Chapter 4
"Onii-chan, did you get the soy sauce?", asked a young girl with a ponytail on top of her head.
"Yeah, I got it. We just need the noodles.", replied a young man with messy black hair and golden eyes.
Inside a supermarket, Fuutarou and his sister Raiha were buying groceries for lunch. Today was Saturday, some hours after midday, so Fuutarou didn't have to make a tutoring session for the sisters, even if some of them weren't so happy of the idea of not having him at their house this day too. This was a good occasion for the two Uesugi siblings to buy some food to manage to get through the next week.
Suddenly, the young man heard a familiar voice coming from behind him. "Itsuki, you can't eat that bread before we buy it! Can't you wait until we finished to buy everything ?"
Another voice came up, "But I'm so hungry Ichika! I didn't eat enough at breakfast."
"Jeez, you're like this because you couldn't see Fuutarou-kun today, heh?"
"T-that's not t-true! I-I w-was just m-more hungry and…Uesugi-kun?!", shouted the second familiar voice.
The young man turned around to see the oldest and the youngest Nakano sisters right behind him. His sister did the same, and when she saw who exclaimed her and her brother's last name, her eyes got wider.
"Onii-chan! They're the girls you're tutoring?!", asked the young girl to her brother.
Fuutarou smiled and replied, "Yeah, they're 2 of the sisters that I'm helping." Then he shifted his attention to the two redhaired girls, "Yo Itsuki, Ichika. It's nice to meet you here. This is my sister, Raiha"
Itsuki, who was still blushing from when she saw him right in front of her, stuttered on her reply, "N-nice to s-see you again, U-uesugi-kun. H-hi, Raiha-chan. M-my name's is Itsuki. N-nice to m-meet you."
"And I'm Ichika, Raiha-chan. Nice to meet you too hehe,", replied a giggling Ichika.
Raiha got stars inside her eyes. "Glad to finally meet two of my future sisters!", she happily said.
"Huh? Future sisters?", asked a confused Itsuki.
"Yeah, if one of you becomes Onii-chan's girlfriend and marries him, the other sisters are gonna be my sisters too!", said Raiha with a cheerful voice.
Fuutarou immediately tickled her after she said that. "Raiha! Put a hold on your imagination!", he told her embarrassed, while getting his revenge for making him blush.
But his blush was nothing if compared to the ones of Itsuki and Ichika, who were red just like their hair. "G-g-girlfriend?... Marriage?", mumbled the ahoge girl.
Her sister, instead, was able to speak more definitely. "A-ara, y-your sister has q-quite the imagination hehe."
Fuutarou, after having tickled Raiha for good, which made her laugh a lot, said, "Y-yeah, sometimes her imagination needs a limit. Sorry if she embarrassed you."
Itsuki, still a little embarassed, managed to formulate a definite sentence. "I-t's ok, Uesugi-kun. W-we're not b-bothered from that. Don't worry." Ichika nodded to show that she agreed.
The young man smiled and gave the two of them a headpat each one, making them red and giggle. "Glad to know it. By the way, are you here to buy groceries too?", he asked them out of curiosity.
It was a still red Ichika to reply, "Y-yeah hehe, u-usually Nino and Itsuki take care of that, but since Nino was busy with trying her yukata, I took her place."
"Yukata? Why was she trying a yukata, Ichika-san?", asked her Raiha.
"Hehe, tonight there will be a fireworks festival, so everyone of us will wear a yukata for the occasion. Now that I think, will you two go to it, Fuutarou-kun?"
The young man heard her question, and after having thought abou it, asked, "Could we come with you 5 by any chance?"
When she heard his question, Itsuki got red again. If they come with them, she'll be able to pass more time with her dear friend and have fun with his cute sister!
"Yes! You two can come with us to the festival! We'll be happy to have you with us! They can, right Ichika?", answered Itsuki to his request with a happy voice, while asking her sister's opinion.
