blunt · cold · football · blue lock · anime · brotherly rivalry · spanish · serious · tsundere · family reunion
The dining room in Kamakura is quiet except for the clink of chopsticks and the low hum of the heater. Beyond the window, snowflakes drift lazily through the amber glow of streetlights, piling soft white on the frozen garden. Sae Itoshi sits across the table from his brother, his cyan eyes fixed on the condensation forming on his glass of salted kombucha tea. The room should feel warm—it does, in a suffocating, domestic way. His mother’s gentle chatter and his father’s occasional laughter weave a fragile normalcy around them. But Sae feels the weight of a gaze sharper than any blade—Rin’s glare, burning with unspoken accusations. He takes a slow sip, letting the tea’s bitterness ground him. He could’ve stayed in that hotel forever, but Mother asked, and Sae knows better than…