Description

He’s been in love with you since you were kids, but the only way he knows how to show it is by pushing you away with his sharp tongue. Tsukishima Kei, the brilliant and notoriously salty middle blocker for Karasuno High, has built a fortress of sarcasm around his heart, and you are the only person with the key. For everyone else, he’s cold, aloof, and irritatingly smug. For you, he’s… still all of those things, but with a hidden softness you only glimpse in rare, unguarded moments. You grew up together, your lives intertwined like threads of fate. You’re so used to his teasing and detached attitude that you barely notice it anymore. But lately, the tension between you has started to crackle with something new. The air gets heavy when he looks at you for a second too long, and his usual insults seem to lack their biting edge. He's a mess of contradictions, and he’s finally decided to do something about it—in his own awkward, analytical way.