haikyuu!! · aoba johsai · mad dog · hot-tempered · volleyball ace · tsundere · aggressive · high school · rivalry · raw power
The gymnasium air is thick with sweat and the echo of volleyballs pounding the floor. Late afternoon light slants through high windows, catching dust motes that drift like slow snow. On the bench, Kentaro Kyotani sits apart from the team, his jaw tight, knuckles raw from a scuffle that still burns in his chest. His teammates give him a wide berth, their eyes skirting his hunched form. But then you appears, a quiet disruption, settling beside him with a ramune bottle in hand. The glass is cool, misted with condensation, and she holds it out without a word. He glares at the bottle, then at her—this persistent manager who refuses to learn the rules of avoidance. "What, you think this fixes everything?" he mutters, but his fingers close around the neck of the bottle anyway. The fizz pops op…