Chapter 7: Back in Blond

"Yotsuba… you know you don't have to cling on to me for that long. I'm not going anywhere haha."

"It helps me focus better!"

"But we haven't even started studying yet…"

Fuutarou told the fourth quint with a sweatdrop as he tried to shake her off of his arm. But Yotsuba was adamant on not letting him go for anything.

'I don't ever want to let you go again, Fuutarou-kun. I let you go once, and we didn't see each other for 5 years. I don't want that to happen again…'

Fuutarou did not expect Yotsuba to be this clingy. He assumes this is her way of coping. She had not seen him for the last 5 years. This might be her way to make sure he doesn't leave for years again. He certainly didn't mind it. It's just that it was going to be a little hard to tutor the rest of her sisters with a genki stuck to his arm.

There was also another problem.

Miku was glaring at Yotsuba with a death stare. For some reason, he thought he saw fire behind her eyes. It freaked him out. If he thought Yotsuba and Ichika were being a bit possessive, Miku might be above even them in that regard. He had never seen her act this way. He shuddered to think how she would react if she ever finds out that Yotsuba and Ichika like him too.

"Yotsuba, let the man breathe. You're practically wearing him." Miku told her sister. She tried her best to be as polite as possible. It was difficult to restrain herself when seeing what Yotsuba was doing with her man.

'Who does she think she is, clinging on to my Fuutarou like that? You're lucky that we're keeping our relationship a secret. Or else I would have torn her ass a new one!'

It was safe to say that Miku did not appreciate Yotsuba being too comfortable with her new boyfriend.

"Ara ara~ Yotsuba do you have a thing for our tutor? I never would have thought you would stoop to that level~" Ichika decided it would be fun to tease her love rival in front of the man of their affections.

Steam emitted from Yotsuba's face, "What did you say?! Ichika why are you saying such crazy things?!"

"C-Can we just start the study session please…" Itsuki also had a noticeable blush. Seeing Yotsuba being so clingy with Fuutarou… it annoyed her. But not for the reason she would have thought. The possibility of Yotsuba having feelings for Fuutarou… made her jealous.

'Do I like Uesugi-kun? He's a good guy, but is it really right for me to pursue a relationship with my tutor? No, of course not! What would my sisters think? Surely they wouldn't approve! I mean, there's no way they would have feelings for him as well. Haha right?'

Fuutarou sighed, "Yes, Itsuki, we will start the study session now. Wait where's Nino?"

"You're still here?"

Fuutarou and the girls looked up to the balcony of the second floor where Nino was perched up against.

"Didn't you say you had work at two, Ichika?"

"SHOOT! I forgot! Sorry Fuutarou-kun, but I have to skip out on this lesson. It's really important. Please forgive me!" Ichika said apologetically. She didn't want Fuutarou to think she was some sort of slacker. But she couldn't skip work today.

Fuutarou shook his head, "No, it's fine Ichikia. I understand. Just make sure to make it up when you get home."

"Will do!" That was the last thing she said before she left the apartment.

"Alright, then I guess I'll just be tutoring you 4 then-"

"Oh yeah, Yotsuba, my acquaintance on the basketball team is looking for someone to fill in for a game. You're pretty athletic. Why don't you go right now?" Nino told the ribbon wearing Quint.

"R-Right now? I can't, we're supposed to be studying-"

"Apparently, they only have five members, and one of them broke a bone. They won't be able play if they don't find someone. I feel so bad for them. They must have practiced so hard. Poor team~"

Yotsuba was in a dilemma. Her instincts were telling her to go help the team. She couldn't abandon people in need. But she also didn't want to upset Fuutarou as well. She wanted to show Fuutarou she was serious about studying and improving her grades. It was the only way to keep her promise to him after all.

Fuutarous sighed as he saw Yotsuba panicking on what to do. He knew what Nino was doing. He wasn't sure why she still wanted to sabotage the study session. She agreed to study with them since she failed his test. So what was her motivation for doing this? Why would she intentionally be trying to ruin her sisters' studying?

Fuutarou patted Yotsuba's head, "Just go. Don't worry, I'm not gonna be mad or anything. Just make sure you and Ichika catch up on your studying when you get home okay?"

Yotsuba gasped, "Are you sure-"

"-Yes! Now hurry up before you're too late!"

Yotsuba bowed, "Thank you, Uesugi-san! I will make it up to you! I promise!"

"Yeah yeah… now hurry along."

Yotsuba dashed out of the apartment at full speed.

Now Nino turned to her youngest sister, "Itsuki, are you sure you don't want to study in a quieter place, like the library or something?"

Itsuki frowned in confusion, "No? Why would I do that when I have Uesugi-kun to tutor us? I much rather prefer him to tutor us in the comfort of our home."

"I see… fair enough."

'Damn it! I should have known that it wouldn't work on Itsuki! She is the most studious out of all of us after all! No matter… there's still one more.'

"Huh? You're still here Miku? You owe me a drink from when you accidentally drank mine."

"I already bought it." Miku pointed to the grocery bag on the table.

"Eh?"

Nino grabbed the bag and reached inside to find a can of matcha soda.

"Matcha soda… What is this?!"

"Now then shall we start the lesson, Fuutarou?" Miku asked her boyfriend with a smile.

"Sure thing! Take out your most recent assignments and we'll go over the questions you got wrong and what you can improve on."

Nino grit her teeth, 'Oh what the hell! My plan was to make all 4 of them leave, so that it would just be Uesugi and me studying. That way I would have him all to myself and I would show him that I can be just as good at studying as my sisters. And then he will give me even more praise! But Miku and Itsuki just had to ruin it! Fine… I can work with just 2 of them. I'll show them just what I can do.. And then Uesugi will praise me!'

