#rumor has it he has created an entire secret language of only tongue clicks

[ridiasfangirlings]

I could see Fushimi being even more isolated if he was mute, like now he's even harder to understand and most people probably don't even want to try. Maybe he's mute due to some trauma Niki inflicted on him, he can make a few small sounds but he can't speak at all. He writes his own program in order to give himself a 'voice,' like imagine Fushimi programming his PDA to speak for him when he types things into it except he rarely uses it, Niki's always teasing him for not being able to talk and the other kids at school think he's weird because if it. Fushimi doesn't see the point in talking to any of them anyway so he starts getting more and more isolated, always sitting quietly in the corner of the classroom. He also uses his condition as an excuse to ignore the teachers even more than usual, like none of them ever call on him or ask him to demonstrate things because he can't speak and it seems easier just to let him be. Then in middle school when Yata saves him from the bullies Yata is all confused when Fushimi has no reply for him besides a tongue click. Yata keeps trying to get Fushimi to talk to him, like just talking about how Fushimi must have been scared and hey I know we haven’t talked much but I wanna be sure you're okay and finally Fushimi pulls out his PDA and starts typing vigorously, Yata stares blankly as a flat robotic voice tells him to go the hell away. Yata actually thinks it's kinda cool though, like wait you programmed this all by yourself that's amazing, Fushimi clicks his tongue again all annoyed because he doesn't need someone pitying the poor mute kid.

So eventually Fushimi and Yata become friends and maybe for Fushimi it's like the first time anyone's ever really understood him, like even when he doesn't type sometimes Yata knows what Fushimi's trying to say. This is fine until they join Homra and that's when things fall apart for Fushimi because no one in Homra understands him and they all clearly think there's something wrong with him so they don't even try. Only Totsuka and Kusanagi (and eventually Anna, who understands without him speaking) make much of an effort. He'd probably feel even more useless than in canon because Fushimi can't even really show off his intellect much, like if he tries to speak out about Homra making some stupid move he has to type it out first and half the time his robotic 'voice' can't even be heard above all the fuss. Plus Yata's stopped understanding him but keeps speaking for both of them, like 'Saruhiko says...' when that wasn't what Fushimi wanted to say and he feels suddenly more isolated than he has since middle school. It's also more painful for him this time because for a while he almost forgot he was mute and felt like he was in this small world where his voice could really be heard, and now it's being drowned out again.

Then he joins Scepter 4 and I think he would do better there. Munakata I’m sure would be pleased to provide him with the tools to upgrade his PDA voice software and even if Fushimi's tired and down to tongue click communicating Munakata's very astute at figuring out what Fushimi wanted to say. When Fushimi uses the voice software to 'speak' everyone stops and listens and he actually feels useful for once. Plus he goes on solo missions a lot where he doesn't need to speak and for Fushimi that’s a weight lifted off, that now he doesn't have to feel like someone who's less than everyone else and needs a special PDA just to talk, he's on his own and can handle himself.

In jungle I think he'd do well too, especially since the j-rank club is so small and everyone listens when he speaks. He can even argue with Sukuna just by typing, Hisui offers him all kinds of fancy technology to work on his program more and tells him that as long as he's in jungle he will always have a voice. Half of jungle's communication is through the net anyway, and maybe Hisui and Fushimi have this weird bond because for both of them the internet is like a way they can really be 'normal,' where the physical restrictions are taken away and they can be free. That makes it harder for Fushimi to betray them, knowing that if he stayed here maybe he would finally not be different from everyone else, but then at the same time he thinks Hisui's equal world is bullshit and Hisui constantly telling him he's special because of his issue pisses him off, at Scepter 4 he's just third in command regardless of what he needs to communicate and that's what he wants, to be normal.

#Fushimi Saruhiko #Talking K #Fushimi would definitely use that as an excuse to not interact with anyone #and in Homra I could see him easily becoming overlooked more or less #but then in S4 everyone wants to pay attention to him #like the alphabet squad just talks to him normally and no one seems to care what he needs to use to reply #when he gets too tired to type is when he starts just clicking his tongue #rumor has it he has created an entire secret language of only tongue clicks