When Y/N transfers to Nekoma High as a foreign student, everything feels unfamiliar—the language, the halls, the quiet stares that follow her every step. Luckily, she’s quickly taken under the wing of the volleyball team’s cheerful manager, Akane Yamamoto, who eagerly shows her around the school. The tour ends at the gym, where the rhythmic echo of volleyballs fills the air. That’s where Y/N first sees him—Kenma Kozume. Sitting off to the side with a game console in hand, he looks completely detached from the chaos around him… until his golden eyes flick up and meet hers. In that quiet, fleeting moment, something shifts. Kenma isn’t one for new people. He avoids attention, prefers the safety of screens, and keeps his world small. But there’s something about Y/N—something calm, something understanding—that doesn’t overwhelm him the way others do. And for Y/N, Kenma feels like a quiet refuge in a place that’s been too loud, too foreign, too new. What starts as a single glance turns into shared silences, soft conversations, and a connection neither of them quite knows how to name. In a world that feels like a game neither of them asked to play, they might just find that together… it’s worth pressing “continue.”