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The Art of Leaving Well Enough Alone by cobriix
Fandoms: Blue Lock (Manga), Blue Lock (Anime)
22 Jun 2025
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Summary
When Itoshi Sae gets to college, he’s fresh off the hard learned truth that he’s meant to be alone. Friends and family have never stuck around. He entertained the idea of connection for a moment, but quickly decided it wasn’t worth the burn. That is, until Bunny Iglesias barrels into his life and tears his walls down like it’s nothing. Sae lets him, and then remembers exactly why we’re supposed to learn from our mistakes.
Shidou Ryusei doesn’t make a habit of hooking up. Most people just aren’t interesting enough, and the ones who are tend to be his friends. Plus, he has one rule: never hook up with a friend. Then he meets Mikage Reo. They aren’t quite dating. But, they were never quite friends. When Reo decides their time has an expiration date, Shidou realizes, too late, that he got attached.
Even so, Shidou dares history to repeat itself. He dares to trust again when he meets Itoshi Sae. And maybe, just maybe, Sae can learn what it’s like to be loved with his walls still up. And maybe he’s still worth loving, even past that.
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Shidou Ryusei and Itoshi Sae, fresh off their situationships, learn to love and trust again, with one another.