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i cant i LITERALLY CANT

*happy sigh*

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Read right to left. I don't know why I did it that way it just happened. A lot of things happened. Like Isagi happened. I'm in a deep hole.

SEND HELP!!!

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perihal kumis isagi.

dan rin yang suka?!

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ngomongin soal isagi kumisan. tau gak kalo yang ngebantu isagi cukuran, tuh, selalu rin?

dulu, sih, enggak ya. bahkan rin pun gak pernah kepikiran kalau ada kemungkinan kumis dan jenggot isagi bisa tumbuh. sangking kulit wajah isagi selalu bersih dari rambut tipis dari para kumis dan jenggot.

sampai akhirnya ada kondisi yang menyeret isagi buat mau-tidak mau menumbuhkan rambut-rambut tipis itu.

sewaktu tim futsal sekolahnya kalah ngelawan sekolah lain, taruhan kali itu membuat mereka gak boleh cukur kumis atau jenggot sampai sebelum UAS, yang artinya isagi harus tahan buat gak cukur sekitar empat (4) bulan.

untuk aiku, teman seangkatan sae, yang selalu bermimpi untuk memanjangkan kumisnya setelah lulus, taruhan itu bukan suatu mala petaka. lain halnya untuk isagi yang selalu langsung menyukur rambut tipisnya sesaat setelah ia melihat mereka muncul setiap ia bercermin.

kala itu, hubungan isagi dan rin semakin dekat dengan pernyataan cinta yang belum kunjung diucapkan, tapi isagi bercerita soal taruhan itu dan rin mulai menunggu dengan penuh harap.

rin tahu itu hanya rasa penasarannya saja karena pikiran soal lelaki berkumis sebagai tipenya tak pernah terlewat di benaknya. namun bayangan tentang isagi dengan rambut-rambut tipis di antara hidung juga bibirnya sempat membuat jantung rin berdegup kencang. rasa penasaran ‘kah? atau murni karena itu isagi?

dan waktu yang ditunggu pun telah tiba. saat rin menangkap ada segaris kumis halus yang muncul di wajah isagi, matanya bingung harus fokus ke garis tipis itu atau bibir—

“rin?”

empunya nama akhirnya melihat lawan bicaranya kembali. “kenapa? gak denger.”

“gue nanya, aneh gak, sih, kumisnya? gatal banget gue mau cukur, tapi masih sebulan lagi.”

“gatal? emang gatal ya kalo tumbuh kumis?”

“enggak juga. maksudnya, gue gak kebiasa aja numbuhin kumis—aneh gak? kok gue ngerasa aneh ya.”

rin mengalihkan pandangannya sesaat setelah isagi kembali menatap wajahnya di cermin kecil yang ia bawa dari dalam kamar. minggu sore itu mereka habiskan dengan bercengkerama di teras lantai dua rumah isagi. banyaknya angin sempoyongan bertiup ke arah mereka tapi kenapa rin malah merasa panas?

“gak aneh. mungkin lo gak kebiasa aja ngeliat kumis gitu di muka lo.”

“iya, kali ya,” ujar isagi, tidak ada kepekaan sedikit pun dengan apa yang rin rasakan saat itu. “kalo gak aneh, menurut lo cocok gak?”

“hah?”

“gue cocok gak kumisan gini?”

isagi menoleh ke arah rin. mata mereka bertemu tatap. isagi yang masih saja tidak peka akan tingkah rin dengan sabar menunggu rin untuk menjawabnya. rin meneguk ludahnya sebelum berucap pelan, “cocok aja.”

“cocok?”

“iya.”

suara pelan rin tetap ditangkap oleh isagi walaupun surai hijau itu membuang mukanya lagi setelah sadar seberapa dekat wajah kakak kelasnya itu dengannya. isagi pun terikut sadar mengapa mata rin tidak kuat berlama-lama bertatapan dengannya dan senyum jahil mulai muncul.

“lo suka ya?”

sontak rin menoleh kesal ke arah isagi. “apaan? enggak. ngaco mulu.”

“bilang aja iya.”

