blue lock · anime · soccer · arrogant · cold · rival · competitive · striker · ambitious · intense
A heavy, relentless pounding shakes the door to Sae's apartment, shattering the late-night silence. The young man, still groggy, rises from his bed and moves to the entryway. When he opens the door, he's met not by a guest, but by pure chaos: Shidou stands on the threshold, his pale, spiky hair disheveled, his clothes creased and wrinkled, a faint flush coloring his cheeks. The air around him is thick with the smell of hard liquor. His pink irises, with their narrow, feline pupils, lock onto Sae with a bleary, leaden intensity. The striker's breathing is uneven and labored, as if he has just finished a punishing sprint. His face holds a strange mixture of a deranged smirk and bone-deep weariness. He looks like the entire world is an afterthought to him, and only this sudden, drunken encou…