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Chapter 3
"What the hell." Fuutaro said as he woke up from the couch in the living room.
"Oh he's awake girls." Yotsuba said, causing the rest of the quints minus Nino, to enter the living room.
"I'm glad you woke up Uesugi-kun." Itsuki said when she saw him.
"Wait what exactly happened? I remember tutoring and then that's it?" He asked the 4 girls.
"Oh uh, Nino might have put a sleeping drug in your drink." Itsuki replied, embarrassed at what Nino did.
"Don't worry Fuutaro-kun, I'll talk to Nino after this." Ichika said hoping it'll make the situation better.
"Wow I didn't know she disliked me that much." He said, sounding discouraged.
"Wait you're not mad at her Fuutaro?" Asked Miku.
"Doesn't matter, I told your Dad I was going to help you all graduate and I plan to keep my word." He replied.
This comment made all the sisters sigh in relief. They were worried he would be mad at them and he would stop tutoring them.
"Well I guess this lesson is over. I'll see you girls tomorrow. Don't forget to do your homework and try studying a bit on your own too." Fuutaro told them all. Before he started packing his things.
"Umm are you still going to tutor us tomorrow Fuutaro?" Asked Miku.
"Yeah. Trust me, it's going to take a little bit more than drugs to get rid of me." He replied. With all his stuff put away he told the girls goodbye and left the penthouse. Exiting the building Fuutaro made his way home reflecting on what just happened.
Man what a day. First off, why did they all have to be so damn beautiful? This is going to make tutoring them a lot harder. Not to mention I already have an idea on how big they are. Second, I wish meeting Yotsuba and Ichika went a little differently, but at least they remember me now. Lastly, what am I gonna do about Nino? She clearly doesn't like me and her actions are questionable. I hope she's okay. Fuutaro thought to himself.
The Next Day
Fuutaro woke up at the same time as always. This time however he was much more tired than usual. " I guess staying up to do worksheets for them has consequences." He said getting up either way. Like always he got ready for school and then walked to school. The walk to school was quite like always; however, he did notice a pastry shop with a help wanted sign.
Finally at the school entrance, Fuutaro noticed a limousine right outside. Completely ignoring it, he walked right past it and entered the school.
"Fuutaro-kun, Fuutaro." Hearing his name called he looked back to see his five students out of the limousine and in their new school uniform.
" Good morning Fuutaro, Fuutaro-kun, Uesugi-kun." The quintes said to him.
"Morning girls." Was all he replied with.
"Fuutaro, what do you think of my school uniform?" Yotsuba asked him showing off her new clothes.
"You look nice in them, all you look nice in your new uniform." He answered immediately, causing a small blush to appear on their cheeks. "Now I hope you put just as much effort into studying last night as you did into looking good this morning?" He asked them which resulted in all of them averting eye contact implying none of them did it.
"SIGH did any of you girls do something after I left?" He asked them expecting the same results.
"Umm Uesugi-kun, I just did my homework. I tried to study after but I was too tired. Sorry" Itsuki said.
"Itsuki you have nothing to apologize for. You accomplished one of the hardest steps which is starting, great job." He said, giving her a thumbs up which made her smile.
RING RING RING
"Well school is about to begin. You girls better pay attention in class. Oh and one more thing, try not to drug this teacher Nino." He said before leaving the 5 girls behind.
"That jerk. Of course I'm not gonna drug my teacher." Nino said in a pissed off tone before walking to her own class. The sisters simultaneously did the same.
As Itsuki was walking to her class she noticed Fuutaro not too far in front of her. She caught up to him before speaking." You know we have the same class right? It's a little rude when you don't want to walk together." Itsuki told him.
"Oh sorry Itsuki, I'm just not used to this yet I guess." He replied.
"Ha what, talking to a girl." She said in a joking way.
"Being acknowledged at school" he replied calmly.
Being taken back by this, Itsuki decided to end the conversation and the duo quietly walked to class.
RING RING RING
"All right, students, since we finished early today you can have these extra 10 minutes before lunch, enjoy yourselves, just don't leave the classroom until lunch." The teacher told their students.
All the students were relieved and immediately began taking out their phones and relaxing. Itsuki thought back to what Fuutaro told her. She then realized she knows nothing about him. All she knows is he's smart and that's it. Curiosity got the best of her and she looked over towards his desk. To her surprise he was sleeping. She looked at him for the remainder of the class. Even when the bell rang he didn't wake up. To her surprise no one woke him up, not even the teacher tried. They all just left them there.
"Is this what he meant?" She spoke to herself feeling a little sad for him. But right there and then Itsuki decided to make sure he never felt that way again. She got up from her desk and walked over to him with newly found determination. Due to his sleeping position on the desk she was able to see his face very clearly. "He's kind of cute." She told herself.
"Did you say something?" Fuutaro said while getting up from the desk rubbing his eyes.