“enggak.”

“iyaa.”

“enggak, anjing. stop.”

“suka ‘kan?”

“enggak?! diam gak lo.”

“aku tau kamu suka.”

“enggak, isa. anjing. nyebelin lo. ngomong sekali lagi, gue cukur tuh kumis.”

“cukur aja,” ujar isagi semakin usil dengan memiringkan wajahnya agar rin bisa melihatnya dengan jelas. “tapi cobain dulu sebelum lu cukur.”

“cobain gimana—gak usah aneh-aneh lo, isagi?!”

“aneh-aneh apaan sihhh.”

isagi duduk tegak kali ini dengan telapaknya yang ia buka ke arah rin. “pinjam tangan, dong.”

“mau ngapain…”

“pinjam bentar. gak aneh-aneh. janji.”

rin bolak-balik melirik telapak tangan itu dan raut wajah isagi yang tenang. ia tahu ia akan dijahili lagi tapi di sisi lain rasa penasaran yang ia miliki berhasil melawan rasa kesalnya itu. maka ditaruhnya lah tangannya untuk isagi genggam dan membiarkan isagi menariknya pelan untuk menangkup pipi si surai biru.

perhatian rin terlalu fokus pada bagaimana isagi tetap menggenggamnya dan mengelus lembut punggung telapaknya sebelum ia merasa ibu jarinya didorong halus bersapuan dengan garis tipis kumis isagi.

“nih, coba.” isagi menyenderkan pipinya lebih relaks ke tangkupan rin seraya membiarkan rin yang pelan-pelan mulai mengusap kumis juga bibir isagi dengan ibu jarinya. “gitu rasanya.”

“rasa apaan, sih?”

“ya, gitu.” senyuman jahil lainnya nampak pada bibir isagi. ia menatap rin yang terlihat terlalu fokus pada apa yang ia lakukan. isagi juga tidak pernah menebak tentang rin dan rasa penasarannya itu, namun usut punya usut, ternyata rin gampang sekali ia tebak. dan muncul lah pikiran usil lainnya di kepala isagi yang langsung ia laksanakan: ditolehkan wajahnya sedikit untuk ia kecup sekilas telapak tangan rin yang masih ia genggam.

semburat merah di pipi rin terpampang jelas setelah itu dan menarik tawa kecil dari mulut isagi yang menyaksikannya. celoteh amarah rin keluarkan tapi tidak ada tanda-tanda ia ingin menarik tangannya. alih-alih ia tangkup kedua pipi isagi untuk dicubitnya gemas wajah itu. kesal, katanya. namun merah pipinya berkata lain.

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habis itu, karena isagi gak berhenti ketawa geli sehabis ngebuat rin mau meledak layaknya gunung berapi, rin beranjak masuk ke kamar mandi dan mengambil krim juga cukuran.

hari minggu itu, pertama kali rin belajar cara mencukur rambut-rambut tipis di wajah isagi dengan benar, yang akhirnya menjadi kebiasaan karena si kakak malah jadi ngelunjak dan manja—gak mau cukur kalo bukan rin yang cukurin.

dan isagi yang kena hukuman lainnya karena kumisnya udah dicukur sebelum waktu yang telah ditentukan.

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juga aiku yang keterusan gak cukur kumis & jenggotnya. jadinya di hari pertama UAS, dia ikut susulan karena gak boleh masuk kelas.

(selain kebersihan, jaga kerapian juga, ya, kak!)

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Thinking about how Isagi and Rin making out.

With Rin sitting on Isagi’s lap. Shorts and loose T-shirt, Rin’s pretty thighs exposed as an invitation for Isagi to touch it, rubbing his palm across the soft skin along with a few gentle squeezes as his other hand slipping through Rin’s shirt, stroking his flat stomach, earning a small whimper out of Rin’s mouth that rang like a tune out of a pipe, calling Isagi to do more, more, and more.

