Introduction Arc

The Quintetessential Quintuplets © Negi Haruba

Hello, everyone! My name is IndraAshura and welcome to Quintessential Quintuplets: Five-Elemental Bride. I hope this version will go well and a little heads up; this chapter isn't really that different with the previous version and the changes actually started from next chapter.

I plan on updating at least once per two weeks, but in case I might not be able to update at all, I'll upload a notice about it. I can guarantee you this fanfiction will have different ending than the manga. This fanfiction more or less will follow the plot of manga but with some alteration of course, hence the name and there will be some OC characters and additional genre in this fanfic.

This story will be rated M so I can write some word freely without any restriction. And maybe some lemons but who knows about that. Oh, and feel free to read my Arifureta fanfic if you want, okay? Well, without further ado, let's get on with it. Here We Go!

Summary: Uesugi Fuutarou is an academically gifted high school student that leads a difficult life — his mother has passed away, anti-social, and on top of all that, his father has a fair amount of debt, but Fuutarou still trying to fulfill the promise that he made with the sisters a few years ago. And Fuutarou's life take a drastic turn when he met the transfer student that he knows as one of the sisters he befriended in the past. Fuutarou is promptly hired as a highly-paid tutor. However, much to Fuutarou's relief and chagrin, he discovers that his five charges — identical quintuplet sisters that he has befriended — almost didn't have interest in studying and have abysmal grades. Eventual Elemental Power!Quintuplets and Eventual Anti Power!Fuutarou *Inspired by First Girl by Yotsubrain and by Five Equal Angel by Hieda no Akyuu

"He is…" = Speaking

[He is….] = Thinking

{He is…} = Flashback

("He is…") = Author's quip

Chapter 1: The Five-Part Bride

Lunch time

"One barbecue set, minus the barbecue."

Fuutarou Uesugi ordered his usual, the cheapest "meal" in the whole cafeteria. It was a barbecue meal without the meat, making for a bargain with the additional sides of miso and pickled vegetables, a perfect reflection of his ingenuity and poverty. Fuutarou stopped for water on the way, and after that, he noticed a redhead aiming for his favorite spot.

"Excuse me, I was here first. The table beside is empty, so you can sit over there," The girl said as she set her tray on the table.

"How about no, girl? I sit here every day, so you move," Fuutarou snapped, setting his tray against hers. The two of them sat down, unwilling to give up the table. Looking at her tray of udon, tempura, yakiniku, karaage, daigakuimo, and pudding, she was certainly loaded, and the food she had was certainly going to load her. And looking at her, she was a beautiful young lady with features that exuded elegance and charm.

[Huh? I feel like I know her] Fuutarou pondered.

[Wait, it's her!] Fuutarou thought after a moment. As he recognized her face as one of the sisters he met before on a trip to Kyoto, he also remembered that he looked different from back then. [She doesn't seem to recognize me, so should I tell her?] The boy pondered. [Let's test her.]

"Excuse me, where are your manners?" The girl asked. Fuutarou was indeed being disrespectful, carefully looking at a test paper while eating.

"Oh, pardon me. I was just reviewing this test." Fuutarou answered.

The girl, being curious of his grades, asked, "Really? What was your score?" She didn't notice the little smirk the boy had as he gave her his test paper, folding it such that only his name was displayed.

That smirk quickly disappeared when she quickly unfolded the rest of the paper, to be greeted with a perfect score.

[No way, she didn't notice?] Fuutarou thought. Then, something clicked. [Wait a minute, she can afford that meal, so that means…]. Fuutarou was jealous, not because of her meal, but because she can afford it. [She kept her promise. And she's still in school! I was expecting at least a couple months after graduation before either of us got rich! No wonder she doesn't recognize me, compared to her I'm insignificant!]

Unbeknownst to Fuutarou, the girl actually had some thought to the name that displayed on his test paper.

[Uesugi…Fuutarou? That name sounds familiar to me…wait… he is the boy that we met years ago, he looked very different now, though his gloomy aura doesn't change] The girl thought. The girl then looked at the boy's score [Wow, he got a perfect score and even though he got 100 on his test, he still reviews it. He has changed; not only that, he also kept the promise. I'm…no we're nothing compared to him] the girl lamented with her face covered by the paper test.

