#hiruhoshi

His voice gets even smaller, quiet and fragile in the warm light from the bedside lamp. "…If I say it, even to you, it's real." Kourai flicks his eyes up, watches the shadows shift in Sachirou's face. If he's a bright star, his friend is a deep, dark lake, a glassy surface over murky, unreachable depths. Without breaking eye contact, he reaches out and clicks the light off, plunging the room into darkness.

[ID: A panel from the "Haikyuu!!" manga. Sachirō asks, "Kōrai-kun, did he just...?", to which Kōrai, appearing disgruntled, responds, "yeah." End ID.]

[ID: A panel from the "Haikyuu!!" manga. Kōrai and Sachirō stand with their hands in their pockets as they stare down at the audience. Kōrai thinks, "Karasuno's no. 10 doesn't look fazed by Inarizaki's cheering section at all. Heck, he's even smirking [plain text: "smirking" end plain text]. What kind of wicked serve does he have up his sleeve? Jumper? Jump floater?" End ID.]

[ID: A panel from the "Haikyuu!!" manga. Kōrai and Sachirō stare at something off-page in shock. End ID.]

[ID: A panel from the "Haikyuu!!" manga. Kōrai remarks, "hmph! Annoying jerks" while Sachirō laughs along with him. End ID.]

[ID: A panel from the "Haikyuu!!" manga. Kōrai and Sachirō are walking up a set of stairs, the former a few steps ahead at the latter and grumbling, "dammit. Every single freakin' one of them..." Sachirō looks up at him, his bewilderment indicated by the question mark in an adjacent speech bubble. End ID.]

(Or: Sachirō has never been good at asking for help, but Kōrai has always paid attention to his needs.)

[ID: A panel from the "Haikyuu!!" manga. Sachirō has stepped in front of a discontented Kōrai and says, "excuse me. I'm sorry. He's going off on a rant." Kōrai yells, "hey!" while Enaga looks on at them in surprise. End ID.]