D: It's been a while! I'm sorry if I'm late again to my usual antics… I had to think of something while I had to come up.
Fuutaro: Is it really? Or were you just thinking of procrastinating until you had something to write about?
D: That, and also I have a hard time on how
Fuutaro: Where are the girls anyway?
D: They are probably in their chairs, hoping to see what you would've become.
Fuutaro: Also, the genre seems a bit misleading, don't you think?
D: Yeah, true that. Anyway, get on with the disclaimer!
Fuutaro: The author does not own any of us, or any of the Quintessential Quintuplets. All rights reserved, and they belong to their respective authors and owners.
"Fuutaro Uesugi has dropped out of school due to unknown reasons." The Homeroom Teacher finally said as to what happened to the tutor.
The room was filled with confusion, mixed reactions, and noise; Along with some sad faces, apparent in the Quintuplets' faces. They really can't understand at why the smart guy with cute five girls would disappear out from school. Not too soon, their classmates have been beginning to suspect if any of the Quints know what happened to him. They all went to them to ask if they have any news on him.
"Yotsu-chi! Do you know what happened to your tutor?" A girl asked the Oranged-Quintuplet, wondering if she knew anything about said news.
"I don't think so… Uesugi-san hasn't told anything about him dropping out. Do you guys know anything?" Yotsuba replied, hoping to get some answers from the girl.
"I don't think anyone saw or heard about this coming..." Girl replied back. Another of their classmates asked another Quintuplet about the same news.
"What about you Itsuki-san? Know anything?" The classmate asked the long red-hair quintuplet, still wondering about Fuutaro's drop.
"No news from me either." Itsuki replied, massaging her temples, trying to relax down. 'I hope you're okay Uesugi-kun… We're really worried about you so much. You still have many things to teach us, and many things that we want to do with you…' Itsuki hoped, but she knew that in order for things to clear up, they have to get the answer from the man himself. While some quintuplets are sad about the news, there are some other Quintuplets who are angry at him for disappearing on them.
"That nerve of that guy! I can't wait to let him get a taste of his medicine for disappearing on us!" Nino clicked her tongue while trying to strangle a pen, imagining it was his neck that was being strangled. "
"Now, now Nino, he surely must have his reasons on why he had to drop out, right Miku?" Ichika assured while she was looking for Miku, to no avail.
'Huh? Where's Miku gone to? Knowing her, I'm getting worried for her.' Ichika thought, worried about Miku's state. Knowing her, she might have gone to the rooftop to look for her.
The Triplets of the Quintuplets saw Ichika going out, and wondered where she was going.
"Where's Ichika going?" Itsuki Inquired.
"Was she going somewhere?" Yotsuba continued.
"Wait, where's Miku?" Nino asked, noticing Miku's absence.
"Probably the reason why Ichika went outside. She went to find Miku." Itsuki answered her own question.
"Its best if we just hope for the best of them, since Miku's attachment to Uesugi-san's far too deep. It's understandable if she took his leave hard." Yotsuba chimed in, knowing their sibling's plight and feelings for the tutor
'Still, just you wait Uesugi, I'll be getting your last name before you know it, even before Miku can even get you!' Nino thought. She went to ignore the other quintuplets, and went to open the window to smell the fresh air she feels. It reminds her of the times when he was still in their class.
At the rooftop; Miku's POV)
After reaching the rooftop, I try to look around if there's anything I can see. I only see some tables, chairs, and some benches along the side of the rail just enough to protect any student from falling down to their demise. For some time now, I try to scan my surrounding if anyone is around. To my delight, good thing no one is around here. My tears are almost about to burst any moment. I crawled to hide under the desk.
'I can't help it but think about Fuutaro. I just want him to explain why he had to drop out of school without ever telling us. Doesn't he care about us? Me? Are we just easily replaceable to him? Why did you disappear from us? Do you really love someone else rather than me, or my sisters? Are we just someone to play around? I just want you back… P-please! W-we want you back!'
I gripped my heart while sobbing uncontrollably. It's really painful for me that someone that you love and care would suddenly disappear without a trace. We just want to have some news about him. Is it that hard for him to say what he was planning to do from the start?