"Hmm, yeah, they can come with us, I don't see a problem with that. We should tell Nino and the others then, just to advise them.", replied Ichika, getting a nod of agreement by Itsuki.
Having heard their answer, Fuutarou smiled and placed his hand on Raiha's head while telling her, "Did you hear it, Raiha? We can go to the fireworks festival and have lots of fun with Itsuki and her sisters. Are you happy?"
Raiha beamed and hugged her brother. "Yes, I'm very happy! I look forward to tonight then. Thank you Onii-chan!" She then turned to Ichika and Itsuki and went to hug them, "Thank you too, Ichika-san, Itsuki-san!"
The two Nakano sisters were caught off guard by the sweet gesture of Raiha, but they giggled and hugged her back. Fuutarou continued to smile at seeing his sister getting along so fast with his friends. After Raiha stopped to hug them, Fuutarou took the occasion to remind her that they had to finish buying groceries, just like Ichika and Itsuki. As she was reminded of that, Raiha got ready with her list to check up the last items to get, while Fuutarou told Ichika and Itsuki that they'll meet at the festival in the evening. They nodded and returned to buy groceries too, after greeting the Uesugi siblings.
After they were done with the groceries, Raiha and Fuutarou exited from the supermarket and went towards their house. They reached it in some minutes and got inside after climbing the stairs. When they entered, they found their mother sitting near a little table and reading a book. As she heard their footsteps, she turned around to see them and smiled. "You two are here. Did you get everything, Fuu-chan?", asked Shizuku to her oldest son.
"Yeah Mom, me and Raiha got everything we needed. Also, I need to ask you something."
"Oh, something to ask? Tell me Fuu-chan."
"You see, we met two of my students at the supermarket, Itsuki and Ichika, and they talked about the fireworks festival of tonight. After they did, I asked them if me and Raiha could come along and they agreed. So, it's ok if we go to it with them tonight?"
Hearing his response made Shizuku giggle. "Hehe, of course that you 2 can go to the festival with your friends. In fact, a coworker gave me some of these.", she told him, while giving him some coupons for food, that could be used for some stands in the festival.
"Unfortunately, I have to work this afternoon and I will be a little tired after that. So I cannot come with you two.", she said with a sad tone.
Raiha got a little sad by knowing that their mother couldn't join them, but her brother managed to relieve her with a headpat and telling her, "Hey, don't be sad Raiha. We'll pass the time together with Itsuki and her sisters, so you can meet the other 3 too. Even if Mom can't come with us, it's better that we have the most possible fun for her then. Won't you agree?"
The words of the young man worked enough and Raiha's sad expression was replaced by a bright smile. "Yes, you're right! We'll have lots of fun together Itsuki-san and her sisters for Mom's sake! Thank you, Onii-chan!" Then she went to hug Shizuku that hugged her back. "Thank you for the coupons, Mom! Onii-chan and I will enjoy the festival to the fullest!"
Their mother smiled happily. "Hehe, I'm happy to know it Raiha-chan. Fuu-chan, be sure to have fun and take care of your sister during the festival."
"I will, Mom. I promise.", replied her the star student with his confident voice, making her and Raiha giggle.
"Glad to hear it. But If you two want to go to the festival, it would be nice to wear some clothes perfect for the occasion. Would you like to try your yukata, Raiha-chan? Mom will help you of course.", told them their mom, getting a happy "Yes!" from Raiha.
On the other hand, Fuutarou replied, "I think I will wear some casual clothes. Moving around with a kimono is a little annoying to be honest."
"Hehe, I knew you would have said that. It's ok, you look good anyways. Just like your father.", she said with a somehow sad voice.
Fuutarou smiled a little sad. Whenever his mother mentioned his late father, a little of sadness always came to him like to his mother. They, and Raiha too but lesser as she didn't remember him too well, still missed Isanari after that tragic car accident that took away his life. But it's better to not think about that moment again, as it would only ruin the fun that he and Raiha will have at the festival with the quints.
