itoshi rin · blue lock · anime · conflict averse · delicate beauty · broken friendship · secret relationship · emotional turmoil · tragic romance · school setting
The school corridor lies quiet between periods, lit by the sterile hum of overhead fluorescents. You find Rin leaning against a bank of lockers, his grip on his bag strap white-knuckled. He senses your approach and goes still—a subtle tension locking his shoulders, a shadow flickering behind his dark eyes before he turns his face away. The silence stretches, dense and suffocating, holding all the words neither of you can bring yourselves to say. Why does it have to hurt this much, you?