“To the East!”
“To the West!”
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forehead, I can vividly tell. Who would’ve not had such confusion if your one329Please respect copyright.PENANASwEZArIkH0
and only company is opposing the map? Exasperation expelled out of my breath.
“That rectangular paper isn’t reliable,329Please respect copyright.PENANAAUjrmgbgZI
believe me.” Arms crossed anterior the chest, he had vented the statement with329Please respect copyright.PENANAFBTIfBWzvT
whole confidence.
“How come that thing survives329Please respect copyright.PENANAzEu8ajLCWn
on your pocket? Don’t just brag that it has a cover to resist water.”
“And besides, who still uses329Please respect copyright.PENANASUdngIYppT
that thing? Come on, this thing is much more updated.” Subsequent was a quadrate329Please respect copyright.PENANApEPusrLsH4
mobile phone shown before my face. With an automatic reaction, I rolled my329Please respect copyright.PENANAH7skosLjuH
eyes.
“Right, not to mention that329Please respect copyright.PENANAZC3net1Ged
this place catches no communication network. Who knows if that still works from329Please respect copyright.PENANAWXHitNifkx
the massive water earlier. Brilliant.”
“Oh shoot, thanks for329Please respect copyright.PENANANCpZNkz6F1
reminding.” He smiled, and a deep crate had become visible on his cheeks. Asset,329Please respect copyright.PENANAd20zfFzv7b
one of his assets.
“But at least just trust me329Please respect copyright.PENANAEdrKg5ZtqP
about directions. I believe I can make myself familiarize with the path.” He329Please respect copyright.PENANAVyIlJBE9ud
added but this time with no arrogance, instead with sincerity.
“Whatever. Just please! Just329Please respect copyright.PENANAVdbx22undl
please make sure you were right this time.” I made the vexed face still. But with329Please respect copyright.PENANAli76zuMO5W
just few seconds, my annoyance had rapidly turned into surprise as soon as I329Please respect copyright.PENANAJXzZZ3xmNH
was lifted from the grounds.
“Hey! Bring me down!” To329Please respect copyright.PENANAYQvbpXvYHd
tagged as a child throwing tantrums is out of my concern anymore for I believe329Please respect copyright.PENANAwGcUnkiNga
that it is impossible for someone to reside into this. We’ve took a long pace329Please respect copyright.PENANASGX0unSISg
already from the squad. And primarily, if there’s someone to be blame, it is329Please respect copyright.PENANAtgMrjOkBQb
me. I made him get lost with me inside this unsure woodland.
“You’re still soaked, you got329Please respect copyright.PENANAOTUL5vXHLJ
bruises and I can tell that you’re not able to make fifty steps anymore from329Please respect copyright.PENANA6GS5YO8YaR
the trembling of your legs. Stop nagging anymore and just utter your gratitude,329Please respect copyright.PENANA04D8uya5KS
I’ll surely appreciate it.” From every words he conveyed, I can definitely feel329Please respect copyright.PENANAyXV2BzS4RG
the heaving on his broad chest to where my hands were resting. Screw it, he had329Please respect copyright.PENANA8OA0r5WP3M
made my hands clasp together inches below his neck to attain the piggy-back329Please respect copyright.PENANAsM3kByHdUu
position.
“I’m sorry.” A soft utterance flees329Please respect copyright.PENANAQFp6FVW0Jn
from my mouth. I sulk my face on his back to hide my reaction even though there’s329Please respect copyright.PENANAVDlXb9eDkE
zero chance of him witnessing it.
“Shh. It’s not your fault. You329Please respect copyright.PENANA5l7JqIogd9
were just confused after waking up from the tent assuming that everybody left.329Please respect copyright.PENANAxJKG9r4mwy
You looked for us everywhere and ended up seeing me, doing uhm- unnecessary thing.329Please respect copyright.PENANAPNiUCgAsAU
To your surprise you fell to that immense waves of river and of course, as your329Please respect copyright.PENANAudDvSWZxNA
very best friend, I’ll undoubtedly rescue you.” I remained silent. I am looking329Please respect copyright.PENANAQzcI4nL4V9
for the room of sarcasm to his voice but there’s none. Knowing Bryson, he’ll329Please respect copyright.PENANAAhvDTZjhbY
continually insult, tease and mock me. Or at least he will first, before329Please respect copyright.PENANAVLNijJjchb
proceeding to such genuine statement. We’ve survived our friendship with that329Please respect copyright.PENANArGhsel8l4X
kind of setup. Mockery before apology.
