stressed。saikou

ONE.

kaidou sighs loudly to himself as he revises all his cram school notes again to make sure he didn't miss anything. regular school along with cram school just so he can have a good life ahead of him is really tiring on his mentality. not to mention nendo's constant bugging of "hey chibi let's go eat some ramen." how many more times can kaidou say no before the beefy idiot gets it? oh and not to mention getting lectured about his Dark Reunion™ books by his mother really tops his whole stressed fiesta.

kaidou rubs his temple as he lays back with his legs crisscrossed. his phone buzzes from the coffee table in his room and kaidou groans in annoyance, the sound not helping with his oncoming migraine.

"shut UP." kaidou almost throws his book at the phone but stops himself short to see who is calling him. "oh my gOD—"

it was nendo.

(let's just say that kaidou's screen protector didn't do enough protecting)

- - - -

kaidou trudges through the hallways looking like he could drop dead at any given moment. quiet murmurs dance around in the hallways as the sleep deprived child left not only his bandages at home but his hair is even more messier than usual. kaidou blinks his eyes open, and he pushes the door with force, yawning as he makes his way to his desk.

across the room sat saiki with a neutral face. he internally sighed at kaidou. saiki's not one to admit it (not even to himself), but he is feeling... something other than his usual annoyed feelings (probably pity) towards the light blue haired teen. of course his problems are no where near as problematic as saiki's, but kaidou doesn't have physic powers to help.

the poor kid really overworked himself this time.

maybe a nap while waiting for the teacher to arrive would be n— oh you gotta be kidding me!

the first bell rings and kaidou groans, his plans of sleeping thrown out the window like his A's if he doesn't pay attention to today's lesson.

(saiki and the others wince in their heads when kaidou gets reprimanded for dozing off anyways)

- - - -

lunch bleeds into kaidou's schedule as he takes out his bento and his cram school notes, drilling them into his head until he forgets his own name. while studying saiki shows up and lays a hand on the teen's shoulder, effectively scaring the shit out of him.

"what the hell?!"

saiki remains stoic and motions his hands to tell kaidou to scoot over.

"what do you want?" kaidou grumbles as moves over a little and going back to his cram notes.

"why are you doing so much studying?" saiki says it blunt.

it's better to get straight to the point.

kaidou's movement stops and the boy's frame stiffens a bit.

"because..." my mother wants me to do this so i can be successful and i just want to please her... "...these are the plans of Dark Reunions' latest scheme and i need to know them so i can defeat them at once and not let them destroy the world!"

saiki hums. "why are you lying." saiki makes it sound more like a statement than a question and it's making kaidou feel uncomfortable. "i'm not trying to make you feel uncomfortable kaidou, but you're clearly overworking yourself. get rest and get back on it tomorrow."

"but i can't alright! i need to impress my mom for once in my life because she thinks i'm a total slouch! she thinks school life and grades are more important than friends and having fun and romance and... and just enjoying life! and i think it's bad but she's my mom! i can't go against her! i don't even stand a chance! did you know that i've never talked back to her once?! she's too powerful!"

his hand let go of the pencil he was holding, unable to even have a grasp on it because his hand was shaking too much. his breathing felt more shallow, more difficult to breathe. his lungs felt too heavy and full.

"breathe."

kaidou gasped at the contact. saiki has a hand on his shoulder anchoring him back to reality. kaidou calmed down after a few minutes, and sniffles were the only sound coming from kaidou every now and then.

"sorry about that..."

"it's fine."

"thank you saiki..."

"it's fine."

kaidou leaned his head on saiki's shoulder.

"is this alright?"

"yeah."

"thank you again..."

"no need to thank me kaidou."

kaidou closed his eyes, and he suddenly had a soft melody play in his head to help calm his nerves even more. kaidou's shaky breath evened out and saiki sighed. he carefully picked up the lulling boy with soft touches and teleported to the boy's room. saiki rolled his eyes at the mess.

there sat books stacked upon books of cram notes that kaidou either hasn't gotten to or has already finished and has yet to put away. the table in his room was scattered with balled up papers around it, along with a pencil or two.

what kind of stuff does your mom put you through kaidou?

he looked at the sleeping teen in his arms. said teen looked really peaceful and not a wreck.

cute.

saiki blinked.

what the hell?