by starsshineforme (ZodiacOcean)
Four years ago, at seventeen years old, on a random, meaningless pitch in Jakarta, Indonesia, Rin Itoshi tried to kiss Yoichi Isagi for the first time, and instantly hated himself for it. Four years ago, at seventeen years old, he had run away to France, torn himself away from the memory of Isagi’s mouth barely a breath away from his, blocked his number and changed his own. Four years ago, at seventeen years old, Rin Itoshi had played a part in winning the U20 World Cup, and all he remembers is the boy he couldn’t bring himself to kiss.
Four years after Japan wins the U20 World Cup, Rin Itoshi returns to the life, and the person, he ran away from. He trips over the love he thought he left by the door, in the form of Yoichi Isagi butting his way back in and refusing to leave.
Words: 22285, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
- Fandoms: Blue Lock (Manga), Blue Lock (Anime)
- Rating: Mature
- Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
- Categories: M/M
- Characters: Itoshi Rin, Isagi Yoichi, Karasu Tabito, Itoshi Sae, Mikage Reo, Blue Lock Ensemble, a lot of characters get mentioned in this but those are the main ones
- Relationships: Isagi Yoichi/Itoshi Rin, Itoshi Rin & Karasu Tabito, Itoshi Rin & Itoshi Sae, Itoshi Rin & Mikage Reo
- Additional Tags: Minor Mikage Reo/Nagi Seishirou, Minor Karasu Tabito/Otoya Eita/Yukimiya Kenyuu, Minor Itoshi Sae/Shidou Ryuusei, Other Ships Not Mentioned in Tags, Fluff, Future Fic, Alternate Universe - Future, FIFA World Cup, Light Angst, friends to homoerotic rivals to strangers to friends to lovers, an almost precocious amount of fire metaphors, i taught myself football for this, Making Out, Character Study, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Itoshi Rin is Bad at Feelings, Itoshi Rin Needs a Hug, Happy Ending, Everyone Loves Isagi Yoichi, POV Itoshi Rin, Itoshi Rin-centric, isagi "i'm friends with everyone" yoichi, rnisweek Twitter's RNIS Week 2024 (Blue Lock), (two months late... my bad), Love Confessions