“To the East!”
“To the West!”
There’s a crease on my648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzulZOmkjj
forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprf9Avba33
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrhLYDC9Od
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIP3O6dYLKe
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhfKNGGAUC
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqF1FqL5bW
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xHbUaG1gQ
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruHoIvkt3M
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrw5kuyoIu
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvexIjsFU0
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfF3H2jY1b
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPdkX1ENt1
one of his assets.
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about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwRKZ1YqIF
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTRGe9ip8j
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxIXdVNFFt
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqyYv2eHRM
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRNodYmSIk
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYweJ8Fli78
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJoMOoCbBB
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1b4JKuDs4
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyY2PnXFok
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3IIWMjCtT
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXXwjF0PKW
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xe37YTpyQ
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHeNQiJCin
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43kwyjwD5g
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsbHJ7rsAT
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXb5f46ltsB
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bx7l7gB1i
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrk1SGPDke
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZZWHzjyo9
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqrDBNmmWq
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkH8rnihnFY
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt94DyY7XBN
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡker6cAnzlZ
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf399wih0x0
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMg6r8kHKH6
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYV2Cy2ZQmd
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPoEiIxrO6
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVTuVeGpIn
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2N71cTz47
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamgJF9lO4E
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwf31nMnOUl
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8HRzWoXJz
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFgVlSiWOZ
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡte63JRztsx
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7eziIrySIB
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMGCGEKjNW
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcSIxAbRYY
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gCM6spxpl
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJdesATs34
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMNW6o3kpY
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82EdCwq2QX
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwaQOZLWwV
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeDHaBMaJ9
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXD1MgVPEsn
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDJsVXpTMQ
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVXvTu9lyU
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwudiwnOZXB
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1e0Ne8mgFA
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rMmlfrkBR
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEufGULjkvw
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHeZWnRI1U
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRo9r8BodCT
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHekdW0Ywuv
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLBCePtSE9
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJ7nbEVLRl
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiiOVmcLOL
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LM4cSYWcI
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoiWXJ6VyQ
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iOz8PM98C
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteVj5SN2DK
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBn4K3wKZr7
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9AnHhCLWU
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFthiC0aEPE
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQHHZjL8rz
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkiSL23KPf
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XfHK5WP6I
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmI2wRvYYZm
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfmEgI4WYu
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXDOYRbHp1
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvQYjrFuAE
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0lAuj5UHL
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsY4n8URv0
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5VHDRdNda
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBAs6klyuN
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvFC4vQRqp
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV15WyEvXz5
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPJZe64lGS
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHR8uDVBcG
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8RpxUh7N0
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcLpyYBFls
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwEjdk9LBU
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VsncC5lPm
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSchbDMQ20
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoJdovwDTj
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakiZGkbCSC
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBRU5wLK5n
sorry, I’m too late.
I plastered a smile on my648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZRgm4EzvC
face.
“Thank you. Thank you for648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOwHKYYaOK
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAH5tp4s0p5
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhF6lN22Yr
happened.
Forget it, because I think I648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnIe8w3hnh
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5BXJ0bfSm
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3dGjiq3al
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcWAuqxYtA
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3EOptEFKk
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxQLsp3tL1
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBN3w1erzi4
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREHqeMplt8
only one. My first and forever love.
