“To the East!”
“To the West!”
There’s a crease on my582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbqWESVRjJ
forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV75FG197ji
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eFCtkDTfD
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPE6N6B81F
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNJh2UlVu2
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJ7hl7m8Rd
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWzZEFdezI
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nUNDmYdAy
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEiydEYJvr
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFM7YmKwBNJ
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZHDWl5ZXt
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UkFu7UcHl
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdUEQmQCjw
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRg4qiu5ND3
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6scuoiuZc
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRC78S1qIn
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGplNiiEwp
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbERjQPSrj
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm669GPBJK7
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqDgKzOMbs
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqQR3M2YqB
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcJy92EPD2
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oHcTUEgoN
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76TAMNxqqK
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAH6tW6oJhZ
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPZQHNUxEH
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURZoEtBBT9
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33sy7ZgODD
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQh0ulaALC
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSiDpwgUav
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgji82KYEuA
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmPtKzpWd8
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlBNZ12w7S
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbebK6fwJ7O
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9cKXVlKEd
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbhIbMB8wX
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcC8YZHxaM2
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5TeJs9xfq
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uHUZHG0YR
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRxihBd3la
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKJvnfK0CQ
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTRoFHmZaF
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfivy9DGUb
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfi9aIhzytI
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Op7Y1RvUE
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡick1CLGcVX
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbbPE3E8cz
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYtQvzC63Y
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOCaHLqMQP
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDuAyQw8vE
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvirVxaOl4s
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNW4hoIk2a
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxB80SD6APy
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86MaHMqBfN
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ndSkuivF5
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBw5CLAFB0
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXbPvVjszn
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHaojoesH6
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0nbD108Oc
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfQyHBKCmO
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5tzDzAED9
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTs8xGDmwz
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZtAg5hLRg
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlGRMSfLfZ
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowZTpwzw13
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP52EFwwFt4
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdNDmCPCm3
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHuhcSZqdW
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsDYVIZ1pP
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoaNpSoMvw
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmuVZaPO4u
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFEczrdurU
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2kuMjkOwn
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTdxJ8O3mk
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERKJjqHRSa
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCv7cehRIP
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfFxOlp6PW
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFl9cK3Jy7E
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjB5cjjrun
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNaRxrerN3
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAmH6e8fqV
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8z1mEgF71v
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjjB6LtQqx
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeUy9NqI9E
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtFLFJFmER
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24b1nXb7qP
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnXcU5xDJT
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8jcpoWRY2
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQ4sbdQ2OX
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJSB3aZwhQ
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSj64BH2VTg
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWd4yo9G41
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUeVRdcQ3H
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEPxlFEym9
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lH1IdG3Ol
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6B4g8KB9RT
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvpeBgQYqd
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhN4jn7dow
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWsZxqMaaM
sorry, I’m too late.
I plastered a smile on my582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYyNmUeucr
face.
“Thank you. Thank you for582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3X8sIWfCxF
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgi3QzKaSci
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNd7kHIu27T
happened.
Forget it, because I think I582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Z2cUxTvYm
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQkJ3rH6La
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6lYQg4q5u
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzgqMcfixJ
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8wIH2Ko5p
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqSSvsAOAO
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡituYupP9F4
love even with seconds of my life.
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