Chapter 5: The First Date (Pt. 3)
3rd Person Pov.
The group was now walking towards the aquarium building to go get Yotsuba. The aquarium was bigger then the reptile building so it was going to take longer to find Yotsuba. Once they reached the building, they opened the doors to find the biggest aquarium ever. There tons of tall tanks that were storing all different kinds of sea creatures and there was a pathway with animals swimming all over it. (Like one of those tubes with fish and all that swimming over and around that you can walk in.) The group didnt know where to start. They stood there and just tried looking for Yotsuba's green ribbon. They didnt see it so they decided to split up and look for her on their own. As they were split up, Fuutarou saw a green ribbon near the tank with sharks. He made his way over to Yotsuba and took a seat right next to her. He looked at her and then stared at the tank.
"Look Yotsuba i'm sorry. I didnt mean to call you an idiot, it kinda just slipped out." Fuutarou stopped talking and then looked over at her again.
She was gone. He saw her ribbon running away and slipping into the crowd. Fuutarou then got up and started running towards her.
"Yotsuba wait!" Fuutarou yelled out at her.
She looked back and Fuutarou could see some tears rolling down her cheeks. She stopped in the middle and ducked down. Fuutarou was running into the crowd and once he got into the spot where Yotsuba was at, the crowd dispersed and there was no Yotsuba.
"That girl. She fast and tricky. But why was she crying? Probably cause of me. Damn it." Fuutarou thought.
He stood there and looked around. As he was looking around, a stand out green caught the corner of his eyes. When he turned back to the direction of the green he saw the ribbon. He made his way over to the bench and looked at Yotsuba. This time he took a seat and he kept his eyes on Yotsuba.
"Hey why are you crying? I dont like seeing you sad and down like that." Fuutarou said.
"Its just that I always want to make you happy but when you called me an idiot, it just made me feel sad and I couldnt take it." Yotsuba said between sobs. "I always want you to be happy but I cant do that if im not happy. Also when you said idiot it made remember our promise from kyoto and I realized that I never fulfilled my end of the agreement."
"Hey its ok. Im sorry I called you an idiot. I promise I wont do it again. And about our promise, you can still do it. Just take your time with it, you dont need to rush it." Fuutarou said while putting his arm around Yotsuba.
The two sat there for a bit while Fuutarou calmed her down. He then pulled out his phone and texted Ichika and Itsuki that he and Yotsuba were on a bench near the shark tank. After a few more minutes of waiting, the two sisters arrived and sat down next to Yotsuba and Fuutarou. They too also helped Fuutarou calm down Yotsuba.
"Thanks guys. I appreciate you being here." Yotsuba said as she dried her tears.
"Hey, thats what your boyfriend and sisters are here for." Itsuki replied.
Fuutarou blushed a little bit at the word boyfriend.
"Oh is someone not used to being called boyfriend?" Ichika said in a teasing tone.
"Well yea, i've never had a girlfriend before much less five girls at once." Fuutarou replied.
"Fufufu Fuutarou you player." Ichika said with her hand over her mouth.
The group sat there for a bit longer and waited until Yotsuba was fine.
"Hey Yotsuba, do you want to come with us to get your sisters or do you want to stay here?" Fuutarou asked.
"I'll go with you. You just better promise not to be mean to us again." Yotsuba said.
"I wont be that mean to you but i'll still tease you a bit." Fuutarou replied while smiling.
"Good with me!" Yotsuba said while jumping up.
"Looks like she's back to her old self." Itsuki stated.
The group then left the aquarium and started heading towards the next closet exhibit. The bird and flying creatures section of the zoo. The place was a big giant net type of thing so that all the birds wont fly out. Inside the net there was a bunch of beautiful flowers and trees. The four then entered the net with all the birds inside.
"Woah... this is a really beautiful place." Itsuki said while looking in amazement.
Yotsuba and Ichika was speechless and didnt say a single word. Fuutarou was also wowed by the colorful landscape of the inside of the bird enclosure.
"Ok, we can enjoy all these places later. First we need to find Nino." Fuutarou said to the three sisters.
There was only a main path to take with only a few detours along the way. But overall, the detours just connected back to the main path. The group then started to walk down the main path to try and find Nino. As they were walking they enjoyed looking at all the birds flying around. It was an amazing sight. After a few minutes of walking they saw the pink hair of a girl. She was standing with a bird on her finger and she was petting it. The group made their way over to her. They slowed crept up to her.
"I wish Fuutarou was here, but i also dont like how he was mean..." Nino said to the bird. "I just hope he could make it up to me and my sisters."
"Hey Nino." Fuutarou said while putting his hand on her shoulder.
