#from: itoshi rin🎀

[yoichiris]

love me now | itoshi rin x reader

✩ we were born in a box ✩ pro-player!rin, hurt with comfort, secret dating au

when rin first asks you to keep quiet about your relationship, you're too in love to care.

after all, many things weren't public: not the little smile he gives you when he walks into your apartment, not the way his lashes flutter in the morning sunlight, and definitely not his grunts when he pushes into you. these were sides of rin that were only reserved for you.

but the frustration builds, with every goal that rin scores, the more attention he gets, and the more faded into the background you are.

you stand in the audience, the crowd booming as the ball strains against the net where rin has just kicked it, your eyes trained on him. usually you would've cheered, but recently you've been feeling alone. and you know it's unfair, but he doesn't even look for you, completely focused on the field.

"did you see that?" you hear some guy talking to his partner next to you, voice laced with disbelief.

"fucking awesome," someone else says.

these are the moments rin lives for, you think. outplaying the opponent. making the goal in a way that doesn't allow any doubt about his skill. the set expression on his face tells you everything, that he's planned for this moment and this moment only, and it makes you sad that you've never once crossed his mind.

sometimes you watch rin's teammates run to their partners after winning a game. you try to imagine what rin would be like, if he were like that with you. would he be like bachira, who practically swings his partner over the railings? or isagi, who cups his partner's face between his hands and presses a sensual kiss to their lips?

you think harder, and the answer is probably neither.

which is how you end up standing at the gates of his apartment a few hours after his game ends, feeling apprehensive, when you know he'll return after doing his decompression, doing press, debriefing with his team.

rin's eyes change when he sees you.

"what are you doing here?" he asks, barely glancing at you, "i thought i told you always to wait for me inside."

in case someone sees us, is the unspoken part.

it made you feel special when he had given you the code to his apartment, bypassing all manners of security, having your name discreetly given to the concierge at the lobby. but all of that had been for his career, and his career only.

for rin, everything revolved around being the best at what he did. and you understood. but did you really hinder his career that much?

i don't want them to focus on something so trivial, he had told you once. you know he's talking about gossip, paparazzi, sensational headlines, not you, but you can't help but take it the wrong way. were you trivial to him?

"what are you so scared of, rin?" you ask him softly, your stance firm when he tries to redirect you past the unlocked gates.

he scowls, "what's gotten into you?"

"i don't know," you admit, not really knowing what you want to say, driven only by the feeling of loneliness in your chest, "what do you get out of this?"

the confusion flickers over his face for only a moment. always smart, he is.

"out of what? our relationship?" he retaliates, the way he says relationship making you flinch, even if his tone has barely changed.

you're scared to look at him, because you know what you're asking him to admit. i like you, he had said at the beginning of it all. his expression had been blank, but his eyes had an intensity that made you believe him. and you do.

but being head over heels in love with him as you are, thinking it'd be enough for everything... you hadn't been prepared. not for this kind of life with him.

"yeah," you mumble, quiet, "...i'm just tired of being your secret, rin."

he looks frustrated.

"you're not," he tells you, and once again you believe him, but it's just not enough. "what do you want me to do?"

you don't know. is there anything you could ask him to do? did you have the right to ask him to do everything he had already refused once to do?

you've had this conversation. once, twice. but rin's always been immovable, stubborn. and it's not like you didn't know that his career would always be his priority. so you had dropped it, thinking that you could move past it.

"nothing," you reply, voice shaking. you look down. you don't have the energy to do this a third time.

you sniffle, not yet crying. "i'm gonna go, okay?" you tell him, "it was a good game today."

he reaches out to you instinctively, long fingers circling your hand. he holds onto you for a moment, and you think for a second he'll say something. but he breaks eye contact first and lets you go.

