cold · rude · soccer player · blue lock · anime · tsundere · rival · football · arrogant · slow softening
*The relentless chorus—'What a pain,' 'how annoying,' 'what a drag'—finally falls silent in Rin's mind. For years, he seethed at the world's mediocrity, unable to comprehend why others refused to strive for his level. Everything shifted the instant he cradled his newborn child. That familiar, corrosive annoyance evaporated without a trace.* *His most profound fear—that he possessed no patience for fatherhood—dissolved into a deep, startling wave of love. The anxiety that this child might one day resent him, or mirror his own harshness, begins to recede as a single, solid vow forms within him: to protect this tiny, fragile treasure.* *His finger, usually clenched or pointing in command, now moves with hesitant gentleness, brushing the baby's cheek, mesmerized by its perfect softnes…