I'm back with another chapter!

All I can say is thank you for the encouragement and support. Quick heads up, I'll be even busier in the upcoming days now that November is not too far away now. With that, I'll be busy with other things so posting will most likely be less. Although I will be continuing to write more chapters when I get the time. Other than that, I also reached 30 follows by the time I write this, which is still small but not too bad at all.

Last time, we left with Ichika asking about if Fuutarou is in love with one of them. It left Fuutarou to feel very nervous as he didn't know what to answer her. Would Fuutarou say yes in this chapter? Well, let's see what happens shall we?

The Quintessential Quintuplets and their characters are rightfully owned by Negi Haruba! Idea, "Magic, Love and Quints" is inspired by DarkDrawer. Kanna OC is owned by Blackflame7.

"W-what? M-me?" Fuutarou managed to say. Ichika nodded, keeping her serious expression as she kept waiting for his answer.

"Well? You're in love with one of us, that's for sure… Unless you love all of us~?" Ichika asked in a flirty manner in an instant before turning slightly serious.

"I… U-umm…" Fuutarou could only stutter.

How was he supposed to answer? Fuutarou felt uncomfortable the more Ichika kept asking him and he was sweating nonstop! Ichika looked to the side for a moment, before facing him with a gentle smile.

"Well, I suppose if you want to keep it for yourself, that's alright Fuutarou-kun. I'm sure you do love one of us, but I want to hear it from you. I asked you about this because you're always nervous around us," Ichika explained. While it made Fuutarou relieved, his blush didn't go away, much to his frustration. However, he managed to muster up some courage to answer her at the last second.

"T-the thing is… I-I'm n-not c-certain myself, Ichika-chan… You're really beautiful, and I would be lucky to be with someone this beautiful like you," Fuutarou said, although he covered his mouth when he accidently blurted out the latter, making him embarrassed.

Ichika blushed upon hearing Fuutarou mention that she's beautiful. It made her chuckle, getting closer to Fuutarou as she gave him a big smile.

"I-I know I h-have f-feelings f-for you… B-but, w-we're in a s-student-t-teacher relationship r-right n-now… T-there's a-also the fact t-that I h-have t-the same f-feelings t-towards y-your s-sisters as w-well, s-so…" Fuutarou managed to say, giving her the truth.

"Fufu~ So it is true that our shy tutor is in love with all of us… If that's the case, I'm not going to continue pressuring you with this topic. However, I want to tell you that when you figure out who you want to end up with, you have my support. If you want to end up with meeee~" Ichika explained, flirting with him as she winked at him.

Fuutarou sighed while blushing, answering Ichika about what she said.

"L-Like I said I-Ichika, I-I'm not c-certain y-yet… W-while I'm t-tutoring you a-and y-your s-sisters, p-please g-give me more t-time t-to t-think about it," Fuutarou requested.

Ichika only giggled and put both her hands behind her back as she began walking to the school's direction.

"Well, shall we go then Fuutarou-kun? You don't wanna get late because of your dear crush, hmm~" Ichika teased him.

Fuutarou could only look away, and followed her from a distance. He sighed later on once Ichika didn't look at him for a brief moment.

"This girl is really the teasing type… For some reason, I can't help but notice that she put up a fake smile in that moment… Maybe it's just me, but… Never mind, I'll focus on school for now and the tutoring session after," Fuutarou thought to himself while looking at Ichika.

"Was she not happy with my answer, perhaps?"

During school:

"That's Uesugi-kun right? He's always with Nakano-san," a girl told her friend.

"Did Nakano-san have short hair before? I don't remember that she took a haircut…" another girl said.

Fuutarou heard the whispers and talks about him and Ichika while they passed by, feeling annoyed.

"These people would make a lot of rumors in the future…" he thought.

Ichika didn't really mind what the others were saying about them, being focused on the hallway she was walking on.

With barely any students around, Ichika turned towards Fuutarou and gave him a gentle smile.

"And this is my classroom~ I'll see you after school, right~?" Ichika asked him in a flirty manner and winked at him, making Fuutarou blush as he looked to the side.

"Y-yeah… I'll s-see y-you…" Fuutarou muttered out.

As soon as Ichika went in to her classroom, Fuutarou then started walking to get to his classroom. During the walk, he spotted a redhaired girl with long hair patiently waiting for him. The girl noticed him and started to wave to get his attention.

