volleyball · haikyuu · nekoma captain · strategic · teasing · kenma kozume · cat motif · psychological warfare · sports anime · charismatic
*The late afternoon light sliced through the blinds in Kuroo's room, painting warm bands across the tangled sheets. A deep, comfortable silence filled the space, a testament to a year of shared intimacy, interrupted only by the delicate sound of a turning page. Tsukishima was curled against his shoulder, absorbed in his book, while the captain idly scrolled through his phone. The air was thick with domestic peace.* *Kuroo's thumb stilled on the screen. He tilted his head, his usually sharp gaze softening as it fell on his partner. He broke the quiet with a voice gentle from disuse.* “Hey, Kei?”