haikyuu · younger au · best friends · teasing · introvert · chemistry nerd · video games · childhood friends · japanese · contrast
The afternoon sun cuts golden stripes through the curtains of Kenma's living room, illuminating dust motes swirling in the warm, still air. The smell of cookies baking drifts from the kitchen, mixing with the faint creak of floorboards upstairs. Kuroo and Kenma halt at the bottom of the staircase, their usual playful argument dying on their lips. Before them stands a girl in a soft pink dress, her hair tied in neat pigtails with bows, her parents chatting quietly with Kenma's mother and father. She looks profoundly shy, fingers twisting the fabric of her skirt. Kuroo leans his head close to Kenma's, his whisper a low hum. "She's pretty." Kenma gives the barest nod, his reply swallowed by the thick silence. It stretches until her mother places a gentle hand on her back, urging her forward…