The Quintessential Maids!

by LanceSennin

AU. The quints make a bet against Fuutarou in which the loser becomes the other's maid/butler for a week. The only way for them to win is if they pass a bunch of exams without anybody failing. Can they do it? Rated M, Fuutarou x Harem, trying my best to give everyone the love they deserve. New update out!

5. Radiance of Red

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"Ichika, this isn't fair!"

"I wanted to spend time with Fuu-kun before going home!"

"Is that so? Well, I'm going to have to borrow Fuutarou-kun for a while, okay? I just need him to keep track of my lines and see if I still have them memorized."

Fuutarou could only sigh in defeat as not only two, but three of the Nakano sisters were now fighting over him on a daily basis, made possible with Ichika's confession a few days ago. The girl didn't hesitate to tell her sisters about it during breakfast the morning after he made love to her, saying that she confessed her true feelings towards their tutor and would actively pursue his feelings from now on.

While he was still resting on the couch at the time, he could hear their varying reactions all the way from the kitchen.

Miku and Nino were surprised at first, but looked at their elder sister as a new rival in love afterwards, before making their own declarations that they won't let themselves lose. Yotsuba was silent for a few moments, before a smile broke out on her face as she blurted out her excitement to be Uesugi-san's maid very soon. While she looked strangely oblivious to what happened to her elder sister, Itsuki was the opposite. The redhead glared at her tutor who was on the couch and began to blame him for this worsening rivalry between quintuplets. Itsuki also made it clear that she would stay the same even after having her turn as Fuutarou's maid, unlike her sisters who had 'fallen for Uesugi-kun's charms'. According to her, it was 'because of Uesugi-kun, her sisters couldn't understand the meaning of family anymore, because this whole race for his feelings was cutting their ties with each other.'

Of course she would do something like that.

Naturally, Fuutarou paid no heed and tried going through this school week the usual way. They had school for five whole days, the maid thing wouldn't be a bother and he'll just scold three particular quintuplets if they try anything that gets in the way of their school work. When he finally felt his condition getting better around Monday afternoon, he bid farewell to the girls and headed home, while also cancelling their tutoring session for that day.

Things finally went back to normal the day after that, with him going back to school and being able to return to his duties as the quints' tutor. Surprisingly, everything was going well so far, and there was no such attempt made by Ichika, Nino, or Miku to try and get into his pants as much as he was expecting it (who's the pervert now?), with the only thing those three have been doing was sneak some kisses here and there when they had the chance. For that, he only gave them a light scolding each time they did it, although he could tell that they weren't really taking him seriously when he caught them giggling as he spoke.

But now, he could say that his problems have come back to haunt him.

"We can all spend time with Fuutarou right now, so nobody feels left out. Whatever it is you're going to do, do it later when we get home." Miku said, pouting at her elder sister.

"Although I don't usually see eye-to-eye with Miku here, she has a point." Nino pointed out, crossing her arms and looking at Ichika with narrowed eyes. "This seems suspicious, dragging Fuu-kun away and heading home before us. You couldn't have done this before the day we agreed on having ice cream together?"

Prior to all of this, the quints were planning to treat their beloved tutor out for some ice cream as a little token of gratitude and would drag his ass to the ice cream parlor that Itsuki suggested they go to, whatever his answer was. It just so happened that Ichika told them out of nowhere that she needed Fuutarou to help her out with her acting and keep track of the lines she was supposed to have memorized. Right now, things weren't really going well for everyone and the blue-haired tutor felt like he was useless at this very moment.

"But if I did, then I'd be disturbing Fuutarou-kun while he was tutoring us. I don't want to do that, especially now when we're all having really good progress in our grades!" Ichika replied with an innocent smile on her face. However, Fuutarou could already tell that she had hidden intentions beneath that look and he could only roll his eyes as a result.

"E-Even so…" Itsuki piped up, joining the 'argument' with a troubled expression on her face. "Can't you do this once we get home after we go that ice cream parlor, Ichika? We did plan on doing this with Uesugi-kun a few days ago and you're backing out now? How shameful, and dragging Uesugi-kun with you, no less. Seriously, what brought this on?" There was a hint of irritation in her tone, but Itsuki managed to hide it perfectly well underneath her 'mature' personality.

Ichika sighed and looked down in defeat. "Look, I'm really sorry about this, everyone… but I couldn't find a better time to ask Fuutarou-kun to do this. I need the lines memorized and perfected tomorrow… I already said why I didn't want to tell Fuutarou-kun for the past few days and I can't do it later on, either."

"And why's that?" Nino continued to look at her sister suspiciously.

"Because Yotsuba is supposed to be Fuutarou-kun's maid later, silly! Did you guys already forget about that? Yotsuba and Itsuki still have to complete their side of the bet, but I guess Nino and Miku forgot about it because the three of us are already done." Ichika exclaimed, covering her mouth in an attempt to hide her laughter.

Slowly, everyone else's eyes widened in realization as they looked towards the fourth quintuplet, who looked as equally surprised as they were. That's right, how could they have forgotten that? Were they too focused on their sessions that that bet slipped past their minds? Wow, since when did they become this focused on their tutoring sessions that it led to them forgetting something they shouldn't have? Did Uesugi rub off on them or something? Apparently, even Fuutarou himself was surprised that they realized it just now, when they were going to continue where they left off.

"Oh, that's right! I'm going to be Uesugi-san's maid today!" Yotsuba blurted out, breaking the silence and basically confirming Ichika's words.

"Now do you get my point? I'm really sorry for not following the plan, but… it's not like I have any other choice." The pink-haired quint continued to smile, just as her sisters let out a sigh, all except for Yotsuba. Ichika did have a point, now that they thought about it.

"I guess… but what do we do?" Miku's voice cut through the tension as though she was still determined to do something even though the chances of them getting to eat out altogether was basically gone now.

"Hmm…" Ichika mused, putting her finger on her chin as she thought about a possible solution. "Well… you could go and buy me and Fuutarou a pint of our own when you three get to that ice cream parlor Itsuki told us about. That way, when you get home, we can eat ice cream altogether while having a movie marathon or something!"

Slowly, the other quints thought about Ichika's idea, and Yotsuba was the first to give her opinion on it the only way that someone like her would. Fuutarou, on the other hand, rolled his eyes. They were supposed to have another study session today to finish the week off, but he wasn't so sure if he could do a good job when he has to go through, uhm… certain circumstances as well.

"That sounds fun! Let's do it!" she cheered on, clenching her fists in excitement as she bounced up and down.

