“To the East!”
“To the West!”
There’s a crease on my616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGNPnbkf9k
forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyjfyKXpTz
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAu6jgbIE1G
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoD6jN6dzT
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBO59ICSyCB
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5ugoDyUEo
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PkeJxdpVE
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkR4bIDggQ
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEGpvz3zBX
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDEIwFWYVH
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBk6dljr6Iw
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyYcHhllyr
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjdudwx3V9
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5n8Ymt3UO
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVZ7jPuOfY
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvOWVKwIZC
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWirkSKPgn
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgLwOWyk39
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH47OXYIh7e
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCP1w2AURc
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQTiqxFdZA
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn76VKlr2yv
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hlO9nytSx
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrQIhhRImC
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38bjMiVdMO
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgsbtx5w5S
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUJSiuv1WV
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEACu6jos9n
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZ4VslTwDl
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVra19qLH7o
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20IWBh03HN
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTwjEJX9NW
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1AQobKE8j
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpT8mkfH9U
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhzNnH6TVQ
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HmGOMKXGp
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8B2c5xzOC
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpi73SIK2R
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hyEgo2Bti
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEL9xqUag20
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ftXNQX8z1
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHCD0qQc8x
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0BMEY7UPx
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPg9n8ax9A1
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAUAWYJhRC
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpXYe9BwTZ
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cityENVuS
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh41Uesl4t2
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZqMnv5yUN
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKv093bm83M
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNryoYYy5I9
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaLeob4rli
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCUblwEgS5
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHWz7P8Eio
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodzmrVj5P8
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjvwSTNW97
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6Ez6EmBOU
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqFbY1g0RA
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosy4m3GGh9
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbETeOZTRf
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNWZ9p31hE
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTK2JowZmw
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSz7eY804j
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprwLNvUVAb
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVl1eUAQDJ
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeVx9H0T3r
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJjxTSus4o
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqrrVnH90D
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXMEImPeBu
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJ94vLoSNR
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEASHPOb9g
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDqN03ZNl0
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDEPwva5Lc
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZmfMg6yXD
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu86cxVlubW
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bJOwwfRcm
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKMJbJ2Kp8
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2nyDTOOAY
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4coGqw9njG
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPfNy00n8I
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNTjaShYdP
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTArkcsYR89
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgrPHzNlqs
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqw6uAi1OFe
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8CpzQumQX
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aK2wYiL0P
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5W5JSECYqG
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutQeZoWzhP
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQtt17AVLT
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPCWrDqoTN
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwvsm4eAz1
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwkYj10iyt
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX831RGTB0t
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnTuskR2uQ
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZrNVMIuSr
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLxtOS6t2g
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNGyuowb1O
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHle3XnnvdN
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxltvhzGFfh
sorry, I’m too late.
I plastered a smile on my616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXctPegPjI
face.
“Thank you. Thank you for616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOS1zjsnR7
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTTHP1eZaU
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqM4hEpSVa
happened.
Forget it, because I think I616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeszmKAnNbX
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡconxK1gmeq
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutPrFpKwTC
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZs5XXn4VjV
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0x5P2HTFo
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvriVXD9az
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6R8w2KyDI
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxH7VFszjb
only one. My first and forever love.