Itsuki realized she almost got caught saying that, immediately became redder than her hair and couldn't control her actions. " C C CLASS IS OVER." was all she said before running out the classroom and making her way to the cafeteria.
" Umm thanks." Was all Fuutaro could say, not knowing exactly what happened.
With Itsuki being a safe distance from the classroom, she was able to recompose herself and evaluate what just happened. Why did I say that? I just blurted it out without thinking. Oh god, I hope he didn't hear it. But why him? I've never once called a boy cute or even seen one and thought he was cute. Why him? Itsuki thought to herself before entering the cafeteria. She noticed Miku and Nino at the same table but couldn't see her other two sisters. She joined her sisters and they waited for the others.
"Hmm Yotsuba, what are you doing at the front of the cafeteria? Waiting for someone perhaps?" Ichika asked her little sister.
"Well I wanted to have lunch with Fuutaro so I'm waiting for him." Yotsuba answered with a slight blush on her cheeks.
"Lunch with Fuutaro, count me in. Plus this way I know you won't seduce him with your body " She replied teasingly.
"Ichika I would never." Yotsuba defended herself while blushing madly.
"Really cuz this morning it looks like you were." Ichika replied with.
" I I I just wanted to know if he liked my uniform." Yotsuba said while still blushing.
"I know I'm just teasing you. Hehe" Ichika said.
They both then noticed Fuutaro walking towards the cafeteria.
"Fuutaro-kun, by any chance are you going to eat your lunch by yourself?" Ichika asked him.
"I am, why?" He answered her.
"That's too sad Fuutaro. Your big sister will do you a favor and eat with you. Okay." She said with a smile.
"Me too Fuutaro. Let's have lunch together." Yotsuba added.
"What about your sisters?" He asked them.
"Oh Fuutaro-kun, they're probably eating together. Don't worry about it." Ichika said while pushing Fuutaro towards an empty table.
The 3 teens sat down to eat and began making small talk.
"So Fuutaro-kun, does a study freak like you have any interest in girls?" Ichika asked him.
"I do not." He replied
"Hmm so boys." She asked jokingly.
"What, No. It's just hard to answer that when literally no girls talk to me at the school." He told them.
"Really so are we the only girls you talk to?" Yotsuba asked him
" Yeah you and your sisters pretty much." He answered. Both girls smiled before continuing the conversation.
Back to the other 3
"What's taking those 2 so long?" Nino asked her sisters.
The remaining sisters just shrugged their shoulders. It remained quiet until a comment of a student walking by got their attention.
"No way, look, Uesugi is actually having lunch with someone, let alone two girls. You think he bribed them or something haha."
" Nah, a guy like him probably has to blackmail them or something haha."
Due to those two comments the sisters looked over and saw Fuutaro having lunch with their remaining sisters. Nino was surprised by what she was seeing, Miku was jealous, and Itsuki became sad.
"What the hell are those 2 doing?" Nino asked, mad at them.
"Why didn't they invite us?" Miku asked, a bit down.
Itsuki was in deep thought after seeing it. That's what I was going to do, or at least what I was planning on doing. Damn it, why did I have to call him cute. She then thought of what he said to her earlier that day. "The hardest step is starting." He's right, the hardest step is starting. She thought to herself before getting up. " I'ma join them." She said while grabbing her trey.
"Me too." Miku said and copied her.
"Wait, you girls aren't just going to leave me here right?" Nino asked them.
"Join us then Nino?" Asked Itsuki.
Not wanting to eat alone, Nino had no other choice and followed her sisters. The trio of girls made their way to the other table. Nino was the first one to speak.
"Why are you girls sitting with him?" She asked her sisters.
"Sorry I couldn't let Fuutaro-kun eat his lunch all by himself." Ichika replied.
"Me too hehe." Yotsuba added.
"You girls are more than welcome to join us." Fuutaro said.
"Of course we're going to join you. That's why we're here." Nino replied back, sitting down at the table. Her other sisters did the same. Nino then looks at Fuutaro's tray. She instantly notices it has the least amount of food out of all of them.
" Hmm, are you poor or something? There's like no food on your tray." Nino told him.
"My family is struggling financially. That's why I get this meal every day." He replied.
"I see, so you're only tutoring us for the money huh." Nino shot back.
"No I'm not. Your father and I haven't even discussed how much he's paying me." He answered.
"Yeah right. You'll probably just leave as soon as you get paid." Nino said.
Ignoring her comment completely, Fuutaro talked to Miku. "How's your day so far Miku?" He asked her wanting to change the subject.
"It was okay. Except for history, all my classes are boring and hard." She responded.
"I see. Well if anything is troubling you from those classes just tell me during the tutoring session." He said.
"Don't worry I wi-" Miku stopped talking due to what she and the table were hearing. GGGRRRRRRRR was the only sound coming from the table. At first the girls looked at Itsuki, but instantly you could tell it wasn't coming from her. The five girls then looked at the source of the sound. It was Fuutaro's stomach.
