“To the East!”
“To the West!”
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forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxs88qZWYaV
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtlDcNhxDH
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82Or440ODi
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDKH0xZ8gL
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstkmsUvMTS
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1XF7cG4B6
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomQkphI3Z4
eyes.
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this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEA7GpjZo3
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpscqYKlyob
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUXZwM9W2y
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBuoMaTLQh
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkb1bkwMjfe
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpW4HIbp2Y
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCczS2sdVT
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUt5EaVxxn
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuH4WJtgKh
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzD76q1YDvn
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpTxOaIUZv
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2J8zGJPA6
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75D9c0Ytu7
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAA0QO2r5eI
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlMj0gycl5
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIM7husH6Qp
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmWFpCBsAl
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFpkMjfxAh
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMglNMdpHqA
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4KRgCXonz
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUkdLcceiO
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlo1yEeXKzU
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeeN9OkUlO
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7yoFRJ0rJ
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHWMSwF5A9
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFn19pj9PJ2
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGqU5AUOD8
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fgquNgUcH
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraVUgppE7p
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacMcdRkyza
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD44GVawhJG
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunAtCskzeq
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyN18t9ghUP
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgr9TGb7Wst
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjHUNLVcDH
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgtpFX8e8E
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIrIoQtVsn
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjGrbwxXMN
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5882JT6x5
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0t2ywlSxm9
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SFXO32yR2
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtsr2zrTL1
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkzQEOdI2Y
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2gE06FDyY
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleyCEWUdk6
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhN3CN0oyx
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0ZPqfi3Ed
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxaqHzR3xd
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfYhoEUYig
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxQIdZUhVh
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinqBM9MEym
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvqrWWC06w
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJot9ilaDLo
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlURzL9LKP3
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywixizMDVd
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMObDvonCdN
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2nrtmmolz
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfyhyZI8Jx
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlRJJ39mUi
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgI6TaoSqZ
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiHhGUlYBf
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UxUc5eGvV
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEW70jkjTS
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6jEO3uS61
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5468XYDZ8
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5k5cyz4QAO
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4x5r0ZsNG
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSDAGPJkU9
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgBwAckPjT
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3biI9qrfdg
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xNIAGpuld
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qBzzm7Wd4
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsyODl8mvH
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8vdkdMiSG
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tNMsxGm3p
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvhtBBcMOY
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8Jsf9s4ag
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNdkTPyZ82
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTuqW1gMHC
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XCVy15U0O
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlofvQfSGj9
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4cg1Bz6jQ
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQ0Nw0wGEg
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyj8BjlAdGE
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMcjnCToEw
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nz0fsYOcy
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1JIFalpPD
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMWsdjkXw3
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NV42YL9u9
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfbvduONaA
sorry, I’m too late.
I plastered a smile on my662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RPAvhUghl
face.
“Thank you. Thank you for662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLzGgTtS5M
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCu57CadOfR
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXRNdOyyKu
happened.
Forget it, because I think I662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXTNu8Ru0y
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vHMsPWESB
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCHuolmwpF
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzbFjYDt9y
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQCBAQbMtO
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOH5Cy7ZRz
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zvVXVWFm4
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wBNJQtcAb
only one. My first and forever love.
