A Different Kind Of Pain (Saiki x Reader)

☆-Kiss-☆

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◍"What do you mean??"◍

Saiki's Pov

That odd girl had been texting me all day. I usually ignored her messages most of the time, but lately I had gotten the urge to respond to every stupid TikTok she sent me. It was'nt like I had anything important to do but I'd rather not watch a stuffed animal twerk.. (I wish I could show y'all)

But besides all the random stuff, one message caught my attention.

The Thing:
I haven't seen u for a week
Are u avoiding me?

Yeah, I may or may not had been avoiding her more and more ever since that unfamiliar feeling started. Even though I was sure that avoiding her wouldn't do much, I was still determined to make this feeling go away. And that starts with distancing myself away from her physically- "Kusuo!! I've had it with your attitude!" 'Things never go as planned...'

There she was, barging into my room and marching towards me. Though she was visibly upset, I couldn't help but find her face comforting to look at after not seeing her for a while. "Earth to Kusuo!" But her yelling was kinda annoying.

"Why are you here?.."

"What do you mean?? You've been avoiding me. Did you really think that I wouldn't show up to your house?"

"You sound psycho. And I haven't been avoiding you." I was obviously lying.

"Liar! What did I do to make you avoid me?? Is it because of that joke I made? Or is it because of that other joke I made?"

"Good grief, be specific."

"Shut up and tell me what I did wrong!" She was now gripping my shirt in a threatening manner. "..I'm not an expert when it comes to apologies, but I'm pretty sure this isn't how you do it..."

(Y/n) sighed in frustration then took a step back, letting my shirt go in the process. "...Can you please.. tell me what did wrong?.." Her voice was more calm and sincere, but still a bit demanding.

Finally the situation sunk in. 'Am I seriously gonna tell her the truth???' Now I was hesitant. Though I wasn't sure what this feeling was, I was sure that she'd tease me about it.

I looked anywhere but at her, and unfortunately she seemed to notice. "Wow... It's so bad the you can't even look at me?? What did I do?!" She became more nervous by the second and I could tell.
I took a deep breath to prepare for the situation ahead.

".... You didn't do anything wrong... I've just been feeling odd lately." Now she was confused and curious. "Odd? What do you mean?" I silently blamed myself for the disaster that was slowly unfolding.

"I don't know honestly... I've never felt this way before." She took a step closer to me and I flinched a little.

"So are you sick or something? Can you explain the feeling to me?" (Y/n) then placed the back of her hand on my forehead and neck, while waiting for my response... But my response never came, I was too flustered by her actions. "Yeah your face is a bit hot.... Kusuo? What's wrong?" Her voice was laced with concern, making that annoying urge return once more.

Though she wasn't that close, I still felt like I couldn't breathe. But I still tried to muster up the little bit of courage I had left and spoke. "...I-..." What the hell was that?!

"....You.. what?" I then took another deep breath, somehow building up enough confidence to say it with my full chest. After all, the most she could do is tease me.

"It's like... An urge most of the time. And it gives me weird thoughts. It also gives me a strange feeling in my stomach when I see... A certain someone..."

"Oh... Who's this "certain someone"?" Instead of getting a mischievous bully, I for some reason, got a sad friend, leaving me a bit confused. "Why do you seem upset? I'm talking about you. Is that wrong?"

There was a long moment of silence as (Y/n) stared at me in shock, not knowing what to say.

(Y/n)'s Pov

"Sorry, I think I misunderstood you... What did you just say??" I was dumbfounded, but I'm sure that wasn't what he said- "You. You've been making me crazy lately.. And I don't understand why." He responded while leaning closer to my face...... 'HUHH?????'

I must've been dreaming or something because there's no way this was happening. But this seemed so real! Nah, Kusuo doesn't talk about his feelings, so this definitely has to be a dream.'

I made up my mind before finally breaking the nerve wracking silence. "Kusuo... I think that means you have a crush on me."

"Stop joking around. I'm being serious." I couldn't help but smile a bit due to his denial.

"I'm not! You actually do have crush on me!"
Now it was his turn to be dumbfounded and shocked. The silence returned as he stared at me with widened eyes, I could tell that he was now connecting the dots.

"....So that means that I just..."

"Yeah..." He lightly nodded his head, but even though he understood, it was still shocking news to him. "..How is this even possible?" He was visibly troubled by the newly found information.

"Why do you look so distraught?? It's not that big of a deal! What, are you afraid that I'll reject you?"

"No... Well,"

"Stop worrying! I like you too!" ...That unsettling silence made a grand entrance once more. But I wasn't worried, because this was a dream!

".... What?"

"Yah!.. I've liked you for years, even when we were apart. I've honestly liked you since the day we met!" Kusuo silently listened to every word I had to say. "... And you mean that?.." He was a bit hesitant but that's what made me grin even more.

"Mhm! I thought I was being too obviou-" Suddenly I felt something warm make contact with my lips, it took me second to understand was happening.

Though I was shocked, I wasted no time in kissing him back.

He gently placed one hand on my cheek, then snaked the other around my waist, pulling me closer to him.
I melted more into kiss due to the sudden intimacy. I placed my hands on his face as I slowly broke the kiss.

Both of our faces were flushed as we made eye contact, the two of us panting. "Let's continue. I'm impatient." I couldn't help but laugh, even though my heart was pounding.

'This feels so real...' I thought to myself as I slowly leaned in for another one.

✧04/07/2023