#Saiki doesn’t do either of those things

[anonymousewrites]

A Not-So-Disastrous Romance (Book 2) Chapter Twenty

Saiki Kusuo x Reader

Chapter Twenty: Investigative Transfer

Summary: Akechi begins to investigate Saiki's "psychic-ness."

            “You’re (Y/N) (L/N), right?” said Akechi, appearing behind (Y/N) in the hall. It was between classes, and (Y/N) jumped. Akechi didn’t give (Y/N) a chance to respond and barreled right into his next question. “You’re in my class. You sat with me at lunch. I just wanted to make sure you knew who I was. I noticed you and Kusuo seemed to be close.”

            (Y/N) coughed, and they opened their mouth to speak, but Akechi continued.

            “I have a few questions about Kusuo. What is he like? Has anything strange ever happened around you while he’s there?” said Akechi.

            “Not really,” said (Y/N). They smiled. “Everything is fine with him. Sometimes we’re around weird, but fun, people, so there’s that, but Kusuo doesn’t do anything weird.”

            They don’t think of my abilities as weird. From the floor above where he was listening to the conversation, Saiki smiled slightly.

            “Anything unexplained? Sudden things appearing or disappearing? Things moving how they shouldn’t?” Akechi leaned in. “You’re obviously the closest to him. Are you just friends? Or are you dating?”

            (Y/N)’s face turned completely red. “I—”

            “Judging by your reaction, you’re either dating or at least have a crush on him,” said Akechi. “Do you have a crush on him because he’s a psychic? Is he impressive? Do you have proof of his powers?”

            (Y/N) crossed their arms. “I like Kusuo—” I love Kusuo “—because he’s a good guy. He’s nice and helpful. Anything else doesn’t matter. Who cares about stuff like psychic powers?”

            Oh, wow. I love (Y/N). Those words sent him head-over-heels for them again.

            “So you don’t see him doing anything weird?” said Akechi.

            “Nope. Everything he does is just Kusuo,” said (Y/N), smiling.

            Akechi deflated slightly. “Thank you for your time.”

            Saiki breathed a sigh of relief. He could really rely on (Y/N).

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            “Line up!” said Matsusaki, the sun beating down on the class. They stood in gardens, reading for their jobs. “We’re digging up potatoes, today.”

            Our school does this every October, thought Saiki. Yare yare. We’re not little kids. Nobody gets excited—

            “Let’s dig up potatoes!” said Hairo.

            “Yeah!” cheered the other students.

            I’m proved wrong.

            “We’re fart after eating sweet potatoes,” laughed Nendou.

            An idiot.

            “You can’t hide from me,” declared Kaidou dramatically. “You can’t escape my Sweet Potato Radar.”

            What a useless radar.

            “A golden treasure lies in wait!” said Mera.

            She’s insatiable.

            “If I can get a few potatoes, I can make potato-based bread,” said (Y/N) thoughtfully. “That’s very good.”

            “Let’s get to work, then,” said Saiki. A good pastry from (Y/N) was all the incentive he needed. He grimaced as soon as he stepped into the fields with (Y/N). His one weakness would be present, unfortunately. “Bugs…”

            “What was that, Kusuo?” said (Y/N).

            “Nothing,” said Saiki, pulling on his gloves. At least he was working with (Y/N). I’ll just pretend to dig.

            “Hi, there, Kusuo, (L/N),” said Akechi, appearing beside them. “Can I join you? We harvested potatoes once. It was October third in second grade when I was on the bus with you and peed my pants. I caused so much trouble then.” He crouched beside (Y/N) and Saiki. “Potato harvesting is fun, isn’t it? It makes me smile.”

            “I hope it doesn’t make you pee.”

            (Y/N) nudged Saiki in the side for that comment.

            “Kusuo, watch your feet,” said Akechi. “You might step on a worm.”

            Sure enough, Saiki looked down and saw a bug. He jerked back immediately. “Crap!”

            “Are you okay?” said Akechi.

            Saiki swallowed. I held it in. That was close. He had almost exploded all the potatoes up from the ground. If I did that in front of this guy, it’s all over.

            “You don’t look well,” said Akechi.

            “Don’t worry, Kusuo,” said (Y/N). They picked up the caterpillar and set it on a bush farther away so it could eat and grow. They smiled back at Saiki. “I’ll protect you from the bugs.”

            “Are you an angel?” blurted out Saiki, and (Y/N) laughed.

            “Hey, pal, pinky, look what I harvested!” called Nendou, holding up a dozen giant potatoes.

            “Great job, Nendou,” said (Y/N).

            “Those are impressive potatoes,” said Akechi, thankfully distracted.

            “Right? His are even better, though,” said Nendou, gesturing to Kaidou. “Show them.”

            “Shut up,” huffed Kaidou. “Here.” He held up a few shriveled potatoes.

            “So tiny.”

            “Impressive, little guy!” laughed Nendou. “The skinniest potatoes!”

            “Shut up! It’s about how they taste! Not how they look,” said Kaidou defensively.

            “Those will definitely taste bad,” said Saiki.

            “Yeah,” agreed (Y/N), chuckling.

            “Did you know that the purple color of these potatoes is due to a pigment called anthocyanin?” said Akechi.

            “What’s that all about?” said Nendou.

            “My character talks a lot, so I need to talk now or you’ll forget,” said Akechi.

            “I don’t think we can forget you,” chirped (Y/N). “You leave an impression.”

            “That’s not a good thing.” I should leave while Akechi is busy. He took (Y/N)’s hand and pulled them away with him a few steps.

            They paused as they looked at Mera, who stared up at them tiredly. She had been harvesting so quickly she was already tiring. Saiki blinked. (Y/N) blinked. Mera blinked. Saiki patted her on the shoulder, and a light burst for a moment. An energized Mera jumped up and walked off for more potatoes, leaving a few for Saiki to pick up without having to face any bugs.

            “Go and prosper,” said Saiki as Mera happily went searching for more food.

            “Bye, Mera!” said (Y/N), waving.

            “Did you already finish, Kusuo? When?” said Akechi, appearing behind them.

            “When you were rambling about potato taste and color,” said Saiki.

            “But your gloves are still clean,” observed Akechi. “Did someone help you? You can’t have someone else do it.”

            “Kusuo and I were working together. He spotted the best plants, and I pulled them up,” said (Y/N), smiling and holding up their own dirty gloves.

            “The whole point of this exercise is to serve the community, so he should pull at least one for it to be fair. Come on, Kusuo, let’s do this,” said Akechi. “Help me clear away these vines.” He tossed a vine to Saiki.

            Instantly, Saiki’s eyes narrowed in on the worm about to crawl onto his hand. He sucked in a breath.

            “Look at this one, it looks like a turd!” said Nendou, showing a strange potato to Kaidou.

            Bam! It exploded.

            “It blew up!” cried Kaidou.

            “Oh, something happened,” said Akechi, looking back. He looked at Saiki with an evil look on his face. “Let’s continue.”

            He figured out I hate bugs…

            He knows Kusuo’s weakness.

            Kusuo hates bugs! though Akechi. Enough to unconsciously use his psychic powers. I’ll find some more.

            Saiki shivered and braced himself as best he could as Akechi approached. “Here, Kusuo,” said Akechi.

            “Oh, Akechi, watch out,” said (Y/N), interceding with a smile. “There are still some bugs on the vine.” They took the bugs in their gloves and deposited them back on the ground. “You don’t want to disturb them from their habitat.”

            “Oh. Right. They are good pollinators,” said Akechi, his plan interrupted once again by (Y/N).

            Saiki stared at (Y/N) like they were a real angel in the flesh. Not only had them somehow been nice to the gross bugs, but they had saved him from Akechi.

            “It’s no problem, just be careful. Leave them on the ground,” said (Y/N), smiling. “Kusuo, will you help me pull on these?”

            Saiki nodded and knelt to help them. He knew no bugs were around if (Y/N) was asking him. So, he pulled out a potato, and (Y/N) grinned.

            “There, Akechi. Now Kusuo has helped on both sides of our team-up,” said (Y/N). They gestured to their basket. “We have to head out, now. Bye.”

            Akechi watched them go. They are definitely dating. But are they covering for Kusuo because of that or do they truly not know about his powers?

            You will never find out, thought Saiki. It was bad enough that Akechi was figuring out they were dating and could blab to everyone, but he did not intend for Akechi to learn that his abilities were real.

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            “Thank you for dealing with the bugs.” Saiki shivered as he remembered them.

            “It’s no problem,” said (Y/N), smiling and putting down a freshly baked loaf of potato bread. It had taken until the weekend to finish it up, but they had the loaf now. “Everyone has their fears.”

            “You don’t,” remarked Saiki. They faced everything easily.

            “I get scared of haunted houses and ghosts,” said (Y/N).

            “That’s only because Toritsuka is a creep and makes everything creepier,” said Saiki.

            (Y/N) laughed. “Fair enough. But I am scared of things.”

            “I don’t believe that.” (Y/N) was one of the strongest and bravest people he knew—maybe the strongest and bravest.

            “I’m scared of losing you,” teased (Y/N).

            The sudden flirting made Saiki’s cheeks warm, and (Y/N) laughed. “I bring a lot of trouble. Your life would be calmer without me.”

            “My life would be boring without you,” corrected (Y/N). “And I like my life with you in it.”

            “Even when you have to deal with people like Akechi or Teruhashi or Kusuke?” said Saiki incredulously.

            “Yeah,” said (Y/N), shrugging as if it was obvious. “Kokomi is my friend, and she is growing, maturing. She is so used to her identity being her looks that she’s still figuring out who she is beyond that. I think she’s going to find who she is and be happier for it. So she’s no bother.

            “Kusuke is…eccentric, but I know you and I can handle his ridiculous games.” They laughed.

