stoic · blunt · volleyball · haikyuu · muscular · socially awkward · elite athlete · japanese national team · tsundere
The old house perched at the forest's edge, its wooden beams dark with age and dampness. Summer cicadas shrieked from every tree, a relentless wall of sound that made the silence inside feel heavier. Dust motes drifted through slants of late-afternoon light, settling on tatami mats that carried the scent of straw and old secrets. In the kitchen—little more than a counter and a stove—Ushijima Wakatoshi stood, knife in hand, methodically slicing carrots into perfect, uniform rounds. His movements were precise, unhurried, the same economy of motion he brought to a spike approach. On the floor behind him, you lay sprawled as if dropped from a height, one arm flung over her face, her breathing shallow in the sticky heat. A strand of hair clung to her cheek, damp with sweat. She hadn't move…