"But that would kill the reason why we're doing this in the first place." Nino said, trying to see if there was another way they could solve things. On one hand, she understood Ichika's reason for doing this but on the other, she wanted to spend time with Fuu-kun as well. It's what she had been waiting for ever since school for the week was finally over. "Eating our ice cream at home won't feel different than all the other times we did it."

"Well, I don't think I can think of any other way we can do this, Nino…" Ichika pouted, before she flashed a gentle smile towards her sister. "If you have another idea, please do share it with us. We'd love to listen to what you have in mind."

Nino looked embarrassed for a few moments before she huffed, looking away in slight annoyance. "Whatever. Let's just go with your plan." she said while crossing her arms, causing Ichika to giggle at her sister in amusement.

"I see no other way. I agree with what Ichika suggested." Itsuki nodded her head in agreement, while Miku threw a thumbs-up as her way of showing her answer.

"It seems that all of us have our answer… but how about you, Fuutarou-kun?" All pairs of eyes suddenly went towards the young tutor, who seemed confused. How did he get involved in this? It wasn't up to him to make the decision. "Is it okay with you if my sisters just buy you something from the ice cream parlor?"

Fuutarou looked surprised with Ichika's question. Was she really asking him that? Even the quints were expecting an answer from him that he couldn't find himself just brushing them off and telling them to do whatever they wanted.

"Y-Yeah, sure…" he muttered, scratching the top of his head as though he had no idea what to do. "Thanks for the offer, I guess…"

"Well, that's the answer we're looking for!" Ichika chuckled, noticing how Fuutarou looked overwhelmed for a second. Even the other quints were quite amused with the young man being caught off guard right there. She turned towards her sisters, as they clearly knew what was going to happen next. "I guess we'll see you all later. Be sure to bring home a pint for me and Fuutarou-kun, 'kay? Take care, everyone!" With that, Ichika latched herself towards her tutor's arm as the two walked away, with Fuutarou blushing at the pink-haired quint's sudden action the whole time.

"Stay safe, you two!" Itsuki waved her hand towards them, a warm smile plastered on her face.

"Oi, Ichika! We want to spend time with Fuu-kun too! Don't go hogging him to yourself by the time we get home!" Nino called out to her elder sister, narrowing her eyes slightly. By the time that the two were finally out of sight, the purplette sighed to herself. "There goes my chance of sitting beside Fuu-kun at the ice cream parlor…"

"We can still be with Fuutarou once we get home." Miku looked towards Nino with a calm expression, not that affected as she was earlier regarding Ichika going home with Fuutarou ahead of them.

"Yeah, I know… we better get going, though. The sooner we get home, we can be with Fuu-kun again. Because, you know…" she looked towards Yotsuba and raised her eyebrows to point it out. "Yotsuba's gonna have her turn now. Fuu-kun's attention will obviously go towards her when that happens."

Miku nodded in agreement, just as the rest of the quints finally took off for their intended destination. The trip towards the parfait place was a bit quiet, save for Nino and Miku doing their usual banter and Yotsuba looking deep in thought about something. That alone had her sisters thinking if something was wrong, but brushed that thought aside. She might just be thinking of what she would do later on as Uesugi's maid.

Gripping her bag tight, Itsuki broke the silence as she looked at her sisters with a slightly red face. "What ice cream flavor s-should we get for U-Uesugi-kun? W-What do you think he'll like?"

This quickly got the attention of her sisters, turning their heads towards Itsuki in slight confusion. Why was she asking this in the middle of walking towards the ice cream place? Shouldn't they be thinking about this by the time they get there? Also, it was peculiar that Itsuki was concerning herself with such things… perhaps…

"Woah Itsuki, what brought this up?" Nino voiced out with an eyebrow raised.

"I-I'm just… being concerned with what our tutor would want us to buy him…!" Itsuki quickly blurts out to defend herself, waving her hands in front of her. "We should've asked him earlier, but k-knowing him, he would most likely go for what is affordable and cheap…"

"That's not what I meant. I'm asking why you're bringing this up now, when we aren't even there yet. Are you feeling nervous that Fuu-kun won't like the flavor we pick for him~?"

"I-I'm just being precautious, Nino! We might end up buying something he doesn't like, and all of this would be a waste of time!" the redhead quickly denied with a huge blush on her face, causing her three sisters to laugh at her embarrassed reaction. Itsuki immediately pouted while turning her head away. "Muuu! I'm only concerned with what our tutor would want to eat, and you three have to make such a big deal out of it…!"

"I don't think you should worry about it," Nino shrugged. "I'm sure he'll accept whatever flavor we pick for him, whether it's cheap or not. Heck, he's already grateful that we're doing this for him."

"Fuutarou is not a picky person," Miku spoke up. "Whatever we buy him, he'll accept it and thank us for it."

Itsuki looked at her two sisters suspiciously. Ever since they had been Fuutarou's maids for a day, many things have changed about them which led to something good and something bad. And well, she looked at their tutor as the one at fault here.

"You two seem like you know him quite more than me and Yotsuba already, judging from how sure you are of yourselves… d-does it have something to do with… being Uesugi-kun's maid?"

Nino and Miku looked at each other for a few moments before the purplette decided to speak for the two of them. From talking about what ice cream flavor Fuutarou would want, their conversation eventually led to their relationship with the guy. "What are you trying to say?"

"Uhm, well… this may just be my speculation, but I've noticed some changes with the two of you ever since you had your turns in being Uesugi-kun's maid." Itsuki said in a professional manner, like a detective investigating a crime scene. "Miku has been more confident in herself for the past week, and she doesn't worry about being the odd one among us anymore. She's courageous enough to even… uhm, k-kiss Uesugi-kun in front of her sisters. For Nino, she has been less violent towards him and shows her caring personality more often now. And now with Ichika fulfilling her side of the bet, she too, has exhibited changes that I'm not sure of just yet."

"I guess you could say that." Nino shrugged again, not even denying Itsuki's words. "But what does that have to do with being Fuu-kun's maid?"

"W-What did he do while you were his maids? Did he tell you to do something that forced you to change how you act? Or… perhaps he did something to you that made you want to throw yourselves at him shamelessly?!"

