This is Lotus

This is Saiki

This is Saiki and Lotus

~This is the thoughts of others~

PK Academy Sports Day! - The Antenna's Do What?!

Lotus and Saiki had escaped to the back of the school alone, away from prying eyes, going to have their lunch. Although Saiki had said he was fine Lotus was still worried about him. Her worries were increased when he attempted to eat his lunch, and he couldn't. His hands trembled as he held his chopsticks making him drop his food back into his bento.

"Okay, Saiki you're clearly not okay. What's wrong?" Lotus asked

"My antenna. It was only out a second but it's causing me all sorts of problems."

"What exactly does this thing do?" Lotus asked gently poking at the head antenna.

"The antenna Nendou removed is a kind of control device. The psychic superpowers I was born with have only gotten stronger as I've grown older. By the fifth grade, I could already lift a high rise with my mind. I honestly could have blown up the moon if I wanted to-"

"Oh like in that manga-" Lotus stopped seeing Saiki's face. "Sorry please continue."

"All that psychic power is harder to control. Blowing up my house in my sleep is a best-case scenario."

Lotus sweatdropped hearing that. "That's the best case…."

"What's most worrisome is my mind control power. I could accidentally destroy the world with a single thought. It would make explosions seem like a day at the beach. So to restrain these powers I wear these things on my head. But it can only restrain my ability not stop it." Saiki tried to lift his food up again but once again his shaky hand made him drop his food. "Underneath, the power is always growing in strength. Once these antennae come off I have no idea what could happen." Saiki tried for a third time to eat, but he ended up snapping his chopsticks in half. "My body is not listening to me."

"I see," Lotus's eyes softened as she looked at Saiki. "Saiki you carry such a heavy burden. You really are the strongest guy I know."

This time Saiki knew Lotus complimented him, and he felt rather pleased by it plus the fact Lotus understood what he was going through. There was a small twitch of his lips, and he suddenly felt the need to smile. Saiki simply chalked it up to his boy not responding to him properly.

Lotus placed down her bento then picked up Saiki's.

"What are you doing?"

Lotus didn't say anything but simply used her own chopsticks to pick up Saiki's food.

"Here you go!" Lotus smiled holding up Saiki's food.

"Again, what are you doing?"

"Well since you can't feed yourself I'm gonna do it," Lotus said

"I don't think-"

"Come now. Don't argue you need to eat. Now open up." Lotus moved the chopsticks closer to Saiki's mouth determined to feed him.

Saiki looked from the food to Lotus's face. Seeing as the girl wasn't giving up he quickly ate the food casting his gaze anywhere but the girl.

"There now that wasn't so hard was it." Lotus smiled

Saiki rarely ever felt embarrassment, but he felt embarrassed right now, but at the same time he kind of liked it. Was his antenna being removed causing this or was this simply just the reaction he had to Lotus? The girl truly was an anomaly, and Saiki hated those but for some reason, he didn't mind Lotus at all.

At what point in their constant interactions did Saiki stop seeing Lotus as an odd stranger and started seeing her as more like a friend? The girl did say she was going to become friends with him who knew she'd be right. Slowly but surely Lotus wormed her way into Saiki's life and her constant appearance was now something he expected every day and that idea didn't seem to really bother him. Guess they were more than just acquaintances…..well he wasn't going to tell her that.

Lotus and Saiki sat in a comfortable silence as the pink haired girl fed him the rest of his lunch.

The two pink heads finished their lunches and packed up their bentos.

Lotus sighed, "This is not good Saiki. If your body isn't responding properly you could seriously hurt someone during the sports day games."

"I've gotta go home."

"Saiki! Lotus!" Nendou's voice rang out as he searched for the two.

"Crap!

Saiki got into a running man's position putting a hand on the ground. "Alright teleport!"

Lotus stood confused as Saiki didn't go anywhere. She was about to put her hand on Saiki's shoulder, so she could use her powers to teleport him home but at that moment Nendou appeared from behind the corner.

"Hey, private stretching?" Nendou asked

"It's no good. My powers are messed up."

"Hey, you alright?" Nendou asked when Saiki didn't move from his runners' position. "Maybe you should go home early?" He suggested

"That might be my opening."

Nendou, Saiki, and Lotus made their way back to their classmates. Nendou informed them about Saiki not feeling well and they all agreed that it'd be best for him to go home.

"Sorry to hear your sick bro," Hairo said

"Need help getting home?" Kaidou asked

Soon all of his classmates were chiming in.

"How are you feeling?"

"Drink lots of water!"

"Don't worry about the team."

"Yeah, we're gonna the afternoon events in your honor!" Hairo declared

"Just go home and relax."

"Don't say that."

"Let's win it all for Saiki!" Hairo cheered getting his classmates riled up.

"YEAH!"

