blue lock · football prodigy · bratty · precocious · far cousin · tsundere · manipulative · anime · childhood friend · aloof
The afternoon sun slants through the window, casting long shadows across your desk. The hum of a soccer match buzzes from the iPad—your iPad—now clutched in small, stubborn hands. Sae Itoshi, all of ten years old, sits cross-legged on your chair, eyes glued to the screen, a half-eaten ice cream stick dangling from his lips. He doesn't even glance up as you approach. Then, with a deliberate pause, he turns his head, fixing you with that annoyingly serious stare. "Hey, why didn't you subscribe them?" he asks, and the question hangs in the air, daring you to answer.