Miku blushed deeply, finding Itsuki's assumptions insanely close to what went down between her and Fuutarou a week ago. Nino however, remained composed and simply gestured for their youngest sister to calm down. "Woah, woah, that's kind of a long shot, don't you think? You make us seem like we're horny sluts or something…"

"I'm sorry, it wasn't my intention to refer to it that way! It's just…" Itsuki quickly bowed her head in shame. "I find it ridiculous that you would change in such a short amount of time, just from being Uesugi-kun's maid…! Something must have happened in that span of time, and Uesugi-kun is the one behind it!"

"I don't think Uesugi-san has anything to do with this, Itsuki." Yotsuba spoke up on behalf of Fuutarou. "He's not the kind of guy who would take advantage of Ichika, Nino, and Miku. He even tried to have us forget about the bet in the first place, right?"

"Yotsuba, neither of us are in their positions." Itsuki turned her attention towards the fourth quintuplet. "This is why I'm confronting them about this issue."

"Fuutarou has nothing to do with this. Me and Nino, and now Ichika, simply chose to be honest with our feelings." Miku said, defending their tutor from a preposterous accusation. "If you've been watching us ever since we 'changed', then you must have noticed Fuutarou too. He hasn't changed and in fact, he gets flustered when we do something."

"Does being honest with your feelings include fighting with your sisters on a daily basis?! Would you really throw away your family over a boy whom you all have feelings for?!" Itsuki said incredulously, looking at Miku with a horrified expression.

Nino sighed and stepped forward, throwing her arms out between her two younger sisters. "Alright, that's enough. We're not here to argue about Fuu-kun. We're supposed to be buying him and Ichika as well as ourselves some ice cream. Now we can't do that while we're aiming our mouths at each other, can we?"

"I honestly can't understand you, Nino! One moment you're being mature like this, and then before we know it, you're back to arguing with Miku about Uesugi-kun! It's like you're having the mood swings of a pregnant woman lately, and it's always about Uesugi-kun, isn't it?"

The second quintuplet looked at Itsuki for a moment before she brought her hand up to her face, sighing in defeat once again. This will never end if their youngest sister kept on pestering them for answers.

"Look, I can't really explain it because it's not something that you can use simple words on. You're gonna have to find out for yourself."

Itsuki raised her eyebrow suspiciously. She had no intention of arguing with her sisters about a guy, nor did she want to be honest with her feelings. "And how would I do that?"

"By being his maid, duh." Nino answered as though it was the most obvious thing. "You're saying we changed after we had our turns in being Fuu-kun's maid, then you should get the answers you want when you go through the same thing."

"Yeah! Uesugi-san is a really great guy." Yotsuba agreed, flashing a cheerful grin. "Having Miku be more confident in herself was one thing, but Nino actually being nicer? (Miku sneered at that one) It's almost like a miracle! Ichika even chose to admit her feelings, and that was something you didn't see coming, Itsuki. I think you should be excited when it's your turn later, because I sure am!"

"I highly doubt that would happen. You two along with Ichika fell victim to your own desires before we even graduated from high school, and I have no intention of doing the same! One of us has to act proper, and if it won't be Ichika, then I shall be the one to do it." Itsuki pouted before crossing her arms, as she sent a suspicious look towards the ribbon-wearing quint afterwards. She never noticed Miku sending her a frown of confusion, most likely because she was too occupied with her own world.

"Weren't you the one asking me for details when I went on a date with Fuutarou?" the brown-haired quint thought to herself, deadpanning at her red-haired sister.

"You have no idea…" Nino stifled a laugh, finding it amusing that Itsuki was likely thinking about kissing when she was talking about 'desires'.

"And Yotsuba, have you already forgotten that it would be your turn today? Why are you speaking as if I should be the one preparing for it instead?"

"Ahh, about that… ehehe~" Yotsuba laughed nervously, which was already enough to gain her sisters' attention. The fourth quintuplet looked quite out of character, made obvious from the expression of doubt on her normally-innocent face. "C-Can I ask you for a favor, Itsuki?"

"A… favor…?" Itsuki looked equally confused as the two other quints upon hearing that. Why was Yotsuba looking quite nervous when she was just asking for a favor from her sister? Was it something big? Or perhaps… something embarrassing?

Well… whatever it is, Itsuki needed to know more because she was clearly stumped in trying to think about it. She even had to turn to Nino and Miku for help but the two only shook their heads, meaning that they had no clue either. Yotsuba was normally cheerful and outgoing compared to her sisters, but it was quite hard to know what she had in mind unless she says it out loud.

"W-What kind of favor, Yotsuba…?"

"Well, it's…" the ribbon-wearing genki scratched the back of her head, while trying to hide a nervous smile that failed horribly. "...it's about the… it's about being Uesugi-san's maid…"

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If Miku and Nino didn't hesitate to openly show their feelings for Fuutarou, Ichika was the complete opposite.

Compared to her sisters, she was more "tamed" when it came to expressing herself. Ever since telling them about confessing to Fuutarou on that night, Ichika didn't really put much effort in trying to win over his affections. The most romantic gesture she had done was a hug, and that was when Miku and Nino were already trying to do the same thing.

However, that only happens when they are around other people, because the story was completely different if there was no audience to see them.

"Fuutarou-kun, you really love going deep inside me, don't you~?"

"Argh, I don't think that's something you should say now, because I want this to be quick… your sisters might come home at any moment…"

Practicing for her lines had been over for about half an hour, and she did well on every delivery. Fuutarou made sure to give his honest opinion every time, and Ichika followed his advice thoroughly. Of course they had to do it in her room, and Ichika didn't even tell him the reason why, but now he knew.

Now that that was over with, the pair was completely focused on… another thing.

Compared to Miku and Nino, the eldest of the quints only expressed such desires whenever she was alone with Fuutarou, being more tamed when doing such things. If her two sisters could shamelessly kiss their tutor even in front of others, Ichika would rather do it in a place where it was only the two of them. Throughout the school week, she had managed to, uhm… bring Fuutarou to several secluded places where she acted on her desires and either gave him a hot kiss, or perhaps tease him sensually by touching his crotch. While she knew about Nino and Miku each spending a night with him, the same couldn't be said for those two because Ichika kept it a secret for who-knows-why.

Needless to say, her mischievous side got on Fuutarou's nerves more than once and he could only be thankful that they were alone every time she does it. Still, he was mature enough to put that on the back of his mind whenever it was time for studying.

Right now, both student and tutor were on her bed, completely naked and were in the middle of another love-making 'session'. Apparently, Ichika planned on doing this all along, and she was just waiting for the school week to end for the perfect opportunity. During the night where she had confessed her feelings, Fuutarou ended up making her see stars and she wanted to experience that feeling again.