Just then, I heard someone calling out my name. "Miku?" said her. I didn't want someone to find out my vulnerable side just because I don't want anyone to view me as weak. To my surprise, Ichika was looking for me, wondering where I went for. I decided to stay silent for a while. Unfortunately, she found me out. Was it really unfortunate though? Ichika knows how much I love and care Fuutaro, but I don't think I can show her my vulnerable side to her. I tried to answer with a weak voice, trying to feign strong-will.
"Y-yeah?" I replied. Ichika being skeptical looked at me with a pain in her eyes, clearly wanting me to get better.
"Are you alright? You ran out of the classroom. I knew where to find you." She admitted.
"I'm alright. I just wanted to release some stress out. How did you know where to find me?" I told her a white lie. While I did want to release my stress out, there's something that's been bothering me and that something is the reason why I didn't want to vent out my pent-up feelings."
"Miku," Ichika sternly said. The concern in her voice is clearly resonating, making me much more vulnerable to her than before. "You can lean on me, and you can tell me anything you want. I promise I'll be here to listen for you." She finished, smiling sweetly at me.
"I-Ichika…" I weakly stuttered, tears almost coming back to fall, heart racing and beating fast, wanting to hug her. I'm still hesitating to tell her, especially how all of us sisters love him, and we'll be competing against each other,
"Shh, There there… Your big sister is here for you." She then hugs me and pats my head softly and gently. I can't hold it anymore. I want to cry. I want to release everything. Wanting to release out my pain, my tears, my worries, I decided to lean on Ichika for comfort. I hugged and clinged to her, telling her everything.
Rooftop; Ichika's POV)
Miku suddenly jumped towards my arms and clinged to me like she was scared of something. Seeing her so broken like this is so sad, it's making me want to cry as well. Wait, I'm the eldest here. I should act like it doesn't affect me. Then again, it hurts me to see Miku so fragmented because of him.
Miku sees me smiling at her. Her eyes looks so beautiful when she cries. It's like a poor puppy asking for help. Suddenly she asked me something that shocked me.
"Ichika? A-are you crying as well?" Miku asked me. What kind of question was that? I'm not crying… at first. Then, all of a sudden…
"E-eh?" My tears fell down without knowing that I already had them in the first place. 'E-eh? Why am I crying? Is there something wrong with me?' I asked to myself. It's strange. I thought I moved on from him? I already decided that I would be cheering and supporting Miku to get Fuutaro-kun's heart. So why? Why am I crying?
As if Miku sensed that I was internally in conflict, she hugged me tighter and whispered something that would break me down to my knees as well.
"You can cry on me Ichika. I know that you still haven't actually moved on from him." She whispered to me silently, making sure that I can hear.
"B-but, as your eldest sister I-" Before I can even finish my sentence, she shushed me, putting her index finger on my mouth, signaling that I didn't have to hide anything anymore. How come she was this smart on finding me out? Did she already know from the start that I've been hiding a facade?
"You're my sister, Ichika. Of course I would know. I knew that you were doing a ruse. I wouldn't be your sister if I was oblivious to how you feel about Fuutaro." Miku gave me her sincerest smile, still with tears intact. I'm grateful that I have a sister like Miku, as well as Itsuki, Nino, and Yotsuba.
"I-I can't… I don't want to show you my weak side in me M-" She suddenly hugged me tighter than before.
"Shh, you don't have to explain Ichika. Just let it all out. I'm here for you, we're here for you Ichika. Cry to your heart's c-content…" Miku finished, smiling and with tears about to fall again. Is it really alright for me to cry? I'm still hesitant to become vulnerable. I thought I told myself that I would put up a front to make sure that everyone depended on me? If that's the case, then how come I'm here, almost about to cry because of someone who I thought I had moved on from?
I saw Miku, while still hugging me, started to whisper again, this time, what she said made me break down with her.
"Ichika, you don't have to pretend anymore. You don't have to be strong for us. We all have our strengths and weaknesses. You're strong enough, but now I know, and we know, that you also have your limitations. Don't try to store your pain anymore Ichika. You can count on us. Just lean on us, please? We care for you Ichika, and we don't want to see you like this…" Miku finished saying these things to me. Why am I thinking that I should be strong for them… "I-I'm sorry Miku, but I can't take it anymore!" I grabbed her tightly, and started to cry. Damn it Fuutaro-kun! Why did you have to leave us?
