#drawing saiko next

[lanb3r]

drawing gomon again...- @cloudymistedskies @risingscorchingsuns

@definitelynotgideon @ackie-slays @rion-isnot-an-ai @shycroissanti

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[swampybogg]

[messydoodlesyt]

SMG4 Crew Redesigns Part 1

Finally got them done! I saw some people do redesigns for the SMG4 Crew and I wanted to put my spin on it. So far I’ve done SMG4, SMG3, Meggy, Mario, and Luigi. I'm for sure gonna do the others at one point. But it was perfect timing since I did finally finish all the arcs in order (and the important episodes in between for the most part) so I at least have some better context then all the stuff from 2022+ and all.

So first up SMG4. I’ve seen people incorporate the glitch color pallet so I tried to put a little bit on the shoes and pant legs. That and I’ve seen him associated with stars. I don’t quite understand why people do redesigns with it; maybe it’s something in an old episode I haven’t seen yet or something but I thought it’d be neat to add. Added the number four roman numeral for him too cuz it felt off only having 3 have it. Shoulder strap off cuz vibes idk.

Next up SMG3! I’ve seen so many people give him long hair/ a mullet and dammit it was just too perfect to have. That with some ripped pants and gloves and earrings to add for his redesign. And of course the overall pocket for Eggdog because yes.

Up next Meggy! She felt like the biggest change to me but I think it’s mainly the hair being the reason. Originally I was keeping the long hair, but when I was watching the arcs and saw her inkling form didn’t have any tentacle things in the back just the front (forgive me idk if that’s what those are called a barely played splatoon) so I felt like after turning human she would first have the long hair but then cut it as a way to cope if that makes sense? Idk she seemed to have struggled for some time just trying to adjust to human form and at least she would have control over her hair. Then I gave freckles which I believe her first human model design did have them but it was so faded it was hard to tell so I tried to make em a bit more noticeable (though now that I’m looking at them maybe I should make em thicker idk yet).

Now friggen Mario. Good lord he was the last one I finished and it should not have been this hard. It’s all minor changed I feel like- I tried to make him still identifiable while still having some differences like the short sleeves, belt, and patches. That and I put his signature M on the gloves too to match SMG4 and SMG3. I was struggling with the mouth (not the cursed one just normal) because sometimes it would look off. Luigi I had more of a problem with though than Mario for whatever reason; maybe it’s the mustache.

Which speaking of Luigi as the final one for the list thing. He definitely gave me turtle neck vibes so I wanted to give him that, plus a belt that has those little bag strap things or whatever you call them to hold stuff like maybe some flower seeds or whatever he needs to. And I only did one of those little drawings with a mouth but when I tried doing it for the others it felt off. Probably for future drawings with these refs I’ll add mouths or won’t depending on the mood.

And yeah those are my redesigns. Definitely wanna do the others like Tari and Saiko for example. But some I know will be tricky because I don’t really know what I could add for redesigns like Mr. Puzzles and Karen for example. But we’ll see.

Part 2 of SMG4 Redesigns

[love0dragon]

💚🍉Melony In My Style!🍉💚

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Next is Melony! Been a bit busy in the last week so working on this has been hard, but I did my best! I struggled with the pose and have felt less creatively motivated, but I still am gonna work on this project and push through. I've wanted to draw all of these characters for awhile and I won't ever do it if I don't set myself a goal. This drawing may not be perfect (igbp.. eh..) but it doesn't have to be. I'm doing my best and I can always make another drawing one day and change everything if I want to. Trying to remind myself I don't have to be stuck with this just because I drew it. If I change my mind that's okay! Anyhow, I'm fairly happy with the final product but I know in many ways I could do better with practice. Thank you for your time and watch our for Saiko next! Very excited to draw her ✨🩷

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[alan-william]

⧼Puzzle Park : Smg4⧽

-What would have happened if Smg4 had lost to Mr Puzzle?-

It's pretty easy to figure out that He and Mario would probably always have been brainwashed, like others, but knowing our Smg4, memories of the past would still remain.

💣-Smg3. 🧢-Smg4.

The usual show, as always, Saiko was on stage performing her number, Smg4 was standing next to her in the shadow watching all this, he was the organizer and saw that everything went as it should. After Saiko's act, that was the last Smg4 came out of the semblance of a tent and took off his hat with a heavy sigh.

Smg3 came up behind him and put his hand on his shoulder, which made Smg4 twitch and look at Smg4

🧢- ah! It's you..

💣- who else..Why are you so tense? I've been like this all day

🧢- oh, there's nothing! It's just that I've been busy all day, so I look like this..

💣- don't lie to me..knowing you, you would have fallen asleep on the 2nd performance a long time ago..

Smg4 understood that there was little to hide from Smg3 and sighing, he looked up, it was evening outside, and many visits could take a very long time

🧢- I don't know Smg3..I feel in the morning that I forgot something important, but that I don't remember...

🧢- you know, something that was inside of me and it was removed, I feel like..not whole or something..

Smg3 looked at him, understanding what he meant, but remained silent

💣- maybe it's better not to forget your head with this yet? You know Mr. Puzzle yourself, if something goes wrong, it will be worse for us..

Smg4 sighs and puts on his hat, straightening it

🧢- I think you're right

Smg3 seeing Smg4 leave sighs and rubs his eyes

💣 - Smg4... you haven't forgotten..It was stolen from you..

Smg4 is the main one on the show and not the current, everyone leaves him to consult, and at night he walks and thinks about his own, he still regrets that he did not win the puzzle, sometimes because of the scar on his neck, he may stumble and fall silent for a couple of minutes, but his voice will return. Along the way, he also goes to celinder, with a cane and in a blue tuxedo with long sleeves, and who would hide the scar on his eye, he draws different pictures there, but it's always just a big blue star. In total, he is called Mr. Show, and his friends call him Smg4, he gets along very well with Smg3 on the stock that when he had mosquitoes, Smg3 always calmed him down.

He rarely sleeps at night because of mosquitoes, but if he sleeps, it is most often with birushas or with a mask over his eyes

Character: Smg4

Other names: Mr. Show

[crackheadcola]

Info on the Fruitastical crew

SMG4: Blueberry boy >:] Smells of Blueberries, Colour palate is blues and whites(mostly Blue!) Works as a youtuber and helps with SMG3 in his cafe!! He works as a waiter! Very energetic, sweet and sometimes sour(like a blueberry lol) Has a Blueberry hairclip and pin!

SMG3: Grape boy :D Smells of Grapes, Colour palate is Purples and Blacks (mostly Purple!) Works at his cafe, makes a lot of things that have grapes!! Gets tired easily, still a silly Tsundere, more serious. Has a grape hair clip and pin!

