'Anyone could die at any moment' Uesugi Fuutarou, a boy who just spent his youth in books.

A doctor dressed in his coat, brought in a gloomy mood as entered the room and told the boy his diagnosis. From what it felt like an eternity, in a white four cornered examination room, the boy just smiled at the doctor's words, "Everything has an end, so why would I bother when I'm nearing my end?" he said as the doctor consoled him before he left the examination room.

'I'll just study for the next mock exams…' He stopped thinking and started to laugh. "Heh, I'm going to die soon yet I'm just thinking about studying again… Day after day, endlessly studying for the future yet here I am dying and probably won't be able to use the knowledge I studied." he said to himself as he walked out the hospital.

"Oi, Fuutarou!" An older man shouted to him from a car. Fuutarou entered the front passenger seat beside the older man with blonde spiky hair with a pair of sunglasses.

"Where have you been? You were supposed to get me 20 minutes ago." Fuutarou said to the man.

"Give your dad a break will ya?" His dad said with a laugh before he turned his face into a more serious one. "So? What were the results?" He asked his son in a subdued tone, different from his usual one.

"I have a little left. A year at most and the doctor said I could die at any moment." He replied with a tone of no emotion. Isanari just continued to drive silently as a stray tear left his eye.

"I see… Raiha won't have you to grow up with." he said with a hollow laugh, clearly trying to hold in tears.

"Don't worry, she's a strong girl. She's related to me after all, who's currently fighting a brain tumor."

'"True, and I'm glad that you're my son." he said as he started to smile as some tears started to fall.

"Yeah… and I'm glad that you're my dad." Fuutarou said with a smile as he patted his dad's back, consoling the crying man as they stopped beside the highway.

After an hour, the two arrived back home, with Raiha asking why their eyes were red.

"Don't worry, I'll talk to her." Isanari said as he pushed Fuutarou to his room. "Come here for a second, Raiha." he said to his daughter, who nodded and followed the man to another room.

After a few minutes, Fuutarou could hear crying from outside, clearly from his sister.

"No! He isn't going away like mom right dad? Please tell me that big bro isn't going away!" were the cries he heard as he also heard a muffled one from outside as well.

'"I wish that it wasn't the truth either, Raiha…" was another sentence he heard from outside as he lay down on his bed.

'They'll be fine with the money I earned by tutoring those girls. Raiha is a strong girl too. I bet she'll grow up into someone spectacular and not like me who spent his life just studying…' he thought with a smile as he covered his eyes and fell asleep.


The next day, he spent his breakfast with Raiha, who's eyes were red clearly from crying last night, hugging his arm before leaving to tutor the quints…

' Ah… right the girls… how should I tell them?...' He thought on how to tell the girls, the ones who slowly changed his life from one with little to no light to one full of fun, even if there were bumps at the start, they gradually became closer as time flew by. While thinking, he didn't notice that he was already in front of the giant apartment building and was about to enter until someone called out to him.

"Fuutarou-kun, morning~" the voice called out from behind him. Turning to see who it was, just to see it was just one of his students, Nakano Ichika.

"Good morning, Ichika." he said with a fake smile, which she noticed. She wondered for a moment why he wore one since he wasn't really the type to wear such a smile since he's usually blunt even if they were breaking his shell.

She wanted to mention it but didn't since she was still a little sleepy even if she just drank some coffee a second ago.

As the two entered the building, they rode the elevator to the floor where the Nakano apartment is at.

"So... are you still thinking of quitting school?" he asked to break a little silence between them.

"I'm still thinking about it since I want to be an actress but I also want to graduate together with my sisters..." she replied, waiting for Fuutarou to try to change her mind or scold her on why she wanted to drop out and lose all the hard work she had done. But it never came.

"You should follow your heart and go for your dreams. I hope that I'll get to see you on the big screen in the future. But don't forget about me, who helped you during your school years alright?" he chucked.

"I can't forget you even if I wanted to since you just barged into my life like a wrecking ball and changed the life of me and my sisters. I'll remember you for the rest of my life, Fuutarou-kun." she said with a smile, and Fuutarou returned one of his own.

Seeing his smiling face the redhead thought, 'Who would even forget their first love?'


After a short moment, the two arrived at the apartment where a butterfly ribboned girl was waiting for the two.

"Fuu-kun!" she said as she hugged the man.

"Good morning, Uesugi-kun." another girl greeted as two more were behind the said girl with one approaching him at high speed.

