Chapter 8

The young tutor, Uesugi Fuutarou, was currently having breakfast with his mother Shizuku and Raiha inside their little apartment. It was Wednesday, so Fuutarou had to go to the Sengoku era museum with Miku, since he had accepted to go there together. That meant that the tutoring session had to be canceled, and the black haired guy was sure that some of his students wouldn't be so happy to know that.

'Thankfully, I came up with some easy worksheets that they can resolve even without my help. I know that it's not the same thing of when I'm there with them to help them, but this is the only solution that I found for today.', he thought while he was eating some rice.

"Onii-chan, today you have to go to the museum with Miku-san, right?", suddenly asked him Raiha that was to his right.

The young man smiled and patted her head. "Yeah, Miku invited me to go there together and I accepted because I share her same interest for the Sengoku period."

"Are you sure that it's not because you like her, Fuu-chan?", asked him Shizuku, wanting to embarrass her son.

"Mom, I have to go shopping with Nino on Friday. And I'm going to visit the museum with Miku today because, like Nino, she's a dear friend of mine. Also because I want to find out if Miku is Rose-chan or not.", he calmly replied to not give her satisfaction in teasing him.

"But you have to admit they all have an interest in you. Nino-chan made you even a bento as you told us, and Yotsuba loves hugging you.", she retorted, managing to make her son blush.

"W-well, I admit that for sure, but right now my goal is to help them with their studies and to pass the exams. Still, that doesn't mean that I will ignore their feelings. You can be sure of that.", he affirmed with a serious expression.

"Hehe, they're really lucky to have a splendid tutor like you, Onii-chan."

"I agree with Raiha. If Isanari were still here, he would be really proud of you."

The words of the two Uesugi women made Fuutarou smile blissfully. Hearing those kind words was what he liked, especially hearing that his father would be proud of him. The young man was sure that Isanari was still looking over them from the afterlife, and Fuutarou was determined to show him how much more responsible he would become.

'Dad, even if you're not with us anymore, I'm sure that you're still watching us from where you are now. Like I promised you that time, I will do my best to take care of mom and Raiha to not let you down. And I will do the same in helping Nakano-san's daughters.', thought Fuutarou, with now a greater determination than before.

After finishing to have breakfast, the two Uesugi siblings prepared to go to school, with Shizuku accompanying Raiha and Fuutarou leaving after them. When he got out from the apartment and went downstairs, Fuutarou noticed a familiar short redhaired girl leaning against the wall, who seemed to wait for someone.

Recognizing her, the wild black haired guy approached her and said, "Good morning, Ichika. Were you waiting for me?"

The oldest quint looked at him and smiled. "Ara, good morning, Fuutarou-kun. Yeah, you're right. Onee-san wanted to go to school with you. Also, here this.", she replied while giving him a Starbuck's coffee.

"Oh, thank you, Ichika. I really appreciate it.", he said while drinking the coffee she offered him. After he drank it, he threw away the glass and took Ichika's hand, making her blush.

"Ehhh? W-w-why are you taking my hand, F-f-fuutarou-kun?", she asked him while they started to walk.

He turned to look at her with his golden eyes and a nice smile that made her blush even more. "What's wrong in holding the hand of my childhood friend? I'm just showing you that I missed you.", he replied.

Ichika's heart skipped a beat when she heard that, and a happy smile appeared on her face. Hehe, seems that wanting to walk to school with him went better than how she had imagined, and she was happy for this. So she just nodded and proceeded to walk with the young man towards Asahiyama, making some passersby notice them and giggle at how cute she and Fuutarou looked.

After a good walking, the two of them finally reached their school, at whose gates there was another girl with a green bunny ribbon. When she saw Fuutarou, she smiled brightly and ran towards him to hug him, making Ichika lose her hold on his hand and pout.

"Good morning, Uesugi-san!", said Yotsuba with her cheerful energy.

"Yo, Yotsuba. Happy to see you.", he replied while patting her head, which made her hug him tighter.

"Hey, stop hugging Fuu-kun, Yotsuba!", shouted a sudden voice from behind the fourth quint.

Fuutarou looked behind her to see the other 3 sisters, who were frowning. He noticed that Nino walked closer to him and Yotsuba to take her off him and hug him. After that, Miku and Itsuki approached him too and did the same, making Yotsuba's and Ichika's eyes widen like those of some passing students.

