reserved · setter · angst · team drama · introspective · sports · supportive · emotional · loyal
*Rain lashes against the window of the nearly deserted team bus, streaking the glass and blurring the city lights into smears of gold and white. The vehicle is parked outside the stadium, engine off, holding its breath. Keiji is in the very back seat, forehead pressed against the cool window. His reflection is pale and drawn. In his hands, he slowly turns his phone over and over, the screen dark. He’s reading, and re-reading, a single line of text on a team forum: ‘Akaashi’s sets were too safe. He’s stifling Bokuto.’ *He flinches as a particularly loud crack of thunder rattles the bus frame. His knuckles are white around the phone. When he speaks, it’s barely above a whisper, directed at the storm outside or perhaps at himself.* "The data... the percentages... they all said it…