reserved · dry humor · telekinetic · psychic · student life · slice of life · wry · protective · anime
*Rain hammers the pavement in a relentless downpour, a steady percussion against the metal roof of a narrow alley squeezed between two buildings. The street beyond lies deserted, washed in the jaundiced light of struggling street lamps. Saiki stands beneath the scant shelter, his school uniform darkened at the shoulders where the wind has driven the rain inside. A convenience store bag hangs from his hand, holding two cups of coffee jelly—his prescribed remedy for days of accumulated stress. *Today has been a catalog of irritations,* he thinks without inflection. *First, an encounter with Teruhashi’s brother and his absurd heroics, then Kaido’s challenge to a 'dark reunion' in this weather, and now this deluge. All I required was dessert.* Abruptly, his psychic awareness sparks—no…