Great… just great. He had thought that having sex with Ichika was a one-time thing because of how shy and unsure she was that time, but he could see now that it wasn't. It made him feel horrible for doing this to her. Of course, Fuutarou tried to talk her out of it, but Ichika gave him no other option when she advanced on him willingly and planted a deep kiss on his lips.

Somehow, she was more seductive than Nino and Miku… in her own way.

Ichika's long bare legs were hooked on his shoulders, while her arms wrapped around his neck lovingly as he pounded into her wet pussy. Fuutarou was visibly surprised with how flexible she was, only to remind himself that she keeps herself physically fit, but not to Yotsuba's level. Anyway, this new position actually helped him reach deeper into the girl, making her scream in pleasure every time he penetrated her core.

"Enough about me, Ichika. What about you? Someone's enjoying this, and from her cute moans… I'd say that she likes this… a lot." He teased back, smashing his hips against her own that the slapping of their skin was the only sound that filled the room. Of course, he knew that he had to be careful with his actions because he didn't want to hurt Ichika, nor did he want to make her legs feel jelly that it would be impossible for her to hide the fact that they had sex from her sisters.

Almost immediately, the tables turned as the pinkette's smirking face gave way to one that showed how much she was enjoying this. Her eyes became half-lidded and her tongue was hanging out of her mouth. She moaned out loudly every time his throbbing erection went deep into her, sending waves of pleasure through her whole body. "H-Hai, ahhh~! Hahhh~! Ohhh, kamii~~! I'm so sensitive, ahh! M-More! I want more, Fuutarou-kun~!"

"That look suits you better, in my opinion. You should stop teasing me while we're doing this, and just let me do things my own way." he said with a smug grin, while also enjoying the sounds that the girl was making. Even though he clearly shouldn't be falling for it, Fuutarou didn't like getting teased even during bedroom activities, especially when Ichika is just doing it to get a reaction from him.

It was a win-win situation for the girl, either way.

Fuutarou leaned down and went closer to her ear, whispering in a voice that made the girl's blush deepen and her lips to quiver. "...because I can do this until you feel like you can't walk… or even to the point where you can't stand. You don't want that, do you?" His mind went back to the time when he had sex with Nino, which was a clear sign of what he was like if he let himself loose and acted on his deepest desires.

Ichika quickly shook her head, too scared to give an answer. Despite acting like her usual self, she was still quite innocent when it comes to lovemaking. In fact, she was only doing this to be able to experience that feeling of bliss and ecstasy again, and that didn't involve surrendering herself to her carnal desires.

"Good thing you're honest with what you feel, I'd hate to go hard on you if you're uncomfortable with it, anyway." With those words, he leaned down further and began kissing along her skin until he reached her neck, with Ichika shyly turning her head to let Fuutarou do as he wished.

"I-It feels good, Fuutarou-kun…" she closed her eyes tightly as she tried to bite back her moans. However, he wouldn't let her do so, since he personally loved to hear the sounds she would make while they were doing this act. He wouldn't admit that to anybody else, though.

He continued to assault her neck with kisses, sucking on her delicate skin harder than before but being careful enough not to create any red marks anywhere. There was no way in hell he would let the other girls catch a glimpse of a hickey anywhere. Ichika would gasp every time she felt his hot lips touch her, adding more to the pleasure that was already brought by his cock thrusting in and out of her womanhood.

"If you liked that, then you'll love this even more." He also wouldn't admit it, but he found it both amusing and interesting that Ichika had a timid behavior while they were in the middle of this act, which pretty much made it clear to him since that night that he had to lead the way for her like Miku and Nino. Seriously, these girls depend on him a little too much sometimes.

From her neck, his mouth made way towards Ichika's ample chest, using his tongue to lick her skin as a way to further arouse the girl while he continued to plant kisses here and there until he reached his destination.

Without hesitation, he dove for the valley of flesh before him. He latched his mouth onto her erect nipple, licking the nub over and over to get the reaction that he wanted from her. As he had hoped, Ichika's legs trembled even further from the combined assault on her nether regions and her breasts, but he kept them firmly in place with his hands.

"Hyaa~ F-Fuutarou-kun, is… is playing with my… breasts, oohh~~ AHH!" she breathed out in between her gasps, before yelping slightly when she felt him bite her nipple gently. Ichika quickly looked at her tutor in fear, wondering what he had in mind. It wasn't as if she was afraid, but the young man only shook his head.

So not only was she innocent when it comes to this, her body was also sensitive to whatever he does. It made him slightly confused, since Miku and Nino weren't like this during the times when he did the same with them, but he shrugged it off. This was most likely another difference between sisters that he had discovered, and wouldn't mind exploring.

Ichika snapped out of her fearful look when Fuutarou switched his attention to her other breast, doing the same things he had done earlier to the mound of flesh. It looked as if his arousal had gotten even higher just by focusing on her tits, and Ichika couldn't help but giggle to herself.

"A-A-Ara, is Fuutarou-kun enjoying my breasts that much? M-Maybe we could do this for a while longer then~"

He narrowed his eyes for a moment. Was she making an attempt to tease him again? After a few seconds, he just shook his head in amusement. Fuutarou won't let himself fall for that again, and he still had to make this quick to avoid… unexpected company catching them in the middle of the act.

Almost immediately, he stopped his actions and simply looked down at the girl underneath him. Ichika's eyes widened as he did this, the pleasurable sensations stopping as soon as he did. It created a feeling of emptiness inside her, because she didn't want things to end so soon. Fuutarou however, remained impassive as he towered over the confused quint.

"I said you shouldn't be saying things like that at a time like this, and because of that, I'll have to punish you." he smirked upon seeing her teasing look quickly turn into one that showed worry. "It's nothing bad, there's no need to worry. However, I also said that I'm ending this quick… and I will!"

While Ichika was still in a confused state, Fuutarou quickly pulled himself out of her and flipped the girl over so that she was lying on her stomach. "Fuutarou-kun!" she yelped in surprise, before blushing deeply when he lifted her ass up so that it was directly facing him, while she propped herself on her elbows. Ichika's cheeks became darker as she knew that Fuutarou was looking at her exposed pussy, and… there was also her other hole. "Fuutarou-kun… t-this is… this is embarrassing…" she mumbled, unable to face her tutor by simply burying her face into her bedsheets.