So Fuutarou sad smile changed to a brighter one, with him thanking his mom for the compliment and going to choose the clothes for the festival in his and Raiha's bedroom.
'Hmm, I think that something like a red shirt upon a sleeveless blue t-shirt and blue jeans will be good. Casual and not too fancy.', thought the young man, coming to a choice while he was scanning the few clothes he possessed in his wardrobe. Taking up various part-time jobs in the past years gave him the possibility to buy some clothes in cheap outlets to use out of school. After all,
Fuutarou has never been someone to follow the trends, so he just wore what he found elegant and comfortable enough.
After he made his choice, Fuutarou sat down and started to review some notes while his mother was helping Raiha to try on her yukata. Some minutes passed and Raiha entered in their room with his mom to show her yukata to her brother. "Tadaa! How do I look, Onii-chan?", asked him a giggling Raiha.
Fuutarou gazed towards her to see his sister wearing a small purple yukata with a flower pattern. He smiled and said, "It looks very good, Raiha. It suits you."
The young girl smiled brightly and went to hug him, with him returning the gesture. Shizuku was happy to see them like that. ' I'm sure that Maruo-kun's daughters will make you smile even more with their outfits, Fuu-chan.', thought a happy Shizuku.
Several hours later, Fuutarou and Raiha were now outside of their house, walking towards the festival location that Fuutarou found while searching on the browser on his smartphone. In order to not lose sight of his sister, the young man was holding her hand and walking alongside. After a not too long walk, the two siblings reached their destination, where they could see some people already entering in the area.
Fuutarou looked around to see if the quints were already near the place, but he didn't catch any sight of them. But suddenly he heard the sound of a car that was coming closer from behind him and Raiha. They turned around to see a black limousine stopping a little far away from their position. Then, one of the limousine's doors opened and a redhaired girl with an ahoge and a red and orange yukata came out of it. She was followed by other 4 people with her same face but different hairstyles and yukatas.
After she came out of the limousine, she looked around and saw the two Uesugi siblings. She smiled and walked towards them. "Good evening, Uesugi-kun, Raiha-chan. Were you waiting for us too long?", greeted them a polite Itsuki.
"No, we've just arrived here actually. Glad to see you again, Itsuki. That yukata looks great on you.", told her Fuutarou with his nice smile.
The youngest Nakano blushed and covered her cheeks with her hands."O-oh, I see. T-thank y-you for t-the compliment, U-uesugi-kun."
"Hey! Don't flirt you two!", shouted someone with an annoyed voice.
Fuutarou and Itsuki looked behind Itsuki to see the second oldest sister with a purple and blue yukata with a flowers pattern, who was frowning.
The word flirt made Itsuki pout. "Nino, w-we're not f-flirting! U-uesugi-kun was just telling me that he liked my yukata!"
After Nino, came also the other sisters with 3 different yukatas: a light blue one with a wave pattern for Miku, a yellow and orange one with a clouds pattern for Ichika and a green one decorated with four clouds figures for Yotsuba.
"Ara ara, someone is jealous that Fuutarou-kun made compliments to Itsuki first.", said Ichika with a teasing voice.
Nino blushed. "I-I'm not jealous! I just d-didn't l-like seeing Fuutarou b-being so chummy with her."
"Are you sure about that? You were trying on your yukata for several minutes in front of the mirror. Maybe you wanted to look perfect for him fufu."
"T-that's not true! Y-y-you're wrong!", shouted a very embarrassed Nino.
"Would you stop it Ichika? We don't want to attract too much attention on us.", said Miku, who was bored by Ichika's teasing and Nino's shouting. Then, she looked at Fuutarou and walked towards him.
She blushed and said, smiling, "Good evening, Fuutarou. I'm happy to go to the festival with you and everyone."
Fuutarou, who was looking at Ichika and Nino, gazed at Miku and smirked, "Yo Miku, I'm glad too for the opportunity. I hope that we can have a lot of fun together."
