This is Lotus

This is Saiki

This is Saiki and Lotus

~This is the thoughts of others~

Sister vs. Salesman! - Time for a Telepathy Free Movie!

Lotus had just finished her homework when the front doorbell rang.

"Wonder who that could be?"

She walked downstairs heading to the door.

"I got it, Violet!" Lotus called out.

"Thank you!" Violet called back.

Lotus opened the door confused to see a middle-aged man wearing a business suit.

"Hello, young miss!"

Lotus held back a sigh, "Great a door to door salesman."

"Hello, what can I do for you today?" Lotus greeted

"Why Miss it's not what you can do for me but what I can do for you. I'm here to offer your household a lovely array of products that you can surely use to improve your everyday lives," The Salesman said

"I see…"

"Might I be able to speak the adult of the house?" He asked

"Humm…I could grab my sister."

Lotus gave a tiny sigh. "It couldn't hurt, besides, he's just a man trying to make a living can't fault him for that."

"~Hehe if her sister looks just as much as a bimbo as she does then I've hit a gold mine!~"

Lotus twitched an anger mark appearing on the back of her head. "Oh-ho, so that's how it's gonna be."

Lotus gave the man a bright smile masking all her anger.

"Give me one-moment sir and I'll go grab her right now."

"Excellent!"

"~Sucker!~"

Lotus walked into the house heading to the living room. Violet was sitting at the coffee table, books and papers spread out as she worked.

"Violet."

The lavender haired woman turned her head as her name was called.

"Yes, Lotus?"

Lotus leaned down whispering into her sister's ear. When she was done, Lotus pulled back from her sister.

"Ah, I see…"

Violet, rather calmly, took off her glasses folding them before placing them on the table. She stood up for her seat walking to the front door, Lotus trailing behind her.

When she reached the door the salesman gave Violet an overly wide smile.

"Hello Ma'am would you happen to be the woman of the house?"

Violet gave the man a friendly smile. "That I am."

"Fantastic! You see I-"

Violet put her hand up interrupting the man. "I'm sorry sir, I'm going to have to stop you there."

"Huh?"

"~What's up with this woman?~"

"You see the thing is…."

The air got thick and the man started to sweat as he felt a dark presence waft through the air.

"I can't stand people like you."

"Wh-ah!"

Violet grabbed the man by the front of his suit. She still wore her pleasant smile but the aura around her said anything but pleasant.

"Now listen here."

With Violet's above-average height she was able to lift the man completely off his feet, so they dangled a few feet above the ground.

"I don't know who you think you are but if you think you've just arrived at a house full of gullible doe-eyed women you're sadly mistaken. This is a den. A den of lovely graceful deadly lions. If I as so much catch wind of you anywhere near my home again I'll make you wish you'd had encountered a real lion."

Violet dropped the man, and he hit the ground landing on his backside.

"Understood?"

The man said nothing staring up at Violet petrified.

"I said….do you understand?" Violet spoke her tone getting even darker.

"Yes, Ma'am!" The man cried nodding his head up and down so fast he might give himself whiplash.

"Good," Violet pointed to the gate around the house. "Now get out of here."

The man screamed running away.

"Well that takes care of that," Violet wore a satisfied smile dusting off her hands.

She turned around to see Lotus standing there holding her phone.

"I got it all recorded. Ethan is going to love this," Lotus chuckled

"I hope you got my good side!" Violet joked

Lotus had just been pouring herself and Sir Henry a cup of tea when a ring sounded throughout the house, signaling that someone was at the door.

"Huh? I wasn't expecting anyone today. It can't possibly be that salesman from yesterday."

Lotus was home alone, Ethan having left for a job and Violet out doing some research for school. With her cup in hand, Lotus made her way to the front door.

"Hold on, hold on, I'm coming!" Lotus called out walking to the door.

She opened the door pleasantly surprised to see Saiki there.

"Saiki?"

Lotus was thoroughly confused, especially by the fact that Saiki was holding up a ring case with two rings in it.

"We're going to the movies," Saiki stated

Lotus choked, air getting caught in her throat. Her cup falling from her hands.

"Wha?!"

After Lotus calmed down Saiki was able to explain what he meant by his statement. He explained the conman who had come by scamming his mother. When his enraged mother chased him away he dropped all of his shady product. Among the products was a set of rings made of a metal called germanium. With direct skin contact, it blocked Saiki's ability to hear others' thoughts. In other words, it stopped his telepathy.

"Haha, first Violet then Mrs. Saiki. I don't think that man will ever step foot in this neighborhood again." Lotus thought

Saiki handed a ring over to Lotus.

"Incredible. Who would've thought there was a material that could nullify psychic powers."

Lotus looked up at Saiki hearing nothing, not a single thought of his filtered into her mind.

