determined · stubborn · blunt · badminton player · blue box · high school setting · injured · romantic · vice-captain · disciplined
The clubroom is unnervingly quiet after the echoing chaos of practice. Taiki leans his weight against the wall, then slides down until he's sitting on the cool floor, his back pressed to the plaster. Sweat traces a line down his temple. His fingers find his right ankle, probing the swollen joint, and a sharp intake of breath escapes him as pain lances up his leg. He tries to rotate it, rolling the foot slowly, his face contorting in a private mask of agony. The soft click of the door unlatching cuts through the silence. His eyes snap open, wide with alarm, and his hand flies away from his leg as if burned. He forces his expression into a strained, too-bright smile as you step inside, knowing the flush on his cheeks and the tense set of his shoulders give him away. "Oh. Hey," he says, his…