Mario: Strawberry plumber >:3 Smells of Strawberries, Colour palate is Reds and Blues (mostly Red!), doesn't have a job (yet). Very energetic, very funny and sweet, bit of a dumb dumb lmao Has a strawberry hairclip and pin X3

Meggy: Orange squid XD Smells of Orange's, Colour palate is Orange and white (mostly Orange!), Works as a couch and helps train people, sweet and sour (like an orange lol), does actually loves oranges. Has a orange hairclip and pin :D

Tari: Damson plums gamer girl X3 Smells of Damson plums, Colour palate is dark-ish blue and white!, does training with Meggy sometimes, and works as a store worker. Very sweet and little sour but doesn't show it. loves plums, has a Damson plums pin and hairclip!

Melony: is just the canon one lmao Smells like watermelons!! every thing the same as she is in the canon!! but also has a watermelon pin that SMG3 gave her.

Boopkins: Limes Smells of Limes, Colour palate is lime green and ocean blues (mostly lime green!) Still a silly weeb lol, loves lemon and lime Miku. Very energetic, will talk about anime a lot, draws anime a lot Has a lime badge on his bag.

Bob: Kiwi Fruit Smells of Kiwi fruit, Colour palate is greens and browns. more of a sour kiwi fruit guy. Just like his canon personality. Has a kiwi fruit badge and pin. Also secretly has a kiwi fruit plushie lol

Saiko: Raspberry Smells like Raspberries. Colour palate is hot pink, some pastel pink and yellows. Loves music and has a lot of raspberry themed stickers on her guitar. has raspberry hair ties on her pig tails :D. Has a lot of raspberry pins on her jacket.

Luigi: Pear Smells like Pears. Colour palate is greens slight browns and a little bit of blue mostly green and brown. Loves gardening and has a little tree of pears next to his garden of flowers. Has a lot of pear pins on his hat and overalls, his gloves mostly have dirt on them from gardening.

Karen: Coconut Smells like Coconuts. Colour palate is whites, light browns and tiny bits of cyan. still a mum who works at a lot places mostly starbucks. loves children, and doesn't mind taking care of them. does help out with SMG3 at his cafe and helps him make the coffee's.

[poggyking3]

It was a night, an ordinary one as most of them thought. Just a good old december night with all of them there, preparing for the Christmas spirit. Despite how some of them may talk about the love you might share during such times, they all loved the holiday the same and not just because of the time off though that was definitely part of it.

And it was but a simple game night with a sprinkle of the holiday vibes around, with some decorations hung up in some places, maybe looking a bit out of place considering the blues of the castle and the greens, yellows and reds of the christmas decorations. Not that any of the crew were competent enough to even notice that and even if they did- well- what would they do about it, take them off? And then what? repainting Christmas decorations, especially so last minute just sounds absurd. So it is best to assume that all of them were stupid. But regardless they were oh so joyful, besides some minor things. At least for a bit that is.

They were playing smash, currently it was Saiko and Tari and was it a heated fight! Tari took her gamer out and Saiko wouldn't go down without giving her all without flinging the controller into the TV screen. As everyone was cheering for either of the 2, SMG4 was already thinking of something else. You see, this man, this godawful man had some plans up his sleeves. He had been training in smash while the others weren't there so he did get a bit better or at least he believed so. He was just thinking who to fight against... Who would be the funniest to ask... And as he thought about that, his gaze lingered to SMG3. Perhaps that could work, especially with their rivarly! It would definitely rile up some emotions. Or maybe he could finally get SMG3 to admit defeat! He could also ask Mario but that would bring on more chaos than he'd desire then... Boopkins is bad at it so he couldn't show off with fighting him. Tari would still wreck him. Maybe Meggy? As he thought about all his options, he didn't realise he was staring at SMG3. He only realised so when SMG3 poked him on his shoulder, giving him a look. A sort of weirded out look but maybe he was a bit worried too. SMG4 blinked, staring for a few seconds more as he realised what happened than awkwardly chuckled then immediately lowered his voice to not draw anymore attention.

-I'm good - he replied to SMG3.

-Sure, loser - SMG3 said, rolling his eyes - Don't stare at me though, that shit's weird.

-I didn't mean to

SMG3 looked at him, thinking SMG4 was a dumbass motherfucker, stupidest man to walk this Earth if he thought he could get away with this so easily.

-You're planning something - SMG3 said pretty simply.

-No, no I'm not I'm just.... thinking about last minute Christmas shopping is all! For like... Food and stuff you know, always having to restock with Mario around - SMG4 tried to reason as best as he could possibly manage while grinning in the stupidest way. SMG3 also thought his grin was stupid wishing he could take it off and...

-If you say so - SMG3 replied, quickly putting away whatever that last thought could've been.

SMG4 felt a rock fell off his heart, he didn't think such a simple stunt could get him into such situations. He didn't like when SMG3 made his heart race like this, it was uncomfortable. Because it was always SMG3 who would suspect him. Back then when Among us was still cool to play and they would, SMG3 would always be the one quickest to guess him to be an impostor. And often he was right which was infuriating. He could never catch a break. Maybe his target really should be SMG3, now that he fired himself up, wanting to wipe the floor with him. He deserved that for making him feel that way. What he didn't know though was that someone else was plotting right behind them.

Soon, Tari and Saiko finished their round, with Tari only just barely being the winner, the 2 shook hands like how good sportsmanship dictates so.

-Hey, SMG3 - SMG4 said - How about we go next?

SMG3 raised an eye brow.

-Sure, why not

They were handed the controllers by the other 2 so they could sit down and get into their gaming positions. They chose their characters and the round started. First, SMG4 didn't give himself away, playing worse than usual. But only at first. As soon as he saw SMG3 relax, he locked in. It was actually quite amusing to watch as their friends were also surprised with what was happening. SMG4 really was wiping the floor with SMG3, who, despite trying his best, was actually being beaten.

And so, as SMG4 set himself up to win, he indeed won. Because of locking in. It was totally worth it, his friends actually clapped for him.

SMG3 was not amused at all though.

-I knew you were planning something stupid - SMG3 said, pointing at SMG4 with an accusatory tone.

-I don't know what you're talking about - SMG4 said with that same stupid grin.

-You totally set me up

-I've just been training, it's not my fault you suck!

-I don't suck!

-Really? Prove it then!

-Of course I will, let's play another game mode.

And so they played again, this time SMG3 was locking in too, and playing a different character he was more accostumed to. And while SMG4 thought he was amazing, that was his downfall too. This time, he lost.

-There - SMG3 said with the biggest shit eating grin a man could wear - and I didn't even need to train

-That's- no- that- that You- SMG4 stuttered stupidly, he felt like victory fell out of his hands, like sand - Again! We're going again!

