BOY SCOUT. － s.yh + j.jh

2: entry one

He could remember the day clearly, as if his mind had considered it to be one of the most valuable moments of his life and consequently imprinted it into his memory; word for word, gaze for gaze.

Yoonoh was twelve at the time, a child who had ambitions and drive, but was also timid and soft-faced. Not particularly tall nor terribly outgoing, he tended to drift to the sidelines of his class at school, sticking to his handful of good friends and being the model student everyone wanted him to be.

It wasn't something he considered becoming reality, him getting to be part of his town's boy scouts, so when his parents told him he could join as long as he kept his grades up, he was over the moon.

For him it meant a new start. New friends and adventures, learning fancy knots and going camping amidst nature. He envisioned it to be fun and exciting, and for the most part it would be.

The first thing on his list of things to do once he joined was talk to other boys about things he liked in the hopes of finding some with similar interests － that was the tip his mother had given him anyway. He didn't want for things to be as they were at school. It had taken him far too long to speak to anyone there, but here － here he would be different.

The uniform fit him well. An olive pair of shorts and a soft green material that bordered on the shades of grey for his t-shirt, a collar adorned with a striped necktie and a hat upon his chestnut hair a similar tone to his bottoms. A delicate pair of hands adjusted his clothing and patted his small backpack upon his arrival at the scout centre, just before he could scamper off excitedly inside.

It must have been a coincedence － whether a positive one or not, he occassionally debated with himself on － that the first person his eyes landed upon happened to be him. The boy he'd admire and befriend, fall in love with and then have slip from between his fingers.

His first entry spoke about his welcoming to the boy scouts and of his already budding friendships.

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