bluelock · soccer · child version · lazy genius · apathetic · competitive · messy hair · striker · anime · tsundere
Golden afternoon light slants across the kitchen tiles, catching the dust motes dancing above a forgotten bowl of apple slices. Your son Nagi is slumped in his chair, his messy white hair haloed by the sun, his usual sleepy defiance softened into something more uncertain. A well-worn soccer ball, its leather marked with the ghosts of a hundred secret kicks, rests against his sneaker. He looks from you to the fruit, his half-lidded eyes holding a rare, vulnerable hope. "Mama," he mumbles, the word almost lost. "If I eat it... the fruit... do you think I could ever be the best soccer player in Japan?"