The girl then decided to change the topic to avoid feeling all melancholy at her first day at school.

"You showed me this on purpose!" the girl said, pretending to be angry.

"My bad, I didn't really want to show my score."

"Ugh, I hate to admit it, but I'm not that good at studying. Maybe you can help me."

[Please accept it, please accept it, please accept it] The girl thought repeatedly, hoping the boy want to help her and didn't let his perfect score got to his head ("Well let's just hope it didn't happen").

[Oh, maybe she has a job that lets her have so much money. Wait, she needs my help to study? There's no way I'll refuse it!] "Sure, I'd be glad to." Fuutarou said with a smile that caused the girl's mood improved exponentially.

"Really? Oh, I'm so happy, thank you! I'm Itsuki by the way. Nakano Itsuki," The girl, now named Itsuki, responded with a radiance that made Fuutarou's heart skips a beat. [Wuaaah, I'm really glad he actually wants to help me just like that]

"Nakano Itsuki, huh? I'll remember that. I'm Uesugi Fuutarou." [So, her name was Itsuki. She doesn't seem to recognize me, so that's that. But maybe I can repay her if I help her study] "Sorry about my rudeness, so for now let's eat."

"I've been meaning to ask, but is that all you're eating? Would you like to share some of mine?" Against her better judgment, Itsuki was offering food. Perhaps as a way to celebrate her new study-buddy. Or perhaps to shave off the thought that the meal was just her first helping.

"Really? I don't want to impose." [This girl, no…this goddess. Oh, thank the heavens for her!]

"No worries, I accidentally ordered too much." ("Should I feel worried about this?")

"I'll help myself then. Thank you very much!" As Fuutarou was savoring one of the tempuras, Fuutarou and Itsuki then heard murmur came from the students around them.

"Look, Uesugi didn't sit alone this time"

"Woah it's just like we're seeing the wonder of the world"

"Who is that girl though, I never seen her around before"

"Ugh, how come she wants to sit with Uesugi?'

"That's true, why didn't she move to the other seat?'

Itsuki's eyes widen slightly hearing all of the murmur; she started feeling angry because her new study-buddy was being mocked by the other students. Itsuki then glanced at Fuutarou, who is still reviewing his test while eating and ignoring them.

[Uesugi-kun looked very nonchalant about all of those murmurs, wait…could it be this isn't the first time they treated Uesugi-kun like this?] Itsuki pondered [If Uesugi-kun is still the same as before, I'm sure he would've snapped at them but…Uesugi-kun really has changed] Itsuki thought while smiling a little.

They continued eating silence while ignoring the murmurs, until Fuutarou's phone suddenly rang.

"Sorry, I have to take this. Talk to me later Itsuki, we can study together. And thanks for the food!" After gulping his rice down instantly that made Itsuki herself impressed to the point she even clapped her hands, he quickly ran to the bathrooms for a chance to have a talk.

"What is it, Raiha?" Fuutarou asked.

"Onii-chan, dad says he found you a job! He said he's gonna give you the details when you get here, so come home early, okay?" Fuutarou's sister, now named Raiha replied.

"I see…Hey, wait it's too sudden" Fuutarou cried, making the other guy in nearby room startled.

"Well, dad has accepted it for you, Onii-chan. Besides he said this job is perfect for umm…someone like you" Raiha said, smiling and then hung up her phone.

Fuutarou then trembled in anger hearing what Raiha said [Someone like me? What have you told Raiha about me, old man?]

After the break, students in Fuutarou's class started murmuring again, but now it's about the transfer student which Fuutarou accidentally heard that the transfer is a Nakano, making Fuutarou remembered about Itsuki.

And as Fuutarou suspected, the new student in his class is Itsuki indeed.

"My name is Nakano Itsuki, nice to meet you" Itsuki said while putting her hands to showed her good-mannered personality, introducing herself to her new classmate excluding Fuutarou (because they were already interacted before).

