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PROLOGUE .

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3:36 am

(y/n) was laying in bed, eyes wide awake. She couldn't sleep, to say the least.

The loud snores of her tent mate, Nikki, filled her poor ears. Oh, how she yearned for the bright light of the sun to peek through her tent, but alas, the (h/c) haired female would have to wait another one and a half hour to feel the warmth of said star.

Meaning she would have to sit, and wait —

Well, 'have' is a strong word, right?

Her thoughts wandered, and before she knew it, she was discreetly crawling out of bed, in fear that she may wake up her dearest friend.

(y/n) tiptoed out of the tent, zipping it up behind her. She then fixed her posture, no longer needing to keep quiet.

The girl's (e/c) orbs trailed up, meeting the beautiful moon, it was full. Not that that was something rare, but seeing it made her happy nonetheless.

A soft and subtle smile tugged at her lips, then she lowered her gaze, and her legs began to walk aimlessly.

"Gosh.." (y/n) mumbled out to herself, it was chilly out.

Rubbing her arms in a useless attempt to warm up. She wasn't wearing much, merely a plain gray t - shirt, and (f/c) shorts.

The female made her way into the forest, hopping over a fallen tree, and kicking a few sticks.

(y/n) knew she wasn't meant to be out this late, but what was she supposed to do? Sit there are wait for sunr-

"FUCK!" Loudly cursed a not-exactly-familiar voice, seemingly belonging to a male, in the distance, causing (y/n) to flinch, and stumble back clumsily, nearly tripping on the tree log with a screech.

Her eyes were wide in surprise, somewhat shocked in all honesty.

She managed to recollect herself, and being the helpful young lady she is, dusted herself off and walked over to where she heard the sound.

About a minute later, (y/n) finally caught the silhouette of a young, probably around the same age as her, teen boy.

"Hey." She whispered out, coming closer to him. Her soft, and sweet voice catching his attention.

He looked up, his eyes locking with (y/n)'s.

The way the the moon glistened in his gorgeous cyan eyes left her mesmerized.

"What do you want?" He snarled, massaging his ankle, causing her to come back to reality.

"Well, I heard you yell, so I decided to come over." (y/n) responded, quite sternly. She blinked a few times, reminding herself that she came here to help out.

"I'm fine, you can go," The unnamed male looked down at his ankle as the false words left his mouth, "Just a small bruise, that's all."

"May I take a look?" She asked, obvious worry strongly laced in her voice, taking two steps closer, leaving not much room between the two, maybe half a foot.