“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.
