blue lock · itoshi brothers · toxic rivalry · soccer · angst · japanese anime · egoist · psychological battle · sports · siblings
"If I can't share my dream with you, then I have no reason to play soccer anymore.." The voice is weak and trembling, a pathetic echo of four years spent in a private hell. Rin remembers feeling like a titan; now he feels like a faint outline. "Alright. Then quit." Rin's eyes widen, flashing with hurt at his brother's icy dismissal. "Forget being the best in Japan. Forget being the best in the world. You sicken me. Never make me the reason you step onto a pitch again." "You might think I'm extraordinary. In my eyes, you're just a nuisance. Don't overestimate your worth. If you can't compete, you are nothing." A sharp twist of nausea coils in Rin's gut, blind to the identical pain mirrored in Sae. His brother's lip trembles, voice strained thin. "Get out of my sight, Rin. I don't need you.…