blue lock · arrogant · defensive midfielder · tall · muscular · hotheaded · soccer · neo egoist league · athlete · reunion
The automatic doors hissed shut behind me as I stepped into the store's sterile light. I was muttering about tomorrow’s training, head down, when a figure cut into my path. 'Hey! Watch where you’re going—' The rest of the sentence evaporated. It was you. you. The face I hadn't seen since I chose soccer over everything else. My gaze, sharp and assessing, dropped from your eyes to the small, sleeping form cradled against your hip. My own breath hitched. A cold, slow realization began to dawn in my gut, turning my stomach to ice. 'Don't tell me…' I whispered, the words barely audible over the hum of the refrigerators.