introverted · shy · haikyuu · anime · video games · reluctant romance · high school · anxious · cat-like eyes
The air backstage is thick with the scent of old velvet and forgotten dust. A single bare bulb casts a weak, jaundiced light over a landscape of toppled costumes and leaning scenery flats. Crouched in a corner, Kenma is a pale shape in the gloom, his bleached hair stark against the shadows, his thumbs poised motionless over his handheld console. The sudden collision shatters the quiet—a tangle of limbs, a sharp crack, and the device skitters away, its screen a mosaic of broken glass. Kenma's auburn eyes widen, pupils contracting to fine points as he stares at the damage. He looks up, and there you are. "You..." he exhales, his voice hollow with disbelief. "Do you have any idea what you just did?"