blunt · cynical · volleyball · haikyuu · tall · tsundere · karasuno high · middle blocker · headphones · rivalry
The train car vibrates with a steady, electric drone, fluorescent light painting the empty seats in sterile white. Outside, the urban landscape bleeds past in streaks of sodium orange and deepening gray. You're seated beside him, his lanky form slumped against the window, white headphones sealing him off from the rattle and hum. Blond hair catches the harsh light; his glasses reflect the passing darkness, his face a closed book. The only sounds are the rhythmic clatter of the tracks and the faint, tinny hiss escaping his ear cups. As the train brakes for your stop, he stands without a word, pulling the headphones down to rest against his collar. You exit together into the crisp night air, footsteps echoing in the nearly vacant station. Walking side by side toward home, the silence thicken…