#it has nothing to do with teruhashis feelings. Obviously

[coffeehelly]

its really interesting to me how kaidou says he feels like saiki is protecting/looking out for all of them somehow. like do they all have some kind of innate sense that the Weird Things happening around them are saikis doing? or do you think saiki gives off a strong "if anything happens to my friends im going to become the joker" vibe that he doesnt even notice

[oceanwithouthermoon]

ive seen you say terusai is implied a lot but i dont remember ever seeing you explain why you think that

yeah now that you say it, i dont think ive ever gone into depth about it 😭 its really hard to put my thoughts into words because its sooo much, i started writing a long analysis recently on their relationship, why i believe they have feelings for each other, and why they would work but itll probably sit unfinished in my drafts for a while

for now, i'll give you a few of my most noteworthy thoughts...

the mixer scene has teruhashi unknowingly proving to saiki that her feelings are true, and he accepts that and stops trying to get her to stop pursuing him. i dont believe he ever actually makes any REAL effort to try to stop her from liking him ever again after this. he genuinely hadnt acknowledged her feelings as true or at least not as deep yet, which is why he thinks hes succeeding at getting her to move on until she proves that not only is she still thinking of him, but shes NOT thinking of a fake version of him... shes thinking of HIM... she genuinely enjoys his company even when hes doing nothing but sitting there (which is factually and obviously what he wouldve been doing in this situation, people deny that for some odd reason but like. thats what he does. with ANYONE. even his own family and everyone else who knows of his powers.) and wants him around... i think some part of him stopped because he felt guilty for not believing her feelings were true and trying to control her heart despite her genuine intentions, and another part of him was realizing that he doesnt WANT her to stop having feelings for him... otherwise, why would he drag the other guys away WHILE acknowledging that she wouldnt have gone with them anyway??? after inserting himself into a rock paper scissors game for who gets to be the one to be with her???? HELLO?

and the offu, although i dont believe it was a direct declaration of him being in love with her or whatever, has obvious canon romantic connotations... teruhashis determination is something saiki has admired about her since the very beginning, but it isnt until THIS moment that he thinks in depth about what that entails... she makes him realize all at once that she truly IS the type of person he admires most... and his "offu" is exactly what teruhashi needs, she would have a straight up epiphany if she knew about it, because he DIDNT gasp at how beautiful she is, or anything she forced herself to do, or when she forced herself to CHANGE, he ONLY gasped when she let herself embrace a part of herself that was REAL and TRUE, her unwavering dedication and pride.

THIS chapter is where they both have huge realizations about themselves and each other, and they both prove that theyre more than willing to meet in the middle for the other...

saiki lives his life forcing himself to blend into the background, not because he genuinely wants to but because hes afraid to be SEEN.

teruhashi lives her life forcing herself to be perfect and the center of attention, not because she genuinely enjoys it but because she believes she wont get the validation she feels she needs if she doesnt give everyone exactly what they want from her.

and yet, here saiki is, allowing himself to jump into the spotlight and be seen catching teruhashi out of nowhere and carrying her to the nurse. and here teruhashi is, allowing herself to be seen being imperfect, forgetting something, and not caring about her conversation with these men. FOR EACH OTHER. they both let themselves break down a wall because they care more about the other than about the fake selves they dedicate their entire lives to, THEIR GENUINE CARE FOR EACH OTHER GIVES THEM THE COURAGE TO DO THAT.

and this is probably the number one reason why i think their feelings for each other are implied... this alternate timeline is quite clearly one where saiki is more open with his friends, and he and teruhashi ARE DATING in this universe. theres absolutely no other explanation for the author writing that. he spelled out "IF SAIKI WERE MORE OPEN WITH HIS FRIENDS, HE WOULD BE DATING TERUHASHI"

the saiki of that timeline isnt exactly the same as the saiki we know of course, and their relationship will not develop in the same way, but theres clearly intention behind this and it wouldnt be written and called attention to if there was no significance, youd have to jump through hoops to deny that 😭

overall, i think they both have a lot of work to do on themselves before they can be in a relationship, but not only do i believe they WILL eventually get there but also that they both need each other on their personal journey to get to that point, or at least that they are and will continue to be important in the others journey there, and their romantic feelings for each other are so clear... these two are so important to one another...

[thousand-winters]

saiki hates kids cus he's immediately wrapped around their little finger in a delightful contrast to teruhashi who hates kids because they refuse, REFUSE to be wrapped around her little finger and its fantastic

It's honestly so interesting for their characters because Saiki tries his very best to hide who he is as if he were covering a bleeding wound on his side and yet it all keeps spilling from the spots his fingers can't cover. At his core he just cares SO much and he just wants to help other people because he cares so much even when he tries not to.

And it's fun because you know how kids are so perceptive. Yuuta clocks him immediately there, it doesn't matter that Saiki has a super neutral face and tone of voice, because yes, while the main thing that makes Yuuta think that Saiki is a superhero is, well, his powers, it also seems to make all the sense in the world to him that Saiki would have those same superhero values™️, because obviously! This is the same guy who retrieved his balloon and saved him from getting run over by a car and helped him find his mom.

He's a superhero to Yuuta in all the right ways and... he's not really off in that perception.

And then there's Teruhashi. It's not that she doesn't care, but I feel like her perception of the world has been hugely warped by the way in which everyone sees her because of course. In her world, two things are true: 1) everybody would fall to their hands and knees to please her because she's beautiful and perfect, and 2) she has to serve that idea as much as the idea serves her, which means she cannot deviate from what she's expected to be.

I've spoken a lot before about how her intentions to be kind matter even if it's not so inherent to her, but it's undeniable she also wears a mask, and kids see through that mask just as easily as Yuuta did with Saiki's.

Teruhashi's beauty means nothing to a child, and sure, she's always polite and well mannered, but that's... kinda boring too to a kid. Because Yuuta doesn't see her through this lens of the mask she puts on, she doesn't know what to do with it because she's always expected to be that mask.