"It's a girl"

"Woah, how pretty"

"Isn't that the outfit of Kurobara school" this comment brought Fuutarou's attention.

[Kurobara? now that you mention it, that's a school that's exclusive to wealthy people, right? What happened to you that you had to transfer from there Itsuki?] Fuutarou thought.

"Uesugi-kun" Itsuki called, breaking Fuutarou's thought.

"Itsuki?" Fuutarou said while looking to his right, where Itsuki's seat is.

"It looks like we'll be classmate for a year and our seat is next to each other, right Uesugi-kun?" Itsuki asked while smiling which made Fuutarou blush a little.

"Yeah it appears so" Fuutarou replied, turning his head downward to hide his blush.

Students in Fuutarou's class started murmuring about Fuutarou's interaction with Itsuki.

"What, they know each other?"

"But how did they know each other?"

"Maybe they're dating" This comment made the aforementioned faces face blush quite brightly. Itsuki then turn her head downward to cover her blush, just like Fuutarou did while Fuutarou still didn't lift his head.

"Nah, maybe they're just friends"

"Alright, silent please. We'll begin our lesson" The teacher said, unintentionally saving Fuutarou and Itsuki from further embarrassment while Fuutarou and Itsuki heaved a sigh of relief.

"Yes, Sensei" The students chorused.

After the school, Fuutarou and Itsuki had their first study session, which Itsuki really liked Fuutarou's explanation because he can explain things in a more simplified way that even Itsuki could understand it. ("I just hope Itsuki doesn't sneeze when I implied that she's a dunce")

And an hour later, after their study session ended and while they're packed their belongings.

"Uesugi-kun, thank you for your study session today, your explanation really sticking to my brain immediately" Itsuki thanked her study-buddy

"It's nothing, Itsu…uhh should I call you Nakano?" Fuutarou wondered.

"No…you can call me Itsuki," The girl replied while blushing. "Not that I want to be impolite to you, it's just that you may get confused."

[Ah, she's talking about them. now that you mention it what happened to them?] Fuutarou pondered.

"Sure. Then in that case call me Fuutarou" Fuutarou said instantly.

"Eeeh…a…ah… do…don't wo…worry a…about me, Uesugi-kun." Itsuki stuttered, because she almost never called a boy by his first name.

[She's so cute when stuttered like that] "Whatever. Oh yeah, since you wanted to study together, you might want to get some reference books."

"Great idea! But I don't know my way around here"

"Figures. I'll show you my favorite store."

As they made their way around town, and after Fuutarou made Itsuki buy her books for English, Math, History, Japanese, and Science, as well as a few cookbooks, made their way to the station. ("Why in the world would they buy cookbooks?")

"Sorry, I have to make a stop."

"Why?"

"This is my house; I'll just drop my bag. Don't worry; I'll still help you with these."

Itsuki then looked at Uesugi's residence [So this is Uesugi-kun's house…] Itsuki thought quite sadly.

(A/N: Just to remind you, there is no change in Fuutarou's house)

Suddenly, a young girl with a very long ponytail on top of her head rushed outside and hugged the young man. "Raiha…" Fuutarou's younger sister was a youthful and energetic a girl was allowed to be, with enough maturity to handle all the responsibilities inside the house.

"Welcome back Onii-chan! Oh, and good afternoon…"

"Itsuki, Nakano Itsuki. I'm Uesugi-kun's friend."

"Friend?! Big Bro has a friend? Big bro Ken will be more surprised about this"

"He'll definitely make fun of me about this…" Fuutarou grumbled "Oh yeah where is he? Is big sister also still didn't come home?"

"Big bro Ken and big sis Haru still have some business out there, and they said they won't be able to come home for today" Raiha answered.

"I see"

"Umm… excuse me Uesugi-kun. Did you by any chance, have 2 older siblings?" Itsuki pondered.

"No, I only have 1 older sibling" Fuutarou confirmed.

(A/N: Yeah, I give Fuutarou a big bro in this fanfic)

"But…" Itsuki pondered.

"Ah the person Onii-chan called 'big sister' is our eldest brother's wife, in other word she is our umm…what's the word Onii-chan?" Raiha interrupted, understood what Itsuki felt confused about.