"Wow. That's embarrassing." Fuutaro said a little red. The next thing he knew four out of the five girls were offering him food.
"You can have half of my sandwich, Fuutaro. Don't worry Fuutaro-kun, your big sister will make sure you're fed. Please take some of my food Fuutaro. Uesugi-kun if you're still hungry you can have some of my food." The girls said.
Before having a chance to answer, all the food they offered was now on his plate." Girls this isn't necessary you bought your food, you girls should enjoy it." He replied.
"Sorry Fuutaro-kun but your big sister just can't help herself." Ichika said.
"She's right, Fuutaro. We need you to be at your best if you want to tutor us." Miku told him.
"Are you all okay with this?" He asked them again.
"Please accept it, Uesugi-kun. It would be bad if you tutored us hungry." Itsuki added.
Being taken back by their kindness Fuutaro couldn't help himself and showed them a genuine smile. " Thank you girls. I really appreciate it. It's been awhile since I've had this." He said.
"What, lunch with your friends?" Asked Yotsuba.
"A full plate." Fuutaro responded before attacking the food on his plate.
This comment shocked all five quints. They never imagined that their tutor would be struggling financially, and to an extreme extent. Nino now felt bad for calling him poor due to that comment.
The table was quiet until Fuutaro broke the silence." Wow, the fried shrimp is really good. I see why you get it now Itsuki. Miku, your sandwich is really good too. Also the chicken you gave me Ichika-chan was great. And Yotsuba-chan thanks for the cookie. I can't even remember the last time I had a sweet." He replied with another genuine smile before continuing to eat.
All five girls had similar thoughts when they saw him smile. He's cute when he smiles.
RING RING RING
"Aww lunch is over already." Said Yotsuba
"Yeah. Just a few more classes and then tutoring. You'll manage Yotsuba-chan. Again girls thank you for the food. I owe you girls one." Fuutaro said.
"I'ma hold you to that Fuutaro-kun." Ichika replied.
"Please do. I like to keep my word. We should probably head to class, Itsuki. You girls should do the same." He said getting up from the table.
The statement caused all the girls to get up. They all told each other goodbye before walking in their separate directions. Together Fuutaro and Itsuki walked to class. Itsuki was about to speak up before she heard a comment in the distance.
"Look, Uesugi is walking with a girl. Poor thing she probably doesn't know any better." A student said
Itsuki was shocked, she never expected a comment like that. Not to mention it was loud enough for both of them to hear. She then looked towards Fuutaro seeing if it affected him. To her surprise he had a normal face, it's as if he didn't even hear it. "Uesugi-kun, did you not hear what was said?" She asked him a little concerned.
"I did. I always hear them and it's not like they're making an effort to hide them. At first they did get to me. But now not really. All these rumors and comments are just some assumptions people made of me. No one at this school really knows me or even talks to me. So all these unnecessary comments don't hurt me anymore. " He replied.
"But what if people think they're true? The rumors." She asked
Fuutaro stopped walking when she said this and faced her to make eye contact. " I'll just tell them they're idiots for jumping to conclusions without proper evidence. I mean you don't believe in those rumors right?" He asked her.
"Of course not. I know you would never do anything like that." She replied thinking back to the comments in the cafeteria.
"Thank you for proving my point. You know me or at least more than the average student and you don't believe in them. If people want to believe in rumors then so be it." He said. Finally reaching their classroom Fuutaro opened the door for Itsuki and they resumed their classes.
RING RING RING
"All right, class is over for today. Remember to study for the test and have a nice day." The teacher told the class.
Most students immediately packed their things and left the classroom. Itsuki was in the process of putting her things away when a girl she didn't know approached her.
"Hi Itsuki, I realized you hang out a lot with Uesugi. He's not holding anything against you right?" The girl asked with concern.
"Umm no he's not." She answered very confused.
"Oh come on Itsuki there's no way a girl like you would hang out with him. It's okay, you can tell me." The girl said.
Wait a minute does she think those rumors are true, about Fuutaro. Itsuki stayed quiet due to her thinking.
The girl noticed this and spoke up again. "Look Itsuki, if he's blackmailing you, please tell me I can get the teacher involved, maybe even the authorities." The girl said.
This comment ticked Itsuki. She couldn't believe what he said was true. That people believe rumors without any evidence. Once she knew exactly what was going on she defended him. "You're wrong." She answered
"Oh he's not blackmailing you. He must be doing something worse, right of course." The girl said
After hearing this, Itsuki lost it." HE'S NOT LIKE THAT. HE'S', he's not like that. I don't know where you got those rumors from but you couldn't be more wrong. Fuutaro is a good person." She told the girl.
"Are you sure Itsuki?" She asked, still worried for her.
"Yeah I'm sure and unlike you I actually know Fuutaro. I don't assume things just because of rumors, especially without evidence." Itsuki replied. After that conversation Itsuki got up from her desk and went to Fuutaros, she immediately grabbed him by the hand and dragged him out.
