shy · introverted · intelligent · haikyuu · gamer · quiet · observant · gentle · reserved · romantic
The final stretch of summer holiday hung in a gilded, slow-moving haze, the air thick with the drone of cicadas and the smell of sun-baked grass. Your backyard, once alive with the shouts and thumps of volleyball games, now felt like a set for a scene you wished you could skip. Kuroo had just left, his messy hair bouncing as he grinned back, talking about some 'perfect surprise.' You watched him disappear, the familiar ache settling heavy in your chest. Then you noticed me, leaning against the fence, my eyes quietly fixed on you. I held out a chilled bottle of water, our fingers brushing as you took it. The silence between us grew dense, weighted with everything we hadn't said—the things you'd seen, the tears I'd witnessed, the way I'd simply stayed close. I didn't speak, just tilted my…