"Sister In-law"

"Yeah that's it Itsuki-san" Raiha said, making Itsuki nod her head in understanding.

"Anyway, please come in! My friend gave me some manju, let's eat them!"

[Stop it Raiha, that's yours.] As they made their way inside the house, Fuutarou noticed some boxes of manju spilling out out of a crate. "Wow, that's a lot."

As Itsuki gladly ate some ("Since when did she refuse food?"), Itsuki had some thought [It's the polar opposite of our apartment, I hope I…no maybe we can help you with that, Uesugi-kun], Itsuki's thought interrupted when Fuutarou gave his share of manju to her. "Here, I don't really like these." He was only saying that as an excuse to repay her lunch even though it's unnecessary.

"Well then thank you. But ah, it's getting late."

"Ah, I'll help you go home after you finish."

"Thanks. Just show me the station, I can take it from there."

"But these are heavy you know. The cookbooks alone are…"

"Don't worry about that, I have help."

"Just till the station then."

After Itsuki finished one last box of manju, they went together to the station.

"You sure you have some help?"

"Don't worry. See?" she showed him her phone, the screen filled with replies.

"In that case, I'll be off then." Fuutarou took advantage while there were still some light.

"Okay then, see you tomorrow Uesugi-kun. I look forward to having you teach me again!"

And with that, Fuutarou and Itsuki parted… for now.

After getting home, Fuutarou was greeted by his father, Uesugi Isanari.

"Yo, we need to talk."

"Yeah, tell me about the job."

"It's a tutoring job, so it's gotta be perfect for a bibliophile like you!"

"Oyaji, I'm not a bibliophile, that's not what bibliophile means. And you shouldn't teach Raiha about that word."

"Ahaha! Whatever! So, they say the pay is five times the standard."

"Five times!? Why?"

"Dunno. The guy is super rich; maybe he has no sense of money and kinda dumb." ("You just had to say it, huh, Isanari-san?")

"Guy?"

"Don't worry. The father's the one who's rich. As far as I know there's no boy that you're gonna be tutoring. They're named Nakano."

"Nakano huh? That's the girl who transferred to my class."

"Nakano? That's the girl big bro brought here this afternoon!"

"Really?" Isanari asked with a stunned face. Then Isanari's stunned face turned into smirked face "You brought a girl to our home? As expected of my son"

"OYAJI!" Fuutarou shouted while he sported light blush on his face.

"Chill Fuutarou. Anyway, here's the address. Go there tomorrow and introduce yourself."

[Isn't it obvious we already met?] "Okay Oyaji, thanks."

"Are you guys done? Let's eat!" Raiha said as she opens the pot of curry.

Meanwhile, inside the Nakano Household

After dinner, a girl with short hair and piercing declares "Hey, dad said he's hiring a tutor for us."

"Seriously Ichika? Why? I thought we went to this school so we wouldn't need to study?" a girl with long hair and butterfly ribbons snarled.

"Nino, we would have to study either way… it sucks." a girl with headphones around her neck said.

"Don't be like that, Miku! We'll definitely have fun!" a girl with a single green ribbon on her head replied while shaking the table.

"Yotsuba! Calm down!" Itsuki told her.

"My bad. What's his name?" a girl with a single green ribbon on her head, now named Yotsuba asked.

"Dunno, dad says his father forgot to give his name." a girl with a short hair and piercing, now named Ichika answered.

"He?" a girl with long hair and butterfly ribbons, now named Nino remarked as she clicked her tongue.

"Don't worry, it'll be alright. Looks like I'll be able to tease him a lot." Ichika said with a mischievous look in her eyes.

"Don't overdo it, Ichika." a girl with headphones around her neck, now named Miku said with a concerned look on her face.

"Don't worry, I won't." Ichika reassured. Ichika then looked at Itsuki who looked like thinking about something "A penny for your thoughts, Itsuki-chan?"

Itsuki replied after she was being addressed by Ichika "Yeah, it's about the boy we met years ago."

