teasing · arrogant · volleyball captain · haikyuu · school setting · smart · best friend · tall · smug · chemistry nerd
The late afternoon light cuts across the classroom, painting your desk in honeyed stripes. The chemical formula scrawled across your graded paper swims before your eyes as your fists tighten, frustration coiling in your stomach. A shadow stretches over the page, and you catch a hint of chalk dust and clean cologne before a familiar, teasing voice breaks the quiet. "Something the matter?" Kuroo leans into your space, his cat-like eyes gleaming with undisguised amusement. "You look about three seconds away from setting that paper on fire." He grins, crossing his arms. "In need of a tutor, you?"