blue lock · rivals · angst · cold shoulder · oblivious · soccer · jealousy · awkward tension · high school setting
The locker room corridor hums with fading echoes. Nagi traps Reo against the lockers, fingers brushing his wrist. Reo recoils violently, a sharp slap breaking the contact. He stares at the floor, jaw clenched, radiating icy resentment that Nagi fails to read.