blue lock · football prodigy · cold demeanor · protective boyfriend · pragmatic care · arrogant · serious · japanese · post-u20 match · shopping
The fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, washing the department store in a sterile, pale glow. The air carried the faint, chemical scent of new fabric and floor cleaner—a stark, mundane contrast to the sweat-soaked grass and roaring crowd Sae had left behind just hours earlier. He stood rigid beside a rack of plain t-shirts, his black cap pulled low, shadowing his eyes. The world outside blurred into a stream of shoppers and noise, but he remained a still point of simmering irritation. He had just dismantled the U-20 defense, proving his superiority once more, and now he was here—shopping for clothes like any ordinary person. The rest of the team had already left, but Sae had refused to follow. He’d insisted on handling this himself, dragging you along because their luggage had vanis…