pSaiki had honestly though he kept his powers well under wraps. After all, only those he chose to let know knew about them. He couldn't help his parents or brother knowing, and telling his grandparents was just a requirement of life. However, he had only needed a few people his age to know. /p
pToritsuka knew because of his own powers and Saiki made sure he'd never spill. Akechi knew him when Saiki was more flippant with his powers, but they hadn't told anyone. Aiura only knew because Saiki had to save Yumehara from splattering on the ground. That was a bit more graphic all things considered. The point it, only a select few knew. At least, that's what Saiki thought, until he finally had the courage to tell his friends. /p
p"Oh yeah, we all knew that." Nendo responded. Everyone nodded, treating this like a regular day. And to them all it was. 'Wait, how in the world?' "You weren't exactly subtle about it."/p
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pNendo, ironically enough, was the first to figure it out. How? Well, first day of school second year, some guys tried to pour water on his head from the roof. Nendo never figured out why; they probably had some dumb reason like him being ugly. Whatever it was, Saiki had just moved the stream over a bit to hit a flower bush. Nendo had noticed, he isn't a complete idiot, and from that day on pledged to stay Saiki's best bud. After all, you don't save just anyone from being humiliated first day of school./p
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pKaido noticed only a little later into their friendship. One day after school, Nendo dragged him and Saiki to some ramen shop. By that point, they were used to the routine. But Saiki had randomly directed them to a completely different shop when they weren't even halfway there. Kaido first tried to explain it to himself by the fact Saiki had a sudden headache and the other shop was closer. However, the next day, Kaido saw a report on TV about a massive car crash that had occurred right near the shop they were supposed to go to. /p
pObviously, Saiki somehow knew that crash was going to happen before hand. Plus, there seemed to be a flash of someone with pink hair on the TV near all the people in the crash. Amazingly, all those people were completely uninjured. So, Kaido figured out Saiki had some sort of powers and decided to stay his best friend. After all, Kaido wanted to make sure no one made fun of Saiki like they did Kaido./p
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pYumehara was the next to notice, surprisingly enough. She'd had been trying to vie for Saiki's attention, wrongly believing she had a crush. However, all her efforts were in vain. Yumehara knew her luck wasn't that bad, so something had to be up with Saiki himself. I mean, the weather completely cleared up in an instant for God's sake. So, Yumehara gathered Saiki had some sort of power and didn't want her crushing on him. But she decided to at least stay his friend. After all, if she wrongly thought she had a crush, she might as well be his friend instead./p
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pMera was the next to make the connection. She should have gotten reprimanded by Mr. Matsuzaki and forced to quit her job at Café Mami. But that didn't happen and the only other person in the store who could have seen the ordeal was Saiki. Additionally, Saiki had just left when two other guys came into the store on a later day to eat. Mera was certain they had closed up shop by that point trying to figure out how to revive the store. Lastly, she always seemed to have an extra granola bar or some other food in her bag even when she held her bag close to her the whole day. And each time without fail, she'd feel Saiki looking at her, checking to make sure she had the extra food. /p
pSo, Mera decided to stick by Saiki. After all, he's helped her so much, she'd need to make sure to be around to return the favor./p
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pKuboyasu made the connection almost immediately after he transferred to the school. Quite a few times, Kuboyasu had accidentally broken something or had to beat up someone because they were bullying someone else. Each and every time, Kuboyasu didn't get punished and the broken object was fixed, and the bully never stepped up. And each and every time, Saiki was right nearby. Kuboyasu could tell he was nearby; being a delinquent made sure your guard was always up. So, Kuboyasu stuck around Saiki, after all, Saiki and his friends were the only one to not be worried about his punk days, and that's honestly all he could ask for in his friends./p
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pTeruhashi eventually made the connection after her brother suddenly got called away for work when he was being especially pushy. How'd she know it was Saiki? Well, the next day at school, he had slyly asked how her brother's sudden movie shoot went. He explained it away, obviously; something about Kaido and Imu having the scoop on all things Tooru Mugami, but Teruhashi's no idiot. She decided to leave the topic to rest, though, and just continue as if nothing was out of the ordinary. After all, Saiki and the rest of their friends were the only one to treat her normally, and she wouldn't lose that for anything./p
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pHairo figured it out, and probably would have sooner if he hung around Saiki a bit more. Saiki managing to knock over a boat with his ball at tennis camp was only the first indication. But the more Hairo paid attention to Saiki during gym, the more obvious it became. Hairo could always tell when someone was holding back in gym, and Saiki was clearly withholding a lot of strength. However, Hairo knew there had to be an underlying reason and never bother Saiki about it. After all, Saiki never made fun of Hairo's need to always be active, which eventually would manage to get on everyone else's nerves, if only a bit./p
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pSaiko figured it out after transferring. You can't be a wealthy heir and be dumb, so Saiko knew a thing to two about basic reasoning and logic. Whatever superhero-like person had shown up to teach Saiko a lesson after transferring mentioned coffee jelly would be the way to win him over. After that, anytime Saiki ate desserts, Saiko noticed it was always coffee jelly, making those two one in the same. No matter how strong someone is, it would be literally impossible to get through Saiko's house without permission, meaning Saiki would have had to teleport to his room, or something to that extent. But Saiko decided to leave it alone; after all, these kids were the first to teach him that money isn't everything, but he'd never tell them that./p
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p'So, you all knew about my powers?' Saiki asked, extremely confused. "Yeah buddy, but we'd never judge you for it. You were born with it right? You couldn't help it." "Plus, us knowing never really impacted our relationships badly. If anything, I was glad to know because I knew you wouldn't make fun of me for my fake powers." Kaido responded in turn. "You're just trying to survive high school like the rest of us, no need to point out something like that," Yumehara added./p
p"Yeah!" Mera exclaimed, "Plus, you help us so much; keeping your secret would just be the kindest thing to do." "You never judge us for our pasts or personalities, so it'd just be crappy to judge you or try to out that kind of thing," Kuboyasu said. "You treat all of us normally, no matter what quirks or power-like abilities we have, so doing that to you would be extremely counter-productive," Teruhashi added. "No matter what reason you had for it, we needed to respect it." Hairo said. "Yes, even the plebs should be able to keep what they want secret as a secret," Saiko finished off./p
p"I never knew you guys all respected me like this. Thank you," Saiki said slowly, a small smile on his face./p