"Never forget what he did for us!" Hairo cheered

"Now I can't leave."

Lotus gave Saiki a sympathetic look.

"Let's hear it for the amazing Chouno!" The PA system announced

Lotus was a bit surprised when she saw the magician Chouno walking away with his assistant Michael.

"When did those two get here?"

"The first event of the afternoon is tug-of-war!"

"Alright, guys and gals these are the team events. While we may be at the bottom right now. That's about change!" Hairo declared

"He didn't do any events did he?"

"No. No, he did not."

Lotus along with the rest of the girls watched as the boys of their class pulled trying to win tug-of-war. All the boys were shouting and straining to pull the rope while the very indifferent Saiki kept his neutral look showing no signs of this activity being any bit difficult.

"Pull! Pull! Pull! Come on don't give up! Never give up! Pull!" Hairo shouted

"Stop talking and pull. I don't even like gym when I'm healthy but now I gotta do tug-of-war like this."

The was a snapping sound and Saiki paused looking down at his hands. Lotus who had been paying extra close attention to Saiki paled when she spotted the thick rope in his hands had snapped in half.

"Crap!"

"Huh!? It's suddenly got light!" A guy on the back end of Saiki shouted

"Gotta stall!" Saiki tugged the ropes bringing them close together.

"Ah! Now its heavy again!"

"How'd it snap so easily. I bet I can fix it before anyone notices. Alright, this shouldn't be too hard." Saiki tried to put the ropes together but then something else happened. "Again? The friction tore my gloves. I don't know what'll happen if I use psychometry now." Saiki effortlessly pulled the rope close and unknowingly pulled the other team….up into the air.

Everyone stared amazed and bewildered. Lotus gaped watching the other classes boys flying before they tumbled to the ground.

The referee looked confused. "Uh...Class 3 wins."

Luckily Hairo broke the strange silence. "Alright, we won!"

"I knew I should have stayed home. Sports day is the worst."

People were still stunned after the whole rope pulling incident.

"Class 3 is crazy!"

"We're not crazy were just the kings of sports day!" Hairo said

"Battling real peoples kind of fun," Kaidou said

"I don't remember eating lunch," Nendou said

"The rope broke where I was holding it! I must be super strong!" Takahashi said

All of the boys stood with smug tough guy smirks trying to intimidate the other teams.

"I've never seen them so cocky before." A guy from Class 4 said

"It's the dark side of Class 3."

"They're not cocky just stupid."

Lotus sweatdropped watching the guys. "Just when I forget how dumb they are, they remind ten-fold."

"And with the tug of war Class 3 manages to move up to fourth place!"

"Still two more events."

"Class 2 is gonna beat you hands down!" Retia declared as he appeared before Saiki.

Saiki just simply walked away. "Eh, couldn't care less."

"Hey you respect us for being number one!" Retia shouted

"Again I don't care."

"I came in last in the three-legged race, but it was worth it!" Retia said

He lost because he never left the starting line spending the entirety of the race hugging the girl who was unlucky enough to be tied to him.

"I can't believe your bragging about how that went down."

"He came in last at the three-legged but won gold at being a pervert."

"Just don't feel too bad when we win," Retia said

"For the last time, I don't care about who wins."

"Hey!" Hairo shouted. "Sorry Retia but Class 3 is winning this! In fact, if Class 3 lost to yours I'll buzzcut my hair."

"There's no way," Retia said

"Yes, way! That's how much I believe in us!" Hairo declared

"Please don't."

"Yeah if we lose…."

"We'll all get a buzzcut!" The Class 3 boys declared

"Slow down."

Lotus was suddenly really glad she was a girl. She grabbed at her pink locks that she so much enjoyed.

"You can count me in too. Of course there's no way I'd let us lose," Kaidou said

"Where are you getting this confidence from?"

"I want in on this buzzcut bet too!" Nendou said

"In your case, a buzzcut's an improvement. Well, I know whats next."

"We all share in the glory or every guy in Class 3 will get a buzzcut!" Hairo declared

"We are gonna look so dumb."

Retia faced Lotus, "Hey Lotus lets you and I make a little wager of our own. If I win-"

"Nope!" She stated quickly cutting him off.

"You didn't even let me finish!" Retia exclaimed

"You didn't need to. I don't need to read your mind to know I want no part in your bets," Lotus said

"Next event is the bean bag toss."

"If we're gonna turn it around its gotta be this event."

"Our big comeback starts now!" Hairo shouted

The referee shot off his starter pistol and all the classes scrambled throwing dozens of bean bags.

Lotus scooped up a large amount in her arms and threw each of the bean bags one by one into the basket.

"Whoa, girl buddy your good!" Nendou acclaimed

"Thanks! It's kind of like basketball but a bit easier since bean bags are so small and this basket is so big." Lotus said

Next to Lotus was Kitaro who was trying his best to toss his bean bags, although due to his small stature even with all his strength Kitaro's tosses often stopped short most of his bean bags not making it in. Smiling Lotus got an idea.

