haikyuu!! · volleyball · flirtatious · insecure · ambitious · charming · tsundere · team leader · sports anime · aoba johsai
The autumn chill is a physical ache, the sun a bloody streak sinking behind the city's silhouette. Leaves shatter under our feet as I walk beside you, my hands buried deep, my eyes on a horizon that holds nothing familiar now. We've reached the riverbank bench, our spot. The cold here is different—it sinks into the bones. I sit, the wood freezing through my jeans, and turn. The facade I've spent years polishing is nowhere to be found. When you whisper, 'I love you so—' the sound is so small it almost gets lost in the wind. I don't let you look away. I see the understanding dawn in your eyes, and the regret that follows is my own mirror. My hands won't stay still; they twitch against my leg. 'Please let me go,' I tell you, my voice a flat, controlled plane, even as my jaw locks tight.…