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This is Louts

This is Saiki

This is Saiki and Lotus

~This is the thoughts of others~

Hairo's Refired Up! - The Physical Fitness Test!

"Alright boys today well be doing the physical fitness test," Matsuzaki announced

Dozens of groans went off as the gym class of boys sulked over today's plans for gym.

"The physical fitness test. No other event causes me more dread. Whatever I do today will be recorded."

Nendou let out a tired yawn his shoulders slumping.

"Man what a pain in the butt."

"Heh, no kidding. They don't even test for real skills like you see in competitive shooting," Kaidou said

"Hey! Are you too listening!" Matsuzaki shouted

"I seriously need to hold myself back."

"Well, I for one am looking forward to this."

A few feet away stood Lotus. She had a smile on her face as she stretched out her muscles limbering up for today's events.

"Wait...she's still in this class?" A guy said

"Don't complain dude!" Another guy hissed elbowing his friend.

Nearly all eyes turned to Lotus gazing at the girl.

"Hey! Pay attention!" Matsuzaki snapped causing all the guys to turn away from Lotus.

"Why are you still in this class?"

"Something about the paperwork being too complicated to change me out."

First Test - Ball Throwing

Hairo was up first and the class rep was on fire, literally.

"I'm gonna give everything I got into this throw!" Hairo said

"You don't have to."

Hairo reeled his arm back shouting as he launched the ball. It soared over the field landing a good distance away.

"That's so far!"

"Hairo, 46.3 meters!" Matsuzaki announced

Hairo let out a heavy satisfied breath, his face already drenched in sweat.

"That's too much sweat."

"No kidding."

"Woah Hairo's more fired up than usual!"

"~True, in the past I might have shown a lack of determination and enthusiasm.~"

"When was that?"

"~But now I have a serious rival.~"

Hairo turned setting his sights on his rival, Nendou.

"~The physical fitness test provides the perfect battleground to determine which of us is the most athletic!~"

Several other guys surrounded Hairo congratulating him on his score.

"That was awesome watching you really got me fired up."

"~How about you Nendou? You must be getting fired up too.~"

Hairo looked to Nendou expecting a competitive or determined look coming from his rival, but what he got from Nendou was something far different than what he was anticipating.

Nendou had stuffed two balls into his shirt shaking them around.

"Hey, check out my big old boobies!"

"Huh?! Stop doing that!" Kaidou said

Nendou looked at Lotus his eyes going downwards. He laughed pointing from his "chest" to Lotus's.

"Hey! They're almost as big as-!"

Nendou was cut off as a random ball flew out of nowhere hitting him in the face.

"Ow! What the heck! Who threw that!" Nendou shouted looking around.

Lotus had red cheeks embarrassed, a frown came to her face as she crossed her arms over her chest. She wasn't the only one blushing as Nendou's words caused many of the guys to turn their attention back to Lotus.

Off to the side, a glint flashed off of Saiki's glasses.

"Up next, Nendou!" Matsuzaki said

"Huh?"

Nendou stepped up launching the ball, with the two sports balls still stuffed in his shirt.

"What?! He threw it with those big jugs!" Hairo exclaimed

"I...I feel like I should be offended," Lotus thought

"Nendou, 51.8 meters!"

"What the-?!" Hairo shouted

Hairo seemed to be the only one shocked and in awe of Nendou's feat, while the other boys in the class were anything but impressed all discussing Nendou's score with bland expressions.

"So he threw it like 51.8 meters?"

"Good for him."

"Their reactions are so different."

The gaggle of guys once again surrounded Hairo like some sort of support group. They talked to the hotblooded teen, giving him words of encouragement, consoling him about his toss.

"Forget that! 46 meters is amazing!"

"Not as amazing as 51," Hairo said

"Next up Saiki!"

"I'll get this over with while everyone's distracted."

"You can do it, Saiki."

Saiki went quick getting his turn over. He overshot the ball and it sped through the air. Fortunately, Saiki was able to retrieve the ball with his powers plopping it back down on the ground getting a rather average score.

Since Lotus was standing right next to Saiki, Matsuzaki had no need to call out her name and simply handed her a ball. With all the guy's attention still set out Hario, Saiki and Matsuzaki were the only ones observing her toss.

Next Test - Side Step

The class was moved into the gym where several lines had been set up across the floor. Matsuzaki divided the class into several groups, and Saiki was in the first one. He and the rest of his group lined up and when the whistle was blown feet started to shuffle. The gym was full of heavy breathing and the scuffing of sneakers as everyone, well almost everyone, did their best side-stepping across the gym.