"I guess you could consider this as payback for all the times you've teased me." he said, feeling his cock twitch upon seeing just how aroused the girl had become. Fuutarou couldn't stop himself from staring that he had to lean forward and lick Ichika's wet slit, probing his tongue in different directions to be able to taste every inch of her.

"Iya!" she moaned out unexpectedly, feeling those waves of pleasure beginning to hit her again. Ichika raised her head to look behind her, only to find Fuutarou's head buried into her nether regions. "W-W-W-What are you doing…?" she stuttered, just as he gave one final lick to her cunt before pulling away.

"Your pussy tastes good, Ichika." he said in a nonchalant way, wiping his mouth with his arm and grinning at the blushing girl who looked even more embarrassed than before.

"F-Fuutarou-kun… d-don't say such things, a-ahh~" she tried to tell him, only to falter in her words when Fuutarou's warm hands latched onto her exposed cheeks, fondling her butt and kneading them like dough in his grasp. They were soft yet firm like her sisters, and he could never get tired of how it felt touching them with his own hands. Ichika let out low gasps of pleasure in response, while clenching her fists as her body felt like it was on fire. "That's… my butt…!"

"Ichika's butt feels soft like pillows…" he remarked, before finally stopping his ministrations causing the girl to whimper in disappointment. As much as she was embarrassed about it, she didn't want to stop just yet. When Ichika was about to look back towards her tutor and ask him why he stopped all of a sudden, she saw him holding her hips firmly before turning his attention towards her. "I'm going in again, Ichika."

That one statement was enough for her full-on blush to return, but she managed to slowly nod her head in return. "O-Okay… you can… put it in, Fuutarou-kun…" she responded in a quiet tone, almost tempted to bury her face into a pillow out of embarrassment.

It was all Fuutarou needed as a sign to continue, as he turned his focus somewhere else. His erection was positioned just outside of her, barely touching her wet folds and with one last glance towards Ichika, he pushed into her once more.

"A-Ahhhh~!" Ichika raised her head and moaned as loud as she could, her mouth opening wide as she felt Fuutarou's hard cock move inside her again. That pleasurable sensation started hitting her over and over again after every thrust that it began to overwhelm the girl slowly. Her arms felt like they were about to give in at any moment and she'd fall face-first into the bed, not that it was a bad thing. Fuutarou was giving her body so much pleasure that if this was her way of dying, then she would gladly drown in pleasure.

"You know, you're not that tight anymore compared to when we first did it…" he commented, taking note of how he was able to move his member inside her without much effort now. He could honestly go faster and be able to finish this a lot sooner, but he didn't want to risk the possibility of making Ichika pass out after this, otherwise it would spark the suspicion of her sisters. For some reason, she hasn't told Nino and Miku yet that she too spent a night with Fuutarou, which worried him if they do find out through other means.

"I'm~ I'm… losing~ my mind… Fuutarou-kun, ahhh~~" Her insides felt hotter every time Fuutarou's hips would slap against her ass, while her sensitive spots got attacked all over and put the girl in a state of bliss. The feeling of his dick spearing into her pussy created a sense of fulfillment that she never wanted to end. Ichika felt amazed with how the young man was able to make her feel like this, and yet remain gentle in a way that he was careful not to hurt her too much. "F-Fuutarou-kun, this is so good~! I want m-more~~!" she shouted out, her tongue hanging out of her mouth as her arms finally lost their strength and causing her upper body to fall to the bed.

"Woah, watch it!" he quickly reacted by letting go of her hips and grabbing both of her arms before pulling the girl back up, unknowingly creating a new position for the pair to enjoy. It was only when he released a sigh of relief that he had noticed the, uhm… state they were in.

The sight of Ichika in this new position was enough to make him blush, finding it both alluring and sexy at the same time. It's like she was at his complete mercy, and it aroused Fuutarou even more. No, he wasn't planning on going hard on her like with Nino, but it would be enough to give them what they wanted.

Ichika slowly turned her head around, a dopey smile showing on her face as she looked at her tutor seductively. All traces of her embarrassment was gone, having succumbed to her own lustful side. "I want more of your cock~! I want Fuutarou-kun to keep on fucking me forever~~!" she rasped out, with some of her own drool escaping her lips.

Fuutarou felt a bit concerned that he might have… broke Ichika but nonetheless, he grasped both of her wrists tight and grinned. "Hang on tight, Ichika… I'm not going to hold back anymore!" As soon as he said those words, he could feel her inner walls clenching around his cock out of anticipation.

Of course, he wasn't entirely serious with that but he still needed to get this over with. Taking a deep breath, he began to thrust into her again, harder and faster than before. Ichika's entire body shook in pleasure with each movement, as the girl could only whimper or moan to show how much she was enjoying this. Her smile never left her face, while her eyes rolled up due to being overwhelmed by ecstasy.

As long as he was hearing the moans from Ichika's mouth, Fuutarou didn't let up and pounded into her snatch like a jackhammer. Her inner walls were already broken down and it became easy for the young man to reach her deepest regions. Her insides felt hot, and he was loving every second of this as much as she was. Every sound Ichika made drove him mad with arousal, and it only encouraged him to continue despite exhaustion slowly catching up to him.

"You look like you're enjoying this, Ichika…" he smirked upon noticing the girl had turned her head around and looked at him with a very lewd expression on her face. "Who knew that the big sister could be so lewd and slutty?"

"O-O-Only for you, Fuutarou-kun…!" she struggled to answer in between breaths. "M-My mind is going b-blank, but… I want more~~ I want Fuutarou-kun to fuck me more~! Fuck this slutty big sister harder~!"

"Damn… I'm almost feeling guilty that I did this to you… but I blame you for wanting to do this in the first place!" Fuutarou noticed that there were many considerable changes with Ichika compared to the first time they did this, such as screaming out shameless words which she never did when he took her virginity. His hips never ceased on moving, even when he was starting to feel pain in his knees for being in this position too long. Hearing the whimpers and moans from the girl was all he needed as motivation to keep it up, and Ichika loved it. All that mattered to him at the moment was to bring himself to the climax he was gunning for to be able to finish this.

Ichika's pussy felt hot and wet and it almost made him not want to stop anytime soon, but he was starting to feel it. His orgasm was near and he wanted to reach that high point, causing his movements to go faster.

"Yessss~~!" she screamed out with a lustful smile, something that caught him off guard. "I want your giant dick to keep messing me up forever~! I'm losing my mind, but it just feels sooo good~~ I think I'm going to cum~! Fuutarou-kun's dick feels so good… I can't take it!"

