summary: kusuo takes the opportunity to thank y/n for their efforts to make him comfortable.
“I thought I’d find you here.” a voice pipes up from the entrance to the children’s park, soft, not too alarming.
Kusuo looks up from where he’s staring at the ground as he’s sat on the swing, watching the familiar human being he tolerated approach him. He doesn’t say anything, simply observes.
While he would normally excuse himself and leave at the moment someone came to pester him, he didn’t mind you too much, thus, he stayed. He heard your thoughts before you found him, of course. He just didn’t bother to do anything about it.
You sat on the swing right next to the one he was occupying, lightly swinging back and forth, letting the silence besides the creaks and jingling of chains envelope you both.
“Didn’t want a hectic Christmas?” You asked, basking at the cold breeze of the park.
Usually, Kusuo wouldn’t respond to a question at all, if he deemed it no importance. And this question wasn’t important, but..
Yes, he replied. Telepathically, like always.
It was different when it was you. It always was. For some reason, you were an exception.
It wasn’t always like that, obviously. Once upon a time, just like the rest of the idiots that chose to follow him around, he didn’t respond to you besides a simple nod whenever you talked to him. And he had been fine with that. To him, you were just another idiot who proclaimed to be his friend.
Then suddenly, something changed. You began observing, became understanding. You noticed his struggle and desire to leave social events. You made up excuses for him, got him out of situations. When you talked to him, you were more quiet to not attract attention like you usually did since you were often loud.
It was surprising, to say the least. He didn’t warm up to you, but he tolerated you more, began responding. It was pleasant to know someone took a notice to his internal conflict and decided to help him out.
It was like you took those days and days of being around Kusuo to analyze him and find out what made him uncomfortable and what didn’t. It was no easy feat, probably. Analyzing a person who didn’t show a lot of emotion if not none at all was difficult. How would you know someone was annoyed if all they did was sit and stare blankly?
But you had been determined. Kusuo didn’t push you away or talk over you, he remembered things you mention as if reassuring you that he was listening, and those were the sole reasons why you wanted to stick around him. He was one of the people you respected the most, and you didn’t want to be a pain to him.
Unbeknownst to you, Kusuo knew of your efforts to make him more comfortable around you. It was a nice change, but shocking, nonetheless.
He was.. thankful. Grateful. Usually people who acted the way you did would have motives he didn’t agree with, like wanting to have his affections, wanting him to worship the ground they walked on, but your only motive was wanting a friend who listened. All you wanted was someone who wouldn’t talk over your voice as if what you had to say was of no importance, someone who remembered small things about you and let you know they weren’t ignoring you.
He could deal with that. He would do that, for you. It’s the least he could do for all your efforts. It’s the least he could do for the rare person that had a true heart.
Y/n, he called you, turning to face you.
You stop swinging, turning to face him as well, tilting your head in question.
“Thank you.”
It’s rather monotonous like he usually sounded, but something was different. It sounded more clear, a bit louder, as if you were truly hearing him for the first time.
You smile, confused. “For what?”
The barest hint of a returned smile, and Kusuo turns back to face forward, starting to swing.
You shrug, and start swinging right along with him.
a/n: just a quick warm up to test the waters,, also if you haven’t noticed this takes place in the christmas ep where saiki leaves his house to avoid his nuisances aka friends as much as possible and fails in the end lmao.
summary: kokomi didn’t think the day would come where a genuine gasp of awe and admiration would slip out of her mouth.
It was in the middle of second year when you transferred into PK Academy, and for once in her life, it was Kokomi who had let out an “offu.” Even while looking bored out of your mind, she thought an angel was sent from the heavens in the form of you as if to bless her even more than she already was.
You weren’t rude. You were just a bit blunt. You said what was on your mind, and made no effort in looking like a goody-two-shoes. You weren’t cruel, but you were assertive. In her eyes, it was amazing someone who had made the Teruhashi Kokomi gasp in awe didn’t even try to put on perfect facade the way she did.
