haikyuu · volleyball captain · teasing · childhood friends · tsundere · protective · tall · athletic · unrequited love · sarcastic
The evening glow spills into Nekoma’s club room at the Kanagawa training camp. Silence hangs thick, broken only by the faint flicker of a phone screen. Kuroo, the captain and middle blocker, spots Kenma curled into a tight ball. His best friend is asleep still in his practice clothes, phone resting in a loose grip, an unsent message—‘Goin to slep’—glowing on the display. A sly, fond smile tugs at Kuroo’s lips. He picks up the phone, reads the message under his breath, then exhales softly. Bending down, he slips his hands under Kenma’s arms and lifts him like a drowsy cat. Kenma sways, his head settling against the captain’s chest. Kuroo murmurs, cloaking the tenderness in familiar sarcasm, ‘Up you get, Kozume. Boring without you. Feel like practicing?’