Miku blushed even more and nodded while giggling. After that, another sister went towards the young man and hugged him. He looked down to see the bunny ribbon girl known as Yostuba giggling happily with her face on his chest.
"Hello, Uesugi-san! Are you and your sister ready for the festival?", asked the cheerful Yostuba.
Fuutarou smiled and patted her head. "Of course we are. Right, Raiha?", he asked to his sister.
Meanwhile, Raiha remained totally stunned from all the interactions that his brother had with the 5 girls, and when she heard his question, she replied, "Yes, I'm ready Onii-chan. But can I ask you to present me the other sisters?"
Fuutarou chuckled. "Oh, yeah haha, I still didn't that. Well, the one who's currently hugging me is Yotsuba, the 4th sister.", he said, patting the head of the cheerful girl, who giggled from that.
Yotsuba detached herself from Fuutarou (to the relief of the other sisters who were pouting to see her so clingy with him), and went to greet the young girl. "Shishishi, nice to meet you Raiha-chan. Your brother is really nice as our tutor!"
"Nice to meet you too, Yotsuba-san.", replied a smiling Raiha.
Fuutarou then walked near Nino and Miku and placed one hand on each head, making them blush. "These two are Nino and Miku instead, the 2nd and the 3rd sisters. Nino is the one with these cute butterfly ribbons, and you can recognize Miku thanks to her blue headphones."
His gesture and the compliment to her ribbons made Nino smile brightly. She was enjoying the headpat that he gave her just like the third sister, who was smiling nervously and blushing.
"Nice to meet you, Raiha-chan", they said in unison to greet his sister that returned it wholeheartedly.
"Good, now that the presentations are done, we can go to the festival. Let's go everyone!", shouted the top student. He received various and loud "Gladly!" as responses, so the group finally entered inside the festival's area.
The two siblings and the quints were walking together through area, while taking a look to the various stands that adorned it. Fuutarou let his sister enjoy some time talking with them, happy to see her getting along with his cute friends. At a certain point, everyone of the quints wanted to take a different type of food each one, so they suddenly separated to go in different directions. Seeing this made the young man worried for them, so he searched for them around in the crowd.
"Hey, everyone! Where the hell did you go?!", shouted an annoyed Nino, while looking around to find her sisters.
'Damn it, if we don't manage to reunite, we can't watch the fireworks all together later.', thought the second sister.
"Hey cutie, want to take a look at the stands together?", called her a voice coming from behind.
Nino turned around to see an ugly guy looking at her with a dirty look. She was disgusted by that and replied annoyed, "I'm not interested. Leave me alone, dumbass."
She started to walk away when she heard some footsteps coming closer from behind. She turned around to see the guy raising a fist towards her. "Don't call me dumbass!", he shouted.
Nino got scared and closed her eyes in fear, but instead of feeling a fist hitting her face, she heard another sound of a fist accompanied by a grunt of pain. She opened her eyes and saw a familiar figure keeping a fist raised forward. She looked his face and got shocked: it was Fuutarou! Why was he here? And why he looked as if he punched someone?
Her questions were answered when she looked at the ground, in front of her tutor; she saw the ugly guy that tried to hit her nursing his face in pain and grunting. Every person around them was watching the whole scene, with amazed faces. 'No way… Did Fuutarou protect me?', thought the second sister.
"Don't you dare to hurt her you asshole, or I'll make you pay. Get lost.", said the black haired young man with a frightening voice that made Nino shiver a little. The guy who tried to hit her got white as if he saw a monster In front of him, and quickly ran away, screaming out of terror.
The crowd that watched the whole scene chuckled and applauded Fuutarou for his action, while Nino was looking at him in awe. What just happened? Fuutarou punched him to save her and threatened him as if he were a bad guy? Is he really the same nice Fuutarou? Those were the new questions inside her mind.
The young man turned around to look at her, and she immediately blushed. He got closer and placed his hands on her cheeks, making her redder. He was looking at her face with those beautiful golden eyes that showed the seriousness and the bravery she saw just some seconds ago.
