Chapter 7
' I can't believe it…So two of them are the two girls that I met during that trip to Kyoto. But who exactly?'
This was what the young tutor, Uesugi Fuutarou, was thinking about while he was doing some push ups after some good hours of studying at his house. It was Monday, the day after his students had lunch at his residence with him and his family. After going to school in the morning, Fuutarou went with the quints to have their study session at their house for the afternoon. Still, his concentration in tutoring them was slightly difficult to keep, as his mind went often back to the truth that his mother Shizuku revealed about knowing the parents of his students.
It wasn't like he was annoyed by the fact that she's revealed it only recently; he just wanted to know who were the 2 sisters that he befriended in his younger days, as he missed them for a long time. Of course he was glad that he made friends with all the sisters, who seemed to be very fond of him.
Itsuki enjoyed his company, Nino and Miku showed to have some affection for him like Yotsuba that loved hugging him, and even Ichika was quite fond of him. Such displays of affection weren't unwelcomed by the black haired guy. Actually, they made him happy, because they showed how his kindness and his will to help the others were capable of making other people see the amazing person that he was. Something that his father Isanari would be proud of if he were still here.
Suddenly, Fuutarou's phone, which was on a small wooden table, made various sounds of notification. He stopped to do his push ups and checked the device, finding three particular messages.
'Hello Fuutarou-kun. Sorry if I disturb you, but I wanted to tell you that Oda-san told me that my photos for my model career have been really appreciated by the agency, so they invited me to do a photoshooting by them tomorrow afternoon. Would you like you go there together?'
'Hi Fuu-kun! I'm sorry for the hour, but I wanted to invite you to go shopping with me this week. When are you free?'
'Hello Fuutarou. I apologize for disturbing you. I wanted to ask you if you would like to go to visit a museum about the Sengoku era on Wednesday. I heard that they will offer the possibility of wearing some costumes for the visitors. What do you think about it?'
Yep, the 3 messages that the young man just received were indeed from 3 of his students, specifically Ichika, Nino and Miku. And for pure coincidence he received them all at the same time, but he didn't put too much thought in that.
What concerned him the most now was the contents of the messages, that clearly seemed to be date invitations. Something that he wasn't oblivious to, as he knew how this romantic stuff worked by observing various love confessions at school. And those messages meant clearly one thing: 3 sisters were interested in him.
'Wow, I didn't expect something like this to happen. Maybe one of them that saw me in that way surely, but 3? I'm curious about Itsuki and Yotsuba now.', he thought, pondering if the two youngest Nakanos looked at him in that way too.
Then he decided to reply to the messages, sending a 'I would like to.' to both Ichika and Miku and proposing Friday to Nino to go shopping with her. He received a fast and positive reply from all 3 of them, each one accompanied by some happy emoticons that made him smile.
The idea of telling them that he wasn't interested didn't cross his mind at all, as he wouldn't like to see them disappointed or sad. Having three dates with three gorgeous girls was something that he found it at first incredible, but the idea of passing some time with them out of their tutoring sessions was nice in his opinion. The only problem was that Shizuku and Raiha would tease him when he told them at dinner. And speaking of the devil…
"Fuu-chan, dinner's ready!", exclaimed the voice of his mother from the kitchen.
"I'm coming.", he replied while getting out of the room after drying off some sweat from the push ups.
He sat down near the table to eat with Shizuku and Raiha, exploiting the occasion to tell them about his three dates. Needless to say that such thing shocked the two Uesugi women, who giggled and applauded him for scoring 3 dates with 3 beautiful girls, making Fuutarou blush embarassed. And their dinner went like this for the rest of the evening.
The next day Fuutarou was walking towards his school's gates, until a black limousine stopped near him, catching his attention. The vehicle's doors opened and his cute students got out from the car. As soon as they saw him, they smiled and went to greet him, "Good morning Fuutarou-kun/Fuu-kun/Fuutarou/Uesugi-san/ Uesugi-kun!"
The young man with wild black hair smiled. "Good morning you too girls. Ready to go to school?", he said, getting a happy nod from each one.
He continued to smile and started to walk with them towards the school building, with all of them staying very close to him and chatting together. Some female students noticed how close the Nakano sisters were to the star student, frowning in jealousy. They knew that Fuutarou was kind and gentle with everyone, but something was telling them that his kindness was bigger when it came to the quints. A little too big in their opinion.
