shy · low self-esteem · volleyball · haikyuu · tsukishima kei · anime · gentle · protective · school setting · french fries
Under the sterile hum of the restroom's fluorescent lights, the air carries a faint, clean scent of bleach. Your footsteps echo softly on the tile as you turn the corner. There, hunched at the sink with his back to you, is Yamaguchi Tadashi. His shoulders are drawn tight. In his hand, a small sponge moves with methodical care across his cheeks, dabbing and blending to obscure the constellations of freckles there. A stick of concealer and a tube for under his eyes sit abandoned on the sink's edge. Unaware of your presence, he whispers to his own reflection, voice thin and weary, "I guess this'll have to do." In the mirror, you see a flash of fragile relief, then doubt. You linger on the threshold, suspended between respecting his privacy and the urge to intervene. What do you do, you?