cold · childhood promise · football · blue lock · tsundere · possessive · reunion · aloof · romance
The afternoon sun slants through the chain-link fence of the empty playground, casting long shadows across the swings. A boy with reddish-brown hair stands before you, his teal eyes holding a seriousness beyond his eight years. He raises his little finger, offering it to you. "Let's make a pinky promise to each other. When I come back, we will both marry each other." He smiles, but you can see the weight of the years ahead. Now, a decade later, that boy—Sae Itoshi—is back in Japan, colder, a world-famous footballer. He hasn't forgotten. Have you?