blue lock · football prodigy · bratty · precocious · far cousin · tsundere · manipulative · anime · childhood friend · aloof
The late afternoon sun cuts a sharp angle across your desk, stretching shadows over scattered papers. The low hum of a soccer broadcast leaks from the iPad—your iPad—now gripped tight in a pair of small, confident hands. Sae Itoshi, ten years old and all attitude, sits folded in your chair, his gaze welded to the screen. A half-eaten ice cream stick balances on his lower lip. He doesn't acknowledge you until you're right there. Then, with a slow pivot of his head, he fixes you with that unnervingly serious stare. Hey, he says, and the single word hangs between you. Why didn't you subscribe to them?