“To the East!”
“To the West!”
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forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZYuoYmlc9
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQe2KBm8pgC
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGoD6NNlsu
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8YFBWIxes
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
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that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqH17GCIu2Y
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4P9dnuRxS
eyes.
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this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEWqTFWygx
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FuOhr425r
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIaaBugyAVg
one of his assets.
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about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtMcUAOp3p
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5st24VTVc
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQrPPQSFJq
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbT4V3nFBCx
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMbFQ9N1K0
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaTNDwBONt
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcqhNZjc39
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjphZhqfI8g
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtx2sSLCyAL
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoGf9BsK79
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pT9vVcRm2
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBe3qmzx3A
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2xwZCzfHg
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4gQxGJpGs
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBQOVkd8Jg
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjIDG3s69x
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZPR0DlXjr
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodZDTiB89R
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiDctF3vHE
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JhOmsCp5q
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dAwz6FkWj
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5PZWl5kQF
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIyoXZTkgD
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2ALSWfbBX
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdezy90PXuZ
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDltqdhX44
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMtzNJTng2
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVnPZ0xEUw
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQYNuga1v3
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUt8wZFYxa
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmHj6pj7iK
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SpxziSqKk
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8slvpUZ6M
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaxgifX60c
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsuW6O2NOi
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6s6qUdbyz
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2CencdtRj
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxNj7F6ofo
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpviZEpl1FO
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiZlXCUV0Q
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaX6oepHKj
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiHW6PVHCs
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsTvUPUgUn
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuMWkIA5BC
with the cloth I ripped.
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closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoeFmIoxsE
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡst3tGU2Wfi
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4K8Ppt3aak
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1gZjYCD39
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGoaZIOI9u
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbo7sZrWcz
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLpHQtORnY
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGtrm82unA
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKm8bN6so4P
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28MAcRgxnz
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3aFYsbOTh
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAxOHaxCvo
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1aNfcan9x
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrTuM90Bya
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlRNOBDKF3
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RVYmcVjl7
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pmhGYI0Yv
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ufyidZU7W
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
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brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dakE4Liz0
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡON5Z7NF779
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMhf8n42l4
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYRSeMEYvh
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYE5IisQIbL
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsF20dzzqJt
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyattUHfFs
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzBtdH1kXh
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pq7EWkm3e
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZg1uT2Dmbz
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4VlMUBaEH
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvcdCUT0gJ
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE21McR0QpM
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPjkFRDwfy
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24KWF8gSJw
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7avciDQT8
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5pi0B6Z1Y
stated by greatest authors.
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possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEU1stGnIr
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjieJgXhXES
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffWfB4TCue
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNw1HHBzco
sorry, I’m too late.
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face.
“Thank you. Thank you for655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqYBRIeXK1
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWD2NIbuRo
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELGibnC42P
happened.
Forget it, because I think I655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9nKDcoxh8
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxRhzhZd3y
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBSkBa92ef
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKfXe0o33K
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWX6uN0MBW8
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSY4jznP4ZM
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTvqN76e8d
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the655Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMBu541rwE
only one. My first and forever love.
