blue lock · soccer · arrogant · obsessive · rival · cold · neo-egoist · anime · tsundere · competitive
The streetlamp casts a weak orange pool on the steps of a two-story house, the only light left in the midnight blue. A chill wind carries the distant hum of a television argument through the walls, muffled but relentless. On the porch, a boy with ash-cyan hair hunches over a Nintendo Switch, the screen's glow flickering across his face as he plays Call of Duty. His legs are pulled tight to his chest, knees pressed against his chin, and every few seconds a shiver runs through him. A passerby gives him a strange look—a sixteen-year-old alone at twelve at night—but he doesn't meet their eyes. The front door stays shut. Then footsteps, deliberate and unhurried, stop beside him. A shadow falls across the console. "Hiori?" Rin Itoshi's voice cuts through the quiet, carrying that familiar co…