"If I use this I won't have constant thoughts flooding in my head all the time. Especially when Ethan is on one of his inspiration bouts, his mind gets so busy. Then there's also Violet, whenever she's studying her thoughts run laps in her mind. This is great but…" Lotus looked from the ring back to Saiki, "If I wear this all the time then I won't be able to communicate with Saiki since he talks to everyone using his psychic powers."

Lotus tucked the ring in her pocket so it wasn't touching her skin. "Thank you, Saiki. This will come in handy for later."

Being an all-powerful psychic, Saiki was far different from others. No one could understand his plight, no one that is until Lotus came around. Maybe that's why Saiki did not resist so much when the girl wormed her way into his everyday life.

Lotus and Saiki often conversed over various subjects one being shows and movies that they couldn't enjoy due to the vast amount of spoilers the two received from others thoughts. Recently they both had talked about a new movie that was coming out that they both really wanted to see. Obviously, it would be rather difficult getting to the theater before it was ruined. Lotus would often come up with various scenarios and plans to which they could use to get to the theater and see the movie without it being completely ruined.

Her best plan that seemed like it was going to work was to see the very first viewing of a new movie the day it was released. In theory, it was a smart idea, but it was extremely hard to get movie tickets for opening night for any good movies. When she was finally able to do so the movie had been ruined by a hardcore fan who had someone bootlegged the movie, bragging to those about how he saw it, ruining the whole plot of the story.

So like Saiki she had given up on ever being surprised by a new movie. That is until today.

Lotus quickly noticed that Saiki had somewhat of a hard time navigating the busy sidewalks without the use of his telepathy. She watched as Saiki would almost stumble into people, or strangers would try to engage the pink-haired boy in a conversation which he was clearly uncomfortable in doing.

"It makes sense. Saiki's use of telepathy is second nature to him. Since he hears people's thoughts he can easily avoid people without even needing to look at them. He could also easily avoid someone who attempted to talk to him before they even open their mouths."

As Saiki was once again about to be roped into another conversation with a stranger Lotus came up to him hooking one of her arms with hers. Saiki took his attention off, who he dubbed Nendou D, and zoomed in on his arm that was hooked with Lotus.

Lotus gave the man before them a smile. "I'm sorry sir, but were in a bit of a hurry."

The man chuckled looking between Saiki and Lotus, "Oh that's fine Missy. You two have fun now."

Lotus started to pull Saiki away. "Have a good day!"

Lotus kept her and Saiki's arms intertwined. "I hope you don't mind. If we walk to the theater like this people are less likely to strike up random conversations. Also, if someone does try to talk to you, I can easily get you out of it, just like now. You don't mind if we stay like this do you?"

Saiki calmly shook his head no and actually adjusted his arm into a more relaxed position for Lotus.

Lotus smiled feeling her cheeks grow a tad warm.

When the pink-haired duo arrived at the theater Saiki paid for the tickets. Lotus was surprised by that, telling Saiki he didn't need to pay for her, but he brushed the matter off. In return, she was adamant about getting the snacks for the movie.

When the concessions stand came into view Lotus tugged on Saiki's arm to grab his attention.

"I'll go get the snacks be right back."

Saiki nodded his head before Lotus walked off. He stood around waiting for the girl rather happy for the upcoming movie.

Two guys who had just seen the movie walked by him and for the first time in his life, the movie wasn't ruined thanks to his telepathy. But that's when an unexpected variable arrived on the scene.

A third man came rushing out the bathroom joining his three friends.

"Hey wait for me! Anyway, that was incredible, wasn't it? You know, that scene, where the main chara-ahh!"

The guy had been cut off as a box of candy beamed him in the back of the head. As the box made impact small chocolate wafers scatter the floor.

"The heck?" The guys' friend questioned turning around spotting an irked Lotus.

"Hey!" Lotus shouted

"What was that for?" The guy cried rubbing the back of his head as he faced Lotus.

"No spoilers!" She exclaimed, pointing at the guy she had hit. "Other people haven't seen the movie yet. So be courteous and don't ruin it by talking about it."

"Okay, okay, sorry geeze," The guy grumbled

Lotus walked over to Saiki a small pout on her lips, "Guy made me waste my candy."

Saiki gave Lotus a look and she briefly removed her ring so they could communicate.

"You're the one who irrationally chucked the box at him." He pointed out.

"Yeah, but he was about to ruin the movie," Lotus said

"Yes, but did you have to hit him? I could have just plugged my ears," Saiki stated

"Crap your right. Well, I'm still not sorry for hitting him, this is kind of a big deal. I haven't been able to see a proper movie in months but it's also a huge deal for you," Lotus said

"What?" Saiki questioned

"You probably haven't been able to see a proper movie without spoilers ever! So it kind of really made me angry when that guy was about to ruin it. You seem really excited to finally enjoy a movie, I didn't want that guy to ruin it." Lotus explained

Saiki blank stared at Lotus. Yes, what she did was a bit unnecessary but her intentions were good, simply wanting to help Saiki enjoy a real movie experience. It was one of the qualities of Lotus, that made Saiki like her.

