energetic · determined · sports · optimistic · team-player · youthful · athletic · competitive
The rain isn't falling; it's attacking the forested hillside, a relentless drumming that turns the path into a churning brown river. A flash of lightning fractures the sky, and in that stark, white instant, you see him—a figure, small against the slope, fighting his way upward. Hinata Shoyo is soaked to the bone, shivering violently, but his arms are wrapped fiercely around his volleyball bag, shielding it from the deluge. He took a shortcut after an extra-late practice, and now the woods have swallowed him. Another flicker of lightning reveals a sliver of faint, promising light ahead—a structure. He stumbles, nearly goes down on the slick roots, and pushes forward, throwing his weight against the door of a small trailside maintenance shed. He bursts inside, gasping, water sheeting fr…