Still holding hands and not knowing what's going on, Fuutaro spoke up." Slow down Itsuki what's gotten into you." He said while being pulled by her.
Finally stopping but still holding on to his hand she spoke up. "I can't believe that just happened. What you said before class. People really do believe rumors without evidence." She told him.
"Oh yeah. I'm assuming someone talked to you about those rumors." He asked her.
"That's exactly what happened. I can't believe her. She thought you were blackmailing me to hang out with you. And when I denied it she thought you were doing something worse. I can't believe it. She thought you were a bad person without even meeting you. After that I lost it and defended you but I was still really mad after. That's why I grabbed you and left. I didn't want her to be anywhere near you." She said,
"Oh thanks." He told her surprised that she did that for him.
"No problem Uesugi-kun." She replied with a bright smile.
Wow, that's a cute smile. Fuutaro thought before speaking." I just have one more question." He said.
"What is it?" She asked wondering
"Why are you still holding my hand?" He asked her
Quickly realizing he was telling the truth she immediately let go of it and backed up with a huge blush on her face. " Sorry I forgot." She said, still blushing.
"It's fine. Should we go meet up with your sisters? They're probably waiting." He asked.
Still blushing a little bit, Itsuki spoke." Yes." Was all she said before they made their way to the front of the school.
The duo made their way to the front where they were greeted by 3 of the sisters.
"Where's Nino?" Fuutaro asked not seeing her around.
"Once we told her we were waiting for you she immediately called Ebata-san and left." Miku answered.
"Wow she REALLY doesn't like me huh." Fuutaro Said.
"Don't worry Fuutaro-kun, I know you'll get to her. You just have to be a little more patient." Ichika said
"She's right, Fuutaro. Just give her a little more time." Yotsuba added
"You girls are probably right." He said, and with that all five of them walked to the Pentagon. With Yotsuba and Ichika mostly talking to Fuutaro along the way.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
"That's weird, why isn't she opening it?" Asked Miku.
"She probably doesn't want me inside." Fuutaro said as Ichika took out her key and opened the door.
Everyone stepped inside and were surprised at what they saw. Nino was asleep on the couch with her stuff all over the table.
"Nino we're home, time to study." Yotsuba told her, tapping her on the back.
"Ugh, if you're gonna wake me up to study, don't bother waking me up." Nino said staying in her sleeping position.
"Let her be. Could one of you please move her stuff so we can begin?" He asked the girls.
"No problem Fuutaro. I'm already on it." Yotsuba answered and put Nino's stuff away in record time.
"Thanks. Now we can begin." Fuutaro said as he sat down in front of Nino who was "sleeping" on the couch. The other 4 girls also sat down, with once again Yotsuba and Ichika sitting on his sides.
However all 3 sisters picked up on this. Miku and Itsuki didn't think much about it but Nino was different. Why are they always sitting next to him? Nino thought to herself.
"Can we learn more about the sengoku era today, Fuutaro?" Asked Miku
"Sorry not today Miku. Today all of you are going to be taking a test." He said while taking out 5 pieces of paper. He handed each quint one and even put Ninos copy on her back.
"AHH 100 questions. Fuutaro this too much." Yotsuba said worried.
"Get used to it. All midterms and finals are 100 questions, sometimes even more. Also this test contains all types of questions. Math, science, history, Japanese, you name it. This test will show me where all 5 of you girls are in each subject. You'll remember this Itsuki. It's just like our first lesson." He told them all.
"Wait Uesugi-kun, is this all handwritten?" Itsuki pointed out, causing her sisters at the table to look at each other's copies to confirm it. "Uesugi-kun, when did you have the time to make all these?" She asked.
"Don't worry about the little stuff, okay. Just focus on doing your best." He replied and with that all 4 sisters began taking the test. "Umm Nino could please take the test I made for you?" He asked her, praying she would say yes.
Nino was silent at first but then spoke up. "Fine but don't expect a perfect score." She answered before sitting down at the table to start the test.
With all his students busy Fuutaro began doing his own homework. It took all the girls about an hour to finish the test with Ichika being the last one to finish. She noticed that all of them were done. Next she looked at her tutor to realize he was busy with his homework. She then came up with an idea to get his attention. Ichika got close to Fuutaro's ear before blowing into it, startling the boy.
"AHH WHAT IN THE WORLD." He looked over to see Ichika smiling before speaking.
"Hehe you should pay more attention to your students Fuutaro-kun." She told him giggling at his reaction.
"You know they are easier ways to get my attention right, Ichika-chan." He told her letting it slide.
"Hehe I know, but that was the most fun one." She replied, smiling brightly.
Wow, another cute smile. Fuutaro thought before speaking up." Give me a few minutes to grade these. In the meantime you girls can relax." He told them. Just like yesterday the girls sitting next to him both rested their head on his shoulders and began to sleep. Fuutaro paused for a second to see what was going on but resumed grading the test immediately after.
