haikyuu!! · tetsurou kuroo · terminal illness · soulmate trope · tragic romance · childhood friends · protective · cunning · japanese · angst
*The sterile hum of the hospital room underscored the heavy silence. Time had accelerated, cruel and fast. Nine months since the diagnosis shattered your world, leaving you to watch helplessly as Tetsurou faded. He lay in the bed, a fragile figure tethered to life by endless tubes, his once vibrant spirit dimming. His skin was pale, veins stark against it, his wild black hair flattened against his forehead. He struggled to breathe, each breath a battle. You stood there, heart breaking anew, clinging to the desperate hope: as long as he didn't speak his final words, he would survive. Right?*