After entering in the building, the quints and Fuutarou went to each own classroom, with Ichika, Nino and Miku waving at him in a sweet way. Itsuki and Yotsuba noticed this and pouted a little.
Itsuki and Fuutarou were then walking towards their class, with her asking him, "Uesugi-kun, why did-"
"Fuutarou-kun.", he said, cutting her off.
"Eh?"
"I want you to call me by my first name. We're friends, aren't we?", he told her with his usual nice smile.
Itsuki blushed. "Ehhh?! B-b-but i-i-it's a little embarrassing and-"
She felt his hand patting her head lovingly. "It'd make me happy if you called by my first name.", he said genuinely.
The youngest quint blushed more and giggled thanks to his gesture. It was like he was trying to relax her, and it seemed to work.
"Ok, F-f-fuutarou-kun.", she replied, lifting her gaze to smile brightly at him.
"Thank you, Itsuki.", he said, taking her hand to go in their class together. His action made Itsuki keep her bright smile, forgetting the question that she wanted to ask him about her sisters' behavior. Having nice moments like this with the boy that offered to help her in her studies and that she was in love with was truly a bliss.
After a while, the two of them reached their classroom, where some female classmates frowned to see Fuutarou being chummy with the ahoge girl. The boys were instead kinda proud of him. He and Itsuki took then seat at their desks, but suddenly some girls approached Fuutarou.
"Fuutarou-kun, would you like to have lunch with us later?", asked him a girl with glasses and black hair styled in a ponytail, smiling at him.
Itsuki looked at them with a pout out of jealousy that was replaced by a smile when Fuutarou said with an apologetic look, "Sorry Kasumi-san, I've already planned to eat with Itsuki and her sisters. So I have to decline."
Kasumi and the other girls had defeated expressions at such response, so she replied with an "O-ok. H-have a good lunch then." and they went back to their desks.
Itsuki, on the other hand, smiled with a red tint on her cheeks, happy that her love interest wanted to have lunch with her and her sisters. Seems that he really loves their company the most.
Then their teacher arrived and the lesson started, with Fuutarou helping Itsuki to not lose some important notes to take. A gesture greatly appreciated by her.
When their first period lessons ended, the two students went to cafeteria to have lunch. But they saw a butterfly ribbons girl near the entrance, with something in her hands. Itsuki quickly recognized her and said, "Nino? Why are you waiting here?"
The second oldest sister lifted her gaze to see Fuutarou and her younger sister, smiling at him in particular. "Hehe, I was waiting to give Fuu-kun this.", she said, offering to their tutor a purple lunch box. Such action made Itsuki widen her eyes.
"A bento? Did you make it for me?", Fuutarou asked to Nino, surprised by her gesture.
"Yes, I wanted to make you taste some other things that I can cook other than sweets. I'm sure you'll love them hehe!", she replied, giggling.
The young man smiled and gave her a headpat to thank her, which made Nino blush and giggle even more. Her sister was instead shocked by her action, feeling some jealousy inside.
' I knew that something was off with my sisters: they like Fuutarou-kun too! Nino even made him a bento as if she were his girlfriend! Mouu, I'm so jealous.', she thought, pouting at her sister without being noticed.
"Let's go then, girls. I look forward to eat this bento.", said Fuutarou, making Nino smile brightly and Itsuki puff her cheeks more. So they entered in the cafeteria and searched around for the other quints, finding them eating at a table near the windows.
Miku saw them and went near Fuutarou to give him a Matcha Soda can with a heavy blush on her face. "H-here, F-fuutarou. T-this is for you.", she meekly said.
"Matcha Soda? Thank you! I like bitter drinks.", he replied.
Miku smiled nervously while Nino and Itsuki frowned. Yotsuba and Ichika noticed instead the purple lunch box in Fuutarou's right hand.
"Uesugi-san, what's that box in your hands?", asked the bunny ribbon girl out of curiosity.
It was Nino to answer, smiling smugly, "That's a bento that I made for Fuu-kun."
"Ehh?! Really? You're so lucky, Uesugi-san. Nino's cooking is the best!", exclaimed a stunned Yotsuana, not seeming jealous like her other pouting sisters.
The black haired guy chuckled, "Haha, I'm aware of that. She's already showed me her skills thanks to her cookies. Me and my family loved them after all."
