lonelysage -It's just to show that Lotus does have her own life and that her world doesn't fully revolve around Saiki.

Huang Bai Lian - They'll come just keep reading.

Paige McCarthy - Glad you like it. I don't know that much about British people, so Sir Henry's behavior mannerism is based off a Biritsh friend I worked with. If you'd like to feel free to give any tips or adivce to make Sir Henry more true to being British.

Kizuna Hikari - Glad I could lift your spirits. Don't worry I got a sudden bout of inspiration so more chapters are to come.

This is Lotus

This is Saiki

This Lotus and Saiki together

~This is the thoughts of others~

The Melancholy of Nendou - Cakes and Flowers Make For Perfect Bait!

Summer vacation came to an end which meant only one thing for young teenagers, the start of a new term of school.

Lotus sat at her desk divulging herself in a new issue of manga, although it was kind of hard since all of her classmate's thoughts were buzzing as they discussed and chatted about the various things they did over summer break. Saiki sat next to Lotus staying as silent as always trying to avoid any unnecessary attention.

"Hairo you got tan."

Hairo was surrounded by a group of his friends as they all comment on the impressive tan he was sporting.

"Yeah I volunteered at the beach as a lifeguard," Hairo said

"Hairo must have been working at the beach every day. Hope he used enough sunscreen."

"No way you have a crush on someone!"

Teruhashi was surrounded by a group of boys and all of them seemed to be freaking out over the fact that she had a crush.

"Teruhashi who is it?!"

"Is it one of us?!"

"Its someone I ran into over vacation," Teruhashi said

"She's got a crush huh? The guy must have come from a rich family for Teruhashi to show interest."

That's what Lotus thought until the blue haired girl discreetly turned her gaze to Saiki giggling in her mind.

"~You know who I mean right. I know he wasn't a figment of my imagination~" Teruhashi thought

"Why did she think that in such a dark tone?"

Teruhashi put a finger up. "It was the sixth of August when I first fell in love with him." She declared.

"~That's a day you won't forget either, Saiki!~" Teruhashi thought

Lotus snorted holding back her laughter hiding her face behind her manga. Teruhashi kept replaying in her mind her rather hilarious "love" encounter with Saiki, and Lotus couldn't stop herself from laughing. Her shoulders shook as she tried her best to keep the giggling quiet.

"Way to go lover boy." Lotus giggled in her head.

"Quiet you." Saiki thought back.

A black haired boy next to Teruhashi blinked then spoke up. "I remember seeing you that day too and the guy you were talking with…."

Teruhashi paused clenching a fist giving a small gasp afraid that her "secret crush" was going to be exposed.

"Was Nendou!" The boy announced

"You are way off idiot!" Teruhashi shouted, her hair flared around her head in anger, and she had a sharp glare on her face. She quickly stopped realizing what she was doing and with some lighting quick thinking she fixed the situation from her sudden outburst. Her face went back to the sweet Teruhashi, and she gave the boys a charming smile. "Yeah, his name is Yurwei Offdjot! He's a Russian exchange student."

"Nope."

Teruhashi was drowned out when Kaidou walked over to Saiki and Lotus's desk.

"Guys is it just me or is Nendou acting weird today?" Kaidou said

"Your the one being weird."

"And how the heck did you get past Matsuzaki in that getup?"

Kaidou had a rather unique new-look. He was wearing a black eye patch over his left eye, had a single braid, plus a black choker collar around his neck, and to finish off the new-look the edges of his shirt had been cut to give it a more rough look.

Ignoring the odd outfitted Kaidou Saiki and Lotus turned their attention to Nendou. He was sitting by himself at his desk with a thoughtful look.

"Like usually he says stuff like 'We should do stuff after school buddy'," Kaidou said

"He is quieter than normal."

"It's actually a bit unsettling with Nendou being so quiet."

"Oh my look don't worry about it," Kaidou suddenly said going off topic of what they had been talking about. "It's a long story."

"I'm not worried about it. I just think its stupid."

Nendou covered his face then let out a depressing sigh.

"What's that all about?"

"I don't know but this is really starting to bother me."

Nendou stood up from his desk and walked out of the room at a slow pace dragging his feet.

"That's fishy right?" Kaidou said

"My interest is peaked."

"Mine as well."

"Alright alright, I'll tell you," Kaidou pointed at his eye patch, once again veering the conversation in a subject they were not focused on.

"Stop it I don't care about your new look!"

After school Kaidou, Lotus, and Saiki followed Nendou with the intent to discover the sudden change in his attitude. Kaidou had dawned a disguise, wearing a hat, a jacket, and some sunglasses. He ran from alleyway to alleyway as he tailed Nendou.

Saiki and Lotus, on the other hand, followed Kaidou's lead, but they weren't wearing any disguises and instead of running to and fro from each alleyway Saiki allowed Lotus to hold onto his shoulder as he teleported the two behind Kaidou.

"His house isn't this way. He's got something going on." Kaidou said

"Why are you so excited by this?"