"Good morning Fuu-kun/Fuutarou/Fuutarou-kun!", they said in unison while they were still hugging him.

"Yo, girls. You seem glad to see me.", he replied, blushing a little for having 3 girls glued to him.

"Yep, I like seeing you everyday, Fuutarou-kun.", said Itsuki.

"Me too. I also look forward to our study session, Fuu-kun!"

"A-ah, yeah. About that, there's a change of program: there won't be a tutoring session."

After he said that, the two girls broke off the hug to look at him surprised, except Miku. "W-what? And why?", asked him Itsuki.

Fuutarou scratched the back of his head. "Because I will go with Miku to visit a historical museum today, so we can't have a tutoring session.", he replied with the third sister still glued to him, despite the heavy blush on her face.

Needless to say that his reply surprised the other sisters even more, but such state of surprise didn't last so much for Nino and Itsuki, whose dumbfounded expressions changed into pouts out of jealousy. Yotsuba and Ichika were instead calm, even if the oldest sister felt a slight jealousy towards the blue headphones girl.

Noticing their expressions, the young man approached Itsuki and Nino, after Miku stopped hugging him, to pat their heads, which made them blush. "Don't worry, I prepared some easy worksheets for everyone to work on. After you're done with them, we'll check them together tomorrow. Ok?", he told them with a kind voice.

The social butterfly and the star hairpins girl nodded in agreement, smiling because of his gesture. Ichika and Yotsuba smiled too and nodded like them when Fuutarou gazed at them. "Good, since we resolved this little issue, let's go girls.", he then said, with every quint happily agreeing and starting to walk towards the school building.

Once inside, Fuutarou and Itsuki separated from her sisters to go to their class, with Fuutarou giving the worksheets he had mentioned before to every quint. While she was reaching her class, Nino noticed a small note written on her worksheet that made her blush: "I didn't forget about going shopping together on Friday. I look forward to that, and do your best in your studies, Nino. -Fuutarou."

'Hehe, you're really too kind, Fuu-kun. If you write something like that to me, you'll just make me like you even more. I really envy my sisters for meeting you earlier when you were younger, but that doesn't mean I won't try to make you like me. Be prepared for Friday, Fuu-kun!', she happily thought while entering in her class.

In Fuutarou's and Itsuki's classroom, the youngest quint could feel some jeaulous stares coming from their female classmates, which bothered her. She noticed them when she entered in classroom while holding her dear tutor's hand, but feeling them even during the lesson was annoying.

Couldn't they look at another boy instead of focusing on Fuutarou? If he liked passing his time with her and her sisters, it was his choice, and certainly he didn't stop to help other students since he helped his friend Maeda some day ago. So it was pointless that they looked at Itsuki with jeaulousy in the eyes, because she wouldn't be scared at all by those stares. She loved Fuutarou, and she would do her best to make him feel the same for her, even if she had her sisters as rivals.

After the end of the morning lessons, the two teenagers went towards the cafeteria to have lunch with the other quints, meeting Nino first that gave to Fuutarou another bento, personally prepared by her for him. Itsuki pouted at her sister who smirked smugly, and the young man had to pat their heads to defuse a possible discussion.

They reached the table where the other sisters were already eating and they joined them. While eating Nino's bento, Fuutarou received a Matcha Soda can from a blushing Miku and some fried shrimps from a smiling Itsuki, which were greatly appreciated by him. Yotsuba gave him a pudding instead while Ichika bought him another soda can to drink later.

'Wow, they're being very nice to me just like I do with them. That's great. I know that everyone of them looks at me in a special way, but for now I can only return their affections without going overboard. Helping in their studies is more important at the moment.', he thought while savoring Nino's food and drinking the Matcha soda that Miku gave him.

At a certain point, a guy with gelled back brown hair approached their table, and the quints noticed him. Fuutarou saw him too and asked, "Hey Maeda, what's wrong? Do you need some help with something?"

The brown haired delinquent blushed and replied, "Y-yeah, I-I wanted to ask you if you can help to confess to Matsui-san."

His reply surprised both the young tutor and his students. Fuutarou's friend asked him to help him in confessing to a girl and not in studying? For real?

"You want to confess to Matsui-san? So you finally decided, eh?", asked Fuutarou to Maeda while getting up to stand in front of him.