            “And as for Akechi…I think he’s just looking for answers. Whatever happened between you two, he’s clearly been left with questions, and I can’t blame him for wanting to understand,” said (Y/N). “If you had just teleported away when I found you teleporting the hotel, I would be confused and try to get answers.” They shrugged. “So I don’t care about all that. I like having you in my life, Kusuo. You’re my boyfriend now, and you were my friend before. Nothing changes that I care about you.”

            “You’re too nice.”

            “And you’re too pessimistic, so we balance each other out,” laughed (Y/N).

            “…Should I tell Akechi?” said Saiki. “Would that get him to leave us alone?”

            (Y/N) looked at him. “Do you want my honest answer?” Saiki nodded. “Probably not. I think he wants to be your friend like you were in elementary school. And he seems like the type that becomes part of our friend group.” They laughed.

            “I don’t know if he wants to be my friend about elementary school,” said Saiki.

            (Y/N) paused. “Do you want to talk about it?”

            “I…did something I shouldn’t have,” said Saiki.

            (Y/N) sat down across from Saiki and held out their hand. Saiki took their offer and held their hand. “You can tell me if you want.”

            “I healed him after he was bullied. He was nice to me, and I wanted to help. I thought he was unconscious, but he had seen everything. He started calling me a psychic, a healer, the next few days, and the bullies started demanding I prove it.” Saiki paused. “I didn’t. I acted clueless. I thought that would stop everything, but—”

            (Y/N) squeezed his hand encouragingly, gazing at him.

            “I found Akechi beaten up again. I saw them standing over him, and I just snapped.” Saiki swallowed. “I destroyed the entire classroom and barely managed to wipe the memories of the bullies of what I’d done. But Akechi saw. And I had to leave schools. All because I lost control and hurt people.” He looked at (Y/N). “That’s why Akechi can’t find out it was real. Because I was a danger. He’ll tell everyone that I’m a danger. And I didn’t mean to—”

            “Of course you didn’t,” said (Y/N), squeezing his hand. “You were six years old, Kusuo. What six-year-old can control their emotions, let alone psychic powers? It was an accident, and it happened because you wanted to protect your friend. No one can fault you for that.” They smiled. “And you don’t know that Akechi thinks you’re a danger. Maybe he just wants to know if you really did help him. You two were friends. Maybe that’s what he wants back. His friend.”

            “Maybe. I don’t know.”

            “But you don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do,” said (Y/N). “But if you decide to do anything or just want to talk, I’m here, alright? I’m always here.”

            “Even knowing I’m capable of harm?” said Saiki quickly.

            “Everyone is capable of harm. Everyone is capable of good,” said (Y/N). “What’s important is that you choose to do good.” They smiled, lifted his hand, and kissed the back. “That’s why I like you so much.”

            Saiki smiled slightly. “You always know what to say.”

            “I just say what I think,” said (Y/N).

            “I know.” And it meant the world to Saiki.

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[transmasccofee]

thinking yet again about Saiki‘s’s final choice in the series being “I’d rather live with my powers than die without them” bc that is seriously the single best ending of a disability narrative I’ve seen. Fuck.

[positively-mine]

You’re a girl?!

how they find out & they're reaction

tags: slightly ooc, afab, female anatomy, slight favouritism..., grammatical and punctuation errors 😔

a/n: rewatched Saiki k and so I've been procrastinating lately BUT YEA I GET TO WRITE SAIKI K NOW

Series: ❤️ 🧡 🩵 💛 💜 💙 💚

Silver

Sleeping beauty over here didn’t know until one fateful afternoon nap. First situation is when he’s napping in an unconventional area and out of sight. He hears people talking (this school and their problem of talking too loudly 😒) and he overhears this price of information. Secondly, (he's sharp but doesn't show it) and straight forward asks you. Like he has his suspicions but just wanted to make sure in case he makes you uncomfortable.

Does get slightly protective of you. He knows that you can handle yourself just fine but in case you ever get put into a difficult situation he will wake up from his slumber and help you.

Sebek

I want to say that he barges into your room over a range of reasons. Could be because he wants to talk about how amazing malleus is, scolding you for not appreciating said amazingness, or simply just because he wants to spend some quality time with his "friend". Whatever the reason, it causes him to forget about his manners and slams your door wide open. "Human! Listen to w-" and before he can even finish his sentence he's screaming and slamming the door shut.

"Stupid Human!" as one of malleus's guard, its important that he has fast reaction speed to protect his liege. That also became useful when you find your friend half naked and that they're also now a girl (?) the fast reaction speed does not apply to his head at all for this part.

This silly fool will avoid you. please confront him and do something about it because he's not even keeping it discrete. If he sees you down the corridor while hes walking with malleus he may not know it but he shifts his body to hide behind him a bit. Things will get better, just talk to him 😭 Once that's settled he does say things like "ofc as malleus's guard it is my duty to help those weaker around me!" not straight forward with his intentions but it's there at least.

Lilia

i feel like he would know it from the start. It's his old man senses tingling. Many long years of exisiting makes you gain the ability to just suddenly know about such information as well. That or either when hes hanging around trees and overhears you talking about your dilemma with Grim. But doesn’t say anything about it. He’ll wait till when you’re ready to tell him.

In the meantime though, he treats you as per normal. Except those few times where he purposely puts you on the spot to try and get you to tell him faster. He can be a bit impatient and whether you tell him now or later, he will get it out of you eventually.

Malleus

Might be biased with this one but precious pookie pie over here didn't know. He has to have some miracle happen before he finds out. Or Lilia tells him. Like maybe he overhears from the Adeuce duo about your situation or your suspicious behavior around others. He may not know customs outside of his but he can tell when you're feeling awkward. Asks Lilia about it.

Well he's not sure why you're hiding it but in whatever case he will help you. You're his child of man after all. He knows others are intimidated by him and he'll make use of it. Save for a few select others...

[fluffydice]

What first drew you to Kusou and Aren as a ship?

I really like the way you write their parallels in your writing.

Also curious. Who else do you ship Saiki with?

Just bothering you because it's fun!

I’ll be so honest, I like Aren and Kusuo a lot because it reminds me a lot of my own relationship. Like a lot. To the point where some of the incorrect quotes or lines I’ve written in fanfic are based off of (or even direct copies of) things we’ve said to each other.

They also work really well together and have a lot of trauma to explore. Writing was originally my way of understanding my own, and helping me understand how people work in the first place. I’m not naturally empathetic, so using them let’s me make connections between the way a person acts and the why behind it—particularly because their reasonings are so plain to see.

I’m not averse to most Saiki ships. I ship quite a few, actually. I just never write about them because I’d either get more out of a friendship dynamic between them or I think Kusuo isn’t really ready to be in a relationship with people who are naturally put together. This might sound weird, but I think Kusuo needs at least slight tension in his relationships, things to argue over, because if he doesn’t, he feels infantilized. Or worse: insane. Not being the only one who’s dealing with crap can make you feel more normal, something Kusuo definitely craves. It also lets him indulge in those mother-henning tendencies of his, so bonus!

,,,He’s also a snarky bastard who needs someone who can handle being his verbal scratching post from time to time—someone he can play bite and know they won’t break. It’s a huge bonus that Aren can give as good as he gets. Aren is one of the few that will drag Kusuo by the ear and make him listen, and someone who Kusuo respects enough to let it slide. Those are two small categories already—it’s hard to find other characters, besides maybe Aiura, that fit both.

My favorite Saiki ships are with Teruhashi, Aiura, Akechi, or Nendo—though I’m very fond of Saiki being Kaido’s first crush, and think they could be work well together if they mature a bit in the romance department. They’re both really inexperienced when it comes to romance, but it’s hard to be in a relationship where both of you are doing the mental equivalent of frantically offering the other person to go before you in a queue.

(And as a guilty pleasure ship, Saiki, Kuboyasu, and Aiura hold a special place in my heart. I’ve thought a lot about writing something for them lmfaooo)

[underqualified-human]

Saiko Metori NSFW Alphabet

→ Request: hihi!! is this still active?? if so, do you think i can request a NSFW alphabet for saiko metori from saiki k? if you're still doing those ofc!! thank you!

→ A/N: Manga Saiko had no right to be that fine

→ Warnings: Heavy NSFW [obv]

→ Fandom: The Disastrous Life Of Saiki K

→ Pronouns: They/Them

A = Aftercare (what they’re like after sex)

He gets really emotional after he gets intimate.

For a few moments after he just likes to lay in your arms and listen to your heartbeat

Tries his best, but needs some help in the specifics of what you’d like

B = Body part (their favourite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)

He really likes your hands and all of the things that they can do

His favourite part of himself is his hair

C = Cum (anything to do with cum, basically)

Likes to cum inside, but always wears a condom

If you want him to pull out, he will try his best 

D = Dirty secret (pretty self-explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs)

Not really a secret but he likes to have his hair pulled, both as a dom and as a sub

E = Experience (how experienced are they? do they know what they’re doing?)

Zero, not experience at all

Doesn't really know what he’s doing, but he tries to learn

F = Favorite position (this goes without saying)

Face-off and Standing O

Likes to make eye contact during sex

G = Goofy (are they more serious in the moment? are they humorous? etc.)

Very serious, makes no jokes at all, not giggly either

May get a little annoyed if you are/do any of the above

H = Hair (how well-groomed are they? does the carpet match the drapes? etc.)

Buys only the most expensive grooming products

Probably waxes, doesnt shed a single tear either

It matches btw

I = Intimacy (how are they during the moment? the romantic aspect)

Very very intimate

Regularly pulls up with the rose petals and the candles

Hires a violinist to stand outside the door for mood music

J = Jack off (masturbation headcanon)

Does it pretty frequently, moreso if you’re uninterested in sex

K = Kink (one or more of their kinks)

Hairpulling

Probably marking as well, both giving and recieving

L = Location (favorite places to do the do)

Usually does it in his bed, but has done it in the bathroom [read:bathtub]

Avoids public spaced due to the risk factor and the harm it could do to his reputation

M = Motivation (what turns them on, gets them going)

Breathing

No, but really it’s super easy to turn on

N = No (something they wouldn’t do, turn-offs)

Anything that he considers unsanitary

O = Oral (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc.)

