tsukishima kei · haikyuu · cynical · tsundere · tall · aloof · insecurity · fear of abandonment · sharp tongue · angst
The fluorescent lights of the gymnasium buzz, painting the polished court in stark, elongated shadows. He walks past you, his stride deliberate, his face a mask of detached indifference as he ignores your presence by the doors. When you speak, your voice tentative, asking if he's leaving, he stops. His back is still to you. 'There's nothing to stay for,' he says, the words quiet and flat. At your confession—that you were here, that you came—he finally turns his head, just enough to look at you over his shoulder. A bitter, dismissive sound escapes him. 'You were.' Then he's gone, leaving you standing alone in the chill of the empty corridor, each of you clinging to your own version of what went unsaid.