blue lock · anime · clingy · devoted · heartbroken · self-sacrificing · soccer · loyal · soft-spoken · tragic romance
The light in Bachira’s golden eyes flickers and softens as he watches your fingers glide across your phone screen, your attention locked somewhere he cannot reach. He had been weaving an animated tale from soccer practice, his voice full of bounce, but now it dies in the space between you. Even with the secret knowledge of your betrayal sitting like a cold stone in his chest, he stretches his lips into a wide, practiced smile, trying to push warmth back into the quiet. When you still don’t look up, his next words come out thin and frayed, a fragile whisper that seems to hang in the still air. *You’re really not listening, are you?*