“To the East!”
“To the West!”
There’s a crease on my589Please respect copyright.PENANAfqzpKO8vzG
forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one589Please respect copyright.PENANAIr0vGNZV6Y
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,589Please respect copyright.PENANAXN7iPoFxDC
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with589Please respect copyright.PENANAgOsVa2gEWg
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives589Please respect copyright.PENANA36d7l4VT3G
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses589Please respect copyright.PENANAVPK3e37dnN
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate589Please respect copyright.PENANAyKvB38cajC
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my589Please respect copyright.PENANALI56COM4rx
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that589Please respect copyright.PENANApyykFynkq9
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from589Please respect copyright.PENANAGbAVrFvNco
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for589Please respect copyright.PENANAO1PX3FPdIF
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,589Please respect copyright.PENANAXDSbkhquN8
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me589Please respect copyright.PENANAetzrgtQRHp
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He589Please respect copyright.PENANAFtMWsNw0RK
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just589Please respect copyright.PENANAInaBLN2jyq
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with589Please respect copyright.PENANAtIG6A0u2Xh
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I589Please respect copyright.PENANAYwXPoqKoDw
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To589Please respect copyright.PENANAux9tqhMzfb
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe589Please respect copyright.PENANANdZDV0kUZa
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace589Please respect copyright.PENANACptc4V6SK1
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is589Please respect copyright.PENANAZaOJ0no9D8
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got589Please respect copyright.PENANAHfqvT0FvgO
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from589Please respect copyright.PENANAwrdxr0Tbky
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,589Please respect copyright.PENANAqpY3mE1P10
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel589Please respect copyright.PENANAfpo3GKkPFv
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had589Please respect copyright.PENANAjThMt9ccnx
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back589Please respect copyright.PENANAmT93Xitu9h
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees589Please respect copyright.PENANAXU6VHDAxO5
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s589Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2IB2F0IAV
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You589Please respect copyright.PENANAl5NPzObl83
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.589Please respect copyright.PENANAmWhC6PfrDp
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.589Please respect copyright.PENANA87c35jDU18
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your589Please respect copyright.PENANATg7XVxZovt
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking589Please respect copyright.PENANA7VX9ePxH0s
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll589Please respect copyright.PENANAfB7KWC31gj
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before589Please respect copyright.PENANAOOsQ22AjQS
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that589Please respect copyright.PENANAlB0E2eiDef
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained589Please respect copyright.PENANAjVIaI3xA3q
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to589Please respect copyright.PENANA16L0UKnfcI
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face589Please respect copyright.PENANA9vN3cHh4h6
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped589Please respect copyright.PENANAZAyCzxW75W
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,589Please respect copyright.PENANA2lznOWlbKP
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,589Please respect copyright.PENANAPqhC4d0MiO
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,589Please respect copyright.PENANAyrUL0DdoUs
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment589Please respect copyright.PENANAfMcXUe4xMl
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said589Please respect copyright.PENANALgPH5Qo7LF
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the589Please respect copyright.PENANAzOqbttRY8I
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for589Please respect copyright.PENANA7qt3upAaw0
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek589Please respect copyright.PENANAsdA7IltLH3
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not589Please respect copyright.PENANACzxsdQttOv
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you589Please respect copyright.PENANAVHT7j9V3EE
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?589Please respect copyright.PENANA3HyfCVdAl4
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that589Please respect copyright.PENANAzAIhf29m73
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,589Please respect copyright.PENANAzXGa2syAHo
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with589Please respect copyright.PENANA2ABnsL4ihs
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to589Please respect copyright.PENANAzQmMgUSf4a
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it589Please respect copyright.PENANAyyR8zueLWs
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently589Please respect copyright.PENANAKnXNsDT8qx
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to589Please respect copyright.PENANAxoL1hXM2WX
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my589Please respect copyright.PENANAWe1jRcOxfc
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of589Please respect copyright.PENANASUtZsIAjm2
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.589Please respect copyright.PENANA6YGCW77FJ2
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The589Please respect copyright.PENANAmyLRCJ6AW0
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no589Please respect copyright.PENANA6YWsk62pKD
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near589Please respect copyright.PENANAeP3rx4frFu
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my589Please respect copyright.PENANAD1rU0wtuhJ
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is589Please respect copyright.PENANAVq4teVfcDm
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to589Please respect copyright.PENANApQMmsSCmrM
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories589Please respect copyright.PENANA4vrQWukdpq
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The589Please respect copyright.PENANAtCwF7z6fH0
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were589Please respect copyright.PENANACapm5nD93s
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer589Please respect copyright.PENANAEXUbGA8qjR
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging589Please respect copyright.PENANATfYFYQvE9Y
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from589Please respect copyright.PENANA4V8kX7246f
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made589Please respect copyright.PENANAbM47J6jhny
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws589Please respect copyright.PENANAexMaS8hjXn
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have589Please respect copyright.PENANAAoXwJXVFWF
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.589Please respect copyright.PENANA0p7ObhtDo5
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I589Please respect copyright.PENANA9h9KIzPehc
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re589Please respect copyright.PENANACXZRfkc52f
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you589Please respect copyright.PENANAuqkIIiS8u4
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I589Please respect copyright.PENANAwXFochRZTg
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting589Please respect copyright.PENANARkrTO5f0QL
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s589Please respect copyright.PENANAeYCdMztNPn
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name589Please respect copyright.PENANAIJg59OQhVa
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was589Please respect copyright.PENANAHiVeLUIVY1
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks589Please respect copyright.PENANAemzzHjeXhS
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my589Please respect copyright.PENANABEjZ8zBbNc
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the589Please respect copyright.PENANAMk1L1YV1k1
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.589Please respect copyright.PENANASpHxtICHX2
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why589Please respect copyright.PENANAqpTaTs0p4G
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like589Please respect copyright.PENANAm0SvFlMxFr
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that589Please respect copyright.PENANA9FtlDCR1Zv
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always589Please respect copyright.PENANAaBIT7Itm3d
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as589Please respect copyright.PENANATWVaYGztOC
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This589Please respect copyright.PENANAnBNzc7a0Vy
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one589Please respect copyright.PENANA4aj8BwCKL4
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I589Please respect copyright.PENANAAEHd7WOzc7
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m589Please respect copyright.PENANAnPWl1IXAyK
sorry, I’m too late.
I plastered a smile on my589Please respect copyright.PENANAtIzAeBIuhN
face.
“Thank you. Thank you for589Please respect copyright.PENANAW9q5dpHU3a
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a589Please respect copyright.PENANA6UDqcirDa0
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had589Please respect copyright.PENANALFPEE1BxsY
happened.
Forget it, because I think I589Please respect copyright.PENANAQQpCECxB5U
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell589Please respect copyright.PENANArRNXAOfjaZ
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and589Please respect copyright.PENANAYu5n6FBZA5
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from589Please respect copyright.PENANAvBrbRtmVec
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you589Please respect copyright.PENANA1Oy0UXG3Hp
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own589Please respect copyright.PENANAXN3efIpf2g
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in589Please respect copyright.PENANABiH6UjkQeM
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the589Please respect copyright.PENANA1edgCBlkEO
only one. My first and forever love.