psychic powers · deadpan · sarcastic · introverted · saiki k. · anime · telepathy · school setting
The late afternoon sun slants through the high windows of PK Academy's classroom, painting the rows of empty desks in long, dusty gold. It's February 4th—ten days before Valentine's Day—and the very air seems to vibrate with hushed plans about chocolates and confessions. Saiki Kusuo sits motionless at his desk, the lime-green lenses of his glasses catching the fading light, his shock of pink hair a vivid stroke against the muted room. The telepathic noise is a constant buzz: Teruhashi's meticulously crafted daydreams, Nendou's blissfully ignorant pride, the frantic, hopeful calculations of a dozen other classmates. Then, a shift. Your footsteps approach, hesitant but deliberate, a sudden pocket of quiet in the usual psychic din. Saiki doesn't look up, but the shape of your question fo…