"Y-yes, I'm tired of procrastinating my confession, but I don't know how to do it. Should I write a love letter? Should I invite in the courtyard and tell her what I feel? I'm really stuck at-"

He was cut off by Fuutarou who placed a hand on his right shoulder, so Maeda looked up at his smart friend. "You don't have to be concerned about the way to deliver your feelings, Maeda. Just call for her and tell her how do you feel. After all, I'm sure she feels the same since I noticed her blushing face everytime she talked with you."

Maeda was flushed. "W-w-what? Really?", he asked, getting a nod by the smiling blackhaired guy.

"Just go to her and tell her your honest feelings. She'll reciprocate them instantly.", said Fuutarou, giving a pat on Maeda's shoulder to give him courage.

"I will! Thank so much dude! You're the best buddy that I've ever had!", replied the young delinquent while doing a bro fist with Fuutarou and leaving to go to the girl he liked.

Meanwhile, the quints had watched carefully the interaction between the two guys, and they were smiling blissfully while looking at Fuutarou. They were so amazed by his great kindness in helping his friend in something else other than studying, and this was enough to make them like him even more.

When he was done with helping Maeda, the young man return to his seat to finish his lunch with the sisters that praised for how he quickly helped his friend, making Fuutarou blush. They continued to eat like this until the bell rang and everyone returned to each own class.

While he was returning to his class with Itsuki, Fuutarou saw Matsui walking to her class while clinging on the arm of a flushed and smiling Maeda. Even Itsuki noticed them, and even if she blushed a little, she smiled out of happiness for the newborn couple. She then gazed at Fuutarou's face, and her blush intensified.

'I want to have a bond like theirs with you, Fuutarou-kun.', she thought, tightening her hold on the young man's hand, with him doing the same. It seems that something made them closer to each other.

When even the second period lessons ended, Fuutarou greeted his students before leaving to the museum with Miku, but not without getting a warm hug from each other sister that he reciprocated gladly, despite the jeaulous looks from other highschoolers.

"Ok, see you tomorrow then girls. If you need help with the worksheets, just text me. Let's go, Miku.", he said, grabbing the hand of the blue headphones girl that blushed because of his gesture. She nodded anyways and they waved at her sisters that did the same, hiding the ealousy behind their smiles.

Now Fuutarou and Miku were walking together towards the historical museum, with the third oldest sister blushing heavily about holding his strong hand. Though, she couldn't deny the nice sense of safety and the happiness that she felt from doing this. It reminded her of when he carried like a princess when she got hurt during the fireworks festival. Something she would like to happen again.

"So, you said that the museum is focused on the Sengoku era, right?", the young man suddenly asked her.

"Y-yeah, I-I thought that it could interest you since y-you told me that you like that historical period like me. S-sorry if it made you cancel our tutoring session of today.", she meekly replied.

"Hey, don't feel sorry about that. It made me happy that you invited me to visit it, so you don't have to worry. Plus, I like passing my time with you.", he genuinely said, making her blush more and smile nervously.

"I-I-I see. I-I-I'm glad to k-know it, F-fuutarou.", she replied, getting a nice headpat from him.

"Also, this occasion is perfect to ask you something."

"S-something to ask me? W-what is it, Fuutarou?"

"Did you meet me when I was 12 in Kyoto 5 years ago? Because I discovered that I met Ichika at that time, but I still didn't figure out who is the other girl between you 5 that I met. I asked Itsuki at first, but she told me that she wasn't her."

"W-why do you want to know it?"

"Well, it's because I want to reunite with a childhood friend and thank her for pushing me to do my best in my studies and for my family. That's why.", he replied, looking at Miku in the eyes.

'Fuutarou didn't still find out about Yotsuba then. He knows about Ichika, and that explains her bigger affection for him. I don't think that Yotsuba has the courage to tell him the truth yet, so I will tell him. I don't like seeing him in a continuous research for an answer, so I'm sorry Yotsuba.', she thought while taking a big decision.

"Fuutarou, I'm sorry, but I didn't meet you in that occasion. It's Yotsuba the other girl you met 5 years ago.", she answered honestly, amazing the young man.

"I-it was her?", he asked for a confirmation, getting a nod from Miku.

"I-I don't know the exact reason why Yotsuba d-didn't tell you the truth earlier, but I'm sure she will talk with you when you ask her about it. I-I revealed her true identity because I wanted to h-help you to resolve this issue, since you're helping us so much already. I don't like seeing you in trouble.", she told him, looking down ashamed.

