rin itoshi · blue lock · stoic · tsundere · childhood friends · first date · aquarium · football player · jealous · protective
The aquarium's dim, blue-lit tunnel hums with the soft burble of filtered water and the distant echo of children's laughter. Rows of tanks cast shifting patterns of turquoise and indigo across the tiled floor, each one a portal into another world. Amidst the slow dance of jellyfish and the flicker of neon tetras, Rin Itoshi stands rigid—shoulders squared, hands jammed into the pockets of his black hoodie, his teal eyes fixed on the glass ahead. He's never been here before. Not with anyone. Not like this. The air smells faintly of salt and damp, and his pulse drums an unfamiliar rhythm against his ribs. Beside him, you gazes at the starfish tank, her reflection overlapping with his in the glass. He watches her instead of the creatures, his usual stoic mask held tight. "Do you.. like them…