All she knows is how to be adored and children do not follow the same rules teenagers and adults do, and that difference scares her, I think, in huge part because she hasn't yet learned who she is outside of the persona she has to perform.

... All babbling aside, I do find the contrast between Saiki and Teruhashi, who are always such good parallels, just delightful.

[skiiyoomin]

teruhashi X fem reader pls 🙏🙏🙏 can be anything from a proper fic to just headcanons I'm so desperate 😭😭😭💥💥💥

ღTeruhashi as your girlfriend

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a/n yo schools been kicking my ass but FINALLY its here!! i did a little mix of both headcanons and small fics, hope you enjoy!! :))

Teruhashi is literally so so so sweet

sweetest gf EVER

she gives me "best friends to lovers"

literally connected right away

you know the classic, you're new to school and need to make new friends, well Teruhashi being the open and friendly person she is, walked up to you!

You're sitting at your new desk when suddenly the most stunning girl you had ever seen stood in front of you. "Hi there! I'm Teruhashi, let's be friends!"

And obviously how could you say no to someone like her. To your surprise, you both connected almost immediately, whether it was because you had similar interests or because you complimented each other. Either way, you became attached by the hip!

Being around Teruhashi naturally made you a pretty popular person and by the week everyone knew who you were.

With this popularity, you were prone to constant love confessions

which made Teruhashi jealous but she didn't know it yet

at first she thought it's because she's jealous of the confessions you receive

but it's not until you go on a date with a guy that she realized it's because she wants you for herself!

she had a little bit of a hard time accepting these feelings but once she did, she became 10 times more attached

though now, everything you did flustered her

she definitely confessed by accident, while she was thinking about doing it for a while now, she never had the guts to do it until it accidentally slipped out

"How come you never go on dates Kokomi? I'm sure there must've been someone who's caught your eye by now"

"There is someone, though I don't think they like me"

You were baffled at this, someone not liking her? Impossible!

"No way! I don't believe that, there's not one person who could possibly not like you"

"It's true!"

You kept it going until Teruhashi snapped, taking you by surprise.

"I know they don´t like me back because that person is you!"

She seemed surprised by her own words as well because she quickly covered her mouth, her eyes as wide as saucers. Though yours probably looked the same.

"I...I´m so sorry I did not mean to say that, I -"

You cut her off by pressing a tentative kiss to her lips.

You can imagine how the rest goes

After this y´all started dating and became THE couple of the school

for the most part your relationship stayed the same expect you were much more affectionate with each ohter!

LOTS of shopping dates

Teruhashi is your number 1 hype girl

her love language is physical touch, it doesn´t matter where you are, she always has her hand somewhere on you

if you have a similar size, you´re ALWAYS sharing clothes

your fashion styles end up mixing up

now you have your own unique styles!

in general all of your dates are super cute and fun

there´s not one single moment where either of you aren´t having fun with each other

her brother definetly had a hard time accepting your relationship BUT, once he did you were basically a part of the family

also, your periods sync up

because of this, you both spend the day cuddling each other and being each others warmth

it may not seem like it, but shes super attentive to your wants and needs and basically knows you like the back of her hand

always has the things you like in her backpack in case you ever crave them!

SO SO SO many cute nicknames and sweet words!! never fails to make you feel flustered

but shes just as easy to fluster

it doesn´t matter if you´ve been dating for a couple months or years, the butterflies never go away

she´s both your best friend and lover and your biggest supporter and confidant and there´s nothing as perfect and wonderful as that

Teruhashi supremacy >>>>

[h00n13]

BUCKET LIST ☆ 08

The cafeteria table is full of chattering, Kaidou and Aren are attempting to create plans for Halloween which is in two days. You listen intently as Aiura says you should all go in costumes.

"Nothing lame! So Hairo, no more blanket ghosts please" She complains, handing Nendou a napkin for the mess he made.

"It's a classic, how could I not?" He spits out, suddenly going on the floor and doing pushups. You laugh at the sight of Hairo randomly doing his workout. Your chopsticks drop loudly on your tray, listening to the rest of the plans being made. Teruhashi and Chiyo agree to do your bloody makeup, as you decided you wanted to go as a killer. No one in particular, but just a killer and Saiki thought that actually suits you. He munches on his cafeteria food, knowing he is going to get tangled into these Halloween plans either way.

"Saiki, you should go as a bloody butler! You'll look so cool" Kaidou suggests, pushing Nendou off the chair next to Saiki and sitting down.

"Yeah you should haha.. you would look nice" Teruhashi agrees sheepishly, scratching the back of her head.

You snort, finding it funny how Teruhashi so obviously likes Saiki but he doesn't seem to care. The most gorgeous girl in the world likes him and he doesn't like her? Yeah, he's weird. You focus your attention to Saiki's tray, eyeing the green grapes displaying. You glance up at him and he nods, pushing his tray towards you.

"Thanks Saiki" You whisper, grabbing the grapes by hand and pushing them into your mouth.

He grabs his school bag and takes out the bunny drawing you had done a while back. He sets it down on the table and points at it. Your eyes brighten up as you excitedly grab it and hold it up to the side of your face.

"How is it not crumbled?! I literally destroyed it with my own hands so how-" You try to catch your breath, stopping your rapid talking. Saiki mouths the word "Powers" to you and with a nod, you give him a thumbs up.

He always found it funny how your habit of throwing a thumbs up has gotten worse. He wonders if your thumb is as tired as you are.

Saiki decides it's finally time to ask you about it.

Once lunch ends, he tries to find you by yourself but you're always surrounded by either Aren or Kaidou. Even the girls seemed to never leave you alone.

So he has one last idea.

To talk to you after school.

This is a difficult concept considering you usually have Kaidou walk you home. So, Saiki has to get to you way before anyone did. He silently watches you put away something in your bag. The drawing, perhaps?

