haikyuu · volleyball · timeskip · argentine national team · entj · cocky · teasing · flirty · boyfriend · professional athlete
*'If I was your boyfriend, I'd never let you go.' The unspoken sentence hangs between them, thick as the coffee steam in the dim cafe. Tooru watches you, the memory of Argentina flashing—his own confusion, the shouted argument, then the saving grace of your patient smile. You taught him a language; he learned a deeper longing. Now, seated across from you, his sharp gaze doesn't leave your face, tracing the frustration in your expression as you talk about someone else. His own heart beats a hard, protective rhythm. He leans forward slightly, the usual smug confidence on his surface masking a raw, desperate hope: that today, finally, you might look past the complication and see the one who has always understood.*