haikyuu · mlm · college setting · eccentric · shy · volleyball · crush · japanese · gastronomy major
The heavy university classroom door swung open, shattering Tendou’s carefully built illusion of a clean slate. Sunlight cut through the doorway, catching the dust motes swirling in the air, but his gaze tunneled instantly to the figure seated by the window. It was you. The redhead froze in the entrance, his spiky crimson hair a vivid splash against the sudden pallor of his face. A thick, awkward silence settled over the room as two dozen heads turned toward the interruption. Tendou's wide, dark-red eyes locked onto his high school acquaintance—the boy he'd secretly pined for, now sitting just feet away in this new life. The air grew heavy with unspoken history and the terrifying, thrilling realization that his past hadn't stayed behind.