Saiki walks up behind you, poking your shoulder. You turn and wave at him, and before you could loudly speak, he holds a finger to his lips.

"Your eyebags" He flatly points out, cautiously looking at his surroundings and confirming there is no one coming near you both. Your eyes showing multiple emotions, confusion flashing through your irises.

He's really close to you now, and your back is against a wall. His last words catch you off guard and you try to play it cool.

"You're sick aren't you?".

You push him off harshly, your head bumping with his chin.

"Hey! What's with the questions, huh?" You blurt out, jabbing your finger at his chest and pressing your nail against his skin to inflict some kind of pain.

"I know something is wrong, just tell me" Saiki explains, gingerly grabbing your finger and pushing it down to your side.

"Why do you care? It's not like we're best friends" You say in a hushed voice.

Oh yeah, that's right Saiki thinks to himself, and he has to admit that did sting a little considering he was actually starting to think of you as a friend. Not even a friend, but as a best friend.

"You're a pain, forget I even asked" He blurts out, shaking his head and disappearing into the incoming crowd.

You blink, rubbing your eyes and frowning at yourself for saying such a rude thing.

Jeez, this sickness is really getting to me.

You're about to push through the pouring in of people but feel a hand wrap around yours. You look down and see Kaidou's bandaged up hand.

"Home?" He asks with puppy eyes and dammit, he really knows how to use those eyes when it's convenient to him.

All you do is nod and allow him to walk you home, as always.

☆

"Your skin is so soft, Y/n" Nendou comments, rubbing the back of his hand against your cheek. You slap his hand away, Teruhashi looking back at him with a forced smile.

The whole bunch is currently at Saiki's house, who does not appear too thrilled about the idea.

The girls are fixing up your costume by working on the blood makeup on your face. Aiura thought it was a good idea to splatter blood on your clothes. It was a great thought but it soon turned into Aiura and Teruhashi trying to convince Saiki to put on bloody makeup too.

It worked.

You're matching with Saiki in terms of how much fake blood you have thrown at your face and clothes. You grab him by the shoulder and pull him to your side, showing the others you both look similar.

"Look at Saiki's face, he's totally enjoying this!" Nendou points at Saiki, whose facial expression is still blank. You cringe internally, maybe he's hoping you weren't close to him.

He shrugs your hand off. You nudge him playfully and he stumbles to the side, nudging you back harder.

You sigh in relief, you're glad to see that he's atleast acknowledging you.

"Okay let's go!" Chiyo grabs your hand and Hairo links his arm around yours, pulling you towards out the house. The others follow you three out, meanwhile Saiki is having a crisis of his own.

Y/n is way too close to my friends for my liking , what should i do?

Saiki watches you joke around and laugh with the others, walking through neighborhoods and asking for candy.

He's getting nervous now, seeing you actually get along with Teruhashi and cracking more jokes with her.

He bumps into Nendou, who starts interrogating him.

"Woah buddy, why is your face so pale? Ah I see, you're scared of the decorations put up, don't worry I'll keep you safe" He grumbles as he places his jacket over Saiki's shoulders.

You finally look back at Saiki, it's like you've been avoiding him this entire night. You flash him an apologetic look, indicating that you're sorry for not acknowledging him this whole time.

He just gives you a thumbs up, poking fun at your habit of always throwing up a thumbs up. You return the favor, turning your attention back to Kaidou picking out his favorite candies and giving them to you.

"Saiki actually gets cooler once you get to know him longer" Kaidou tells you, his shoulder practically stuck to yours. You instantly agree, adding on about how he's not actually emotionless but really considerate.

Saiki's tense shoulders relax, he takes a deep breath in and gives himself a massage on his wrists. He really was nervous for nothing, you're not a threat to his already formed friendships.

He was actually afraid you might take his friends away, no wonder he's been acting so weird since you got here. He hated to admit it but he saw you potentially ruining his friendships with how outgoing you are.

In reality, you did not affect his relationships at all.

He decides to enjoy the night, he just couldn't stop staring at how you still looked like a genuinely nice person even with fake blood all over you.

Saiki shakes his head, he still disliked how he was getting comfortable with you. You just always seemed to create a welcoming atmosphere wherever you went.

Good grief, Saiki glances at his heavy bag of candy. I guess this could be worse.

☆

After everyone had left, you asked Saiki if you could stay at his for a bit. You hate being home alone and your parents are working super late again.

He agrees, only if you give him his favorite brand of candy in exchange. You groan, hesitantly grabbing the strawberry flavored bars from your bag. You show him your palm, the candies crinkling as he grabs him quickly and slips them into his own bag.

"Thanks" He mutters, dumping his entire candy collection onto the table. He hopes you understand what he is hinting at. He wants to exchange more candies with you as a form of human interaction ..

That sounds really bad, he just wants to interact with you because he feels bad for seeing you in a negative way.

You do get the hint, you follow his lead and you both start hastily trading sweets.

"Hey, give that one back! Don't be greedy" You snap at him, grasping back the king sized chocolate bar he snatched.

"Okay fine, your twin size caramel bar then" Saiki proposes, rubbing his chin as if he has made the most difficult decision ever.

"Hmm" You sit back on the chair, rubbing your temples and thinking hard.

"Only if I get your sour gummies".

"Deal".

You swap candies once again, your hands ripping apart the small packaging. The sour bears scatter in front of you on the table, you shove a gummy to Saiki's face.

"Take it" You insist, waving it in front of his mouth like it's bait. He carefully takes it from your hand, throwing it into his mouth. You let out a soft laugh, you find it funny how he chews.

You try to sneakily take back your caramel bar, but Saiki slams his hand upon yours. Shaking his head, he's still chewing and throws another candy package to you.

"Okay just one more sour bear" He says, picking up another gummy and popping it into his mouth.

"You should totally try this one" You hold up a plastic bag of candy corns, causing Saiki to throw you a disgusted glance.

