And I'm back with a new chapter! I never mentioned it last time, but Fuutarou has his blond messy hair that he kept during Kyoto.
Before I continue, I want to thank you for the positive reviews! I really appreciate it, but I don't expect anything at all since I didn't think of becoming a writer myself. I give my big thanks to LanceSennin, AllSlayer, Blackflame7 and Yusei for the encouragement.
Last time, Fuutarou experienced falling in love with one of the Nakano quintuplets, being Itsuki. With the love spell on him, he's having a difficult time having a conversation around her without being flustered. How will this go?
With that, let's get onward with the story!
The Quintessential Quintuplets and their characters are rightfully owned by Negi Haruba! Idea, "Magic, Love and Quints" is inspired by DarkDrawer. The witch OC is owned by Blackflame7.
Fuutarou began to wonder how he should control his unending blush and nervousness around Itsuki. Calling her beautiful when they just met was unexpected and Fuutarou didn't like the curse one bit.
Itsuki was noticing how nervous he was around her, making her slightly confused as he wasn't that nervous when they first met.
"Are you certain that you're doing alright, Uesugi-kun? I'm not making you nervous, am I?" Itsuki asked, still worried that she said something wrong.
Fuutarou was about to answer until he widened his eyes again once he stared at her blue eyes. To him, it felt like her eyes were sparkling, making him flustered even more as he struggled to answer.
"I-I'm f-fine, Nakano-san… I-it's j-just s-so… s-so h-hot o-outside, yeah! L-Let's h-head inside! Y-Yeah," Fuutarou reassured her, but very poorly since he's still flustered.
"A-alright…" Itsuki said.
Itsuki looked at the young man who kept on stuttering as she felt like she was the reason he got so nervous. She wanted to be sure, but decided not to ask him yet.
They went inside their high school and Fuutarou was ready to get inside his classroom to prepare for the next lesson, but Itsuki stopped him when she grabbed his arm. Fuutarou gulped as his heartbeat began to beat faster than normal.
"I hate this magic spell! As soon as I meet that witch, I'm going to-" Fuutarou thought until Itsuki began interrupting him.
"Uesugi-kun… Um, if it's okay… I'd like to talk about where we would have our study sessions?" Itsuki politely asked him.
"O-oh, y-yes! I-I'm s-supposed t-to tutor y-you a-after school… U-um… I t-thought w-we c-could d-do it i-in your h-home? If i-it's a-alright with y-you?" Fuutarou suggested, making Itsuki tilting her head.
"That would be fine in my part, but why in my house?" Itsuki replied and asked another question.
I mean, it wasn't like his house was bigger than their house.
"I-I h-have two r-reasons… M-my F-Father came in c-contact with y-your f-father a-and he told m-me t-that I g-got t-the j-job to t-tutor y-you and y-your s-sisters. I w-was s-said t-to b-be paid b-big i-if I t-took t-the j-job," Fuutarou said, stuttering as he tried to get rid of his nervousness to no avail. This made Itsuki surprised.
"F-Father would pay you big for not only tutoring me, but my sisters as well?" Itsuki asked him, waiting for his response.
Fuutarou simply nodded and continued explaining
"T-the o-other r-reason i-is that m-my a-apartment is t-too s-small if w-we all w-were t-to s-study there," Fuutarou said, somewhat embarrassed.
"Very well, I will tell-"
Itsuki got interrupted by a vibration as someone was calling her. Picking up the phone, she saw that her father was calling her and she answered.
"Hello, Father? Is there something you need?" Itsuki asked him through her phone.
"I'm assuming you're with Uesugi-kun right now?" her father asked her, waiting for confirmation.
"Y-Yes, do you need something from him?" Itsuki said a bit nervously.
"Yes, but before I talk to him… Itsuki, he will be your tutor that will help you with graduating your newly transferred school," her father explained the situation, making Itsuki nod in response.
"Yes Father, I am aware and I was going to tell you that I asked him to tutor me eventually," Itsuki began to answer.
From the other side of the phone, Itsuki's father got surprised at the answer and raised an eyebrow.
"Is that so?"
