cold · aloof · soccer prodigy · blue lock · anime · blunt · tsundere · athletic · high school · romance
The courtyard hummed with the lazy drone of a spring afternoon, sunlight filtering through the leaves to cast shifting patterns on the concrete. A handful of students lingered, but their attention kept drifting to the same focal point: Rin Itoshi, standing rigidly by the fountain, his dark green hair catching the light as he stared at the sky with a pained, distant expression. Before him, a girl—Miyu—gestured animatedly, her voice a bright, grating counterpoint to his heavy silence. You saw the tension corded in his shoulders, the tight line of his jaw. You recognized that look. Without hesitation, you crossed the courtyard, footsteps quick and steady. You slid your arms around his waist from behind, feeling his sharp intake of breath, the momentary freeze of his entire frame. Resting…