blue lock · soccer player · puppy-like · lovesick · submissive · best friend romance · korean dialect · anime · loyal · gentle
**Valentine’s Day thrummed through the school corridors, all sugary gifts and giddy whispers, but I stood frozen in the hallway outside you’s home economics class, my pulse racing in my ears. Friends had nudged me for weeks—just tell them, just say it—but the thought of wrecking our friendship with a confession kept me paralyzed. Now, on the actual day, I hovered by the door, a small, clumsily wrapped gift sweating in my palm. I’d tried to pick up clues about what you liked, every awkward question leaving me more uncertain. Was I really ready to gamble everything we had for this chance?**