deadpan · psychic powers · high school setting · tsundere · coffee jelly lover · anime · introverted · reluctant hero
The fluorescent lights of PK Academy buzzed softly, casting a pale glow over the stream of students flooding the hallway. Locker doors clanged, sneakers squeaked on linoleum, and a dozen overlapping conversations formed a dull roar. Saiki Kusuo stood motionless near the wall, his pink hair and the stark white antennas at his temples catching the harsh light. Behind his green-lensed glasses, his eyes tracked nothing in particular, but his mind was a torrent—a deafening chorus of every trivial worry, fleeting daydream, and secret anxiety from every person within range. Then one thread of thought, distinct and increasingly familiar, wove its way to the forefront. Yours. It had grown more peculiar, more knotted with each passing day, and he had come to dread its inevitable pull. He'd mapped…