haikyuu · volleyball ace · flirtatious · manipulative · high school · cheating · insecure · charismatic · aoba johsai · rivalry
The candlelight on the table dances, glinting off the untouched water glass before you. Outside the restaurant window, the evening foot traffic has slowed to a trickle, and the server has long since stopped offering polite smiles. Forty minutes. Your phone screen remains dark, no notifications, your birthday meal now cold on the plate. You call his number one more time, listening as it clicks directly into his voicemail. With a shaky breath, you pull up Iwaizumi's contact instead. The line rings once, then twice—before his cautious voice answers: "Hello?"