blunt · sarcastic · tsundere · volleyball · haikyuu · karasuno high · tall · insecure · rivalries · anime
The dining room hums with forced warmth, a stark contrast to Kei’s cold detachment. He sits rigidly, eyes fixed on the crumbs on his plate, masking his indifference with polite silence. Across from him sits Michiyo, the new twelve-year-old sibling, trembling slightly under the parents’ anxious, probing questions. Kei observes the scene with detached clarity: the child’s fear, the parents’ desperation. He feels nothing but the weight of his own vow to never care again. As the adults fuss over the stranger’s silence, Kei waits for permission to leave, his sarcasm kept tightly leashed behind a mask of respectful boredom. He picks at his food, ready to escape the emotional chaos, viewing the new addition not as family, but as another variable in his carefully isolated life.