Unstoppable Power, Unmanagable Pain

#1 cutting

WARNING: THIS STORY HAS MATURE THEMES, CONTAINS SELF HARM AND MILD LANGUAGE.

~have fun~

Saiki was picking around at someone's garden. Nendou happened to be interested in Saiki's germanium ring and pulled it right off, causing them to have to look for it.

'Yare yare' he exhaled, running his finger in a patch of thick grass
Suddenly, a sharp object pricked his finger, causing him to bleed.
Now, this was abnormal because usually small things like this couldn't cause him to bleed unless it was unexpected. He was still new to pain, being a psychic and all. But it was strange to say, he liked it.
He picked up the blade, it was clean, somehow, he rotated it around in his fingers, it beaming a light. Testing it out, he dragged it against the back of his arm.
It slit through, leaving a small cut.

"Shit" the four of his friends, who were helping him pick around, all heard it.

"Are you okay?" Kaidou turned to him, noticing the small cut

Kuboyasu approached them with a ring "this it?" He said, handing it to Saiki.
Saiki slipped the ring on, and all of the voices escaped his head as he nodded.

Though, just as it was slipped on, Kaidou took notice of the blade kept in his hand.
If that's what he cut himself with, he better get rid of it.

"Come on pal! Let's go get some ramen" Nendou rushed over, patting him on the back.

.....

Nightfall, usually a quiet and peaceful time for Kusuo.
This time he was sure to figure out what was up with that blade

He examined it and noticed it was the same material as the ring. One strong enough to cut him, though the ring was smoothed, so it never cut him.

He put it aside and went to sleep

...

Morning came, a morning without his ring on. A morning with the depressing thoughts of others filling his mind

'Yare yare' he sighed, looking towards the blade

Slowly, he picked it up and pressed the blade against his wrist
He repeated it maybe 5 times, each time thinking that there wasn't enough pain. Each time he wanted more.

A teardrop hit the red liquid coming from his arm and swiftly drizzled away. Why? Why was he?...
He went to the bathroom to wash it all off, thankfully it wasn't that deep and stopped bleeding fairly quickly. He put on his uniform and walked out of the door, slight regret filling his chest.

"Hey, Saiki!" Kaidou greeted cheerfully

"Hey, pal" Nendou pats him on the back

Saiki nodded at them and looked to Kuboyasu, worry filling his expression.

"You okay?" Kuboyasu asked

Saiki nodded and brushed him off, and they headed to school.

He kept thinking about his wrists, an aching feeling consuming him. After a few hours, he let go of it.
Until gym

First, he would have to get undressed. And he didn't want Kaidou & Kuboyasu to see what he'd done.
And second, being the middle of summer, not most people would wear their gym jackets, and he didn't want to stand out.

He decided to just wear his jacket, he couldn't stand out that much.
But getting dressed 'like a girl' was noticed by Nendou as well as Kaidou. Though neither of them said anything about it.

"Hey, Saiki!" Hairo walked over, patting him on the back

Saiki nodded. He wasn't in the mood for loud screaming and over the top motivation. He reached in his pocket, grabbed his germanium ring, and put it on.

"Hey, Saiki, aren't you a bit overheated?"

That sentence is entirely different when it's coming from you
Saiki thought. He shook his head and tried to walk away.

They warmed up for a while, squats, and sit-ups. Saiki wasn't particularly hot, with his Cryokinesis, he could control his body heat. Hairo, of course, didn't know this at all.

"Saiki, I admire you doing your best, and keeping up with the heat!"
Hairo said, approaching Saiki once again "but it's 30°c..."

Saiki paused, trying to think of a good excuse, he couldn't let Hairo see his arms, and he couldn't let him get suspicious. This was his thing, he didn't want people to punish him for it. Or send him to stupid therapy sessions.

"I'm fine, " Saiki said, walking away.

After the teams were made, Saiki grimaced. He was paired with Hairo. They played for a while, and at this point, he was going to stand out more than he wanted to. Though, he figured no one would look at him if he didn't stand out by wearing that jacket, so he doubted that people would notice his cuts.

He began to take off his jacket, sweating by command and keeping up a fake pant. He had just taken the jacket off when he noticed Hairo staring at him.

"Hey, Saiki..."

Shit