"thanks," he says instead, "be careful on your way home."

you think that's your answer and tell him goodbye.

when you wake up the next morning, you feel completely disoriented. you think the noise you hear is your alarm clock, but you quickly realize that it's just your phone buzzing incessantly.

you sit up in bed, wondering if your eyes are deceiving you.

scrolling through the hundreds of messages in your inbox, scanning through most of the keyboard smashes, and seeing rin's name over and over again, brings you to rin's instagram.

your heart pounds as your eyes take in the picture. you've never seen it before, but you recognize the sprawl of your hair, the familiar crumple of rin's sheets around you.

he's in the frame too, his lips slightly parted at the top right, his exposed collarbone leaving nobody wondering what you two were doing. your face isn't shown, but a tap on the picture shows you that he's tagged your private instagram.

of course rin would post the raunchiest picture allowed to be posted to announce your relationship. of course he had to outdo all other relationship announcements. and of course he would do it at 2am, hours after you'd had your fight.

you can barely breathe when you scroll down to the caption.

Liked by sae_it and others

itoshi_rin love you.

your fingers shake as you swipe back to your home screen, to the rin's name on your favorites page, to call him. he answers on the third ring, his voice raspy.

"hey," he grunts, sounding like all those times you've woken up next to him, with his arm slung over your waist, his chin tucked over your form.

you snuggle into your blankets at the sound of his voice. "you have something to say to me, rin?" you tease.

"no," he says, always mean, and you imagine the slight slant of his frown. "i got practice soon. talk to you later, yeah?"

you're about to protest, but he cuts you off— "i love you."

you think he's about to hang up, but there's a moment of silence as he waits, vulnerable, for you to respond. you smile, thinking about rin holding his breath on the other end of the phone.

"i love you, too."

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[ode2rin]

we need more rin thoughts from you pretty please 🎀 mimi please 🎀 help us get through this shitty economy please 🎀

since you asked so nicely 😭

you've heard my take on orange peel theory and now i present to you... itoshi rin and the hedgehog's dilemma :D i know i have a draft about this somewhere lmao anws here it goes!

hedgehog's dilemma is abt a group of hedgehogs who want to huddle together for warmth in the winter but can't stop themselves from sticking each other with their sharp spines. it's a metaphor for people wanting intimacy but inevitably push people away :D

i just think rin has this huge dilemma.. especially before the two of you became a couple.

btw there's just no way itoshi mf rin is confessing first, i'm sorry to break it to you rinnie lovers. no matter how painfully obvious that he likes you or no matter how much teasing he gets - there's just no way so you gotta take one for the team 🙏🏻 and when you confess? it's a hundred percent probability he's going to reject you and pushes you away. yup. tough life i know.

but it's not because he doesn't like you back. how can anyone not tell he likes you? he does a POOR job in hiding it, he thinks he's so slick and nonchalant but man is literally brooding next to you most of the time, scaring other people who shows the slightest hint of hitting on you. he knows your orders by heart, the type to walk to the waiter and say "they said NO pickles". offers you the first bite of his food. and not only does he know the sidewalk rule, but mf puts his hands in table and counter corners instinctively when you crouch down. even unconsciously leaving the space next to him for you to sit during group lunch breaks, and the twitch of his mouth when you sit beside him? a goner for you, really. bachira even told him he looks "mellow" when you're around (wc btw earned a lot of snickers in disbelief because itoshi rin??? mellow???? like, do we know the same person babe?)

i'm a firm believer that rin is a "fell first ➔ ignore it, it will pass it's just a stupid crush what am i?? 10?? ➔ SHIT i can't fucking ignore it *panics* ➔ then fell even harder (but denies it still)" type. when rin realized he likes you, he lets out a laugh in utter disbelief. like he just Laughed on his own... followed by an abundance of curse words... then his mind went blank for a minute then fear and self-doubt crept in.

for someone who has an ego as massive as the ocean, self-sabotage goes crazyyyy in that man's head i swear to god especially when it concerns you. you, ever so bright and pretty, you, who for some reason chose to look at him. rin will probably think at some point that you must be incredibly stupid to choose to like someone like him. actually, what the hell were you thinking. he was supposed to hide these shitty feelings until it leaves him and now you're saying you like him too!! what the hell is going to do now? push you away, that is.

but don't worry :3 just a tiny push, some missing you hours, and maybe some sprinkles of jealousy will make him come banging on your door and taking the rejection back 👍🏻

so yeah. getting together with rin is gonna be such a long ride because of his personal issues but god, does he make it so worth it when you're finally together.

[daisys-reality]

Hii i hope I'm following your rules correctly?

I would like to request a × 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐃𝐑 𝐒/𝐎?

