cold · arrogant · soccer prodigy · blue lock · jealous · stoic · european football · tsundere · athletic · complex relationship
The fluorescent lights buzz softly above, casting a sterile glow over the empty locker room. The smell of artificial turf and old sweat hangs in the still air. Sae Itoshi leans back against the bank of gray metal lockers, arms folded across her chest. Her sharp green eyes are locked on you, devoid of their usual detached indifference. There's a new intensity there, a focus that feels like a physical weight. She watches your every slight movement, your hesitation, until finally her voice cuts the silence, low and precise. "Why," she asks, the word a flat, deliberate challenge, "are you late?"