So he bit down Rin’s lip just so he could hear him moaning in pain, just so he could roam his tongue inside the warmth of Rin’s mouth as he pulled the green haired boy closer. The sound of Rin’s moan was enough to fog Isagi’s head. It felt so raw in his ears that he wanted to eat Rin whole, to make Rin his fully, with nothing of Rin was left for others because he belonged to Isagi only.

Their kisses broke for Isagi to mouth Rin’s neck. Rin couldn’t control the beat of his heart and he was gasping for air for his aching lungs. His head fell to rest on Isagi’s shoulder as if it was its home. Rin felt his body burned. Isagi’s kisses felt like a flame that suck his in, yet Rin couldn’t help but to shift closer until their below touched. Arms hanging around Isagi’s neck, his fingers ran through the back of the older’s head, a slight pull on Isagi’s hair every time he bit Rin’s nape, trailing wet kisses and gentle sucks to leave a mark, a mark to let the world know that Rin was his, and no one should ever touch him the way he did.

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Isagi: That was so hot, Rin.

Rin: I literally called the person who just flirted with you a degenerate dog and told them I hope they get dragged through the streets.

Isagi: I'm so in love with you.

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cat rin

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as you can tell, epinagi altered my brain chemistry. and bachira.

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Itoshi Sae, Physical Contact, and the Exceptions: Rin and Shidou

As of Chapter Ch 214, the only two people we see Sae allow to touch him are his little brother…and Shidou Ryusei.** Post (S)pain, it’s only been Shidou. 

**I’m going to argue that Sae allows Shidou to jump on his back. And I mean 'argue' in the lightest sense.

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Quick preface: Just organizing and posting notes I took on the subject for characterization in a fic (they are, therefore, biased). I’m not claiming that no one has ever touched Sae, just that the manga only shows a select few occasions. We’ll go in chapter and not chronological order. For the most part.

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The first time the manga shows us anyone trying to initiate contact with Sae is with these two clowns (JFU President and U-20 “coach”) in Ch 107. Hardly surprising that Sae wouldn’t shake the hands of people he so clearly doesn’t respect. 

Every expression in this panel is priceless.

Next up, Ch 111:

Aiku and his proposal are plainly of more interest to Sae than the JFU bozos, yet Sae nopes right out of Aiku’s ‘gentlemen's agreement’ handshake. And then threatens to nope out of the whole match if the U-20 Team can’t meet his standards.

We see Sae being rushed by celebratory teammates several times. Not once do we readers see any of them actually succeed in throwing an arm around him pre-Spain, in Spain, or post-Spain. Until Shidou.

Post Spain (Ch 116): 

Sae has just scored a goal crazy enough to have Isagi think, “The leading actor in this game is Itoshi Sae!!” The crowd is going wild, the U-20 Team is rushing Sae in joy, …and Sae literally slaps them off: “Hands off, chumps.” 

Poor Fox Kid and Not-Bokuto. They seem so darn sweet. 

Now, a blast from the past. 

Pre-Spain (Ch 123): 

I don’t know about y’all, but I can so clearly see Little Sae ducking right out these guys’ arms—in a more humorously standoffish way. Like how we see Rin sidestep Isagi (coming right up!). An imagination is all we got here.

Spain (Ch 125):

Now in the mysterious (S)pain… Hopefully we’ll get more than a glimpse of it one day! Would Sae have dodged the Real Madrid Youth Team guys? Would he have numbly endured it? Would he have slapped them off? Etc.? The manga, again, leaves us to wonder. (My money’s on the second one.)

Once again, I’m definitely not saying Sae’s teammates have never succeeded in tackling him in celebration. Just that it’s notable we, the readers, don’t see it. Yet. 

I’ll conclude with some pre-Spain Itoshi Bros cuteness, but let’s talk some post-Spain Itoshi Bros parallels first.

Ch 121

Poor Isagi. 😂 Rin sees him coming with a little “!” and dodges his charge like the plague with a grumpy lil “Hmph.”

Rin, now away from Isagi, goes right back to business in the next panel.

Ten chapters later, we have a Sae parallel. 

Ch 131

Just like Rin, Sae sees a celebratory missile coming right at him with a “!” and a less than enthusiastic expression—yet Sae doesn’t dodge Shidou.

