Chapter 29: Mai Meets the Quints
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3rd Person Pov.
Fuutarou walked out of the gas station with a plastic bag in his hands. It was late at night and the quints were all asleep back at their dorm.
Fuu felt hungry for some ramen and they recently ran out of their stock. So, he went out, bought some cups, and went to return home.
He stood outside of the station and he looked at the receipt.
"Man, I should went to that station a few blocks down. I would've got a better deal." Fuutarou muttered to himself.
"Ah whatever, I just want to eat now." Fuutarou said.
Fuutarou felt the cold air on his face. Good thing he wore his track suit so he would be a bit warmer.
He took a step forward in the direction of his dorm and slipped a hand into his pocket.
Fuutarou looked at his watch to look at the time and when he looked up, he was isekai'd into another world.
Nah I'm just kidding. This isn't Re:Zero.
Fuutarou continued his walk home. He walked down empty streets with no movement at all. It was dark with only a few lamps dotting the road as he walked.
After some more minutes of walking, he returned back to his dorm house. Fuu walked up the stairs and went to the hallway which held his room.
He passed the many doors and rooms. 223, 224, 225. Many rooms.
He finally reached his room. Fuu inserted his key and opened the door. He stepped in and was greeted by a dark room, only lit by a tv screen.
Fuutarou dropped the ramen in the kitchen and went to the living room.
Miku was there on the couch, watching a documentary of some kind.
Fuutarou plopped right next to her on the couch.
"I thought you went to bed." Fuutarou said.
"I couldn't sleep so I decided to wait for you." Miku told Fuu.
"Oh really?" Fuutarou teased.
"Yes really, It feels weird not having you in the dorm." Miku said.
"Ah I see." Fuutarou leaned back and got comfy on the couch.
Miku scooted over and rested her head on Fuutarou's chest.
"What are you watching?" Fuutarou asked.
"A documentary on birds." Miku answered.
"Hmm, I see." Fuutarou listened in on what the documentary was saying.
The two sat there watching the tv for a while. It was nice. It felt like they had nothing to worry about and they could lay there forever, just watching the tv.
After 15 minutes, the documentary ended and Fuutarou asked a question.
"Do you want any ramen? I went out and bought some." He asked.
"Yes but I don't want you to get up. You're too comfy~" Miku cooed.
Fuutarou smiled. "Alright, I'll stay here then."
Miku yawned loudly.
"Are you going to sleep? It's getting pretty late." Fuutarou asked.
"I think so, but I want to sleep next to you." Miku said.
"Ok then. Let me just throw out the trash and I'll come right back." Fuutarou told Miku.
"Okie, be quick~" Miku sleepily said.
Fuutarou slowly moved Miku off of him and he stood up.
He went to the kitchen and grabbed the trash bag from there.
"I'll be right back." Fuutarou said before leaving the dorm.
He walked down the hallway and made it to the stairs. It was silent throughout the whole building and it felt like Fuutarou's footsteps were amplified by 100.
Fuu walked down the stairs and when he got halfway, he heard a sound come out from above. He looked around for a bit, but after decided he must be hearing things, he decided to continue walking down.
That when he didn't see the banana peel right on the step.
Fuutarou stepped on the peel, causing him to slip and fall down the stairs.
"Ahh!!!" He quietly screamed.
Fuutarou tumbled down the stair with an umph each time he bumped with the stairs. A loud crack was even heard.
Finally, after falling and tumbling down the stairs, Fuutarou landed on the floor with a big thud.
He couldn't even move. It hurt to move.
So as he felt the overwhelming pain, he heard some footsteps quickly running over to him.
"Fuu!" The voiced yelled. Fuutarou was slowly passing out.
"Fuu!" The voice was muffled.
"Fuu!!!" The footsteps were close. Too bad he was about to pass out before he could see the person's face.
Right before Fuutarou blacked out, he could see Miku hovering over him, yelling something he couldn't understand.
Fuutarou closed his eyes and passed out.
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His body hurt everywhere. Fuutarou regained consciousness and he was quickly feeling what his surroundings were. He felt some soft fabric under him and over him. He felt a soft pillow supporting his head. And he felt something heavy on his leg.
After feeling around for a bit, he decided to open his eyes slowly. Fuutarou was immediately greeted by dim lights in this room he was in.
