Shirokicchi - Yeah, I'm trying to avoid that by giving her normal reactions to crazy things and having her work towards everything, like developing her own psychic powers. But you are right not just any normal person can be paired off with Saiki.

LadySedatePhobia - With Kokomi's brother and his sister obsession, I do have something worked out that will co-exist with his obsession with Lotus but that won't be shown until later in the story. I get your second point she doesn't need to be in everything, as I go through I'm trying to pick out what she should be cut out of. Could you further explain the mirror and contrast part about Saiki and Lotus's life, that comment I don't fully understand. The Spirit part, haha, I completely forgot. Now that you addressed it though I can add it to the story.

VeneratedCryptum - Yes! More Saiki fics are needed!

This is Lotus

This is Saiki

~This is the thoughts of others.~

More Teruhashi Trouble! - Not For Saiki But For Lotus!

Teruhashi smiled walking down the hallways of her school. Passing by a classroom she heard some chatter coming from it. The door was slightly ajar, allowing the voices from within to flood into the hallways. She was simply going to keep going on her way until some words caught her attention.

"Alright, so we all agree Mahiru is a solid 6."

"Yeah, cute face but kinda of an airhead plus she's kind of lacking in the curves."

"I'd give her a 5 myself."

"That's because you don't like brunettes."

Teruhashi drifted back peeking into the room catching a glimpse of several boys in the classroom.

"~So they're ranking girls huh?~" Teruhashi smiled flipping her hair. "~Certainly being the perfect girl I am I'd be ranked number 1. A perfect 10 out of 10.~"

The boys went back and forth talking about various girls in the school. Teruhashi was quickly growing bored and was about to leave when someone finally spoke the words she was waiting for.

"Well, I guess we can all agree on who's the perfect girl in this school." A black haired boy said

"Yeah."

"Teruhashi of course."

"Obviously."

"Totally."

The boys all agreed confirming what Teruhashi knew. She crossed her arms nodding her head with a small satisfied smile.

"~Obviously. After all, I am the perfect girl.~" Teruhashi thought flipping her hair over her shoulder.

"Yeah, she is perfect, but she's not the girl I'd pick." A guy with brown hair spoke.

"What!?" The other guys shouted

"~WHAT!?~" Teruhashi thought

"Dude, have you lost your mind? Teruhashi is perfect in every way how could you not want her?!" A guy shouted

"I'm not denying she's perfect but there's a girl in this school whose much hotter and cooler than Teruhashi."

"Who!?"

"~YEAH! WHO?!~" Teruhashi was now almost pressed against the door of the classroom trying to hear every word.

"Lotus of course."

"~Who the heck is that?!~"

"You know that transfer girl with the pink hair."

"Oh yeah, I know who you're talking about. I've seen her in the male gym class."

"If you think about it Lotus is the perfect girl."

"And why would you say that?"

"She's the cool confident type that takes charge, mistakes don't even phase her. She faces life head-on. Plus she into things like sports and anime."

"Now that you mention it I often see her with Manga."

"And I did hear she's really into sports."

"See what I mean. I myself caught her at an arcade. I also heard she's an amazing cook. Selfless too, there's a story going around that she rescued an animal from a group of thugs."

"Cool!"

"Impressive!"

How that story got around no one knows?

"Think of it this way Teruhashi is an angel or rather like a fine piece of art. She's perfect, elegant, simply amazing to look at. She'd obviously have to be pampered and taken care of."

"~Obviously.~" Teruhashi agreed

"But Lotus, she's like a wild stallion. Full of power and passion, even if you tame her she's still got that wild spirit that keeps life spicy. She'll go out into the world with her adventurous spirit, she's the kind of girl who's not afraid to get her hands dirty."

"Whoa, dude those analogies were great."

"Thanks, I do have one of the best writing grades in school. But besides that now can you see why Lotus is the best choice?"

"Yeah, when you put it that way she is amazing. Lotus does sound like the best girl-no woman."

"Let's not forget that body, she's definitely got the best bod in school."

All the boys nodded their heads agreeing to that.

