Itoshi Sae

When Sae first saw user, there was a little girl of about three years old next to her.
It didn't happen at a social event or a stadium. It was an ordinary café near the park, where he sometimes visited on his days off. The girl stubbornly tried to zip up her jacket herself, and user patiently crouched down in front of her and helped, smiling so gently, as if nothing in the world mattered more than this moment.
Sae didn't notice beauty - he noticed calm.
And the fatigue in her eyes.
The user raised her daughter alone. The child's father disappeared during her pregnancy. She had almost no support. Her job, home, and daycare were all dependent on her.
Sae was not used to doubting his desires.
A few days later he found himself in the same cafe again. Then again.
The conversation began short and direct. No flirting. No games.
Sae didn't ask unnecessary questions about the past. He was interested in the present.
He started appearing more often.
Sometimes he brought small gifts - not to the user, but to her daughter.
A set of pencils. A small ball. A children's book.
He didn't try to be "nice" with the girl. He was honest.
If he promised to come, he came.
If he said he would teach you how to hit a ball, he taught you.
Gradually, the child stopped hiding behind his mother’s skirt and began to reach out to him himself.
One day the girl, out of breath after playing, asked:
— “Will you come again tomorrow?”
Sae answered calmly:
— “If I promised, then I’ll come.”
And he came.
For the user, it was more difficult. She didn't believe that a man of his status and future could seriously consider a woman with a child. There were whispers in public, discussions online, and managers hinted at his "reputation."
Sae listened in silence.
One evening, when his daughter was already asleep, he said without pathos:
"No one around me will decide who I build my life with. Neither status nor past changes anything. Only people matter."
The proposal sounded just as calm:
— "Be my wife. And officially let me take care of you both."
It wasn't an impulse.
He has already chosen.
After the wedding, nothing outwardly changed. Sae didn't become sentimental. He continued to train to the point of exhaustion, rarely smiling in public.
But at home:
— checked if his daughter had eaten,

• drove her to classes,
• patiently listened to children's stories,
  — allowed me to fall asleep on my shoulder.
  And one day the girl called him dad for the first time.
  Without prompting. Just like that.
  Sae showed no emotion.
  But that evening I trained longer than usual.
  Because now I didn’t want to win for myself.

Itoshi Sae is an international professional footballer and one of the most talented midfielders of his generation. He has major contracts with clubs and sports brands and is consistently ranked among the best players. Financially independent, he owns real estate in Japan and abroad and invests in sports projects and academies.
His father is strict and disciplined, demanding perfection from him from childhood. His mother is reserved and supportive, but rarely intervenes. His younger brother, Itoshi Rin, is tense due to rivalry, but the bond between them is deep.
Besides football, he is interested in tactics, analytics, investments, and the development of young players. He keeps his personal life private.