"Then let it all out… Ichika!" he grunted, holding her wrists tighter as he used her arms to help himself move even faster than before. By now, only grunts and moans could be heard from the pair as they made love, with the sound of skin slapping against each other filling the room and driving them to their limit.

"I'm cumming! Cumming, cumming, cumming, cumming~! I'm cumming~~!"

"Here it comes… Ichika!"

Gritting his teeth, Fuutarou prepared himself for what happened next when he felt her vaginal walls clench hard around his cock. Ichika shut her eyes tightly and moaned as loud as she could, her orgasm shaking her entire body to the core and causing her to throw her head back in total bliss. Her female juices washed over Fuutarou's erect member and forced him to finally release his load into her throbbing pussy.

The young man could only close his eyes as well, his climax tearing through him and putting him in the same state of bliss as the girl. He groaned loudly as their fluids combined in the heat of their state and proved to be too much for Ichika to handle that it started to leak out of her and dirtying the bedsheets. Fuutarou pulled her arms back a bit harder than before, causing his hot seed to reach deeper into her as he took deep breaths when he felt his orgasm fading away.

"Fuu...tarou...kun…" she breathed out weakly, opening her eyes as her body came down from her high point. When she felt that her orgasm was finally over, her head fell down as she panted in exhaustion, but not enough to make her pass out. All she wanted right now was to lie down on her bed and rest, but with Fuutarou pulling on her arms from behind her, she couldn't.

Fuutarou saw her taking deep breaths and he could only sigh in relief. He didn't go too far and managed to restrain himself from doing… too much to her. "I really thought she would pass out after that… guess I got lucky." He released his grip on her slowly and once he saw her safely touching the bed underneath her, he let go of her arms as well.

He pulled himself out of her, while seeing a small puddle of her juices on the sheets. Fuutarou winced at the possibility that her sisters might see this, but he decided to push that thought on the back of his mind for now. Worrying about it would only make him more nervous and it might get him into actual trouble.

As their love juices leaked out of her dripping cunt, Fuutarou saw Ichika smiling at him sexily, even though her face was half-buried on a pillow. He gulped nervously as a result. "Does she want to have another go? Please no, that would literally give our cover away, damn it!" he thought, internally panicking at what could happen should they go for it again.

"Fuutarou-kun… come lie down with me." she purred out softly, managing to regain enough of her strength to be able to speak normally again. The young tutor looked at her for a moment, then towards the space beside her. What was she planning? It better not be going another round, otherwise he'd have no choice but to willingly stop her before anything happens.

Deciding to give in to what she wants, Fuutarou let himself rest directly beside Ichika, relishing in the comfort of her bed after such a tiring activity. He then turned his head towards the girl when he felt her moving, wondering what she was about to do.

His cheeks turned red when Ichika turned her body slightly facing him, before she took his arm and snuggled closer towards him in a loving way. The pinkette had a look of content on her face before giggling softly when she saw his embarrassed expression.

"Are you embarrassed that a naked girl is hugging your arm like this?" she teased in a soft tone. "Or maybe because you haven't experienced a girl snuggling up close to you before?"

"You ask me that after having sex?" he deadpanned, the blush on his face disappearing almost instantly. "And in case you forgot, two of your sisters have done this before you so I don't think you have any room for teasing right now."

"Okay, okay, hehe…" she smiled innocently, before tightening her grip around his arm. This caught Fuutarou by surprise as the girl's joyful expression turned into one that showed worry, and her eyes made it look like she was about to shed tears. "Don't forget about me… okay?"

Fuutarou stared at her for a few moments, taking in her words before he quickly nodded in response.

"Right."

Of course, he knew what Ichika was talking about. After all, she did make her intentions clear several days ago about actively pursuing his affections, instead of being stuck in her role as the supportive big sister. While she was indeed the eldest of the quints, she was also a girl and she had her own desires, which happened to include the aspect of love.

Now that another school week was over, his problems have come back to haunt him. Three girls, who all happened to be sisters, wanted to be with him and he didn't know what to do. He knew he had to pick someone, but he couldn't find the strength to do it.

As quick as lightning, the look on Ichika's face changed and her teasing smile returned. "So Yotsuba is gonna be your maid today, Fuutarou-kun? Are you somehow planning to please her in bed like what you did with me and my two sisters?" She was trying to make him embarrassed again, noticing how Fuutarou seemed like he had his attention somewhere else.

Much to Ichika's surprise though, he didn't fall for it and instead gave her a serious look.

"Please don't make another joke like that. I've already got enough problems figuring out what should I do with three of you who all want the same thing from me, I don't want to think about the possibility of making it four."

Her eyes widened and Ichika bit her lip nervously, thinking she had gone too far. "Uhm… I'm… sorry." she said in a voice too quiet for someone like her.

Fuutarou sighed. He didn't want to make her upset or anything, but Ichika shouldn't butt in on what her two other sisters would do. And, well… the thought of Yotsuba having… sex with him was something he couldn't tolerate, simply because he just might go crazy should four of the quintuplets all feel the same way for him.

He didn't even need to think about the possibility of all of them wanting the same.

If Ichika wanted to gain his affections, she should just focus on herself instead of being concerned about the others, that's all.

"Look, you don't need to be concerned about Yotsuba, or even Itsuki. Let me worry about those two instead, and just keep on doing what you do." Fuutarou turned his head towards the pink-haired quint, as she nodded her head slowly in response.

He quickly noticed that Ichika was still strangely quiet, likely because he got angry with her for a second and now she felt scared, so he decided to deal with this little problem before it blows up in his face.

"Anyway, w-what do you say if we… go out on a date sometime? It'll help us… get to know each other better." he asked almost nonchalantly, as though this was already normal for him. Is it not already, though? Seriously, he asked Miku out on a date a week ago and he did the same for Nino the following day. Now, he was doing the same thing for Ichika.

Yeah, there was definitely a pattern taking shape here.

Speaking of which, the eldest quint had her eyes widened after hearing his question. A furious blush took over her features as her mind processed what Fuutarou-kun just said. "A-A-A-A d-d-d-d-date…?!" she stuttered, her eyes becoming spirals out of embarrassment that the blue-haired tutor could laugh at her expression at any moment.

But there was no time for that anymore.

"WE'RE HOME!"

Both teens blanched as they heard the voice coming from outside the room, and they could only guess the tone alone that it was Nino.

