“To the East!”
“To the West!”
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forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7semfNuXkj
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3Er2ZVmTO
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAYvAm0fBM
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogffBGOY7V
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklhb3TTvps
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJijuKKDxYN
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvpsD32kWv
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCiBVFdojf
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2xdUirr8q
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVY9dAZNUZ
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVtqnyrv3V
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGv3ztg5aDo
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQZZ9SHlwh
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTIn2vuyKA
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRA3qgVBlH0
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lnT971ozs
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UOhDX1maF
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGZmeLgU68
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NC3AyBYN3
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjd1xIZuTO
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEy0GeZFDSy
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSreXnttyk
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ836QfTU5H1
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuXFq6Fdtu
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOz0Y460yV3
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9f3JebttH
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5vD629AYZ
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVkYhZqlHy
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4y6stebMtF
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DaRu52055
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhHOr1Zm8c
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAL1Q7vFR7
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafStG14Hzw
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjVQ7zreEx
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOlnUeIG19
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lCrDBY3Kw
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgcOjE32Vc
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXptXCruIxL
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLj8ViGYpMv
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpwtcgUT5Z
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QHYFcGnfU
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwspD3e16n
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcatUQ5Mlv
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSF84smB1uJ
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATms6gxedR
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnvjEs1kB6
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjy3Inkn5y
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDbztZT5TW
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzMUhNYeqg
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvNJhH5M2P
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrm2P5tUMnS
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0w9N6tYDQe
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5vozRRFAN
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGyBnUSsm1
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHhKl3ZLE4
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEcLbL0VuB
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2RMSS902e
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48igYTGlia
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhzIYf4PG7
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwb81kIzKlF
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdhyrahLL8
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmRlK8wD8E
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Bvtr0lhUc
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJEE1rk80I
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUoJUA3MTs
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnV7UTmM5V
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6jxSrL3Kv
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjdZlQzsb7
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNiuJAWzsOb
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUxcVW3bSG
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pUkzo0P4e
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEqTrJnIDL
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsE1BrB3WEL
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQqSWfX3QK
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WkRR6EDhf
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXJbMVAKNa
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJRBhxJ7yA
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fiKDRSJKn
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8Y5cvFGL3
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtdxqaZr37
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmrFupS7eH
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljDBP1Q4TA
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnMzAudioq
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzDAQHlbhZ
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIuhx2FL6j
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UgPaEkknO
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTm9uBwl7M
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoFAhHKEM1
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5N51clBIa
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaf1MXciwMt
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVClQU1Mlyq
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TW4c1rWIO
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pNmEisTu0
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8isQD8DZSG
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJs8ONhwY2
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmJ25UotKj
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHY5sPT7yrZ
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUC3BnjgW1a
sorry, I’m too late.
I plastered a smile on my552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJsIqa9E2J
face.
“Thank you. Thank you for552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1k4M47IY5
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7Cc9OxIz1
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5utUmbMu6
happened.
Forget it, because I think I552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJJcryWQyz
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yPFpwIiJd
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87ITzIWb1y
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVSntZuVvc
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx46CuWmO72
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ETYzrrtFH
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCLpt7c3Df
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbjQugkSL1
only one. My first and forever love.
