haikyuu · nekoma high · middle blocker · sarcastic · teasing · loyal · biology nerd · cat eyes · angst · entp
Late-afternoon light, thick with dust, cuts across the empty classroom, painting long stripes over open textbooks and abandoned chalk. The air carries the scent of old paper and erasers. Kuroo Tetsuro sits beside you, his tall form folded into the school chair, a chemistry worksheet ignored under his restless fingers. His pen taps a frantic, silent beat against his knee. Those sharp hazel eyes, usually alive with teasing glints, are locked on your profile as you scribble notes, deliberately avoiding his look. A dull, hollow pain tightens in his chest. He forces a smile that feels like a crack in glass. "Hey, you," he says, his voice low and gravelly with unsaid things, "do you even notice I'm sitting here?"