The remaining 3 sisters again noticed this. Miku and Itsuki were more curious than before but, like last time, they didn't think much of it.
Nino on the other hand would not let this go. Truth be told, she only agreed to take the test because she wanted to check something out. Why did Ichika do that? Like he said there are easier ways to get his attention. And why are BOTH of them sleeping on his shoulder? Also why does he add the "chan" to their names only. And I can't forget them having lunch together. Something isn't adding up. She thought all to herself.
"Alright I'm done grading." Fuutaro said out loud causing the girls on his shoulders to sit up straight and the others to get off their phones.
"Well, how did we do Fuutaro?'' asked a worried Yotsuba.
"Amazing. A score a 100." Was all Fuutaro said.
"REALLY, who got a 100?" Asked a very curious Itsuki.
"All of you. . . All of you together scored 100. Sigh Miku 32, Itsuki 28, Nino 20, Ichika-chan 12, and Yotsuba-chan 08," he told them all.
"Wow, I guess I am the dumbest quint hehe, " Said Yotsuba out loud.
"Don't think like that Yotsuba-chan. It just means I need to work with you the most." He said
"Wait so that means you're going to spend the most time with me?" Asked Yotsuba
"Yeah I guess it does mean that. Also good job Miku. I guess as of now, you are the smartest quint." He told them.
Miku immediately became red in the face when she heard that. It even took her a second to respond." T Th Thank you Fuutaro." Miku, still blushing, smiled after thanking him. Her entire reaction didn't go unnoticed by Ichika who smiled when she saw it.
Do all these girls have beautiful smiles oh my god. He thought before speaking. " No problem. With that out of the way let's begin the tutoring. Can you all take out your English books?" He said as he took his book out. All the quints immediately took out their books except for one. One reached into her bag but pulled nothing out.
"Uh-oh. I think I lost that book in my room Fuutaro-kun." Said Ichika
"Don't bother looking for it, you won't find it there. Here, we can share for today." Fuutaro said while moving his book closer to her.
"Thank you so much Fuutaro-kun. Don't worry I'll stay close by." She said while snuggling up even closer to him with their shoulders now touching each other.
"Great, let's begin." He said and began tutoring.
While Fuutaro was tutoring, Nino's mind began to wander. Why is she being so touchy with him? Why is he okay with her touching him so casually? Am I missing something? She thought.
The tutoring session went on for another hour and a half before Fuutaro decided to call it. "I think that's enough girls. Do any of you have any questions before I leave." He said while closing his book.
Yotsuba and Itsuki both asked him questions about the material they just learned. He quickly answered the questions and clarified what they got wrong.
"Any other questions?" He asked his students.
"I have one." Nino said out loud.
"What is it?" He asked.
"What is your relationship with Yotsuba and Ichika?" Nino asked him.
"What do you mean Nino?" He asked curiously.
"Don't play dumb with me. First of all you add chan to their names only. Second you guys are always sitting together and relatively close may I add. And lastly you 3 act like you all have been friends forever. Why are you three so comfortable with each other, you guys just met." Nino asked her tutor who sounded like she wasn't going to drop the subject until she got her answer.
"Oh right you weren't here when I told the story." Fuutaro said while grabbing his wallet out of his pocket and taking the picture out to show her. "I met both of them 5 years ago in Kyoto. Here, look at this picture, it's me and Yotsaba-chan." He said, handing her the picture.
When Nino looked at the picture she couldn't believe it. She saw her sister but more surprisingly she saw a boy who was her ideal type. He looked perfect in the picture. She then remembered what he said and couldn't believe it.
" You're telling me this cute blonde is you from the past." Nino said with a small blush on her cheeks.
"What I'm telling you is the reason we're so comfortable with each other is cuz we're childhood friends." He told her.
"Uesugi-kun, you were blond at one point. Nino can I see the picture?" Itsuki asked her sister.
Nino then handed the picture to her. Miku, who was sitting next to Itsuki, also looked at the picture.
"Wow Uesugi-kun, you look very hanso. Different with blonde hair." Itsuki said surprised while Miku was just blushing looking at the picture.
"All this talk about my blonde hair makes me want to go back to it. It has been a long time." He said out loud.
"DO IT. I mean only if you want to." Nino said embarrassed, she yelled in the beginning.
"Why did you stop bleaching your hair Fuutaro?" Asked Yotsuba
"My family got into deep debt. Ever since then we have been sacrificing the little things we don't need, like dye." He answered her.
"So if you had dyed, you would do it?" Asked Nino while fiddling with her fingers.
"Yeah I probably would. With that out of the way I'll see you girls tomorrow. Please make an effort to study and do your homework after I leave." He told them all as he packed his things.
With no more questions needing to be answered Fuutaro told the quints goodbye and made his way home.
