Chapter 32: The Beginning of A Long Trip
A/n: Once again, I disappear for some time. I am so so so sorry. I know I said that I would have a lot more time to write.
Once again, I am sorry for another late update. This is all on me and I will try to make it up to all of you.
The next update may once again take some time as I am planning and starting a brand new fic for QQ. So if I don't update this fic in a while, just know I'm working on something new for everyone.
Once again, here's the discord invite. Discord . gg / V54pcwA
James: Oh this rivalry is far from over. This is just the beginning.
Mist: Yes it has.
3rd Person Pov.
"Come on Fuu! We're going to be late!" Yotsuba yelled to Fuu.
He was straggling behind due to the luggage he was pulling.
"Hold on hold on!" He yelled back.
Fuutarou and the quints were running through the airport, trying to make it to their group.
Now how did we get here? Well it started last week when Fuu was walking to his first class of the day.
Mr. Bauer was sitting in his chair, waiting for all of his students to arrive.
After a few minutes of waiting, all the seats in his room were filled.
"Alright folks, pretty easy day today." Mr. Bauer said.
Fuutarou looked up from his notebook.
"If you may have heard, our college usually has a group trip around June or July time." Mr. Bauer continued.
"And guess what, it's about that time." Mr. Bauer finished.
The whole class started to chatter about the potential of this trip.
Itsuki turned over to whisper to Fuutarou. "This sounds exciting."
"Sure I guess." Fuutarou answered.
Mr. Bauer cleared his throat to get the attention of everyone in the room.
"So then, we're going to spend this whole class talking about where we're going, who you get to go with, and when we're going." Mr. Bauer said to everyone.
He pulled down a screen, turned on a projector, and displayed a PowerPoint in front of the whole class.
"We're heading to the United States this year." Mr. Bauer said while he was on his title slide.
He switched to the next slide. "The trip will last around a month. So plan accordingly."
The next slide showed up. "Your group can be with anyone in the campus. As long as they attend school with us, they can go into your group. Limit of 6, minimum of 2."
Mr. Bauer then tapped to the next slide. A diagram will ovals and circles appeared. "The sub groups will then be grouped into 3 big groups. The 3 different groups will head on this trip on different days, in different months."
"That should be everything to cover. Just grab one of these pink papers, put the names of everyone in your group here and submit it before next week. We'll then have your groups organized in the coming weeks after that." Mr. Bauer said.
"Alright, you all are dismissed. Go work out your groups or something." Mr. Bauer said.
"Oh, and don't worry about repeating what I said to your group mates. They heard about this as well." Mr. Bauer said to everyone before he was the last one left in the room.
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The rest of the day went like every other day. Attend each class, listen, do whatever is needed, and then leave.
Fuutarou was currently in his last class. Writing some notes down in his notebook.
"Hey Sugi-San!" Mai greeted Fuu.
She rolled her chair over to be near Fuu.
"Hey Mai." Fuutarou greeted back.
"Soooo… You paired up with anyone for that trip?" Mai asked.
"Yea, I actually am." Fuutarou told Mai.
"Oh bummer. Let me guess, the Nakano's?" Mai asked.
"You guessed right." Fuutarou said.
"Man, you always spend your time with them! Do you ever have time away from the five of them?" Mai asked.
"Nah not really." Fuutarou answered.
Mai leaned in closer so her face was only inches away from Fuu's.
"Look, I don't know if they told you or not, but I like you and they're in my way." Mai said.
"They mentioned that, yes." Fuutarou said quietly.
"So essentially, we're rivals and they have the upper hand. They got a little head start per se." Mai continued.
"So don't be suprised if I make more advances towards you in the future, alright? I'm going to make you mine." Mai said determined.
'Oh man, she's serious.' Fuutarou thought to himself.
'Reminds me of someone I know.' Fuutarou chuckled to himself.
"So why are you telling me this?" Fuutarou asked.
"Oh nothing in particular, just letting you know." Mai said.
"Weird time to mention that but alright." Fuutarou said.