"Whoa!" Kitaro gasped as he was lifted up.

Lotus smiled as she had Kitaro on her shoulders just like she had done earlier in their volleyball match. "Alright Kitaro. Now that you have a better height you can get more in! Let's give it our all in this game!"

"R-Right!" Kitaro declared getting a more determined look. With his increased height he was able to get more bean bags in the basket, while Lotus continued to throw her's while keeping Kitaro steady on her shoulders.

"That girl can be a real beast when it comes to sports."

While Lotus was doing her part to win Saiki was doing his part. Using his psychic powers he was able to slow down the bean bags as his classmates threw them, causing them to stop for a brief second and land directly in the net.

The pistol went off again signaling the end of the game.

"Alright that's time! Class 1, 330 bean bags. Class 2, 280. Class 3, 830."

"We tripled them all!" Class 3 cheered

"Alright!" Lotus shouted

"Class 4, 1000."

"What!"

"It's not that difficult if you use your head." The Class 4 Rep, Tanihara, said

Everyone looked over at Class 4's basket to see all the bean bags had been stuffed in a large plastic bag, then the bag had been thrown in the basket.

"What the hell is that!?"

"Well, what does it look like? Everyone in Class 4 put their bean bags in one larger bag. That way we threw them all in the basket at once." Tanihara explained

"Wow, that's not smart that's just cheating."

"Now now guys don't go using the C word. The rules say nothing about putting your bean bags into one big bag."

"Well, they should."

Suddenly everyone felt a chill run down their spine.

"What's with this ominous feeling?"

Standing behind Tanihara was a rather scary sight. A very pissed off Lotus was glaring at the Class 4 Rep, you could practically see the fires of anger burning behind her. A panicking Kitaro stood next to her trying to calm her down.

"I don't care if we beat the other classes as long as we beat his!" Lotus shouted pointing at the smug Tanihara.

"Lotus-san please calm down!" Kitaro cried

"Never! He's going down!" Lotus shouted her eyes igniting.

Off on the sidelines with Ethan, Sir Henry, and Helios.

"~Cheating, how low.~"

"Give him your all my young descendant! Show him how a true warrior wins with honor!" Helios shouted

"Go Lotus! Go Lotus! Don't let some smug elite beat you!" Ethan cheered

Back to the group

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Lotus shouted as if she was charging up with power. "I won't let Class 4 win!"

"I didn't think it was possible for someone to be more intense than Hairo."

"There just one more event. Interclass relay race. Whichever team wins this race will get a whopping 500 points added to their overall score. Saiki," Hairo face the boy in question, "I want you to run anchor."

"If I say no this will only get more difficult. I'll finish third again like I did in the first race."

Running first for the relay was Kaidou and everyone knows why.

"Ready, set, go!"

The boys took off running.

"Go Kaidou!"

Kaidou, still the slowest out of the pack, passed the baton off to Takahashi. The green haired boy was the last to pass of his baton too.

Luckily his next pass was to Nendou. He ran rather odd in fact it was almost disturbing reminding many of a scarecrow that had come to life, but even with is his odd running style he was able to close the gap Kaidou and Takahashi had created.

"He's even creepier at high speeds."

Lotus was stationed third to last and when it was her turn she'd be passing the baton off to Hairo. When the baton was passed to her Lotus took off tearing through the track like a monster.

"Ahhhhh I won't lose!" Lotus shouted

"And look at Lotus of Class 3 go! She easily takes over all of her opponents!"

"Whoa, that girl is amazing!"

"What kind of speed demon is she!?"

Lotus was not using her psychic powers to speed so fast, no, this was the pure power of an enraged fired up Lotus.

Lotus passed everyone and was the first to reach the next person in line, an eager Hairo.

"Great work! Now to get this Saiki-gah!" Hairo ran but ended up tripping exposing his butt cheeks to the world.

"S-Seriously?" Lotus thought

Kaidou and Nendou both yelled at Hairo, who was face down in the dirt.

"I knew he'd show it at one point."

Over in the stands, Ethan screeched. "Lotus evade your eyes! Don't let yourself be tainted by that dirty boys' indecency!"

"At least this time it won't look suspicious when I finish last."

Saiki was going to stick to his plan that is until the Tanihara opened his mouth.

"We're totally gonna win now." Things got worse when his thoughts invaded Saiki and Lotus's mind. "~Nothing wrong with tripping someone if no one sees you.~"

"Well, now that changes everything. You should have kept quiet."

"Saiki…."

Saiki faced Lotus, who was giving him a bright smile. "I want you-" Lotus gave Saiki thumbs up. "-to end him!" She then ran her thumb over her neck in a cutting motion.

