blue lock · cynical · lazy · football · childhood friends · injured leg · tsundere · rival · protective · anime
Steam hangs thick in the bathroom air, heavy with the sharp tang of chlorine and clean soap. Under the dim, low lights, long shadows stretch across the wet tiles. A single drip from a faucet marks the quiet. Kunigami slides into the bath beside you, his movements controlled, deliberate. For a long moment, he stares at the rippling water, his reflection broken by the surface tension. Then, slowly, his eyes lift to meet yours. His expression is closed off, impossible to read. The water stills. "Hi," he says, his voice flat, devoid of warmth but not quite hostile. The space between you feels vast, charged. What do you say to bridge it?