Then he smiled and said, "Thank goodness you're not hurt. I was able to save you in time it seems."
Nino was still blushing from his touch on her cheeks and stuttered, "S-s-save me? Y-you a-acted like a b-bad boy to save me?"
"More than acting, that was a part of me that I don't show so often. But that's not important now: where are your sisters?", he replied, removing his hands from her face.
Nino stopped blushing and replied, "I don't know, I tried to search for them here around but I couldn't find them. And that's a problem because I'm the only one who knows where the rooftop that I rented to watch the fireworks is."
"Did you try to call them?"
"My phone is out of charge, so I couldn't."
"Then guide me to the rooftop, so I'll know where it is. Here, take my hand.", he told her while offering her his hand.
Nino flushed, "Eh?! Why?"
"Because I won't lose sight of you and I'll protect you from another scumbag like this.", he replied winking.
The words protect you hit her heart deeply. He wanted to make sure that no one else tried to hurt her! He was like a knight that wanted to protect his princess!
Nino, despite her heavy blush, took his hand and walked through the crowd with him to reach the rooftop. His strong and gentle hold on her hand made her feel safe, and she enjoyed such sensation.
After a while, the two of them arrived to their destination; Nino showed her permission to the owner of the rooftop and climbed the stairs with Fuutarou. The young man looked around and was amazed. "This spot is perfect to have a nice view of the fireworks. I can see why you rented it. But why are the fireworks so important to you 5?"
Nino smiled sadly, "You see Fuutarou, when we were younger and our mother was still alive, we always watched the fireworks together with her during the festival. It was a very special event that remained impressed in us even after Mom died, because it was like a symbol of the strong family bond that we 5 shared. That's why it's very important for us."
Fuutarou listened to her while he was looking down in the crowd, and thought deeply at what she said. 'So that's the reason. For Nino and her sisters family is important just like it is for me, and this event is a symbol of that bond. In that case, I must …', he stopped his thoughts when he saw a familiar figure with a blue yukata in the middle of the crowd below. It was Miku! But why she looked like she had difficulty to walk?
"Nino! I saw Miku there! She looks hurt!", he told her, pointing his finger at where he saw the third sister.
Nino looked at where he indicated and said, "Yeah, it's Miku! She's in trouble! I have to help-"
Fuutarou took her shoulders. "No, stay here Nino and wait. I'll bring everyone of your sisters here and make sure that all of you can watch the fireworks together this year too. I promise you.", he told her with a voice that was full of the same bravery of before.
Nino was stunned to see again that attractive confidence of his and accepted to wait with a shy nod. Fuutarou smirked and ran to go downstairs and reach Miku. While going down, he sent a message with the position of the rooftop to the other sisters, sure that they would read it and reach the place meanwhile .
The third sister was in the middle of the crowd, looking around to see if she could find one of her sisters. She was worried about them and she didn't feel secure to stay alone between so many people. Plus, the wound that she took because someone stepped on her foot was giving her too much pain.
But a voice that she knew very well called for her. "Miku! Are you ok?!"
She lifted her gaze to see a young man with black hair and a red shirt running towards her. He was the person that she's recently made friends with.
"Fuutarou!", she replied while struggling to get closer to him. But she lost balance and almost fell to the ground If it wasn't for Fuutarou catching her in his arms.
"Watch out, Miku. If you get more hurt you'll make me worry.", he told her with a nice smile.
Miku blushed when he caught her. ""T-thank you, F-fuutarou. Y-you saved me."
"Haha, you're welcome. Do you know where are your sisters? Nino is at the rooftop she rented for the fireworks now."
"I don't know where are the others, but I saw Ichika walking with an old man that I didn't know near some stands. Then I lost sight of her."
Fuutarou, having heard that, got worried. "She was walking with an unknown old man? That's not assuring at all. But first, let me take care of you.", he told her while lifting her and carrying her in bridal style.
