“To the East!”
“To the West!”
There’s a crease on my684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIijA6HX5EN
forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpKNUAELEF
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIeb1zoquO
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevYzNM1bAO
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLSgk8T5jZ
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBQnCK37B3
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyEAtgRZXO
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFNEbGJk74
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxNoLn6bVT
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNX9uE3rH4
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcWD5PjOYY
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23sMH33SGM
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYde6KPUin
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEzUdrGrUy
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjK4gqRpBmL
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbLH5Hsibs
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCAniY2Lul
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQuXNV4fm8
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUUJItvYxO
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9o2DGaUD3
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeP6x05KB5L
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeAAkPUbXX
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gOCcNNi2t
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFHRIPFd2t
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYKjyjOEHl
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdsraXgmPx
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ154d9S2mXh
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFtvezWVii
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOco9oAK0Q
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxj02x3mgvZ
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinbobD6u2x
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKBVxvOmvZ
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4ddYRqkSj
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBYIWZZe0x
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4O4z5HMzoe
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvSaNC2men
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUY8a477jZj
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNqkNPU3h7
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhcy7NX4o1
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJfrRzML93
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubcyZKwRqG
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckOs74Bef0
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqctF4QF4MJ
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEqHMVV6pp
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPT1RlTDVB
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfpMxnATCd
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAstsIJiJR
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0XUhbkVOL
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTM4JLOWpW
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLPLDKxZvI
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVt7aoircNQ
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLp0UCdZaMK
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uZ3SQWm08
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAxiebqc26
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbl19pLJiZ
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJr1lQMBuD
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhaTRGrSzv
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITHQPKb7qm
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAF6x4MmK4T
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9up3Sl64nU
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9kNdv7mqh
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqavhgVzsyU
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhv2b7LXhu
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCB5SCHhbT5
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBusSKgsZK
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlq6mnHO6gD
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VUG0cZ7Ic
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOx41G0dSq
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYcGmeYkiy
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspWS5KIUrE
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9gVdLbUDo
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9D0vxSnEc
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpGxiPlClg
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEAl9d7Y4p
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlnn5q4CMz
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPBwEHPkuT
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGk7LjZAtsv
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmi8tU02GUa
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLACrsNr3CW
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqoCZF0vpv
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuro0LMsB49
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEbvC0ibuX
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10OrnMg5de
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXPWQUFhn0
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjYDUddiBZ
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBqbFtW6qB
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcT2RZf5RD
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MLvv8g0pj
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhEDaTANfO
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2GBWD9IVd
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIy9PPEm1V
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQui584wzS
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLf99dV8G1N
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAo1ABEEnA
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksEhaYRgBo
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRou1N8U23e
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ150DIUjqTW
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaq3qT47FZ
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRNLjkAuLI
sorry, I’m too late.
I plastered a smile on my684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIm73FAixA
face.
“Thank you. Thank you for684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAn6gFWBLV
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9nd83QArE
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2Ylvf4NDY
happened.
Forget it, because I think I684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeiRtGcw7K
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dNYlG3j4B
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUizTdYwS4
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nTX2piZ7F
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjRUYubR8d
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQcBLPkA04
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipcXjt2VTG
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxfEdOJBP8
only one. My first and forever love.
