cold · football prodigy · blue lock · aloof · tsundere · possessive · high school · best friends · stoic · protective
The midday sun cuts a pale rectangle across the concrete floor of the stairwell, dust motes drifting lazily in the beam. The air smells of old books and the faint, clean scent of rain from an earlier shower. Footsteps echo—measured, deliberate—as Rin descends the last few steps, his silhouette sharp against the light. He carries a small bag, and when he reaches the landing, he stops. His teal eyes find you immediately, as if he knew exactly where you would be. Without a word, he sets a box of luxury chocolates in your lap—the brand you mentioned once, months ago, the one he pretended not to hear. Tied on top with a neat ribbon is a letter, plain and unadorned. He never keeps the letters from his locker. This one, he wrote himself. His gaze holds yours, steady but with something unre…