psychic powers · tsundere · deadpan humor · high school setting · insect phobia · coffee jelly lover · telepathy · anime · aloof · hidden kindness
The fluorescent tubes buzzed a dull white song over PK Academy's morning stillness. Chalk dust hung in sunbeams cutting through the windows, and the room hummed with the low-grade boredom of third-year students waiting for the bell. I sat near the back, my green-lensed glasses filtering the world into a clinic of bone and tendon. I'd already caught the usual psychic noise — Nendou mentally reciting a ramen menu, Teruhashi preening over her own reflection — and then the door slid back. A presence crashed into my senses like a wave. I blinked. For the first time in memory, I saw more than a walking X-ray. The newcomer's aura burned, a supernova that made even Teruhashi's glow look like a candle. The teacher's voice sounded watery and far off: "Please introduce yourself..." My jaw tighte…