Suddenly, she felt his arms wrap around her figure to hug her, which made her blush intensely.

"F-F-Fuutarou?"

"You know, I'm really glad that I met 2 of you 5 at that time. Maybe it's thanks to that meeting that I could meet someone so kind and beautiful like you, Miku.", he told her, making her heart skip a beat with his words.

"B-b-beautiful? Y-y-you really mean it?", she asked him, stuttering.

"All of you 5 are beautiful, and if someone denies it then he's really blind haha.", he replied, chuckling and looking at her with that kind smile that she loved so much.

"Now, how about we go to visit the museum, eh Miku?", he asked her while breaking off the hug and offering his hand to her. She smiled blissfully and nodded, grabbing his hand and interlocking her fingers with his. They started to walk again to reach the museum, with Miku leaning her head on Fuutarou's shoulder.

After some minutes, the two of them reached the museum that was a big building with various windows through which you could peek on some artifacts kept inside and a glass door as entrance. They then entered inside, and after Fuutarou paid for the tickets, they were met by the statue of a famous warlord in the hall.

"That's Uesugi Kenshin.", said Fuutarou, recognizing the statue.

"Hehe, I expected that you recognized him, since you share the same last name.", giggled Miku.

"Yeah, during my first year at highschool, my history's teacher told me one day about Uesugi Kenshin. I made some researches about him, and that brought me to discover more things about the Sengoku period, making me develop a strong interest in it."

"You know about how people believed that Kenshin was thought to be the avatar of Bishamonten, the god of war? They even called him "The God of War, Kenshin"."

Fuutarou chuckled, "Haha, yeah, I know. Though, I don't think that I could be an avatar of a god like him haha"

The blue headphones girl laughed heartily like him at his funny joke. She felt even that her affection for him got bigger because of him telling her what developed his interest for the same thing that she liked. It gave her an idea too.

"F-fuutarou, would you like to play together a game about the Sengoku warlords on my laptop one day?", she asked him hopefully.

"Sure, why not? We can play it while making a pause during our study sessions at your house.", he replied, making her smile happily.

After that, the two teenagers went to look around at the various artifacts and paintings that described some important events like the battles of Sekigahara and Temmokuzan or showed other warlords of different clans like Takeda, Oda and Imagawa. During all this, Miku and Fuutarou chatted together about various anecdotes that were related to what they could see in exposition, smiling and giggling together when one of them made a little joke about one of the anecdotes.

The emotion that Miku felt while talking and laughing with Fuutarou was happiness. Happiness for having met someone so kind like him and for passing some time alone with him. But in particular for having fallen in love with him completely. Yeah, she had a crush on him already since they talked on the rooftop and he helped her while she was hurt during the fireworks festival, but now that crush became love. Love for the handsome and kind guy that was still holding her hand.

"Hey you two!", called a sudden voice for them. Fuutarou and Miku turned around to see a young woman with the museum's staff uniform smiling at them.

"Today our museum offers the possibility for the visitors to wear some traditional costumes of the Sengoku era and to take a photo together. Would you two like to profit of the occasion?"

Miku got interested in the offer, so she looked at Fuutarou with a pleading look, despite the visible blush on her face. The young man smiled at her, to then say to the staff's woman, "Yes, we would like to. Thank you very much."

His gentle reply and that dangerous smile of his made the young woman blush, who replied with a shy "You're welcome.". The blue headphones girl saw the woman's blush because of Fuutarou's reply and pouted.

'Mouu, don't think to make a move on Fuutarou while I'm here. I won't let you get close to him.', she thought, tightening her hold on Fuutarou's hand.

The two teenagers were then accompanied in a room where they could pick their costumes from the vast variety that they could see, and when they made their choices, they went to wear them in the changing rooms. Some minutes passed, and the first one to come out was Fuutarou with a costume that represented the samurai clothes wore by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, which fitted him pretty nicely.

After him, it was Miku's turn to come out of the changing room, dressed in a traditional blue dress of a Sengoku warlord's wife. As soon as he saw her, Fuutarou blushed a little and said, "Wow, that dress looks perfect on you. You're so beautiful, Miku."

The Sengoku lover instantly blushed when he made her that compliment, so she took a glance at him to then look down embarrassed. "T-T-thank you, Fuutarou. Y-y-you look very g-good too dressed up liked that."

