“To the East!”
“To the West!”
There’s a crease on my623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLUL06dXhy
forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTUVzVwtiM
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekUEqisHoA
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbt1X5VAtYG
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSejRFWOSog
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BAdVpo22C
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqNBL0W378
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOajjR57Otn
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWod6u3iEG
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCo3krZuAK
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZAAYRkuop
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3odsXlI3k3
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YkLfcZCzG
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8EVwEd4sv
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6cuVhc79W
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfhY9SHxO0
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6OWBb42VO
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡseDwVqyxjR
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oVFRAMjby
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0pqSfxlKf
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3AZlOncNr
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiHmVTEl91
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSZ56ic8kv
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡES7cOz5pf6
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yvWMOvnCB
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9R3AxCUr94
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXgwT52t6C
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMgzWP6zIE
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsLixeSJJf
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnn7w9tfnmF
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAncnoHUUse
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBInMoV4Umi
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IbdAYt88T
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpuKSjuXQc
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxFEYcXPXN
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3h5noThZnb
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuYlITLauj
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FD3gBL40f
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2gSMjgVys
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIiYW7hAj7
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrK94PZH0bK
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVdiIHnvM7
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAxUtmqsOe
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaLS1u0jEK
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9eCq4ypyu
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LOI4zzqEi
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVLCp0sB5O
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3L8BeY3eG
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdZ3EXO8qr
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBh0cdA5EU5
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxxdteFI7s
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uWFEV8q0c
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqVTRAboKm
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndFkGHo1O8
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QUZ4Xe0qi
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nY9kmcBzF
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAmjZ7UEWV
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIz2b5zkVaf
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rUQCVRNDT
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQtOL9s3ce
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpjJT7myqN
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0sQsKSTpXQ
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00Ofrmeke2
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4Q3ncar9A
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizMpPtdiu0
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfe6vXUbSA
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7wehkvSAf
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP43dswqOjh
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BysB80R7P
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEsUw3MWZZ
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2g1CKyxioB
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Dy2BjcYvJ
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQRl3W6p9E
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq96i8R0SXG
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITHAgfKC9P
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb44xTkYPmW
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmKG8Q52GA
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPOLc6rghI
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUE2SXK8jV
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQPM52eRSv
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JvlAAM7H3
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUx3gUbnry
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41TvjcXMin
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCr61k93H8V
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3QKL7CteF
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSid9MZTyf
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyZdbT62rl
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdgpKcCY1r
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSV4ZBJAQ8
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27qSirOG2P
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1stSDSIOI4
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTA8vu7v2J
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshk02jOAxj
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuogmHPwE0
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmqavDyuUp
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MMbULMoQs
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtJtAOpazQ
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlv8hqNFcW
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8Z8YiYwJO
sorry, I’m too late.
I plastered a smile on my623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEAwlqs6D8
face.
“Thank you. Thank you for623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fvUbimaaI
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSS7HV3m5v2
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVvETEI666
happened.
Forget it, because I think I623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgHmpigNxe
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTSACH5ImP
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSTMwFkHRJ
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pDse2PnZ9
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8jRD71FyS
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGWlXWcFv5
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5S10vAyxY
love even with seconds of my life.
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only one. My first and forever love.
