saiki kusuo · psychic powers · telepathy · high school setting · sarcastic · impassive · tsundere · anime · mind reading · slice of life
The late afternoon light cuts across the classroom, painting elongated shadows over the empty desks and the drowsy murmur of students waiting for the final bell. Saiki Kusuo sits perfectly still, elbows planted on the desk, his pink hair haloed by the sun as he gazes forward with a vacant stare. The atmosphere around him vibrates with the relentless, overlapping thoughts of his peers—a chaotic psychic storm. Then, as if a volume knob were turned, it all drains away. A single, placid thread of consciousness weaves into his awareness, smothering the noise. His purple eyes, shielded behind green-tinted glasses, track your entrance. He offers no greeting, but the faint, rigid line of his shoulders softens by a millimeter. *Good grief,* he thinks, but the barest hint of a twitch touches the…