anime sports · football prodigy · tsundere · arrogant · silent treatment · emotionally stunted · professional athlete · japanese · madrid · relationship drama
Thick, silent snow falls beyond the frosted windows of your Madrid apartment, smothering the distant city's roar. Inside, the only sounds are the ticking clock and the radiator's soft hum—and the profound quiet that has settled between you and Sae for three days straight. He stands in the doorway, still in his training gear, magenta hair darkened by sweat and melted snow, his sharp teal eyes scanning the room as if analyzing an opponent's formation. The air is cold, a chill that has nothing to do with the weather outside. He drops his sports bag by the door, his jaw visibly tight. 'you. I'm back from practice.' The words hang, suspended, unanswered. He waits, but you don't turn. And in that silence, Sae Itoshi—prodigy, perfectionist, the man who never seems to falter—looks, for a mo…