"Candy corn is the worst, come on" Saiki stands up to get you a glass of water, looking back and seeing you're still shoving your face in candy.

Hours fly by and you're still conversing about how your collection of naked angels is expensive but manageable. Saiki nods intently, focusing on your lit up phone when a notification pops up.

"Doctors appointment at 9am".

He purses his lips, trying to force a calm expression on his face. He's fighting the urge to ask you about it, but he knows you won't say anything.

He throws more mini bags at you filled with sour belts, waiting for you to trade more chocolate bars with him.

"Bet you wish you never traded these" You twirl the multi color strip around your finger.

"Yeah, I really do wish" Saiki mumbles, staring at your eyebags.

He wishes you would tell him whats happening to you, but all he knows is that patience is what he needs.

He gives you a sad look, to which you do not see as you continue blabbering. He smiles slightly.

Maybe you're not annoying anymore.

[weareallgonnaliveforawhile]

Do you think that the Arc where Reagan gets outed as a fake? Would that change with all these children or the children later?

Okay so, I've thought a lot about this, excuse the fact I was dead for a little while.

I don't think it'd change a damn thing. Despite there being more children, despite Teruhashi being there, despite everything. It still happens. It's something that needs to happen and there's nothing that could've stopped that inevitable arc from happening.

Kokomi is the only one who's aware of what's going on from the start. After Mob quits, Reigen sits there for a long time before deciding that he'd be completely fine on his own without any help and calling Kokomi to tell her to take an extended break from work. Kokomi is obviously confused but awkwardly agrees and calls Mob immediately after to ask what happened.

Once she finds out what happened...she's torn in a sense?

Between her innate desire to say 'Fuck that guy' to someone who was so rude to a friend.

Between her desire to stand by Reigen, the only real father figure she's had and try to help him,

and finally, her desire to mettle in their affairs and try to help.

In the end, she chose to stand by Reigen, by standing with Mob. Reigen always told her to value herself and to not stand with someone who would mistreat or be cruel to her. To stand by him right now, would be to disregard his words. To try and mettle in their affairs would be too much, just like how she'd be pissed if someone tried to mettle into her own affairs.

So she took a quiet step back and kept in firm contact in Mob. Luckily, during the arc her brother wasn't home and was instead out on various acting jobs so she didn't have to worry about that (A certain pink-haired psychic ensured that).

The kids all know when he's outed as a fake and the reactions vary. Kaidou and Toritsuka are completely unbelieving of it, Aren thinks he's been tricked and Saiki feels...complicated about this. He has no idea why he isn't just straightforwardly happy that someone so annoying just got exposed as a fraud (It's because his friends like him. It's because he made Kaidou feel less ashamed for not being brave all the time. It's because he made Aren have more hope in himself being able to be nonviolent in the future. It's because he made Teruhashi a home. How could he ever fully hate someone who's helped those he loved so much?)

Kokomi is calm, throughout this ordeal. She doesn't speak a word of it to anyone other than three two people.

A short and quiet but heartfelt conversation about what was going on with Mob

A tearful but pleasant talk with Saiki about how she was unsure if she felt afraid for Reigen or if she felt afraid of what she would be losing if he lost everything.

A text asking if he was okay, left unanswered.

In the end, all of the kids are watching the press conference. The Saiki K ones, and MP100 ones and Kokomi who's a mix of both at this point. And through it, Kokomi is desperately praying, but she's unsure of what for. For Reigen to be proven as a fraud? For him to be disproven? For him to apologize?

But, when he says that one phrase at the end, it was like she was a puppet with a strings cut. It was the only right thing to do. She would've lost respect for him if he did anything else. Though, she was one of the few people not surprised when everything started floating. She knew Mob well, and she knew him well enough to not have a second of doubt on what was causing it and why.

She doesn't call Mob afterward, but he sends her a text. Telling her that everything okay now. She asks him if he's sure and he tells her he is and the conversation ends. You don't need to have a long conversation about everything to convey what matters. Kokomi's learnt to weigh her words more carefully since she joined, you know? To make them light and useless or heavy and crushing.

She talks with Reigen afterwards, you know? That night, she knocks on his door with nothing but her bookbag and asks him if she can stay the night and they spend that night doing nothing but talking. It's as if a weight has been lifted off both of them. It's nice. To be reminded that a man you thought of as a version of you is still human at the end of the day.

Saiki, for all his grumbling, can't help but be relieved. He may not like Reigen (He does) but he gave Teruhashi someone she could turn to without fear of burdening them. And he will never not be grateful for that.

After this arc, she starts referring to herself as Kokomi Reigen more often.

[voidbot]

some characters i headcanon as aro and/or ace

kusuo saiki (the disastrous life of saiki k)

this will come as no surprise considering my pfp, but whatever. he’s never really shown any signs of romantic attraction in the show, and has stated a few times that he doesn’t understand romance. not only that but i relate to him A Lot for other reasons so why not just project this onto him as well lmao. also teruhashi is aroace too. or a lesbian. or both.

abed nadir (community)

abed is greyromantic and in a qpr with troy do not even try to change my mind. i would say he’s 100% aromantic but he did have a girlfriend or two so it seems less likely. but he’s definitely on the aro spectrum and i like to think he’s ace, too. also just another example of me projecting :’)

katniss everdeen (the hunger games)

do not come at me with ‘but she kissed people and liked it!’ ‘she married peeta and had a kid with him!’ i do not care. she loved peeta but it was not romantic, it was that special type of love that i like to think only arospec people can feel :) they were in a qpr and got platonically (kinda) married and had a child because they’re a family! yeah i’m projecting. also arospec people can enjoy kissing it’s not a hard concept to comprehend. katniss everdeen is arospec (and probably ace too but i kinda like to headcanon her as aro allo) and started a family with her soulmate who she loves deeply. idk about you but that makes perfect sense to me.

elsa (frozen)

ngl this is partially out of spite bc disney tried to pull the whole ‘she’s not a lesbian, she’s just a strong, independent woman!’ well jokes on you bitch she’s queer now. and obviously there’s nothing wrong with being a strong independent woman, but to use that simply because they wanted to make sure nobody could say she was gay is…. icky. she’s definitely arospec though. destroying amatonormativity one dramatic ballad at a time.

otis (sex education)

this character is aroace in some way shape or form i don’t care what anyone says, i don’t care what the writers say, he had the perfect opportunity to be incredible aspec representation and so that’s what i’m making him. there’s still at least one more season of the show so i’m just holding on with every fibre of my being to that sweet sweet main character aspec rep that we all deserve.

oh and at least a few characters from the good place are aro and/or ace in some way.