Prefers to give over receive 

P = Pace (are they fast and rough? slow and sensual? etc.)

Usually allows his partner to set the pace

Otherwise he’s slow and sensual

Q = Quickie (their opinions on quickies, how often, etc.)

He’s conflicted about it

On one hand, is his high sex drive

On the other hand, is his strong desire to be romantic

All in all quickies don’t happen that often

R = Risk (are they game to experiment? do they take risks? etc.)

He’s definitely down to experiment as long as everything stays in the bedroom

He usually only takes risks after a lot of pep talk to himself [and asking if his partner was okay with it]

S = Stamina (how many rounds can they go for? how long do they last?)

Weak!

1-3 maximum, if he goes for a fourth he actually passes out lol

T = Toys (do they own toys? do they use them? on a partner or themselves?)

He owns a lot of them and most are for his partner

Probably gets really expensive ones too [buys with cash so his dad doesn’t know]

U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)

Probably likes to get teased more than be the one teasing

But still probably dislikes being teased as much as he dislikes teasing his partner

V = Volume (how loud they are, what sounds they make, etc.)

Loud, loud, loud

 Moans and groans and all of them are loud

W = Wild card (a random headcanon for the character)

Really wants to get into roleplaying, but is too embarrassed to try and bring it up

Y = Yearning (how high is their sex drive?)

Honestly speaking I think he probably has a very high sex drive

At the same time, he’s also very considerate of your boundaries and desires [or lack thereof]

Z = Zzz (how quickly they fall asleep afterward)

He falls asleep super fast but might try not to if there's more to be done

[danganronpa96]

Oh, this is very interesting. I assume you mean like from the DR3 anime, so (rubs hands together)

DR69:

Luigi - going into a room with the lights on (as no. 2, isn’t it your duty to be in the dark? Also this could stir up some interesting situations in the dark)

Mario - running or jumping (can’t yahoo his way out of this one)

Peter - talking (yep not a peep outta funny family moments guy, no cutaway gags no nothing, what will tiktoks use for footage now)

Brian - reading or writing (no books, no laptops, no pens. He won’t be needing them)

Miku - speaking in English (as an idol, it’s her goal to spread her voice to everyone around the world, so what if it was limited? She can still speak Japanese, and Chinese, but only a select few will understand her. Sure, it’s fine for those who can translate, but what if she was in a dire situation with someone who couldn’t…?)

Teto - Hatsune Miku dying (since she loves her so much, she’ll do anything to protect her, even if that goes for protecting her own life too)

Nagito - telling the truth (kinda like his despair disease, seems he can only lie or keep quiet… How can someone who hardly has any trust here gain any now?)

Sans - telling a joke/pun (at first this was gonna be a joke answer, but… it would be tough for him to remain serious in situations where he’d rather not be)

Parappa - crying (he really has to keep believing now, or else he’ll be clawing not to let all those emotions spill out)

Fluttershy - touching another animal participant that isn’t herself (therefore she cannot tend to any of them if the time comes)

Ashley - being more than a room apart from another person (ultimately forcing her to stick around people rather than isolate herself)

Ayano - not killing anyone in 20 days (this would really challenge her “yandere” persona, and reluctance to kill here)

2D - listening to music (this goes for music out of speakers, hearing someone sing, and even humming a tune. Man loves music so what if no song machine /album ref)

Mr. Krabs - giving or accepting a bargain (not just with money, but favours, requests, and payback all count too)

Dedede - fighting with another participant (whether physically or verbally)

The Conductor - witnessing any act of violence (since he is usually is very disregarding of other’s safety, especially during filming his own movies, perhaps now he has a chance to redeem himself with preventing danger)

DR96:

Hayasaka - giving the poison antidote he was provided to someone else (he can save someone else who triggered their action, at the cost of his own life…. (I smile deviously))

Kurumada - flirting with Hayasaka /JJJ ok but actually using his physical strength to protect someone (this goes for violent acts such as punching, or manual labour such as catching heavy objects from falling)

Mai - making eye contact with anyone (she’s such an outgoing, bubbly gal… so what if she could never meet someone eye to eye ever again? Never being able to look at the ones she loves properly… oh my)

Walter - telling a lie (cue a Walter White version of the Pinnochio scene from Shrek 3)

Jesse - swearing (Jesse don’t say “bitch” challenge impossible 5 dead 20 injured)

Saiki - using his telepathy to communicate (either open your mouth or say nothing, Saiki, your choice)

Kaidou - daydreaming (this includes roleplaying as the Jet Black wings and wearing his bandages and blazer over his shoulders, no more fantasies grow up boy /jjj)

Retsuko - raising her voice (this goes for her heavy metal screaming as well, she can’t stand up for herself anymore seeing as she mostly did it on her own in private)

Natsuki - being called “cute” (I think this would be simple but effective, cue her attempting to never share her forbidden action, and doing all she can to never be called such a thing, even going so far to be as rude as possible even if she doesn’t want to be)

Yuri - everyone does not die in 30 days (if she really wants everyone to die, she’ll do all that she can to make sure it happens before it’s too late for her. Whether she utilises their forbidden actions to do the trick or not is up for thought…)

Hiroshi - touching white objects (such as plates, paper, his own scarf… how practical can one practical boy be now?)

Brian - witnessing spiritual or supernatural activity (this could be talk of religion, going to the Shrine, reading books about such things, and anything to do with Mr. Devil…)

Bojack - participating in the consumption of alcohol (rip this guy IMMEDIATELY)

Latte - verbally conversing with a student (she can be around them, and use body language, but speaking is a no-no, so much for being a professor huh-)

L - performing any of his usual quirks (includes sitting with his knees up, eating sweets, holding things with his index finger and thumb etc., L be normal challenge)

Ena - changing emotional states (meaning they can’t go into their sad, drunk, depressed etc. states. Oh boy get ready for a challenge folks)

[silvyslayer42]

Heyyy!! I read your saiki k headcanons, and I thoroughly enjoyed each and every one of them. I noticed you mentioned something about kusuo's lack of self-acceptance?? And how you think he's good angst material?? And honestly, I'm a sucker for protagonist angst so maybe could you drop some hcs about that? Or just expand on that idea?? Thanks xx

late answer because tumblr didn’t notify me about this ask 😭 love you btw anon, i would love to talk at as many people as possible about saiki angst despite not being very coherent right now and i will be doing it!!!!

ok so we see a lot in the series that saiki doesn’t believe anyone could really love him.

examples of this: saying that his love meter ability that has never not worked before must be “broken” when it shows that his parents also have that crazy high number for him (+ considering their love for him second place to their love for each other since he was BORN??), always denying the idea that he could have meaningful relationships (specifically friendships but literally any) on the basis that he is “too different” from other people despite having his reasoning proven wrong literally all of the time, insisting that teruhashi’s feelings for him don’t come from her actually liking him (along with yumehara and aiura’s but we don’t see it as much), not believing that kuusuke didn’t hate him, etc.

to me, it’s pretty obvious that he’s fallen into the same trap a lot of people do at some point. he can’t wrap his head around people liking/loving him, because he does not like/love himself. the same goes for hiding his powers in a way; of course there’s the overarching reason that he doesn’t want to bring all the trouble of being known to have all of these psychic powers onto himself, but i think there’s a bit more underlying that than how it appears. he does not truly accept that part of him, so he can’t imagine anyone else would either.

like i said before, it’s this non-acceptance that leads to his obsession with appearing average/normal, and why if he fulfilled the wish of being completely average i don’t think it would make him actually happy. it’s like when you don’t want to admit you’re trans so you go even harder with appearing cis kinda?? yea. but because what he really wants is a world that will accept him, he changed the standards of a normal appearance/thinking speed/regeneration speed rather than changing himself to meet those standards

i think that both the lack of self acceptance and of self love come mostly from things that happened during his formative years. my favorite ones to explore are 1. him accidentally hurting akechi with his rage when they were kids and 2. kuusuke calling him a monster because why would you fucking say that kuusuke go sit in a corner and think about what you did. but those aren’t the only ones, there’s a lot going on there tbh

i hope this was satisfactory if you’re seeing this anon! i am about to pass out on my phone but i choose this over sleeping 🫶

[estcsy]

mars you are so cool, I love you, thank you for all your inspiring stories from your shifting experience! Tbh, you're my main source of hope to keep going in my shifting journey 🫶

I was wondering, what's your response to non-shifters that believe shifters are delusional, experiencing an extreme case of escapism, etc? I know I shouldn't be falling into doubt because of these close-minded beliefs, but I would really appreciate some kind motivational speech to remind me of how real all this is hehe 🫠.

thank you so much for being here :( it means a lot to me really 🤍

and I understand having doubt in it 1000% it’s a crazy ass concept that some people just can’t get their mind around and again I understand why

but also I think that people think of shifting as like this tiktok trend and “omg saiki kicked me out if my dr 🤪” doesn’t help it’s reputation at all

but it really does go so much deeper then that, shifting is spiritual like when shifting you don’t feel your third eye opening for nothing and I do think it should be respected as a spiritual practice because that’s literally what it is. also it’s a part of hinduism and yk disrespecting any religion/ practice makes you an ass hat

but I don’t necessarily care for people that think it’s not real, because at the end of the day it goes both ways for both parties because one will say “show me proof it’s real” and the other will say “show me proof it’s not” you can’t do either one of those things

it’s one of those things that you have to do it yourself to understand it, the people that think it’s not real or think that shifters are delusional simply just don’t understand and that’s okay you don’t have to understand it but diagnosing people with mental disorders on the internet is crazy 💀 shifting and astral projection are different but the way people treat the two is also very different because one is seen as just a spiritual practice and the other is seen as something that mentally ill people do

“it’s just daydreaming/ dreaming” you don’t have to learn how to dream, shifting is something people try do to for months or maybe even years in some cases and sometimes it doesn’t get anywhere because of self doubt or fear, that’s not what daydreaming or dreaming is people don’t freak out and say “ITS REAL” when they finally do shift just for the giggles

also I don’t think escapism can come to you by relaxing your body and doing meditations (which is sued in literally every method of shifting)

at the end of the day shifting is a spiritual practice that’s been around for years and not some tiktok trend that people will mental illness do, some people just don’t understand that and that’s okay. don’t let people take your beliefs away from you 🫂

[princessventi-daycare]

Introduction & Rules!

hello! i’m angel (she/her), welcome to my playdate blog! my main blog is @princessventi & this side blog is for my boards, outfits, & other agere related content that doesn’t fit on my main blog (which is mostly reblogs)! here is my main blogs carrd, please read the byf & dni list!: https://princessventi.carrd.co/

the basic rules of my blog are:

> respect my boundaries & simple rules. i am 100% sfw and 100% platonic only, i would love friends/mutuals but am not looking for anything romantic or nsfw.