Yep, the four other quintuplets had just made it back to the apartment…

"Shit!" Fuutarou quickly jumped out of the bed and gathered his discarded clothes that were scattered all over the floor. Once he was done, he turned his attention to the girl on the bed who managed to sit up, but looked like she was frozen in place out of both embarrassment and shock. "Ichika!" he called out, managing to snap her out of the trance she was in. "Just tell me your answer later and get dressed! I'll try to stall for time, and…" he took a few sniffs and groaned, before putting on his clothes. "Urgh, I need to take a shower too…"

The moment he was fully dressed, he quickly made his way to the door, but not turning back towards Ichika, who hadn't moved an inch even after he told her to dress herself up already.

"Ichika, you have to get dressed or they'll find out." he told her in a serious tone. "Stay here for now, at least until after I take a quick shower. You need to wash off the smell of sex on you before your sisters figure out."

"O-Okay…" she nodded slowly, turning her attention towards her discarded clothing. Her cheeks still felt hot, with Fuutarou's words lingering freely in her mind. No doubt it was the reason why she was frozen for a moment there. "Going on a date… with Fuutarou-kun…"

With that out of the way, Fuutarou went outside and closed the door behind him, immediately setting his eyes on the quints who were gathered on the couch. Itsuki was solely focused on her own pint, although she was blushing madly for some reason. Yotsuba and Miku were busy eating their own shares, though not as eager as their youngest sister. Nino had her attention upstairs, and she immediately locked eyes with their tutor.

"There you are!" she exclaimed, sighing deeply and putting her hands on her hips. She was beginning to think that her sister and Fuu-kun weren't in the apartment until now. "Are you and Ichika still busy in her room? The ice cream we got for you both will melt if you don't eat it!"

"We're done, but Ichika said she needed to do something so she's still in her room." he replied, walking downstairs as he headed for the bathroom, hoping that no one would notice him.

Unfortunately, fate was not on his side.

"Wait, where are you going? Your ice cream's gonna melt if you don't eat it." Nino asked, raising an eyebrow in confusion.

He quickly turned back towards Nino. "Just put it in the fridge for now along with Ichika's. I'll eat it later and I'm sure it'll take a while before she steps out of her room. I need to take a quick shower since… I got a bit tired helping her."

"Well, do you even have some spare clothes? Don't go rushing into the bath if you don't even have something to wear."

An imaginary light bulb appeared on top of Uesugi's head as he grinned triumphantly. It was a good thing that he was thinking in advance, heh. "As a matter of fact, I do. Yotsuba!" he called out, getting the attention of the ribbon-wearing quint as she turned towards him. "Can you hand me my backpack? It should be right around there, if I recall correctly."

Yotsuba looked at Fuutarou for a few seconds before her eyes flew towards different directions in search of his bag, which she found resting beside Itsuki's legs. "I got it!" she said with a wide smile, standing up from her seat to give his backpack. However, just when she was about to hand it over to him, the girl picked up a strange scent coming from her tutor that she had to cover her nose and turn away. "Sheesh, Uesugi-san! What did you do that made you smell like this?!"

"Uhm…" he began to sweat in nervousness, as the other quints all turned their attention towards him with curiosity in their eyes, especially Miku and Nino. He could only hope that this explanation would be worth it and answer the question that was surely lingering in their minds. "Like I said, I… got tired helping out Ichika and you know how her room is a dump, right? I… happened to catch a bit of claustrophobia and sweat a lot more, so… yeah, I really need a shower right now. Does… that answer your question?"

Almost immediately, Nino walked over to where he was and Fuutarou got more nervous. She got a serious look on her face as she locked eyes with him. He didn't like where this was going, knowing that particular look in her eyes. Welp, he sure hoped she wouldn't figure out what happened…

However, his eyes widened when the purplette only placed her palm on his forehead, checking if he had a fever or something. When Nino felt that there wasn't really anything wrong with Fuutarou, she let out a sigh of relief and stepped back. "Ugh, I swear she really needs to get into some spring cleaning one of these days… it's a good thing you didn't get another fever…"

"So… can I go now?" He didn't want to just walk away without saying anything, because well… Nino might be pulling at his sleeve here and had something in mind all along.

"Yeah, take a shower already, geez…" she waved him off, before she pinched her nose and walked back towards the couch. "You really do stink, so get your ass in the bath already but make it quick! You still have a full pint of ice cream to eat!" Yotsuba followed shortly after her and Fuutarou released another sigh of relief afterwards.

"Alright then." he said, turning on his heel and quickly heading for the bathroom with his backpack in hand. He dodged a bullet there… literally. When he heard the other quints from inside Ichika's bedroom, he suspected the worst and mentally prepared himself to be caught red-handed. Luckily though, and he had no idea how, he managed to avoid the outcome he was dreading. Hopefully, the same could be said for Ichika when it's her turn to wash herself free from the scent of sex.

Speaking of Ichika, she still had to give her answer regarding the question he asked her earlier, mainly because she was too frozen to speak that time. Fuutarou already had a feeling that she would accept, but he needed her to confirm it herself and… hopefully it doesn't create trouble with two of her sisters…

"Forget it, I'm going to assume the worst… those two will get jealous again and I'll end up getting another big headache like last time." he thought with a grim smile.

Why was his life unfair…?

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"Finally done, and now it's Ichika's turn… I have to go to her room and tell her though." Fuutarou muttered to himself as he dried his hair with a towel. After taking some considerable time in the bathroom, he managed to wash off the unmistakable stench of sex from him, and there wasn't any trace of it left. That's one problem off his shoulders then…

Well, until he laid eyes on the figure in front of him.

He immediately dropped the towel in his hand as his eyes widened, noticing just who was it that stood before him. His cheeks turned crimson as that person's hair, and his jaw dropped in disbelief, somehow thinking that this was just a dream or something.

"I-I-I-Itsuki…? What the hell are you wearing…?"

Standing before him was the youngest of the quintuplets, dressed in a maid outfit similar to what Ichika wore when it was her turn to fulfill her side of the bet. However, compared to her pink-haired sister, Itsuki's outfit was even less revealing, made obvious by the sleeves she wore on her arms. The maid outfit had a black and red pattern that actually fitted her for some reason, but Fuutarou didn't want to make a comment or he could get smacked for it. This didn't stop the red-haired quint from blushing violently though, as she felt that her current choice of clothing still exposed her body in a… certain way that she didn't like.

"G-G-G-Good afternoon, U-Uesugi-sama… I'll be… I'll be your maid for… today…" she struggled to say, blushing even deeper at the honorific that she gave her tutor. Man, being a maid was easier said than done… why did she even agree to do this in the first place?

