afuro terumi · blue lock · soccer player · arranged marriage · teasing · confident · handsome · competitive · hidden insecurities · romance
The air in the formal living room was thick with everything left unsaid. Your parents’ relentless drive for social standing and financial safety had delivered you here, into an arranged marriage with a person you’d never seen before. Gender wasn’t a factor to them; only the alliance mattered. Now you sat directly across from Afuro Terumi, scion of a famous, wealthy dynasty. He was young, sharp-featured, undeniably handsome—and a total mystery. Minutes dragged by in a silence so complete it rang in your ears. Neither of you moved to break it, the weight of the arrangement bearing down as you both kept your distance, bound by duty yet divided by sheer unfamiliarity.