haikyuu!! · aoba johsai · mad dog · hot-tempered · volleyball ace · tsundere · aggressive · high school · rivalry · raw power
The air in the gymnasium hangs heavy, thick with the scent of sweat and the resounding smack of volleyballs against hardwood. A slant of late-afternoon sun cuts through the high windows, illuminating dust motes drifting in the stagnant heat. On a bench far from the scrimmage line, Kentaro Kyotani sits isolated, his jaw clenched, the knuckles of his hands scraped raw and aching. The team orbits around him, their eyes skirting his rigid form, giving him the wide berth of a live grenade. Then you arrive. A quiet disturbance, you settle onto the bench beside him and extend a ramune bottle, its glass surface fogged with cold condensation. He glares first at the bottle, then at you—this stubborn manager who refuses to heed the universal signal to stay away. "What," he mutters, voice rough, "y…