"Yes, Father…" Itsuki said with a nod, getting more nervous.
Her father sighed and continued to explain.
"Regardless, he will be helping you pass your exams. Please be in your most behavior around him. I have also told your sisters about the tutoring session," he told her.
"I will Father. Thank you for hiring him," Itsuki thanked him with a small smile.
"If you don't mind, could you pass your phone to Uesugi-kun? I would like to speak with him regarding this topic," her father asked her.
Itsuki nodded as she handed Fuutarou her phone.
"Father would like to speak to you, Uesugi-kun," she said while being a bit worried how he would handle her father. Fuutarou hesitated for a moment, but he gently grabbed her phone to speak to her father. He blushed at the thought of not only grabbing her phone, but at the thought of touching her hand made him sweat in nervousness.
"H-hi, Nakano-san? This is Uesugi Fuutarou you're speaking to…" Fuutarou introduced himself to Itsuki's father.
"Nice to finally meet you, Uesugi-kun. I suppose you have heard from your father that you will be tutoring my daughters?" her father asked him for confirmation.
"Uh, yes… Thank you for hiring me, s-sir…" Fuutarou said.
"I want you to tutor my daughters and help them pass their exams and lead them to graduation," he simply explained to him.
"Y-yes, I'll do my b-best…" Fuutarou reassured him with a hint of nervousness for his reply.
For Fuutarou, he didn't want to fail the job he got offered, but he wondered how big the paycheck would be for tutoring five quintuplets.
"As for payment, I have considered about 30000 yen. I might raise the price if I hear that you're doing a great job from the high school," Itsuki's father offered. This surprised Fuutarou, because that would mean he could begin helping out his family with their debt!
"30000 yen will be good enough sir." Fuutarou said with confidence.
"Please do not fail and I expect the best from my daughters. If anything is wrong, you can call me for any further questions" he said, giving his final explaination.
"Alright, t-thank you Nakano-san," Fuutarou said with a nod.
Itsuki's father ended the call and Fuutarou gave back Itsuki's phone to her.
Itsuki sighed as she smiled at the thought of Fuutarou helping her and her sisters. Although, she couldn't help but wonder how her sisters reacted when her father announced that Fuutarou would also tutor them.
"Well, I was going to tell my sisters that you were going to tutor them as well, but Father beat me to it… I hope he wasn't as intimidating when he was talking with you," Itsuki said with a nervous smile, making the boy blush.
"N-No, h-he w-wasn't t-that i-intimidating… W-well h-he w-was, but…" Fuutarou tried to reassure her.
Itsuki giggled and pulled Fuutarou with her, heading to their classroom.
"Let's head to class!" Itsuki beamed.
"W-whoa! N-not too h-hard!" Fuutarou told her, while fighting to get rid of his unending blush.
After their class, Fuutarou and Itsuki headed to the cafeteria. Fuutarou was still having problems dealing with his unending blush around Itsuki, but that's not it; he also had to tutor the other 4 girls that the witch said he would also fall in love with. This made him angry inside, but the thought of Itsuki's sisters made him blush even harder.
"B-by t-the w-way… I-I g-guess since I-I'll be t-tutoring y-your s-sisters as w-well, I s-should b-be calling y-you b-by your g-given n-name? I-I d-don't want t-to c-confuse you g-girls d-during our t-tutoring s-session…" Fuutarou suggested.
That's true. It would be awkward and confusing if he would continue to call Itsuki for Nakano-san around her sisters.
"Y-yeah, that's understandable so yes," Itsuki said with a blush.
"I-In that case, you c-could c-call m-me b-by m-my f-first name as w-well. T-that way, w-we c-can b-be e-equals a-as f-friends, I-Itsuki," he suggested.
"I-It won't be necessary for now, I'll call you Uesugi-kun for the time being until I feel more comfortable," Itsuki blushed harder while telling him as Fuutarou nodded shyly.
On their way to the cafeteria, they noticed another redheaded girl waiting for them. She wore butterfly ribbons on both sides. Upon noticing them, she observed Fuutarou and began to smile. Itsuki seeing her smile made her confused while the Itsuki lookalike introduced herself.
