZE5JDDf
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTBcGRzX0q
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SgHYm1o6w
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0Qj7oLHvj
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9eAxPbnlZ
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMK3oM2gIk
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0RdedWfJo
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4uInoEaNK
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZrJXnMGCm
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCzJeNBlNh
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JHFm4gM1G
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHOg98d51X
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKjb697l4f
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82yuBxGc5k
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRlq3Phyw4
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJBUu0VTxS
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBWM1ThvGu
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sEqfShHgc
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtol6tluyxR
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJg7QKqMSFL
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgfdQXR6sP
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUH3iu66AG
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYmwIqlNxv
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkOHrjvc61
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYC8aUUEOR
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7aCVYd8Rb
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtsrJvGzoJ
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1ATX22Osp
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSdyeSJP5Q
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTWYNioEV5
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNpw8bl3La
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWRehrtdCo
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZcAjL28Jl
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDijY0h4EM6
sorry, I’m too late.
I plastered a smile on my516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKwFNwPfIh
face.
“Thank you. Thank you for516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DiidCIlTZ
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvnokusaWg
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJWKOa4i4P
happened.
Forget it, because I think I516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6pq7O5jJq
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1W4NYJqZ2Q
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbH24lcaLQc
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqvquVPotA
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObZjbrfLO0
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQom5IgiZ4
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2q3ea3TsN
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TKsUfSs9c
only one. My first and forever love.