"Uesugi-kun!"

Fuutarou blushed upon hearing the girl calling out to him. Hearing her voice and the way she called his name must mean it's the youngest quintuplet, Itsuki.

"H-hey, I-Itsuki…" Fuutarou awkwardly waved back, but Itsuki didn't mind it. Seems like from her point of view, she was happy that the young tutor waved back to her as she gave him a sweet smile.

"You almost got here late today, Uesugi-kun!" Itsuki said.

"A-ah, sorry about t-that… I-I met I-Ichika e-earlier and w-we b-both managed t-to l-lose t-track of the t-time…" Fuutarou awkwardly explained.

He was lucky he made it in time as both Fuutarou and Itsuki went to their classroom, got to their respective seats and waiting for the teacher to arrive to start the class.

Later after school, the two were done with the last class and are headed to find Itsuki's sisters for the next session.

"I thought for sure we wouldn't survive the last class…" Itsuki thought out loud.

"W-well, w-we did… A-anyway, I f-finished r-reviewing the s-sheets s-so l-let's go a-and f-find y-your s-sisters s-so w-we can s-start h-heading t-to your a-apartment…" Fuutarou said. Itsuki nodded and grabbed his hand, making the young tutor look at her.

"You're our tutor, so I trust you! Let's go!" Itsuki said with a smile while she began to drag him. Fuutarou sighed despite the blush leaving him.

"A-alright, alright… J-just d-don't d-drag m-me too h-hard…" Fuutarou said.

Upon getting near the entrance door, some girls noticed them and made whispers about them.

"They look so cute together! I've never seen Uesugi-kun fluster a lot around Nakano-san!" a girl whispered.

"Yeah, but… He's always with Nakano-san. I wonder what made her interested in him? He's always alone in class back then…" another girl whispered.

Fuutarou heard most of the whispers about them, but all he could do was ignore them. He was too focused on the redhead dragging him outside to meet her sisters while trying to get out of her grip. For some reason though, he just couldn't do it.

"W-why can't I…" Fuutarou muttered out, wondering why he couldn't let her hand go.

As soon as they got outside, he finally managed to get out of her grip and meet the rest of her sisters. Itsuki waved at them as she went to them while Fuutarou stood there.

"Is this another part of the curse? How strong is this?!" Fuutarou thought in frustration. He sighed and thought it was best to mention it when Kanna checks up on him.

"Oiii, Fuu-kun~ Aren't we going to study today?" Nino called out to him, making him blush. Fuutarou nodded and walked to their spot to greet the rest of the quintuplets.

"S-sorry a-about that… I s-spaced out f-for a m-moment," Fuutarou said. It was an obvious lie, but he didn't want them to know about the curse. At least not now.

Nino smirked at him while flicking her hair in an elegant matter.

"I bet you spaced out because of my beauty, Fuu-kun~" Nino flirted with him. Fuutarou could only look to the side, not really caring that his blushes are getting visible around the quintuplets.

"N-Not really…" Fuutarou said.

"Stop flirting with Fuutarou, can't you see you're making him uncomfortable?" Miku said as she dragged Nino a bit away from him.

"Hey! Stop pulling me!" Nino fought back, but to no avail as she was dragged away. Ichika chuckled at the two sisters as she walked to their direction too. Yotsuba went closer to him as she gave him a sweet smile while grabbing his hand to drag him towards her sisters gently.

"I can't wait for the next session, Uesugi-san! Did we pass your mock test?" Yotsuba asked eagerly.

Upon asking that question, Fuutarou gulped in nervousness and looked at the road in front of him.

"W-well… H-How should I p-put it…" Fuutarou muttered out.

At the Pentagon:

"What?! None of us passed the mock test?!" Nino exclaimed.

Fuutarou got nervous when Nino exclaimed her feelings about the test. She was clearly disappointed, but it was his second day so she had faith in her tutor.

"I'm sure you'll be able to help us remember what we need to learn, Fuu-kun~" Nino said, trying to comfort him.

"Well, e-even s-so… I c-could m-make a g-good study p-plan f-for w-what you a-all n-need t-to do b-better a-at t-through these t-tests, s-so we'll b-be s-studying a l-lot f-for a w-while…" Fuutarou explained.

"F-for this s-session, w-we'll b-be s-starting w-with improving h-history," Fuutarou explained further. This made Miku blush a lot, feeling happy that Fuutarou remembered her request.