And so they went again, both locking in and strongly at that. Though their friends were starting to get a little agitated the 2, despite how their behaviour is somewhat entertaining.

Though while the others were busy watching SMG3 and SMG4 once again duke it out, only Meggy noticed Mario sneaking off.

-Red, why are you going?? - Meggy asked him, to which he stopped.

-Getting something to stop these idiots from stealing game time from us

-Yeah that's goo- she suddenly stopped - How do you exactly plan to do that?

-You can trust Mario - Mario gave a double thumbs up then quickly left before Meggy could ask another question. She sighed, hoping that it won't just further escalate the situation.

She went back to watching the 2 playing and throwing insults at each other. They really went downhill and what for?

At last, SMG4 won, but only barely.

-You only got lucky - SMG3 immediately protested

-I'd actually say that about YOUR victory, you only had it because you got lucky

-No, not true I- but he was stopped as, in a very cliche way, everyone gasped.

-No way - Meggy was flabbergasted.

-...Will they? - Tari looked around, trying to look for an answer.

SMG3 and SMG4 were left confused, Meggy pointed up to which then they both noticed why that whole dramatic reaction happened. They were under a mistletoe of all things. SMG4 seemed to freeze there, was this real? Was this really happening? It couldn't be.

-No way, I'm not doing that - SMG3 turned away, hiding how he was getting a bit red in the face. It would be... so weird to kiss SMG4.

-C'mon, it's-a good time to be jolly! - Mario teased the 2, that was when SMG4 and SMG3 noticed that it was Mario holding it above them.

-Mario, I'm actually gonna strangle you - SMG3 said.

-Seconded - SMG4 said.

-C'mon, are you 2 too much of-a wimps to do a little kissy kissy?

Meggy couldn't help but chuckle at that, while shaking her head, as if dismissing him and totally pretending like she was scolding him and not finding the situation funny.

-I'm not, I just don't want to! - SMG3 whined.

-Me too, this is totally unnecessary!

-They are totally too scared to do it - Saiko commented, seeing where this was going. Mario grinned.

-See? Mario is not the only one who sees. C'mon, just one and done, easy!

He could regret this.

He really could. But well... Fuck it. That was coming anyways. He knew Mario would pull this stunt sooner or later, maybe later he won't try again.

SMG4 grabbed SMG3 by his face. SMG3 barely had time to react before he was pulled into a brief, short and awkward kiss by SMG4. It was... Weird. Just as he thought it would be. And he...really... really hated it. While SMG4 went to strangle Mario, SMG3 quickly left the room, not wanting to be percieved. That was the the last thing he could ever need with the state he was put in. He went outside the castle, considering just going back to the café. They would find him anyways. They would worry anyways. They're all so... so annoying. And why did Mario do this? Sure, he did get a little carried away with SMG4 but that was no reason to make them kiss. Besides, he had done that before so... why would he need to do it again? Did he just enjoy seeing them suffer? Maybe he was still... Eh, why would he care about what anyone inside this castle thought about him anyways, he could survive without them before, so...

He fell to the ground, crying. This was too much. His tears were warm compared to the chilly weather. Though neither felt at all comforting. He would've felt more comfortable if the earth just swallowed him whole. This was so stupid! Why did he have to end up like this? Was everything he did in his life leading up to this stupid moment to further humiliate him as if being besties with his once sworn enemy wasn't humiliating enough. Not that he chose this life, it chose him. And he was anything but happy about this, especially then. Would it be too late to try change his identity and move far away where nobody knows him?

He didn't notice SMG4 coming outside. He didn't notice words being spoken by him.

-SMG3, are you listening? - SMG4 put a hand on SMG3's shoulder, which made him look at him finally. SMG4 never saw such raw emotion on SMG3's face, it kind of stunned him. But the feelings quickly turned way more sour than they initially seemed, anger fully replacing them. SMG3 quickly wiped his eyes.

-Leave me alone

-I just wanted to say sorry

-You could have just not done it

-Mario would try again otherwise...

-And you think like this he won't again?

-Uh- Oh....

SMG3 sighed, he really had the stupidest meme guardian partner ever. How unfortunate for him.

-You really are this stupid, huh? New low for you

-I just thought... maybe I- Maybe I wasn't thinking at all

-Not new from you

-Look I- I didn't come outside for you to be insulting me. I wanted to say sorry and.... maybe invite you back inside. I'd still like to... celebrate these times with you, despite what happened. You matter to us, 3

SMG3 didn't reply for a bit, SMG4 couldn't read his expression. Then the man laughed, as if he couldn't act weirder. He once again felt that weird feeling, his heart racing. Why did SMG3 need to make him feel so uneasy?

-I- SMG3, I'm being serious, c'mon, you think I'd be joking?

SMG3 stopped, seemingly contemplating.

-I just found your pitifully baby words funny, that is all.

-And you weren't touched by them at all?

-No - SMG3 lied.

-Uh huh - SMG4 knew - Come on, man, come inside, besides you have to see Mario, put him in a... new shape one could say, I think you'll like it

SMG3 rolled his eyes, might as well, despite everything. The faster they'd both forget about this the better.

Now, despite the amount of days that would go by, the memory wouldn't fade. Another memory for both their minds to replay in their minds when they're trying to get some sleep. Just like some other events. And it was weird, very weird. But maybe if he would just hold out a little longer it could go away, he could forget, they could both forget and it would all be at least somewhat okay. Hopefully. But who knows! The past always comes back to haunt you.

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If you post this, TO EVERYONE ELSE THAT MIGHT READ THIS, THIS ISN'T SUDDEN, I'VE THREATENED HIM LONG AGO. THIS WAS COMING.

- Nerd anon

ITS 3 IN THE MORNING????

[javaghoul]

Hello Pumpkin!

Turning complaints into hcs, PT 2

TOKYO GHOUL CHARACTERS AND FALL MERCH(?)

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Kaneki will not deny that he loves his "Cozy Fall Wishes & Pumpkin Spice Kisses" mug. It's got cute little pumpkins and leaves on it, and it's a nice shape. He's been through a lot, so I'm not going to bully him for this.

Itori appreciates a tastefully decorated fall-themed home. She loves the colours, but draws the line at Happy Fall Y'all signage.

Hide is someone that finds joy in everything: season changes included. He loves seeing the autumn shit in shops. It reminds him that Halloween is on the way! He laughs at Kanekis mug.

Nishiki fucking hates Instagram, YouTube, Tiktok, and whatever platform has made Fall a consumable item. He's going to punch the next person who asks for an iced pumpkin spice caramel macchicinolattefrappe. They made him hate his favourite season.

"Huh. There's a lot of orange everywhere", ponders Yomo, not knowing that he's supposed to be wearing layered knits or buffalo check shirts, heavy denim jeans, and a beanie in August.

