“To the East!”
“To the West!”
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forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one698Please respect copyright.PENANAk08LaGWXaM
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,698Please respect copyright.PENANABdrNk5Eij7
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with698Please respect copyright.PENANAhGgrDSTYsc
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives698Please respect copyright.PENANA2b7H3nWxVy
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses698Please respect copyright.PENANAfoUY7uQca2
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate698Please respect copyright.PENANA64dSMxbsrO
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my698Please respect copyright.PENANAeLEwh2eohL
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that698Please respect copyright.PENANAFwPbw3egRD
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from698Please respect copyright.PENANAtYvGjSFf7x
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for698Please respect copyright.PENANAz0MGImsBh0
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,698Please respect copyright.PENANA1g8DrOH80r
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me698Please respect copyright.PENANAyd7csf8737
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He698Please respect copyright.PENANAvTLXEGqYR8
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just698Please respect copyright.PENANAas007lEYHE
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with698Please respect copyright.PENANA8k0XwGBCuJ
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I698Please respect copyright.PENANAGcnTWh9Uxw
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To698Please respect copyright.PENANAuebUpxfXw5
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe698Please respect copyright.PENANAR2VEf062Ul
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace698Please respect copyright.PENANANn38s7QyHW
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is698Please respect copyright.PENANAQOiBuYW735
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got698Please respect copyright.PENANAfW6CrZAptc
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from698Please respect copyright.PENANASCZacEslLK
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,698Please respect copyright.PENANAF2PZinekMH
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel698Please respect copyright.PENANAzqifWGmnHl
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had698Please respect copyright.PENANAa7UVIUx1uq
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back698Please respect copyright.PENANA1wstqOSmuL
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees698Please respect copyright.PENANA0FVGAPU7ig
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s698Please respect copyright.PENANAoiX9kPPjTh
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You698Please respect copyright.PENANAej5myXRlwj
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.698Please respect copyright.PENANAgMSRG9LfKk
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.698Please respect copyright.PENANAgbixxfHr2W
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your698Please respect copyright.PENANAqPKcWI3Yzw
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking698Please respect copyright.PENANARE8PKfgpDY
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll698Please respect copyright.PENANACjUjh6uNNi
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before698Please respect copyright.PENANAdtSFfsdFXL
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that698Please respect copyright.PENANAgffEuunYAk
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained698Please respect copyright.PENANAP0bXMm7rMx
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to698Please respect copyright.PENANAvkCpZni9OD
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face698Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0QTMtBhpu
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped698Please respect copyright.PENANAPSXBQylwHc
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,698Please respect copyright.PENANAPyjzVJd4i6
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,698Please respect copyright.PENANAMJNzvn8yQW
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,698Please respect copyright.PENANAte1uWFB5jD
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment698Please respect copyright.PENANADFuAFjyiqN
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said698Please respect copyright.PENANAQaJWSLVwxt
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the698Please respect copyright.PENANALTEjM75RId
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for698Please respect copyright.PENANA4PQZIJaPvw
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek698Please respect copyright.PENANA7FY9OB3hzO
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not698Please respect copyright.PENANAfPmm0NyS2P
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you698Please respect copyright.PENANARVw4lUA0Nu
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?698Please respect copyright.PENANAoxlv2pLQoB
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that698Please respect copyright.PENANATFo2otQZdT
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,698Please respect copyright.PENANAB92CckWwa0
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with698Please respect copyright.PENANAc2dB0LhPrc
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to698Please respect copyright.PENANAbgYwM7Hu0G
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it698Please respect copyright.PENANA2bnCd81YmU
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently698Please respect copyright.PENANAGH77hqV9ab
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to698Please respect copyright.PENANAjEqLHk9xTN
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my698Please respect copyright.PENANAhRwSEDgBMM
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of698Please respect copyright.PENANA82plrXvUDu
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.698Please respect copyright.PENANAr9lyASm8os
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The698Please respect copyright.PENANAA1UzEZeFa9
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no698Please respect copyright.PENANAI0fJ8V4WJ6
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near698Please respect copyright.PENANAFbnf9c7zGd
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my698Please respect copyright.PENANAmRBH1qN5PF
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is698Please respect copyright.PENANAv4HWiFyzIk
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to698Please respect copyright.PENANAuw8xhMhIc8
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories698Please respect copyright.PENANA2lTRjrHPtD
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The698Please respect copyright.PENANAMv1yk4v8lM
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were698Please respect copyright.PENANAXN1Y8veaiN
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer698Please respect copyright.PENANAlLoSJ4RuvG
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging698Please respect copyright.PENANA4JlISPS4Lh
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from698Please respect copyright.PENANAKkgK8ISfML
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made698Please respect copyright.PENANAzwRKPPqDFG
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws698Please respect copyright.PENANA84de1lzfHd
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have698Please respect copyright.PENANA1FmMNqaA85
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.698Please respect copyright.PENANAQkpT2L73XC
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I698Please respect copyright.PENANAKzokWrVNYg
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re698Please respect copyright.PENANA6JM5VdkiTC
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you698Please respect copyright.PENANAgyjha4RQyx
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I698Please respect copyright.PENANA88bQ7I5f7p
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting698Please respect copyright.PENANAyTU1Q0hWib
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s698Please respect copyright.PENANAtfrwYKMCkq
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name698Please respect copyright.PENANAayN5YgqMu5
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was698Please respect copyright.PENANAj7rfcnz48e
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks698Please respect copyright.PENANAlM22tRSJZS
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my698Please respect copyright.PENANA6J7LSGqpFm
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the698Please respect copyright.PENANAA6dUAvHUks
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.698Please respect copyright.PENANAdSJw4utTj3
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why698Please respect copyright.PENANAQ34uP9BGzj
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like698Please respect copyright.PENANAhlaNmPwKhz
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that698Please respect copyright.PENANAYHZWWHWUBm
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always698Please respect copyright.PENANA3Ac79RL4kT
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as698Please respect copyright.PENANAl4MISVT5uT
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This698Please respect copyright.PENANAFAKSv34N6z
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one698Please respect copyright.PENANASBiSvmfnnC
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I698Please respect copyright.PENANAmrBt6otB9r
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m698Please respect copyright.PENANAPHE45qTv2y
sorry, I’m too late.
I plastered a smile on my698Please respect copyright.PENANAlJGxEEd4i3
face.
“Thank you. Thank you for698Please respect copyright.PENANA2mF6WLNwlv
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a698Please respect copyright.PENANAGhNvqiv0sm
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had698Please respect copyright.PENANATZkv0sUSGr
happened.
Forget it, because I think I698Please respect copyright.PENANAsKcgpyFopB
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell698Please respect copyright.PENANA9cgcQaB6H4
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and698Please respect copyright.PENANAoNCMDs2UYS
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from698Please respect copyright.PENANAY9KBaz5vPH
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you698Please respect copyright.PENANA08uKO1PdBw
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own698Please respect copyright.PENANAhQDEJKdJqx
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in698Please respect copyright.PENANAa2EgQNF8UX
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the698Please respect copyright.PENANAMyV8epbi5S
only one. My first and forever love.