I leaned on Miku's shoulders and started to tear up. It really hurts. I can't handle it anymore.
"We love you Ichika, remember that!" Miku blurted it out in front of me. The dam of my tears wasn't ltrying to hold anymore. It's begging at me to release them already. They're too much for my heart. It's too difficult to hide it any longer, and a long time at that one.
"I-I'm sorry! Fuutaro-kun, come back please! We miss you already! Damn it!" I loudly whispered, unable to control my emotions any longer. As if on cue, Miku was already crying with me.
"We're here for you, Ichika." Miku reassured me, making me cry even harder than before. Damn, who knew that crying would actually help make you feel better for yourself?
"Fuutaro-kun, we'll be-" I started, and Miku heard what I saidand finished my sentence for me.
"-waiting for you to come back" Miku finished. I knew she was this strong, and I'm proud of her as my sister, and one of my rivals for Fuutaro's love.
Meanwhile with the Other Quintuplets Excluding Miku and Ichika
Unbeknownst to the crying twins, were three other quintuplets, who saw the interaction between the two twins. They were starting to feel a throbbing pain from what they heard from their twins.
'What is this feeling? Huh?' Nino's thought haunted her. She didn't know what the foreign object was until Itsuki pointed it to her.
"Nino? Are you crying?" the red-haired girl pointed it out to her, still in disbelief to see someone like Nino tear up.
"Ha? Me? I'm not crying! I'm fine, I swear!" she hastily brushed, but her actions deemed otherwise.
"Say what you want Nino, but we can see that you're tearing up. It's… kinda… strange?"Yotsuba added. Still in shock, felt something fall down her cheeks.
'W-were they right? W-why do I f-feel tears?' Nino thought to herself. She looked at Yotsuba with curiosity, and was shocked to see…
"W-what's wrong Nino?"
"Y-Yotsuba? Are you alright?"
"What do you mean?"
"Your eyes…" Nino said, still with tears apparent in her face as well.
"What do you mean? I d-"Before she could even finish her sentences, she felt the same thing that Nino was feeling, albeit later after Nino pointed out that she was crying as well.
"O-oh my? I guess my body can't lie anymore." Yotsuba sighed in defeat and admitted, a bit exasperated.
"Oh, look at you guys, crying together." Itsuki chimed, showing feign of smile in her mouth.
Yotsuba and Nino was staring at her, and told the red-haired that was commenting about their tears something.
"Look at your face." Yotsuba said with a broken smile that was still apparent in her face.
"Ha! Says the one who's almost about to cry!" Nino added, pouting at her sister's comment.
"Eh?" Itsuki blinked once. Twice. Thrice, until she feels something wet on her face, and streaking down her face faster than she can even fathom. 'A-am I crying as well?' She thought, lost in her thought. "But why? I'm not thinking about anyone, right? I'm crying because I see my sisters crying as well, right? That's just it?" She added. She tapped her heart, with a heavy feeling.
'If the only reasons were just because of my sisters, then it's understandable. But why? Why is there an empty void in my heart that I only want someone that I know to fill?' Itsuki clenched her chest much harder, before falling down to her knees, thinking about someone they knew, and unfortunately, all of the Quintuplets want to find and keep him to himself.
'Uesugi-kun… Please come back. We just want to see you already!' Itsuki kept repeating and repeating until she completely broke down and is just looking at the floor, with eyes as cold and lifeless as the highest point of a mountain.
Nino, seeing her sister, also crying, looked at Yotsuba with understanding. She went to kneel along with Itsuki, and hugged her sister, just like how Miku and Ichika hugged each other.
"Itsuki, it's alright. Just cry it all out. Let it all out. We're here for you." Nino finally said, after some silence. Yotsuba, on the other hand, want to console her sister as well. She then went to Nino and Itsuki's side and hugged Nino and Itsuki.
"Nino…. Yotsuba…" She looked at them with red eyes, obvious from crying out because of Fuutaro. "You're the best sisters I ever had!" She exploded and tightened her grasp on the two Quintuplets.
"We're here for you, Itsuki. Just let it all out. We're Quintuplets, right? The pain of a quintuplet is the pain of all quintuplet." Nino sweetly comforted, until Yotsuba found that Nino was almost about to burst. She saw that Nino was biting her lips, as if she didn't want to cry.