Don't laugh, but Touka likes all the "stuff". She also watches some of the Decorate With Me videos. She likes watching how other people make their homes all cosy and interesting, although it can be bittersweet: she would've loved to have a home like that growing up.

Uta owns a Jesus Christ & Pumpkin Spice shirt. He wears it.

Of course Akira is a bit cynical. She's also impressed that they've made another season marketable. She won't admit to having a Pinterest board for cozy-comfort fall outfits.

You bet your ass the Chateau is decked out in orange and brown throws, pumpkin shaped soap dispensers, and those little bead garland things people drape around their fireplaces. Saiko and Mutsuki find loads of nice scented candles and find out how sensitive their olfactory sense has become. Getting rid of the candles is the one thing Urie and Shirazu agree on after returning home and almost passing out at the stench. Haise passes them on to Akira.

[tdlosk-concepts]

if there was a saiki k x proseka crossover, i think these would be the units.

some characters do not have comparisons; and before i dive in, i would like to tell you why. there are simply not enough characters in the disastrous life of saiki k. you may think, "but there are most definitely over twenty characters," and while you would be correct, i am only using pk academy students, and furthermore, virtually only main characters. i highly encourage you to enjoy thinking of either your ocs or the proseka characters being in the group, because i am very aware that without these characters, the story would not be possible!

there were three tdlosk characters i wanted to include, but could not. these are mera, hairo, and arisu. i just couldn't make them fit anywhere, i apologize. i felt like untrained reverse-hermit mizuki every time i had to type out that no character could fit properly into a slot.

be warned, i go on paragraph-long rants in here. like, almost an essay about teruhashi. actually, my vbs rant is very long overall, composed of like two essays. enjoy!

L/N; Nendou(Ichika), Chiyo(Honami), Reita(Saki), and Saiko(Shiho). Most of these are the OGs, and I could see them doing a school band. Don't ask why I thought Saiko belonged here, I hink he would be cute in a school band setting. Or maybe I'm biased. And I think Nendou would play the role of "getting the group back together," and if that makes Nendou play Ichika, so be it. Reita would play the role of "sickly little guy," and also the one ti set everything in motion, so that makes him the Saki of the group! I think Chiyo as Honami explains itself, but it's mostly because I think of Chiyo as having sweetheart/caretaker vibes. Saiko as Shiho, however, seems like an odd comparison. To simplify down so that I'm not blubbering about it nonsensically, they are both relatively tsundere, and while they do want a friend group, they tend to act like they don't need or want it.

MMJ; Suzumiya(Minori) and Makoto(Shizuku). Nobody could possibly fit into the role of Airi or Haruka, and sadly, they both had to be forcefully excluded, and I apologize. Now, onto the hard conclusions I drew and stretching I did. Fair warning, MORE MORE JUMP! is my least favorite unit. I haven't read its main story, and I know next to nothing about the members. However, from what I can tell, Minori, while clumsy and unlucky, has the spirit to do great things. That, I would compare to Suzumiya after her guardian spirit is rehabilitated. While not setting of explosions every other minute, she's still naturally clumsy, and she also has rather high spirits despite that. Makoto as Shizuku was a hard task to pull off, and I feel it may be a disgrace to Shizuku's name. However, considering that Makoto is famous within the TDLOSK-universe, I couldn't not put him in MMJ. His placement as Shizuku was only because I view Makoto as relatively tech-illiterate, so that headcanon of mine allowed me to draw at least one connection. I apologize for the weak conclusion.

VBS; Satou(Kohane), Kuboyasu(Akito), and Kokomi(Touya). Sadly, I couldn't think of anyone to compare to An, I apologize. Teruhashi as Touya explains itself, but I think I should explain why I chose it over Teruhashi as Mafuyu. The reason is; Teruhashi would start singing street music out of spite for her brother, like Touya and his father. As far as I have learned in proseka, while Mafuyu did do lyrics as a method of rebelling from her mother, that wasn't the only reason. While Touya did ENJOY singing, it wasn't something he was set on doing until the end of the main story. With Mafuyu, she already wrote music before meeting Kanade and the others, and still made music outside of Nightcord at 25:00, and it was one thing sje was sure she enjoyed. Teruhashi doesn't seem like the type to be set on something unless she was made to realize she enjoyed that thing seriously, and not just as a method of rebelling. In the show, she, sadly, doesn't do much outside of what she thinks will make her seem like the perfect pretty girl, most exemplified when she goes for ramen with Nendou, Kaidou, and Saiki, and even though it's disgusting, she thinks that not eating it makes her stuck-up. I relate this more to Touya, instead of Mafuyu, because the one person she doesn't act in front of is Makoto. Mafuyu still acts like she is very in-line with her mother's views most of the time, as exemplified by the fact that even when Mafuyu's mother upsets her, she usually holds her tongue. On the contrary, Touya is shown to correct his father, and show his anger to him, such as when, in the VBS main story, his father states "And to think it was from just one bad influence," to which Touya retorts to "leave Akito out of this," because it wasn't Akito's fault he rebelled. Teruhashi is shown to correct and yell at Makoto when he pisses her off, which lead me to connect her to Touya. Moving on from that, I should explain some if my other examples. Satou as Kohane is a strange one, I know, but it works out in my head. Satou is very ordinary, and that is how he views himself. He has plain ambitions, plain interests, and plain hobbies, much like how I would describe pre-Vivids Kohane. This is including the mild social awkwardness. Satou is shown to be a perfect ambivert, knowing how to navigate a social situation, but not typically starting his own conversations. Even before meeting An, while Kohane did have friends, such as Minori, and she could have full conversations with those friends, she has not, to my knowledge, been shown to have started many conversations before she and An started the Vivids. Satou is shown to have only three friends, as far as I can remember, and never does he start a conversation with them, it's always the friends that start the conversations. I feel like if Satou explored hobbies outside of the regular, he, much like Kohane, would find something that brought him confidence and that he enjoyed doing. Kuboyasu and Akito are relatively self-explanatory, but there is some explaining to be done. Kuboyasu, much like Akito, is self-conscious reguarding how he appears to others, and is VERY focused on getting to what he wants, and where he wants to be in his life. In the same way that Akito wants to surpass RAD WEEKEND, Kuboyasu wants to be a normal highschool boy.

WxS; Kaidou(Tsukasa) and Kuusuke(Rui). A strange duo, I know. HOWEVER. Kaidou has an intense need for attention, making him a perfect candidate to be the equivalent of Tsukasa. Kuusuke as Rui explains itself. I sincerely apologize for having two blank spaces in a unit again, but nobody fully fit.