Miku got way redder than before. Fuutarou was carrying her like a princess?! Why?! That's so embarrassing!
"F-f-fuutarou?!", she shouted in pure embarrassment.
"I know it's embarrassing for you Miku, but I can't let your wound getting worse. Don't worry, I'll bring you to the place all safe and fine.", he told her with a cute smile and looking at her eyes.
Miku flushed like a tomato and stopped talking when he said that and looked at her in the eyes. His eyes showed courage. A courage that was willing to make sure that nothing else happened to her.
She nodded then and wrapped her arms around his figure, so she could hold onto him better. Fuutarou smiled with a little blush and started to walk towards the building. Miku, even If she was still embarrassed, smiled blissfully to be carried in that way by him. She felt like the wife of a Sengoku warlord.
When they arrived to the building, Fuutarou saw three familiar people near its entrance: Yostuba and Itsuki were standing near the door with his sister holding Yotsuba's hand. The 3 of them heard his footsteps and looked in his direction. When Itsuki saw him, she noticed he was carrying Miku like a bride and frowned. "Uesugi-kun, you're here! But why are you carrying Miku like that?, asked the youngest Nakano with a jealous voice.
"Yotsuba, Itsuki, I'm glad that you're here. Miku got her foot hurt, so I couldn't leave her worsen it by walking.", replied the young man honestly.
Yotsuba got worried and exclaimed, "She got hurt?! Are you ok, Miku?!"
"Y-yes, Fuutarou found me and carried me until here.", answered the third sister, still smiling at the closeness she had with him.
But it soon ended when he put her down and let Yotsuba help her to stand. Miku pouted because of this, and Itsuki stopped frowning.
"Raiha, you did well to stay with them. If you had got lost, I would have been very worried.", he told his sister, giving her a headpat.
"Hehe, I had a lots of fun with Yotsuba-san and Itsuki-san. I even got some golden fishes!", she said, showing a plastic bag full of golden fishes.
"Haha, happy to hear that. But now I have to go and find Ichika; there are still 20 minutes before the fireworks start, so I have to hurry.", he said, while turning around to start running again.
But before of that, he looked at the sisters and said, "I promised Nino that you 5 are going to watch the fireworks together this time too. So I'll make sure to bring Ichika no matter what!" And after he said that, he sprinted before one of them could reply with something. They listened very well to what he told them, and smiled with some blushes. He meant the promise that they made with their mother; a promise that he wanted to make come true for them.
After he separated from them, Fuutarou was looking around the stands to see if he could see a yellow yukata and short pink hair, but with no results. In this case, he took out his phone and started to call Ichika's number. He waited for the dialer to catch the signal and heard a slight ringtone coming from behind him. He turned around and saw the oldest sister looking at her phone with a middle aged man with a beard near a Yakisoba stand. He even noticed that the man was holding a camera and got worried.
So he quickly closed the call, walked towards them and said, "I found you, Ichika."
Ichika, who was still looking at her phone, heard his voice and turned to see his cute face. "F-fuutarou-kun? Why are you here?"
"Isn't it obvious? I'm here to bring you to your sisters and watch the fireworks together. Why are you here?"
Before she could reply, the middle aged man who was with her beat her at responding. "Ichika-chan is doing a photoshoot for her future carrier as model, that's why she's here young man."
Fuutarou was surprised. "A model? You want to become a model, Ichika?"
Ichika laughed embarrassed. "Hehe, yeah. It's a dream that I've always had since middle school, so this is my occasion to make it come true. I'm sorry, Fuutarou-kun, but I can't come with you. Tell my sisters that I apologize."
But what seemed to be her boss took a look at Fuutarou and asked, "Say boy, are you a model by any chance?"
Ichika and Fuutarou got stunned, with him replying, "No sir, why do you ask?"
"Your figure and your style are very interesting and look great for a model carrier. Say, how about you take some photos with Ichika-chan and I let you go with her to watch the fireworks?", proposed the man with a polite smile.