"Uesugi-san!" a bunny ribboned girl hugged him from behind.

"Yes, good morning to you too, Itsuki. Now shall we start our tutoring session for today?" He asked the girls where he received a nod from them as Nino and Yotsuba stopped hugging the man as they went to their living room to start.

The session went without a hitch although the girls noticed his odd personality, especially that he didn't scold Yotsuba who got an easy question wrong, Ichika who dozed off, Nino who hugged his arm and Itsuki who ate during their tutoring session.. Their session ended earlier than usual was another thing they noticed. Did someone swap their Fuutarou or did he hit his head recently?

He then left after saying goodbye, eating the food Miku and Nino cooked and playing a little board game with the girls. He'll at least treasure the moments he spent with the girls since he'll be leaving soon.

As soon as he left, the sister huddled together.

"Wasn't Fuu-kun being weird today?"

"Uesugi-kun was certainly acting weird. He let me eat during the session, which he never allowed…"

"Maybe he's just tired?"

"No, he didn't try to change my mind about quitting but encouraged me…" Ichika told her sister about the little talk she and their tutor had in the elevator, which they immediately thought that there was something wrong with him. The studious, bibliophile tutor of theirs, encouraged their sister to pursue acting instead of graduating instead of making up whatever reasons to make her finish school.

While they were still talking about him, their phones vibrated from a message sent by him, who was just there an hour ago. Each of them started to read their message.

'Hey Ichika, I got some movie tickets and Raiha isn't available on Monday because she'll be hanging out with a friend. Would you like to go with me?'

'Yo Nino, want to go shopping on Tuesday? I want to buy some shirts since mine are getting small and I want to have an expert to know what would look good on me.'

'Hello Miku, would you like to go to the museum on Wednesday? I heard that they would give visitors some costumes to wear on that day. What do you think about it?'

'Yotsuba I got some tickets for the aquarium for Thursday, want to come?'

'Itsuki I heard that a new buffet restaurant just opened up. I want to try it since it's an eat all you can. Want to go with me on Friday?'

Were each messages the sisters received. Did he just invite them to dates? No no, did he just ask five girls of them on the same day for a date? The five looked at each other before replying.

"A date with Fuu-kun! Jackpot!"

"A date with Uesugi-kun…"

"Fuutarou-kun inviting me to a date? That's quite bold of him inviting five girls at once."

"It's a bit suspicious of him inviting us on a date…"

"I get to go to an aquarium with Uesugi-san!"

The five talked about it a little more before replying and agreeing to the date.


Back to an hour ago when Fuutarou just left the building, he was met by a black limousine and Ebata who was called out to him.

"Uesugi-sama, Nakano-sama is waiting." He said as he held the door open, where a man wearing a formal suit was waiting for him. He entered the limousine while Ebata started the vehicle.

Fuutarou and Maruo were both inside and sitting next to each other in complete silence until the man broke the silence, "Uesugi-kun, how are my daughters?"

"They're doing well. They have significantly improved since I first started to tutor them. I believe that they can pass and graduate with ease."

"I see.. Well how is your health?" he asked as he coughed.

"So you knew, huh? Well I'm currently fine and still able to send my final teachings to your daughters before the last exam."

"That's good…" he replied before turning to the young man. "They'll be sad if you tell them, Uesugi-kun.", Fuutarou then turned to the man with a face mixed with confusion and shock.

"Even if I do not visit them that much, I could see their feelings towards you and how they changed. I thank you for that." he said as pulled out some papers.

"This is the type of brain tumor you have, a surgery can remove it although, it will be hard and with a success rate of only 40% in addition to some side effects but other than that you can live a normal life if we succeed." he said as he showed the young man the papers who tried to analyse it but cannot understand any of it.

"Do not worry since I will be sending the best neurosurgeon and I will assist in it since I also have training in neurosurgery. Don't worry about the payment since I'll be paying for it as a thank you for changing and helping my daughters."

"Thank you!" he said as he bowed to the man, knowing that he still has a chance.

"The surgery will take place on Sunday morning. Do not drink or eat anything and if you need to take any medication, have it with a small sip of water." Maruo said as he stated what he should do on the day of the surgery as Fuutarou nodded and listened

After a few minutes, the two arrived at his house and Maruo informed Isanari about the surgery and his son's chance of survival. The blonde man started to cry and hugged his best friend, thanking him…


It was now Monday afternoon and Fuutarou was currently waiting in front of the cinema, waiting for Ichika. After a few more minutes, Fuutarou could see his date waving at him to get his attention from a distance.

