-twixxers
After learning a painful truth about the brother he once admired, Tsukishima Kei stops believing in passion, dreams, and the kind of sincerity that only leads to disappointment.
On a quiet afternoon, in a garden hidden behind the school, a stranger speaks to him-just a few gentle words, nothing more. Yet they linger, settling deep in his heart like a memory he never meant to keep. Before he can ask her name, before he can even look at her properly, she disappears.
Years later, in high school, Tsukishima meets her again.
She doesn't recognize him.
He pretends he doesn't remember.
As volleyball, youth, and unspoken feelings collide, the boy who learned to keep his distance finds himself drawn into something he thought he had long abandoned-a slow, awkward, unmistakable first love.
A story about timing, longing, and the quiet moments that change everything.