Kaidou reached into his bag and in one quick swoop, he had changed outfits. He wore a new jacket, new sunglasses, and a beanie hat.

"And why are you so good at tailing people?"

"That quick change was impressive."

Nendou stopped walking and seemed to be staring at something.

"Hey, Saiki, Lotus check it. What is Nendou looking at?" Kaidou said

Lotus and Saiki stuck their heads out of the alleyway they were hiding in looking at the buzz cut blonde.

Coming out of a convenience store with her father as a small giggling girl. Nendou stared at the two making a rather disturbing look while chuckling.

"~CREEPY!~"

"CREEPY!"

That was the groups one thought on the scene before them.

"Nendou has a thing for little girls?" Kaidou said in a creeped out tone.

"There's no way! Nendou's a lot of things but being 'that' kind of guy? I can't believe it!"

"This doesn't look good, we should call the police."

"He's going into a store," Kaidou pointed out.

Nendou walked into a shop and the sign overhead read "Flower Shop Jason".

"Looks like a flower boutique," Kaidou said

A few minutes later Nendou came out with a small bouquet of sunflowers.

"Don't tell me he's got a girl-"

"No not Nendou." All three concluded

Nendou continued on unaware of the three people following him. He stopped again when a little girl giggling on her father's shoulders came into view. He once again made that creepy face.

"Another one!?"

"~Another one!?~"

"That look is seriously giving me the chills."

"That's just gross," Kaidou said

"We'll confirm it after we call the police."

Kaidou changed outfits again now wearing a dark shirt and a top hat. "No, we need more proof than this. I mean lots of people like sunflowers and its natural to smile when you see a cute little kid, right."

"Good point let's not be rash."

"Also Nendou does naturally have a scary look, he's probably making that creepy face without even realizing it. The first time I met Nendou I was alarmed thinking he was gonna do something creepy or bad, but I was totally off," Lotus added

"Another good point."

Nendou continued walking heading into another store.

"Hmm, another shop." Kaidou looked up reading the store sign. "Cakes! Women and children can't resist sweet treats, and when you combine a woman and a child you get a little girl!"

"Now you're jumping to conclusions."

"Yeah, I mean everyone has a sweet tooth every once in a while," Lotus said

"Have you ever seen Nendou eat that?! Or like flowers?! It's all meant to be given to someone, but he has no girlfriend to give them to. That can only mean one thing! They're bait, and he's using them to lure away little girls!" Kaidou cried

Lotus and Saiki saw Kaidou's image of Nendou dressed up in sunflowers sporting a rather creepy facial expression holding up some cake.

Lotus shivered at the mental visual. "If I saw that I'd run the other way."

"Yeah, the little girl it works on has her own problems."

Nendou walked back out of the store holding a small cake box. "Bummer they were all out of shortcake. Oh well." Nendou leered looking down at the cake box. "It's not like anyone will ever eat this."

"~If it's not for eating it must be bait!~"

"If it's not for eating it must be bait!"

"Guys we have to stop Nendou before he does something terrible!" Lotus declared

"Warrior Queen Princess Lotus is right!" Kaidou ran out from their hiding spot heading for Nendou. "Nendou!" He shouted causing the taller teen to turn around. "Your secret is out!" Kaidou charged holding his fist up going to punch Nendou but….he just ended up batting his fist against Nendou's chest like a kitten tapping around a ball of yarn. "How dare you hurt little kids. You monster!" Each punch made a popping noise like bubbles popping.

"Is that what his punches sound like?"

"Wait what secret? You mean my dad?" Nendou questioned

Everyone froze at Nendou's words, including Lotus who was sneaking up behind Nendou holding her arm up in karate stance ready to neck chop and knockout Nendou.

She quickly pulled her arm back hiding it behind her back giving an awkward smile.

Nendou took his friends to his father's grave, he set up the sunflowers around the gravestone and lit some incense.

"So he's dead?" Kaidou asked

"I visit him every year on the anniversary of his bus accident," Nendou stated

"What about the flowers and the cake?" Kaidou questioned

"Respectful offerings to the dead. It's normal to bring cakes and flowers to a family grave," Nendou said

"To think Nendou's lecturing us on normal. I get it now, those weren't creepy looks he was giving. Seeing cute kids with their dads just made him think of his own. Nendou has a very misleading face."

Saiki suddenly heard sniffling and turned to see Lotus crying.

"Why are you crying?"

"I feel sad about Nendou's father but I'm also just really relieved Nendou's not 'that' kind of pervert."

"When did your dad die Nendou?" Kaidou asked

"Well, it was before I was born. He died trying to save a little girl who had run in front of a bus. Huh maybe he was into little girls," Nendou said

"Hope not," Kaidou awkwardly chuckled

"That's a dark joke."

Lotus sweatdropped at that. "Yeah, I….don't know what to say to that."

"So if he died before you were born he must have been pretty young," Kaidou said

"He was only 18 or 19 years old," Nendou said

"Nendou's parent were married, right? Whoa, what a young age to start a family."