“But you should’ve remained329Please respect copyright.PENANAXjtZGoVbXI
still.”
“Chasse, stop. No one was to329Please respect copyright.PENANAPyEF1ChNDp
be blame.”
This time, I removed my face329Please respect copyright.PENANAr9EJPNwzsM
from sulking on his back and let my eye roam on the environment. Hence, it stopped329Please respect copyright.PENANAzoR55Sipup
immediately on the left side of his torso. Although the sky is getting dusky,329Please respect copyright.PENANAIh0VnOwcNh
my eyes can clearly perceive the wounded part.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Huh?”
“You’re wounded! Damn Bryson,329Please respect copyright.PENANARD1N0NrkEd
you should’ve told me. Bring me down, now! I’ll treat that first.” Fortunately,329Please respect copyright.PENANAbWpaTCDpgO
he didn’t make any more defiance and made me land back on the ground.
“I think it bled the moment329Please respect copyright.PENANAyaQg064cbe
you carry me.
Undress yourself.”
“C-Chasse, I’m not read— “
“Cut the bullshit Bry.” I said329Please respect copyright.PENANA6C0YWrCIMA
and tore the lower part of my black shirt that was slightly ripped from the329Please respect copyright.PENANApnSz9O8UNL
accident earlier.
“Woah, we’ve been friends for329Please respect copyright.PENANAJNDzmLYekI
fifteen years and this is the first to see you getting wild.” Dimples on cheek329Please respect copyright.PENANA0fiAdA6wBj
is waving again to me.
“I always thought you are not329Please respect copyright.PENANAaBqHPE6r2o
interested to men. You didn’t even settle a gaze to those jerks eyeing on you329Please respect copyright.PENANAnq6k7AbRpI
on the campus. You even told me that you’ll not marry anyone. And what again?329Please respect copyright.PENANAHNOdOlpX71
You haven’t fell for anyone yet? Ha! Joke’s on you Chasse, never thought that329Please respect copyright.PENANA0uV9cex8bZ
you’ll fell for— “And I hit him, on the head.
“You’re the death of me,329Please respect copyright.PENANAwSasHoewtn
seriously. Do you really want to treat me”? He protested but followed with329Please respect copyright.PENANAtkgMKnI3Vi
chuckle thereafter. I didn’t pay much notice on his statement and started to329Please respect copyright.PENANAM4ioUNBAZB
treat his wound, stopped the bleeding by applying pressure and then covered it329Please respect copyright.PENANABhdZspONgI
with the cloth I ripped.
I rid a deep sigh subsequently329Please respect copyright.PENANAfdaavhyWKK
closing my eyes with my head leaning on the near tree where we had decided to329Please respect copyright.PENANAO5fpMpSiuI
stop. I can slowly feel the cold touch of night from the breeze caressing on my329Please respect copyright.PENANAJoM6pC7niQ
dermis. But with just a minute, warmth is now lingering before me. A scent of329Please respect copyright.PENANAHQz7MsC3Vz
mint is brushing on my face, so I made my eyes opened again.
I saw a deep enigmatic portal.329Please respect copyright.PENANAk5Q9FHZz65
It is so deep enough to enchant me, enough to drain my whole soberness. The329Please respect copyright.PENANANF9PgKGM62
pair of hazel orbs were seeming to be communicating with my eyes. And with no329Please respect copyright.PENANABtQ9coeFFv
further explanation, I think, at some point, I was charmed.
“Chasse.” He’s leaning so near329Please respect copyright.PENANAqQcorlWevd
enough to presume that it was just an inch between us.
“Thank you.
Thank you for coming to my329Please respect copyright.PENANAkLm6pCnXuZ
life. You’re the best thing that happened to me since age five.” His gaze is329Please respect copyright.PENANAu2VHaH66e4
penetrating to my soul.
“Thank you for allowing me to329Please respect copyright.PENANAzWTSnRfQxX
come on your life, for allowing to know you better and for spending memories329Please respect copyright.PENANAZr1AAeiw24
with me. Chasse, you’re my treasure. You’re my precious gem, believe me.” The329Please respect copyright.PENANAyioe10YLXl
place is not magical, there are no fairies, no pixie dusts, but his words were329Please respect copyright.PENANAv2tGCHKiqa
enough for me to dance on the melody of enchantment. I chose not to answer329Please respect copyright.PENANAJ49oOYFTnX
verbally hence I close the remaining gap between us to savor the rampaging329Please respect copyright.PENANAAYysZhRP0M
feeling on my chest as I tasted his lips against mine.
