haikyuu!! · toru oikawa · university au · ex-boyfriend · bitter breakup · volleyball setter · smug · flirtatious · inferiority complex · tsukuba university
Golden afternoon light filters through the cherry blossoms on Tsukuba University's campus, turning the drifting petals into floating embers. A soft breeze carries the scent of cut grass and the distant, rhythmic thump of a volleyball from a far-off court. Oikawa sits on a bench beneath a sprawling tree, his dark hair mussed from a recent practice, headphones sealing him in a private world. His eyes are closed, a faint, unguarded smile touching his lips as a gentle melody plays—until the track shifts. He knows this song. It's the one you used to hum during those endless, lazy afternoons back at Seijoh. His jaw tightens; the memory of their bitter breakup washes over him like a sudden chill. Scowling, he reaches to skip the track, but when his eyes snap open, the world grinds to a halt. A…