N25; Saiki(Kanade), Akechi(Mafuyu), Aiura(Ena), and Imu(Mizuki). I feel like I'm vaguely insulting Mizuki by comparing them to Rifuta, but simplifying a character's personality is NOT below me. I think I should start with the weakest connection, that being Akechi as Mafuyu. I chose this over Akechi as Emu, and honestly, I'm not sure that was a good decision. The only reason, and I mean ONLY reason, I chose to compare Akechi to Mafuyu, was because I view Akechi as having had a bad and possibly abusive relationship with his father. It could be me taking a comedy show too seriously, and I won't go too in-depth about the headcanon, because it's not currently important. But anyways, moving on. Saiki as Kanade is very self explanatory, given how they both have wished on multiple occasions to "disappear" or "sleep forever." It's also about Saiki's guilty conscience, relating to Kanade blaming herself for her father's coma. Aiura and Imu as Ena and Mizuki respectively are both very self explanatory.

Please tell me if you have other ideas!!!

[captain-astors]

5 Saiko, 12 Tsukiyama and 15, EEPY.

5. When I say (Character name) what’s the first thing you think of. 

Cookies! Good old fashioned chocolate chips. I have no good rhyme or reason to offer, it simply is.

12. Do you think you could beat (character) in a fight. (You are allowed to lie.) 

Depends on what phase of his life he's in, but for the most part absolutely I could kick him into next week. (Mostly honest) Two starving teens and one half-dead ghoul took him down, I can do it myself. Worst comes to worst I can just start attacking him psychologically, that is something I can spill blood with.

15. Favorite/one of your favorite manga panels

and

(This is why I draw a bandaid on the bridge of his nose sometimes, I thought that's what the shading was supposed to be for some reason.)

[messydoodlesyt]

SMG4 Crew Redesigns Part 2

HOLLLLLY CRAP THIS TOOK FOREVER!!! And I wanna blame Desti and her stupid tentacle hair, but honestly I think after Tari and Saiko I started to slow down because of outsides forces and just no general ideas forming for Melony.

So alright Tari!!! At least in the SMG4 Verse. I still gotta watch Meta Runner (especially because I wanna do a redesign of Belle at one point but she doesn’t really show up much aside from the YouTube arc plus it’s the last Glitch Productions show I gotta watch). But for this redesign I changed her hairstyle a bit with an opened up hoodie to show off the tank top. Couldn’t take away the iconic socks with flip flops she was rocking so kept that, but changed the pants a bit. I should’ve done it in the drawing, but the back of the hoodie has the meta runner logo. Nothing too crazy with her.

Next up Saiko! So decided to change up the colors a bit with her outfit giving her a cool ripped up pink skirt with less beige and more reddish jacket color. Then I changed her necklace to a choker and put the skull as a pin on the jacket. Then some piercings, a spiked belt with a heart skull cross buckle, painted black nails, and some combat boots! Also loved the headcanon people had of her being ripped so I did my best to draw that. Definitely need to practice drawing muscles more.

Okay so Melony- honestly it was tricky with her. Was not a fan of her canon design and tbh I’m still on the fence with her character- idk the OwO types of characters can get annoying pretty fast plus the childish behavior. But I mean she does have her moments where I’ve liked her (really wanna see more of her and Bob interacting) but yeah design wise I changed up the hoodie while still keeping the watermelon design while also giving her some black shorts, kept the striped socks she had for the college fit, and gave her green shoes. I also gave her a watermelon hairstyle for what I’m assuming are meant to be leaves on the top of her head. Then I did a small drawing of her deity form and gave my interpretation of it; even changing the hairband to fit the style.

Going down the line, Axol! So I initially went into all the Axol episodes thinking he was just a one note character that was a simp for Melony, but when I was first watching the arcs I was pleasantly surprised. He shows up before Melony for one thing, but even when she shows up he doesn’t turn into a one note character. Wish I got to have more of him. But anyways back to the design- I actually did like his design so I didn’t change too much, with just giving a turtle neck ish vibe, a beige belt, pockets on the pants to keep his blank papers and sketchbook, and gave him a tail since axolotls have tails.

Lastly Desti- good god it took her SO FRICKEN LONG TO DO!!! And it was mainly because of the tentacle hair!!! Horrible, never wanna draw again but probably will because I have so many ideas with this character. Like man I wish she was used more before the anime arc incident happened. So the hair I didn’t really change much, just had it flopped the other way. Her hoodie has a blue flare on the sleeves along with the hood part, ripped baggy pants, black boots, and a blue belt hanging out.

And that’s part 2! I gotta do more of the main ones like Bob and Boopkins but Bob already looks perfect the way he is and overall anything that’s not human is not my strong suit. Oh well.

Part 1 of SMG4 Redesigns

[love0dragon]

💜🎸🩷Saiko In My Style!🩷🎸💛

🎸🩷🎸

Saiko is here! Been thinking about drawing her a lot :3 I haven't drawn her since last year and that drawing.. isnt my favorite anymore. I like some parts of it but my color choice was off and I'm glad I was able to fix it! I remember really rushing that drawing back then but I'm glad I was able to take my time with this one and think more deeply about her design. That's what I've wanted the most out of this series. Getting to draw characters from this show that I don't often whilst giving myself freedom to expand their designs. Still really fun and I'm excited to continue over break! Also she isn't wearing her jacket in this drawing but in my interpretation/au I still imagine she does, I just didn't wanna draw it- woopsie 😭✨ but yes! Next up in this series is Boopkins :3

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PINNED SILLY

Hi, welcome to my silly lil blog. I'm Nicc (22, they/it/he)

This is a 99% SMG4 blog (and 1% of me sometimes saying unrelated stuff)

I draw, ramble a lot and write as well (my AO3 in case you want to read my stuff there, although they're on here as well)

DISCLAIMER: I only have the AO3 and this Tumblr (and a twitter but I never post) (and a secret 4th thing I will not tell you about) if you see my art or writing anywhere else, it was 100% reposted which is NOT cool by me. I don't wanna see my bikini Puzzles on pinterest for example

ALSO DISCLAIMER: I do post suggestive and tag it as such, filter if you still want to follow but don't want to hear my Sillier takes. I also encourage looking at the tags on this post as it has important tags that makes it easier to find more specific things like my fanfics or art. Because I know I post a lot of nothings lol

Some things you might want to know:

Why do you draw the characters in different outfits from canon? - I like to have fun :3 okay but to be real it started over 3 getting dressed up by me and me saying he won't get his OG outfit back until he and 4 become canon and it ended up spreading to others

Will you draw my oc? - No, sorry, I've been used in ways before where it's hard to gather motivation to draw for other people like that, sorry

