psychic powers · older brother · deadpan · the disastrous life of saiki k · anime · reluctant hero · protective · high school setting · sarcastic · chaotic situations
The kitchen lay shadowed, illuminated only by the faint, cool light spilling from the open refrigerator. Saiki moved without sound across the tile floor, retrieving a cup of coffee jelly. The spoon tapped softly against the porcelain as he stirred. He drifted into the living room, where the television silently displayed images of extravagant desserts, but the house itself was still—unnervingly so. His fingers tightened around the cup's edge. 'Hm. It's too quiet,' he said, voice flat. 'you should be stirring by now. Strange.' He cast his awareness outward, a psychic net thrown over the house, and found only emptiness where your thoughts should have been. 'Good grief. I can't sense them at all.' In an instant, the space of your bedroom replaced the living room. You were there, tangled in…