"I'm here, Fuutarou-kun! I'm sor-" she was cut off by him placing his finger on her lips, making her blush.

"Don't worry, I know that you overslept and that's one of the things I find cute in you." he said as he took her hand aggressively as he pulled her towards the cinema.

'Eh?' Her mind went blank on what just happened. 'Did he just take the lead?' she thought all flustered from his sudden actions.

"Come on, let's buy the tickets." Fuutarou said to catch her attention, where she regained her composure and nodded.

After buying their tickets, the two then entered the cinema and went to their assigned seats. Ichika was surprised by the movie he picked since she never knew that he loved romance movies. The lights dimmed and the movie started to play, the two were enjoying the movie since Fuutarou wrapped his arm around the redhead where she just leaned her head on him, definitely enjoying the moment with him.

After a few hours, the movie ended and the two had dinner together before Fuutarou and Ichika walked home together with their arms intertwined. She felt like she was the happiest girl that day.


It was now Tuesday, and this time he had a date with Nino at the mall. Currently the two were at a clothing store choosing some clothes for the young man.

"Ne, Fuu-kun, how about this?" Nino said as she held a white shirt and a black blazer to match the shirt.

"Your fashion sense really is amazing, Nino. I'll try this on with some pants." He said as he went to the changing room while Nino waited for him. A minute later, he exited the room wearing the outfit Nino picked for him.

Nino swore that he looked so handsome right now that she would like to immediately tackle him and claim that he belonged to her.

"So, what do you think?"

"It looks amazing, Fuu-kun! You really look handsome in that!" She praised him with a smile as she admired the sight in front of her.

After paying for the clothes, the two then went to buy a pancake shop for an afternoon snack. The two even fed each other once, which Nino enjoyed.

"How about we take some photos to remember this day, Nino?" he asked his date as he pointed at a photobooth.

"Really?" she asked where he nodded. Seeing that confirmation, she pulled him towards the booth and entered it. Once inside they then took some photos while doing various poses, with one where he even hugged her.

Once they were done, Nino took the photos while Fuutarou also took a copy before taking her home. Once they arrived outside of the Pentagon, Fuutarou gave her a peck on her forehead before running home, whereas she just stood there with her face fully red while touching her forehead. She definitely enjoyed that day with her crush and would want to go again with him someday…


Currently it was Wednesday and Fuutarou and Miku were walking to the museum holding hands. The third quintuplet was blushing the whole time while holding his hand while also smiling from the happiness she felt from going out on a date with him.

After some minutes, the two entered the museum after paying the entrance fee. The two admired the artefacts and statues of warlords as they roamed the museum, while holding hands.

Of course they wore the costumes the museum offered with Miku wearing a traditional blue kimono and Fuutarou with a set of samurai armour. They enjoyed the little picture session they had, especially Miku who was lifted into a princess carry in one of them.

They each had a copy of the photos as Miku smiled at the picture and wished that the day would never end.

The two then changed back to their regular clothes and left the museum and Fuutarou escorted Miku back to the pentagon with their arms intertwined and had a smile on her face wishing that the day would never come to an end.


Now it was Thursday and Fuutarou and Yotsuba were waiting in line at the entrance in the aquarium to buy their tickets. Now it was their turn in front of the cashier.

"Would you and your boyfriend like the couple ticket?" The cashier asked.

"Did you hear that Uesugi-san? 'My boyfriend', hahaha," Yotsuba laughed.

"We'd like a couple tickets, please." Fuutarou said as he grabbed her arm, making her blush profusely that even her ribbons were red. The cashier just smiled at the two as she gave them their ticket.

Fuutarou then held his date by the wrist and pulled her inside the aquarium. Inside, the two took pictures with the fishes that were inside the tank.

"Hey, Uesugi-san… are you really fine being with me? " Yotsuba asked, feeling a little down, thinking that she really deserved to be on this date with him.

He turned his body to face the girl and patted her head, "What do you mean? Of course I'm fine with someone as cute and beautiful girl like you." he said, making her blush a little as he showed her the pictures they took. "Hell, I should be the one to feel that way since you and your sisters are beautiful, you know? "

"But I'm stupid and a meathead nothing like my sisters. They're-" she was cut off by him as he put his finger on her lips.

