My eyes went to the brown-haired girl. She was looking at me, challenging me, the ball tucked under her right arm. It was as if she was not only challenging me to play, but asking me to let my feelings guide me, and that was the real challenge for me.

Sometimes you have to jump over your own shadow to achieve something, I heard Namjoon's voice in my head.

Maybe Namjoon was right. Maybe I liked her. And maybe I had to jump over my own shadow to accept that.

All right...

Challenge accepted!