His compliment to her cooking talent made Nino giggle and cover her cheeks to hide her blush while her sisters continued to pout, with Yotsuba joining them. They started to eat then, and Fuutarou smiled happily while tasting the food that Nino put in the bento and drinking the Matcha Soda that Miku gave him, thanking both of them and making them blush.
They ate and chatted together for a while, until the moment where the lunch ended and everyone went back in class. While he was walking with Itsuki, Fuutarou decided to ask her a particular question, "Itsuki, can I ask you something?"
She looked at him and said, "Yes? What is it, Fuutarou-kun?"
"Did you meet me when I was still blond 5 years ago in Kyoto by any chance?", he asked her directly.
Itsuki got surprised by his question; maybe he's asking her because, like her and her sisters, he found out about the connection between their parents revealed by his mother. He even showed them the photo of a younger blond Fuutarou, who was the same boy that her mother and two of her sisters described often after they met him. But she knew that Yotsuba and Ichika would prefer to tell him directly their true identity.
So she replied, with an apologetic look, "I'm sorry Fuutarou-kun, I didn't meet you 5 years ago in Kyoto. I know that you met two of my sisters at that time, but I want to let them tell you their identities by themselves if you don't mind."
Her love interest looked a bit dejected after hearing her reply, still he smiled and patted her head. "It's ok, Itsuki. I don't mind your decision at all, because I think me too that they should tell me that by themselves. So thank you for being honest with me.", he told her while caressing her hair and making blush and smile.
"I-I would like to have met you too like them that time. I-I'm kinda jeaulous of them.", she replied, giggling.
"But you still met me on your first day here, and now I have a cute friend like you haha."
Hearing the word cute from him made Itsuki's blush grow and giggle even more, as a sign of her now bigger love for him. So she suddenly hugged him, placing her head on his chest and surprising Fuutarou.
The students that walked through the corridor looked at them with different expressions; pouts for the girls and smiles or glares by the boys. Fuutarou of course didn't care about their looks, so he simply hugged Itsuki back, making her hidden face redder.
They stayed like this for some minutes until he asked her, "Shall we go back to class, Itsuki?"
The ahoge girl detached her face from his chest and replied, smiling, "Yes, let's go Fuutarou-kun."
And they started to walk towards their classroom, holding their hands as usual. The youngest Nakano was blushing profusely because of the hug that she gave to him, but she was glad. Glad to have fallen in love with a person like him; a person that she will try make fall in love with her even if her sisters have the same type of interest in him. Yep, the youngest Nakano is now fully determined.
Some hours later, the quints and their tutor were now inside the Pentagon, working on some worksheets prepared by Fuutarou while he helped each quint with difficult questions. During this, the young man thought of asking the other 4 sisters If two of them met him in Kyoto, but he refused to do it. He will ask them individually instead.
At a certain point, Nino decided to prepare some snacks and drinks for everyone, so she went in the kitchen. After she was done, she was now returning with a tray full of snacks and drinks. But she suddey slipped on the floor, screaming an "Eep!" and risking to fall.
"Watch out!", shouted Fuutarou while getting up quickly from the couch and making a sprint to catch her.
The social butterfly was saved from falling by him, ending up with her face planted on his chest and his hands on her shoulders . Needless to say that her face got red like a tomato because of their position, so she quickly detached from him and apologized, "S-s-sorry F-fuu-kun! I d-d-dn't watch my steps. I-I even r-ruined your t-shirt."
In fact, the blue t-shirt, that Fuutarou had under his white shirt, got dirty and wet because of some snacks and drinks fallen on it and not just the floor. He took a quick look at his clothes then, but instead of getting angry, he smiled and said, "It's ok, at least you didn't get hurt haha. That's the important in the end."
What he said made the butterfly ribbons girl blush again. "O-oh, I-I see. T-thank you, F-fuu-kun.", she said, looking away.
"Uesugi-san, you should take a shower now and give us your t-shirt to wash it. We have a washing machine for that.", susuddenly said Yotsuba, who was pouting out of jealousy like her sisters when she saw Nino so close to Fuutarou's body.
"Yeah, good idea Yotsuba. I will go to take shower while you 5 finish your worksheets. Thank you.", he replied, giving a headpat to the bunny ribbon girl that made her giggle.