He's from my better (school dr) cr and he's like a mush of go eunhyuk rin itoshi aki hayakawa and a few others (I couldn't choose)

Thank you !

🎀 TAROT: You might not have a good sense of practicality or you are just often in your head, lost in thoughts and dreams. But that is perfectly fine, don't worry. You can achieve steady progress if you make use of your natural traits and skills (your enthusiasm and passion, curiosity, optimism/blind confidence, creativity, thinking/dreaming, your longing for exploring different possibilities and so on). While exploring the unknown, you find out more about yourself in the process. Which in turn gives you more inspiration and leads you forward. Your dr s/o wants to encourage you to just be yourself and to creatively express yourself. You're such a precious gem to them. Love your excited and free-spirited nature.

🎀 SELF MADE MESSAGE CARDS & CHANNELING: "I'm getting the courage yo share how i feel." + "You're so cute." + "I really adore you but I hide my desires for you..." + "I don't understand what you see in me..." + "Soon!"

𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬

[gojosatoruwifey]

一Itoshi Rin as your Boyfriend

✑ hey,hey,hey! it’s Geru at your service (❛◡˂̵ ̑̑✧) This young man here is disrupting my thought process and would not leave me alone. here is a bouquet of asters that perfectly represents our dear captain of Blue Lock 11, Itoshi Rin!

📜🖋️🎀SUPPORT MY KO-FI🎀🖋️📜

You are one of the people that Rin is comfortable with.

Rin is generally cold and serious, not to mention, blunt.

That’s how he asked you out yet you still found it endearing how he sincerely delivered his confession to you. He was looking straight into your eyes with his usually serious ones while he admitted that he has feelings for you for a while and he doesn’t expect you to accept his confession he feels he need to say it to you or he will regret it

And surprise, surprise! You also hold the same feelings for him.

Please shower Rin with your love :< He will do it back ;)

Once in a while, this young man here needs affection as he keeps chasing his dream and dealing with his brother. Thus, receiving cuddles from you makes him relieved.

Rin treats every second with you like you are going to separate the next moment. He is that serious to you and into you.

He might unintentionally hurt you with his words while he is practicing his kicks but expect him to bring you food as a peace offering and get his soft kisses.

Speaking of kisses, Rin’s kiss will leave you breathless and it makes you want more.

He’s not into PDA in public.

If the both of you are going out on a date or just stroll around the park, his large hand is wrapped to yours tightly and in winter, your intertwined hands are hidden in his coat’s pockets, sharing a hand warmer heat pack.

Behind closed doors, if not cuddling, one of his long legs is lace to yours. He always finds another way to touch you even if it's subtle.

In your first month together, you can’t even hold his hands since he always pocketed them in their jeans and you’re so frustrated how he hasn’t noticed your attempt until he told you what’s wrong.

Tell Rin what you want ‘cause sometimes, he is clueless. 

Isagi is surprise when Rin talk about something, rather, someone that’s not related to football―

With the softest and smallest smile on his face ! ! !

He also had this fond look he shot to your way when you’re not looking.

If you pointed that out, he will brush it off.

Telling you that it’s just your imagination.

I think he is also not the type to play around, seeing how he is committed to his career and also, to you.

You can’t tell me Rin is not popular like have you seen how he is still beautiful even his hair is swaying in every direction?

He is visited by the green monster called jealousy? His brain will immediately calculate how to get you out of the conversation with your guy classmate.

You’re insecure? Rin will assure you that you are beautiful in your own way and you don’t need to change just because of other people’s opinions.

Even if you can’t attend his match, Rin would be understanding. You have a life too and he appreciates how you still support him.

He will also teach you about football if you’re interested in the sport and he is happy inside.

If you try to do his routine when the day ends, he will sigh and instruct you how to do it right as he stands up to correct your position. This is also another way to bond with him even if he's busy with football.

You are passionate about something? Rin will also support and respect you like how you support him.

Rin might not verbally express his love towards you but you can tell it by his actions. Ranging from small things like passing you a glass of water when he notices you’re not drinking enough or resting a hand to your back to assist you or getting the book from the high shelves to big things like pulling you closer to him when you’re sad and taking care of you when you’re sick.

In conclusion, Rin as your boyfriend will be wonderful. It might take a while for him to warm up to you but along the way, Rin will handle you with care.