Mai blushed. "Well I just wanted to let you know! Just so that you don't get turned off by me whenever I do something!"
"Alright then, have fun doing that. But I'll let you know now, you have a massive massive gap between you and the Nakano's." Fuutarou told Mai.
"Why's that?" Mai asked.
'Screw it, I'm going to tell her.' Fuutarou thought to himself.
"We're uh… we're… dating." Fuutarou said.
"You guys are what?" Mai asked, shocked.
"Dating. D. A. T-" Fuutarou was cut off.
"Yea I know how to spell dating!" Mai was still in shock.
"So, so, so… You guys have been dating this whole time???" Mai asked.
"Yep, since high school." Fuutarou said.
"I see then…" Mai trailed off. She slumped down a bit and down at her shoes.
Fuutarou noticed this and put a hand on her shoulder. "Hey, are you alright?"
She suddenly shot back up. "That just gives me more motivation to win!" She had a determined look on her face.
Fuutarou chuckled. "I like your enthusiasm. But good luck Mai, you got a lot of catching up to do."
"Oh I will! You'll see!" Mai rolled back over to her table, her brown hair flowing behind her. She seemed a lot more happy now compared to a few seconds ago.
Fuutarou leaned back in his chair and sighed.
"She has no chance." Fuutarou muttered to himself.
"I'm sorry but there is no way I'm breaking up with those quints." Fuutarou sighed once again.
"But good luck Mai. Maybe you'll find someone else to make you happy while you pursue me." Fuutarou said.
Fuutarou closed up his notebook and slid it into his bag. Just as he did, his professor announced to the class that class is over. Fuutarou stood up, slung his bag over his shoulder, waved goodbye to Mai, and walked out of the classroom.
He walked on his usual route back to his dorm. As he walked, he passed lots of people gathering together with a pink paper given to them for their trip.
Fuutarou finally reached his dorm after a few minutes of walking around his campus. He fished his keys out of his pocket and inserted it into the keyhole. He grabbed hold of the key and twisted it, unlocking the door.
Fuutarou grabbed the knob and turned it, pushing the door open at the same time.
He stepped into the dorm, slid off his shoes, walked over to the living room, and set his bag down on the couch.
Yotsuba and Miku were sitting next to each other, watching something on the tv.
"Heyo." Fuutarou greeted.
"Fuu!" Yotsuba jumped up and put Fuu into a giant hug.
Fuutarou hugged Yotsuba back. "Hey Yots." He kissed the top her of head as they hugged.
"No fair, let me get in there too!" Miku exclaimed.
Miku stood up and joined Fuutarou and Yotsuba in their hug.
"This is nice." Miku said.
They all separated and Yotsuba and Miku went back to sitting on the couch.
Fuutarou walked over to the kitchen to grab himself a glass of water.
"You girls hear about the trip?" Fuutarou asked.
"Yep! We sure did." Yotsuba said.
"Are you going to be in another group?" Fuutarou asked, taking a seat on the couch next to Miku and Yots. He took a sip from his water.
"Why would we be in another group? We have you after all." Miku said.
"That's what I thought you would say." Fuutarou chuckled.
"So we're all going to be in the same group?" Fuutarou asked.
"Fuu," Miku looked Fuutarou dead in his eyes, "Is that even a question?"
"Of course!" Yotsuba finished Miku's sentence.
"Alright then, we'll just get everyone's signature later." Fuutarou said. "I wanna know what you two are watching first."
"Just watching another documentary, but this time on giraffes." Miku said.
"I see." Fuutarou said.
"Do you know where Itsuki, Nino, and Ichika are?" Fuutarou asked the two sisters.
"Well I know Ichika and Nino are in their dorm right now, Itsuki I think is still taking some lessons. Those teacher things she does, you know?" Miku said.
"Alright then, I'll just get Nino and Ichika over here later." Fuutarou said.
The tv continued to play that giraffe documentary. Yotsuba's stomach growled a little.
"You hungry Yots?" Fuutarou asked.
Yotsuba chuckled a little. "Hehe yea…" She said as she scratched the back of her head.
