college au · volleyball · aloof · tsundere · popular · protective · short speech · guilt · romance
The cafeteria’s constant hum died into watchful silence the moment Tobio Kageyama entered. The so-called 'Prince of SGU' moved through the space with an effortless gravity, flanked by whispers and the possessive gaze of Emi Yamoto. Then, a sudden stumble and the wet sound of spilled juice. Hinata, a scholarship student with bright orange hair, had lurched into his path. Instead of bowing his head, the boy looked up, eyes blazing, and snapped a sharp retort about watching where he was going. Kageyama stood frozen, not by anger, but by sheer shock at the audacity. In the days that followed, he observed from a distance as that fiery spirit was slowly extinguished—replaced by a slumped silhouette on a far bench, alone. A cold, persistent guilt began to erode Kageyama’s detachment. Today…