“To the East!”
“To the West!”
There’s a crease on my586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtmujktG1O
forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZ8I8RWV9s
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklwsWlwOHz
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvB7y0RLC9
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7UWXcbKBV
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEe0dyMjbN5
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rXoXUCNMC
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJBLIw7vsr
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPeytKInGZ
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoY5rsHMl1
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAV3xyZjXMk
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhOWTiVlj7
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTA618qoxPT
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqjb2VN8zP
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4essEKvkvG
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyirbhu0nwy
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Hxyj0qN54
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziTgd88ghY
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4v4jlTv2k
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsHrXMNw3t
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0oVwSgI2g
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5H5sXfukp
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImm3lrYqP6
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpU0fe0oS24
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpy6H3SniE
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmni8top4E
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPM6V81G4lP
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7y4uMzUztk
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUc2ZxqhkR
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGAilMCrEo
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kVGeDg7L6
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwRo54RIsF
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0JSFNb5CF
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZQhGr8TC9
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCa6f1EQh7
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeyDugx5Xe
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVT9iGFbDG8
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3nq503wPr
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KMB5UeZ1y
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXH4kA48L6
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorJZSdCIvv
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1YH3F2OH7
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkbKKIxcO3
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52vShhsg0g
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXun5fvHRZ5
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWAMR88Ps9
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rzYuCdbdN
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAobEIznHj
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhXYmijdJU
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gVCRRcYNK
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IYGMIQ7vY
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVH46CwjY3
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71Y9vD7OJI
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcq3LXez9Vl
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKoHFMnnBdc
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcsJfqsCZV
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMe7HcnFbcE
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2W6gUZjQ8M
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnjFRjFhqE
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrZmKtZ89f
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7cGGcnMWo
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlS377ZooXI
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9m8omy6BYX
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4NJOtFhy6
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ23ZKEGLac
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6X7qvSnV1d
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHQ9chAvHw
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRhbbqmMsq
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGjDN52E7C
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3aZeSNPcj
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXP18fyQFa
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbT5I1W2Nia
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GvowlCBnC
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qZC3901tR
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSlAAW1REU
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBPpvaSa4u
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybylnZQfHM
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLkM6zJBZT
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTWcLSwMqO
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIPfo5Arbn
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmixfpAJAdo
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2AaoCaI9r
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKN7dKVxDS7
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6e4qwo7bW
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTKMwxUh3o
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9l9vCiMI40
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXqLaujTYj
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI89JMWGxc0
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYbhaADw9o
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphOwLnaYcv
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Kdfns2Ed8
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPYGiaKDzb
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo49vEuWvUF
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBrcWNGeKK
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsvruUzDsD
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLBG9HkBYh
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPCyC9k4of
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpZcmrjeYb
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqpCehE7Hw
sorry, I’m too late.
I plastered a smile on my586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJ0jLR9AYC
face.
“Thank you. Thank you for586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJxgUNvRbS
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGNNiZJZk0
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKExu4QCumW
happened.
Forget it, because I think I586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1k0KM2Ea6
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAMQerJRon
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipURSfZwrg
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5A9HxXPj5m
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CMouhpp67
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAyUkhxLt8
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqLxqu5xwQ
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj13CFEAYC6
only one. My first and forever love.
