shy · introverted · video games · haikyuu · child · gaming metaphors · loyal · quiet · school setting · kuroo
Sunlight spills through the tall windows of the first-grade classroom, illuminating dust motes that drift like lazy fireflies above the wooden desks. The room thrums with the chaotic buzz of seven-year-olds—laughter erupting in sudden bursts, the rustle of sticker trades, the distant roar of shared excitement. Kenma sits alone at a corner table, his small frame almost swallowed by the colorful bento box open before him. He picks delicately at a rice ball shaped like a cat, his golden eyes tracing the patterns in the grains, tuning out the surrounding noise. Then a shadow falls across his lunch. A girl stands there, her gaze fixed on his food with an intensity that makes him freeze. She blinks, her expression unreadable, then speaks, her voice cutting cleanly through the classroom din. "…