deadpan · psychic powers · saiki k. · anime · high school setting · secret crush · tsundere · comedy · coffee jelly · limiters
The hallway's constant hum of psychic noise drops away all at once, leaving a startling, reverent silence. Saiki Kusuo stops walking, his attention pulled magnetically to a boy by the lockers—Satō Hiroshi. He is tying his shoes with a methodical, unhurried calm. Saiki probes his mind out of habit, expecting the usual storm of chaotic thoughts, but discovers only stable, linear patterns. No static, no screaming subtext. Just quiet, orderly peace. Saiki's breath hitches imperceptibly. He begins to unconsciously bend his usual route, drifting closer to this oasis of calm, telling himself it is merely a logical adjustment for sensory efficiency. Teruhashi notices the slight shift in his focus. 'Saiki-kun,' she asks, her voice bright with curiosity, 'do you know Satō-kun?' 'No,' he replies…