Chapter 5

Nino hurriedly got off me and scowled, "Are you serious? How the hell are you our tutor? You're a high schooler just like us! And how in God's name did you even know my name?"

As she complained I got up and dusted myself off, "Miku told me who you were on our way up here, and yeah, I am a high schooler, and the smartest one in our year level. I believe that I'm more than qualified to tutor people who's grades are way below average."

Miku winced at my comment and Nino couldn't help but stare in disbelief. "You... you've got a lot of nerve, Uesugi! Go away! We don't need you here! Scram!"

I sighed, Nino was the same as usual, always such a hassle to deal with at first. I looked to Miku and rubbed the back of my head, "You weren't kidding when you said Nino was hard to handle, would it be alright if I head in now? Or am I really not welcome?"

Miku shook her head, "Of course you can come in. Just ignore Nino for now, you'll get used to her eventually." And with that we entered the suite, albeit under the death stares of Nino. We had just entered the living room when we saw Itsuki going down the stairs.

Itsuki seemed rather concerned as she walked down. "What's with all the commotion? I could hear Nino screaming all the way from my room!" And after seeing me, the look of surprise on her face was obvious. "U-Uesugi-kun? What are you doing here?"

"I'm the tutor your dad hired."

The look on her face changed from that of surprise to that of suspicion, "Wait, you knew all of this before meeting me? Was that why you ate lunch with me earlier?"

"No! I ate lunch with you earlier because I truly wanted to be your friend! I only found out about me being your tutor when I arrived here with Miku. I was picking some stuff up at the library when I met her, then one thing led to another and now we're here!"

Miku nodded. "I can attest to the fact that was all a coincidence."

Nino rolled her eyes, "You're only agreeing because you like him! Losers like him are your type, aren't they?"

Miku blushed at the comment and I only shook my head. "You also fell for this same loser, you idiot." I thought to myself.

"Anyways... why don't we get the rest of you and start with introductions, shall we?"

Itsuki raised her hand to get my attention "I think it'll be better if you see them individually first, Uesugi-kun. Most times people feel overwhelmed when they see all of us together."

"I guess that's understandable, could you lead me to their rooms then?"

As we headed up the stairs Miku called out to me, "I guess I'll take a shower then while you guys are at it, see you later, Fuutarou!"

Itsuki was silent at first as we went up the stairs till she suddenly blurted out an apology. "I'm sorry for suspecting you earlier. That was extremely rude of me!"

"Well, I wouldn't blame you. If I were in your shoes I would have done the same thing, so there's no need to worry about it! Now who's room are we going to first?"

Itsuki gave a sigh of relief at what I said. "The closest room to here is Ichika's, so I suppose we can introduce you to her first. I do have to warn you that her room is rather... messy." Itsuki opened the door only for a mountain of dirty laundry to collapse on her. I pulled her away just in time as the mountain came crashing down to the floor.

"You okay, Itsuki? Damn, you weren't kidding when you said the room was messy! This could have ended terribly if we made one wrong move." I laughed, unaware that I was still holding Itsuki close to me.

Itsuki's face was as bright as her hair, this was the closest she's ever been to a guy and it was clearly something she wasn't used to. "Ummm... Uesugi-kun? C-c-could you let go of me now?"

"Oh! Sorry about that. I guess I got caught in the moment."

"A...anyway! We got head further into the room to see Ichika, she's probably taking her afternoon beauty nap right now."

"Well, never knew beauty naps were actually a thing girls do... but lead the way, Itsuki."

We entered the room and carefully made our way to Ichika's bed, which was covered in old laundry. Itsuki started poking a mound on the furthest side of the bed. "Ichika! Our tutor's here. Wake up already!"

A hand reached out of the blanket and was about to yank it off entirely. Knowing full well that Ichika sleeps in the nude, I turned away to give her some privacy.

Ichika yawned as she got out of bed. "He's here already? Didn't dad say he'll be here by 5:00 pm?"

Itsuki sighed. "You forgot to set your alarm again, didn't you? It's already 5:10 pm, and he's already in the room to introduce himself to you."

Ichika turned her head towards me and yelped, covering herself up with her blanket. "You... you didn't see anything, did you?"

