“To the East!”
“To the West!”
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forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OOB4otMPw
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3T7jslFjDK
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iNoM74FFf
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0W81vepjeu
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkYzl2sqN8
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVcRVUvT0P
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4woOMJXnF
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc479PBddBz
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFn4Hqhar0
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2y5X4nVfEE
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XU46LdH3B
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrn98gkvA1p
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EdAmEnnNZ
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4yxAXBre0
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhM4nIoovQY
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2Gp8IbyF2
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyOSaodimj
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ct8UDEaG0
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzDvKTpWmb
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcn9G9IGn2a
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemFGunxOSx
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQLSQXtc2t
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYAyW5WSiz
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbmvhkbhmz
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6Lovy227G
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSqfyJuI1T
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVl4IPVRxC
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDJmbTT3bQ
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncg5J3I8Im
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeK40Eds6j
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX39jyyRKAs
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0LaMcsMoB
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGHTDchpsm
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNquniqrtsa
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyljALwEic
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09DdAJjHug
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqNQ4crbIy
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp66fXLQcTv
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ405PTg9Hhe
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZvTagYjf9
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrUfcoj1yd
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG35Ik3mgEE
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGcss4zP73
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR30pOJd7cj
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72O6Mcp7ji
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcoWEa5lDl
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJZUotYh8J
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMPJj0r5R8
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzZBvkGxAl
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxzAt4BF1L
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9jsucd8LJ
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEipLG5k6K
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbVxKaAh18
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWqQPv5lGQ
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20UQrOrld8
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXow7THBLJ
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmgzec9rTP
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyAPZgVmvU
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzuHOdhAXM
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESO1ZJbqzY
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSMkmKVm9i
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSzQSpRQY2
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuobDKaJ5V
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOr282QqPNW
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvribiYcX0
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToxPYfbWIF
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt586dcbl4H
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfs9KHInA4
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTvNBJdEAm
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQ3Vwpch34
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggpnB8pgXK
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmy4RI8Z04y
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHkwYfiJbZ
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCNsHT1Wpk
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4WcUmSnve
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBAYn7YAd2
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71kO0eRyn2
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplP7JnRNry
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KtOV6OYxN
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNL2MV6T18H
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91Jxfc3zpX
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKd16OQbEAg
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRDs6tEq52
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5FEeWHPKC
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIgCcDHBbJ
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEuhjSokd5
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQls4eMRaUl
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZzTgtAmTN
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSCdhA5F7e
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QmbP9iaSB
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtn6ZOiGdQV
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNVZY3AZnU
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TpPTe156J
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAshNM7ijB
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTj2BZeSbKt
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW91IAwXgqA
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjCFWA8VpN
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhkDaYWcyK
sorry, I’m too late.
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face.
“Thank you. Thank you for595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7JZomVbbx
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlyfaN6C0Z
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzolQE5Lql3
happened.
Forget it, because I think I595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4guqeuPQc5
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdu92wYpuv1
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡei9OoMeUgl
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWPD2Um1Yo
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwLiHIvFMk
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDx6VHJXGpZ
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeBI3PinaB
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wo0VbTKcy
only one. My first and forever love.
