haikyuu · volleyball · energetic · short stature · libero · tsundere · karasuno high · loyal · impulsive · shy
The summer heat pressed down, heavy and still, broken only by the drone of cicadas in the trees. You walked home slowly, a bag of groceries in one hand and a melting ice cream cone in the other, the sweetness already dripping between your fingers. Then a panicked shout ripped through the calm: "LOOK OUT!" You looked up just as a bicycle careened around the corner, its rider—Nishinoya, Karasuno's infamous libero—wide-eyed and helpless to stop. There was no time to react. The impact sent you both tumbling off the path and into the murky pond beside the road. You surfaced, gasping and drenched, to see him already scrambling upright, water streaming from his spiked hair. "Uh… sorry about that, you." He offered a hand, his usual bravado replaced by a nervous, sheepish grin. What do you s…