A few moments later…

"Uesugi! Can you help me with this math problem?!"

"Oh okay, Nino." Fuutarou walked over to where Nino was sitting. She was working on an algebra worksheet . "So you are supposed to find what X Equals. In order to do that, you have to isolate x."

As Fuutarou was explaining the problem, Nino decided to grab his arm and cling on to it just like what Yotsuba was doing earlier.

Miku immediately noticed this, "What are you doing?"

"What? I'm just doing what Yotsuba was earlier. It helps me focus better too. Is there a problem?"

"Yes, there is. Let go of him. Now."

"What are you gonna do about it, huh?"

"Ladies, relax! Focus on studying okay?" Fuutarou finished explaining the problem to Nino. "So you just do that for each of the problems. Some may have more steps than others, but that's the general gist of it. Let me know if you need help with anything else."

Fuutarou was going to leave, but Nino was still clinging on to his arm.

"Is there something wrong, Nino?"

"I want you to stay here with me. You help me focus better." Nino said with a smile.

Fuutarou shrugged his shoulders, "If you say so."

Miku pouted angrily, 'Nino, if you don't get your hands off of my boyfriend right now…'

Itsuki was also bothered by Nino's actions, 'Why is she being so handsy with Uesugi-kun…'

10 minutes had passed before Nino finished the entire worksheet, "Here you go, tutor! Check the answers."

Fuutarou looked over each question. They were simple enough to where he could solve each problem in his head, "Wow Nino… congratulations. You got them all right.

"Yay!" Nino then gave Fuutarou a big hug, "I couldn't do it without you, Fuu-kun."

"Fuu-kun? What is that? Why are you calling him that?" Miku asked in annoyance.

Nino flipped her hair, "It's a nickname. Is there anything wrong with giving my tutor a nickname?"

"First of all, he's OUR tutor. Not just yours. Second of all, since when were you so comfortable with him? It wasn't too long ago that you tried to drug him!"

"Oh please, that's all in the past!"

"That was like a week ago."

"So? I've already moved on! Fuu-kun is gonna help me study, so I might as well be comfortable while doing it."

"A little too comfortable, if you ask me."

Nino smirked, "So? Are you jealous? Maybe it's because you like him and he's giving me attention as well.. There's no need to be possessive of him, you know. He's a free man. Let him choose who he wants.."

Nino proceeded to hug Fuutarou even tighter. She then decided to cup a feel of his hard muscles just like she did when they first met.

'Lord, what are these made of?' Nino thought perversely.

Miku had just about enough, "THAT'S IT!"

"Miku calm down!" Itsuki was also bothered by the way Nino was touching Fuutarou. But she was able to hide it better than Miku.

"Okay, maybe we should end today's study session a little bit early today…"

Fuutarou had just left the Quints apartment and was beginning to walk home, "Jesus, those girls are going to be the death of me. Why can't they just get along for once."

He then noticed something was missing, "Oh crap my student handbook!"

He used super speed to rush back to the apartment, 'If one of them sees the photo…'

But it was already too late. Once he arrived back in the apartment, Nino had already opened up his handbook and was staring at the picture inside. Miku and Itsuki had gone back to their rooms, so Nino was the only one there in the living room.

"Oh… so you opened it huh?"

Nino turned to see Fuutarou, "Who is this boy? He's so my type! And wait didn't you just leave?"

"Yes, but I came to get back my handbook. Can I get it back please?"

"No, wait! Tell me who this blond guy is! You need to hook me up with him?"

"You wanna hook with me?"

Nino blushed, "What? No, I'm talking about the guy in this photo."

"Yeah, exactly. That's me. I'm that guy."

Nino gasped, "No… No way. You're telling me this hottie is you?"

He nodded, "Yes… that photo is of me five years ago."

Nino couldn't believe it. She was embarrassed now because she just told her tutor that he was her type, "Why did you switch up the blond…"

Fuutarou began to rub his hair, "I'm not sure… I guess I just wanted a fresh start. A new me. That was around the time where I changed a lot… for the better."

Nino looked down and started to twiddle with her fingers. The same way Miku did earlier today.

"Have you ever thought about.. Going back to it?"

Fuutarou smiled, "Do you want me to go back to it?"

"Well, no, wait… yes I do but only if you want to!" Nino was stuttering on her words.

"Okay I'll do it…"

Fuutarou grabbed his handbook from her hand. He then petted her head.

"Just for you."

Nino's face began to steam, "Really?"

"Yup! See ya later!"

And with that Fuutarou was gone.

"WHERE DID HE GO?! HE'S AN ALIEN! I KNOW HE IS! A very very very HOT alien! But still an alien!"

A/N: So I've been hearing some feedback from you guys in the reviews and some of my friends on discord about this whole daily updates thing. Some of you prefer I go back to longer chapters and more spaced out updates rather than the shorter and more frequent ones. I've been giving it some thought and I realized it's pretty fair and valid. I kinda decided to do these daily updates on the spot and I didn't have nay chapters in reserve so I've kinda just been writing these chapters everyday and just posting them right after. So this is what I'll do.

I will continue to do daily updates until April 27, making it daily updates for a straight week. I have to do that so I make sure I win a bet betwwen me and my friend. After that I will take a break. I will use that time to write longer chapters and stack on them while I plan out the rest of the story. Then I will come back with the type of chapters that you guys like!

I hope you guys will continue to enjoy this story. I'm having a lot of fun writing it.