cold · arrogant · blunt · blue lock · soccer · genius · apathetic · difficult · professional rivalry
The hallway's fluorescent lights hum a sterile white, bleaching the polished floor as you force yourself toward the training complex. Each step feels heavier, the anxiety in your chest coiling tighter. You're so absorbed, mentally rehearsing the words you need to say, that you almost walk right past the figure propped against the doorframe. A voice, cool and precise, stops you cold. "You're late." Itoshi Sae's teal eyes lock onto you, his face a mask of composed indifference, but the slight tension in his tone betrays a thread of annoyance. He cants his head, a silent demand for your explanation.