"~What is going on here? How could they be talking about picking another girl over me when I'm the most perfect girl in the whole school. There's just no way she'd be a better catch than me!~"

Teruhashi was having an inner freak out the words coming out of the guy's mouth not registering in her mind.

"I bet Lotus would totally be into a guy like me."

"As if."

"What was that?! Girls like Lotus probably like the sporty type someone who can keep up with her!"

"Yeah, right she'd be more into the cool type such as myself. Someone who can keep calm in any situation."

"You're so wrong. She's probably into the strong and silent type."

"No. No. No," A guy with glasses spoke up. "You all have got it wrong. It's clear that Lotus seeks a companion who's on the same intellectual level as her, not some neanderthals who can't hold a stimulating conversation."

As the guys went back and forth over what kind of guy Lotus would be in to, Teruhashi had a plan forming in mind. She had to find out who this Lotus was.

It wasn't that hard for Teruhashi to locate Lotus, her being the only pink haired girl in school. The girl had been in Teruhashi's class but the blue-haired girl had completely overlooked Lotus's presence. She briefly remembers the girl when she transferred and although Lotus's well-endowed body struck a bit of envy Teruhashi quickly swept that under the rug. Even if Lotus had been a bit more gifted than Teruhashi, there was no way she was perfect like her.

With these thoughts in mind Teruhashi allowed Lotus to fly under the radar, the girl had slowly become popular within the school and Teruhashi didn't even notice. Lotus even sat next to Saiki, Teruhashi really wanted to facepalm at that. How could she have not noticed that Lotus sat next to Saiki? Throughout class, as she observed Lotus, Saiki paid no mind to his seat partner. So maybe that's why Teruhashi didn't notice?

Teruhashi continued her scrutinizing analyzation of Lotus, and she honestly couldn't figure out what that group of boys had been talking about. There was nothing that the pink haired girl really did that stood out to Teruhashi. Especially nothing that would make guys pick her over Teruhashi herself. So why? Why were those guys saying she was the perfect choice?

"~This just doesn't make sense. I just don't understand it at all.~" Teruhashi thought

Teruhashi was thinking about Lotus, like she was some kind of impossible math problem that needed to be solved.

At the end of the day, Teruhashi followed Lotus all the way to their shoe lockers, Teruhashi watching the girl silently like a hawk. Even her thoughts were silent as she observed Lotus switching out her shoes. Which is why neither Lotus nor Saiki knew Teruhashi was watching them when the two pinkettes joined up outside the school gates, gearing to walk home together. A normality that was now a part of their daily school routine.

"~Impossible! Saiki shows interest in her and not me! Something has to be done! Tomorrow I'll have to show her and everyone that I'm perfect! I'll prove to Saiki that I'm the one he should be walking with!~" Teruhashi thought with a determinate declaration.

Finally, overhearing the girls frantic thoughts Lotus sweatdropped.

"Oh dear, it's gonna be a long day tomorrow isn't it?"

"Yup." Saiki agreed. "Please, stay away from me tomorrow."

Lotus gave an integral sigh. "I understand."

The next day of school class started with the students receiving their results from a test they had taken earlier that week. A couple of small cheers and groans went off throughout the room as each student read their results.

"Oh man, this is so bad. Not this is terrible," A girl with short black hair moaned holding her test.

Her paper was full of red marks and a very unpleasant big 35 was circled at the top of the page.

"Oh wow, that's terrible." Lotus giggled standing behind the girl reading her score.

"What!?" The girl screeched going stark white.

"~Ha! Obviously, a perfect girl wouldn't say such a comment. In such a situation a perfect girl would have got a perfect score, then she would share that perfect score with those who didn't do so well to make them feel better. That's exactly what a perfect girl like me would do.~" Teruhashi thought

Lotus continued to smile patting the other girls head. "Don't worry though everyone makes mistakes. Your Mitsumi right?"

"Yeah," Mitsumi said nodding her head.

"~She knows that girls name?~"

"I saw on the last math test you scored the highest right?" Lotus asked

"That's right." Mitsumi blushed. "I didn't know anyone knew that."