"Nino, you do know that you can just cry it all out right?" Yotsuba said with a sadden look in her eyes, not wanting to see her pained Quintuplet's teary eyes.
"I mean, I-I'm not crying at all! I promise!" Nino then brushed her eyes off, just to be interrupted by Itsuki and Yotsuba, and hugged her sister. They both knew that Nino isn't the one to admit being weak and being vulnerable.
"Shhh, you don't need to explain a-anymore." Yotsuba added, trying not to break down with her sister.
"W-want to cry with me then?" Itsuki added, still with tears forming in her eyes.
"B-but, I d-don't l-" Nino was met with an index finger, coming from Yotsuba. She looked at her Quint's eyes with a pouting glare.
"You don't have to pretend anymore Nino. We know that you're in love with Uesugi-san from the start. The problem is that all of us fell with the same guy." Yotsuba smiled sweetly, before tearing down again, and with Itsuki as well.
Nino started tearing up, can't able to contain her emotions and shouted loudly.
"I HATE YOU UESUGI! I'M GOING TO BEAT YOU UP FOR MAKING US LIKE THIS!" Nino exclaimed, much to their crying sisters' amusement. Both Itsuki and Yotsuba hugged Nino. Nino wasn't able to contain it anymore, and cried loudly, thinking about the thing that transpired that fateful day.
'Looks like she was able to confess her feelings again for Uesugi-san.' Yotsuba thought, while smiling. Her smile then turns to a sad and broken Yotsuba. 'Uesugi-san you idiot.' She whispered, while crying silently.
"With them, I'll be able to get through with this. I love my sisters so much, just as how much I love Uesugi-kun." Itsuki whispered as well, and cried along with Itsuki and Yotsuba.
At this point, all of the five quintuplets were crying. Not because they failed, not because of their grades, but because of a certain person that they all fell in love with.
(Meanwhile… at an unknown location)
A certain yellow-haired boy was at the comfort room, thinking silently about the Nakano Quintuplets, regretting something. He washed his face, and thought silently.
"I'm sorry you guys. I love my family just as much as I love you all. I don't want my family to live with debts anymore. I'll promise you that I won't be long, and that I'll be making you all of my wives, so that we can live freely to our content."
He opened his eyes, full of determination and called a certain number to report something.
"
Hello? I've done my first trial."
"Very good, we'll be wiring you the first of your prizes as a way to not get disheartened. Expect a mail containing money. Think of it as your first inclusion to continue this way.
"Alright. I will be expecting it."
"Don't fail us, Kintaro."
"I won't."He hanged up the phone, and went outside the comfort room, while looking at the night sky.
"It won't be any long, my beautiful quintuplets. I'll be inviting you to live with me very soon."
He went on his way, to finish his second trial, knowing that he finished the first one, expectant of the future, thinking about how he will fix his relationships with them.
"Just you wait, you guys."
D: I'm sorry for the late update guys! I didn't know what to write, not gonna lie!
Miku: Are you sure? Or you were just lazy to write as usual?
D: Shhh, stop that Miku!
Ichika: Don't be like that Miku, he went to finish this storyline and tried to add some more conversations for us!
D: Ichika…
Ichika: Of course, I don't think it'll be suffice to please the readers, isn't that right readers!?
D: Oh come on! I did my best to write this, aight? It took me like, what? 1 hour to write 1500 words?
Nino: Oh please, some more people would do much better with more than 1500 words!
D: Why are you guys like this?
Nino: Because, it's fun making of you? Duh!
D: Wow, just. Wow.
Yotsuba: Anyway, readers-san, have you figured out what the first trial was?
Miku: Wait, Lance-san… You like Warlods? Which one!? I really like Nobunaga! His face, his depiction, his armor, I like it all!
Itsuki: Anyway, I hope you guys would read, follow, or review D-kun's story! Stay tuned for the next chapter! Also, can any of the readers answer me: How much words are usually there in a multi-chaptered story? I had to ask for D-kun since he suddenly disapp- wait, where is he and Uesugi-kun anyway? Eh, doesn't matter. Let me eat! Shtay Tyuned for Nyext Chaptyer!