I feel like exploding, from329Please respect copyright.PENANAiwdHQqFtvG
this strange feeling I haven’t felt this ever since. It was just Bry, he who made329Please respect copyright.PENANAfTz0tEpGGp
me feel every notable first of my life. It took ten seconds before he withdraws329Please respect copyright.PENANACV8p2xHbzi
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.329Please respect copyright.PENANAyUCLtWm2K2
I shouldn’t have made- “
“Bry stop it!
Can’t you see? I-I want you. I329Please respect copyright.PENANA9V6tzePBHY
want you wholly in my life. Stop apologizing. I am starting to think that you’re329Please respect copyright.PENANAgDD6TYgYeq
sorry for kissing me.”
“No! I love that! Damn, you329Please respect copyright.PENANAGOqyyioQQn
don’t know how much I like to kiss you all the time, you don’t know how much I329Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZgsXlEm2C
wanted to spend every second with you.”
“Then why? Why are you acting329Please respect copyright.PENANAITcrWdnkne
like showing my feelings was the greatest mistake I’ve ever done?” Tears, there’s329Please respect copyright.PENANAtsn7rUyjFV
tears gushing now from my eyes.
“Eleanor.”
“Eleanor? My cousin?” The name329Please respect copyright.PENANAqdkWSM5yjd
he mentioned feels like a bomb that’s now ticking inside my head. A nod was329Please respect copyright.PENANA9yPTLNrS22
followed from him.
“Two weeks. She’s two weeks329Please respect copyright.PENANA9OmDsuuyp6
pregnant.” And from that moment, I think I lost my sanity. I felt jellies on my329Please respect copyright.PENANABU2aceRna7
knees. And on my chest, it was so heavy that I just wanted to lie down on the329Please respect copyright.PENANAEqaJqIyu8l
ground. This is the first that I made myself surrender to the notion of love.329Please respect copyright.PENANAD99kRxdyam
This is the first that I entrusted myself into the feeling of romance. But why329Please respect copyright.PENANAiCaKZqPEcZ
does it have to be chained so immediate with hurt? Was love supposed to be like329Please respect copyright.PENANAFbhxMtzCBn
this? Was love supposed to be this heart-breaking? All my life, I assumed that329Please respect copyright.PENANAO6Q9Evom4j
love was the very best one can feel. It’s always stated on novels. It was always329Please respect copyright.PENANAPA9UESeYDD
stated by greatest authors.
I made my gaze to him firm as329Please respect copyright.PENANA0eqsNPRp77
possible albeit the streaming tears.
“Chasse, I’m really sorry.” This329Please respect copyright.PENANA5CYuKFCKEv
time, he’s also crying with knees now on the ground. Silence befell between us.
Bryson, I think I was the one329Please respect copyright.PENANAGZZ77JzyNi
who must be apologizing. I’m sorry If it took me time to realize about how I329Please respect copyright.PENANAs4vWpeyZi8
feel. I’m sorry If I made you wait. I’m sorry If I keep on denying myself. I’m329Please respect copyright.PENANAAoRyazuH1U
sorry, I’m too late.
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face.
“Thank you. Thank you for329Please respect copyright.PENANAqmfMUnCP4N
allowing me to feel how to be in love for seconds.” I turned my back. It was a329Please respect copyright.PENANAVl3P2p0M6r
genuine utterance.
“We should call it a day.”
“Chasse.”
“Bryson, forget what had329Please respect copyright.PENANAPWFfmcNDBy
happened.
Forget it, because I think I329Please respect copyright.PENANAqvFUBQXXLg
cannot do it. So please do that favor for me. And I’m glad. I’m glad to tell329Please respect copyright.PENANAkCxNBP75T5
that you’re my first love, I’ve no regret.”
You’re my first love and329Please respect copyright.PENANAsOEqK0MoKr
surely my last. It’s really a miracle that I’ve survived the huge current from329Please respect copyright.PENANAjUY2AFZBVf
the river earlier despite my condition. Maybe, maybe it was meant that you329Please respect copyright.PENANAxQVfsxMIkm
should know how I feel towards you, before it’s really too late. Before my own329Please respect copyright.PENANAFvHbgQMDso
breath escaped my lips. Before the destined death visits me. I am glad to be in329Please respect copyright.PENANAMUVPeuE7gQ
love even with seconds of my life.
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Because Bryson, you are the329Please respect copyright.PENANAdnM4PBXThw
only one. My first and forever love.