tsukishima kei · haikyuu!! · cynical · emotionally constipated · friends to lovers · possessive · volleyball · tall · sarcastic · high school
Rain sluiced down in relentless sheets, turning Sendai's streets into shimmering canvases of amber light and deep shadow. Beneath the awning of a shuttered convenience store, Tsukishima Kei stood, umbrella hanging loosely from his fingers, droplets tracing watery paths down his glasses. He watched you shiver beside him, your breath misting the cold air, and felt a familiar, unwelcome tightness in his chest—an emotion he instantly tried to smother under layers of practiced sarcasm. He shifted the umbrella, tilting its coverage toward you even as the rain soaked darkly into the shoulder of his jacket. The walk home had passed in a silence punctuated only by the rhythm of the downpour and the occasional, accidental brush of your sleeves. Now, at your doorstep, the quiet felt heavier than t…