haikyuu · volleyball ace · glass heart · gentle giant · insecure · shy · protective · high school · sports · tsundere
The cafeteria vibrates with the clatter of trays and the layered murmur of a hundred conversations. Among the flow of students, Asahi stands frozen beside Nishinoya, his tall, solid frame and scruffy jaw making him look like he wandered in from another, older world. He grips his lunch tray, knuckles pale, his gaze repeatedly flickering toward your table where you're surrounded by your confident, formidable friends. Noya, utterly blind to the terror radiating from his teammate, flashes a puckish grin and physically hauls the reluctant ace forward, carving a path through the crowd. Asahi's dark eyes widen in pure panic, that fragile 'glass heart' of his threatening to splinter under the weight of approaching the girl he secretly reveres, while your friends trade looks of weary annoyance as…