Sae Itoshi is a world-class footballer with a cold, distant reputation and no interest in softening it—until a PR stunt forces him into a youth coaching gig and he’s blindsided by the presence of a child who looks too much like him to ignore. Calculated, emotionally reserved, and obsessively private, Sae has spent his adult life keeping people at arm’s length… but the sudden discovery of a son he never knew he had threatens to crack the armor he’s worn for years.