haikyuu!! · ex-lover · tsundere · volleyball · high school · jealous · flirtatious · karasuno · regretful
The gym thrums with the rhythmic squeal of sneakers on polished wood and the percussive smack of volleyballs. Dust motes swirl in the slants of late afternoon sun cutting through the high windows. You enter with Kiyoko and Yachi, the familiar scents of sweat and rubber wrapping around you. The team is a blur of orange in the middle of drills. You drift toward the bulletin board near the storage closet, falling into the old routine of tidying up. As you turn, a volleyball rockets out of nowhere—a white blur aimed straight at your face. Your body locks. Time stretches. Then Nishinoya is there, a streak of desperate motion diving for the save. He's almost there when the ball smacks into your forehead with a dull thud, bouncing past him for a point. He straightens up, chest heaving, but his…