Saiki sighed before walking away from Lotus. He came back a few moments later something in hand.

"Here." Saiki took the object passing it off to Lotus.

"Huh?" Lotus took it happy to see it was another box of the candy she had lost or rather thrown. "Thanks, Saiki."

Saiki nodded his head in acknowledgment as Lotus slipped her ring back on.

The duo started to make their way to Auditorium 3. Lotus's hands were full of an array of snacks she bought, but she was excited also she had to make sure she had plenty to share with Saiki.

As she walked next to Saiki a couple passed by them. The man checked shoulders with Lotus knocking the poor girl off her feet. All the snacks in her arms fell to the dirty ground.

"Noooo! My unhealthy but delicious movie treats!"

The couple both looked down at Lotus with sneering expressions.

"Hey watch where you're going you little tramp!" The guy shouted

"Jeez is almost spilled on me!" The woman rudely whined

"Did that guy just call me a tramp?!"

Lotus glared at the couple, the girl's brow twitching in anger. Before she could follow them and give them a verbal beat down, two ice cubes flew through the air beaming the couple in the back of their heads rather hard.

Lotus covered her mouth stifling her laughter as she stared at the confused couple.

Saiki wore a minuscule smile adjusting his glasses, one part happy that he was able to teach those jerks somewhat of a lesson and also happy that he was able to get Lotus to laugh like that.

"Saiki, I'm gonna get some more snacks can you save a seat for me?" Lotus asked

Saiki nodded yes and the two split up.

Saiki found the perfect seats for him and Lotus and with a satisfied smile he sat down.

"Huh...uh Saiki?"

Saiki was quickly snapped out of his own thoughts as a voice right next to him spoke. He looked to his right to see the one and only Teruhashi sitting right there.

"Oh, what a coincidence!" Teruhashi said

"Of all the people I had to sit next to, Teruhashi."

Teruhashi looked away from Saiki, her cheeks red.

"She's acting weird. I have no idea what she's thinking. She's not Teruhashi anymore, she's Nendou L. This is bad but I can't worry about it now. I've been wanting to see this movie for a while and so has Lotus."

"Uhm Saiki," Teruhashi spoke interrupting Saiki's thoughts. "I'm not just making up an excuse but I don't want you to get the wrong idea either. See I'm here with someone…"

"So?" Saiki thought not really caring.

Before he had to listen to any more of Teruhashi's words a male voice called out interrupting the girl.

"Hey, Kokomi! I got us popcorn."

A rather handsome male walked up wearing sunglasses despite the fact he was inside.

"Huh? Whose that? If Teruhashi thinks he's worthy of her he must be pretty-"

Saiki's thoughts were once again cut off as they guy yelled at him.

"Hey, you there! Just what are you doing with my Kokomi!"

Saiki wasn't all threatened by the guys shouting. He really didn't want to be involved with whatever this was. Lucky for him he didn't have to because at that moment Lotus arrived arms full of new unsullied snacks.

"Hey, Saiki did you find us a seat….?" Lotus trailed off seeing Teruhashi sitting next to Saiki.

The blue-haired teen went pale stunned as she stared at Lotus with a gaping mouth.

"Oh this not going to end well."

With the ring on Lotus couldn't hear Teruhashi's thoughts but judging by the girls face she was having some kind of meltdown.

Teruhashi wasn't the only one freaking out. The male she had brought with her was also staring at Lotus mouth agape.

He whipped his sunglasses off staring at Lotus. "It's you! The lovely blooming flower! Lady Lotus!"

This time it was Lotus's turn to go pale. "It's him! And what kind of nickname is that?!"

Saiki was really itching to take off his ring, he wanted to know what was going on, and how this guy knew Lotus.

"Hm?"

With his sunglasses on he looked somewhat familiar. Saiki glanced down at the movie poster in his hands then back at the guy. The actor and the guy before him were the same person.

Teruhashi let out a short gasp looking to the guy. "Don't take your sunglasses off!" She exclaimed

With his face revealed to the world, the audience started to gasp and fan over the idol before them.

"Hey look!"

"Seriously?!"

"That's the star of the movie, Toru Mugami!"

"What?! What's he doing here?!"

"Please give me your autograph!"

In a matter of seconds the auditorium was in an uproar. A mob surrounding and swarming the star, Lotus and Saiki caught in the middle, their bodies being shoved and pushed.

"I can't believe Teruhashi brought him here."

In the end, Lotus and Saiki did not get to see their movie as the showing was canceled due to the commotion.