The young tutor went then to take a shower, leaving the 5 sisters alone in the sitting room to finish their worksheets. Taking advantage of this, Ichika asked with a teasing voice, "Ara ara, someone wanted to have a close contact with Fuutarou-kun."
Nino blushed and said loudly, "W-what are you saying?! I said that I didn't watch my steps, I-I d-didn't fall on purpose!"
" Really? You seemed to enjoy having him holding you with your face on his chest fufu."
"A-and who tells me that you wouldn't like do the same?", countered back a pouting Nino.
Ichika blushed and she was unable to reply back. The youngest Nakano decided to intervene, "Girls, don't fight. Fuutarou-kun wouldn't like to see you arguing."
All of her sisters turned quickly to her with surprised looks. "Umm, w-why are you all looking at me like that?"
"Itsuki, did you just call him Fuutarou-kun?", asked her Miku.
The ahoge girl blushed. "W-what's wrong with that? F-fuutarou-kun a-asked me personally to call him by his first name, telling me that it'd make him happy.", she answered with a smile, thinking about the moment she hugged him sweetly.
Ichika's blush disappeared then and was replaced by a smug smile. "Fufu, Fuutarou-kun asked you that personally? He's really affectionate to you.", she said, making Iitsuki embarassed. The others frowned instead, jealous of the fact that the young man asked Itsuki such a thing.
Suddenly, they heard some footsteps of someone going downstairs, so they looked in the direction of the sound, remaining flushed. Their young tutor was done with his shower and had his hot body in display under his shirt, specifically his toned chest and his abs. He even had a small towel that he was using to dry his wild hair, making him more attractive.
'O-oh my God…F-fuu-kun is too handsome! I-I felt his muscled chest earlier, but seeing him like this is too much. He still has that bad boy side of his too. Aww, what a hottie.', thought Nino, heavily attracted by his figure.
Her sisters had similar thoughts, blushing deeply at such sight. "Phew, I needed something like that. Yotsuba, I left my t-shirt in the bathroom. You can give it to me back tomorrow, after you washed it. Sounds good?", he said, looking at the cheerful girl.
Yotsuba got out of her trance due to the hot look of her childhood crush and replied cheerfully, "Of course Uesugi-san! I will wash it to give it back perfectly cleaned tomorrow!"
"Thank you, Yotsuba. Changing topics, did someone have any questions about some exercises?", he said while patting Yotsuba's head after he sat next to her.
All the quints smiled at him and proceeded to ask him some questions about some exercises like mathematical equations or English translations. Everytime that he got close to one of them, a quint could be seen blushing and with her eyes on her worksheet, still embarassed after the sight of him with such an attractive look.
Suddenly, Ichika's phone rang and she put down her pencil to answer to the call, with her sisters and Fuutarou looking at her curiously. After some minutes, she closed the call and said, "Sorry guys, but I have to leave now because of my job as a model."
"You have your photoshooting today, right?", asked her Nino.
"Yes, Oda-san told me about it last Sunday. So, can we go, Fuutarou-kun?", she replied, turning her attention to the young man.
Nino and the other sisters got stunned. "W-what?! Why does Fuu-kun have to accompany you?", asked loudly a frowning Nino.
"Sorry, Ichika invited me yesterday to go there. I will just accompany her, don't worry Nino. I'll make sure that we come back soon.", answered instead Fuutarou, patting the social butterfly's head to calm her down, which seemed to work as her frown was replaced by an embarrassed expression.
"O-ok. A-after all, I-I t-trust y-you, F-fuu-kun.", she sheepishly replied, enjoying his kind gesture. She didn't like the idea of her crush being alone with Ichika, but since he assured that he would just accompany her, her jealousy lowered. After all, she could go shopping with him on Friday to spend some time alone just him and her.
Miku was thinking the same, as Fuutarou accepted to go to the museum with her. She looked forward to that.
Itsuki and Yotsuba had different reactions; while the first had a pout out of jealousy, the second was shocked because of the sudden news. She felt slightly jealous too, but avoided to pout like Itsuki.
"Good. While me and Ichika will be at the agency for her job, you 4 can finish the last exercises on your worksheets. We'll review them when we come back, ok?", said the young tutor, getting a happy nod from his students.