"Want me to make anything for you?" Fuutarou asked.
"Ahmmm… Ramen?" Yotsuba suggested.
"I think we have some cups left over, let me check." Fuutarou said while standing up, he walked over to the kitchen and opened the cabinet where all the ramen would be stored.
"Yea we still have some." Fuutarou said.
He pulled one out and set it on the counter. As he was about to open the package, he felt some arms wrap around him.
Those arms hugged him tightly from behind. He then felt a little nuzzle on the top area of his back.
"Who's there?" Fuutarou asked playfully.
"Guess!" One of the sisters said.
"Umm, Ichika?" Fuutarou guessed.
"Nope!" The quint answered.
"Itsuki?" Fuutarou guessed next.
"Nuh uh!" The quint answered again.
"Alright then." Fuutarou set down the noodles.
He quickly turned around and gave the quint behind a hug.
"Hey Nino." Fuutarou chuckled. He kissed the top of her head.
"Fuu-Kun!" Nino exclaimed.
"Hey, how are you?" Fuutarou asked, still embracing Nino.
"I'm great!" Nino replied.
"That's great." Fuutarou split from the hug.
"You want anything? I was making Yots some ramen." Fuutarou said.
"Oh I'm fine, no thank you." Nino said.
"Alright then, suit yourself." Fuutarou said.
The rest of the night continued as normal. They are dinner around 6:00pm and all settled in to watch a movie. Fuutarou in the middle, with the quints surrounding him.
They started their movie, with the opening number spread throughout their dorm with the nice sound system they installed.
After an hour and 57 minutes of watching, the quints were all in tears, clinging onto to Fuu for comfort.
The movie had a bittersweet ending and the quints were not expecting it. Tears and snot were falling down their faces. Fuutarou was left to sit there and be their personal tissue.
Oh, and what movie you ask? La La Land of course. My personal favorite movie.
Anyways, back to the story.
The rest of the week continued on like normal. Fuu turned in the pink sheet for the trip to Mr. Bauer.
He attended his classes, same thing as the quints.
After classes were done for the day, they all went back to their dorm and slowly started to pack for their trip.
Many days after turning in the pink sheet, Fuutarou and the quints finally find out when they're going to the U.S.
The first group had them and a few other people they knew going. Takeda and Maeda were there as well.
Oh, and Mai. Mai was also in the first group.
Once Fuu and the quints learned when they would be going, they quickly finished up packing. They finished the night before they leave the campus to head to the airport and start the plane ride there.
And that is where we reach the beginning of this chapter. Let us continue.
"Come on Fuu! Hurry up!" Yotsuba yelled.
The group they were supposed to stick with were already about to board the plane. Fuu and the quints were a good 30 feet behind them.
"Hurry up! Hurry up!" Yotsuba exclaimed.
After hustling to get in line, they finally made it. Yotsuba, Fuu, and the rest of the quints took their place in the back of the line.
"You guys made it. Didn't think you would." Mr. Bauer said.
"Hehe… yea..." Fuutarou scratched the back of his head.
"But hey, you're here. Good enough for me." Mr. Bauer said.
The group slowly shuffled onto the plane. One by one, the group was able to safely make it onto the plane without losing or leaving any of their luggage behind.
Fuutarou stepped on the plane with his luggage behind him. The quints were behind him, with backpacks on their back.
Fuutarou pulled out his ticket to check which seat he had.
"E23." He mumbled to himself.
He turned his head around and asked the quints, "What seat do you guys have?"
Nino responded, "E22!"
"E24!" Yotsuba said next.
"E25." Miku said.
"E26." Ichika said next.
"E27." Itsuki finally said.
"Looks like we're all sitting next to each other." Fuutarou said.
He continued pushing forward until he reached his seat number.
"Here we are." Fuutarou said.
He popped open the storage compartment above him and inserted his little luggage and backpack into there.
"Here, Nino and Yots, give me your backpacks." Fuutarou said.
Nino and Yotsuba took off their backpacks and handed them to Fuu. He then lifted the bags up and put next to his backpack in the compartment.
