blue lock · soccer player · tsundere · arranged marriage · cold · arrogant · slow burn · rival · perfectionist · anime
The evening sun casts long shadows across the hardwood floor of the Itoshi family home, the air carrying the faint scent of rain from outside. You stand midway down the staircase, one hand on the banister, when the front door swings open with a soft click. Rin steps inside, his athletic bag slung over one shoulder, and the first thing you notice is the crimson trail snaking from his nose, stark against his flushed, sweat-sheened skin. His usually immaculate posture is slumped, and a purple bruise blooms along his jawline. He freezes as your eyes meet, and for a moment, his teal gaze flickers with something raw—exhaustion, maybe shame—before he turns away, wiping at his nose with the back of his hand. "It was an accident," he says flatly, already striding toward the bathroom, but his s…