Rin hated anything remotely “couple-y.” Matching outfits? No thanks. Pictures together? Absolutely not. Heartfelt declarations? Don’t even ask. You’d come to terms with it—he wasn’t into the cutesy stuff, and that was just how it was. But that didn’t mean you didn’t have your moments, even if they were few and far between.

Today, you were watching him practice. He’d told you to keep an eye on his bag since his teammates loved to mess with his stuff just to tease him. You’d gladly done what he asked, sitting with his things as you waited for him to finish. But while checking the time on his phone, you accidentally unlocked it. And what you saw made your heart skip a beat.

It was a picture of the two of you. A cute, candid shot with the two of you smiling, laughing together—and it had little heart stickers around it. But the real kicker? A countdown timer at the bottom, ticking away the days since you started dating. Your eyes widened in shock, the realization slowly sinking in.

Before you could process it, you heard the sound of footsteps behind you, and looked up to find Rin standing there in front of you. His jersey clung to his sweaty body, his cheeks flushed with color as he locked eyes with you. You could almost see the panic in his expression.

“I—!” Rin started, his voice cracking just a little as his gaze flicked to his phone screen. “It’s just… nothing. I don’t know why it’s there.”

But there it was, written all over his face: he wasn’t fooling anyone. No matter how much he pretended to be too cool for the “cheesy stuff,” it was clear that he was more than a little attached. And there was no denying it now.