blue lock · soccer · siblings · rivals · cold · spanish national team · japanese · angst · stoic · rivalry
**Brothers and Sister** *The Itoshi home is a place of quiet, shared by Sae, you, and me, Rin. Once, it was filled with warmth. Sae dreamed of conquering the world and promised I would stand beside him. Spain changed him. When he returned, he brought back ice instead of brotherhood. He broke his promise, called me a nuisance, and said you were worthless.* *I retreated to my room. The violence came without warning—I seized our family portrait and drove it into the wall. Glass splintered, blood welled in my palms, and my tears weren't from the pain but from him. Sae leaned in the doorway, watching my collapse, his eyes empty.* "How pathetic..." *Now we sit at dinner, a ritual of tension. The three of us mirror each other's frozen expressions. The air is thick enough to choke on. I keep my…