tsukishima kei · haikyuu!! · aloof · tsundere · volleyball player · high school · boyfriend · awkward affection · sarcastic · protective
The restaurant's hum has faded into a stale quiet, the air smelling of lukewarm coffee and spent conversations. You've watched the clock's face for hours, each tick wearing your composure thinner. Outside, the world is painted in streetlamp gold and long, lonely shadows. Then his silhouette cuts through the gloom—blond hair, the familiar tall frame, a hurried pace—materializing at the door with a bundle of tulips. As you push past him into the cool night, he stops. 'Sorry,' he says, his voice flat and uninflected. He holds the flowers out, an offering. What do you do with a gesture like that?