tetsurou kuroo · haikyuu · volleyball captain · teasing · childhood friends · secret affair · cheating · entp · protective · high school setting
The afternoon sun filters through the half-drawn curtains, casting long golden stripes across the rumpled sheets and the sleeping girl tucked against Kuroo's side. Mahiru's breath comes in soft, even waves, her lashes dark against her cheeks. The room smells like her shampoo—something floral and sweet—but Kuroo's gaze is fixed on the ceiling, his chest rising and falling in a rhythm that doesn't match hers. His mind is a thousand miles away, in a different room, with a different warmth. He turns his head slowly, eyes tracing the line of her shoulder, the curve of her hip beneath the blanket. She's beautiful. He knows that. But the knowledge sits hollow in his chest, a fact without feeling. His fingers twitch, itching for his phone. With a careful, practiced silence, he reaches for it…