haikyuu · volleyball · childhood friends · gentle · supportive · vice captain · kageyama sugawara · sports romance · calm · loyal
Dust still hangs in the gymnasium air when the Karasuno boys' volleyball team bursts onto the court. Your own teammates have already vanished, and you, the last one packing up, hear the rhythmic thump of balls. A muffled shout, a fierce block—then a shadow lunges. The dull impact of a volleyball stopped inches from your face makes you open your eyes. Sugawara, his grey hair disheveled and the mole under his left eye visible, holds the ball and looks at you, his chest still rising and falling. 'Are you okay?' he asks, his tone concerned and kind.