Saiki was going to do just that.

"I'm sorry I fell!" Hairo shouted running to Saiki holding out the baton.

"It's not your fault it's his!" Saiki easily caught the baton and shot off like a bullet. "Payback time!"

Saiki flew threw the other classes knocking the other racers off their feet.

"What the heck this guy is flying!"

"Once again Class 3 takes the lead!"

"Go Saiki! Win it all!" Lotus cheered out loud

"I hate the attention but at least this way I'll avoid a buzzcut."

Suddenly Saiki's body seized up, and he fell forward falling a few inches short of the finish line.

"Oh, right...I'm having trouble controlling my body."

The boys from Class 1 and 3 passed Saiki and fast approaching was the runner for Class 4.

"Oh hell no!"

Using her psychic powers Lotus flung Saiki up getting him to his legs.

"Saiki go! You can still beat that smug know-it-all cheater!"

Saiki stepped forward crossing over the finish line getting Class 3 third place.

Sports Day finally came to an end. Saiki was grabbing his stuff wanting to get home after today's events.

"Hey, Saiki. How about I get us home?" Lotus offered

Saiki nodded his head wanting to leave and put today's events behind him. Lotus put a hand on Saiki's shoulder and the two vanished.

Saiki expected to end up home but was mistaken when he and Lotus ended up in the shopping district.

"What are we doing here?"

"Wait here, Saiki!" Lotus started to run off not really answering Lotus's question.

"Where are you going?"

"Just hold on okay! I'll be just a minute!"

Lotus disappeared around the corner and like the good almost-friend he was, not that he ever say that, he waited for Lotus.

After about 10 minutes Lotus came back, she was smiling while she held something behind her back.

"What do you have? And why are you smiling?"

"TA-DA!" Lotus smiled displaying what she had been hiding.

Saiki was surprised to see it was a pack of some coffee pudding, and a good quality too.

"I thought after the tough you had, you deserved it. Especially since you beat that smug guy from Class 4. So here's a reward and a pick me up, from one friend to another," Lotus said

Saiki stunned, although his face didn't really show it and he took the treat from Lotus. When their hands brushed Saiki felt a small jolt go through him, and he quickly grabbed the pudding pulling his hand away from Lotus. He briefly glanced down at his hand wondering if Lotus had felt that too. He looked at the girl to see her pulling out a pink popsicle happily eating it. He thought maybe it had to do with the fact that is gloves were gone, completely omitting the fact that his psychometry wouldn't work on Lotus.

Lotus smiled the popsicle stick sticking out her mouth. "Now don't go denying that we're not becoming friends Saiki." Lotus elbowed Saiki. "I know you're warming up to me. You might not see me as a friend yet but one of these days you're gonna admit how you feel and I'll be there relish in the fact that I finally made you my friend. Just you wait that day shall come!"

Saiki had to turn away from Lotus to hide his small amused smile.

She didn't know how right she was.

Saiki was not in the best mood. He along with Hairo, Kaidou, and Nendou now sported buzzcuts.

"Looking good there buddy," Hairo said

"Shut up, Hairo."

"Hey, Saiki," Kaidou greeted

Kaidou looked the most ridiculous since he didn't get a buzzcut but actually shaved his whole head bald.

"Whoa, you went all out."

"What's going on with your hair it looks so weird," Nendou laughed

"We have the same cut."

Weirdly enough Nendou's haircut looked great on him.

When the four boys made it to class they were surprised to see none of the other guys had buzzcuts. Lotus who had come to class earlier had to quickly cover her mouth to hold back her laughter.

"Where are your buzzcuts?" Hairo asked

"We only had to do it if we lost to Class 2, and we beat them," A guy said

"Oh wow," The buzzcut quartet said

The whole walk home Lotus had been covering her mouth trying to avoid looking at Saiki. Saiki knew the girl wanted to laugh, she spent the entirety of class sneaking glances at him stifling her laughter and that didn't stop even when she and Saiki headed home.

"Alright just get it out."

"W-W-" Lotus snorted trying to cover her giggles doing her best to hide her obvious smile. "W-What are talking about?"

"I can see your smile."

Lotus turned away from Saiki hunching over, her shoulders shaking. "Smile? What smile? I'm not smiling."

Even in her thoughts, Lotus was struggling to think without laughter. She really couldn't help it. Saiki with a buzzcut was one of the funniest things she'd ever seen.

Lotus held up a finger. "Saiki just give me a moment will you." She slid away from Saiki going around a corner of a building.

"Hahahahahahahahah! Oh my god! Hahahahaha!"

Lotus's laughter echoed through the neighborhood. Saiki sighed, but he really couldn't be mad, not when Lotus was so happy.

Lotus came back around the corner calmed down having gotten out all her laughter.

"Can I get a picture?"

"NO!"