A few moments ticked by before Matsuzaki blew his whistle again ending the test.

"Stop!"

Clipboards were handed out as everyone wrote down their side steps on a piece of paper recording their score.

"How was it, Saiki?" Lotus asked

"This one was easy. All I had to do was match the pace of the guy in front of me. Which was a huge relief from the big screw up from the ball throw."

"Yeah, that thing was about to go into the stratosphere. Lucky you were to use telekinesis to bring it back down."

"Thankfully nobody was watching me. What was your sidestep score?"

"Oh, take a look."

Lotus flipped over her clipboard showing Saiki her score. So far Lotus was doing quite well at using just her natural athletic skills and keeping her psychic powers in check.

"Thanks to you Saiki, I've got great control over my powers. Obviously, there are still some things I need to work on but my progress is going great."

Saiki nodded his head to Lotus before looking back down at his clipboard.

"Insane Hairo did 70 side steps!" Someone exclaimed

Hairo was once again drenched in sweat hunched over hands on his knees.

"~You may have beat me in the ball throw Nendou, but I know I'm more agile than you.~"

"Next group, begin!" Matsuzaki said blowing his whistle.

Nendou was a part of the second group, going across the floor, with his fake chest still in place.

"He still has those knockers!" Hairo shouted

When the time ended Matsuzaki blew his whistle bringing everyone to a halt. Nendou had ended with 84 side steps.

"How could he move so fast with those big gazongas!" Hairo said

Lotus crossed her arms with an irritated expression, "Now, I'm starting to get annoyed."

Halfway through the sidestepping, the balls migrated upwards resting on Nendou's shoulders.

"Now they just look like giants delts."

"I hope they stay that way. As if someone's chest determines their athleticism," Lotus grumbled

"~Nendou, what sort of beast are you!~"

Next Test - Grip Test

"Go Hairo!"

"Get it!"

Hairo grunted and strained, squeezing the handle of the grip test causing his face to contort into a disturbing grimace. Lotus and Saiki were sure he was going to pop a blood vessel from how hard he was clenching his teeth.

"Wow, 63 kilos?!"

"Hairo, you're amazing!"

"That face he made was really distracting."

Lotus and Saiki stepped up grabbing their own grip strengths.

"~Let's see you top that Nendou.~"

"I wonder if he knows how onesided this so-called battle is."

As Hairo caught his breath two guys walked behind him discussing everyone else's scores.

"I heard Nendou's grip strength was 84 kilograms."

"~84?! Impossible, what a man! And he still has those ridiculous melons!~"

Lotus glanced over her shoulder to see Nendou had moved the balls back into his shirt. A tick of anger went through her causing her hand to twitch which in turn caused her to grip her strength grip rather tightly.

"Oh, I went too far."

Lotus turned her attention away from Nendou looking at Saiki. The dial on his grip strength was all the way to the max.

"I'll make it go back around."

Saiki gripped tighter onto the machine causing the dial to break and make a full circle so it stopped on 42 kg.

"Uh, Saiki…."

Saiki looked to the pink-haired girl and Lotus showed her strength grip to the boy revealing she had broken it, the handle crushed.

"Now I feel embarrassed, just a few minutes ago I was boasting about my improvement in control. Guess, it's not as good as I thought huh?" Lotus scratched the back of her head chuckling.

Saiki let out a small sigh. "I can fix this."

Saiki waved his hand over the machine and it went back to normal.

"Oh wow! You never cease to amaze me, Saiki!"

"I just rewound the time on the device right before it broke. Hopefully, it'll last until the tests are over."

"Thank you. But so far I think things are going well."

"What is Kaidou doing?"

The two psychics looked to Kaidou, who was clutching his clipboard rather closely while he wrote.

Feeling eyes on him Kaidou looked up and was startled to see Lotus and Saiki staring at him.

"Ah, guys!" He shouted dropping his clipboard.

With his clipboard on the floor, Kaidou's scores were revealed.

Ball Throw - 6 meters

Side Step - 26

Hand Grip - 16 kilograms

"Wow…."

"These scores are a bit concerning."

"No, no, wait! There's a good explanation!" Kaidou exclaimed

"Grip strength 16 kilograms, seriously?"

"If I removed my seal my grip strength would be two tons easy," Kaidou said

"Isn't .8 percent power, holding back too much?"

"Something tells me Kaidou needs more protein in his diet."

"And he only did 26 side steps."

