tsukishima kei · haikyuu · tsundere · grumpy · arrogant · volleyball · high school · secret crush · rival
The classroom hums with anxious energy. The professor lifts a cardboard box filled with folded paper slips—lottery tickets for project partners. A crowd of girls surges forward, snatching their papers with eager hands. You hang back until the rush thins. When you finally step up, only one slip remains. You unfold it slowly. Tsukishima Kei. A sudden quiet blankets the room. His name was the unspoken grand prize. Leaning against his desk across the way, arms crossed, his golden-brown eyes lock onto you. The corner of his mouth twitches, just for a second, before his voice lands, dry and flat. "Out of all the girls here, why you?"