> i am not a caregiver, nor do i wish to be. please do not ask me to be your caregiver or talk to me as if i am one (i.e. calling me cg nicknames or telling me you ‘want me to take care of you’).

> please do not baby-talk to me in asks or dms, either towards me or about yourself.

> i don’t post any ageredip content and i politely ask that you don’t request it. if you do, the req will be deleted (nothing against it, just not my thing personally).

rules for requests & what i do:

> right now i’m only opening requests for mood/stimboards and headcanons, as i’m just getting back into creating them and don’t want to overwhelm myself.

> i can do boards for fandoms i’m not part of, but i can’t promise it’ll be exactly correct aesthetic wise as i don’t know the characters that well. in the future i might do headcanons but for now those are fandom-list only.

> i’m in many fandoms! if you see me posting about a fandom that isn’t on the list and you want to request something, go for it! if i don’t feel i’m up to do the request, i’ll just save it for later or politely decline (so don’t be shy!).

fandom list:

italic = current favorites -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > DC (especially batman & co.) > Hannibal (NBC)

> Persona series!

> Marvel (especially Spiderverse)

> Princess/Fairy! (favorites are Tinkerbell, Mulan, Tangled, & Bolt <3)

> Genshin Impact & Honkai Star Rail

> Animanga in general! Some of my current favorites are Saiki K, Dungeon Meshi, and Jujutsu Kaisen!

[moonchild-things]

Chapter Ten: A New School Term Starts! The Melancholy of Nendou

Summary: Being a psychic is not an ideal life, at least for Saiki Kusuo. Didn’t you read/watch The Disastrous Life of Saiki K to know that? Still, this isn’t about him, not really. Instead, let’s focus on his one and only friend, Akari Watanabe, who is also quite abnormal. You might not believe that Saiki would actually have a friend, but that’s what fanfictions are about, right?  

Word Count: 3594

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AKARI WASN'T THAT HAPPY SINCE NOW THAT their school break came to an end, and now she had to go back to that annoying place. She didn't miss the gossip, bullies, or idiots that she had to see every day. Sure there were some good parts of school, but those were outweighed by everything else that gave her a headache. Her best friend also wasn't that happy with it either. He stood next to her glaring at their academy with his eyes filled with irritation. 

'A new semester starts today.' Kusuo mentally sighed, 'I have to see them again.'

Akari bumped his shoulder with her own in a way to lift up his spirits. Though both of them were going to need some cheering up. Considering they both disliked school, they both weren't looking forward to actually going. However, they have no choice and Akari is going to try and make the best of their situation. 'Come on, it's not that bad, Ku-kun.'

Kusuo just looked down at her through his green-tinted glasses boredly. However, even if he looked unaffected by her words, deep down, I think we all know that isn't true. No matter how much he would want to hide it, but he appreciated Akari's attempts. She is the upside to his day. Well, she's the upside to everything for him, for the most part. Kusuo doesn't do emotions, as we all know. So even he doesn't necessarily know what he categorizes Akari as or why he reacts certain ways around her. I mean, we can all make a pretty educated guess about what it is. Though it wouldn't be a good fanfiction if we didn't have some good slow-burn romance, am I right?

Kusuo rolled his eyes, 'let's go.'

The duo headed into the building and readied themselves for the day. After exchanging their shoes, Akari and Kusuo finally made it into their classroom. Their teacher had yet to come in so everyone was excitedly talking with each other about their breaks. The girls gossiped with each other, the boys boasted about the cool things they did, and Akari and Kusuo sat quietly at Kusuo's desk. Akari gracefully sat on top of his desk while twirling her long black hair with her fingers. As they waited for class to start, they listened in on the not-so-quiet conversations between their classmates.

A few students walked up to the class representative, who looked noticeable different from how he looked before the break, "Hairo, you're so tanned."

"I was a volunteer lifeguard at the beach," He explained with a toothy smile.

"Amazing!" A forgettable student exclaimed at the unrest that their class representative had. They all knew that Hairo wouldn't take any sort of break during their break. He is always up and about, a busy-body. Honestly, it's a bit admirable yet terrifying how firey he actually is.

At the other end of the classroom, there were a plethora of boys surrounding the perfect pretty girl like starved animals. It appears that after even a short time away from their Goddess, they were in desperate need to be even within a few feet of Teruhashi. Simps.

They were firing questions at her from left and right, "Did you meet someone special?"

"Really Teruhashi?" An unimportant boy asked urgently.

A different, nameless student jumped, "Who?"

The blue-haired beauty looked away bashfully with pink cheeks, "We met during the break." In her mind, she was thinking of the pink-haired psychic himself. Which annoyed Kusuo to no end, to have to listen to her go on about how she knew that there was no way he could have just seen her as an illusion or vice versa. Akari noticed his plight and placed a hand on his head to pat down his hair in a comforting gesture. Akari knew that he isn't usually one for physical touch, and she respects his wishes to not be touched. However, from time to time, she provided minimal contact with him for a few reasons. Comforting him is one of those reasons. Teruhashi raised a finger confidently, "I believe the date was August 6th."

"I saw you that day," one of the boys said with his squeaky voice, "That's right, you were with....” Everyone was on the edge of their seat ready to hear what he had to say. Except for Teruhashi who thought her little crush on Saiki was going to be exposed. “Nendo."

"Not that one!" Teruhashi raged with her hair mimicking snakes around her head. The boys all backed away in fear as their perfect pretty girl showed her true colors for just a moment. However, she quickly calmed herself down, "Well... not that one. You know? At the world Championship..."

'Goodness,' Kusuo thought. 

Akari shook her head, 'I don't understand how they can worship her so much.'

Sure, Akari couldn't deny that Teruhashi was beautiful. She would be a fool not to admit that. Not only that, but she also had this god-given aura around that attracted people to her no matter what. So Akari couldn’t lie about that, it was just her personality that she couldn’t understand. 

To be completely honest,  Akari and Teruhashi were complete opposites. Wow, what a surprise it’s like they were made that way for a specific purpose. That’s sarcasm by the way, you can’t really tell through text, but it’s there. Anyway, back on topic. Terhuhashi craved attention as if it is what gives her life. Meanwhile, Akari detested just about any and every form of attention that could be pointed at her. While Teruhashi is bright, Akari is dark. The perfect pretty girl is full of herself and masks her true intentions, but Akari was honest and blunt for the most part. The shadow-manipulator isn't necessarily an open book(except maybe to Kusuo) but she certainly isn't as fake as Teruhashi can be. Some could argue that they were two different sides of a coin. Well, two different sides of two different coins. The only thing even remotely similar with them was that they both attended PK. Well, that and they always wanted to be around Kusuo. Though Akari never wants to admit to that last one out loud or even in her mind, lest Kusuo finds out and then bully her about it.

Their blue-haired friend then slid over to the pair as they watched the smips in front of them. "Hey, Saiki..." Akari then cleared her throat, making sure that he knew she is also there. Kaido jumped and blushed at her "sudden" appearance, "a-and Watanabe. Don't you think Nendo is being weird today?"

Kusuo eyed the other boy's appearance, "You are, too." Kaido, for some reason, was wearing an eye patch,  a choker, and parts of his hair was in a braid. No doubt a part of his little fantasy. It was a bit of a strange look, even for an anime. Akari certainly thought that Kaido looks far more deranged than usual, and questioned why he even decided to style himself like this. How had his mother even let him walk out of the house like that?

Despite that, the trio looked over at their idiot friend to see him looking dramatically upset. What could possibly upset Nenod this much? As much as people would think that this buffoon was nothing but stupid, Akari felt like there is more to Nendo than that. Well, she didn't think that he is a totally complex character with many, many intricate parts to him, however, she knew that he was a tad bit more than an idiot. That includes having something to upset him like this. She didn't know what it is, but it was probably something a bit bigger than simply being upset by a stupid thing.

"Normally he would be all, 'Let's go get ramen! Yes!'" Kaido said while trying to intimidate Nendo's voice.

Kusuo hummed slightly in consideration, "That's true. He is acting strange."

"Stranger than usual," Akari commented with her wispy voice.

"Oh, this?" Kaido started, thinking that they were referring to his new look. Which they certainly were not. He really just wanted someone to ask him about his strange look. "Don't worry about this. Something had happened."

"I didn't worry about that at all. You don't have to tell us." Kusuo rolled his eyes, more focused on Nendo. They watched as Nendo hit some dramatically depressed poses before sighing heavily. "I'm getting annoyed."