"It was a really difficult test, so I was impressed by the top score you only missed one question. You don't need to feel so bad about not doing so well on this test. As long as you have the drive to do better next time and work hard then this bad grade is not defeat but simply just an obstacle to improve on." Lotus said

"Wow." Mitsumi smiled "I never thought of it that way."

"I saw how upset you looked and came over here to offer you some help. I tutor some other students after classes and I wanted to invite you to join the upcoming English tutoring session," Lotus offered

"Really?!" Mitsumi asked with a bright smile. "Thank you very much!"

Lotus smiled. "No problem happy to help."

Teruhashi gasped. "~That response! That attitude! It was all perfect!~"

Lotus had been making her way to gym class when a commotion out in front of the school caught her attention.

"What's going on here?" Lotus questioned

One of the girls turned to Lotus pointing at a man who was standing at the school entrance. "There's some strange man standing in front of the school."

"He's creepy. He's been staring at the school and this paper in his hands for like 20 minutes." A light brown haired girl stated.

"What if he's here for someone? *GASP* Like some kind of assassin!" A bobbed haired girl gasped.

"He's not a very good one if he stands out in the open like that." Lotus thought

"Or maybe some mobster! He's come to kidnap an innocent student to pay off their parents crumbling debt!" A brown and black haired boy theorized.

"And here I thought Kaidou was the only one in this school with an outlandish imagination." Lotus thought

Lotus observed the man taking him in. He was on the taller side, with angle features. The top of his hair was brown while the undercut was blonde. He was also dressed in business casual, with a small suitcase sitting by his feet. He didn't look at all creepy in fact he looked confused. He muttered to himself staring at the paper before looking back at the school. As he looked up Lotus could see more of his features, and she could make out he was a foreigner.

"European definitely." Lotus thought

"Hey what do you kids think you're doing lingering in front of school like that! You all should be heading to class!" The booming voice of Coach Matsuzaki sounded.

As he walked over to the group of students one of them explained the situation, not very well, while pointing at the confused foreigner. Lotus felt bad for the poor foreigner as Coach Matsuzaki ran off yelling at the man. The poor guy was scared as the high school coach yelled at him. He finally spoke back to the yelling coach in his native language, waving his hands looking around desperately for some kind of help.

Lotus sighed and broke away from the students walking over to the man and Coach Matsuzaki.

"Hey, you stay back! Strangers are dangerous!" Coach Matsuzaki warned putting a hand in front of Lotus stopping the girl.

Lotus sidestepped the man walking to the foreigner. "Don't worry Sensei I've got this."

"Mi scusi, signore, per caso vi siete persi?" (1) Lotus asked speaking fluent Italian.

The man relaxed a great deal happy to hear someone speaking his language.

"Sì, sono molto perso." (2) The man confirmed nodding his head.

"Che cosa stai cercando? Forse posso aiutarti," (3) Lotus offered, holding her hand out.

The man passed his map to Lotus pointing to something on it. "Vedi, sto cercando questo ristorante qui, mia sorella vive qui, io avrei chiamato e chiesto, ma questa è una visita a sorpresa." (4)

"Che bello, immagino che ti sia un po 'voltato, ecco il modo migliore per arrivare dove stai andando" (5) Lotus said

She gave the man proper directions before sending him off. He left with a smile and wave thanking Lotus greatly for her help. When the man was out of sight the group of students who were watching the whole thing ran over to Lotus gathering around the girl.

"You handled that so well. So cool!" A girl spoke

"Amazing! You speak another language!" Another girl gushed

"So you speak both Japanese and Italian?" A guy asked

"Yeah but, I actually speak several other languages too," Lotus stated

"Really?!"

"What ones?" Someone asked

"My main languages are Japanese and English. I also speak Italian, German, French, and Icelandic. I also know some Chinese and Celtic."

"Oh, wow Lotus you're so smart!"

