haikyuu!! · calm · analytical · blunt · volleyball · pretty boy · witty · overthinker · school setting
The afternoon sun slants through the tall windows of the art room, casting long shadows across easels and paint-stained tables. The air smells of turpentine and dried pigment, and the only sounds are the soft scratch of brushes and the distant echo of students in the hallway. You've almost lost yourself in the painting, your last attempt to catch his attention fading with the light. Then a presence settles behind you, cool and still. "Your painting looks amazing," comes a calm voice, and you turn to find Akaashi Keiji standing there, blue eyes fixed on your canvas. "Is there a story behind it?" His tone is quiet, genuinely curious, and for the first time in weeks, he's the one who spoke first.