I shook my head. "I didn't, I had a feeling you slept in the nude given how you take care of your room, let's just say I knew someone just like you. I'll see myself out then, I'm sure you feel uncomfortable changing with someone you don't know right in front of you"

Someone suddenly placed their hand on my shoulder, I felt someone's breasts press onto my back as she said. "And who said I was the type who couldn't change with someone else around? It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Tutor..."

I nearly jumped at how Ichika had surprised me. "God! That was quick! Well it's nice to meet you too, Ichika. Why don't you head down to the living room while I introduce myself to Yotsuba?"

Itsuki stared at me in confusion. "I never told you Yotsuba's name... how did you know?"

I froze in place at the sudden question. "Well I uh... found out the pattern to your names! Ichi (一) for Ichika, Ni (ニ) for Nino, Mitsu (三) for Miku, and Itsu (五) for Itsuki. The only one remaining would be Yotsu (四つ), and the only name that comes to mind that starts off with that would be Yotsuba! I was just hoping I got her name right, otherwise I would have made a fool of myself!"

Itsuki nodded, "Well, I never thought someone would ever figure out our naming pattern without us telling them... your way of analyzing things is superb, Uesugi-kun! No wonder father chose you as our tutor!"

"I appreciate the flattery Itsuki, but it's nothing much. By the time I'm done tutoring you guys you'll be able to do the same. Now why don't we head on to Yotsuba's room, then?"

"Sure! It's right across the hall."

We exited Ichika's room and headed on over to Yotsuba's. I could hear what seemed to be a treadmill before Itsuki knocked and opened the door. And as expected, Yotsuba was running on a treadmill, listening to some music.

She saw us enter the room and clumsily fell off the treadmill, luckily she landed on several animal plushies to soften her fall.

I went to her and helped her stand up. "Hey, you alright? That would have been a nasty fall if it weren't for these plushies."

She stared at me as if I were a long-lost friend, which in hindsight was true. I hadn't seen her in five years in this life and she knew who I was all along in my previous one. "Yeah... I'm fine! Are you the new tutor dad hired for us? I'm Yotsuba! Nice to meet you!"

"Likewise, my name's Fuutarou Uesugi by the way. Now I know we just met, but why don't we all head down to the living room to start off our first tutoring session?"

As Istuki went out first, I noticed that Yotsuba was staring at me, "Everything okay, Yotsuba? You've been staring at me for a while now, do I remind you of someone?"

"Ah! To be honest, yes, you do! It was a boy I met a few years ago. You just give off the same vibe as him, although your personalities seem to be exact opposites of each other."

"I see... well I'm sure you'll see them eventually; c'mon we have a tutoring session to do!"

We exited her room and headed down the stairs, I saw Nino baking cookies and slipping some unknown powder into a glass of water, no doubt an attempt to drug me to get me out of the suite.

I stood at the dining table and cleared my throat. "Alright everyone gather up! I had made a copy of the last mock exam we had, and I need you guys to answer it. This'll help me figure out what we need to target first. So please do your best!"

"Can't we have some snacks first before we answer that silly test of yours? After a long day of school we do need this kind of break after all." Asked a defiant Nino.

I sighed, "Alright, I guess a small snack break wouldn't hurt. But we start the test in 30 minutes, no later than that!"

The quints all cheered at the thought of a delayed test and started munching on the cookies Nino had baked.

Nino then offered a plate of cookies to me, "Here, wouldn't want you teaching us on an empty stomach after all." I looked at her with suspicion before she picked up a cookie and ate it. "If you're thinking if I put poison in it, I wouldn't dare do that to food, it's just a waste. So go and eat up now!

My stomach grumbled just as she said it and I reluctantly ate the cookies. As expected of Nino, the cookies tasted pretty damn good, and if my memory serves, Nino was about to drug me.

Just as I predicted, Nino made her way to me, a glass of water in her hand. "So Uesugi, what kind of deal did you make with Papa? You don't seem like the type who willingly tutors others after all."

"It was a weird deal to be honest, ¥25,000 a day seemed way too good to be true, and now I figured out why this tutoring gig paid so much."

"I see... well you could always quit, you know? To be honest we don't need a tutor, I'm sure we can handle this all on our own somehow."