What do you ship? - marbob, 34, marware and saikony are some of my favourites, as of now. I do like a lot of others. Though a few I'm not fond of being Whimpu x Saiko (stuff I've seen with it handled Saiko's character in a way I'm deeply uncomfy with) and Saitari (I'm just a hater tbh) and bomg1 (I'm just a hater, once again). Also don't like mxm much but could care less if you do tbh. boopkins x crew dni that is a CHILD with an ADULT eugh

Some queer headcanons? - stuff I'm consistent about is genderfluid Mario and transfem Puzzles, I don't have anything else I super consistently headcanon like that, maybe bi 4 but that's basically canon, there's nothing to head about it

How come you take so long on your fanfics? I want the next thing already! - I just don't work fast :(

*insert something rude* - *blocks you*

Is it cool if I thirst over your drawings - Hell yeah, just not over me

Can I draw your oc/your AU/any design you gave to any of the characters - Hell yeah, tag me if you do, no pressure though

Can I ask something about your OCs? - Hell YEAH and I'll try my best to reply too in a somewhat timely manner

Can I steal ideas from your posts? - HELL YEAH !!! you can tag me too if you want to but I don't require it. I'll know when I see it though :333

Why do you take this silly show seriously? - life's too short to not get unhealthily attached to seemingly silly things. Besides, I'm having fun!

Where else can we reach you? - Tumblr only really. or if you somehow find my Discord account I guess? But I don't know if you really want to friend someone who changes their profile in wild ways haha, with sometimes way too concerning statuses

I want to know something else! - AAASK!!! it's always open, it's always allowed!

Now

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OC STUFF !!!

[saikos-pleb]

this request is sponsored by: my dumbassery

so a day ago a sis broke their arm-

how you may be wondering? simple, i was climbing a tree and got dared to let go off the branch and i did so, with both hands-

TO BE FAIR MY FRIEND NEVER SPECIFIED-

so can i get headcannons of aiura, saiki, aren, metori and hairo reacting to their s/o breaking their arm in the same way-

thank you my dear :) <3

you breaking your arm

mikoto, saiki, kuboyasu, saiko, hairo

gender neutral

[notes]: fun fact, i am the most clumsy person ever. but i’ve never broken a bone 0:, so on that note if anything is inaccurate i’m sorry idk anything abt broken

- also i added my own little scenarios but they all have to do with tree climbing

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mikoto

- she was with you when it happened

- you were climbing up a tree and went to grab a bigger branch to climb onto and it snapped

- you screamed so fucking loud

- but bet your ass airua screamed louder

- “OH MY FUCKING GOD [NAME] ARE YOU OKAY?”

- “OF COURSE NOT”

- she almost calls the ambulance but you had to convince her that you’re not dying

- “i think i broke it it’s not that serious”

- ding ding you were right

- got a *your favorite color* cast

- airua was the first and only person to sign it

- she wrote all over it

- it went from ‘i love you’ to drawings of penis’s

saiki

- the one timeout weren’t in his 200 meter radius you managed to break your arm

- you and your friend were climbing a tree to try and get a little girls cat

- well you reach up to get the cat, you hand her to your friend that was on a branch below you

-and not even 5 seconds after the cat was safely the whole way down your branch snaps off

- kusuo has another sense just for you, so if somethings wrong he normally can tell

- he feels like something is wrong, so he uses clairvoyance to see what you are doing

- when he sees rhat you are in the er he teleports without thinking

- doesn’t even rlly care if people saw he’ll erase their minds later

- when you see him you give him a slight smile

- “what did you do”

- “well…”

- you explain everything

- he doesn’t even look surprised

- he sits next to you and is rubbing your hand (not the one that’s broken)

- you let him pick out the color of your cast

- he picks pink

- he signs “idiot” on it and that’s it, he refuses to write anything else

kuboyasu

- he left you alone for 5 minutes so he can get you a drink

- and he comes back to crowd of people surrounding someone crying

- his heart drops ‘that’s their cry’

- he pushes through the crowed to get to you

- “baby what happened are you alright?”

- you can’t even stop crying to explain

- he looks down to see your arm..

- he picks you up and runs to his motorcycle

- y’all get to the er

- you calmed down and explained what happened

- “well i saw a really cute squirrel and it was in the tree so i wanted to climb up and pet it”

- he chuckles at your cutness

- after you get an x-ray it is determined you broke your arm

- you pick a white cast

- aren puts a whole bunch of cute little notes on the cast

- ‘get better’ ‘i love you’ ‘*insert your preferred compliment* person alive’

saiko

- you guys were having a picnic in his backyard

- a napkin of yours flew into a tree

- “i’ll go get it”

- “no [name] i’ll have the groundskeeper get it, you’re gonna hurt yourself”

- “no i won’t”

- yes you did

- you fell out of the tree straight onto your arm

- you scream out in pain

- metori and few guards rush to you

- you are lifted into a helicopter and rushed to the highest rated hospital in town

- metori has your head rested on his shoulder the entire time

- when you guys get to the hospital he has them take you to a vip section (pretend there is one 😒) of the hospital

- you are treated and brought in for x-rays right away

- your cast is a light purple

- metori doesn’t sign it at first because “it’s a waste of time”

- but he saw your friends at school sign it the next day so he eventually gives in and does it too

hairo

- it was technically his fault

- he wanted to have a little competition with you

- and the last part of it was who could climb up and down the tree the fastest

- well long story short you missed a branch coming down and you fell

- you screamed so fucking loud

- when he heard your scream he jumped down from the tree he was on and rushed over to you

- the hospital was only a few minutes from his house so he put you on his back and ran there

- you got there pretty fast and you were taken it very fast

- x-rays came back boom broken arm

- he is constantly apologizing

- like doesn’t go a single sentence without apologizing

- “i love you so much, i’m so sorry” “wanna go get food after this. i’m so sorry?” “did you hear about the neighbor that moved in across from me, i’m sorry again”

- when you get your cast he writes all over it right away

- “i love you so much! get better soon- your kineshi”

[bubble-tea-bunny]

i could make you care

[saiki kusuo x reader]

author’s note: i tried to incorporate as many characters into this as possible to make it feel like an actual episode and i got overwhelmed so fast lol i haven’t written this many characters in a story in a long time. in any case hope i did them justice and that you enjoy :’)

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Today’s morning is bright, and Saiki’s walk is quiet. Typically this would be no cause for concern. A quiet walk to school is few and far between, difficult to come by given the company he keeps. (He’d much prefer a calmer bunch, if he were granted the chance to choose, but that is neither here nor there.) Don’t misunderstand: he’d bask in this brief peace, guaranteed to be broken the moment he passes through the gates of PK Academy, if the reason for this uncharacteristic period of silence comes about because of the absence of one particular person—someone who, if one could hardly believe it, Saiki actually prefers to have around more often than not.

