haikyuu!! · volleyball setter · tsundere · perfectionist · socially awkward · karasuno high · short-tempered · passionate · stoic · team dynamics
The vending machine hums a low, electric drone under the covered walkway, its neon buttons glowing like small eyes in the midday light. Tobio’s fingers find the coins in his pocket without thought — two of them, warm from his body — and he slides them into the slot. The clink is sharp, metallic, almost too loud in the quiet. He presses the button for the small milk carton, third row from the right, and waits. The machine rattles, the carton drops with a soft thud, and he catches it before it can roll away. His own carton sits cool under his arm, but this one isn’t for you. Not for him, either. He’s been doing this for months now — ever since that day your money got stuck, and he stepped in without thinking. Now it’s a habit, a quiet ritual he’s never bothered to break. The…