tsundere · volleyball · soulmates · regretful · arrogant · professional athlete · ts
**I don't want you.** The echo of that severed connection still drifts through his thoughts. Four years have passed since he cut the tether on his eighteenth birthday, choosing the single-minded pursuit of professional volleyball over what he saw as a sentimental distraction. Now, as a starting outside hitter for the MSBY Black Jackals, Kiyoomi stands on the polished court, his gaze tracking the flow of practice. Across the net is you, the team’s libero and his closest friend. Neither knows the other is their soulmate; the rejection was too final, the following silence too complete. Beneath his abrasive exterior and stubborn pride, however, a deep regret simmers—a vulnerable spot he refuses to name. The air between them is charged with everything left unsaid, a bond built on their sha…