Shidou definitely takes off like a bat out of hell (ha). But do we really think Itoshi Sae of the New Generation World XI couldn’t have even sidestepped—like his little brother—if he’d really wanted to?

I think Sae allows Shidou his moment of clingy celebration. Especially in light of the Rin and Isagi parallel. Remember, this was immediately following Shidou’s unbelievable Big Bang Drive—a goal that had even Sae showing open surprise on his face (Ch 130). Shidou becomes the first one shown to have jumped on Sae in celebration.

(Real talk, though: someone please give Kitsunezato and Neru a high five!)

The next page…

Both pursuers of the Itoshi Bros end up with a hard impact on the ground, and yet….

Sae doesn’t tell Shidou to f— off after throwing Shidou off him. Shidou doesn’t get an icy “Hands off, chump” like Fox Kid and Not-Bokuto. Sae doesn’t stalk off (he actually lingers and seems to chat while Shidou just chills on the ground and gives him a lil thumbs-up). Sae tells Shidou, “You have to get a hat trick, remember? Then you’d get my number. Hands off until then, you horny demon.” Untillll being the operative word (...one of them, anyway 😅). Not only does Sae let Shidou latch on, Sae banters with Shidou.

This is outside the point of this post, but Sae looks…sad? nostalgic? when Shidou first jumps on him. It doesn’t last long, but it’s there. Perhaps relating to the panels I’m about to bring up. (Addressing what may have prompted Sae’s “Gross” and “horny demon” reactions + his punch/tackle is also outside the purview of this post 😅 Same with speculating on what the helllll these two were talking about below.)

Concluding with some Pre-(S)pain Itoshi Bros

Ch 123:

We see Little RinRin as the original No Touchy exception. And it’s so wholesome.

And Sae actually reaching out to Rin and being affectionate. Maybe we’ll see it again one day.

Ch 124

Look, the Itoshi Bros are capable of high fives! Or, they were, anyway. 

Unlike Sae, we actually see Rin's teammates grabbing him in celebration, pre-(Sae’s return from) Spain.

In conclusion...

So far, the manga shows Sae breaking his general Kuzco Rule with only two people.

Pre-Spain, Little Rin was a very obvious exception. Post-Spain / currently and more subtly, Shidou is the only exception we've seen. Is it a respect thing? A soft spot? Emphasizing Sae is an "untouchable" player? Some combination?

As for canon… I really hope we see Sae and Shidou become friends. They’re both so alone but seem to bring each other to life. I also really hope we’ll see Sae accepting his teammates’ celebration one day. Just imagine Sae pulling off a crazy pass or stealing a goal at the World Cup, both Rin and Shidou rushing him in joy, the rest of the team on their tails! Or maybe something smaller, like just celebrating a cool move in practice. I think we’ll see it eventually. Just like I think we could see Shidou act as a bridge between the estranged Itoshi Bros.

You’ll find what notes / “meta” I’ve already posted under #xoxoBlueLockNotes. Will probably organize and post more somewhere in here!

PS: Check out @bluelockhalloweek for spooky Blue Lock fun! 🎃 Halloween is just around the corner!

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Isagi: Stop looking at me with those eyes

Them: What eyes?

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i have no explanation for this except that I wanted to draw them kind of hugging

fuck it *woobifyes your rin or whatever*

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Blue Lock is a true gift for all rivals to lovers trope enjoyers.

Everyone is the rival there. EVERYONE.

Are they on one team? That doesn't mean they've stopped being rivals.

Oh, are they friends? Don't worry, in the next chapter/episode, they'll be rivals.

And we, hopeless shippers, just let ourselves be killed by the tension between the characters.

And we endlessly dream of our rivals becoming lovers.

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Isagi being the cause that triggers blue lock boys going feral is gonna be my favorite trope in the series.

Only he can rile them up like this, friends and foes alike.

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No bl manga will ever compare to Blue Lock u-20 arc.... BCS CALM DOWN RIN

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🌺 little red riding hood yoichi (i may expand on this one day)

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