"Here look I got his picture." Nendou held out a photo.

"Hey, this is just a picture of you!" Kaidou said

Nendou smiled, "Nah it's him. My mom says I look more like him each year weird."

"You don't look like him, your the same!" Kaidou exclaimed

Lotus was just as stunned by the picture of Nendou's father. "Are you sure he wasn't your older brother or something. The likeness of this is too much."

"Haha, your sure are funny girl buddy!" Nendou laughed

"I heard about kids taking after their parents but this is crazy. You'd think Nendou was a clone or something."

"The only difference is Nendou has a scar over his left eye his father had one over his right."

The sound of chewing caught Lotus and Saiki's attention, and they saw Nendou eating the cake.

"Nendou didn't you say that cake was for-!"

Lotus stopped talking when she noticed the scar wasn't over Nendou's left eye but his right. Her mind froze when she also realized this Nendou was sitting on top of the grace wearing white robes, the typical robes considered for the dead.

"Cake," Nendou's father hummed while chewing on the sweet treat.

Lotus and Saiki locked eyes with the man, the two completely still not being able to process what they were seeing.

Nendou's father stared at the two for a few seconds before he poofed away in a cloud of smoke. Both Saiki and Lotus stood there wide-eyed.

"That's not a real ghost right?"

"Saiki did you-?"

"I saw nothing."

"But I-?"

"You saw nothing."

"But-?"

"We saw nothing."

". . . Okay."

"Come on guys lets go get some Ramen!" Nendou called out.

Saiki and Lotus walked home in silence that is until Lotus couldn't take it anymore.

"Saiki come on man I'm freaking out here! Did we or did we not just see a ghost!?" Lotus exclaimed.

"My powers are supernatural but personally I don't believe in ghost, so let's just pretend what happened at the graveyard never happened."

"That doesn't make me feel better!" Lotus groaned

Lotus was laughing having a good time, something she seriously needed after today's events. Out of all the supernatural things she thought she'd experience, ghost was not on her list.

"Haha, you almost got it, Sir Henry!" Lotus giggled

"~This is quite vexing but I shall prevail!~"

Lotus laughed some more as she waved around a cat toy in front of Sir Henry. The ferret bounded around trying to catch the fluffy object at the end of the stick.

"Lotus! Sir Henry! Come here I have something to show you two!" Ethan's voice rang through the house.

"Ethan?" Lotus set down the toy letting it go limp on the ground.

"~I got you now!~"

Sir Henry pounced going for the now non-moving toy but before he could grasp it Lotus picked up the animal carrying him out of the room. She walked to Ethan's workroom going inside.

"What's up, Ethan?" Lotus asked walking into the room seeing Ethan along with her sister.

"I've got a surprise for the new member of the family!" Ethan beamed

"What is it?" Lotus asked

"Yes yes, I want to know too! Don't keep us in suspense!" Violet said

"Ta-da!" Ethan pulled out a small light pink woven collar. Attached to the front of the collar was a silver charm with Sir Henry Yamaguchi etched into the front. "Its a collar for Sir Henry! Look the pendant on the front has got his name and the back has got our address just in case he gets lost."

"Ethan…."

"Ethan that's so kind of you," Violet gave a soft smile. "And that shade of pink is just like Lotus's hair."

"I know right. I thought since the color of Sir Henry's fur paired so well with the shade of pink of Lotus's hair that I'd make a collar that color. That way everyone one will know that he belongs to our little Lotus." Ethan explained.

"Thank you, Ethan its….I really appreciate it," Lotus thanked smiling.

"~It's quite charming.~"

"Let's put it on, see how it fits," Violet grinned

Ethan slipped the collar around Sir Henry's furry neck, the pink woven fabric matched nicely with Sir Henry's periwinkle fur and the silver ID tag glinted with a nice polished finish.

"Wow, Ethan it looks great!" Lotus praised

"Excellent my darling!" Violet praised too.

Ethan blushed rubbing the back of his head looking quite happy. "Having both my lovely goddess Violet and my sweet little Lotus praise me so, I think I might explode from sheer happiness! I was going to add them to my collection and sale them."

"They're going to sell great Ethan!" Lotus smiled. "I bet every pet owner is gonna want to custom order one. You'll be getting a whole new slew of customers. You'll be able to expand and get that shop sooner than you planned."

"She's right Ethan!" Violet added

"Ahh, I'm so lucky!" Ethan gushed from all the praise.

Sir Henry pawed at the silver ID tag dangling from his new collar seeming to enjoy the new adornment.

"Sir Henry Yamaguchi, I think it's got a nice ring to it. Sounds so fancy and regal," Violet said

"Right right!" Ethan nodded his head agreeing. "Next I'm gonna make Sir Henry his own bed. I was also thinking about making some more collars for the changing seasons."

Ethan and Violet enthusiastically discussed the various new things that Ethan could create for Sir Henry.

"They always take everything to the extreme but it's great that they're so taken with him. Guess your officially a part of the Yamamoto family Sir Henry….good luck."