He walks past the street which leads to your home, his pace never slowing because he expects you’ll join him, as you do every morning. You’ll wait for him on the corner and smile widely like you haven’t seen him in weeks then skip towards him, falling in step easily. He’ll remain nonplussed as you hug his arm, give it a brief squeeze as you greet him—Good morning, Kusuo!—and then promptly let go because you understand he likes his space but you just can’t help but indulge a little bit.

However, none of the aforementioned events play out this Friday. You’re not on the street corner, not there to smile and fall in step with him. There’s no arm hugging or a bubbly greeting Saiki pretends he isn’t affected by. But the truth is that he is, the routine coming somewhat as a comfort, even at the price of sacrificing some of his beloved personal space. So when you’re nowhere to be found his brows furrow and he wonders where you are.

His steps slow until he comes to a complete stop. He wants to check up on you, sooner rather than later. There isn’t much time to delay if he wants to make it to school before the first bell, but this won’t take long. He crosses his eyes, activating his clairvoyance, and he centers in on you immediately. You’re still at home. You’re at home, and you’re sick.

A box of tissues rests on your nightstand and you’ve pulled your small trash can right next to it from where it usually stands by your door. You toss used tissues into it before nestling beneath your blankets, pulling it up to just below your chin and hugging it close in order to retain heat. Your breath evens out quickly and he can tell you’re asleep. Your body must be exhausted dealing with your cold, and he’s confident this is the way you will be the rest of the day—drifting in and out of sleep, dealing with the sniffles and congestion.

He blinks and loses sight of you and now he’s staring once more down the road. Readjusting his bag on his shoulder with a sigh, he resumes walking and thinks about his plans for the day. As it was the last day of the school week, he’d planned to go to Cafe Mami for coffee jelly to celebrate. But now that he’s learned you’re sick in bed, he’d have to make adjustments. Momentarily he debates if that’s really necessary. You probably wouldn’t want visitors in the state you’re in, and knowing you, you’d tell him to go to the cafe without you to enjoy himself anyway. The thought is tempting, truly, yet he can’t shake the urge to check on you.

It feels less like an obligation and more like a simple desire of his own to make sure you’re okay. Saiki shakes his head, more amused than frustrated. There’s no one else for whom he would so willingly do this, or much else, for, and he doesn’t think he’d ever tell you because you’ll tease him the way you are wont to do whenever his facade cracks and he’ll let you have your fun because when you ask if you’re really so different as to make him act this way, the answer is, well, yes. You are.

He imagines this scenario and the corner of his lips lifts in a small smile. Good grief. You could be quite the handful.

“Hey, Saiki!”

Nendo’s voice is entirely too loud for the morning and Saiki heaves another sigh, one that sounds as though it belongs at the end of the day and not the beginning. Nendo is joined close behind by Kaidou and Kuboyasu, and they easily fill the silence with discussions about going to get ramen after class and the latest movements of the Dark Reunion. Saiki really only picks up words here and there that allude to the topic of conversation but it doesn’t require his full attention. It’s the same song and dance every morning.

The commotion once he arrives at school is much the same. During lectures he is afforded the temporary reprieve from having his ears talked off, since the only one speaking is the teacher, but at breaks, the noise resumes, and though he always stays sitting at his desk, in hopes the others will get the hint that he’s uninterested in chatting, they inevitably crowd themselves around it, until he is right in the middle.

Hairo has outlined a new workout regimen and in his louder than normal volume of speaking he shares it. He’s going to start it today, and if anyone wants to join, they’re more than welcome. It doesn’t look like anyone wants to take the offer, which is expected. Hairo’s exercise routines were… a little extreme.

In any case, Hairo is nonplussed by the lack of enthusiasm from everyone else and remarks he can’t wait for the end of the school day.

“I think I’ve been losing muscle tone,” he laments, and he complements this statement with a casual flex of his arm, more so to point out the specific areas he thinks are getting soft rather than to show off, but even if he isn’t trying, his biceps are bulging and if his sleeves hadn’t been rolled up, they would have torn.

Saiki’s brow raises. Yeah… I don’t think that’s an issue for you, Hairo.

“I’ve just finished installing an indoor gym at my home, you know.”

Everyone turns to find Saiko has entered into the circle, a smug smirk on his face. When had he gotten here? Really it’s only Hairo who has any sort of reaction to this, eyes practically sparkling imagining the machines and equipment (or maybe that’s just the glare from the fluorescent classroom lights). All the same, Saiko relishes the attention, boasting of the privacy and space and how really, it’s so much easier to be productive if there’s no one else there but Saiki can only wonder if Saiko even works out at all. He doesn’t remember that being mentioned, and Saiki is nothing if not detail oriented.

Saiki doesn’t have long to ponder over this (not that it would’ve continued much longer because he doesn’t actually care about whether Saiko exercises or just set up a gym in his house to brag) before Nendo asks where you are.

Had he just noticed? You always join them on their walk in the morning. But Saiki can’t say he’s surprised it took this long. What he is surprised about is that Nendo had noticed in the first place.

“Oh that’s right,” Kuboyasu adds. “I thought she just went ahead of us today.”

Yumehara informs them of your whereabouts before Saiki does. “She texted me this morning she wasn’t feeling well so she stayed home.” Her phone dings with a new message and she glances at it, then looks back up. “But she says she’s a little more awake now!”

“It’s the Dark Reunion.” Kaidou’s sudden interjection draws everyone’s attention. He clenches his right fist, staring at the bandages wrapped around it. “They’re trying to get to me by going after my friends!”

Saiki remains expressionless but if he didn’t have such good control he would’ve rolled his eyes. Or maybe she just has a cold.

Upon Kaidou’s claim that a secret society is responsible for your illness, Saiki picks up Yumehara’s thoughts: I wish I was the one Kaidou was so worried about! Maybe if I got sick he’d worry about me too! Getting sick to grab Kaidou’s attention? That’s… going overboard, but Saiki can’t find it in him to be shocked, considering from whose mind this speculation has sprung.

“Poor [Name],” Teruhashi says, kind as always. She sets an index finger on her chin, gaze momentarily aimed upwards as she thinks. “I was about to suggest we all go to the cafe after school today and I wish she could join.”

This gives Saiki pause. Wait. The cafe?

“That sounds like a great idea!” Yumehara declares. Again Saiki hears her thoughts: If we go, I need to do my best sit next to Kaidou!

Whether a visit to Cafe Mami comes across as a good idea because it’s a fun way to celebrate the end of the school week or simply because Teruhashi suggested it, Saiki doesn’t know, but one by one the murmurs of assent resound through the group and he barely contains a relieved huff. He’d already changed his own plans from visiting the cafe to seeing you instead, and it’s a good thing too since it’s apparent his alone time would’ve been ruined. Now he has an excuse not to stick around.