"You must be the tutor Papa told me about. I'm Nino," the girl named Nino introduced herself.
Fuutarou blushed hard upon looking at her up closely. Nino noticed this, giving him a smirk.
"Hehe, looks like I made him shy~"
"U-Uesugi F-Fuutarou… P-pleased t-to m-meet y-you," he introduced himself to Nino while getting flustered.
"Maybe too shy…" Nino said, noticing he was nervous around her and it made her happy. One thing was that she has a thing for blond people and bad boys, but Fuutarou being blond met her expectations.
"Heh, it's expected… You love my beauty~" Nino said as she smirked at him.
"W-what? N-Nino!" Itsuki gasped as she was not used to Nino getting too nice to people she just met.
"What? It's true, sis! Look at how he's being so nervous around me~!" Nino told her, giving her a smirk.
"Enough!" Itsuki said while sighing.
She dragged Fuutarou's arm, getting away from Nino as fast as possible. Nino pouted for a moment, but she smiled afterwards. She knew he would tutor her and her sisters later, as she prepared to think about what to do for Fuutarou in return.
"Hehe, maybe he would love my homemade cookies after our tutoring session~ I'm looking forward to this." Nino thought as she began to walk to a nearby table.
Meanwhile, Fuutarou blushed heavily once Itsuki grabbed his arm.
"H-hey! N-not… N-not too h-hard!"
"I'm sorry Uesugi-kun, but Nino usually isn't like this around strangers," Itsuki told Fuutarou.
This made the boy to think why Nino was nice to him, based on what Itsuki told him since she knows her sister.
"That's interesting… Is she nicer to me because I had blond hair? No… That's ridiculous…" was his thoughts as Itsuki explained further.
"I'll make sure she doesn't do something this stupid ever again… You seemed very nervous around Nino as well. Could it be you're nervous around girls?" Itsuki wondered.
"W-what? A-around N-Nino? N-no, no!" Fuutarou denied as he heard Nino's name, making him blush harder as Itsuki got more worried about her new friend and tutor.
She noticed ever since meeting him today, he seemed to be very nervous around her. Not only that, but she also noticed Fuutarou got nervous around Nino when she introduced herself. That made her wonder if he's only nervous talking to girls or only when he's around her and Nino…
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Wait, would that also mean that he would be nervous around her sisters once Fuutarou meets them? Itsuki began to worry again as she looked at him before they ordered their lunches.
After ordering their lunches, Fuutarou began to look around. It was as if he was looking for a certain table.
"I-Itsuki… S-since I-I'll b-be tutoring y-you and y-your s-sisters a-after s-school, I t-thought it w-would b-be n-nice i-if I m-met t-them d-during lunch," Fuutarou suggested to her.
Itsuki on the other hand thought it was a good idea to meet them early, but she was worried about him getting nervous once he does.
"That's a good idea, Uesugi-kun! But I must ask you before we go," Itsuki began to say as Fuutarou looked at her. He struggled to keep his nervousness in check once he looked into her blue eyes.
"Are you sure you want to meet them early? We can take it slow and meet them after school if you want?" Itsuki asked him.
Fuutarou got confused upon hearing Itsuki's question. Isn't it the tutor's job to know who he will be tutoring? He already met Nino and got nervous around her, so he might as well deal with it once he meets her other sisters.
"I-I m-mean… I-I'll m-meet them e-either w-way, so I t-think, t-the e-earlier, t-the b-better…" Fuutarou replied while stuttering.
That didn't stop there as she was even more worried, but she did agree with him.
"I'm just asking because I don't want you to push yourself, Uesugi-kun. Even you have your own limits!" Itsuki explained.
"I-I'm g-glad y-you're w-worried, b-but d-don't worry… I-I'll t-try m-my best, I-Itsuki-chan," he reassured her, but the blushes on both cheeks wouldn't fade away while he tried to fight away the nervousness.
He wanted to avoid looking at her as soon as he finished, but…
"After all, I don't want a pretty redhead girl like you feel worried because of me," he blurted out.
