“To the East!”
“To the West!”
There’s a crease on my564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlzmkGccZ5
forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSBCabfMmO
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzQwKMLr4V
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJp81GNxfkD
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnW2h6j743N
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPsCD5ODGG
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLmTWFeWHr
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUB0ncmBzBY
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg773s56HGS
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyzb3RZnW9
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc74iaZjxAP
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfCLDN5OtB
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugJnMnL3rV
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxOFKCfn3z
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ggIKGUNon
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJdIROXdIw
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9DGy1FTju
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvBcHgIHPV
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegvz0oWRDq
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu72z4DAc8a
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMH3niMHSQ
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmRQayHEc3
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7HcHtGTNQ
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfWHUIlmW2
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaIXuMFP04
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIDFlNRfC1
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rDGKlDbDN
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBFXB8BZMc
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyUaUdLGam
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofPXoJQDz5
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhmyY80AdV
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEoC9dM42x
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtyoTvAdjY
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVgN0uxjaV
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Cmccf6ECD
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGELl7sjxJ
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVWNkiM1ww
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU241uKATBh
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMW7cqboAxA
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZJnOK9oEm
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2Ij2zrFMf
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4kohSTOUN
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SGF2E7cBv
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmaIntbwPr
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZ6JVjFpcj
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7BrOhMXPB
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrqwkGnhQy
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmovHNS1xFP
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2HYKtekaw
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS33NjCgCCO
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEoNrhw70l
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjBywfttgG
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrG2rmcNF9U
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSAlT6XVsv
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkBufwfB32
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8XkX5SaIN
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0oKAFXMTj
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajyyt0s3bj
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NjXFEACK9
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1awSIRn5M
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡea2Jh4uoOy
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjSe1YK6ET
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBzxe86fcK
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrxdyN93io
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkykcf8Gv53
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtlc285AES
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgyL5yL7YY
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKo7HuxlmC
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPx3N0ONqW
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYk9zk2oUT
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DAmGEFlgC
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuq5BUQQ0n
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWViIeVHVp
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2ku0LzNOA
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqM5Wq6U1A9
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKHVLcrbxX
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrM7CphmNkF
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxCLn2osyF
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1RjSvEJ3U
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4MZeETytH
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4SQvq6zej
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpseT9W33bH
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2KojdVgdF
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejy5JHCFXO
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM30vh4SzD7
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxHE04tj6Q
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq24u80U0LY
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigY8pqV0wl
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSUqPXqrdj
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡww34RpTguS
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIc5cssvps9
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWAbhxasPp
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEd5HCNy5kx
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5XuOmzOqW
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgk33c3a2V
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJS96aYqwm
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreQRKwGhJT
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNBJJGNLvg
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdltosElL4n
sorry, I’m too late.
I plastered a smile on my564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFAdfDTJ4M
face.
“Thank you. Thank you for564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgJeGFg68R
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWMtlrkbIm
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40KQYlahn1
happened.
Forget it, because I think I564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpm1Ue84Y3D
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tGAQ2ULoe
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pNfbLiQK8
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxi6Vc3bXc
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjvAlLdv4P
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqmyyEuny7
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlDWZz5ZK9
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the564Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SbiJLcPLy
only one. My first and forever love.
