“To the East!”
“To the West!”
There’s a crease on my610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADV3rQ5G3T
forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0wyzTTYaP
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡve4kFjG7jg
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrDcufZOrE
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOx6TZopx1S
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqDYlvj75o
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvR6YBxYDu
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvUuCkXyRs
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLS7qIRFg2
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Ti94byf6g
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYv9nD23NAh
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh61jLaaqQ1
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqloSOTi81r
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAeYpIHjqA
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUV1FGncjmN
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeGpbxwxmk
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtBuDESVfl
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtBZPF5KeC
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg43YlxgqUX
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlh9oJEHLdz
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWliP0WjCcT
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fU8XahR1J
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc31Mhktq3h
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjITAB37t8n
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1cs5nG6Sg
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuGZXxBx7L
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OZsRTmZi7
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoHG32wRSG
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmDvqweVKu
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTBRRVMUhZ
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRluMRGKXz
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPn3g51zwZ8
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnAW6vijoj
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3tw67ZHOF
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxaAvcTbpy
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdn2kJQnlMT
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SNij4M3nI
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYA1dEgnU92
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOsj3Cq83i
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuG4nc8TaWq
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNP3jXDpoJ9
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo99HZfmR6y
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkmnFElRoB
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtnDJFcPKJ
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPEYLmrrgD
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfKKTP5FtW
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6Z40fHKau
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYVCt9aGsl
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXTUA9bPj4
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVX3EBEgEzz
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8rYJIK2nr
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHDHFAx4PB
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLEdockscy
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrytWeSh5r
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyKUJ3S1WG
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxYWBmgY8n
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Egm5TElDK
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVJ6rRdjKJ
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKf7kyekvAZ
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZQDHjsbQ4
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGAPcf8Vgl
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJ4wT1Kykf
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePSjeAht3g
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirlNzhaJOK
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcViMYAknn
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JArBEhFMb
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQLwwjCmcn
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86E8WZ5f1H
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOXibygDdc
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfKQiKvmYY
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyL1CE80rJF
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hXpwsnif0
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXvYIceDI2
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡol833DenTg
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsIHAwFmw0
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLNarALWjh
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNMROjzgnv
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ImpXkXlQG
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6v6ZOFbNH
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrlLbWkOLm
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yUMUeM7zx
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDk5Bgr50n
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaJc1ruUMH
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYye4HJwvpl
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0Xj0kiy3v
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuHEmxEwlD
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVs2av22nE3
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCf94bMNno6
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63P6dTj2Rc
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nTkZkD1gG
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrIgp6LF9B
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6t4g5yxDH
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZXs4cTvGA
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SJTeMUQUX
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucjiWvwAS0
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6X3R4IIEW8
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNzM5GI8SP
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8ZJNJNMPt
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbfFyhpkhy
sorry, I’m too late.
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face.
“Thank you. Thank you for610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqivLHFvnr
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LXleOizPp
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIdwNIpc8h
happened.
Forget it, because I think I610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDvmM12B8b
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31PVF0QQ7U
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjbtLEDzRB
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoYG2qgECJ
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgyxxlmcp0
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGyQ65gQXY
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lLvab8IVY
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the610Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMmprB5oZN
only one. My first and forever love.
