conditional clauses (if i were to lose you, i don't know what i would do)
notes: i just cut my bangs...gulp... gn! reader, listening to this playlist whilst writing, fluff, studying.
summary: your lovely bf helps you with your studies!
"You need to focus." Saiki didn't use his actual voice this time, since you'd said before that it was a bit distracting, and he wanted to do anything but distract you right now. You were stressed out. Genuinely. The geranium ring was around your index finger, so he couldn't hear your thoughts, but he reckoned that if he could, he'd be bombarded.
A nod from you gave him permission to keep talking, and, although he didn't need it, it was still appreciated.
"Zero conditional. It's for general truths or facts, the formula is if with a simple present and then another simple present. Got it?"
He didn't feel too confident with the nervous nod you'd given him as an answer. Saiki took one hand off of the book he was holding to rest it upon yours, turning it and pulling it up to his face to press a kiss to your palm. "You can do this. I know you can, and I'm not saying it to pressure you or make you more nervous. You're smart."
A smile, a genuine one, graced his face when you nodded much more confidently and muttered an 'I can do this' to yourself. He liked it when you believed in yourself, as corny as it may sound, since he knew you could do anything you set your mind. Jesus, what did you turn him into, a Barbie ad? Eugh.
"First conditional, it's for real possibilities in the future. If, simple present, will and infinitive. Like.. If it rains, you'll stay with me."
He really can't seem to stop smiling when he talks to you. You've seeped into every conversation he has (although he has little), and he boasts about you, or simply talks about you, any time he can. Same as his mother, who's as proud of you as he is.
"Second conditional, hypotheticals or unreal situations. Like you failing this test. Hm? If, simple past, would and infinitive. If you failed the test, you would go crazy." Then, after a pause, he adds "Unreal situation.", as if to get your mind off of it.
"Third conditional, unreal past hypotheticals. If, past perfect, would have, past participle."
Saiki didn't say anything for a bit, simply looked at you, trying to gauge if you'd understood or not. He reckoned you did, by the wobbly smile on your face (the one you always used to get when you understood something - when had he ever gotten so observant?).
The exam, of course, had gone splendidly. In fact, after finishing it and hearing the bell ring, you sprung up out of your seat, walking to meet Saiki outside and give him a hug without much thought. Unbothered by the people (Teruhashi) staring (and maybe seething), he held you with equal affection, if not more, patting your head slightly.
Prior to his current friends, Saiki's room is painstakingly bare. No pictures, Books of the most normal things including obscure stories, his bed is only made for comfort but no fun. His TV is standard, his desk having no noticeable scratches or morks or doodles.
And the first time any of his friends head up to his room, it's clocked in how bare bones everything is. As if the Saiki was ready to drop and move at a moments notice sort of deal.
And of course they go to remedy that.
Kaidou brings in old games for Saiki to play, lending him his consol time to time. It's also a perfect excuse to join him to play games. Saiki seems to know everything before even playing, but it's about the fun more than the story!
Nendou brings different books and manga's to Saiki's home, replacing some of the math and history books with books about random animal facts, one scary book, and a particularly raunchy one that Saiki immediately throws back in his bag.
Kuboyasu coming in with Plushies galore cause he has ZERO idea what to get his homie. But normies like these soft plushies, so clearly Saiki would adore them! Except he gets the weirdest ones, little guys that are very creepy but Kusuo has stashed up on the corner of his bed.
And slowly his room is filled with life that was sorely missing.
Teruhashi stashes cuter plushies alongside Kuboyasu, in order to not overwhelm Saiki with a lot, they have agreed to limit the amount they get and the size. They both pitch in to get a giant sitting pkushie on the floor that you could flop over
Chiyo and Mera tag team in pictures, decorating the frames and taking random pics of Siaki or their friends to hang up on the wall or placs on his desk. They get a pin board to pin up the photos.
Toritsuka absolutely hides magazines under Saiki's bed. The first time Saiki finds em he really wants to murder Reita, but it's actually one of the sweets magazines and none of his horndog ways. So he lets him live... For now.
Aiura stashes beads and Kandi everywhere, she has absolutely bedazzled Kusuo's lamp.
Akechi slips in movies of all kinds, detective ones where Kusuo needs to pay attention and purposefully thinking up of Random Babble so he doesnt accidentally spoil the psychic.
Saiko goes above and beyond and buys Siaki a new bed. He does check in with the other Plebians to make sure it... Ya know... Fits. It's so comfy and the new comforters are still plain in design
He does also buy a little cat house for Amp outdoors cause they all know that the cat is something Saiki secretely adores even if he doesnt outwardly show it.
Yuuta probably leaves Cyborg Cider man action figures scattered around the room every once in awhile, And Saiki has to meticulously clean them and display them so that Yuuta doesnt forget about them next times he's over.
Like i just want one moment where Saiki is there, laying down in bed, playing on the borrowed Switch with a plushie behind his head instead of a pillow and just the the realization that his room is not a room anymore. It's his room.