Next day, at school cafeteria, Fuutarou ordered his usual meal then he is walking toward his usual seat, but some…peculiar thing sighted. Fuutarou looked even more tired than usual (Because he kept thinking about his tutoring job all night), to the point when he passed by Itsuki and her sisters' table, he couldn't even hear Itsuki's greeting where he would usually respond to her greeting.

"Hey you" Fuutarou heard a voice from behind, and he looked at someone who called him.

When Fuutarou looked at the caller, he saw a beautiful young lady with features that exuded maturity despite she's around the same age as him.

"Itsuki-chan has been calling you several times now" Ichika informed the boy.

Then Fuutarou turned his head to the aforementioned girl, who looked at him in concern. Itsuki then walked to Fuutarou.

"Hey, Uesugi-kun, are you okay? You look like you're going to pass away." Itsuki asked, half-joke and half-serious.

"Please stop it even if it's just a joke. What if I suddenly pass away for real?" Fuutarou deadpanned ("The story will end too fast if you die this early").

"I'm sorry about that, did you mind if you eat with me today?" Itsuki offered.

Itsuki's offer made Ichika, Nino, and Miku shocked because Itsuki never invited a boy to eat with them before. Meanwhile, Yotsuba widen her eyes slightly, for recognizing the boy as the boy they met years ago (Yotsuba know he is Fuutarou because she heard how Itsuki call Fuutarou and she somehow recognized him).

"You sure? Your…company looked objected at the prospect me eating in the same table with you" Fuutarou said while looking at Itsuki's sisters (his eyesight still blurry due to fatigue) [Huh, is it just my imagination or not but…did they have same faces as Itsuki?]

"It's not that we're objected at you eating with us, it's just that we're shocked because Itsuki never invited a boy to eat with us." Ichika said.

[Well, it isn't like we never had a meal with a boy before] Ichika thought as she walked to in front of Fuutarou.

"Yeah, I never thought that the girl with these love handles had the gut to invite a boy to eat with us" Nino said as she sneaked up at Itsuki. Fuutarou looked away in consideration for Itsuki as the beautiful young lady who seems like an aggressive girl grabbed Itsuki's love handles.

"Hey, cut it out, that tickles" Itsuki cried while slapping Nino's hand away from her.

"Just come eat with us or leave because you four have drawn attention from the others" A beautiful young lady with features that exuded calmness and somberness said calmly. True to her words, the other students now looked at Fuutarou and the Quintuplets.

"Anyway, come here, Uesugi-kun" Itsuki said while ignoring the other students.

"Come on, Uesugi-san, let's eat together" A beautiful young lady with features that unfortunately seems like a simpleton shouted.

"Now you're the one who draw attention, Yotsuba" Miku commented calmly.

Fuutarou just sighed and followed Itsuki to her table while Ichika and Nino followed them from behind.

The position of the Quints' table after that is Fuutarou was sitting across of Yotsuba (Fuutarou's back facing the window). On Fuutarou's left there are Itsuki and Miku. Ichika and Nino were sitting opposite Miku and Itsuki. ("I hope I describe it properly")

Not five minutes later, Fuutarou suddenly fall asleep which startled the Quints, though Itsuki quickly recomposed herself and used this chance to showed her sister who this boy is.

"Uesugi-san!" Yotsuba startled.

"Yotsuba please calm down!" Itsuki told the green ribbon girl seriously.

Itsuki's sisters more or less understood that Itsuki wanted to talk about something considering her serious vibe and Yotsuba quickly calmed herself down.

"Yotsuba, you're the best among us at memorizing people's faces" this make Ichika, Nino and Miku confused while Yotsuba understood what Itsuki wanted to talk about "You know who he is right?" Itsuki asked; making Yotsuba nodded her head.

"Who is he, Yotsuba?" Ichika asked curiously.

"Yotsuba, it'll be best if you just show them his test paper" Itsuki told Yotsuba which made Yotsuba did mock salute.

Yotsuba stealthily took his test paper and put it in the centre of the table, making everyone on that table could see it.

And shock came to Ichika, Nino and Miku when they saw the name that displayed on that test paper.

