#merasai

genuinely still shocked that merasai is so unpopular.. when i first watched saiki k years ago, i was immediately into that ship and i just assumed they would be one of the most popular because they have the most casual chemistry ever.. like they would be the most arospec dgaf go at their own pace couple ever and i love them...

Mera x Saiko, BUT focused on how they would get there! I'm thinking something where Saiko moves on from Teruhashi (because she for once dropped the nice girl persona to absolutely tear into him and telling him she doesn't like him and the way he acts no girl would ever like him sincerely (romantically)), and while he's trying to think of ways to improve he half sincerely offers to support Mera, and she (kinda vaguely?) rejects his offer wanting to keep her dignity (or something? it's hard to describe with words, also of course she would want to keep the offer on the table, but if she was sincerely desperate to have it she would've done so already, does any of this make sense???) and in that moment he starts to see her in another light, and something something, he feels wrong forcing her to date him for financial support, so he offers the support no strings attached, and says if she could consider dating him, but insists that his feelings won't be her problem if she rejects him, and she starts to see him in a different light... and also Saiko tells his dad that it's "purely charity" and "making himself look good" because I feel like he wouldn't approve of his son "lowering himself down to the level of the peasants" or something