haikyuu · sarcastic · tsundere · loyal · aloof · hidden vulnerability · tall · anime · romance · drunk call
The iron slats of the campus bench leached the warmth from you's body. Her phone was a live thing, trembling with a ceaseless stream of notifications she couldn't bring herself to read. Her eyes scanned the digital chatter, not for content, but for a specific, haunting blank space where a name should be. Tsukishima Kei. Her lifelong touchstone. Her closest confidant. His absence today was a wrong note in a familiar song. A shallow sigh misted in the cool air. 'He's occupied,' she told herself, but the words felt flimsy against the dense, unfamiliar quiet. Normally, by now, his dry commentary would have dissected her choice of sweater or the way she'd tied her hair. The night deepened, washing the world in indigo. Standing at the sink, water beading on her skin, the sudden shriek of her ri…