That went better than I expected. I'm glad Nino joined the tutoring without drugging me. I only hope she stays. Fuutaro then notices a barber shop on his way home. Should I go back to blonde. A new appearance would be a nice change. He then looked at the price for the basic bleach and immediately changed his mind. Those were Fuutaro's final thoughts before reaching his house.
It was the weekend and Fuutaro had nothing more to do. He finished all his homework, made all new worksheets for his students and even studied on his own for each class. Fuutaro, having only time to kill, spoke to himself and reflected on what had happened.
"Man it's been almost 2 weeks and I still haven't been paid. Maybe their father has a camera in the penthouse and since Nino only came to a few sessions he doesn't want to pay me. Hmmm, I wonder why she only came to one session. She clearly needs help in her studies but doesn't want to admit it. Hmmm." Fuutaro said.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
"Ugh I hate salesmen. Fuutaro said right before opening the door. "Look I don't want to buy anything and I don't even have money so if you're trying to sell something please leave." He said without even opening his eyes.
"Umm I'm not here to sell you anything Uesugi-kun." Itsuki told him.
"Oh Itsuki, sorry I thought you were someone else. But why are you here? Need help with a class or something? More importantly, how do you know where I live?" He asked her.
"Oh I don't need any help and it turns out our fathers are old acquaintances with each other. He told me where you live so here I am." She said
"Alright come on in. I would offer you tea but we don't have any sorry." He said while opening the door to let her in.
"That's fine I just came here to give you your pay." She said as she walked in and sat down at the only table in the living room.
Oh my. This is his house. He doesn't even have tea. I thought he was exaggerating when he said his family was in debt. I wonder how they got their debt. Itsuki thought to herself.
"So how much is your father paying me?" He asked her.
"Take a look for yourself. He just gave me the envelope and told me to give it to you." She said, Itsuki was about to leave when someone she didn't know walked in.
"Onii-chan, who was that at the door?" A little girl said.
"Oh it was just one of my students. Itsuki say hi to Rahia, Rahia say hi to Itsuki."
"Hello Rahia, your brother never told me he had a cute little sister." Itsuki said
"He never told me he had such a beautiful student. Are you going to marry him one day?" Rahia said, which resulted in Itsuki's face turning red.
"Rahia don't make things awkward. Sorry about her Itsuki, she just speaks what comes to her mi OH MY GOD."Fuutaro interrupted himself because he was opening the envelope and saw how much cash was inside.
"What's wrong onii-chan? Rahia said worried for her brother.
"Nothing is wrong, it's just. Itsuki, are you sure this is the right amount?" He asked her not believing all the money was for him.
"Yes, dad gave clear directions to give it to you when he gave it to me. How much is it?" She replied
"It's 100,000 yen. Let's say this is for two weeks. That's still 50,000 yen a week which means he's paying me 10,000 yen per quint wow."Fuutaro said, still in disbelief with the amount of money.
He then started separating it. He made two piles, one big one and one small one. He put the small pile in his wallet and handed Rahia the big one.
"Rahia, could you put it in the jar?" He asked her.
She didn't respond, she instead ran into the room and brought it out.
"That works too." He said while putting the money in the jar. "Could you put it back to? He asked her.
When Rahia left the living room Itsuki, who witnessed everything, had a question. "Um Uesugi-kun, how much did you put in the jar?"
"80,000 yen."
"80 but that's almost all of it. Don't you want to use all the money you earned? She asked him.
"It will get used, don't worry." He reassured her.
"Oh I see, it's like an emergency thing right. That jar of money." She said
"Actually that's for our rent. I just wanted to help my old man out." He answered her.
When he said that Itsuki could not believe it. She never once had to worry about money, her whole life her father has been spoiling her. "Uesugi-kun, don't you think you gave him too much? I mean you have almost none left." She said
"Look Itsuki, I understand what you're saying but our family is in debt and until we get out of it we all have to make sacrifices. Plus I still have enough money to buy the usual lunch for a week and then some, in fact. RAHIA COME HERE." Fuutaro said out loud in the house.
"Yes onii-chan." Rahia said as she walked in.
"Is there anything you want to do?" Fuutaro asked his sister.
"Um well … actually no. It's okay onii-chan. You just earned your money. I don't want you to waste it."she answered him.
"Rahia don't think like that. As an older brother it's my job to make sure you're happy. Please, I know there's something you want to do. I'm asking you to be selfish right now. What do you want to do?" He asked her again.
"Well my friends at school have been talking a lot about this arcade that opened up a little back. It sounds really cool and it's not that far from my school." Rahia answered.
"Perfect, we can be there in 20 minutes. Go get ready." He told her.
"All right but only if Itsuki joins us." Rahia said as she grabbed Itsuki's arm playfully.
"What do you say, Itsuki? Wanna come to the arcade with us." He asked her
"You're coming right Itsuki-chan?" Rahia asked in her sweetest voice and even gave her puppy eyes.
