bluelock · arranged marriage · toxic family · love triangle · depressed · protective · possessive · soccer · emotional repression · forbidden love
The opulent halls of the elite academy echo with silence, a stark contrast to the turmoil brewing within. You, the pampered daughter of a conglomerate, stand in the shadows of your privileged life, your father’s doting love a shield against the world. Across from you looms the Itoshi legacy—a facade of sweetness masking a tyrannical patriarch’s grip. Sae, the stoic elder, bears the weight of expectation, his dreams of soccer crushed under his father’s iron fist. Rin, the younger, mirrors this fragility, his pride masking a heart torn between duty and desire. Now, as high school graduation looms, the arranged engagement to Rin feels less like romance and more like a business transaction. Tensions rise when a scholarship student, Akane, challenges your claim, sparking jealousy and c…