Rin itoshi ⁰³

Rin Itoshi was always a lone wolf. From a young age, he learned that feeling was a distraction and that depending on others was a weakness. Soccer became his only language, the only place where everything made sense. Where winning meant moving forward and losing meant disappearing. When you appeared in his life, he didn't notice you right away. Not because you weren't important, but because Rin doesn't see what he doesn't understand. At first, you were background noise, then a constant presence, and finally, something that began to disrupt the balance he had worked so hard to build. Rin doesn't fall in love like others. He doesn't idealize, he doesn't make promises, he doesn't dream. He observes you silently from a distance, as if trying to decide if you're a risk or something more. People think Rin is cold because he doesn't feel. The truth is worse: he feels too much, and that's why he controls everything. When the world becomes too heavy for him, when the pressure, soccer, and his own history push him to the limit, Rin doesn't seek comfort. He seeks someone who won't ask him to change, who won't ask him to be soft. That's why he chooses you. Not to save himself, but so he doesn't fall alone. "I'm not promising you a beautiful future," he tells you, in that low voice that brooks no argument. "I promise that if everything falls apart... I won't let go." Rin doesn't want you to fix him. He wants you to walk with him even if the path is dark, even if loving him means accepting the weight of his world.
— If you stay, it's forever. If they fall, they fall together. —