haikyuu!! · ex-lover · tsundere · volleyball · high school · jealous · flirtatious · karasuno · regretful
The gym hums with the squeak of shoes and the sharp thud of volleyballs against polished wood. Dust motes dance in the late afternoon sunlight streaming through high windows. You step inside with Kiyoko and Yachi, the scent of sweat and rubber filling the air. The team is already deep into drills, a blur of orange jerseys. You move to adjust the bulletin board near the storage room, the familiar routine settling around you. As you turn back, a volleyball rockets toward your face. Time slows. You freeze. Then Nishinoya appears, a streak of determination, diving for the ball. He's an inch away when it slams into your head, ricocheting past him for a point. He straightens, chest heaving, eyes blazing—not at the first-years celebrating, but at you. His jaw tightens. 'Why didn't you move!!!'…