"I meant what I said. You are beautiful like your sisters. And you all have things you girls excel at. For example, Ichika with acting, Nino with her cooking, Miku and her knowledge in history and Itsuki with her perseverance in making her dream come true. You, Yotsuba, excel in sports. You all have things where you're the good and where you're bad at." he said as he comforted her.

"I'll tell you a secret. I'm bad at sports, you know?" he whispered to her ears.

"Eh? I thought you were perfect in everything, Uesugi-san!" she said in surprise.

"Hey, I'm only good at academics. So don't fret about small things and let's enjoy our date." he said as he held out his hand, where she just smiled and took hold of it, as the two continued their date until it was closing time.

As they walked back to the Pentagon, Yotsuba looked through the pictures they took together, smiling the whole time and clearly enjoyed the time with him…


Now it was Friday and it was time for his date with a certain girl with stars and an ahoge on her head. He waited outside the Pentagon until Itsuki walked out from the building.

"Shall we go now, Itsuki?" he asked as he held out his hand, where she nodded and took hold of his.

The two were now holding hands, walking to the buffet Fuutarou told her about. She felt a little nervous when they were holding hands but it went away as soon as she saw his reassuring smile.

After a short walk, the two arrived at the buffet where Itsuki's eyes sparkled as soon as she saw the food inside. A waiter met the two and led them to their table where it had a perfect atmosphere for a date.

Just after sitting down, Itsuki looked at both sides to see the tables full of food and desserts with some people getting their own as well. Fuutarou just smiled thinking about how cute she was and that she looked like a child who just entered a toy store.

"Shall we get our own plates?" he asked the redhead where she nodded excitedly as she stood up and got a plate.

Itsuki zoomed through the options of food and desserts on the buffet table with two plates, both filled with food. Fuutarou also went and filled his plate but it looked small compared with hers that looked like a mountain. The two looked at their plates, with Itsuki looking at hers like a child looking at toys with her ahoge wagging like a dog's tail.

'Cute' He thought while looking at the girl who was already busy eating the mountain of food on her plate.

The two then enjoyed their lunch together, with Itsuki getting seconds and Fuutarou who wiped her face whenever there was some crumbs or cream on her face which resulted in multiple blushes while eating, not that she really minded. Fuutarou then escorted the smiling redhead back to the Pentagon after paying for their meal, which Itsuki clearly loved, especially since it was with him.


It was Saturday morning and the quints were currently talking about their dates they had with the young man in the living room.

"I'm surprised that Fuutarou-kun actually picked out a good movie. I never expected him to watch a romance movie." Ichika said as she remembered when they held hands and she leaned her head to his shoulder.

"Fuu-kun picked out this outfit for me! Next I'll pick his wedding suit!"

Miku was currently looking at the picture she and Fuutarou took with her being held in a princess carry by him as she smiled and remembered the feeling of being in his arms.

"Mhm! Uesugi-san is really good at taking photos!" Yotsuba said as she showed her sisters the pictures she and the young man took when they went to the aquarium together.

"The buffet was delicious! Maybe we can all go there together someday."

The five continued talking until a knock was heard. Ichika walked towards their door and opened it just to see it was a delivery man with a package in his hands, addressed to them with a special message from their beloved Fuutarou to open it on May 5th, which was tomorrow and their birthday.

The quints approached Ichika and the package and decided to follow the instructions to open it tomorrow…


Now it was Sunday morning and their birthday. They received multiple greetings from their classmates and friends. Although, there was something off that day, or rather someone was missing. After having an extravagant breakfast made by Nino, they remembered the package Fuutarou sent yesterday and decided that they should open it.

Opening the package five small boxes.

"Hm? Weird of him to send something instead of giving it to us in person…"

"Maybe he was just shy from the dates?"

"A gift from Fuu-kun!" Nino said in happiness as she picked up the box with her name on it from inside the package.

"Oooo is it food?"

The five were curious and eager to open the boxes but as they took them, they found a USB with 'Play me first' written on a note that was stuck on it. Curious to see the message and what was inside those small boxes, Miku took her laptop and played the message that was on the USB. Playing it, they saw their tutor who was oddly pale.

'Hey, you idiots!

I mean, Dear Ichika, Nino, Miku, Yotsuba and Itsuki.

You might wonder why I sent this video even though we just went on dates a few days ago... Actually I'll just skip the boring part and say that all of you are idiots.

