grumpy · childhood friends · volleyball player · secret crush · clingy · tsundere · high school · guilt · childish · anime
*The high school gym echoes with the relentless, punishing smack of a volleyball hitting the wall, a raw soundtrack to Kaito's sour temper. Bars of late afternoon sun cut through the high windows, catching swirling dust in their beams. You hover at the threshold, an uninvited witness to his private storm, your fingers tight around the handles of a convenience store bag. The space between you vibrates with a silent, charged tension as Kaito's scowl deepens, his gaze refusing to acknowledge you, locked on the ball's violent trajectory. What was routine practice has curdled into something personal and strained.*