Fuutarou smiled and put on his sneakers to leave the apartment with Ichika, waving to her sisters with them doing the same. So the two of them left and took the elevator to go down, with her smiling and blushing at the idea of being alone with him.
After walking for several minutes, the short redhaired girl and the young man reached a big building with a glass door as entrance. Ichika told Fuutarou that this was the exact place where she had to do the photoshooting so they entered inside.
They found themselves in a hall with various posters of some models that adorned the walls and s reception occupied by a middle aged woman with glasses and short brown hair that was talking with a man with moustache. Recognizing her manager in him, Ichika approached him and said, "Good afternoon, Oda-san. Am I right in time?"
Oda stopped talking with the receptionist and looked behind him. He saw Ichika and Fuutarou and smiled, "Oh, hello Ichika-chan. I see that you brought your nice boyfriend too."
The oldest Nakano blushed while Fuutarou looked away a little embarassed. "Umm, F-fuutarou-kun is n-not really my b-boyfriend. I j-just invited him t-to accompany me here."
"Haha, I see. You're right in time anyways; the agency has already prepared the room to take some photos of you. You'll just have to wear some winter clothes and smile like you did during the fireworks festival.", explained Oda, getting a nod from her.
"If you want to, Fuutarou-kun could pose with you in some photos. His presence seems to make you feel quite happy."
"Ehh? I-I d-don't t-think that-", she was cut off by Fuutarou's hand that patted her head.
"Like I said at the festival, if Ichika needs some help for that, I'll be glad to offer it.", said Fuutarou with a kind smile to Oda.
Ichika was flushed; how much could the boy that she met years ago be so kind? He's willing to help her so much? He's really amazing.
"Haha, nice answer young man! In this case, we'll make you wear some winter clothes by hiding your face with sunglasses and a hat. So you'll avoid some fangirls recognizing you at school haha!", replied loudly the moustache man, chuckling like Fuutarou.
"Haha, good idea. Then let's go to take some photos, ok Ichika?", said the young tutor, offering his hand to her to hold it.
The oldest quint blushed again at such gesture, but she smiled and took his hand to follow Oda towards the room. Her manager was happy to see them like that.
The three of them reached the room after walking through some corridors, where they met a photographer with mid-long brown hair. He presented himself as Shun, greeting the two teenagers and teasing them like Oda about their relationship, which made Ichika laugh embarassed.
He then made them change their clothes in two separated changing rooms. The first to come out was Ichika, who wore an elegant red jacket upon a black pullover, followed by a grey skirt and black boots. Fuutarou came out of the changing room some seconds later, showing a long black jacket upon a blue long sleeved t-shirt, dark grey trousers and his black sneakers. He even had a hat and sunglasses to hide his face.
"Wow, you look great dressed up like that, Fuutarou-kun.", told him Ichika to compliment him.
"You too, Ichika. Those clothes look very good on you.", he said to do the same, making her giggle.
Shun and Oda came to check to se if they were done, and after that, they brought them in the earlier room to take the photos. While doing this, the photographer made the two teenagers assume various poses, like Fuutarou hugging Ichika from behind with his face close to hers or smiling while doing a peace sign. During all this, Ichika's smile was always visible on her face, accompanied by a red tint on her cheeks.
This was thanks to Fuutarou, whose presence made her feel relaxed and happy. Oda and Shun were then seen checking the photos, and after they were done, they happily told Ichika and Fuutarou what they thought of the results.
"Your photos are fantastic! The elegance accompanied by your genuine smiles gave us great results, and I'm sure that they will look great on the next number of our magazine. Nice job you two!", told them a happy Shun, grinning satisfied.
"I agree with him. These photos will make you quite popular, Ichika-chan. Remember to thank Fuutarou-kun later for helping you.", said instead Oda, making the oldest quint giggle and nod in agreement.
Her tutor simply smiled and gave a thumbs-up to the two older man, glad that his help was enough to make Ichika's job easier.And after they changed their clothes and waved to Shun and Oda, he and Ichika were now walking to go back to the Pentagon, talking about the photoshooting.
"This is the the first time that I have to hide my face in some photos. Still, I must say that I had fun.", said a smiling Fuutarou.
"Hehe, but Oda-san is right; if some girls from our school see you on the cover of a fashion magazine, they will start to ask you for an autograph. And plus, aren't you already very popular, Fuutarou-kun?", replied Ichika, giggling.
