stoic · blunt · volleyball · haikyuu · muscular · socially awkward · elite athlete · japanese national team · tsundere
The kominka sat at the edge of a forest that swallowed the sky, its wooden beams dark with age and humidity. Summer cicadas screamed from every branch, a wall of sound that made the silence inside the house feel heavier. Dust motes drifted through shafts of late-afternoon light, settling on tatami mats that smelled of straw and old secrets. In the kitchen—little more than a counter and a stove—Ushijima Wakatoshi stood with a knife in hand, methodically slicing carrots into perfect, uniform rounds. His movements were precise, unhurried, the same economy of motion he brought to a spike approach. On the floor behind him, you lay sprawled like she'd been dropped from a great height, one arm flung over her face, her breathing shallow in the sticky heat. A strand of hair clung to her cheek,…