With that all her sisters glared at Nino, "Ugh! Fine, I hate to admit it but we do need one, we're all pretty stupid academically, if our scores are this bad. Anyways, have some water. The cookies leave a dry feeling in your mouth if you eat too many of them."

She handed me a glass of water, which I ended up placing on the table. "Do you really think giving your tutor some water spiked with a sleep inducing drug is something you'd wanna do? I get that you don't want me here, but isn't that too extreme?"

Nino's smug smile immediately turned into a scowl. "What are you talking about? That's just a glass of water! Why would you think I'd spike it with a drug?"

"Well you've been hostile towards me ever since I got here, so thats the main reason. And secondly, I saw you putting some white powered into the drink as I was going down the stairs earlier, you weren't exactly sneaky about it by the way."

With that, all the remaining quints looked at Nino suspiciously. Nino was red with anger at this point and grabbed me by my collar. "That is absurd, and you know it, Uesugi! There's no way I'd stoop as low as to drug someone!"

I handed her the glass, "Then you wouldn't mind drinking this in front of your sisters, then? If you can prove right here and then that you're innocent, then I'll quit being your tutor, deal?"

Nino hesitated for a moment; I already had her trapped. Whether she drank it or not this will still confirm that the water's been spiked. Nino sighed and took the glass and drank the contents. "See? Told you it wasn't spiked! I do need to go to the bathroom though, so if you'll excuse me..."

I followed her as she shakily walked to the bathroom. She scowled at me, barely able to keep herself upright. "Why the hell are you following me? You... damn... pervert..." She nearly fell face first if it weren't for me catching her just as she fell asleep.

"Yep... shouldn't have put in that much in the water, Nino."

Miku walked up to me and bowed her head. "I'm so sorry Fuutarou! I never knew Nino would stoop this low just to get you to quit!"

Itsuki got her phone and started typing a message. "Same here! I'll inform father about the situation, I'm sure he'll compensate you for Nino's rash behavior and—"

"There's no need for that, Itsuki. I know where Nino's coming from. A stranger suddenly becoming a part of your lives is something anyone would be wary of, especially for someone as family-oriented as Nino. Informing your father about this would only make it worse."

Itsuki nodded. "Alright, if you say so... but that won't stop me from scolding Nino later!"

A small smile showed on my face, "Be my guest, she'll take it better than me scolding her, thats for sure. Anyways I'll be dropping off Nino at her room."

"I could lead you to it!" said Yotsuba as she helped me carry Nino.

We were already carrying Nino up the stairs when Yotsuba suddenly spoke up. "Thanks for taking care of Nino, even if she was being so mean to you. I know she's not exactly easy to handle, and I appreciate how you still watch out for her, despite only just meeting her."

"It's no problem. She reminded me of a friend of mine, always trying to drive me away at first because I could ruin the dynamic she had with the people she loved, before finally becoming close friends. She was a precious friend of mine till a certain incident separated me from her, and seeing Nino just reminded me of her."

After hearing that, Yotsuba became silent, probably because she didn't want me to remember any bad memories. Once we reached Nino's room, I carried her on my own already. "Don't worry about me, I've got this, you should probably go down and tell the others to start on the test I made."

Yotsuba nodded and headed down, screaming at the top of her lungs saying that they need to answer the test.

I entered Ninos room and moved towards her bed. I placed Nino on it and draped her blanket over her. "You know, you've always been a pain in my ass, but still this didn't stop you from being one of my closest friends, hopefully the same thing happens in this life."

After making sure Nino wouldn't fall over in her sleep I made my way downstairs again. Luckily all the girls were answering their tests. "Given how much drama happened during our first day. I'll let you guys use the entire night to answer the test, make Nino answer it too when she wakes up. I'll see you guys tomorrow then!"

Ichika looked up from her test paper and smiled, "Ara~ you aren't quitting after what Nino did? Talk about dedication, Fuutarou-kun!"

I smirked, "Why would I quit after a minor prank like that? And it's funny you say that, since my dedication can't even begin to compare to yours, Ichika!"

She didn't understand what I meant, judging by the confused look on her face. But after a while she dismissed whatever thoughts, she had about it and continued taking her test. After watching them for a few more moments I quietly slipped out of the apartment, hopefully their scores would be at least a little higher now given how focused they were, but I guess I'll have to wait till tomorrow to find out…