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The Blue Lock facility hummed with energy, even before the match began. Everyone was buzzing—Hugo Charles, Loki, and the rest of PXG moved with that effortless confidence Isagi had spent weeks obsessing over from a distance. But now, face-to-face, the heat of their presence was… something else entirely. Too bright. Too close. Too alive.
Isagi swallowed, trying to anchor himself to the ground.
His heartbeat didn’t obey.
Each step toward them felt like a betrayal of his own composure. Loki’s grin was impossibly sharp, a flash of mischief in his eyes that made Isagi’s stomach twist in ways he wasn’t ready to name. Hugo Charles was calm, impossibly measured, watching him like he could see through every thought, every twitch, every instinctive panic that made Isagi’s legs feel too heavy and too light at the same time.
And yet, he had to play it cool. Had to.
Focus on the match.
Focus on the team.
Focus.
They exchanged greetings. Handshakes and nods, smiles and measured words, but every movement from them carried a weight that didn’t belong to the match.
Loki leaned just slightly forward, and Isagi’s chest constricted for reasons that weren’t rational. Hugo’s arm brushed against his shoulder as they passed, light but grounding, and Isagi jolted, cheeks flaring before he even had time to blink.
The day passed in a blur of drills, strategy talks, and introductions. PXG moved together like clockwork; Blue Lock’s team shuffled behind, trying to keep pace. And still, Isagi’s mind wandered. Not consciously, not in words—but in the faint, unavoidable echo of sensation: Loki’s shoulder, Hugo’s presence, the subtle warmth of someone too close.
He couldn’t pin it down, and that made the anticipation sharper, electric, almost unbearable.
Night came, and with it, the shared dormitory. The lights were dimmed, the chatter dying down, the soft rustle of teammates settling into bed filling the space. Isagi tried to place himself strategically—far from everyone, safe from… whatever it was that lurked behind those PXG eyes—but sleep had its own rules, and chaos rarely asked for permission.
He fell asleep quickly.
Too quickly.
And then he woke.
Not in his own bed. Not on the floor. Not where he was supposed to be.A familiar warmth, foreign and insistent, pressed against him.
His eyes fluttered open to Loki’s tousled hair brushing his arm, the soft, teasing weight of Hugo’s hand resting just a little too close on the shared blanket. Not intentionally invasive, he told himself. But the sensation—his body remembered anyway. His heart hammering, cheeks burning, pulse threatening to burst through his chest—he could feel the electricity, the closeness, the… chaos.
Isagi tried to lift his head, to untangle himself, but instinct and sleepwalking had already woven him too tightly into their spaces. Every breath he took was a mix of mortification and something else he wasn’t ready to name. Loki stirred slightly, eyes half-open, just a hint of awareness in the sleep-softened gaze, while Hugo’s presence remained solid, grounding, and somehow overwhelming all at once.
The first thing that struck him was Loki himself—neatly tousled hair, faintly mussed from sleep but still perfectly framing his face, eyes half-lidded in that maddeningly calm way that made Isagi’s heart stutter. The blankets were warm, scented faintly with laundry detergent and something uniquely… Loki, subtly sweet but impossibly clean.
Isagi froze, stomach flipping, as he registered the position he had somehow assumed. His head rested uncomfortably close to Loki’s shoulder, his arm draped across the edge of Loki’s chest. He could feel Loki’s warmth radiating beneath him, soft but undeniable, and the faint rise and fall of his chest in even, lazy breaths.
“Morning,” Loki murmured, voice still roughened by sleep, low and casual. “You’re… here again.” There was no accusation, just a calm observation, but the smirk tugging at the corner of his lips made Isagi melt from the inside out.
“I-I… I don’t—uh! I mean…” Isagi stammered, mind scrambling, trying to articulate that he had no conscious idea how he’d ended up there. His face was already heating, cheeks burning a furious crimson. “I didn’t mean to! I just… sleep… I—” He flailed mentally, searching for words that wouldn’t make him sound like a complete fool.
Loki chuckled, the sound low and soft, almost teasing, and it made Isagi’s chest tighten. “You’re adorable when you panic like that, you know,” Loki said, stretching one arm lazily over his head before adjusting slightly, drawing Isagi closer without even seeming to try. The warmth pressed against him, the subtle weight grounding him in a way that was both comforting and agonizing.
“I’m not adorable!” Isagi squeaked, burying his face in the pillow for cover, though part of him wanted to lean closer—lean impossibly closer, though he’d never admit it. The dichotomy of mortification and longing churned inside him, raw and unrelenting.
Loki’s smirk widened, though he didn’t force the words. “You’re flustered. I can tell,” he murmured, almost lazily, and that almost casual admission made Isagi want to hide under the bed. “Don’t worry, I like it. It suits you.”
“I-I’m not—ugh—s-suited for this!” Isagi gasped, squirming against the sheets in a desperate attempt to reclaim some shred of dignity. But Loki’s arm shifted again, a feather-light touch that somehow pinned Isagi just enough to keep him from fleeing entirely.
“You really don’t know how good you look like this,” Loki continued softly, eyes flickering down to Isagi’s flushed face before returning to that lazy, devilish gaze. “Even half-asleep, you’re… something else.”
Isagi’s throat went dry, and he swallowed hard. “I-I… oh god… stop… just… stop looking at me like that,” he muttered, voice trembling despite himself. His mind was a chaotic storm, simultaneously dizzy with embarrassment and heat, and some distant, unreasonable part of him was already yearning for the warmth Loki offered. Not consciously, not directly—just the small, almost imperceptible pull in his chest, a flutter that he refused to name.
Loki hummed softly, a faint, amused noise, as if acknowledging Isagi’s inner turmoil without pressure. “Relax, Yoi. You’ll be okay,” he murmured, letting the blankets settle comfortably over them both. The words were simple, casual, but they carried a weight that made Isagi’s heart hammer against his ribs.
“I… I’m… okay,” Isagi whispered back, though his body betrayed him, pressed uncomfortably close, still pinned by Loki’s easy warmth. He closed his eyes for a brief moment, trying—and failing—to ignore the dizzying mix of mortification and comfort that washed over him.
“Good,” Loki said softly, voice low, almost conspiratorial, leaning in a fraction closer. “Because I don’t mind sharing my bed… with you. Not that I’d ever say it out loud.”
Isagi’s chest nearly shattered. His thoughts tumbled into incoherent, panicked chaos. Not that he’d ever say it out loud.The subtle yearning behind the words, the teasing restraint, the warmth… everything pushed him to the brink of collapse.
“Uh… r-right…” he murmured, unable to move, unable to think, unable to escape the gentle gravity that Loki radiated. He wasn’t sure if he should flee or melt into the sheets, his mind a twisted, flaming mess of desire and shame.
Loki’s arm shifted again, a soft, possessive press that didn’t trap but didn’t release either. “Just… stay still,” he murmured, eyes half-closed, voice low, almost lazy. “It’s… nice like this.”
Isagi’s body betrayed him utterly—he stayed. He couldn’t move. He couldn’t think. He couldn’t breathe properly. And somehow, in that shared warmth, with Loki’s casual yearning wrapped in subtle words and touches, Isagi realized… maybe some part of him didn’t want to leave.
A small, shivery sigh escaped him, and Loki hummed softly, satisfied.
For a boy who had never intended to invade anyone’s bed, nor anyone’s space, this… was something else entirely.