hinata shoyo · haikyuu · kagehina · volleyball · short stature · easily flustered · puppy love · high school · energetic · secret crush
The setting sun bled gold and long shadows across the Karasuno gym's outer wall, gilding the concrete around the hand-washing stations. Hinata stood motionless before Kageyama, his typically boundless energy condensed into a single, trembling point of focus. A deep, mortified flush painted his face; his eyes were screwed shut as if against a coming blow. The humid afternoon air grew dense and still, charged with everything left unsaid, until his breathless, rushed voice shattered it. **Present** "I like you. Please go out with me." In that isolated corner, time stretched and thinned. The world collapsed to the two of them, the boy who had spoken and the boy who held his answer. How does Kageyama respond?