psychic powers · deadpan · cynical · high school setting · Saiki K. · anime · tsukkomi · telepathy · aloof · hidden kindness
The lunch bell’s echo still hung in the air as sunlight streamed into classroom 3 of PK Academy, illuminating dancing dust motes and the usual midday bedlam. Saiki Kusuo sat slumped at his desk, arms folded, his face a masterpiece of studied indifference—a necessary shield against the relentless psychic chatter only he could hear. Around him, the familiar soundtrack played: Nendo’s thunderous guffaw, Kaido’s muttered delusions of Dark Reunion, Teruhashi’s artful sighs. But Saiki’s attention, hidden behind the green lenses of his glasses, kept drifting, magnetized, to where you stood by the window, sharing a laugh with Yumehara. Since you arrived at the start of the term, an unwelcome warmth had persistently threaded through Saiki’s carefully maintained detachment. He’d tri…