"Yeah, I'm aware of that. Mom and Raiha tease me often about it, and recently Raiha has started to ask me some questions about the two girls that I met in Kyoto."
Ichika stopped to walk and looked at him surprised. "T-two g-girls that you met in Kyoto?"
He looked at her with a kind smile. "Yes, I met two young girls during a school trip to Kyoto 5 years ago, and it seems that they are two of you 5, as I met Rena-san in that occasion too."
Ichika was visibly more surprised now while Fuutarou continued, "After Mom told us about how she and my father knew Rena-san and Maruo-san, I realized that two of you sisters are the girls that I met during that famous trip. So I need to ask you this, and be honest please: are you perhaps Rose-chan or her sister?"
The oldest Nakano was shocked; her tutor realized everything thanks to Shizuku's words, and now he's asking her if she was one of the 2 girls that he met that day. That day when she fell in love with him after playing Sevens together. Knowing that he didn't forget about her and Yotsuba made her extremely happy. So she took a decision.
"I-I 'm not Rose-chan, I'm instead her sister. I'm happy to meet you again, Fuutarou-kun.", she told him, smiling brightly at him.
Her response made Fuutarou's smile widen and he suddenly embraced her, making Ichika blush deeply and surprising her.
"F-f-fuutarou-kun?"
"Sorry, I'm just very happy to meet you again like you. It seems that I kept my promise, right Ichika? About meeting us again.", he said, keeping Ichika close to his muscular chest.
Such lines turned Ichika's amazed expression into a smile, pushing her to hug the young tutor back. "Hehe, I'm really glad that you still remember me, Fuutarou-kun. And you remember the other girl too as it seems."
"Yeah, I never forgot about you two. Even if I met you just once on that day, I always cherished that moment. I missed you."
Ichika's cheeks got redder. "You still didn't find out about Rose-chan's identity as you asked me if I were her, right?"
"That's right. I asked Itsuki at first, but she said she wasn't her. She also told me that she wanted to let you and your sisters tell me personally if one of you was one of the girls that I met in the past. And now that I know that you're one of the two, I will just have to ask Nino, Miku and Yotsuba."
She giggled, "Hehe, Itsuki-chan is really respectful of the others' privacy. I understand, Fuutarou-kun. I perfectly agree with Itsuki's idea."
Fuutarou broke off their hug and smiled at her. "Yeah, me too. Now it's better if we go back to your house, we still have an hour that we can use to study. Shall we go, Rose-chan's sister?", he said, offering his hand to her.
His gesture and the way he addressed her like when they met as kids made Ichika blush and smile blissfully. So she happily nodded and took his hand, starting to walk together back to the Pentagon. She even leaned her head on his shoulder with her eyes closed, enjoying the close contact with him.
'I was happy when I found out that you were the boy that I played with that day, and I'm even more now that I know that you never forgot me. You may be different from back then, but your kindness is still the same. That time that you distinguished me from Yotsuba and told me that I was beautiful was also the time that I fell in love with you. And reuniting with you made my feeling grow stronger. My sisters may have feelings for you too, but for now I can enjoy this time alone with you hehe.', were the thoughts of a giggling Ichika, who kept leaning on the strong shoulder of Fuutarou.
The young man didn't complain about her being so clingy, as he was happy to know that he reunited with one of his childhood friends. It's true that he still had to find out about Rose-chan's identity, but he was sure that he would do it just like he would in helping every quint with her studies to pass the exams and then graduate. The promise that he made with Rose-chan and the one that he made to his father about taking care of Shizuku and Raiha were his driving force. An endless force to be more precise, as Fuutarou isn't and will never be the type to give up, just like Isanari was.
A/N
And here is the 7th chapter! Yep, I decided to make Fuutarou separate dates with the girls that wanted to hang out with him, so all of them will be happy! I made him also discover the truth about Ichika's identity as his second childhood friend, and now he just has to find Rose-chan. Meanwhile, Itsuki became determined to make her love reach Fuutarou. I hope that you liked him and Ichika doing a photoshooting together.
The next sister that will have some time alone with him is Miku, as they will go to visit a Sengoku era museum. How will the visit go? And how will go Nino's shopping with him instead?
Stay tuned to find out. I thank you for the reviews on the last chapter.
See ya!