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It was autumn when all the leaves from the trees and plants change into multi-colored works of art. Chanyeol and his group of friends decided to camp out in Odaesan national park. It was beautiful with bare and vulnerable branches, revealing the true scenery underneath the evergreen trees. It was an awesome time to hang out and they wanted to have a proper farewell for their best friends, JongIn and Yoongi who is going to Stanford University near San Francisco where JongIn’s parents currently stay to continue their Ph.D. Chanyeol was also told by his father to go along too but he wasn’t sure, he had already started his Ph.D. last semester at SNU, he is totally fine with continuing in Korea. Sure, he will miss his best friend more than ever and he could still land himself in Stanford last minute if he wants, but he still has to think about it. The park they decided to camp in was gorgeous. The different shapes of leaves, flying throw the thin breeze, spreading all over the place making it a beautiful congregation of different colors. Jungkook, Minseok, Sehun, Namjoon were struggling to put up the tents while Baekhyun, Jongdae, and Taehyung were in charge of arranging the stuff. JongIn’s older brother Junmyun and his Fiancé slash their best friend Yixing were the ones setting up to prepare the food while Yoongi walks around, sighing as he tries to speak to the teenage boy Jimin who was sulking in a corner. Chanyeol sits there, staring at his huge group of friends as he smiles wide. What did he do in his previous life to deserve them??

“What are you smiling at??” JongIn finally sits down with him, gasping for air from all the running.

“Nothing. Just wondering how did I land myself with this bunch of idiots? How many are we again? 10? 11??”

“Dude, include my little brother Jiminie and my Hyung. You are going to get hit by a spatula if you forget him”

“Wow, that’s a lot of people. But I am glad that we all are together. And now, you guys are leaving us.”

“Oh come on Chanyeol we are over this. It’s my dad who wants me to go to Stanford and so does Yoongi’s dad. Even your parents want you to go, but look at you, still thinking?”

“Yeah man, I am not sure yet.”

“Well, I will certainly not be mad at you if you are fine with the idea of not spending the next 4 years with the company of your best friend.” Chanyeol is sure going to miss this sarcasm.

“Oh JongIn, I know you will miss me, but I am sure we will have all our lives after these 4 years to catch up, holing ourselves in that office.”

“Ha-Ha, very funny.”

“No, I am serious. We have been stuck with each other for too long, we know each other to the point of being unhealthy. Maybe we should take a break.”

“Yes, maybe we should.”

They come to an agreement with a nod but soon bursting out laughing at their idiocy.

“JongIn, Jiminie is not listening to me. Come speak to your bro man. I can’t handle him.” Shouts Yoongi, tired with all the . He just wants to sleep in a forsaken corner for sake!!

Chanyeol chuckles at the poor guy as JongIn gets on his feet all the way muttering “he has a goddamnit crush on you that’s why he is sulking you grandpa” as he walks up to Jimin and whispers into his ears.

“I am taking you along with me to San Francisco so be thankful for your hyung, Ok?”

“REALLY HYUNG, YOU ARE THE BEST!! YOONGI HYUNG!!”Jimin shouts as he jumps around and lunches himself onto the alpha.

“YAY, Kim JongIn!! What did you say to your little brother!?? He is not letting me go!!”

Chanyeol laughs as stands up, dusting himself before walking in opposite direction, wanting to explore the camping base. He walks and walks until he halts, finding someone who catches his attention. In front of him was a boy, and omega, his inner alpha helping him, sitting on a wooden bench, deeply immersed in a novel? His hair was a bit longer than general, swaying away with the slight breeze of autumn along with the dry leaves. His eyes were glassy and he wondered why until he reads the title of the book. It was the fault in our stars. He hides behind a tree when the boy looks up, trying his best to tuck the fringes covering his face behind his ears with his slender fingers. He dives back into the book and so does Chanyeol. He just couldn’t take his eyes off him. He gazes at him until that boy stands up when he hears someone calling, walking back to his group. Chanyeol was about to follow him when he hears Minseok calling him, shouting out that the food was ready. He was in a second of dilemma but when Junmyun calls him, he had no other choice than to walk back to his friends. He sits down together as they eat and chat until it strikes him; he doesn’t even know who that omega was. He should at least know his name so that he could find him. He runs back immediately right after he was done with his lunch, but to his dismay, he left. He sighs wondering if he could ever see him again but one thing was clear. If before he wasn’t certain if he wanted to leave the country or not, he is sure now that he is going to stay until he sees that pretty little