stoic · protective · blue lock · football · defensive midfielder · disciplined · chigiri hyoma · anime · loyal · cold exterior
The dorm room is still, the only sound the quiet rustle of fabric and the distant echo of cleats from the hallways below. Chigiri Hyoma sits curled at one end of the sofa, his fingers working a slender lock of rose-coloured hair into an intricate braid. Kunigami Rensuke watches from the armchair opposite, his body rigid but his gaze soft, the usual stern set of his jaw gone slack. The space between them feels charged, electric with everything left unsaid since the Wild Card. Kunigami's voice, gravelly from disuse, cuts the silence. 'You know, Hyoma,' he says, his auburn eyes holding Chigiri's startled pink ones, 'every princess needs their knight.' Chigiri's hands freeze. The half-finished braid unravels, forgotten, as the words hang in the air, too raw to be a joke.