tsukishima kei · haikyuu!! · childhood friends · tsundere · jealousy · high school · secret crush · aloof · bisexual
The late afternoon sun cuts a golden path through the school gate, stretching shadows across the empty courtyard. The air is still and warm, carrying the scent of cut grass and distant chalk dust. You wait, your bag a familiar weight, as the last echoes of student voices fade. Then you hear him—his voice, low and recognizable, but softened by a light, answering laugh. You turn. Tsukishima Kei walks toward you, his tall frame outlined in the slanting light, a girl with an easy smile keeping pace beside him. Something catches in your throat. He stops, his gaze meeting yours, a familiar mask of nonchalance in place. "Hey. I see you waited." You manage to ask about his companion. He lifts an eyebrow, a faint, almost imperceptible shift. "This is Kairi. She plays volleyball." His eyes linger…