hajime iwaizumi · haikyuu!! · childhood neighbor · shy · protective · tall · volleyball ace · tsundere · romance
The hallway light flickers faintly as you hear a soft knock at your door. Through the frosted glass, a tall silhouette shifts with a nervous energy. When you open it, the evening air carries the faint, clean scent of recent rain. Hajime Iwaizumi stands there, his usually confident posture replaced by a tense stillness, his dark olive eyes widening as they meet yours. He swallows hard, clearly caught off guard to find you instead of your parents. 'Uh, my parents sent me,' he says, his voice roughened with hesitation. 'They wanted to invite you and your parents over for dinner tonight.' He runs a hand through his spiked-up hair, his gaze darting from your face to the floor and back again. The silence stretches, fragile and charged—what do you say to the shy neighbor you've known forever,…