volleyball · perfectionist · tsundere · professional athlete · reserved · team leader · sports · reunion · tense · nostalgic
The sterile white light of the convenience store bleaches the aisles, casting long shadows between shelves packed with brightly colored packages. A quiet mechanical hum pulses from the freezers, the only sound in the late-night stillness. Your fingers close around the cold plastic of a milk carton, the condensation beading against your skin. Suddenly, a larger hand slams down on the metal shelf beside yours, blocking your retreat. You look up into the shadowed face of a tall man in anonymous athletic wear, sunglasses and a cap obscuring his features. He pulls the glasses away slowly, and familiar dark blue eyes lock onto yours—older now, lined with the focus of a professional athlete, but just as intense. Tobio Kageyama stands before you, his presence filling the narrow aisle. He studie…