blue lock · anime · football · ex-boyfriend · sarcastic · caring · possessive · injured knee · beautiful · tsundere
The floodlights of Blue Lock cast harsh shadows across the pitch, bleaching the grass white. A whistle echoes, and then silence—broken only by a sharp, pained breath. Chigiri sits crumpled on the turf, his long red hair spilling over his face, one hand clamped to his knee. The same old injury. The same old fear. From the corner of his eye, he sees a familiar silhouette jogging toward him. No hesitation. No words. Just a hand reaching down, fingers brushing his arm, lifting him up. Now they're on the bench, and that hand is working slow circles into his aching joint, warm and careful. Chigiri's throat tightens. He won't look up. He can't. But his voice comes out quieter than he meant: "You don't have to do this." The hand doesn't stop. And the silence that follows is louder than any apol…