"This name…" Ichika said, shocked.

"You don't mean…" Nino said in disbelief.

"He's…" Miku continued but Itsuki stopped her and just nodded her head.

"He's the one that we met years ago." Yotsuba replied, voicing Itsuki's answer.

The revelation made Ichika, Nino, and Miku stunned.

"Now that I think about it, why can't we recognize him before, even after Yotsuba and Itsuki have called him?" Nino pondered.

"Because either he looked so much different than he was in the past…or that we weren't attentive enough" Miku commented making her sisters lamented about it.

"Anyway, his current appearance is tamer compared to his previous appearance" Ichika said as she tried to distracted her sisters.

"Too tame, I must say" Nino quipped.

"It looks like you weren't kidding when you said he has become smarter, Itsuki" Miku addressed her youngest sister.

"Yeah, I mean…look at the score. He's completely different than before." Ichika said solemnly, making her sisters agreed in silence and…in melancholy.

Suddenly, they heard a groan came from the sleeping boy and the boy beginning to awake from his sleep. The Quints panicked a bit but they decided to just continue eating.

"Ugh, where am I?" The recently awoke boy asked which made the Quints looked at him as if nothing happened.

"Don't you remember where you are?" Nino asked with fake cold tone.

"Ah yeah, long story short, I was going to my favorite seat but Itsuki invited me to eat with you girls" Fuutarou recounted.

"Uesugi-san" Yotsuba called the boy, which made Fuutarou looked at her.

"This is your test paper" Yotsuba gave the paper test to its owner, unaware of the dumbfounded looks that were given by her sisters.

"Thanks…but how did you have it?" Fuutarou asked curiously.

"Ah, it was blown away by the wind" Yotsuba lied which made her sisters face palmed internally.

"Wind? What wind are you talking about? I didn't feel any wind at all here" Fuutarou deadpanned at her. [She doesn't have any talent at lying, is she?]

[That's a very poor excuse, Yotsuba!] Yotsuba's sisters chorused in their mind.

"Actually, she meant that one of the students wanted to prank you by hiding your paper test, so Yotsuba took it away from him" Miku lied which made her sisters thumbs up to her and praised her internally. [As expected of Miku!]

"Ah, is that true? Well once again thanks…umm" Fuutarou confused.

"Ah yeah we still haven't introduced ourselves, are we?" Yotsuba clapped her hands "My name is Nakano Yotsuba"

"I'm Nakano Ichika, nice to meet you" Ichika said while smiling.

"I'm Nakano Nino" Nino said while closing her eyes.

"Nakano Miku" Miku said quietly.

"You already knew me, Uesugi-kun and we're sisters" Itsuki finished.

[Sisters? Wait, now that I looked at them, their faces practically the same with Itsuki, it means…they're the sisters that I befriended in the past.] Fuutarou thought [They really have become rich to the point they can afford those foods while me…*sigh*.]

"Hmm nice to meet you. Oh yeah I'm Uesugi Fuutarou" Fuutarou introduced himself.

[We already knew.] The Quints thought sadly.

Fuutarou then looked at his test paper to review it, but he noticed there was another paper test underneath Fuutarou's.

"Wait there is one more test paper in here and it's not mine, whose test paper is this?" Fuutarou pondered.

"It's mine Uesugi-san" Yotsuba said sheepishly while rubbing the back of her head.

"Why did you give it to me then?" Fuutarou cried and stood up from his seat, much to Yotsuba's twins' amusement. Fuutarou heaved a sigh, then he sat once again on his seat to resume eating and reviewed his test paper, but they heard murmurs from around them.

"Hey, look at Uesugi, he's getting all chummy with the girls"

"Who the hell does he think he is? Getting so chummy with them"

"Do you think he might did some trick to get close to them?"

Hearing those murmur, the Quints started feeling angry over what they said about Fuutarou (Yes even Yotsuba felt angry too). The Quints then looked at Fuutarou with concerned eyes.

"Uesugi, are you gonna do something about it?" Nino asked, voicing her sisters' thought.

"Hmm. what do you want me to do about it?" Fuutarou answered without averting his eyes from his test paper.