"Well uh...I was moving so fast that it looked slow." Kaidou countered

"So you basically a fan blade now? Also, a 6-meter ball throw?"

"It circled around the world, so technically is the world's circumference plus 6 meters," Kaidou said

"Are you a first grader?"

"Well, you have to admit it's a bit impressive how he had a comeback for everything."

Final Test - Sit and Reach

"~This is our final battle. If I lose this one it'll mean complete and utter defeat. Worst of all, it's a test of flexibility which is not my strong suit~"

"Wait you're still competing?"

Nendou sat going to do the sit and reach but couldn't make it that far due to the balls in his shirt.

"His giant cans are getting in the way!" Hairo said

"That's it!"

Saiki had to hold back Lotus from popping both Nendou and Hairo in the back of the head.

"Nendou, 34 centimeters."

"Stupid boobies!" Nendou shouted

"Take them out."

With Nendou's score set in place, Hairo took the oppurtinty, the taste of victory within his grasp.

"Okay, I can beat that! Ahhhhh!"

Hairo stretched forward straining greatly to push far beyond what his body should.

"Hairo, 65 centimeters!"

"Yes, I won!" Hairo cheered

"You consider that a victory?"

"Also I'm pretty sure he pulled a muscle doing that. He's gonna feel that one in the morning."

Saiki turned to Lotus but paused seeing as she was now going for her sit and reach. Lotus had exceptional flexibility as she practically folded herself in half, her nose touching her knees. Several guys pulled their focus on the girl watching her with wide eyes, indecorous thoughts running through their heads.

Saiki's eyes narrowed a tad hearing their thoughts as he watched Lotus's likability meter skyrocket.

When his group was done Hairo walked over to Nendou holding his hand out.

"Nendou, you put up a good fight bro. You truly are a worthy rival. Rematch anytime?"

"Huh? Sure?" Nendou said

"Your acting like the winner but didn't you lose."

Kaidou chuckled smirking, "Hm, bunch of losers licking their own wounds."

"What's up Kaidou?" Hairo asked

"I was just showing you all mercy. Now I'll show you my overwhelming power." Kaidou said

"What are you even talking about?" Hairo said

Kaidou reached forward stretching an impressive length.

"What?!"

"Kaidou, 74.3 centimeters."

"You wanna know what kids used to call me in middle school? Kaidou the cave-dwelling bed master!" Kaidou said

"What?"

Hairo fell to his knees in defeat. "I lost."

"Haha! Whoops, look like I revealed my secret powers!" Kaidou said

"Why is everyone acting like they won?"

"Alright now time to clean up!" Matsuzaki said

"I guess there's always some better than you. I never thought Kaidou would be the one to teach me that," Hairo sulked

"Always someone better huh?"

Saiki picked up a ball and with a flick of his hand, it rocketed out the window.

"If there's someone better than me, I'd like to meet them."

Lotus hummed to herself as she picked up a ball as well. She tossed the ball and just like with Saiki's it flew out the window landing in the ball bin.

Lotus smiled proudly giving a silent cheer to herself turning to Saiki.

"How was that Saiki?"

Saiki blinked staring at the girl. The two locked eyes gazing at one another caught in a moment.

*DOKI*

Saiki was the first to break eye contact turning form the girl adjusting his glasses.

"It was good."

*DOKI*

Lotus's smile had calmed down become softer and her hand drifted upwards landing on the spot just above her heart.

"Hey, has anyone seen my right boobie!" Nendou called out.

"That's it!" Lotus snapped

Lotus, without thinking, threw her clipboard at Nendou's head.

"Ow! Hey, girl bud that hurt! What was that for?" Nendou questioned rubbing the back of his head.

"You've had your fun now take that ball out of your shirt! It's insulting to female athleticism!" Lotus said

"Oh really? Sorry, my bad," Nendou apologized taking the ball out of his shirt.

Lotus's clipboard hit the ground and slid across the floor where it stopped at Hairo's feet.

"Huh?"

Hairo picked up the clipboard reading over Lotus's scores.

"What the heck?!" He shouted

Hairo's shout caused the other guys to gather around him, and they all gaped reading off Lotus's score.

"Incredible!"

"No way is this possible!"

"This is crazy!"

Lotus's scores were incredible.

Before she even knew it Lotus was surrounded by all the boys in the class receiving compliments, flattery, and praise.

"Uh thanks, guys, it was nothing really," Lotus spoke trying to defuse the situation.

Saiki simply watched with an irked look in his eye.