[solicuttle]

Toritsuka’s Guide To Surviving The Zombie Apocalypse

Word Count: 1.4k

Warnings: Blood, Violence

Characters: Most of the cast

A very, very self-indulgent zombie apocalypse themed post. Not sure if I’m going to add a reader to this?

The world goes to shit when Toritsuka is getting his first (willing) kiss.  He hasn’t seen her face yet but any girl who doesn’t run away at “hey cutie wanna smooch me?” must be beautiful.

She doesn’t seem to dislike the idea of kissing or start screaming bloody murder the minute Toritsuka leans in. It’s not as picture perfect as he thought his first kiss would’ve been-- kissing under the bleachers after skipping graduation is hardly scenic but Toritsuka’s a wise man, it would be dumb to waste this opportunity.

She’s close, so close he can feel the puffs of her breath on his face and—holy shit her breath stinks. Toritsuka stumbles back with a groan, hand clamping over his mouth to resist the urge to vomit. It takes less than two seconds to stand back up (leaning away from our first kiss is douche behavior) and he’s ready to apologize (and offer a few mints to her), “I’m so sorry—” he steps back to avoid the obvious slap he might receive; Toritsuka looks up – half of her face is a sickly green, and there’s a gaping hole where her eye should be.

He vomits on her shoe. And then runs, screaming bloody murder.

Toritsuka’s feet take him back to the school, because where else would he go?! Home is too dangerous, what if he runs into another not-cute-girl who wants to kill kiss him? He bursts into the gym – or well he tries, but Hairo’s blocking the way. The red head is built like a tank, and he refuses to budge, “What the fuck? Let me in, I’m going to be sick—”

At his words, a loud sob breaks through the room. Toritsuka stops his panic-induced struggling and turns towards the sound. It’s Teruhashi, this is a sight he never thought he’d see, but she’s curled into the corner, crying. Still as beautiful, but she’s crying. Mera and Yumehara sit next to her, Mera eating a packet of biscuits with vigor but the distress on her face is clear. Yumehara is staring blankly into the wall, scratching her arms vacantly. The blue graduation dress she’d spent ages gushing about is dirty and tattered.

The lights are flickering – they’d been working perfectly fine when Toritsuka had left from boredom – and whenever it swings and creaks it elicits another round of hushed sobs. Any words Toritsuka has dies on his throat, he goes lax in Hairo’s hold.

“Have you been bitten or scratched?”

The words come from Nendou, the weirdo sitting next to Kaidou – and Kaidou is obviously trying (and failing) to resist the urge to cry. Toritsuka mutedly shakes his head, and the redhead finally pulls him in before crushing him into a hug, “You aren’t dead! Amazing!”. Toritsuka balks, Hairo’s words cracking the tense atmosphere.

“Why would I be dead?!” Toritsuka once again struggles in Hairo’s hold, the other male not even flinching as he slams the doors shut. “Answer the question? Did the teachers find out I left after I received my diploma—”

“The teachers aren’t here anymore—” Kaidou’s wail interrupts his sentence; at the look of pure confusion on Toritsuka’s face, Kaidou adds, “You don’t know what’s going on, do you? Are you an idiot or something?”

“What’s going on?” His words have Kaidou staring at him incredulously. The blue haired male stops crying for a second, little laughs coming out. He’s in hysterics—Toritsuka would’ve cursed him out but Hairo flexes his muscles once and suddenly Toritsuka’s out of breath. Damn his hold is tight.

“You’re an idiot.” Those words have Yumehara murmuring in agreement, “The news—the news s-says that there’s a parasite and its killing people,” and that’s the most Kaidou says before he breaks into another fit of sobs and mumbles incoherently about “the doings of dark reunion”.

Whatever the fuck that means.

Hairo finally sets Toritsuka down. He gasps, inhaling that sweet, sweet oxygen that Hairo deprived him of. Kaidou is obviously a lost cause, the boy crying about the “Jet Black Wings” and Nendou’s too busy laughing at Kaidou. Not that Nendou was ever an option-- has Toritsuka ever mentioned how annoying Nendou is? A whole real girl liked Nendou before him! It’s times like this that Toritsuka truly understands that life has no balance.

A screeching sound snaps Toritsuka out of his jealousy induced reverie. Hairo’s pushing up chairs against the door he’d just come from. Toritsuka’s brow furrows from confusion, “Why are you pushing chairs against that door? There’s another one over there.”. He points at the curtains, many people forgot about that door when they hid it beneath the frilly curtains. That’s how he’d escaped their boring graduation.

Mera frowns, “There’s another door?” Her words come out muffled due to the food in her mouth.

“Close your mouth a bit Mera, some food is flying out.” Teruhashi takes a break from dabbing her eyes with tissue to kindly remind Mera. Said girl turns around, stress clear on her face,

“Eating relaxes me!”.

“Relax differently then I—” Yumehara’s words are cut off by a low growl. Toritsuka’s blood turns cold.

“Did you guys hear that sound?” Nobody gets to answer, another growl reinforces the idea that they are going to get mauled to death by something. Sure, they could exit through the door Hairo just finished blocking but that doesn’t account for whatever they could run into outside.

