“To the East!”
“To the West!”
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forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBexUGylqm
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVFF5AcVod
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0R8AQc050B
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKdNFDv3cX
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKXnYCDLvG
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcwRJ9je6J
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccqNZnnAbd
eyes.
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this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28kWh30mGY
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfR6TWC84f
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMD781DKjlh
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemtBCb1m6L
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXhkmYXXLY
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VOhiMnl7f
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGMO5M71KD
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLD8go3BhtW
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxW2sywZ7v
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIfRbzYbRE
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKggKNouyTW
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnSSaHOwYk
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrhZeYtNrr
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonayAGCFOf
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3FdsModHn
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcVShOzN1a
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfShkSiWEmz
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUw4HbKj8q
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAd6oHYvTK
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTGEnmKE4l
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGskYErE19
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpc6bKetNo9
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xXR24dFL5
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVdGSrRCML
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmUXLE2LVT
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFeLHRQF5Q
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6Gucj6xkP
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNV54lN19co
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyViF6XwBk
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rWKXH0r0M
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoZvZwGkkz
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Vw0yy0gnD
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXGwhWeXP3
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaE9QL3cgar
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZuQVZzp9V
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qmixYPKx0
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡso7JjWwkOL
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0W86SLlXOk
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7NO5H0JfW
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVaFU7YDTN
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnuoiWkceH
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHeJDpQEml
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hf6J0iGQi
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkUuuoWCIc
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAz0CTGvpq
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oehVe5gEc
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1PQAChNOX
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPR5SSIAvO9
with the cloth I ripped.
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closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvDt4z4ODs
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1h74JwXT8G
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvQRlkelVM
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJs6zOZ6ZX
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNMY5RIv8Z
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrOORDW9HJ
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS95N2wQww9
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf63Hj22TcV
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1M8ykswQks
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0iRNi0qj6
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVWWrKaQsv
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7lqGBv29J
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZJqp1ZKY7
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeOiFkWIUu
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPoA4wiXS0
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeppuZNSx5n
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVCZBzEDsH
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTS32hA3TBV
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBO0xmOgvvy
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQswExba2Y
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgDZB7N5U2
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBwv2TBV0g
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjMfnFnItb
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjIH3CqgAo
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHgG4K1L5D
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ht9mhkM2y
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDh4DEKoARv
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToxbAkfP3a
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cgzK7G30L
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLO22lUiXKv
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGAXxIOpo5
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYChx2y4vl3
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLr7XPrVdz
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZl2hS2zKc
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qoQCLsyLC
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoNWCh9rV8
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0Cwi8QTfk
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaJBz9naCe
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zQvCagdnw
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRJxN5OMmN
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQH2YBiDqTa
sorry, I’m too late.
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face.
“Thank you. Thank you for554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTCoeS0koV
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxlaTgl1t4
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe794DBMa82
happened.
Forget it, because I think I554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPm0oWN4H1
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjdmaNb3dm
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
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surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFfn6lpGqr
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtr823YaQ54
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3pcms6aVV
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fAJdVuxwz
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVqutTyqaQ
only one. My first and forever love.