"Indeed, you two look great with those costumes. Let's take the photo, shall we?", said the staff woman, showing them an instant camera. The two teenagers smiled and went closer to each other to take the photo.

But to Miku's surprise, Fuutarou lifted her to bring her in a princess carry, making her squeal.

"F-f-fuutarou?!"

"I think that the photo will look great like this. Since we can take just one, better make it unforgettable, don't you think?", he replied, looking at her with a toothy grin that made her red as a tomato.

His words were enough to make her smile and wrap her arms around him while looking together at the camera with bright smiles.

The staff woman giggled at seeing them so lovely and took the photo, making 2 copies for the two teenagers. While she was looking at the photo, Miku couldn't help but smile and blush because it made them look like a warlord that kept his dear wife close to him. And being carried again in bridal style by Fuutarou made her giggle happily.

"Thank you for the photo, Fuutarou. I will put it in a nice frame to conserve it with care.", she told him, holding the photo against her chest.

"No, I should be the one to thank you for inviting me here. I've really had fun today, and for that, I deeply thank you, Miku. Of course, I'll do the same as you with my copy.", he replied, patting her head lovingly.

'Man, she's really lucky to have a guy so nice like him. You better keep him close if you don't want other girls to steal him.' , thought the staff woman, feeling envious of Miku.

Fuutarou and Miku went to change then, and after greeting the young woman, they left the museum as they had checked out everything pretty much. While looking at his phone, Fuutarou saw that it was 17:20, which meant they visited the museum for at least 2 hours, as they arrived at 15:20.

"Wow, we stayed inside the museum for 2 hours? I guess that it was so interesting that we didn't care about the time haha.", he joked, still holding Miku's hand.

"Hehe, you're right. But I had lots of fun with you, Fuutarou, so thank you again.", she replied, leaning her head on his shoulder with her eyes closed.

"Me too, Miku. Now it's better that I bring you back at your house before it gets too late.", he told her, getting a happy nod from her.

So they started to walk together towards the Pentagon this time, staying silent during the road. Miku had a beautiful smile and her eyes closed while having her head leaned on Fuutarou's shoulder, and the young tutor was smiling just like her. To the eyes of some passersby they looked a cute and lovely couple.

Finally, the two teenagers reached the Pentagon, but before leaving to get back at home, Fuutarou enveloped Miku in a hug, making her face lean on his chest and blush profusely.

"Maybe I will be repetitive, but thanks again for today, Miku. I hope to hang out together again in the future.", he told her while caressing her hair.

Still flushed from his sudden hug, Miku hugged him back, enjoying his comforting warmth. "I-I w-want to go somewhere together again me too, Fuutarou. T-thank you for today.", she replied a little bashfully.

They stayed like that for a while, until Fuutarou decided to break off the off and to return at home while waving at his dear student, who happily did the same. After that, the young man started to think about the truth that Miku revealed to him in regard to Yotsuba being Rose-chan. He thought about why the bunny ribbon girl didn't tell him earlier who she really was, but he found his answer immediately; Yotsuba was maybe ashamed of failing to accomplish the promise they made as kids, and probably she was scared to tell him the truth.

'Rose-chan…No, Yotsuba. Even if you didn't manage to accomplish that promise, that doesn't mean that I will hate you or something. I could never do something like that since you gave me a goal like my father did when I promised him to take care of mom and Raiha. That is why I will talk to you, so we can finally reunite after 5 years. And rest assured that I will do my best to make you and your sisters graduate, no matter what!', were the thoughts of the young man, determined to talk with his childhood friend and to help her and the other sisters with their studies even more. And just like him, it seems that each one of his dear students is determined in making him fall in love with her, of which he was aware. And it absolutely didn't bother him.

A/N

And here we go with the 8th chapter! Yes, Miku had her sweet time with the young tutor, and it seems that she even told him the truth about the identity of Rose-chan. I made Fuutarou being passionate about the Sengoku era and the warlords like Miku to make them get closer faster, and it looks that it worked pretty well hehe.

Fuutarou has even helped his bro Maeda to find the courage to confess to Matsui, showing another of his nice traits to the quints. Now it looks like he will confront Yotsuba about her true identity, and he will even go shopping with Nino, to which the social butterfly happily looks forward. How will the reunion between the 2 childhood friends go? And his "date" with Nino? Stay tuned to find out.

See ya!