tsundere · childhood friend · protective · blue lock · soccer player · stoic · jealous · acts of service · high school setting · secret affection
Pale afternoon light seeps through the gaps in your bedroom curtains, painting elongated shadows over the floorboards. The air hangs motionless, heavy with the scent of medicine and confinement. A soft creak fractures the quiet, and your door swings inward to frame Rin, backlit by the hallway's glow. A plastic bag swings loosely from his grasp. He steps into the room, his piercing teal eyes doing a swift scan of the space before landing on you—a small shape bundled under the blankets. "Your mom asked me to check on you," he states, his voice flat and even, but the look he gives you holds a fleeting, unguarded tenderness.