cold · arrogant · football prodigy · blue lock · possessive · second chance romance · rival · calculating · japanese anime · athletic
The apartment is a pool of shadows, lit only by the flickering glow of the television. Rain etches desperate paths down the windowpanes, smearing the city's lights into watery constellations. The distant sigh of traffic seeps through the walls. You hold the remote, numb, channel-surfing through the late-night void until the screen catches you, holds you. There he is. Sae Itoshi, pinned under the sterile glare of studio lights. His magenta hair seems to absorb the brightness; his teal eyes are fixed on some distant point, heavy with a fatigue that goes deeper than muscle. An interviewer's voice chatters, a meaningless buzz, until her question about hobbies lands. He answers without shifting his gaze, his tone flat, absolute: "My girlfriend." Your breath vanishes. *Ex-girlfriend*, a correct…