You politely rejected people, showing your annoyance when they didn’t back off, something Kokomi would never dare to do to keep up her Perfect Pretty Girl act. You told repetitive suitors to back off. You somehow knew how to draw the line between being understandably upset and borderline mean.
You didn’t hold back your laughs, you giggled to your heart’s desire when you found something funny, not bothering with a small, decent one like Kokomi did. When you smiled, you smiled widely, like whatever was making you smile was the best thing to ever exist.
You didn’t mind your friends’ chaotic energies. Sometimes, you even indulged them. You’d pretend to be Kaidou’s sidekick, fighting the Dark Reunion by his side. You would hype Nendou up, nodding in agreement whenever he told their little group he was a woman’s dream. You even managed to joke around with Saiki, whispering to him most likely sarcastic comments. Kokomi once heard you tell him, “Whatever helps you sleep at night, Kuu-chan,” with a grin after Saiki had insisted he didn’t care for the idiots who called their selves his friends. You managed to get the straight faced man to smile, even if it was only subtle.
And finally, when she truly met you. When you had noticed her staring longingly at the display of you laughing with your friends, and you had stood up to say hi, to ask her if she needed anything.
She had been left speechless, staring into your eyes, getting lost. A strangled gasp mixed with an “uh” was all she could come up with. She had bowed her head and fled for her home, knowing the girl she greatly admired had probably been confused.
You never brought up the embarrassing moment, even after you finally became friends. You settled in what made her feel better around you, knowing where to draw the line.
If it meant anything, you were the perfect pretty girl in Kokomi’s eyes. And it probably wouldn’t mean anything to you, because you truly didn’t care. And she admired it.
You were what she really, really wanted to be, she always told herself. She just idolized how laid back you were.
But every time she remembers the moment you rendered her speechless, she knows she didn’t just admire you for that.
i think we should have more teruhashi being the star struck admirer for a change. i think it’s a fun concept to hop around!! also noting down reasons why she’s so enamored
(You guys seemed to like TeruSai content, so let’s do this again!)
TeruSai Headcanons:
1. Saiki likes to embarrass Teruhashi because he likes the way she forgets she’s the perfect pretty girl and just focuses on her embarrassment.
2. One time Saiki said a joke to Teruhashi and she laughed so hard that she snorted, then covered her mouth immediately, Saiki didn’t tell her but he found it adorable.
3. Whenever Saiki is wearing his ring, Teruhashi gets the upper hand, so she sneaks in kisses and hugs, sometimes Saiki puts on a fake ring just to get them but have a warning before it happens.
4. When they’re alone, and only when they’re alone, Saiki lays his head on Teruhashi’s lap, and lets her take off his antennas and play with his hair. It’s calming to him especially after a long day.
I really think he’s bisexual with a preference for men.
I think he was bullied in like preschool because of how scary his parents looked and when Aren told his parents, they freaked out and told him that if anyone ever bothers him again he should beat them up.
So he did. And the delinquent child was born.
honestly I think he’s had a boyfriend or two before. Like in his delinquent days he fell in love with a couple of those “nerdy” guys.
Those relationships always ended quickly though because they’d literally get scared of Aren and run.
Has feelings for Kaidou but wont confess because he’s scared it’ll end up like his past relationships.
likes spicy food. a LOT.
He’s actually really good at baking. He makes macarons a lot. Like a lot a lot.
Sometimes he makes those little heart cookies for Kaidou and tries to give them to him. But chickens out and just gives them to some random person he finds.
Prefers dark chocolate over white chocolate and milk chocolate.
Had a unicorn phase.
he’s bought stuff from Teruhashi’s small business without knowing it and literally walks around with one of the keychains she designed on his bag. Makes Teruhashi so happy i stg
bullies kids online on roblox.
sometimes he plays along when Kaidou talks about dark reunion and the jet black wings. Like he literally has created his own character in this universe and plays along sometimes.
surprisingly he’s very good with kids! Like he has baby cousins. And he’s just so nice to them and like- You can just tell he’d be a good parent.