Nino was shocked and the bird flew away from her finger. She looked at Fuutarou and said,
"Arrghh! Fuutarou you scared me. You're always ruining things. First you called me an idiot and now you ruined my time with this bird." Nino said with an angry tone.
"Look im sorry. I didnt mean too-" Fuutarou was then cut off by Nino sticking her tounge out at Fuutarou.
"Bleh. Im going to find Miku." Nino yelled while running off.
"Wait Nino!" Fuutarou yelled out but Nino didnt listen.
"Well thats ok you'll get her next time. Now we now where shes going next." Ichika said.
"Yeah bit I messed it up, shes now even more mad at me." Fuutarou said.
"Its ok Uesugi-san! I will support you on your adventure to make it up to all of us!" Yotsuba said cheerfully.
"Well lets go to where Miku is. Come on." Fuutarou said while leading the group out of the bird enclosure.
The group looked down at the map and went to find where all the bigger animals were. After searching for five seconds, they found a route that they could take. The group started walking and went to follow the route that they mapped out.
"Im not good at this boyfriend thing." Fuutarou said while sighing.
"Its ok Fuutarou, you'll get better in the future." Ichika said while patting his back.
"Hopefully I will because if I dont then you all will leave me and I dont want that to happen." Fuutarou said.
"We'll only leave you if you really are a terrible boyfriend. What you're doing right now is fine for all of us. We all also arent good at the dating thing so we all will need to work together to get better." Yotsuba said with a smile.
"That was the smartest thing ive ever heard come out of your mouth Yotuba." Fuutarou said.
"Hey I thought you wouldn't be mean to us anymore." Yotsuba said with a pout.
"I only said I wont be as mean as I was today. I will still tease a bit though." Fuutarou said while chuckling a little.
"Hmph. Well it is fine if you do that every now and then." Yotsuba said while giving Fuutarou a little punch on the arm.
After a few more minutes of walking they reached an area with a bunch of different enclosures and habitats next to each other. There were giraffes, elephants, deer, and many more animals there. The four were having fun looking at the animals but the one they were looking at the most was Nino and Miku. The two sisters were also walking and looking at the animals.
"How should I do this? Do I go up to them or what?" Fuutarou asked.
"I think you should walk ahead, then those two will see you and then want to talk to you." Itsuki suggested, "its not really that great of a plan but it should work."
"Ok got it." Fuutarou replied.
Fuutarou sped up his pace and started walking. He came up to them and then past them looking like he was looking for Nino. The two sisters noticed him and called his name. They also grabbed his shoulder to pull him towards them.
"Fuutarou is there anything you need to say to us." Miku said.
"Look im sorry. I've been trying to find everyone to apologize and its been working pretty well. Except for you Nino, you kinda just ran away from me." Fuutarou said.
"Well then i'll do it again." Nino said while turning around.
"Wait!" Fuutarou grabbed her hand, "Please just listen to me. I want to apologize to both of you. I know I shouldn't have called you an idiot. It just im new to this dating thing and I need your help so that I can get better. I promise I wont be mean to you like that anymore, and if I do, then you can break up with me. Please just give me a chance to make it better." Fuutarou said.
"That was a pretty good apology Fuutarou. Anyways, I cant stay mad at you forever. I will always love you, thank you for the apology." Milu said while going up to hug Fuutarou. Fuutarou also returned the hug.
"Well the apology doesnt work on me." Nino said.
"Come on Nino give Fuutarou another chance. He does have a point, he's new to all this dating stuff and we are too. We should help each other." Miku said.
"I'll forgive you Fuu-Kun as long as you spoil me as your girlfriend." Nino said with her face getting less angry.
"I guess I will as long as I can have you back." Fuutarou said with a smile.
"Ok then." Nino said with a smile.
"Come on lets go meet with your sisters." Fuutarou said while grabbing Miku and Nino's hands.
He pulled them and brought them to where Itsuki, Ichika, and Yotsuba were waiting.
"Glad to see you again." Ichika said.
"Yup, same here." Miku said.
"Ok im going to say this one more time to all of you. Im sorry for calling you an idiot. I hope you will forgive me and stay by my side. I know I made a mistake and I promise I wont be that mean to you again." Fuutarou said.
The sisters stared at Fuutarou for a little but then looked at each other. Finally they said,
"WE FORGIVE YOU FUU-KUN/FUUTAROU/UESUGI-SAN/UESUGI-KUN!" The sisters shouted at Fuutarou. They all also went to give him a hug.
"Thank you guys. It great to know you will still forgive me." Fuutarou said but a little muffled because he was being hugged tightly by five girls.
"So let's continue our date, where should we go?" Fuutarou asked.