Slowly, his eyes were fully open and he could take in and look at his surroundings.
He was in a hospital. Fuutarou looked around at what was in the room. Nothing important really stood out except for the 5 sisters sleeping on chairs, using each other for support.
(Basically the scene where the quints are all sleeping on the bus at the end of season 2)
Fuutarou pulled his multiple pillows up and he readjusted himself so he was now sitting upright in his bed.
He looked at the quints all sleeping there before him.
'They really do care about me.' He thought to himself.
Fuutarou looked at the sisters for a bit longer. It wasn't until a few minutes later, Nino opened her eyes to adjust her sleeping position.
When Nino's eyes opened, she immediately looked over at the bed to see if Fuu was doing alright.
It shocked her when she saw he was now awake.
Nino immediately shot up from out of her chair and quickly ran to Fuu.
"Fuu-Kun! You're alright! Thank goodness." Nino hugged Fuu.
"Yea, I'm fine, I'm fine." Fuutarou assured Nino while stroking her hair to calm her down.
"I was so worried! Miku woke us up after what happened!" Nino said.
"Hey, I'm sorry. I didn't even know what happened either." Fuutarou said.
"I'm glad you're ok though." Nino sighed.
"Yea I'm glad as well." Fuutarou said.
"But, I do have a question." Fuutarou started.
"Yes?" Nino asked.
"What did happen?" Fuutarou asked.
Nino looked at Fuu. "Alright, be ready then."
She grabbed the blanket on top of Fuu and slid it off of him. It revealed a large cast on Fuutarou's right leg.
"You broke your leg when you fell down the stairs." Nino said.
Fuutarou looked closer at the cast.
'I broke it? Damn that must've been a hard fall.' He thought to himself.
"So that's what that crack was." Fuutarou muttered.
"I guess so." Nino said.
Miku slowly opened her eyes from across the room. Her eyes immediately looked towards Fuu just like Nino did.
Her eyes widened quickly once she saw Nino and Fuu talking to each other.
She quickly stood up and walked over to Fuu.
"Fuu! Are you okay?" Miku asked worriedly. She grabbed his hand and held hit carefully in her own two hands.
"Yea I'm fine." Fuutarou assured Miku.
"Thank god! You worried me when you passed out right in front of me!" Miku hugged Fuutarou, suffocating him with her... um... boing boings.
Miku let go of Fuu and went back to standing at her side. "How's the leg?" She asked.
"It feels fine. The cast isn't bothering." Fuutarou said.
"I see. Hopefully it gets better quickly." Miku said.
As Miku finished talking, Itsuki and Ichika woke up next.
"Fuuta!" Itsuki exclaimed.
"Fuu!" Ichika exclaimed as well.
The two quickly rushed over to Fuu who was still on the bed.
"Are you ok?!?" Itsuki and Ichika urgently asked.
"Yea I'm fine, I'm fine." Fuutarou assured the two girls.
"We were so worried!" Itsuki exclaimed. "Miku quickly woke up in the middle of the night and we all came rushing over!"
"All of us found you in the floor so we immediately called help." Ichika continued.
"I see, thank you girls." Fuutarou smiled.
"We're glad you're fine though." Itsuki and Ichika said with a tone of relief.
The two looked at the leg before them. "Does it hurt?" Itsuki asked.
"Nah, not really. It just feels really heavy." Fuutarou assured Itsuki.
Yotsuba slowly fell down on her side on the bed of chairs. This caused her to wake up quickly.
(If you've ever had those dreams where you wake up right before you hit the ground while falling, this is what I'm talking about.)
"Ah!" Yotsuba clumsily fell out of the chair after waking up.
She chuckled. "I'm fine, I'm fine!"
Yotsuba looked over to the chair to see her sisters not there. She quickly stood up and analyzed the chairs.
"Did they leave me? Where are they?" Yotsuba asked herself.
She quickly turned towards Fuu's bed.
"Oh Fuu! You're awake!" Yotsuba happily said. "And there you girls are! I thought you all left me." Yotsuba chuckled while scratching the back of her head.
"Yep, we're all here." Fuutarou said.
"So how's the leg Fuu?" Yotsuba asked.
Fuutarou has heard the same question multiple times now but he doesn't mind. He'll do anything so his girlfriends won't be worried.