After that, Nendo stood up and lumbered out of the room with his head hung low. Now that was quite concerning for Akari. She has never seen Nendo act like this before, and it was freaking her out just a little bit. He's always so happy-go-lucky, to an annoying degree, though this was even far more irritating. At least with him being happy, Akari could easily understand why he was acting like that. However, this was so out of left field, that Akari has no idea what is bothering him.

"This is fishy," Kaido commented as they watched him go.

Kusuo nodded his head, "It does make me worry."

Akari looked down at her friend with wide eyes, "I've never heard you say that before." Though Kusuo just ignores her and her surprised expression. He certainly wasn't willing to acknowledge that he had even said something like that. Though, aren't we all a bit surprised that he even said he's worried?

"Are you talking about this?" Kaido jumped in motioning to his get-up, once again. "It's..."

Kusuo then snapped, "Stop. I couldn't care less about that."

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Once school let out for the day, Akari, Kusuo, and Kaido started to follow after their idiot friend. It was quite easy for Akari to hide in the shadows as they trailed after Nendo. Kusuo is also pretty good at it as well, since he could teleport around corners and hide away from Nendo. Kaido was the only one in the trio who actually had to put a bit more effort into his stalking. That included putting on a baggy brown coat, some dark sunglasses, and a hat to try and hide his identity. He jumped around from one corner to another to poke his head around as they followed Nendo down the street. Kusuo and Akari trailed after Kaido, Kusuo appearing from thin air while Akari gilded around through the shadows. The blue-haired boy hadn't even noticed that the supernatural teens were using their powers like this. He is far more invested in his stalking of Nendo than to pay attention to them.

"That's not the way to his house." Kaido commented as they all peered around a corner. "Something is definitely going on."

"Why are you so excited?" Kusuo asked with a slight tone of distaste in his voice, "Why are you so used to following people?"

It was true. Seems like Kaido has done this before, and that is quite concerning. Akari was slightly put off by the fact that their blue-haired friend was far too accustomed to stalking. Makes you wonder who else Kaido could have stalked in the past… Knowing him, it probably has to do with dark reunion stuff.

"What?” Kaido whispered as they peered around the building to find Nendo staring at something. “What's he looking at?"

The big brute appeared to be looking at a small girl walking on the sidewalk with her father. Though due to Nendo’s misleading face, the trio misinterpreted what it meant. The three bristled, "Creepy!"

Kaido jumped, "Does he like little girls?"

"I don't know, but we should report him," Kusuo said.

Akari cringed at the thought and tried to be optimistic about this.“Nendo doesn’t seem the type…?” Though her attempt wasn’t that good since she sounded more like she was questioning herself about if it were true. She knows that Nendo is really a good guy, but considering not even Kusuo could read his thoughts, she couldn't be 100% certain.

They then watched him heading into a shop, "He's going into the store. A flower shop?” Nendo then came out of the shop with a bundle of sunflowers. “Did he get a girlfriend?"

Kusuo instantly answered alongside Akari, "No."

"No way," they all simultaneously agreed. There was no way that he was actually gonna get a girlfriend. Not unless there was some sort of miracle.

They continued to follow their friend down the, and once again witness him smiling creepily at a young girl and her father. They still had yet to see what he was actually smiling about.

The three shouted, "Not again!"

"Is he serious?" Kaido asked out in disgust as they all started to sweat.

Kusuo just suggested, "Let's report him first, and ponder later."

"No, it's too soon to tell.” Kaido started, “Lots of people like sunflowers. It's normal to feel like smiling when you see a child." Wow, look at Kaido being the rational one of the group. 

Kusuo placed a hand on his chin in consideration, "That's true. We shouldn't be hasty."

"Another store?" Kaido commented as the trio watched the brute walk into yet another small store. This time it seemed to be a bakery, "Cake! Cake is sweet and women and children love sweets. Women plus children equals little girls!" Forget what I said about being the rational one.

Akari sweatdropped at his enthusiasm with the situation, "That's a bit of a stretch."

"Now who's being hasty?" Kusuo commented. 

"He doesn't eat things like that. He's clearly going to give the cake and the flower to someone.” Kaido said quickly, “But he doesn't have a girlfriend to give them to. That means they're bait.” He cried out as he imagined how Nendo would use his “bait” to lure a little girl. Which is seriously disturbing. “He'll use sunflowers and cake to lure in a little girl!"

Kusuo shook his head, "His plan will never work on a sane girl."

Just as Kaido was having his little breakdown and the other two watched him, Nendo came out of the bakery with a box. "Gosh, they are out of shortcakes. Oh, well." His expression then grew unsettling as he chuckled lowly, "It's not for eating anyway."

Akari, Kusuo, and Kaido all blanched, "Which means it's bait."

"Nendo!” Trying to be a hero, Kaido ran over to the large teen with his fist raised. He was going to stop Nendo from enacting his nefarious plans of snatching up little girls if it was the last thing he does! As the Jet-Black Wing, he has a duty to protect those who need protection. If only he was actually strong though. “I misjudged you, Nendo!" He then tried to punch Nendo a bunch, though they sounded like small bubbles popping each time his fist hit Nendo. It also looked as though they were as weak as a feather. "How dare you hurt weak little girls!"

Akari and Kusuo watched him from the sidelines with raised eyebrows. The shadow-manipulator blinked, "I'm pretty sure those girls are not as weak as him."

"Listen to his fists making that sound." Kusuo commented.

"Hang on,” Nendo said, unaffected by Kaido’s assault, “I think you guys have the wrong idea."

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Apparently, the trio had jumped to conclusions. Not a surprise. Considering that we all knew they did. Anyway, Nendo had led them to the cemetery while explaining what he had been doing since they left school. Kaido tilted his head, "So, you're visiting..."

"My dad's grave,” Nendo nodded his head as they now stood in front of a grave, “Today is the day he died."

The blue-haired teen now seemed to understand, "So, the flowers and cake..."

"Obviously, they're offerings." Nendo chuckled, "You bring flowers and sweets to a grave. That's common sense."

"Hearing common sense from Nendo…” Kusuos commented to Akari as the two stood behind the others. He then thought back to what they had seen earlier. “I see now. He wasn't leering at those little girls. He was thinking of his father. But he sure looked suspicious."

Kaido asked softly, "When did your father pass away?"

"Before I was born.” Nendo explained, “He died trying to save a little girl who ran into the street. Maybe my old man had a lolita complex."

Kusuo blinked, "It hurts my soul."

Kaido then placed a hand on his chin, "But if it was before you were born, he must have been pretty young."

"Yes, he was 18 or 19 years old.” Nendo said before pulling out his wallet, “I have his picture. Do you want to see it?"

Kaido's eyebrows furrowed as Nendo showed them the photo, "This is a picture of you."

"We look alike." Nendo explained with a chuckle, "My mom says I look more like him every year."

"It's on a different level," Kaido exclaimed at the uncanny resemblance between the father and son.

Akari took a glance at the photo as well and furrowed her eyebrows, "It is a tad bit unnerving."

"I've seen the picture of Nendo's father before.” Kusuo commented to Akari as he could see the slightly freaked out expression creeping onto her pale face. “The resemblance is striking. The only difference is whether the scar is over the right eye or the left.” he glanced up at the grave to see just the person had described sitting on top of the grave. The dead man was casually eating some of the cake that Nendo had brought to his grave. “Yes, just like that.” He paused though not realizing that he was looking at a ghost. Nendo’s father then poofed out of thin air and disappeared. “I'm imagining things."

Unbeknownst to the other three, Kusuo had been able to see the ghost of Nendo’s father. It was quite the shock to Kusuo. "Hey, let's go get ramen!" Nendo called, breaking Kusuo out of his stupor.

Kusuo just walked back over to them as they started to head to their usual remen hangout. Kaido and Nendo may have not been able to notice, but Akari saw that there was something bothering her best friend. "Are you ok, Ku-kun?"

Her soft, chilling voice calmed Kusuo down a bit as he shook his head in an attempt to brush off what he had just seen. "I'm fine."

Akari stared at him for a long moment before shrugging her shoulders, "If you say so." If he didn’t want to tell her what was bothering him, then she wouldn’t pry. She certainly can’t read his mind like he could read hers, but she knew what he was feeling for the most part. They've been friends for so long that Akari could read Kusuo like a book. Even if he’s usually so expressionless and emotionless. She’s the great Kusuo Whisperer!

After being forced to hang out with Nendo and Kaido, Akari and Kusuo were able to walk back home. It was perfect out, at least for Akari. It was night time already and she was content with how dark it is. The only real thing that she wasn’t looking forward to was having to do her homework. Maybe if she bribed Kusuo with some coffee jelly he could help her out with it.

"I may not be very realistic myself, and Akari may also be a piece of fiction, but I don't believe in spirits or ghosts.” Kusuo explained still hung up on the whole ghost thing from the cemetery, “Let's just forget about what happened today.” 

Akari tilted her head as they got closer and closer to their homes. “What’s so wrong with believing in an afterlife?” She asked, “I think it can be comforting to imagine that there’s something after death.”

Wow, bit of a heavy topic, let’s move on.

The pair finally made it in front of their houses. Though the Saiki mailbox caught their attention. There was a letter in it, now that isn’t unusual. What is strange is that it had Kusuo’s name on it. Kusuo grabbed the letter, “For me? That's unusual."

Kusuo Saiki,

I know you have psychic powers.

Akari’s eyes widened at the simple letter. How had someone figured out about Kusuo’s abilities? Everyone is usually too stupid to notice them! "That's concerning. Who could this be from?"

Kusuo just put the letter into his pocket, "Don't worry about that."

"Of course I'm going to worry, Ku.” Akari blinked, a small bit of concern in her golden eyes. “Someone knows about your powers, what could that possibly mean?"