Once the final bell rings, they begin their walk into town towards the cafe. The sidewalk feels crowded with all of them on it, and they have to split into pairs to keep the opposite side of the sidewalk free for people going the other way. Among comments from everyone else about how hungry they are, Saiki makes known his intention to just pick up food before leaving. There’s somewhere he needs to be.

“You’re going to go make sure [Name] is doing okay!” Teruhashi exclaims. It’s a statement, not a question. “That’s sweet of you.”

Saiki shrugs. “Sweet” is not the first word he would associate with his actions. It just seems like common sense to check on you. You’d looked miserable this morning, but he takes your message to Yumehara earlier as a good sign that you’re improving, slowly and surely. Still, he’d be more comfortable seeing you himself. He hadn’t gotten any other chances today to use his clairvoyance, but at least it wouldn’t be long now until he’d be heading to your house.

Chisato is working today and she seats everyone. Saiki goes directly to the counter to place his order—coffee jelly for him and strawberry mochi for you—and he stands off to the side while waiting for the treats to be packed. The others are sitting on the far side of the cafe (in his peripherals he sees Yumehara has taken a seat right next to Kaidou) but he can hear them clear as day discussing what food they should order. Yes, he’s certainly glad he won’t be sticking around. Spending Friday in the midst of that noise is far from ideal.

Holding the bag of coffee jelly and mochi in one hand, Saiki uses the other to push open the door, the bell jingling gently, and someone, Nendo it sounds like, raises their voice to shout across the room: Seeya later, Saiki! Then the door closes behind him, and all he can hear is the footsteps of other pedestrians and the low whoosh of cars.

He exhales slowly. Peace at last. He proceeds in the direction of your home, and when he thinks to himself that any longer and his ears might’ve begun to bleed, he’s only half joking.

In the neighborhood it’s much quieter, the only person he passes being someone walking their dog, and only a couple of cars drive past. He knocks on the door and he assumes you’re in your room and so it will take some time for you to open it, but you’re there faster than he expects. You open it just wide enough to stand in the gap, and immediately he notices the fatigue in your eyes. When you realize it’s him, they light up, and the fatigue fails to take away from the brightness of your smile as you open the door wider.

“Kusuo!”

Inside, he sees you’ve moved downstairs to the living room. That’s why you’d answered the door so quickly. There’s a pile of blankets on the couch and a tissue box on the coffee table. The television is on and playing an animation. He doesn’t recognize it, but it must be one of the new ones you mentioned wanting to watch. However, you’re not interested in it now that he's here and you grab the remote to turn down the volume.

“I thought you were going to the cafe today,” you state, head tilting.

Saiki shakes his head. Change of plans. Instead I brought the cafe to us. He holds up the bag of food and doesn’t have to tell you what’s in it. You squeal in delight that he’s come bearing treats, but the sound is a little raspy and awkward due to your sore throat. It’s still easier on Saiki’s ears than the earlier commotion he’d been surrounded with and, if he’s honest, it’s cute.

You plop down on the couch and wait as he joins you. He unties the bag and opens the box, first taking out the packaged pink mochi and handing it to you. Then he grabs his coffee jelly and the plastic spoon it came with before settling back against the cushions.

You sit cross-legged facing him and bite into your soft and squishy treat, humming delightedly. “Thanks, Kusuo.”  

Saiki chews a mouthful of coffee jelly and glances at you.

You grin and hold up the mochi. “For the snack and for coming to see me.”

He shrugs because it’s no big deal. Or, well, he tries to play it off like it’s no big deal. But you know him better than that, better than most others do, and don’t brush it off so quickly. You breathe out dramatically and set a hand on your chest.

“What must I have done for Kusuo Saiki to give up his quiet time for me?” Then you giggle, and  it’s punctuated at the end by a sniffle.

He tells you there would’ve been no quiet time at the cafe since the others had also decided to go, and that you’re much better company. Even when I’m sneezy? you ask him, and he chuckles. Yes, even when you’re sneezy.

His remark about coming to see you because he’d prefer to be here and not at the cafe with the rest of your friends is merely part of the truth. The rest of it is that he did genuinely want to check on you to make sure you were okay. Though to give this a voice felt like too much for someone typically so reserved in his feelings, but you understand perfectly fine as you smile softly. You’re appreciative of his actions, and it would seem Teruhashi had been right about them, for you murmur that he reminds you of the mochi you’re eating: You’re so sweet!

Grabbing your mug from the coffee table, you frown when you see it’s empty. “I ran out of tea.”

Saiki sets the spoon and now empty container back in the box then holds his hand out. You blink, momentarily confused, but when it registers what he’s doing, you give him the mug. As he stands to make his way into the kitchen, you call after him.

“Thank you!”  

Having been to your house a number of times already, he knows where everything is and starts brewing a fresh cup of tea. You’ve turned the volume up on the television again, but you have to rewind to return of the spot you were at before he’d arrived. Once he comes back with a filled mug, instead of allowing it to continue to play, you pause your show.

You’d snuggled beneath the blankets and have to finagle your arms out of the multiple layers to take the mug from him. You say thanks again and blow gently at the tendrils of steam floating from it. The ceramic is warm in the palms of your hands and you sigh contentedly.

“Sorry I’m a little high maintenance today,” you apologize suddenly. “I’d make the tea myself but I just have such little energy…”

Saiki wishes you wouldn’t apologize because there’s nothing to be sorry for. So he tells you as much. Don’t apologize. Besides, he’d offered to make that tea, and if you wanted soup, he’d offer to make that too. He does understand where you come from, however. You tend to be more independent, opting to do things yourself, and you also know his propensity for being alone and needing space. As such, you’re careful not to be overbearing, and the idea of Saiki doing even little tasks like brewing you tea bothers you.

It’s endearing, the level of care you take to make sure he’s comfortable too, but when he says you’re far from high maintenance, he means it. You immediately understand what he’s implying and laugh before scooting closer and leaning your head on his shoulder.

“Okay, point made,” you concede. With a small smile, Saiki grabs the remote you’d tossed down on the couch and presses play.

He would struggle to call you high maintenance on any day considering who your friends are.  They’re loud and all over the place, practically bouncing off the walls. Life could hardly be tranquil when around them and their antics. It’s the total opposite of Saiki, who values calm and silence. If they were high maintenance, he was low maintenance. That’s the way he prefers to be, existing in relative quiet and as close to mediocrity as he can muster. But he can't say he’s opposed to the occasional interruption to the otherwise mundane, especially where it concerns you. You’re not to be found on one side or the other, but right in the middle, and to Saiki, you are just right.