"It's good. Doesn't hurt at all." Fuutarou told Yotsuba.
"Anyways, what are going to do about college? You five need to at least attend." Fuutarou asked.
"There you go again, worrying about us." Nino sighed.
"Fuuta, we're fine! You can depend on us and you don't have to worry!" Itsuki assured Fuu.
"I'm just worried for all five of you. Plus I don't want you failing like you did before." Fuutarou said.
"Fuu, It's alright! Anyways, we have you as our tutor! The smartest guy we know." Yotsuba gave a thumbs up.
Fuutarou sighed. "Guess it can't be helped. So are you girls skipping?"
"Nope. We emailed all of our teachers that we would miss today. We even emailed your professors." Miku said to Fuu.
"Thank you then. I guess we have today off." Fuutarou leaned back.
"Yosh! When can Fuu leave? I'm ready to leave this place." Yotsuba asked.
"We have to wait for the doctor to come back in here to make sure Fuu is alright to go. Once that is done, we will be able to go." Itsuki told Yotsuba.
"Alrighty then." Yotsuba plopped on Fuutarou's bed and gave a big yawn. She then laid down right on Fuu's lap.
"Yotsuba! No fair!!" Nino exclaimed before trying to rip her sister off of Fuu.
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Fuutarou got discharged from the hospital. It was around midday now and the sun was fully out. Fuu had crutches in his arms and he was struggling to walk. The quints all surrounded him tightly to make sure we wouldn't fall.
"Are you ok Fuu?"
"Do you need more help?"
"Watch out Fuu!"
"Fuu-Kun let me help you!"
"Fuuta! Be careful!"
The quints were constantly saying things to him. Be careful, watch out, do you need help, things like that.
They finally made it back on campus. Their firm was only a few blocks away and they could make it.
Fuutarou was struggling to walk but the quints made it easier for him. Giving him support and all.
"Come on Fuu! We're almost there!" Yotsuba exclaimed.
While they were struggling together, they didn't notice a girl following them from behind.
"Alright Fuu! I see our dorm! We are so close!" Yotsuba exclaimed trying to make Fuu go faster.
"Slow down Yots! We'll make there! We're in no rush!" Fuutarou said to Yotsuba.
"You're right. My bad, we'll take it slow." Yotsuba apologized and slowed down for the whole group.
The six of them finally made it to their dorm house. They were about to enter until a voice called out to the group.
"Sugi-San!" A voice called out.
Fuutarou and the quints turned around to see Mai standing in front of them.
"And... Nakano-Sans?" Mai was confused on why there was five identical Itsukis.
"Hey Mai. Surprised to see you here. Don't you have any classes?" Fuutarou asked.
"I'm on break. What happened to the leg?" Mai asked.
"Broke it falling down the stairs, haha." Fuutarou chuckled.
"Aw, bummer. Is that why you weren't in class?" Mai asked.
"Yep, sure is." Fuutarou said.
"So then... who are the Nakano-San's?" Mai asked.
"Well this is Itsuki, there's Ichika, Miku's right here, Nino over here, and finally Yotsuba." Fuutarou told Mai.
"I'm sorry, who is who?" Mai asked. She was utterly confused.
"It's fine. It took some time for me to know who's who." Fuutarou admitted.
'Took some time? They know each other?' Mai asked herself.
"Hmm, I see." Mai said.
"I still don't know which is which." Mai admitted.
Nino leaned closer toward Fuutarou's ear.
"Fuu-Kun!" She whispered, "Who is this?"
"She's in one of my classes. Me and Itsuki know her." Fuutarou said to Nino.
"Itsuki knows her?" Nino asked.
"Yea, me and her have a class together." Fuutarou said.
"You two have a same class?!?" Nino was surprised.
"How come you never told us!" Nino was pouting.
"I thought Itsuki did!" Fuutarou said.
Meanwhile, Mai was still standing there, looking at the scene in front of her.
'So they do know each other. Perhaps for a long time. Look at the chemistry they have.' She thought to herself.
"Alright then, I'll be on my way. I'll probably go to my next class early." Mai was turning to leave.
"Oh! You should come inside with us! I'm sure me and my sisters would like to learn more about you! Plus we can tell you more about us!" Itsuki invited Mai.
