“To the East!”
“To the West!”
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forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one327Please respect copyright.PENANACDyliZDH7P
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,327Please respect copyright.PENANAVD1nel4i4s
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with327Please respect copyright.PENANAo6DaIVTF48
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives327Please respect copyright.PENANAmjraltvj7T
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses327Please respect copyright.PENANABvaoN6Hxh6
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate327Please respect copyright.PENANAC8c5K2is0a
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my327Please respect copyright.PENANAYJtf4hGuBW
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that327Please respect copyright.PENANAc9xxH9Mb63
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from327Please respect copyright.PENANAFpA6STM4mr
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for327Please respect copyright.PENANAVzZJ5CFqg5
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,327Please respect copyright.PENANAY4pt1dpMp5
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me327Please respect copyright.PENANA1ST29Orq2a
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He327Please respect copyright.PENANABWh4htxLnM
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just327Please respect copyright.PENANAX48QxfL5u3
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with327Please respect copyright.PENANApDT9vQ1ySW
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I327Please respect copyright.PENANAivXkrJ070U
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To327Please respect copyright.PENANAz4ogNdOa6s
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe327Please respect copyright.PENANAMyKo9QY8Sz
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace327Please respect copyright.PENANAzClT0w8lrB
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is327Please respect copyright.PENANArNIt7rEZtA
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got327Please respect copyright.PENANAxAadUTHOTg
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from327Please respect copyright.PENANAOBTRtjQ4Lw
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,327Please respect copyright.PENANA4BvFVYD0Kr
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel327Please respect copyright.PENANAyNgANIYAPR
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had327Please respect copyright.PENANAjSklopxrdx
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back327Please respect copyright.PENANAlxVkE2oMAH
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees327Please respect copyright.PENANAThFRGBJXQy
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s327Please respect copyright.PENANASqTckx3T7Z
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You327Please respect copyright.PENANAM5xAmqQ49n
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.327Please respect copyright.PENANAxJYBTuiyLX
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.327Please respect copyright.PENANAWlNHaiXmTo
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your327Please respect copyright.PENANAJc5MQiJOrr
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking327Please respect copyright.PENANA4mbZC4FCYY
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll327Please respect copyright.PENANABU4Qf7TSFm
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before327Please respect copyright.PENANA5nrmeZTKmy
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that327Please respect copyright.PENANAIW3ppy3DvM
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained327Please respect copyright.PENANAc9K70YXzb8
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to327Please respect copyright.PENANAPR9MPOo0Pr
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face327Please respect copyright.PENANA1lSz8n5gWJ
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped327Please respect copyright.PENANAvHo1Kkvj3w
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,327Please respect copyright.PENANAUwfBEyLyJx
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,327Please respect copyright.PENANA3l8dcuGhB2
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,327Please respect copyright.PENANAwAIsK8wCYT
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment327Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2znRW7Nyv
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said327Please respect copyright.PENANAiVtSUdxdcJ
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the327Please respect copyright.PENANAeiNwYGfjhk
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for327Please respect copyright.PENANAFNRP2nq8Oa
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek327Please respect copyright.PENANAU9nMmfGugj
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not327Please respect copyright.PENANALUxP9ox8Zh
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you327Please respect copyright.PENANAWzc7hrm8dx
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?327Please respect copyright.PENANAKIfu8h7vh9
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that327Please respect copyright.PENANAMqYbVklg9t
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,327Please respect copyright.PENANATRWhSl251B
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with327Please respect copyright.PENANA6CnSZwUKRg
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to327Please respect copyright.PENANAJbi101rt3U
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it327Please respect copyright.PENANAt95GXEB4qr
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently327Please respect copyright.PENANA9YgxjbKeZU
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to327Please respect copyright.PENANABrSQLUmBXQ
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my327Please respect copyright.PENANAQFgOGgIOKB
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of327Please respect copyright.PENANAc1OLNIFQkg
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.327Please respect copyright.PENANA5VgKg6tXl2
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The327Please respect copyright.PENANAG15gBapGz1
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no327Please respect copyright.PENANAxt3htFcyQK
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near327Please respect copyright.PENANAqJxWW1pgi1
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my327Please respect copyright.PENANABgDTCp2POc
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is327Please respect copyright.PENANApSx8H84BCB
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to327Please respect copyright.PENANALG0QdlHbrr
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories327Please respect copyright.PENANAz0kBZxQpJu
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The327Please respect copyright.PENANAQow1dZGSfm
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were327Please respect copyright.PENANAXufzl2qUOO
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer327Please respect copyright.PENANA71LbVGWql0
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging327Please respect copyright.PENANAPKoP7iEEyl
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from327Please respect copyright.PENANAGfOfXdi4pr
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made327Please respect copyright.PENANAgybbU5TWMo
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws327Please respect copyright.PENANAOjMCyFb8bh
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
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brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.327Please respect copyright.PENANAyIj1U2x1jX
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I327Please respect copyright.PENANA0WEdo59opW
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re327Please respect copyright.PENANAzM3lNszyXb
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you327Please respect copyright.PENANAKUgk2M1vbQ
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I327Please respect copyright.PENANAvTMrVQevst
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting327Please respect copyright.PENANA0cPqawd0Sg
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s327Please respect copyright.PENANAoi37mVKvOv
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name327Please respect copyright.PENANAOT8VCqK9aa
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was327Please respect copyright.PENANA9RYyKEGULc
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks327Please respect copyright.PENANAVjBa3leekN
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my327Please respect copyright.PENANAWw8bFn0Kwj
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the327Please respect copyright.PENANAsdHYq6ITf8
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.327Please respect copyright.PENANABJjZNutOqu
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why327Please respect copyright.PENANAOqE1IvMwwc
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like327Please respect copyright.PENANACg2MTm0V2f
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that327Please respect copyright.PENANARmsBhuPdVO
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always327Please respect copyright.PENANAvfy4g2Khwo
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as327Please respect copyright.PENANAwTbX2H8GaV
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This327Please respect copyright.PENANA2ePzbpNaOj
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one327Please respect copyright.PENANACBC9gmZwSq
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I327Please respect copyright.PENANA2Aij3dhw8J
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m327Please respect copyright.PENANADEhFFucIaz
sorry, I’m too late.
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face.
“Thank you. Thank you for327Please respect copyright.PENANAKHyVG7ozLi
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a327Please respect copyright.PENANAkQPedi2Z7s
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had327Please respect copyright.PENANAY3gbZ8lk3d
happened.
Forget it, because I think I327Please respect copyright.PENANAvMLLDMYrud
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell327Please respect copyright.PENANAMIi1M0bqdl
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and327Please respect copyright.PENANAvtabThoE5k
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from327Please respect copyright.PENANAT7Tr6wLES7
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you327Please respect copyright.PENANAO7ePBMDPIR
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own327Please respect copyright.PENANAKVQc490KSO
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in327Please respect copyright.PENANAp5zLd1VDkk
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the327Please respect copyright.PENANAkFYonT1i1l
only one. My first and forever love.