Not being able to say no to that. She agreed and all 3 made their way to the arcade.
"WOW THANK YOU SO MUCH ONII-CHAN." Rahia told her brother as they entered the arcade.
"Don't thank me just yet, here you go." Fuutaro said while handing her a 10,000 yen note.
"Are you sure onii-chan that's a lot of money." Rahia asked
"Remember what I told you at the house. Now please go have some fun." Fuutaro told his sister.
Rahia grabbed the bill and immediately went to change it for tokens.
"That's a lot of tokens." Itsuki said as she noticed Rahia come back with her rather large bowl of tokens.
"Well there for all of us. We're all going to have fun." Rahia told the two with a smile on her face.
The trio then made the way around the arcade. It was a first for all three of them so they just walked around. Eventually Rahia saw some game she wanted to play and finally started acting like a little kid. She would play several games multiple times. With the help of Itsuki and her brother they were able to even beat some games and earned a lot of tickets. They eventually started playing team games with Fuutaro against both girls. He won some games, they won some. It was eventually tied 6 to 6. Rahia, noticing they were very low on coins, decided to play one last game. She wanted it to be the perfect game for the three. She looked around and finally saw a hockey table.
"Onii-chan, can we play table hockey for our last game?" Rahia asked him
"Of course. We can also settle our tiebreaker." He answered.
"Be prepared to lose." Itsuki told him with a smirk
With the trio fired up, hockey table was now more intense than ever. It was best out of 10 so the first one to make six shots wins. It was going back and forth with each team scoring points. Next thing they knew they both had five points with the final round about to begin.
"We can't lose this Rahia." Itsuki told her as she served the putt to begin the final round.
The final round was very intense. Every time it looked like it was about to go in a goal it was stopped. The final round went back and forth for a few minutes. Itsuki, after hitting the putt, accidentally dropped her hitter to the floor. She immediately went to pick it up, but at the same time Fuutaro went for the win. Somehow Itsuki was faster than the putt and went in to stop it. However due to her moving so fast she tripped and fell over on the table with her breast completely covering the goal. This was proven when the putt that was going to go in their goal bounced off her breast instead. Fuutaro, who witnessed the whole thing, couldn't help himself and got distracted looking at what blocked his goal. Rahia also noticed this and shot her putt which made it in the goal.
Fuutaro realizing he just lost spoke up." Hey, that's not fair. Mine was going to go in."
"Yeah we won because Itsuki has big breasts. Hooray." Rahia said excitedly.
"Don't say things like that, Rahia. It's embarrassing." Itsuki told her.
"Really but don't boys like big breasts? Even Onii-chan looked at yours after you blocked it. Brb I have to go to the bathroom." She said right before leaving.
He was. He was looking at them, well he is a boy after all. And it is my fault after all, I did fall over. Itsuki thought to herself before Fuutaro walked over.
"Did Rahia go to the bathroom?" He asked her.
"Yeah." She answered, still a little embarrassed about what happened with her breast.
"Thanks Itsuki, for coming. I really appreciate it. Thank you." He told her with gratitude in his voice and even bowed.
" No problem Uesugi-kun. Also this isn't that big of a deal so there's no need to be so formal." She said.
"It is a big deal though. Seeing her having fun is a big deal." He answered.
" What do you mean?" She asked curiously.
Fuutaro took a deep breath before speaking.
"Shortly after Rahia was born my mother got very sick. We did everything we could. Went to multiple hospitals, tried literally every medication out there, still nothing. Eventually the bills started piling up but father didn't care. He just wanted to see his wife get better. Eventually a doctor had a surgery that could potentially heal her. However it was a 60/40 chance she was going to make it. And for my parents that was enough. My father sold their house, his car, his motorcycle, everything just to pay for the surgery. ….. Sigh what a waste of money that was cuz she didn't make it. After the funeral my dad bought the house we live in today and we've been trying to repair our debt ever since. Rahia was just a baby when it all happened. She doesn't deserve this life. So that's why I'm thankful. Even if it was only for a short time I was able to make her smile. Sorry about just dropping this on you. It probably ruined the vib-" Fuutaro stopped talking because of what was happening. He was being hugged by his student. And it wasn't a regular hug. She was embracing him, holding him tight. He was about to speak up but she beat him to it.
"I understand. I too know the pain of losing your mother. Thank you for telling me this." Itsuki said while still hugging him.
After hearing that Fuutaro returned the hug to her surprise. They stayed like that for about a minute.
"WOW so you guys are gonna get married." Rahia said as she returned.
This comment made both teens immediately let go of each other. Itsuki's face was the same color as her hair while Fuutaro had a very small blush on his.
"Rahia don't you want to go trade the tickets in for a prize." Fuutaro answered wanting to change the subject.
"You're right. Let's go." She answered while grabbing one hand of each team with her in the middle.