Fuutarou covered his mouth and cursed himself in his own thoughts for blurting it out. However, what made him more shocked is that he called her "Itsuki-chan" which made Itsuki blush a little, but she smiled as she looked at Fuutarou struggling to get his blushes away.
"Alright, I'll trust you, Uesugi-kun," Itsuki nodded, as they began walking to get their lunches.
Fuutarou hated the idea of meeting them early, but he wanted to get it over with since he was going to tutor them until graduation. The two walked around looking for them after they ordered their lunches. After a while they managed to find them, as another redhead began waving at them. Fuutarou noticed that she wore a green ribbon and had a yellow uniform. That would be good to distinguish them in the future for him. He also noticed the three other identical girls upon reaching their table. One of them wore headphones around her neck and the other girl had a short hair with her right ear covered. He also saw Nino, whom he had met earlier due to her impatience.
This didn't help that his blush began to increase upon meeting the full set.
"Ara, so you must be our tutor that Dad told us about. It's nice to finally meet you, I'm Ichika~" a short redhaired girl named Ichika introduced herself with a smug smile.
Another redhaired girl waved at him as if she called for help.
"Hi, Uesugi-san! I'm Yotsuba! I look forward to learn from you, sensei~" the girl with the green ribbon named Yotsuba introduced herself with a beam.
"I'm Miku…" the other redhaired girl with headphones introduced herself with a gloomy expression.
And of course, Nino was also there with her sisters. Nino simply gave Fuutarou a flirty smile, which made the latter flustered.
Fuutarou bowed nervously before facing them. Nino noticed how nervous he got after meeting Ichika, Miku and Yotsuba, which made her worried for him.
"Fuutarou? Are you okay?" Nino asked him with a worried expression.
"I-I'm f-fine, Nino… I-It's just h-hot i-in h-here…" Fuutarou told her, continuing to blush endlessly which didn't help his case.
Nino looked unsatisfied with his answer, but she shrugged it off for now as she didn't want to make him uncomfortable and ate her lunch. Miku looked at him, seeing he got nervous around her as well as soon as she looked at him. What got her interested is that he wore a keychain of a Sengoku Warrior, which she was also interested in. However, she couldn't bring herself to ask him about it as Fuutarou was too nervous around them and she didn't want her sisters to know her interests about Sengoku Warriors. She did want to ask him about history, so she went with that.
"Since you're our tutor… You must know a lot about history?" Miku began to ask him.
"W-well, y-yeah… I-I p-personally love t-the Sengoku p-period…" Fuutarou replied back to Miku, making her form a small smile.
"In that case, I look forward hearing more about it, Fuutarou. History is my favorite, so I hope you could teach me more about what I don't know," Miku said with excitement.
Fuutarou nodded nervously, which made Miku also worried. However, Itsuki also noticed this and asked him.
"Uesugi-kun, do you want to find another table?" Itsuki suggested, wanting her friend to feel less nervous.
"N-no, i-it's a-alright. I-I'll be f-fine!" Fuutarou reassured her as they went to their table, eating their respective lunches while talking about what their tutor is going to help out with first.
However, Fuutarou was having a hard time trying to control his nervousness around five girls in the same table, which made Fuutarou frustrated on the inside.
"I'm definitely not going to be fine! Why did the witch give me this magic love spell?! How is this tutoring session going to work if I'm going to be nervous all the time! And it doesn't stop there, I sometimes blurt out that they're beautiful! Is that a side effect or a part of the magic too?!" Fuutarou thought as he kept continuing to put his head down to cover his blush while eating.
It seems like Fuutarou would have a hard time tutoring the quints at that state, but he needed the job if he wants to help out his family…
And here we go! We finally met Itsuki's sisters who he will be tutoring. We also notice that he is aware that he can blurt out what he really feels when he's around the quintuplets. For Fuutarou, it's definitely an awkward situation.
Next time we will see Fuutarou's situation about how he's going to tutor the quintuplets at their home and deal with the magic spell the witch gave him. As for the next appearance for the witch… Well, you just have to keep reading as the story progresses!
Until then, thank you for reading! - ShadowLivy