— summary: Something’s bothering you, Saiki knows that. He doesn’t know the specifics, and neither do you want to indulge him in your problems. Is a spontaneous café date going to help?
— notes: ok this is originally for my self insert 😆 #crazy and this is insanely self-indulgent....!! not beta read! none of my works are
— things: ooc saiki kusuo me thinks... fluff? semi-established relationship
“Saiki.”
At this point in your relationship, you had suspicions of Saiki having powers. You didn’t push it, though. Saiki must’ve kept it secret for a reason.
For that, his appreciation for you grows a little more every day he spends with you. He’ll tell you once you two label the relationship.
After you mentioned his name, Saiki turns to you. His expression was unreadable as ever. Yours, however, was clear as day. You were upset about... something.
“Do you... want to go stop by Café Mami? I know we’re supposed to just head straight home today and you probably aren’t in the mood to go out right now, but–”
Before you could ramble any further, Saiki replies, “Of course.” ... Your thoughts and words were going at the same speed and shared the same nervous tone, Saiki needed to press pause on at least one of them. He’s glad both stopped.
You let out a breath you didn’t know you were holding in. “Thanks. I’ll buy you coffee jelly.”
A smile makes its way to Saiki’s face. Even if it was only for a short time, your heart swelled with joy at the sight.
The walk towards Café Mami was silent. Usually, Saiki wouldn’t mind the silence. Hell, he even liked the comfortable silence that accompanied you both in your walks home, but something felt off.
“Is something bothering you?”
You look at Saiki. “Mm? No. I’m fine.”
... Saiki didn’t need his telepathy to pick up on the fact that you weren’t fine. The fact you were suspicious of his powers wasn’t helping, either. Saiki would be lying if he said it didn’t bother him, hearing and seeing you upset yet unable to help you.
“Stop thinking about it.” Was what Saiki heard as he peered into your thoughts. As well as, “Just need to spend time with Saiki, and it’ll all be fine. No need to talk about it.”
What was the it that seemed to bother you so much? Saiki hopes you’ll tell him once you two are at Café Mami.
...
“Saiki, Y/N! Welcome! What can I get for you two?”
You smile at Mera. “Two coffee jellies, thanks. Ah, make it three.” Mera nods as she takes note of your order.
“Three?”
You turn to Saiki before answering, “One for me, two for you.”
“Thank you, you’re godsent. Are you okay?”
You bite your inner cheek, unsure how to answer Saiki. You found no use in lying to him. He’s probably hearing your thoughts at the moment.
You’re right, I am.
You shake your head.
“Do you want to talk about it?”
You shake your head again.
You watch as Saiki takes out a small ring from his pocket and slips it on.
“You wear rings?”
“Sometimes.”
You look at the ring around Saiki’s finger. It was a nice silver with blue in the middle, you couldn’t tell what gem it was, but you thought it looked nice on Saiki.
Of course, you were unaware of the main purpose of the ring; to block out Saiki’s telepathy. You didn’t want to talk about your problems, but that doesn’t stop you from thinking about it. Saiki wears the ring so he doesn’t unknowingly pry into your private life.
It’s silent between you two again, but Saiki can feel the previous cloud of discomfort that loomed over you vanishing. He exhales.
You yawn. “Do you mind if I... lean on your shoulder a little bit?”
Saiki shakes his head. He didn’t mind the action; it wasn’t necessarily a display of affection. You were sleepy and Saiki isn’t just going to let you rest your head on the table, that surface is for dessert only. He isn’t going to let you strain your neck in some uncomfortable position that other people seemed to put themselves in just to catch up on sleep.
There weren’t a lot of familiar faces in Café Mami as well. Even if someone from PK were to show up, he could easily wake you up.
Lastly, Saiki likes the peaceful look on your face when you nap on his shoulder.
“Thanks, Kusuo.” You rest your head on his shoulder and look up at him. “Wake me up when the coffee jelly’s here?”
Saiki nods. He’s considering taking off the ring once he’s sure he can’t read your thoughts, but that would mean hearing the thoughts of others around you two.
With the ring on, it’s silent. Peaceful. Saiki can focus his attention better to you without the unwanted thoughts he’s constantly hearing.
Perhaps I’ll wear it for a few more minutes.
Saiki looks at you and smiles. He doesn’t know (yet) what’s bothering you, but, he knows he’ll help you in any way he can. If the help you want right now is to spend time with him in a café, then be it.
Saiki fiddles with the ring on his finger. He thinks, I hope you’ll be okay soon.
A few minutes pass and from a distance, Saiki sees Mera approaching their booth with three servings of coffee jelly, his eyes light up at the sight.
Saiki gently shrugs his shoulder, waking you up.
“Coffee jelly’s here.”
You two watch as Mera places the coffee jelly in front of you; more on Saiki waiting excitedly while you’re... excited because he’s excited.
“Order’s complete! Enjoy, you two.”
You nod. “Thanks, Mera.” You slide the two cups of coffee jelly to Saiki.
“Where’s my spoon?”
You grin. “In my hand. Say “ahh”!”
Saiki frowns. “I am not going to be spoonfed. Never in a million years.”
You laugh and dip the spoon in one of Saiki’s coffee jellies. “Of course you aren’t. Here,” you slide the coffee jelly closer to Saiki. “At least let me take a photo of you?”
Good grief. “Fine.”
You take out your phone and point it towards Saiki.
“Do I pose?”
You answer him, “Do whatever you want. It’s not like I’m posting these. I’ll probably just make it my wallpaper.”
Saiki rolls his eyes. He takes a spoonful of coffee jelly and smiles, the exact moment you were hoping to capture– which you successfully do.
Saiki didn’t need to take off his ring to tell that you were feeling much, much better by then.
