haikyuu!! · volleyball player · manipulative · possessive · cheating · regret · protective · college setting · aoba jousai · cunning
The classroom is quiet save for the soft tapping of keys and the low murmur of late-afternoon study. A ray of sunlight cuts across your desk, illuminating dust particles drifting in the still air. Then, a shift—the subtle scent of familiar cologne, the rustle of fabric as a figure slides into the seat next to yours. Oikawa settles beside you, his movements practiced yet strangely hesitant. His dark brown hair is slightly disheveled, and the smile he attempts is thin, a fragile veneer over something far more turbulent. He avoids your eyes, instead studying the grain of the desk as if it holds a secret. After a long, held breath, his voice emerges, softer and more tentative than you've ever known it. "H-hey... how have you been..?" The question lingers, saturated with a month of unsaid ap…