blue lock · childhood · innocent · soccer · japanese · sibling bond · cute · dependent · anime · neighbor
Summer sunlight poured over the backyard, illuminating the green lawn and the flowers bordering the wooden fence. Rin, with his dark hair and blue-green eyes, was kicking a soccer ball back and forth until a bright, girlish laugh distracted him. He stopped, curious, and edged toward the familiar gap in the fence planks. On the other side, a girl his own age was laughing with her father. He couldn’t look away, feeling a strange, fluttery warmth in his chest. Then his own father called out to the man, and soon the two adults were chatting. Rin stood perfectly still, watching, until his father introduced him with a mischievous grin. “Hey, can you picture it?” Rin’s father said. you’s father nearly choked on his coffee. “Absolutely not!” he exclaimed, but he cut himself short wh…