Firstly, you, Ichika. I'm disappointed that you're thinking of quitting school even though you made it this far and just a few more months till the final graduation exam. But I do love you for having the perseverance to pursue that dream of yours and your strong sense of individuality to lead your sisters. I hope you'll achieve it in the future and I love you.

Next, Nino. You know? I have disliked you since the day you drugged me. Who the hell drugs people on the same day you met them?! You're quick to bark at me every time I visit and you even made your sisters leave my tutoring session! I do admire you for protecting your sisters but please don't do any crimes... I don't want to see the girl I love in prison ya know? I love you for your honesty with your feelings which I can never do, your aggressiveness to reach your goals, and your dream to open up your own bakery. Your harshness before was because of the depth of love you possessed and that strong exterior that hides your fragility. I hope you'll forgive me for the words I said above.

Next is you, Miku, the shy and gloomy of the bunch. I can't really remember any bad things you did to me except running away from me that time in school and when you forced me to eat a mountain of croquettes, which were delicious by the way. I love you for your motivation to improve yourself and for your confidence. I still remember the time when we hid in an igloo, played warlord shiritori, and the time when you gave me chocolates until I had a cabinet full of them! Let me say this again, I love you and I hope you'll achieve your dream of becoming a baker.

Ah it's Yotsuba... You know, other than Nino, you were a troublesome one since you keep spelling 'rice' as 'lice'. I do love you for your good heart and your enthusiasm to help others but please help yourself first... Remember that little date we had on Labour Day? I actually had fun that day and was actually glad that I didn't spend that day studying. I love you for who you are, Yotsuba.

And Lastly, Itsuki. Where should I start? All of my life problems started when I met you! You curry drinking demon! The one who just thought it was fine to take someone's paper and who eats for five people! I honestly wished I didn't meet you back then but now, I'm glad to meet you. If it wasn't for you, I probably wouldn't agree to this job and wouldn't have met you or your sisters. I love that you try to improve yourself but it doesn't hurt to ask for help sometimes you know? You aspire to be a teacher like your mother and I love that about you who tries her best even if she keeps failing. I love you but please be mindful when asking for seconds at someone else's house.

Thank you. Also, you girls better not forget me because if you do, I'll come back and hit you girls on the head to remember me! That'll probably help to make you idiots smart.

I got you all some presents in the box that came with the USB and I hope you girls would forgive me for not telling you all about this earlier but the dates were fun, wasn't it?

I'm glad to meet all of you because it changed my life for the better.

I've said this quite a lot in this message but I'll say it again, one last time, you girls ready?

I love you all!' Then the screen turned black, marking the end of the message. Each of the sisters dropped and tears started to form in their eyes.

"He was fine yesterday! We're still dreaming right?"

"What?..."

"This gotta be a joke, right?"

"No, no this isn't right!" Nino said as she took out her phone to call their butler for a ride to the hospital. In a blink of an eye, they were already changed even if they still had tears, they marched outside their apartment to meet Ebata who was waiting outside to take them to the hospital where he said where he was going to have the surgery.

They were now inside their limousine with Ebata going as fast as the law allowed him to. Each sister was holding the box which came with the USB. Their hands still shaking and still having left over tears, they slowly opened the box. What was inside of the box made them cry. Inside of the boxes were rings. Each ring looked like they were custom made since they were all different in colour with their names engraved in the inner part of it. All of them wore the rings to see that they were a perfect fit. Like it was made just for them.

A few minutes, they arrived at the hospital. The girls ran out of the car and immediately went to the surgery room. Outside of it they saw Isanari and Raiha waiting outside nervously.

"Wait wait he isn't really dying right?" Yotsuba asked the blonde man who replied in a shaky voice,

"Let's just pray for the best… Maruo is inside there so he should survive…"

Raiha immediately hugged Itsuki, where she returned it to her. The others hugged Raiha as well since they couldn't feel what the little girl was feeling right now. They then waited for hours, praying that it would succeed.

After 12 hours, Raiha asleep with tear marks on her face like the quints, Maruo stepped out of the surgery room, wearing a full set of scrubs

"H-how is he?" Isanari asked as he stood up praying for the best.

"Dad, Fuutarou-kun/Uesugi-san/Fuu-kun/Fuutarou/Uesugi-kun is alive, right? His daughters asked, faces with clear marks of crying. He looked at their hands to see the rings and thought, 'You never cease to surprise me, Uesugi-kun. To think you'd give them rings.'

"The surgery was a…"