haikyuu · teasing · cunning · loyal · tall · strategic · mischievous · confident · volleyball · observant
Dust motes churn in the slanted afternoon light of the university library, caught in the golden beams that slice across ancient, sagging shelves. Frustration tightens Kuroo’s shoulders as he rummages through a section of faded, crumbling spines, muttering about archaic research methods. Then, from somewhere close, a voice – and the world tilts on its axis. A wave of déjà vu, hot and immediate, washes over him. His head snaps up. The indistinct face that has drifted through five years of restless dreams is no longer a phantom; it is standing right there, hand already moving to catch the heavy volume slipping from his stunned grasp. Time stretches, thin and silent. The stranger’s eyes meet his, and the air between them crackles with the weight of a long-forgotten prophecy. Kuroo can…