"Kari, it'll be fine.” Kusuo never addressed Akari by her little nickname. The only reason he ever did was when he could see her getting upset or worked up about something. This moment seemed to be a time to use it. The affectionate name seemed to calm her down at least a little bit. “Just head home and don't worry about it. I promise you, everything will be fine." Since it was so late, they agreed that they would just head to their separate houses for the night, even if they usually hang out together for a bit after school. However, Kusuo was even more certain that he wants Akari to stay out of this. If this is a letter from someone with malicious intent, he didn’t want her involved. How sweet.

Akari stared at him for a moment, contemplating if she should leave. Though then she remembered that Kusuo has the powers of a god, so if someone was to try and hurt them, they wouldn’t get very far. "If you say so…” with a tad bit hesitation, Akari backed away to head into her own house across the street. “Night, Kusuo."

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[fagitsukareita]

okay SO since u asked here’s a very long and rambly explanation (cw for disturbing themes)

murder bfs is an au ive been threatening to write since … literally october of 2021. tldr, this is an AU in which toritsuka and saiki dont meet in canon until much later: in the second semester of saiki’s first year at med school.

because saiki never meets toritsuka in this au, his personality is much more reminiscent of early seasons saiki. toritsuka is pretty integral to a majority of the most significant plot points in tdlosk, so a lot of canon events have gone wrong bc toritsuka wasnt there (eg: saiki sleep-teleporting the hotel out into the middle of the ocean in the okinawa arc is a MUCH more traumatic ordeal because toritsuka isnt there to tell him what happened before most people notice that the hotel has moved). saiki’s pretty withdrawn and has drifted a lot from most of his high school friends due to circumstance - except for kokomi (who is also training to be a doctor. because the gods love her, she ended up at the same med school as saiki, although her crush on him is mostly a thing of the past. mostly.), chiyo (he mostly knows her through her close friendship with aiura. they’re both in the nursing program together), aiura (she is one of the only people kusuo truly trusts), and nendou + akechi (because lets be honest. hes NEVER getting away from either of those two.).

because toritsuka doesnt meet saiki in high school, he gets a bit… deranged. he’s lonely and friendless and his simple perversion twists into something darker. in this au he isn’t JUST an unapologetic pervert, but has a sexual fixation on the human body and what people are made of. he wants to be a surgeon, and he was the top student at his old med school because he spends all his free time jerking off to studying medical texts. when nendous dad tells him about the existence of another psychic, he transfers into saiki’s med school, which he’s able to do with no problem due to his good grades.

their first meeting goes pretty much similar to the way their meeting goes in canon, but instead of wanting saiki’s powers, toritsuka only wants one, specific power: saiki’s x-ray vision. when saiki tells him that X-ray doesn’t work the way he thinks it does, toritsuka is only even MORE interested. being able to see a person’s innards is something he’s been fantasizing about for years, and the fact that saiki gets to see EVERYBODY like that is toritsuka’s dream.

at first saiki is viscerally disturbed by reita, because he’s genuinely one of the most fucked-up people he’s ever met. he hates the reasons toritsuka has for going into medicine, he hates why toritsuka wants his powers, he hates that toritsuka is so goddamn creepy but still somehow manages to function in society.

yet over time, saiki comes to realize that toritsuka’s reasons for getting into medicine aren’t entirely perverted. a lot of the ghosts toritsuka has met can’t remember how they died, so he’s tried to help some of them move on, and a lot of people died in the hospital - this is why he first started reading medical texts in high school, and when his porn obsession started merging with his new interest in medicine. saiki doesn’t like that he can’t cleanly think of toritsuka as a pervert and it forces him to reflect on his own reasons for getting into medicine - after all, his own reasons for going to med school aren’t purely altruistic either. it makes him question whether there’s anything truly morally wrong with toritsuka’s sexual desires, and it ends up sending kusuo spiralling down a line of questioning where his sense of right and wrong become very twisted.

toritsuka’s obsession with saiki turns into love, his love twists into a need to finally see a human being flayed open and eventually, he kills someone because he “wants to see things the way you do, saiki-san.” saiki feels like he’s pushed toritsuka to do this, he’s overwhelmed by how much toritsuka loves him, by how deeply he empathizes with him, and he helps toritsuka cover the murder up. he helps him cover up the next one too. snd the next, and the next, until eventually, it becomes something of a ritualistic way of showing love- saiki lures in a victim, and he and toritsuka remake them in their vision.

so uh. yeah. i have a ton of details about this AU worked out but this is the entire concept/story laid out in broad strokes. it’s very much about saiki simultaneously being corrupted by and falling for toritsuka at its core. if u want to hear more pls feel free to dm me :D

POV ur doctors are gay and insane

[bajablastwrites]

Tits or ass? Pick one!

Saiki k x fem! Reader

Authors Note: This has been on my mind for a while, since I debated on if Saiki would even like tits or ass, since his powers involuntary have him see people’s insides and only their surface level beauty for about 3 seconds or so. Also this was written at like 4am so sorry for any mistakes or misspelling.

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Ok so because of his x-ray vision Kusuo can’t really get a good grasp on why tits, ass or thighs are appealing since all he sees is muscle and fat.

So that’s where you— his wonderful s/o comes in. He can still see you as muscle and fat like everyone else, but it hit different when you place his head on your chest or lap and let him rest or go to sleep there. Since you’re his first partner you kinda have to teach him things like cuddling. Then it kinda clicks for him?? But not in a sexual way, he still sees boobs and butts as deposits of fat and thighs as muscle with some fat. It’s just a little different now, because booba and thighs make good pillows.

You’re now Kusuo’s favorite pillow. So if you guys are watching TV and depending on how you’re sitting it laying down, he’ll either lay down on top of you with his head on your chest or lay his head on your lap. He’ll do that and say something like “Remember y/n, you made me this way.” Not like you’re complaining, since he hardly shows affection.

If you’re insecure about your boob size then I got some news. Kusuo doesn’t care about that! Again he sees them as deposits of fat and doesn’t care if you’re an A cup or not. Have you seen how large a human head is? He’ll be fine. But if you’re really worried about it then he’ll just use your thighs as a pillow.

It isn’t until Kusuke temporarily disables Kusuo’s powers is when he get to look at you for as long as he wants without having to rapidly blink. You’re the first person he went to when his powers were temporarily gone. First thing he did? Booba pillow / thigh pillow and shower you with lots and lots of kisses. He was so happy to be rid of his powers. You not so much but he’s your boyfriend, the least you can do is support him and give him lots of love.

He can now admire you in all your glory without his x-ray vision getting in the way! He’s a little more whipped for you now ngl- but he won’t tell you that.

He’ll also start to become more aware with your body, especially your lower half like your legs. Not in a creepy way, it’s more of him kinda realizing how differently girls and guys are built in terms of body shapes, since all he’s seen are just bodies of flesh and fat. So now he gets to see the full picture and slowly starts to understand the appeal on boobs and butts a little bit more.

He’ll never say this out loud and it’s not his proudest moment, but when you dropped something and went to pick it up. He kinda took a glance at your behind….just a peek…it’s… you’ve got a very nice….tush…. He’ll just leave it at that. Does he feel like a creep? Yeah.

So if you were wondering why he took you on a date after school, to a nearby cafe without letting you know before. That’s why. He feels bad and doesn’t want his girlfriend thinking he’s a creep.

If you by some miracle find out, you have to reassure him that it’s normal for people to find those things appealing or nice to look at. So you don’t really fault him for his wandering eyes. You’re human too, it’s not like you haven’t done the same thing as well.

It ended with you guys cuddling and a conversation going something like this “Hey Kuu?” You called out and looked up at him, trying not to move too much from the comfortable cuddling position. “Hm?” Kusuo slightly turned his head downwards to make eye contact with you. You smiled at him “Did you at least enjoy the view?” You said at you slowly broke into a smile halfway into your sentence. Kusuo took a moment to process your sentence, as he was momentarily confused until he realized what you meant. “…! Don’t be disgusting, y/n.” He huffed and turned his head to look at the ceiling to avoid making eye contact. That didn’t stop you from laughing at him “I’m just wondering is all nothing to be ashamed of!” smiling as you poked his cheek. He lightly swatted your hand away “stop that.” He said trying to sound annoyed, though in reality he can’t actually stay in a bad mood when you’re around. You went back to poke his cheek “Aw I’ll take that as a yes!” You said feeling like you won the lottery, Kusuo may give off the impression that he’s emotionally distant but you can read him like a book. You’re his girlfriend after all! He tuned his head away to try and hide the blush on his face “Stop talking right now.” He said as he gently swatted your hand away again. “Aww so you like my butt, Kuu?~” you cooed at him. “Shut up, you’re such a pain.” He mumbled out, still avoiding eye contact. “I love you too, hun!” You said while squishing both his cheeks.

Teasing Kusuo isn’t just a hobby, it’s a lifestyle😎😎

No but seriously you gotta mess with him a lil bit. But other than that you still love him even when his powers started to slowly come back. They’re a part of him after all and you like them just like he likes your rump ;)

In conclusion, Kusuo likes your butt and thighs. Very nice to look at and thighs make a good pillow. Obviously he still loves you for who you are, his powers being disabled just helped him realize you have some nice….assets on you is all!

[yeonanak]

(Draft and summary of a dumb fic that I’m no longer writing)

Saiki makes the awful mistake of allowing his friends to throw him and Teruhashi a joint 18th birthday party, since their birth dates are only 10 days apart. It’s loud and crowded, two things Saiki dislikes, but he tries not to mind too much. All of the attention will be on Teruhashi, anyway.

That’s what he thinks. But then the doors open to an extravagant ballroom filled with blue and pink lights, flowers, and jewels. Everyone is wearing gowns, dresses, and suits.

With Saiko’s money, they had gone all out. It looked like an over-the-top gender reveal party.

Saiki and Teruhashi are taken to be seated at the very front of the room, on a stage with their own table facing their guests and the dance floor. With the light shining down on them, Kokomi’s cream dress can be mistaken for white.