The curtains ruffle, the thing behind it obviously struggling. Teruhashi pales more than Toritsuka thought humanly possible—and this is the perfect opportunity to be her knight in shining armor but any thought of approaching her ends when the curtains rip at the seams. It’s a… thing.

The thing is hunched over, frothing at the mouth. It’s jaws gnash with each passing second, Toritsuka should move, should leave before the thing tries to kill him but his legs refuse to move. Is this how he’s going to die, at the hands of an ugly zombie? Even though it’s a staircase and a few tables away from them, Toritsuka can see his life flash before his eyes. He hasn’t even gotten his first kiss and he’s going to perish in obscurity.

The zombie growls, its maw opening to show a deformed set of teeth. Mera sucks on a lollipop. Toritsuka says his goodbyes.

And in the moment where he’s supposed to die—Toritsuka doesn’t die. The zombie falls down. Toritsuka’s eyes widen in surprise, the zombie nothing more than an unmoving splatter on the floor.

“Are you alright?!” Toritsuka never thought he’d be happy to hear Kuboyasu’s voice but in this very moment he could sing praises for the other boy. Kuboyasu’s suit is skewered, and tinted in red – its probably blood, but Toritsuka isn’t willing to think about why.

“Yes, I’m fine – I was about to protect the ladies,” the withering glare Yumehara sends his way shuts him up.

“Toritsuka’s still alive?” The voice is annoyed, and immediately Toritsuka knows who it is.

“Saiki!” The pink haired male stands next to Kuboyasu, dark green suit surprisingly neat and tidy. His glasses are in immaculate condition unlike Kuboyasu’s blood stained pair. “Why would I be dead?” Toritsuka sputters indignantly, “I can keep myself alive just fine.”

“Ah? You said you were going to be sick when you came in—" Toritsuka frowns, glaring at Nendou. The idiot smiles in return, and it takes all Toritsuka’s willpower to not throw a chair at the goof.

Saiki walks down the stairs, a frown etched on his face and holy hell Toritsuka has never been so happy to see him in his life—

When the thing came in, and Saiki and Kuboyasu killed it almost instantly, it hit Toritsuka: Saiki and Kuboyasu must be the protagonists of whatever horror story Toritsuka’s got himself in, and everyone knows the protagonists are typically the best people to be around. Unless you’re a woman – then you’ll become the damsel in distress, and nobody wants to be a real-life damsel in distress.

The only path to survive is obviously to stick close to Saiki (Kuboyasu’s a muscular freak so that’s a no), and the best way to do that is to let Saiki know he’s dependable!

“Saiki, I love you so much!”

“No.” Saiki’s words are the nail in the coffin.

“But without you I’ll die!”

Mera turns to face him, a chicken wing in her mouth, “I don’t think this is the time for a confession, Toritsuka.”

[bonnieisaway]

i got so brave, drink in hand

sneeze i’m sorry this is so late i- i just couldn’t work on this chapter. i promise the next one will be better..

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Aiura knew that red strings were common in people.

Sure, a little pointless since, as far as she knew, she was the only one who could see them, but common. The problem was out of the eternity of PK Academy she'd only seen three.

And she saw the third on the day (L/n) transferred to her class.

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Saiki and (L/n) both sigh as they set their bags next to their desks and sit down. Saiki turns to see (L/n) yawning before turning to Saiki. Bags lined the underneath of her (e/c) eyes.

"Oh...hey Saiki.." She smiles drowsily. Saiki feels his face heat up at the cute action but is eliciting to ignore it. Nope. Not happening at all. He's not sure what you're talking about.

"How late did you get home last night?" He asks.

"Around 10.." (L/n) shrugs. "I stopped at a store on my way home and then I was up doing homework for while... But it's alright! I had some...caffeine earlier.."

"I'm sorry." Saiki apologizes. He wasn't even sure why he was apologizing. For keeping her out late? For making her take care of him?

"Nah, don't apologize. It's alright." She gives a heartwarming smile and Saiki- for once- thanks god that Teruhashi has joined the two to interrupt the conversation.

"(Y/n), are you okay?" Teruhashi asks worriedly. "You seem tired."

"Yeah." (L/n) nods. "I just..got to sleep a bit late.."

"How late?" Teruhashi asks.

"Ehehehe.... 4am...?" (L/n) laughs awkwardly. Teruhashi looks unamused.

"(Y/n)..!" She begins to reprimand.

"Kokomi!" (L/n) mocks her tone. "I had a lot of homework."

Teruhashi sighs and shakes her head. "You need better time management. How much of that did you spend playing on your phone?"

"..Ehheheh.." (L/n) begins to awkwardly laugh again. The poor girl obviously needed sleep. School started at 7am, she probably barely got 2 or 3 hours of sleep.

Before anyone else can reprimand the poor, sleep deprived girl, the teacher walks in the room, settling the students as they return to their seats.

"Good morning, class." The teacher begins.

"Good morning.." The class responds. Saiki only gives partial attention as she begins her lesson. He turns and sees (L/n) with her head in her hand and eyes half lidded as she drifts off. Saiki sighs as he nudges the girl under the desks with his foot. She snaps awake confused.

"Stay awake, idiot." Saiki reprimands, but there's a small grin on his face. (L/n) squints her eyes at him.

"Fine. Because you asked so nicely, Strawberry." She mutters under her breath, just loud enough for him to hear.

"...with that, you and your partner will choose a book from PK's library to report on.." The teacher continues to speak, as she writes on the chalkboard. "..due within two weeks from now. I have assigned your partners." Saiki feels the dread in his very soul. Ever since (L/n) showed up it felt like there were a lot of fanfiction cliches showing up and he wasn't sure how to feel about it.

