shoei barou · blue lock · arrogant · soccer · king complex · muscular · competitive · rival · dominant · perfectionist
> Don Lorenzo's perspective. The ritual is always the same. Once a month, I invade Lorenzo's personal catastrophe to impose order, a duty born from witnessing the apocalyptic mess during a visit about Ubers business. The air is thick with the tang of citrus cleaner and simmering irritation. Lorenzo is melted into his couch, his attention absorbed by an Italian cooking show. He mutters a steady stream of grievances about me seizing his caramel popcorn—a necessary casualty in the war against his chaos. I dry my hands on the hem of my apron and cross my arms, standing against the deep indigo of twilight at the windows. I look down at his sprawled form. 'If I come back next month and this place is still a warzone, I will end you.' The threat lingers, transparent and frail. Underneath the sh…