"Ugh… History is going to be difficult and boring…" Nino muttered out, clearly feeling disappointed as imaginary clouds started pouring rain on her hair while she looked down.

"Lighten up Nino, I'm sure we'll be starting on another subject we lack at too if we do well at history!" Yotsuba happily exclaimed, making Nino's imaginary cloud vanish as she moved her head upwards and formed a smile.

"So what's after history, Fuu-kun~?" Nino asked him in a flirty manner, getting closer to him as she looked into his eyes.

"W-well… I w-was t-thinking h-history a-and E-English right a-after…" Fuutarou planned out, making Nino happy as English is her favorite subject.

"Then let's get studying already, Fuu-kun~! No time to waste, right~?"

Fuutarou's blush increased and observed Nino's sudden attitude. Is she really that aggressive to get what she wants?

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Apparently, she is…

During the study session, Nino kept getting his attention mostly to help her in questions she had trouble with. Fuutarou did his best explaining to her about their origins and story while Nino put her head in his shoulder as he explained. Such affections made him try harder to resist stuttering as he kept on explaining, but the blush didn't seem to cooperate while he was having trouble to control the rosy cheeks on both sides.

Miku noticed how much Nino took much of his time to help her, which made her pout as if she was jealous. She wanted Fuutarou to teach her more about what she didn't know in history, but it wasn't going as planned when Nino kept seeking for his help all the time.

"Fuutarou-" Miku kept asking for help, only to be interrupted by Nino again.

"Fuu-kun~ Is this answer okay?" Nino asked him while latching her arms to his left arm as she closed her eyes and leaned towards his shoulder as if he was her pillow. Fuutarou checked her answer and nodded awkwardly, but he was really impressed that she got it right after teaching her numerous times.

"W-wow… I'm impressed N-Nino… Y-you really p-paid attention t-to e-every d-detail I t-told y-you…" Fuutarou stuttered.

"Hehehe~ I'd prefer if you were my teacher instead of the teacher I have. He's so boring and explains so poorly in what we need to do," Nino said. It made Fuutarou's heartbeat go faster.

"I-Is that s-so… W-well, most t-teachers a-are l-like t-that i-in Asahiyama high s-school, which m-made m-most o-of u-us j-just t-take notes f-for t-the t-tests and e-exams." Fuutarou sadly explained.

"That's poorly done from the school, isn't it Uesugi-kun? They're supposed to teach us what we have to study for the upcoming exams…" Itsuki commented on the situation.

Fuutarou nodded as he sadly looked at the window.

"Y-yeah… It's b-been l-like t-that l-long before I s-started t-there, so in m-most o-of t-the c-classes, I j-just took n-notes f-for w-what m-materials I need t-to s-study f-for… J-just l-like what I p-planned out for y-you g-girls," Fuutarou explained. Upon hearing what he said, all the quintuplets found it touching that he would do his utmost to get them to pass.

"Uesugi-kun…" Itsuki muttered out as if her heart melted in happiness that he cares about them.

"A-anyway, we should s-start on E-English soon… We don't want to fall behind, okay cuties?" Fuutarou blurted out, making him turn away from the girls and blush very hard.

The quintuplets blushed upon hearing him calling them cute. All of them giggled as they were looking forward to what he has planned next. Fuutarou was still not looking forward to the next sessions if things kept going like he is now, but…

"I'll make this curse work… I'm going to make them pass with happy smiles on their faces!" Fuutarou thought confidently as he looked behind, noticing giggles from the girls.

"I'll definitely make it work, but there is still a lot I don't understand about the curse myself. Kanna better have good explanations about why I sometimes can't get out of their grips sometimes or why I blurt out compliments out of the blue!" Fuutarou also thought as he knew what he needed to do the next time he meets the witch.

You go, flustered boy!

Fuutarou is now determined to get the quints to pass, but he knew there were more he needed to ask the witch the next time he meets her.

Well, that's the story… Sorry that it was so short or slightly rushed, I had to mostly improvise the first 5 chapters (including the prologue since I didn't think this would be highly requested). With this chapter done, we are getting close to the fireworks festival chapter!

I definitely look forward to that part, do you look forward to the fireworks festival chapter too?

Well that's all from me! Until then, thank you for reading - ShadowLivy