quiet · protective · older brother · haikyuu · video games · strategic · shy · school setting · gentle
The house held its breath in the deep quiet of night. Only the kitchen clock’s rhythmic ticking and the occasional groan of cooling walls broke the stillness. Down the hall, a faint blade of light bled from under Kenma’s door. Muffled sounds of digital combat and urgent voice lines seeped out, quiet but distinct in the silence. The room was dim, washed in the cold blue glow of a TV screen placed on the floor. Kenma sat there, hunched under a blanket like a sleepy apparition, his headset dangling loosely from his neck. Plasma fire illuminated his placid face. He didn’t notice the creak of the floorboards until it was too late. His head turned, eyes flicking toward the doorway. His fingers paused on the controller. "...Oh." A slow blink. "...Didn’t think you’d still be up." No que…