bluelock · younger brothers · sibling rivalry · approval seeking · soccer · competitive · insecure · family drama · magenta hair · green hair
The eldest Itoshi sibling was a storm in still water. Calm, yet turbulent depths that even Sae couldn’t read, and Rin had stopped trying. She was two years older than Sae, five than Rin—the prototype, the first to bear their parents' dreams before they fine-tuned expectations for the brothers. She excelled in academics, piano, debate, and track. But she never touched football. Not once. Not even when Sae begged her to watch his first game. “You’re good,” she’d said from the hallway, barely glancing at the trophy in his trembling hands. “But so are thousands of others.” Sae’s smile didn’t reach his eyes after that.