The teacher begins listing partner pairs. "Kuboyasu and Kaido. Teruhashi and Yumerhara." She goes down the list of convenient pairs. "Mera and Hairo. Saiki and (L/n)." Ah, there's the cliche money maker. The teacher continues listing the names of background characters. Like Takahashi and Saiko. We don't care about Saiko in this fanfiction.

Anyway, (L/n) sleepily turns to Saiki as the teacher finishes her list and lets the partner pairs discuss. "So...what book are we doing?"

Saiki shrugs. "What kind of books do you read?" He asks. He's only doing this because its a normal conversation. With a normal girl. Who he is not growing fond of what so ever. Stop jumping to conclusions, reader.

(L/n) shrugs. "Any, really.." She hums for a second. "What was that one book..."

"Hm?" Saiki hums curiously.

"I don't remember the title.." (L/n) leans her head in her hand. "But I remember a quote. It was something like.. "'I see two lovers looking over the cauldron of hell. Are they contemplating a double suicide? This means their love will end in hell." I couldn't stop laughing.'"

Saiki thinks for a moment. He'd probably heard the line before due to telepathy.

"It's Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto." Saiki responds after a minute.

"Yeah, that one!" (L/n) snaps her fingers. "Have you read it before?" She asks.

"No. I just.. I've heard of it, before." Saiki lies. No, he has not read it, he just used his powers to find the book for the poor girl.

"It's probably in the library, wanna do that book?" (L/n) asks. Saiki nods. "Cool..cool.."

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The homeroom bell rang and Saiki had no chance to go anywhere else before (L/n) starts dragging him by the sleeve to the library. "Come on! Better to start this now." (L/n) weakly beckons as they walk into the library. "Now where the hell is that book."

Saiki shrugs as (L/n) walks off to look for it. He could use clairvoyance and- yep, already found the book. Saiki walks over and grabs two copies of the book- one for him and one for (L/n).

"Alright, let's go." Saiki sighs. (L/n) snaps around with a 'are you fucking kidding me' face.

"I- oh what the hell. Let's go, Strawberry." (L/n) yawns, because clearly sleeping through the entirety of mathematics class was not enough for the poor girl. Saiki can't help but feel a small grin come across his face as the shorter girl takes a copy from his hand and begins walking to the librarian.

After the very rushed library trip begins a trek home with Nendo, Kaido, and Kuboyasu trailing along. Three annoyances and one tolerable girl.

"Hey, we should go get some ramen!" Nendo offers, as he does every day.

"Nah..I'm exhausted.. plus, I don't have money on me." (L/n) smiles.

"You want to get ramen every day, Nendo. Plus, I have homework and cram school." Kaido rolls his eyes.

"I've got to go...meet with someone." Kuboyasu excuses, which is code for "something that's entirely delinquent related that the author does not want to write."

"Damn.. okay. What about you, partner?" Nendo asks. Crap, he didn't have an excuse.

"I-"

"Actually, Saiki was gonna head over to my place so we could work on that book project." (L/n) excuses him, setting a hand on his shoulder as she looks up at Nendo. Saiki looks at her with adoration for a second- thank whatever God sent this girl to be the saint she is.

"That's not due for like, two weeks." Kuboyasu points out.

"We're not going to college for another year and Shun's still got his applications filled out." (L/n) comments.

"H-Hey! You know that's cause of my mom!" Kaido argues, face bright red. Saiki found the usual bickering to be quiet boring.. he figured he should entertain himself.

Hm.. maybe..

"Yeah, I know, I know." (L/n) grins. "Still funny."

Saiki looks at Kuboyasu. With boredom he's decided to see everyone's likability for (L/n). ..Huh. Solid 54. Not bad. He turns to Nendo next.

"Haha! Tell me, what college are you going to, runt?" Nendo asks. ..Hm. 58. Not too far off. He turns to Kaido.

"Shut up!" Kaido tries to elbow Nendo yet it does absolutely nothing. As per usual. ..94. Jesus. Saiki knew the two were close by some miracle but jeez. Only person left in the group was him, and he was confident in his emotions...

"Hey, this is where Saiki and I gotta split. See you guys!" (L/n) waves as they turn a corner.

"See you around."

"See you, partner!!! See you, friend!!!"

"Bye Saiki, (Y/n)!"

Saiki turns to the girl who stares off into space as they now walk quietly. Her (e/c) eyes were half lidded with exhaustion and she was beginning to fall asleep while walking she was so tired.

"Hey, Strawberry..." (L/n) starts, dragging out his nickname.

"What is it, (L/n)?" Saiki sighs.

"I'm tired... wanna carry me..?" She grins half-assedly. Saiki rolls his eyes.

"No."

"Come oooon."

"Absolutely not." Saiki refuses. (L/n) pouts cutely and crosses her arms for a second, deep in thought. 'Well, I could just..' Oh no. (L/n) falls out of Saiki's line of vision for a second but he isn't necessarily surprised when the girl just jumps on his back without warning. He sigh heavily as he stops walking.

"Hah, can't avoid it now, Strawberry!" (L/n) grins over his shoulder.

"I could just drop you." He sighs.

"Please don't."

Saiki rolls his eyes into oblivion and continues walking with the sleepy girl on his back. She's quiet but her thoughts roll on. 'Hm..his hair is soft. And he smells like vanilla."

Saiki's face warms up. For some odd, unrelated reason. No sir, not related to that at all. Not sure what you're talking about. Out of the corner of his eye, he spots a..number..?

Ah, that's right, he was using the likability to see how everyone felt about (L/n). The tracker floated in the corner of his vision, a solid "70" written on the board of it. Weird. The last person around (L/n) was only Saiki.

It must've just glitched out. Don't get happy here. His powers have just been.. wonky lately. That's it. As he continues to walk, dismissing the totally glitchy meter, the girl on his back slowly begins to drift off.

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When you woke from your sleep, not even realizing how comfortably you dozed off on the poor boy, he was standing in front of your apartment building. "Will you get off now?" He asks impatiently. You giggle and slide off his back, landing hard on your feet.

