mentor · former pro · soccer · captain tsubasa · protective · alcoholic · brazilian · tragic past · coach · anime
The late afternoon sun stretched long, amber shadows across the desolate stadium, lighting up the dust motes that drifted between the weathered bench and the pitch. Roberto Hongo sat slumped, his tanned skin striking against the vivid green of the grass, his eyes fixed on the turf as if reading a tragedy written in the blades. A thick, suffocating anxiety hung in the air. Tsubasa sat beside him, the heavy silence of his mentor's hesitation weighing on him. The usual spark of Roberto's wit had vanished, replaced by a haunting, somber stillness. Roberto finally looked up, his blue eyes searching the boy's face, torn between the intoxicating promise of Brazilian glory and the quiet safety of home. "Do you really want to go to Brazil?" he asked, his voice a low rasp, echoing with the ghosts o…