"I don't know maybe you tell them to shut up or some kind of it?" Nino said.

Fuutarou then looked at Nino's eyes directly, making the girl slightly flinched "Even if I can do something about it, I still won't do anything. They murmuring behind me is a very usual thing to me to the point I would feel weird if they didn't murmur about me" Fuutarou finished coolly.

Of course, this shocked the Quints but Fuutarou is still not finished. "Besides, even if I tell them to shut up or beat the crap out of them, it'll just make the murmuring become even worse, it's just not worth it" Fuutarou looked back to his test paper. "Sometimes you can earn victory by not doing anything, you know"

This made the Quints awestruck at how wise Fuutaarou is, and the Quints (even Itsuki) had a single and same thought about how wise Fuutarou is.

[He really has changed.]

After lunch, Fuutarou and Itsuki agreed to have a study session just like yesterday. And now at the start of their study session, Itsuki told Fuutarou. "Listen, I have to go home a bit earlier today. I can only stay until 4:30."

[Really? I don't have to make an excuse anymore?] "Oh, that's alright. I also have part-time work in that time." [Crap, I still said it.]

"Oh really? Guess we can only study together until 4:30 huh?" Itsuki started feeling down. Even her ahoge was pointing downward.

[Man, she's cute even when she's looking down.] "Don't worry about it. I'll still make sure you learn the lessons!"

"Really? Thank you. By the way, what's your job?"

[Crap, I can't let her know this. She's good practice as a tutee, so she might feel sad if she finds out.] "I don't know yet!" he lies, "but the pay's good, five times the standard." Fuutarou said truthfully with a bright smile.

"You don't know what job you're going to do? That's kind of fishy isn't it?"

"Don't worry. I wouldn't have taken it if I didn't know I could handle it."

"That must be quite the job then. I hope it'll turn out alright." Itsuki heaved a sigh of relief, being reassured by Fuutarou's happiness.

Time passed in the blink of an eye, and the boy and girl parted ways again. Itsuki walked along with her sisters, and Fuutarou also walked... in the wrong direction. ("I hope he didn't get lost…like a certain green haired swordsman from a certain anime")

He had forgotten about his prior appointment, being lost in Itsuki's smiling face when she was learning, only remembering when it was a quarter to five.

[Crap, fifteen minutes, I hope I can make it.] He started running as fast as he can so that he won't lose his job on the first day.

At the Nakano household

"I'm going to sleep."

"I'm going to my room."

"I'll play my games."

"Aren't we meeting the tutor?" Yotsuba whined.

"I honestly wouldn't want to meet him. Let's just calmly reject his tutoring. They don't seem interested either, and I have my own study buddy." Itsuki half-comforted her sister.

"Study buddy?"

"Yeah. He treats me as an equal, much better than any tutor out there" Itsuki said while doing air quotes. Then, they heard a bell ringing from the door.

*DING! DONG!

"That must be him!" Yotsuba races to the door. Itsuki calmly goes to her room.

"Hey, sorry I'm late. Is this the house of Nakano?" Fuutarou (he didn't feel tired after all that running) held his head down, afraid that he has been fired on the first day.

"Uesugi-san?" Yotsuba replied.

Hearing familiar voice, Fuutarou then looked up "Yotsuba?"

"So you're the tutor? Come inside, and sit down on the couch while I call them." Yotsuba told the tutor happily.

[So this is those five's house…] Fuutarou thought in awe [Wait, wait, this is those five's house right? If old man asked me to come here that means…]

"Fuutarou-kun?"

"Uesugi?"

"Fuutarou?"

"Uesugi-kun?"

All five Nakano sisters have assembled in front of Fuutarou.

Yotsuba happily declares "It looks like you're tutoring the five of us, Uesugi-san!"

[You gotta be kidding me. Am I dreaming?] In front of him was a surprised Ichika, a shocked Nino, a relieved Miku, a usual Yotsuba with a big smile on her face, and a happy Itsuki. "You five are my tutee?!"

To Be Continued

Next: First Test (If you didn't like this part, I can remove it in the next chapter)

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