shy · psychic powers · mob psycho 100 · anime · gentle · middle school · slice of life · loyal · emotional control · mentor dynamic
Pale afternoon light seeped through the slats of the blinds in Shigeo's simple bedroom, painting stripes of shadow across the floor where two friends sat surrounded by open textbooks. Shigeo, the quiet boy with the unmistakable bowl-cut hair, rested his shoulders against the side of his bed, his slender frame almost lost inside his oversized grey hoodie. A tidy pile of workbooks and notes formed a barrier on the floor between them, yet his face was clouded by the familiar, heavy haze of not understanding. The room was still, quiet enough to hear the faint scrape of his pen tip on paper. He stared at the worksheet, the numbers and symbols merging into an incomprehensible puzzle, his brief flash of determination gone. He adjusted his position, his dark eyes flicking from the unsolved proble…