"Alright, Yots, you're right here. Nino you're on the inside there." Fuutarou said while pointing to the seats.
"Meatbun, Ichika, and Miku, you three are in this middle row." Fuutarou motioned towards the middle.
"Got it." Itsuki said.
"Let me get your backpacks, I'll put them up for you." Fuutarou said.
"Thanks Fuuta." Itsuki thanked Fuu.
Itsuki, Ichika, and Miku gave their backpacks to Fuu who, in return, put them in the storage compartment.
They then took their seats. The order went like this.
Nino had the window seat with Fuutarou to her left. Yotsuba was to Fuu's left and had the aisle seat.
Miku had the aisle seat for the middle section, followed up by Ichika to her left and Itsuki to Ichika's left.
The seating arrangement worked out for now but they would probably have to change it so that each quints got to sit next to Fuu.
After a few minutes of waiting, the pilot came onto the intercom and announced that the plane will be taking off shortly.
Once he was done, the flight safety video played with the attendant demonstrating all the actions they need to do in case of an emergency.
Fuutarou and the quints fastened their seatbelts and prepared for liftoff.
Before the plane was about to move, Fuu felt a tug on his right sleeve.
"Hey Fuu-Kun." Nino said.
"Yea Nino?" Fuutarou asked.
"I've uh… We've… never been on a plane before." Nino said.
There was a little uncertainty in her voice.
"Hey, It'll be fine. I'll be here the whole time, you don't have to worry." Fuutarou said.
Nino grabbed Fuu's hand and squeezed it tightly. "You better stay next to me."
"I promise." Fuutarou smiled.
Fuu then felt another hand slip into his left hand.
"I'm uh… scared too Fuu." Yotsuba said.
"Then I'll be here as well." Fuutarou told Yotsuba.
"Promise." Fuu promised Yotsuba.
The other three quints noticed what their sisters got to do.
"Hey no fair! I want Fuu to comfort me too!" Miku pouted.
"You'll get your turn." Fuutarou chuckled.
"We have a stopover and then we still have to fly back. I'll comfort all of you on our trip." Fuutarou said.
"You better." Itsuki said.
"Or I won't forgive you." Itsuki continued.
"Hey hey! I will!" Fuutarou chuckled.
Just then, the plane started moving to the runway.
Fuutarou could feel Yotsuba's and Nino's hands squeeze tighter on his.
He squeezed them back to give them a sign that he's still there.
"Here we go." Fuutarou said.
The plane lined up on the runaway and stood there for a few seconds. Then, out of the blue, the engines started up and the plane started moving forward.
Slowly, the speed kept gaining until the plane was gaining speed at a high level.
The plane was moving fast enough to pull Fuutarou and the quints back into their seats.
Then, the plane lifted off from the ground and started its ascent into the sky.
Nino and Yotsuba grabbed onto Fuu's hand really tightly.
Once the plane leveled itself out, the quints calmed down. They still had a somewhat scared look on their face.
"So how was it?" Fuutarou asked.
Yotsuba was the first to speak up. "That was… amazing!"
"That was pretty good I guess. Felt weird though." Miku said.
"A fun experience." Ichika gave a thumbs up.
Itsuki and Nino didn't like it all too much.
"It was uhmm… scary." Nino said.
"I agree." Itsuki said.
"I see then. Well I'm glad you all, I guess, enjoyed it." Fuutarou said.
"Did you Fuu?" Yotsuba asked.
"For my first time, I thought it was nice." Fuutarou replied.
"That's great!" Yotsuba exclaimed.
"Alright then, Usa, here we come!" Fuutarou exclaimed.
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A/n: So I finally got a chapter out. That's great. But like I said in the a/n at the beginning, the next chapter won't come out on the regular time. I am planning a new fic that is bigger than anything I have ever wrote.
And I think it can be a really good fic too. Who knows though, it could be an absolute flop.
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I will try to get back on a regular schedule but I have lots of things going on so I'm not sure.
Once again, I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Goodbye for now and I'll see you in the next chapter!
-PickleNugg