Saiki is wary, because he can hear a loaded question hanging in the air. A question filled with panic and overwhelming dread:

Is...this a wedding reception?

His friends are idiots.

There are other tables to the left and right of them seating their close friends, and even some family members. Makoto is giving him rude gestures. Chiyo is giving him an evil smile. Aiura is pouting quite a bit.

Yo’ boss. What’s going on here? I thought this was your birthday party?

Yumehara took advantage of our friends’ stupidity and planned a damn wedding reception without them realizing, he answers back.

Next year can we share our birthday parties? her eyes gleam excitedly.

You’re a Virgo.

The presents he and Teruhashi receive are gender neutral and simple, but their friends get them matching sets in pink and blue. Saiki’s present from Kaido is a pastel pink baking set with a dainty gold whisk, ceramic, cat-shaped measuring spoons, and a cat-printed, pink, plastic spatula. It’s a little cute for his tastes, but he doesn’t mind it.

What he minds is that Teruhashi gets the matching set in blue, but with dogs.

“They match your hair colors!”

“…Thanks, Kaido.”

Worse, from Hairo they get a shared “His or Her” bath towel set and pink and blue 20lb weights.

“You can use these for when you work out! This was the only thing I could find in pink and blue!”

It didn’t have to be pink or blue!

But it’s when Nendo pulls out a small velvet box that his stomach drops to the floor.

When he sets the box on the table in between them, Kusuo makes no move to accept the gift. He even has half a mind to throw it back in his face. Anyone would understand.

See? Even Kokomi is thinking of it. She just can’t because ‘the perfect bishoujo can’t turn down a gift’.

(there’s the other half of her that’s begrudgingly delighted.)

“Thank you, Nendo!” Teruhashi smiles and opens the box to reveal what she was expecting to be a matching set of plastic jewelry. “Friendship rings!”

However, her jaw drops when faced with beautifully cut jewels.

“Oh?” Nendo chuckles, “No, those are wedding rings. Ma told me to give them to someone special. You and Aibou are special to me.”

They did get married! He could hear hearts shatter across the room.

“NENDO.” Kaido and Kuboyasu shriek in horror in the background.

“Oh?”

“What the hell are you doing, moron?!” Aren roars.

“I’m giving Aibou his wedding present.”

“Wedding?” They snap at him like he’s the only stupid one, but then his friends take a long pause, their faces turning several different shades of red and purple as they seem to actually see the room they’re standing in for the first time.

There’s only shocked silence.

Nendo turned out to also be the one who chose the triple tier, chocolate mocha wedding cake. But Kusuo wasn’t going to complain about that. (Teruhashi wasn’t either, happily spoon feeding him bites in between her giggles.)

[stannienight]

Hi can do one for Saiki K, where Saiki’s s/o is having a depressive episode and he helps any way he can and is just really caring/supportive and is there for them?

(Thank you if you do it in advance and it’s okay if you don’t)

☮️&❤️

thanks for the ask! i love it, here ya go!

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saiki’s s/o having a depressive episode

- his s/o's depressive episodes are always terrifying to him, mostly because their thoughts have such an abrupt change in tone

- either he can't hear anything at all, or it's all self-deprecating and negative which worries him a lot

- he has never really faced a depressive episode before, or seen anyone facing them, so he's at a loss of what to do

- he could use mind-control to just make it go away, but he never uses mind-control because it interferes with emotional growth, so he’s stuck

- he tries to understand what they need through their thoughts, but they’re never thinking of what they need, just what they have

- he knows they’re too tired to work, and clean, and do homework, and trivial stuff like that- so although he normally wouldn’t, he ends up doing it all for them

- they feel really guilty just lying in bed all day, doing nothing and zoning out during conversations

- saiki assures them it’s completely okay, and keeps assuring them until he’s sure they don’t feel guilty anymore

- he usually sucks at physical affection because he hates touch, but sometimes he tentatively holds their hand when he feels like they need it

- one time he accidentally touches them while his gloves are torn, and activates his psychometry- and is filled with this deep, empty feeling, like he can never do anything ever again- and it’s terrifying

- he retracts his hand immediately and just hugs them- surprising himself too- as hard as he can without crushing them in his arms, and he doesn’t let go for quite a while

- their s/o is a bit confused but not complaining

- saiki brings them all their favorite food, and if there’s the slightest hint of “i’m going to gain weight if i ate this” in their thoughts he interrupts by talking and diverting their attention, forcing them to eat while listening to him

- he hates talking- but he does it for them, distracting them as much as possible until the depressive episode is over

- he’s really relieved and glad when it is over and they can go back to their regular self

- when episodes are recurring and often, he unconsciously takes note of what triggers them, and tries to keep them away from those things, or uses mind control to associate those things with something positive instead

- he does everything in his power to improve your mental health without directly using his powers- even if that means more reluctant physical affection, like holding hands or hugging

- turns out saiki doesn’t mind holding hands or hugging that much after all.

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jdjsiw. what can i say? i wish we all had a saiki during our depressive episodes.

send me asks for hcs, oneshots, or anything in general, even if it’s unrelated to anime or writing!! saiki k and haikyu for requests <333

[olde-scratch]

im having so much trouble deciding what kagune kusuo and kuusuke would have but here’s my thought processes (+ eye stuff)

im not doing colors bc im of the firm belief that they’re all red (like blood), and are only colored in the anime to be more distinct

also fuck the ghoul genes that determine which parents kagune u get idc this world has psychics in it now fuck you

- kurumi doesnt have one bc shes human, but i think she’d do well with a rinkaku bc it can be very intimidating or very soft yk. maybe saiki goes into an alternate universe where shes the ghoul parent

- kuniharu has a bikaku. and can only summon one tail. i like to think that kurumi likes it, even if it’s not as soft nor as big as a rinkaku, bc its warm and nice to hug.

- kusuo either has an ukaku bc wings or rinkaku for intimidation purposes. ukaku cant even fly (they can only make you float so that u land softer), but he’d be able to bc hes kusuo. rinkaku would definitely be more intimidating tho. hmmm.

- kuusuke’s partially depends on kusuo’s, because if kusuo has a rinkaku then kuusuke either has a koukaku (which kusuo is good against), or another rinkaku so they can have arm wrestling contests. if kusuo has an ukaku, then kuusuke either still has a rinkaku bc it’s neither good nor bad against kusuo’s, OR he has a koukaku which is good against kusuo’s.

neither of them would have a bikaku and it makes kuniharu so sad. kurumi doesn’t care bc her sons other have wings, squishy tentacles that are good for hugging, or a big shield thing which makes them very safe.

- iirc kusuo’s right eye is the one that’s highlighted in that one scene where he threatens toritsuka, ergo, that’s the eye that turns while the other remains normal. im gonna say that he can’t make it seem like he has both eyes as kakugans (bc he can’t make it seem like he’s not wearing his limiters, just has people justify them as something mundane), so to avoid any sort of fuss around it, he just makes it so it’s not weird to see one-eyes.

- both of kuniharu’s eyes are kakugans (below) bc he’s a full-blooded ghoul.

(he didn’t make one-eyes normal, just bc theyre much stronger than the average ghoul and he doesn’t want more of those running around than there needs to be. like colored hair. it’s not common or anything, but you don’t exactly give much thought to when u see it other than “oh! that’s cool! anyways”)

- kuusuke’s got matching eyes with him bc he’s definitely not the kind to hide the fact that he’s (and his mother, bc she lived thru at least one pregnancy with a half ghoul baby) better than people. mf’s probably gone up to a ghoul who thought he was human from his smell, made them think he was a ghoul, and then pushed his hair aside to show he was a one-eye. kusuo hates that they match. kuniharu and kurumi find it adorable and i bet goaded them into activating their matching eyes in pictures when they were younger.

- mmm thinkin abt kuriko having the kakugan on her left eye instead of her right. idk if that would be how it works, but the ideas got me thinkin

saiki k tokyo ghoul au bc of that one post comparing nishiki and kuniharu by @herdecisions (i havent read tg in years idc if i get anything wrong)

- possibility of kuniharu and nishiki being the same person OR twin brothers

- if theyre the same person kurumi is the gf whatever her name was, if theyre not then theyre not (idc if she died canonically she can be alive if i wantbyer to be)

- kuniharu is a ghoul and kurumi is human but threatening as fuck (kuniharu is either a weak bitch ghoul or hes soft for her)

- kuusuke was born a one eye. saiki was too but that pales in comparison to the fact that hes still psychic (dont ask why hes psychic its saiki ofc hes psychic)

- the govnt baby kusuo destroyed was the ccg, but he mightve given his family a different last name before that as witness protection, or after to avoid the govnt coming after them

- the grandparents are human bc theyre on kurumis side, know but dont care abt kuniharu being a ghoul (well grandpa does but he doesnt like kuniharu anyways)

- kusuo probably ended the stigma around ghouls and developed safe alternatives for them to eat OR he made it so ghouls can just eat normal food

- angstier idea is that he didnt and his familys still in hiding, but tbh anything to make his life easier yk

[cornfarm]

waves against the rocks

saiki kusuo x reader

word count: 2.0k

synopsis: you show saiki your powers. he’s unbearibly jealous, yet for the first time, he feels seen and understood by another person.

cws: mention of the reader having a bad family

genre: melancholic fluff

reader is gender neutral!

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notes:

greetings... i promise i’m working on cease and desist part 2 but i keep starting one shots;; I ALSO DECIDED TO CHANGE MY TEXT FORMAT... i yoinked all the capital letters away... it feels a bit more liberating

whenever i make my crazy op self insert oc, i always think about how i can make them a foil/double to the characters i like. for example my gintama s/i is also a traumatized war veteran. i thought like... wouldn’t it be fun to write the reader character as a direct foil AND double to saiki? they have everything he doesn’t, but he has a lot that they dont and it’s like,., mutual jealousy.

i also wanted to write saiki properly empathizing with someone. aiura and toritsuka are so fun because they both have different moral compasses with their powers and how they’d like to use them. however despite the fact theyre all psychics, saiki can’t really empathize with either of them.

i wanted to have saiki be excited about something, and feel truly seen. empathy is a very powerful thing.

i hope the “ability” i chose isn’t too cringe;;;

i can’t help but feel like i write saiki ooc so feedback would be super appreciated!

