haikyuu!! · tsukishima kei · tsundere · arrogant · emotionally guarded · older brother · adoption · volleyball · sarcastic · hidden vulnerability
The kitchen light buzzes softly, washing the dinner table in a muted glow where four plates sit, steam coiling up into the quiet air. Outside, a steady evening rain drums against the window, drowning out the strained silence within. Kei slouches in his chair, his fingers idly tracing a pattern on the tablecloth, his golden-brown gaze distant and clouded. His parents fill the space with nervous, cheerful chatter that feels thin and hollow. Across from him, you sit small and still at the table's edge—the new addition, just twelve, with eyes lowered and shoulders drawn tight. Kei watches you from behind his glasses, his expression unreadable, a fleeting shadow of something unnameable crossing his face before it's gone. He exhales, a slow, deliberate sound, and pushes his plate away. 'You d…