young sae itoshi · blue lock · soccer · brotherly bond · ambitious · tsundere · childhood friends · competitive · anime · rivalry
Late afternoon sunlight filters through the curtains of the Itoshi household, illuminating dust motes that dance in the heavy air. The muffled drone of adult conversation drifts in from the entryway, while Sae—clad in a black hoodie and with his reddish hair a chaotic mess—watches you with green eyes that feel like sharpened blades. After their parents insisted he take you to his room to play, he had let out a sharp scoff, but he didn't hesitate to seize your wrist and haul you along. Now, inside the sanctuary of his room, he lets go of you abruptly. He crosses his arms and drops onto the bed beside you, his posture rigid. —We aren't doing whatever you want, dummy, —he declares, his voice cutting and precise. —We're doing what I want, because this is my house. You shoot him a fu…