“To the East!”
“To the West!”
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forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtx7f5PYfvl
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeas4JpVOBm
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOu8x70N7q
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVevmgCDQW
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 quadrate545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4jAHm81pg
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaYgC9Iqz7
eyes.
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this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85X7mWduj6
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpMpUOt4MH
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRBxTkmyxt
one of his assets.
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about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT27d5re0H6
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCu7g8I8W2r
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXsfBQMpQZ
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtNOni2eS9
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCC4AhzqC8K
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZsi2DBA5E
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoehdP99ts
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrG6Ht9dyv
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XNpL7L1dv
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbumro2zx8y
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxQjTqZR0P
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJf6THuUHdP
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYtbl0uzVw
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCP2sovIDRj
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYBU1mojUw
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlU2JdoSy3u
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKlRsIqrcE
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTpj2Wucg7
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXI0XydwWa
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJhJQ3GeEV
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPakas2hIk
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0RdKSkkfm
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHhuDa4FBJ
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0Hbl22UGk
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPazubH4Cl
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZsRJ4V4iW
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj13AfjOq1O
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZtxgK4nyc
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECN0q8gWbA
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySTM8SGfkh
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXPQuWMG7C
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLHYOjretP
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv06e4F6alo
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2tnHtXr98
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFSC1nIIQt
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsyYuYSSow
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDlFg79lEA
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCckj3JE0Bg
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVdlIAPKox
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ941Jrp5cAm
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2P1tcl4hV
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIc0HMHlEE
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bdwizVy3k
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXH6aHkYPt
with the cloth I ripped.
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closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLc3VzvUlQa
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLW9bjYb0yP
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ282PH8EMGI
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGBfE73gXC
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLydiP47uTj
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzdKmnNSH9
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZSS4soXFf
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSk4PLBO8X
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nDajrOp3H
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQ7O9pzOrj
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClVbgs9yFc
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8pxGJOWAK
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWXFHv83eY
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoe9IeYEZp
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs66SGOpd47
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvh2CTawQZU
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqrOhybdvu
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvntyuOOhE
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6BwPEkXwm
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCTY7dkCe2
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9aZ8SNTra4
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0k7UFpbSWL
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkwyThV2gF
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxQQwiYxeQ
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8EYdFdCBv
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWLvinHojM
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7h1W8gMzz
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCxWG29b9k
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcCjhh1wZ6
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2r4nRJkHcm
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASWgUA8hWZ
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXLLIgdHCe
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1oePaNbBP
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCI0D808P7o
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCmdkQHRVZ
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZAcqGhTg5
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1x5BvTORXi
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwa42IzqVR
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xuImaCT0f
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPAftSTJym
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFknoOhUB1
sorry, I’m too late.
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face.
“Thank you. Thank you for545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7KvjuFbT1
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkQkcja0Dx
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydl2S0gcjP
happened.
Forget it, because I think I545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDablZbWLTO
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7793u37ps
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrCNxJ1zxn
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLbMEjjCZB
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PiqtGA7Jw
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLFqMSHLBc
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXJwgSJBBw
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxq7XUFphWz
only one. My first and forever love.
