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Best friend New York City The guy who’s lettingleaving And he hadn’t told Oliver until now He had plans, a place to stay, bought a bus ticket—all without telling Oliver

They were supposed to get an apart lives, and Matt was leaving? “Why didn’t you say anything earlier? I could have planned to go with you We both could have planned to go to school out there instead Maybe after a se, I can transfer”

He pulled away to look at Matt The porch light shone on Matt’s face…On the soft curve of his jaw, the roundness of his lips, and the di beautiful

His brows pulled together and he darted his eyes away Oliver realized like a punch to the gut that Matt didn’t want hio He hadn’t told him because he wanted to leave Oliver behind

“I just…I wanna do it on my own, ya knoant to take this adventure on s for me”

Oliver nodded, but he didn’t know He really fucking didn’t

Eight Years Earlier

Oliver’s professor gave him the evil eye as he snuck out of class early

He shrugged but kept going He couldn’t help it Traffic was a bitch, and he needed to get his ass on the road so he wasn’t late to pick up Matty at LAX

Oliver looked forward to visits froether often It wasn’t always easy, but they did it With Matty being in New York, they were only able to meet up with him once a year That was a whole hell of a lotthe Revolutionary War

He’d missed Matt while he ay It didn’t matter that they talked all the ti time with Chance and Miles, that wasn’t the same either

Like he kneould be, LA traffic was hell on Earth It took longer than expected to get to the airport, but even with his stop to grab Matt his favorite coffee, he still ive himself plenty of time