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perception. the way people are seen by others, the mental images and sour thoughts rooted in nothing but misconception. the falsafied persona of greatness, beauty, and kindness. perception.

you kept saiki afterschool. tugging at his sleeve, you quietly asked “i need to show you something, stay here for a few extra minutes?”. he refused you at first, but you stayed firm, “i need you to stay.” fierce. he decided to stay.

but you stood before saiki, right? were you there? he suddenly felt a bit weary, head pounding at the thought of you. your name, voice, scent, failing to find matches in his library of records. when he thought of you, his brain flickered through the faces and names of everyone else he knew.

you were a gap, a void, a sudden unconjurable memory. it was horrifying. but he quickly accepted it. the body circling behind of him was none of his concern, because there was nobody there. he supposes he should go home now. why was he standing alone in the classroom anyways?

firm hands land on his shoulders, warm, present. he remembers why he’s here.

“it’s not that i’m invisible, it’s just that your brain can’t recognize me, and refuses to acknolwedge me as a thing that exists.”

like a wave crashing against a rocky shore, the void is filled. your voice, your scent, your name, all slotted back into place in his mental library. he recognizes the hands on your shoulders as yours. 

a hand snakes around and pushes up his glasses, covering his eyes.

“it’s not about visibility, it’s perception. you are unable to percieve me as a living thing, or of anything of importance. that’s why you can’t read my thoughts, and that’s why you’re so quick to give up trying to recall me.”

he’s practically trembling- you have one power. it was simple, but it managed to find a loophole around practically all of his.

“that’s terrifying.”

“right?”

you take your hands away and step in front of him. he adjusts his glasses properly.

“were you born with it?”

you nod, “it caused me trouble when i was a kid. i almost got left at an airport,” you chuckle.

“does anyone else know?”

“i’ve tried to tell my parents but they don’t believe me. they called me a liar and delusional, so i decided to stop trying with them. nobody else knows, i’ve never told any of my past friends either. when i found out about your powers, i thought maybe someone would finally understand. that’s the only reason i wanted to tell you.”

your lip quivers, “you believe me, right?”

truth be told, saiki’s stunned. he wasn’t expecting someone like you to have such an abrasive ability. despite how reclusive and fittingly unnoticeable it is, it was certainly powerful.

he’s jealous. you were able to freely aquire something he wanted- privacy, but he does believe you, afterall he just watched you waltz around him, outside of his keen field of view. 

“yeah, i do.”

you smile, bright and wide- you’re nearly trembling. was being believed that big of a deal to you?

you take a step forward and embrace him, wrapping your arms around his torso as your head presses against his chest. he goes a bit stiff, and glances at the door. “hey, someone might walk in-”

“it’s fine.” you look up at him, meeting his eyes, and oh. your eyes are glimmering, shining greater than he’s ever seen them, “they won’t.”

burying your face back into him, he tenataively wraps his arms around your back. you continue, voice muffled, “’m sorry, you’re the first person who’s accepted me. i’m happy.”

the emotional explanation for your actions ease him a bit, “it’s fine.” he states back.

you finally pull away, and for a brief moment as you lose connection, you flicker out of his view, but you come back in again, placing your hand on his.

“actually, i can touch you while using my power without you being affected by them, but i’m manually using it on you right now.”

“if you touch someone while making sure they still can’t see you, what does that make them experience?” his voice is clear, a bit fierce in tone. you always had trouble reading saiki, but you could tell that this was interest. perhaps he was threatened, but he was certainly intrigued.

“they might whirl around and look who’s touching them and account it to a person around them, but if not, they might think they’re having sensory hallucinations. i can also talk to people, but because my voice doesn’t have any weight to it, it’s almost like a hypnotic suggestion.”

“so you can brainwash people?”

“not necessarily,” you let go of his hand, you must have released your power, your eyes are dark, “if i suggest something to someone and it’s something mild, they’re more likely to do it because it already falls into their line of thinking. if i suggest something bold, they might do it thinking it’s an impulsive thought.”

“most people won’t do extreme things, they’ll read those as intrusive thoughts. but sometimes people think my voice is the voice of god, or a passed on relative, and will do intense things regardless of their judgement. others have poor impulse control, and some are just batshit crazy.”

you sheepishly scratch your head, “but i don’t really like having that much control over people. i don’t want to use my powers to hurt anyone.”

“do you want to use them to help people?”

you pause. it seems you’ve thought about this quite a bit.

“well my powers can’t help people. they give me the ability to help people, but they can’t help people directly. i think it’s a matter of it i’m strong enough to help people.”

“are you?”

“would you hate me if i said no? of course i lend a hand to my friends when they need it, but i don’t think i’m strong enough to really make a difference. i want to live peacefully.”

you look down at your hands, “i wish i wasn’t born with it.”

saiki felt unnervingly softhearted. he struggled empathizing with his peers, but his heart pounded in solemn familiarity. “i don’t hate you for that, i’m the same. having the powers i do means i have the responsibility of keeping the world in peace. people would be jealous of me for the self-fulfilling purposes i could use my powers for, but i don’t want to use my powers to hurt people. i don’t want to help anyone either. i just want to be left alone.”

guilt. guilt was a disease, just like jealousy is. it eats at you from the inside, and creeps up at times least expected. it left both of you hollow and empty.

“i wish i didn’t have powers,” he continues, “i don’t think i’ve ever properly experienced life in the way i’m supposed to, like everyone else has. i’m envious of you, you’ve had a bit more normalcy than me.”

“i suppose we’re equally unhappy, then,” you smile at him. he had been staring out the window, but he turns to looks at you. you’re leaning on the door of the classroom, tilting your head, you ask him a silent “walk home with me?”. 

“i mean,” you begin, “i’ve missed out on a lot. i’ve always had trouble making friends- my powers made it difficult for people to remain interested in me. i’ve gotten pretty good at controlling them, pk academy has been really good to me, but it doesn’t heal the damage it’s caused me.”

your teeth gnaw at your lower lip, “your family is so supportive of you, they love you so much, it makes me angry. i wish i could say the same about mine.”

it wasn’t too empty in the school, but your footsteps were loud and clear, both you and saiki walking in sync. saiki didn’t really know what to say, so he stayed silent. 

sighing, you continue, “i don’t want to be alone, but it’s too easy to be reclusive when that’s where you’ve always been. if you live a life of isolation, making friends is scary and draining,” a grim smile forms on your face, as if you’re trying to comfort yourself.

but saiki does have to admit that the two of you have much more in common than he initially thought. he quietly thinks to himself, perhaps he could use your abilities.

“y/n,” he begins, eyes meeting yours, “will you do me a favor?”

“yeah, what is it?”

he doesn’t like being indebted to people, but he wants to test your limits. you don’t give him the chance to ask, “you want me to use my powers while we walk out together, don’t you.”

his mouth falls a bit open, lips parting, “how did you know?”.

you laugh, “you’re not the only one who can read minds,” and reach out to wrap a hand around his forearm. he raises a brow at you, seemingly amused by your comment. he expected you to take his hand again, but your firm grip on his arm was admitedly unexpected.

he felt his heart skip a beat.

“well? are you doing it?”

“yup, you won’t feel any different though.”

walking down the steps together, people passed the two of you, strangers, familiar faces, teachers. nobody noticed.

the two of you passed toritsuka at the steps, but he paid no mind. “you know,” saiki started, “when i use my invisibility power, that guy can still see me.” 

“can he?” you murmur, your voice a bit low. 

“if it’s easier, you can just think what you’d like to say to me, we can talk that way.”

you squint your eyes in concentration, “like this?” you think to yourself. 

“yeah.”

you smile. you continue to hold onto his arm as he changes his shoes. 

“that must be frustrating, that he can still see you.”

he nods. he supposes if toritsuka can’t see you, then aiura probably can’t track you- and him, down either. 

“hold onto my arm while i change mine.”

without breaking contact, he gently wraps his fingers around your wrist. you hastily change your shoes, and slide your hand a bit up, taking his in yours.

“is it neccesary to hold hands?” he asks. his expression was nearly deadpanned, but the slight crease in his brows communicated just enough. he felt sheepish, a bit lost.

“no, but it’s nice.” 

teruhashi stands idly at the exit, waiting, doing her best to gently shake off the boys that surrounded her.

“she’s looking for me.”

“is she? do you want to talk to her?”

“no.”

you pause. 

“is she the reason you asked me to do this for you?”

he nods.

you turn and head towards the gate, but not before waving a hand in front of her face. you take a deep breath, before exclaiming a loud “teruhashi!”. she whirls around, trying to find the source of the voice, looking rather bewildered.

letting out a hearty laugh, you grin up at him. a slight huff of air escapes his upturned lips.

the two of you slip past the front gate.

“but you owe me something in return, i don’t give out my labor for free!”

he sighs, “what would you like?”

“wait, really? i was joking, you don’t have to do anything for me!” you double down on your demands.

“you say that, but i know you’re secretly hoping i’ll treat you.”

“shit, i forgot you can read my mind. that’s so invasive.” you pout, “not fair!”

“it’s fine, i don’t like being indebted to people, and you did do me a favor like i asked, so i’ll take you somewhere.”

you look a bit nervous, “really? you’re sure?”

“just accept the offer before i revoke it.”

you twirl in a circle, letting go of his hand and hopping a few steps ahead of him. “you’re buying me a nice coffee then!” 

he lunges out to take it again.

“sure.”

and once more in sync, both of your hearts skip a beat.