I don't like Sundays.
An entire day knowing that tomorrow will soon be here. Monday. You know what that means, right? I have to go to school. To make it worse, it's the last day of spring break. I don't dislike school, I just find it boring. The work is easy, what with me having psychic powers so there's no point to me even really being there. Sadly I can't avoid it.
The main reason that I don't like it, however isn't that. Instead, the reason is that I don't want to see people. When I'm there, I'm surrounded by people I want nothing to do with. I try to keep a low profile, as the more people that are around me, the greater likelihood of someone finding out my secret, which simply can't happen.
It's often difficult to conceal my abilities as sometimes they're difficult or impossible to control. Like when I sneeze. Random explosions are normally the least of my worries though.
Thankfully I have a way of avoiding detection: Telepathy. Since I can hear people's thoughts, I can easily avoid detection and make sure no one is around. I only use my psychic powers in public when necessary.
On this particular occasion, this is not what I'm worried about.
Today is Sunday. Sunday evening. I'm not really doing anything. Just watching TV. This show is boring; I even forgot what it's called. I hear a call from downstairs.
"Kusuo, supper!" My mother calls.
Getting up, I turn off the TV and go downstairs. Tea and cookies are on the table waiting for me and my parents, Kurumi and Kuniharu Saiki are flirting as usual. Sighing and rolling my eyes at them, I sit down and take a sip of tea.
"So Kusuo... back to school tomorrow. Hope you've done your homework..." my father taunts playfully. Homework is not an issue for me. I can do it all in a few hours. I'm not particularly in the mood for him right now.
Don't remind me...
I communicate using telepathy, because it's easier. Just to clarify, they can hear that.
"Oh, don't be like that, Ku.. I'm sure you'll be fine! You'll have your friends with you too." Kurumi chirps. My mother always looks for a bright side. She's a caring soul.
That's not going to make me feel any better, you know...
I grumpily take a cookie. I'm not even that bothered about that, and it tastes almost like cardboard for some reason. I finish it anyway and take another swig of tea, disgruntled.
"Something wrong, Ku?" She asked, her caring eyes full of concern.
As a matter of fact, there was. I don't normally dread school in this way but this term is different. I have a bad feeling about it... earlier I had nodded off while watching TV and had a dream...
Thunder. Lightning. A raging storm that wouldn't subside. Danger at every flash of light and clap of thunder. Terrified students trapped in the school as the tempest continued its reign of terror. Lightning striking a nearby tree and setting it alight with bright flames, only to be doused immediately by the pouring rain. Would it ever stop? A sudden flash and the lightning, as if with a mind of its own, struck the school building...
I shook my head. I'd woken with a tremendous headache meaning my powers of precognition had kicked in to warn me of something. To warn me of the coming storm. When it will happen, I don't know. I know that it will though; and I'm going to have to do something about it...
It's fine, mum. Thanks. I drain my teacup and bid the two of them goodnight, trying to ignore their expressions of puzzlement and worry.
Back in my room, I ponder the issue at hand. I have no idea when this will happen. I can hear my parents thoughts downstairs, most of it is concern, because if I'm worried about something, others should probably worry too. How can I stop this? I've changed the weather in the past but not with everyone around, and that was just rain, nothing on this scale. If I protect the school, I risk people finding out about my abilities, though if I don't protect the school, who knows what will happen. I need to find a way to accomplish one without compromising the other... What a pain. This'll be harder than I thought.