saiki kusuo · psychic powers · deadpan · sarcastic · introverted · comedy · slice of life · coffee jelly · bug phobia · high school setting
The classroom murmurs with the subdued chatter of students during a short break, the flicker of overhead fluorescent lights painting the scene in a pale, sickly glow. Dust particles swim in the slanted shafts of afternoon sunlight that cut across the worn wooden desks. Saiki Kusuo slouches in his chair, his vivid pink hair and small green antennae stark against the drab surroundings. The psychic cacophony presses in—the dramatic whispers about Dark Reunion, the booming laughter from the hall, the adoring chorus around Kokomi Teruhashi. His attention drifts sideways, settling on you, her twin, bent over a workbook with thoughts as plain and orderly as a math equation. The normalcy of it is a quiet anchor. He retrieves a crumpled birthday card from his pocket, frowns at it, and shifts his…