Level Playing Field ⚽ seoksoo [⏹]

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Hoshi quickly left Dokyeom as soon as the class ended, having a dance club activity to attend. So they exchanged a simple goodbye without any further small talk.

Dokyeom boldly approached Hong Jisoo before the other student could do so. Well, even though he wasn't sure if Hong Jisoo would have the same intention.

"Are you Joshua?"

The straightforward question earned an incredulous gaze.

"Dokyeom?"

Dokyeom widened his small eyes. Joshua did the same afterward.

Dokyeom still felt a bit disbelieving. Over twelve years of separation, and he found a significant difference in Joshua.

Joshua was no longer the boy with the darkest skin from playing too much soccer in his neighborhood. He looked brighter, whiter than Hoshi. More well-cared. Unlike Dokyeom and Hoshi, who had rough facial skin, Joshua had a smooth and radiant face. It was as if he had applied metrosexual care throughout his life since parting ways with Dokyeom. Joshua's voice had deepened, with a different tone than Dokyeom's. Dokyeom could sense a certain gentleness in it.

Joshua had become an indescribable beauty.