"Haha, not really. Anyone can learn a language if they try hard enough. I was just lucky to learn them at such a young age thanks to my parent's jobs." Lotus said

As the other students marveled over Lotus's linguistic skills Teruhashi, who had been watching from a window on the second floor of the school, was once again in a tizzy.

"~Oh no! Another perfect girl action. She has to know different languages so her talents can be understood in any land!~" Teruhashi thought

Lotus was walking down the halls of school carrying a box, Teruhashi trailing not far behind her.

"~Hmmm? If it were me who had to carry that box any boy would throw themselves at me trying to grab it offering to carry it for me.~"

This what Teruhashi thought, that is until a guy walked over offering to help Lotus with the box.

Lotus smiled shaking her head. "No that's okay. I was the one who offered to help the teacher. It's a little heavy but nothing I can't handle. You should have seen the teacher though poor guy was trying to carry four of these all at once. Thank you for the offer though."

Teruhashi internally gasped for what felt like the 10th time today. "~She's showing off her power of being a strong independent woman!~"

This continued throughout the day, Lotus acting as normal, and Teruhashi freaking out over it. Teruhashi simply didn't get it. It was like Lotus was imperfect but perfect at the same time.

"~Is it possible!?~" Teruhashi shook her head. "~No, I don't even wanna think it! I'm still a perfect girl and number one in school there's no doubt about that….but then why does Saiki hang around her and not me!~"

Lotus kind of felt bad feeling like she was blowing Teruhashi's world out of the water but it's not like she was doing it on purpose. The blue-haired girl was just an overreacting. Lotus just wished Teruhashi would stop following her around already. Now she knew how Saiki felt, Teruhashi didn't even interact with Lotus one on one and the girl was exhausting.

"~No I won't give up!~"

"Give up on what?"

"~A perfect girl never admits defeat!~"

"Defeat to what though?"

"~As they say keep your friends close but your enemies closer. I have to befriend my rival!~"

"Not your rival for anything."

"~I'm sure it won't be hard at all befriending her, I mean who wouldn't want to be friends with a perfect girl. Plus if I become friends with Lotus then that means I'll get closer to Saiki too.~"

"Pretty sure he doesn't want that either."

"~As we spend time as friends I'll outshine her in Saiki's eyes~"

"Are your goals to blind the poor boy? She's not gonna give up, is she? I better escape before she can find me."

With that Lotus teleported away leaving the school grounds. Teruhashi wouldn't be finding her today.

"You look worn out."

"You have no idea. Saiki, I'm sorry for any jokes I made towards you and Teruhashi, that girl is tiring."

"What happened?"

Lotus explained what had happened the previous day with Teruhashi following her then coming to the conclusion that Teruhashi had to befriend her.

Saiki stared at Lotus not thinking a thing.

"You're laughing at me aren't you?"

"Can you hear laughter?"

"No, but I can see it in your eyes."

"No, you can't. But I wish you luck in your Teruhashi endeavors."

"Whoa whoa, hold it there pink boy. You mean our endeavors. This is partly your fault you know."

"And how is that exactly?"

"Because Teruhashi is mainly concerned about my presence because I hang around you."

"And who's fault is that now? I distinctly remember a pink haired girl declaring that we'd be friends no matter what."

"Yeah well but uhm….curse you and your logic Saiki!"

"Calm down you idiot we got to get to class."

"Huh? Wait we can still go to class together? What about the stalker Teruhashi?"

"She's going to bother you no matter what. Changing what we do now won't affect that."

Lotus smiled holding herself back from hugging Saiki. She knew what he really meant. Her growing friendship with him was more important than him avoiding Teruhashi.

"Besides the more, she focuses on you the less she focus on me."

Lotus chuckled sweatdropping.

"I'm just gonna chalk that up to Saiki's witty humor and believe he values my friendship."

END

Translations

(1) - "Excuse me sir are you by chance lost?"

(2) - "Yes, I'm very lost."

(3) - "What are you looking for? Maybe I can help."

(4) - "You see I'm looking for this restaurant here. My sister lives here, I would have called and asked her but this is a surprise visit."

(5) - "How nice. I guess you got a bit turned around. Here's the best way to get where you're going."