“To the East!”
“To the West!”
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forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one697Please respect copyright.PENANAaPseZNx7mB
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,697Please respect copyright.PENANAAJZhLdRisk
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with697Please respect copyright.PENANA3iCkEcJ3eV
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives697Please respect copyright.PENANAXGHfZiFkoz
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses697Please respect copyright.PENANA9GQvPViWi2
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate697Please respect copyright.PENANApa8M9B56yU
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my697Please respect copyright.PENANAVTocpzA1I4
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that697Please respect copyright.PENANAv3bfmkTMYu
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from697Please respect copyright.PENANAOD9vVjURZv
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for697Please respect copyright.PENANAfRKqlgBndE
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,697Please respect copyright.PENANAUKQo0yHlKW
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me697Please respect copyright.PENANA2FqIpqiBhk
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He697Please respect copyright.PENANACeFzD1jli0
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just697Please respect copyright.PENANAqrRNKH3UcV
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with697Please respect copyright.PENANAK8zhHvWyg4
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I697Please respect copyright.PENANAhHofjWd4pv
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To697Please respect copyright.PENANAFobB3qlz3Q
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe697Please respect copyright.PENANAW41O8iFvR6
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace697Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZamHYeKqJ
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is697Please respect copyright.PENANA5j7D0KlLzv
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got697Please respect copyright.PENANAjogrmZL3Ik
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from697Please respect copyright.PENANAffafhSrvsd
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,697Please respect copyright.PENANAbCdeezvhag
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel697Please respect copyright.PENANAeq7N79KwDU
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had697Please respect copyright.PENANAuOFL4H7bfY
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back697Please respect copyright.PENANAq5TCVvsstN
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees697Please respect copyright.PENANA0WNgbCyfWA
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s697Please respect copyright.PENANAXTsuoR1bWG
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You697Please respect copyright.PENANADobaLNIW1H
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.697Please respect copyright.PENANAuQDXVrhgPy
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.697Please respect copyright.PENANAIrA1m3cnhj
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your697Please respect copyright.PENANApFWsszOU8e
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking697Please respect copyright.PENANAlWCPXC4xQO
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll697Please respect copyright.PENANA6xeaAJDJdd
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before697Please respect copyright.PENANAB9n6MomUDS
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that697Please respect copyright.PENANAKD7l8GchnJ
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained697Please respect copyright.PENANAFG8vFAAbvz
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to697Please respect copyright.PENANAkl2QJJgDXz
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face697Please respect copyright.PENANA0FhsfmKPQ7
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped697Please respect copyright.PENANAcnyeRZqga4
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,697Please respect copyright.PENANAVPhglTK2Is
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,697Please respect copyright.PENANAPnZtQyywqQ
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,697Please respect copyright.PENANAifQBEqX1OX
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment697Please respect copyright.PENANAmxlcV2hBIS
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said697Please respect copyright.PENANALHHZQJ2r66
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the697Please respect copyright.PENANAh1PA7G3WY7
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for697Please respect copyright.PENANApcotaKRIXQ
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek697Please respect copyright.PENANAtca3WUNNSn
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not697Please respect copyright.PENANAqIQ0nutmE6
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you697Please respect copyright.PENANAZl8H9i4sfh
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?697Please respect copyright.PENANAB5TY6h8gz7
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that697Please respect copyright.PENANA2tIpAirTco
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,697Please respect copyright.PENANAclR53Ujmq1
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with697Please respect copyright.PENANAQtO9enabZi
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to697Please respect copyright.PENANAvZrNxf7ekh
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it697Please respect copyright.PENANAhMDMQ7kz2r
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently697Please respect copyright.PENANAt0gkQ7iTyt
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to697Please respect copyright.PENANAs2ASEm3kzY
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my697Please respect copyright.PENANAmrWtD072kd
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of697Please respect copyright.PENANAbVg23I7MGr
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.697Please respect copyright.PENANA0Bg3efECTh
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The697Please respect copyright.PENANA2evytWEwda
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no697Please respect copyright.PENANAfvLgEBGI4u
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near697Please respect copyright.PENANACpAIlvKwPj
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my697Please respect copyright.PENANAXS73lYQa69
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is697Please respect copyright.PENANAuOYAIQa8wT
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to697Please respect copyright.PENANAfuhdxSoCeX
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories697Please respect copyright.PENANAB4NVBOo4Xq
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The697Please respect copyright.PENANANf6GIAYJvJ
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were697Please respect copyright.PENANAaizYw9vtyw
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer697Please respect copyright.PENANANSAGE0neyy
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging697Please respect copyright.PENANA9kdc0l0nS7
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from697Please respect copyright.PENANAJEl0QiYxof
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made697Please respect copyright.PENANAzux5UlBAqh
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws697Please respect copyright.PENANAu78DZwoSqp
from the kiss.
“No, Chasse no. This is wrong.”
“Bry?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have697Please respect copyright.PENANATuFmOnoww8
brought you into this situation. I shouldn’t have made that kind of atmosphere.697Please respect copyright.PENANAuTrLL7Xr7g
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I697Please respect copyright.PENANAcckCZ64Bro
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re697Please respect copyright.PENANAHK503FsYGj
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you697Please respect copyright.PENANAjGDozNeMYq
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I697Please respect copyright.PENANAz1nozzQnOr
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting697Please respect copyright.PENANA7BBHM2is5Q
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s697Please respect copyright.PENANASkU18caSMQ
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name697Please respect copyright.PENANA1UUl6vBtLO
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was697Please respect copyright.PENANAoMWFPUmJXg
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks697Please respect copyright.PENANAfP1F1gMyZy
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my697Please respect copyright.PENANAadQQT6ITnD
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the697Please respect copyright.PENANA07fEItOKPn
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.697Please respect copyright.PENANAfs3SeuxbVP
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why697Please respect copyright.PENANAbPT0rrgImu
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like697Please respect copyright.PENANA8zPH0neHkl
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that697Please respect copyright.PENANAouwOR4NoTe
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always697Please respect copyright.PENANAFecGWt8k5S
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as697Please respect copyright.PENANAJKA217PE6I
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This697Please respect copyright.PENANAul0ex3BG9A
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one697Please respect copyright.PENANADjuvostHQO
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I697Please respect copyright.PENANAsX9NhrIi2g
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m697Please respect copyright.PENANAnq5F0lLhCx
sorry, I’m too late.
I plastered a smile on my697Please respect copyright.PENANAjfayQwIx33
face.
“Thank you. Thank you for697Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7Wl2Oxxft
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a697Please respect copyright.PENANAuXazoQTVAn
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had697Please respect copyright.PENANATdmxx15uo0
happened.
Forget it, because I think I697Please respect copyright.PENANAAqfT5bQ2oU
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell697Please respect copyright.PENANAA3wmj7zyOr
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and697Please respect copyright.PENANAFqeAUgtZfF
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from697Please respect copyright.PENANA4s5gwfHrL6
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you697Please respect copyright.PENANAl27w5wt71C
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own697Please respect copyright.PENANAL0QKS1Vsww
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in697Please respect copyright.PENANA6dwSazorSb
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the697Please respect copyright.PENANAF2wDLmZ3oV
only one. My first and forever love.