"𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙆𝙪𝙨𝙪𝙤."

𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘗𝘙𝘖𝘉𝘓𝘌𝘔

Key:

"Saiki" - Someone talking.

'Saiki' -  Thoughts.

'Saiki' - Kusuo thinking.

"Saiki" - Kusuo and you talking to people/ each other telepathically.

"Saiki" - Kusuo talking with his voice.

That's all!

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It's been a few hours now since I had cried in Kusuo's arms, and now I'm back on my roof, looking into my window while I debated whether or not I should go back inside to face my mother. My heart was racing, my palms were sweating as I reached to open the window with an uneasy look. I climb in silently and shut it before walking over to my bed, sitting on the edge while thinking for a moment.

"What am I going to do? How am I going to avoid her when she gets up in the morning?"

I think to myself while laying back onto my mattress. I sigh softly while my eyes roam over the ceiling above. I was so tired of being disappointed by her and I did not want to see her whatsoever.

I roll my eyes and stand up, deciding to just give up for now and get ready for bed. I do just that and walk over to my bathroom, stripping off my old clothes and getting into the shower. I finish my night routine and then head to bed, still a bit worried.

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I feel my eyes flutter open and a soft yawn fall from my lips. I stirred my in bed, my head turning to look at the clock.

8:46.

"I'm late!" I gasp, sitting up in my bed quickly. I step onto the ground, ready to bolt to my closet, but am stopped by my pillow tripping me. I groan in pain as my body makes contact with the floor and cover my mouth, looking up at the door to make sure my mom hadn't heard me.

Then I remembered that she was working at her job here. Even after she's back, she's still working. I sigh and try to stand up, but gasp once again as a sharp pain shoots through my ankle.

"Oh, my god," I groan as I hold my foot close to me while it throbs with pain. I groan again before using my other foot to push myself up, I hop to my bed again and sit on the edge.

"Looks like I'm not going to school..." I mutter to myself, rubbing my face in frustration. Why can't anything ever go how I want it to?

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The whole day I stayed rooted to my mattress as my foot continued to hurt. I would occasionally glance at it, noticing it was a bit swollen. At 3:17 I heard my mom come home and walk straight past my room to hers. I couldn't help but feel relieved.

I didn't want to talk to her anyway. Then at 4:03, I heard a knock on my door. I felt myself jump in surprise, my heart racing in my chest as I glanced over at the door. I tried to see if I could hear their thoughts, but all I heard was silence.

"What? Why can't I hear their thoughts?"

I think to myself as my heart races faster as I try to think of who it could be. The only person who's thoughts I can't read are Nendo's and he shouldn't know where I live. So, who is it? There's another knock and I finally build up the courage to get up.

I take off my blanket and stand up, wincing in pain as I limp over to my door. I open it slowly and peak out into the hall. I let out a sigh of relief when I notice it's Kusuo. I step back a little and let him in. He gives me a confused look as he steps inside and sits on the edge of my bed, looking at me. I stand in front of him, both of us looking at each other in silence.

"Are you gonna speak or?" I say after a while, feeling a bit fed up with the awkward silence. Kusuo deadpans at me and speaks normally.

"I was speaking to you telepathically," he says with a sigh before he stops and furrows his eyebrows in thought. "Could you not hear me?" I shake my head no and sit beside him on my bed.

"No, not at all. And I also couldn't hear your thoughts when you knocked," I tell him honestly, seeing confusion take over his expression.

"That's strange... has this been happening a lot?" He questions me, a curious tone laced in his voice.

"A couple times, yeah. Have you not noticed it?"

"No, surprisingly," Kusuo sighs before speaking again, changing the subject. "Anyway, why weren't you at school today?" He asks as he grabs his bag and takes out the school work from today. I take it from his hands and hold up my foot, showing him my swollen ankle.

"I tripped over my pillow this morning when I was trying to get ready. I woke up late anyway," I shrug while glancing over at him. He rolls his eyes playfully at me, a soft scoff coming from his lips.

"Typical," he thinks to himself and I smack his arm playfully.

"I heard that," I say, narrowing my eyes at him as I stand up and sit at my desk. "I'm going to work on this. You can stay if you want to." I look back at him with a small smile before grabbing a pencil.

"Seems I'll have to, since you seem to be a danger to yourself," Kusuo jokes, chuckling at himself. I give a fake laugh and glare at him as I start to work on the school work I had missed. After a moment, Kusuo speaks up, his voice holding what sounded like worry or suspicion.

"So you really couldn't hear my thoughts earlier?" He asks as he walks up beside me, his face holding an unreadable expression. I shake my head no, turning my head to face him.

"Nope," I say, popping the P sound as I tap my pencil against the chair arm. He lets out a hum of acknowledgment, clearly lost in his thoughts. I furrow my eyebrows at him and nudge his foot with my non-hurting one.

"Care to share your thoughts?" I say, resting my chin against my palm as I wait for him to speak. He hesitates to say anything at first, but soon he starts talking.

"What abilities do you have currently?" He asks, leaning against the side of my desk with a curious expression. I take an intake of breath while trying to think of the abilities I possess currently.

"Well, I can stop time by snapping and I can read minds. That's about it," I reply, wondering where this conversation could be leading.

"What if you have another ability? One you don't know about?"

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Hi everyone❗️I just want to thank everyone who has read this book and thank you all for getting it to 1.88k reads! I'm honestly bewildered at how many people have read this and actually want me to update it. I'm also sorry for not updating for months, oops 😬 anyway, thank you again. Goodbye for now. :)♡