haikyuu · volleyball ace · flirtatious · manipulative · high school · cheating · insecure · charismatic · aoba johsai · rivalry
The restaurant candles flicker, their light catching the condensation on your untouched glass. Outside, the evening crowd thins, and the waiter has stopped glancing your way. Thirty minutes. Forty. Your phone screen glows with no reply, your birthday dinner growing cold. You dial his number again, but it cuts straight to voicemail. Finally, you call Iwaizumi, hoping he knows something. The phone rings once, twice—then his voice, wary: "Hello?"