While holding hands the trio made it to the prize booth. There are many stuffed animal prizes, a bunch of toys for kids and some super expensive ones that cost too many tickets. There were also some special exclusive meat buns at the arcade.
Immediately Rahia got all the toys and stuffed animals she wanted. Fuutaro noticed the meat buns and then whispered something to his sister. The last thing Rahia got was 3 of the special arcade meat buns.
The trio was about to exit the arcade when one of them noticed a photo booth.
"Onii-chan can we get our picture taken?" She asked him
"Of course. Photos help us remember the good times." He replied
"You'll be in the picture too? Right Itsuki?" Asked Rahia with once again her sweet voice and puppy eyes.
"Of course. Let's get our picture taken." Itsuki replied.
They made their way to the photo booth when they noticed there was a line. They put down their name and found a nearby bench to sit down on. Rahia began digging through her prize bag and pulled out the meat buns she got.
"Here you go onii-chan, here Itsuki." Rahia told them as she handed them the meat buns.
"Thanks," both teens said.
Immediately all three opened their pack and began eating. They all stayed quiet while they ate.
"That was delicious. Thank you for getting me one Rahia." Said eatsuki who was first to finish.
"Don't thank me. It was onii-chan who told me to get them. I didn't even see them but I'm glad I got it. It's delicious." Rahia answered as she bit into the meat bun again.
When Itsuki heard this she glanced at him and smiled.
"Look, it's finally our turn." Fuutaro said, looking at the screen above the photo booth.
The trio made their way to the booth and with the final coin they took their pictures. One row of 5 pictures came out. Rahia took the pictures and showed them to the others.
"Thank you both so much. I'll never forget this day." Rahia said as she hugged both of them in a group hug.
Hearing that statement made both teens feel warm inside.
"Let's get going." Fuutaro said as he was making his way towards the exit.
Once outside they realized something. There were hundreds of people on the streets, many people wearing Yukatas.
"What's going on? Why are there so many people out on a Sunday?" Fuutaro asked.
"Did you really forget about the festival? Haven't you gone before?" Itsuki answered him.
"Well I was usually too busy studying. I guess I just forgot it happens." He answered.
"Itsuki what happens at the festival?" Asked a curious Rahia.
"Oh, a bunch of people from the community get together. There's a bunch of stands. They have food, games, you name it. And at the end there's a firework show display for everyone to enjoy." She told her.
"Wow that sounds ama-" "Ara did we interrupt your guys date." Rahia was cut off by another voice. She looked to where the voice came from and was shocked.
"Umm onii-chan I see 4 Itsukis." Rahia said, confused.
Fuutaro turned around and saw the rest of his students. They were all in Yukatas and each also had their hair in a special way.
Wow. Fuutaro thought to himself as he saw 4 beautiful women.
"Are we interrupting your guys' DATE?" Ichika asked Fuutaro, who got right up in his face to say it.
"No date here. She tagged along with me and my sister at the arcade." He answered.
"Don't make assumptions Ichika." Itsuki told her
"Hmm I see an arcade date, not bad." Ichika said. Phew , it really wasn't a date she thought to herself.
"You must be Fuutaro's sister. What's your name?" Asked Yotsuba who kneeled down at eye level to her.
"My name is Rahia Uesugi. Are all 5 of you students of my brother?" She asked.
"Yes. All 5 of us are his students. We're quintuplets." Yotsuba answered.
"Wow. Onii-chan how do you tell them apart?" She asked him.
"I can't. They all have the same beauti-. They all have the same face, it's hard to tell them apart." He answered quickly hoping they didn't hear the first half.
"Onii-chan can we join them?" She asked him
"I'm not the one you should be asking." Fuutaro answered, gesturing towards the quints.
"Can we both join you?" Rahia asked all 5 of them and once again she used her techniques.
"Yes of course." All 5 answered.
"I just need to make a quick stop at the house and get my yukata." Itsuki told the group.
"Don't worry we brought it. We even saw some changing booths at the front." Miku answered by handing her a bag.
"Great let's get going." Nino said and led the group.
After Itsuki changed the group began to enjoy the festival.
"I can't believe that guy. We have the exact same face. Yet he only gave Ichika more cuz she was pretty. Hm some people." Itsuki pouted.
"Can you guys hurry up!" Nino yells back at the group.
"I didn't know Nino liked fireworks so much." Fuutaro said as he noticed her farther up ahead.
"Well it's more of what the fireworks mean to us. We used to watch them every year with our mother. Even now, we watch them." Miku told him
"I see. No wonder she's so eager." Fuutaro answered. He then looked around and couldn't see Rahia anywhere."Does anybody see Rahia?" He asked the group.
While the group was looking for her. They also noticed they were one quint short.
"Now that you mention it. Yotsuba isn't here either." Itsuki said.
"They must be together. Relax Fuutaro-kun she's safe." Ichika told him.
Attention people. The firework show is about to start in 5 minutes. I repeat in 5 minutes the fireworks show will begin.