"Thank you for the Uber." You grin. He gives you a less then amused look and you can't help but laugh at the unamused face t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶h̶a̶d̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶a̶d̶o̶r̶e̶.̶ "Sorry, sorry. But really. Thanks for tolerating that."

Saiki thinks to himself for a second. "It's...alright. There's more annoying people I know." He sighs. You look at him for a second- did he just compliment you? Did Saiki Kusuo, the ever done-with-your-shit tsundere, just give you a backwards ass compliment?

No.

Don't lie to us, Saiki.

You smile at him after a second. "Well- I have to tend to..something. I don't know. I probably have work to do, so.. bye!" You smile, waving as you walk into the building. He waves slightly before walking away. You climb the stairs up to the second floor, and unlock your door, popping in and kicking off your shoes. You drop your bag at the door.

"OH my god FINALLY." You scream to yourself. Yes, you lived alone, parents...parents and siblings long gone. You shook the thought of them from your head as you wandered through your apartment to your kitchen as you hummed some American song from the 2000s to yourself. Opening the kitchen cabinets revealed..

..well, not much. Shit. You sigh to yourself. You hadn't gone shopping in forever, which, was a given since you'd found yourself so busy. Life seemed to become hectic since you met Saiki but that was alright. You thought he was cool. You pause as you close your cabinets.

The thought of his eyes crossed your mind. They weren't special, if anything bland, but there's nights where the purple color is all you can see in your head. You weren't necessarily sure why. His eyes were just.. pretty. You should tell him some time. You shake the thought from your head as you walk to your bedroom, choosing to change out of your school uniform.  

After having chosen a comfortable outfit that fit your style, you grabbed your keys, wallet, phone and put on your shoes. It's shopping time, baby. There was a convenience store you usually went to about 20 minutes away from your apartment. So you went down the stairs, nearly falling on your face quiet a few times, and exited your apartment building and began the trek to the store.

As you walk, your thoughts begin to wander. You'd never think before that at 16 you'd be living alone in your own apartment. Thinking back to the events that lead you here...

Well, you didn't like to think of it much. The thought that truly, you were the last person in your family alive. In some fucked up way, it could remind you of that one game...What Remains of Edith Finch? You push the thought from your head, chosing to hum whatever song comes to mind first.

You didn't really like dwelling on the depressing things of it all. Of course, sometimes, it couldn't be helped, but if you had the choice..

You enter the store as you clear your thoughts, arriving at your destination finally, and hopefully avoiding the author's shitty monolouging. You walk through, grabbing the necessities, and by necessities I mean junk foods that would definitely disappoint Hairo if he saw this. But he is not here, so you are free to grab an extra package of coffee jelly and an extra box of pocky.

You check out with only a slight judgmental look from the cashier and begin your trek home. We're just speeding through this chapter! As you walk along you feel something soft brush against your leg. You look down and what do you see? A cute little cat!

The white cat has violet eyes that cant help but remind you of Saiki and a collar with the label 'Sai.' You bend down, setting down your two bags, and pick up the cat. "Why, hello there!" you smile.

Sai stared back deadpanned. "Well, you remind me of someone I know an awful lot." You snort, setting the cat back on the ground and petting its head before picking up your bags and continuing to walk. After about 5 minutes, you notice the cat is still following you. You stop to turn to it for a second as it stares back up at you.

"You're awfully persistent, huh?" You smile. "I'm sorry, kitty, my landlord doesn't allow cats." You continue walking.

..And so does this damn cat. He's persistent and every time you tried to lose him in a doorway he'd dart in seconds before the door shut and nearly scared the shit out of you every time. Which is why he is now sitting patiently on your living room couch.

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Okay, look, first of all, Saiki has a PERFECTLY good explanation. And second of all, this is not his fault. At all. He wasted his precious time to turn into a cat because Amp was bothering him once he got home. Shenanigans happened, and Amp got mad at him and he lied that he was going home, and that he didn't live at his house, so that Amp would stop bothering him. Amp would not believe him so to sell the story he just followed (L/n) home because she wouldn't kick a cat to the curb. Thankfully, she didn't but now Saiki is here.

The problem is that (L/n) won't take her eyes off him so he can't just teleport and she's not opening the door any time soon. Which is an issue because Saiki would like to get home and play his game. But no. He gets stuck in this situation. Fuck you, Author.

(rude.)

(L/n) turns and picks up Saiki, or should I say Sai, and he can't help but sigh and curse Amp for leading him into this situation. He can't move much because he can't control his strength well like this and generally it'll just end badly. So he can't.. really do much as (L/n) sets what she assumes to be a normal cat in her lap and pets him gently. All he can think right now is 'please kill me.'

"Hm.. you've gotta belong to someone. I haven't seen you around before, kitty, are you lost?" She asks, as if the fucking cat would respond. Saiki is very bitter right now. And does not want to be pet. He squirms out of her grip and winds up across the couch. "Yikes, okay, I got it."

She sighs. "God, I can't go finding some cat owner.. I've got homework and shit.." (L/n) runs a hand through her hair as she turns around. Fuck it, that's all he needs.

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You turn back around. "We- What the fuck?!" The cat was gone. You snapped your head around, he didn't even seem to be in the apartment before. What- what the actual fuck?? Were you hallucinating??

..Yeah.. We'll call it hallucinating. You sigh as you flop at your kitchen table. You had homework.. and commissions.. and you were supposed to reread Kitchen. You glance at the book tossed to the side on your table. You'd read it once but that was years ago, when you were practicing Japanese. You were, simply put, stressed and tired as hell. It'd be another late night for you and just..

You'd think that through later, you told yourself, as you pull some bullshit math worksheet from your bag, pencil tapping as your eyes scan the problems. You were stressed but life was good. It was odd...

This stretch of happiness couldn't last long.

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tl;dr, go read kitchen.