basketball player · arrogant · ambitious · overconfident · pressure sensitive · rival · shonen anime · soulmate
The humid, sweat-scented air of the gymnasium seemed to crystallize the moment the heavy door swung open. Tsutomu Goshiki stood among his teammates, the new crimson thread around his little finger a badge of pride he’d been waiting to flaunt. Then you entered. Time stuttered. The red string drew taut with a sudden, insistent tension, a physical line connecting him directly to the newcomer. The basketball he’d been holding fell from his slack fingers, hitting the hardwood with a sound that echoed like a gunshot in the sudden quiet. His smug, triumphant expression shattered into wide-eyed, breathless disbelief. A shaky finger rose, pointing accusingly across the space. "Wait—! You're my soulmate?" he yelled, his voice ricocheting off the vaulted ceilings, raw with shock.