“To the East!”
“To the West!”
There’s a crease on my690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Kv6zoObf7
forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRClTzxx6J
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWlImseNOw
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkZSPUEDqX
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbZ8rrgcZM
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡso0T1IZwzQ
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPgYvbX3pI
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2SJZV6cpG
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImJ6UW0JiX
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡla5KfazzRa
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdscm8EeZJ
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbO41rB9IwY
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylsYsOwr5a
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjWHdKvVKI
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkKeRowB5S
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oQTXXBHuI
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxlcfSMkWV
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5frD8OKGww
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4Ri4aBGxt
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSyoXkDLtU
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTaNee26Hq
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdKIefFPAJ
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBTjeKHNGQ
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQCxWzTgJX
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9uDP3wmKs
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNlfBl4d6E
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeqhaUzhxw
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3I2dCi8tH
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcblBb5OwNH
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYbE0LXN6T
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuCoQ0o5gd
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCBIG457fz
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRI7l6ZQt5Y
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKG324bgLU
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYXaLCSklV
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpZyHXnHD4
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreoLjFUA1A
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtaT2SElVpN
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eMPFMIYrt
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SOEZqHHR6
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8ODMOxVUD
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymG7qO08WM
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70ZQp74BKm
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDRBLediKB
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdZVQHiR1I
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cOsYQEqJD
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdrMSlrrPg
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqOAbwSOyV
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrXQAZv8gJ
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrbKBLuu73
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVgUB9fJ2u
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAC11lQOQw
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0H2skywHo
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMiizzE98w
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMAB8Q8GUj
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTf4FBNtfnL
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzEyt9ehkH
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAVch37KOd
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzDD2c5Xj5
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qi5yHjO13
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQK1ieiLNGK
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6nD3zeuiG
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuqZC7dGHW
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aTahoqpjl
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzw9iwGH2w1
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9g7avTYMFg
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabvcbVGUfN
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAQGL8lcZJ
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QZOrQA8Yy
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoz7wu6cebC
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvVLsDc5ZE
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IfvUpHdxV
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7OV1K6CrJ
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthM0I6g9Ao
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIAxwmZjqf
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJD15APHpZg
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxCcbBHf3l
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxD575J4TR
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdUtCNamqH
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rmK4Al3M5
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBimXCwRnCR
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEVlHMQ3PL
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwdyJbNjqg
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5bvYreNvu
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzf2dnHIemS
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadZjNQ47Ia
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5guPvass0d
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7aOahthl2p
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPjVKxVqs6
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcIJwRNfyU
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtcusd5pPF
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gNQWHsyT7
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0mtGp183D
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOo63MiuB1
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0pED39oK3
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeehAHTyTwf
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKH9PrbY509
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgq8Urxxd2C
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBj8n5RvqV
sorry, I’m too late.
I plastered a smile on my690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZv7AulvVF7
face.
“Thank you. Thank you for690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6oYzDjAp2
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGu8GGOCRPE
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTks3Iwgvu
happened.
Forget it, because I think I690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yGg7eY929
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZZkOm5VIN
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9y6jnE1ZIW
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEJwMpOTfW
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyUjNml0rr
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ux6ZjHlfP
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CFePtYY54
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrsCDFy982
only one. My first and forever love.