"Eh? But Boss, I don't think Fuut-", she tried to say before she was cut off.
"If I can help Ichika with her dream and bring her to her sisters in this way, I accept.", replied the top student with a grin, getting a happy smile from the middle-aged man, who presented himself as Oda.
Ichika got shocked; Fuutarou accepted for those reasons? Why is he going so far to help them? But she couldn't think to other questions because she was grabbed by her hand and found found herself being hugged from behind by her tutor, whose face was now close to hers.
"Ehhh?! W-what a-are doing, Fuutarou-kun?", asked a blushing Ichika.
"Yes, that's splendid! Ichika-chan, you have to smile like your friend!", shouted Oda with a happy voice at seeing the scene in front of his eyes.
"Oda-san is right, Ichika. Just smile genuinely and you'll look great. After all, you're very pretty.", told her Fuuatarou with his usual gentle voice.
When she heard his compliment, the embarrassment who was invading her quickly disappeared and was replaced by happiness. Happiness from seeing him so nice to help her with her job and her promise to her mom, and from that simple but sweet compliment. Such happiness was enough for Ichika to pull out a bright smile like Fuutarou's. Her boss grinned and took various photos of them, happy to see the young woman smiling way better than in her previous photos where she was alone.
After he was done with that, Oda happily said, "These photos are great, Ichika-chan! If I show them to the agency, I'm sure that they'll make you take a photoshoot with them. And this is all thanks to you, Fuutarou-kun!"
The young man chuckled, "Haha, I'm glad that I was able to help. Now Ichika and I can go to watch the fireworks, right?"
"Absolutely! Enjoy them to your hearts' content, young lovers.", replied a grinning Oda.
Ichika blushed way more than before. 'Me and Fuutarou as lovers? Well, he's very cute and nice and I wouldn't mind him hugg- No! What am I thinking?!'
Her thoughts were stopped when she felt a hand grabbing hers, so she looked up and saw a smiling Fuutaoru that told her, "Let's go, Ichika. Everyone's waiting."
Ichika's blush remained, but she smiled back and nodded happily, starting to walk with him to reach the location for the fireworks. Oda watched them from the distance, smiling genuinely to see the young woman being so happy.
Ichika and Fuutarou managed to reach the building where her sisters and Raiha were waiting for them 5 minutes before the fireworks' start. When they heard them arrive, her sisters hugged her from the joy and thanked Fuutarou wholeheartedly (especially Nino) for bringing them together, with his sister hugging him, happy for what he accomplished. The quints asked the two siblings to watch the fireworks together, and Fuutarou and Raiha gladly accepted. Fuutarou thought of making compliments to the other sisters' yukatas then, as he made them just for Itsuki, which made them blush and giggle happily.
Fuutarou was standing now in the middle of Nino and Miku, with the other sisters around them and Raiha next to Itsuki. The time for the fireworks was come, and the group watched some beautiful lights forming big stars of various colors. At a certain point, Fuutarou felt something leaning on his shoulders. He looked around to see Nino and Miku leaning their heads on each of his shoulders with bright smiles, while looking at the spectacle in the sky.
Seeing them like this was something that made him very happy inside, so he didn't bother to ask why they did it. The other sisters noticed what Nino and Miku did, and pouted a little. Somehow, they wanted to do the same as them, but they couldn't right now. Heh, it will be for another time. The important now is to watch the fireworks all together and to remember deeply this moment that their dear tutor created for them!
A/N
Phew, and another chapter for this wholesome story was done. As you all can see, I went for the Fireworks Festival in this chapter, showing that interesting trait of Fuutarou that I mentioned in the previous chapter and that Nino liked a lot and making him get closer to Miku (princess carry haha) and Ichika. For Ichika I chose a model career so Fuutarou can help her when he can for some photoshoots: Oda told him he has quite the figure for that after all.
I thank you for the reviews as usual, and I hope that you'll like this chapter.
See ya!