Mai thought about it for a little bit. "Why not? I think it would be fun to learn more about you many Itsuki's."
The seven of them entered their dorm house and slowly made their way to the quints dorm.
Itsuki opened the door and Fuu slowly shuffled inside. The rest of the quints and Mai followed behind.
"So umm, welcome to our dorm." Itsuki welcomed Mai.
Mai looked around the dorm. "Cozy, I like it."
"Take a seat wherever, make yourself at home." Itsuki said.
Mai took a seat on their couch.
Suddenly, Itsuki was pulled into the kitchen where they were just bearly out of hearing range of Mai.
"Itsuki!" Nino urgently whispered. "What are you doing!"
"Just welcoming a friend in, that is all." Itsuki answered.
"But why?!? I was looking forward to spending time with Fuu-Kun!" Nino angrily said.
"It's fine! She won't do anything and plus, she'll be leaving soon. She has classes to attend." Itsuki told Nino.
"I guess so but, it's a girl! What if, what if..." Nino trailed off.
"What if what?" Itsuki asked.
"What if... she's trying to get closer to Fuu-Kun." Nino quietly said.
Itsuki thought about that. "She wouldn't do that..." Itsuki thought some more. "I think?"
'Would she do that? I mean she listens to Fuuta a lot, she seems to want to get closer, she looks like she's having fun with him., and she even calls him Sugi-San.' Itsuki thought to herself.
'Wait... did I think that correctly?' She asked herself.
"I think you're right." Itsuki said after thinking about it.
"But what do we do now? She's in our house and I can't force her leave." Itsuki said while looking at Mai.
"She's our love rival! I think anything is fair game." Nino said.
"But that's just mean. I can't do that!" Itsuki pleaded.
"Fine then, I'll do it." Nino walked over to Mai.
"Sorry Mai, we kinda need to let Fuu-Kun rest. He's been through a lot lately." Nino said.
"I see. But he looks perfectly fine to me." Mai pointed out while looking at Fuutarou who was hobbling over to the kitchen with his crutches.
"But umm... I was about to take a shower and it feels weird having someone else here!" Nino tried to make more excuses.
"Then it should also be weird that Sugi-San is here then. Unless I'm missing something?" Mai smugly asked.
"Ahmmm... don't you have classes to get to?" Nino asked.
"They're in 35 minutes. Plus the building's only a few blocks away." Mai answered.
'Damn, she's countering every one of my excuses.' Nino thought to herself.
Nino was angry. "Arrgh!! I'm just going to go take a shower!" Nino angrily stomped away.
"What's up with her." Mai chuckled nervously.
Itsuki immediately took the opportunity.
"I think you should leave. Whenever things like this happen, Nino gets really angry. And I don't think it's a good idea for you to be here." Itsuki said.
"I see then. I'll take my leave now." Mai said standing up.
She walked to the door and stopped before leaving. Mai turned around towards Itsuki and announced something in a loud voice.
"I see how it is Nino! Next time, you won't be as lucky!" Mai yelled. Nino was listening from inside her room.
"And you," Mai pointed towards Itsuki, "Don't think I'm dumb enough to not know what you were talking about with Nino."
"And don't think I dumb enough that I can't see something's between you all and Sugi-San!"
"So I'm going to say this now," Mai took a deep breath in.
"I declare all of you to be my love rival for Sugi-San!!" Mai announced.
She quickly left the dorm and shut the door behind her. Fuutarou peeked his head out from the kitchen.
"What was that all about?" He asked.
Nino's door opened up. "Don't tell me you heard none of it." Nino said while leaving her room.
"Nope, I had earbuds in. I only heard muffled yelling at the end." Fuutarou said.
The quints all sweat dripped and gave Fuu and deadpan look.
"Well, it's nothing important." Nino said.
Itsuki was still at the door, staring at it. Nino walked to her side.
"So I was right." Nino said.
"Your friend Mai, is our new love rival."
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A/n: Sorry for the late update! I had lots of baseball this week and I couldn't get anything done! I'm so sorry if this chapter was a little short and a little late, but I hope you understand! To make up for it, a special chapter is coming in the next day or so! Plus I hope I won't be late in posting it.
Anyways, goodbye for now and I'll see you in the next chapter!
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