"What are you talking about? I thought Yotsuba was going to be my maid today?" he said, frowning in confusion. Surprisingly, the blush on his face was starting to disappear already, now that he knew what was going on. Perhaps he was getting used to this scenario already, and he was just caught off guard with seeing Itsuki wearing such an outfit, mostly because he never thought he would see her wearing something like this.

"I-I-It was supposed to be that way, believe me…!" she quickly raised her arms in defeat, which only got Uesugi to raise a single eyebrow. Geez, if it wasn't for her pride, she would rather run back to her bedroom and hide just to save herself from further embarrassment. "H-However, Yotsuba asked me if I could… take her place for today because… s-she wasn't feeling comfortable at the moment and… I accepted because… I feel bad for her." she finished, becoming more quiet by the end and just resorted to turning her head away.

"I see… I guess you're stuck with me for a whole day now, huh?" he remarked sarcastically, causing Itsuki to pout. Was he really making fun of her at a time like this? It was already embarrassing to have to wear this outfit! Thankfully though, Fuutarou shook his head and just proceeded onward as if things were already normal. "Anyway, where are the others, especially Yotsuba? It feels strange that she backed out of this all of a sudden, she seemed pretty excited yesterday and earlier."

Itsuki, fighting off the raging blush on her cheeks, walked up towards Fuutarou and the pair began to walk side-by-side. She couldn't just stay in one place now, could she? "T-They're at the couch, U-Uesugi-sama… w-watching a movie…"

Also, she didn't want to admit it, but it was really odd that Yotsuba asked her to do this as a favor. She looked excited to fulfill her end of the bet at first glance and she made that clear several times already, only to back out at the last second for some reason. But then again, it was hard to be able to tell what the orange-haired genki really had in mind.

The two reached the living room where the three other quints were watching a romcom movie in peace. "There she is, U-Uesugi-sama…" the redhead stated, pointing towards Yotsuba who looked pretty normal in their eyes.

"She doesn't look uncomfortable to me… you sure something's wrong with her? I bet she's just doing this to tease you or something." he noted, sending a smirk towards the pouting Itsuki.

"I'm… I'm as confused as you are. She looked really nervous and upset while we were on our way home earlier that I couldn't help but listen to her plea. It's my responsibility as her sister to look after her well-being, just as she knows that it's her responsibility to do the same. Surely, you of all people, must know that." she explained, looking up at her tutor with narrowed eyes.

"Point taken, though… I'm not trying to say that you're lying or anything, but she certainly doesn't look upset. Not one bit," he shrugged his shoulders.

Itsuki sighed in defeat. "That's just how Yotsuba is, you know that. She may look sad for one second, but the next thing you know, she is back to being normal…" Welp, now she felt like an idiot. Since she knew about this, she shouldn't have had doubts that Yotsuba would somehow go back to her usual genki self even if she looked quite out of it earlier. It made her feel like she was a stranger to her own family.

Great, she basically doomed herself into wearing this embarrassing outfit as well as her chance to rest after a long school week.

"But I guess… it's too late for me to take back my word." she thought with a deep sigh. "At least I'll be able to get this over earlier than Yotsuba, then I can forget everything about… this. S-Speaking of which… Uesugi-kun seems to be calm, compared to when Nino and Miku were dressed like this… why though? I'm sure we have the same appeal since we're sisters, wait… ahh, i-it's n-not like I'm feeling inferior to them, I'm only curious!"

While Fuutarou was still focused on drying his hair, he wasn't able to notice that Itsuki was just staring at him, almost in a robotic manner that she couldn't take her eyes off the guy. She had no idea why she was staring at her tutor like this, but she made no avert her gaze. It's like she was thinking of something important, but the girl couldn't figure out what it was exactly. It was only when she heard a foreign voice that she was brought out of her trance and made both her and Fuutarou turn their heads to whomever it was.

"Fuutarou-kun." The pink-haired quintuplet stood before them, sending a bright smile to the blue-haired teen who merely waved her off and continued to dry his hair. If looked upon closely though, a small smile could be found lingering in his lips but he expertly hid it behind his stoic mask.

"I-Ichika?" Itsuki raised an eyebrow as she saw her eldest sister just beside her, looking all sweaty for some reason.

"Hey, Itsuki. Sorry I wasn't able to welcome all of you back home… all those lines I've practiced nearly gave me a headache." Ichika turned her attention to the redhead and immediately took notice of the maid outfit she was wearing, causing her to smirk. "Hoho, I see you'll be Fuutarou-kun's maid today… but I'm curious. I thought it'd be Yotsuba's turn… did you somehow give in and decide to join the race for our sensei's feelings?"

"N-N-N-Nothing like that, I swear…!" she squeaked in embarrassment, unknowingly getting Fuutarou's attention as well as those of her other sisters, who all turned away from the movie they were watching to turn towards her. It took a few moments for Itsuki to calm down, putting her hand on her forehead and taking a deep breath. "I-It's complicated, but I'll be glad to explain it to you later on. M-M-More importantly, w-what took you so long? Uesugi-kun even came down before you, and why are you so smelly…?!" Itsuki pointed out, covering her nose after picking up a strange scent from Ichika's body.

Ichika rubbed the back of her head and smiled nervously. "Ahaha, I just…" Fuutarou sent her a knowing glance, silently telling her to not speak of anything that transpired between them earlier. "I just wanted to make sure that I memorized my lines by heart, so… I went through a few more rounds before I was satisfied." She made an emphasis on the word 'rounds', which only caused Fuutarou to hide his face, as he knew very well what she meant. He could only hope that Itsuki doesn't notice anything. "...and because of all that, I got all tired and damn sweaty so… I'm about to take a shower, but I need to say something to our tutor first."

Fuutarou's breath hitched for a second, as he turned towards Ichika. He already had an idea on what this would be about, but he hid that under a mask of curiosity. "Is there something you need, Ichika?"

With that, Ichika walked up towards Uesugi and got on her tiptoes, leaning dangerously close to his face that got Itsuki to widen her eyes and blush uncontrollably, while the other three quints simply looked shocked. Fuutarou himself didn't seem affected by their closeness nor the seductive look that Ichika was giving him, although there was a small blush on his face nonetheless.

"About your question earlier… I accept. Sunday, after lunch. Dress up nicely and don't be late~" she winked and blew him a kiss, which made Fuutarou more embarrassed, but nod in agreement afterwards. This got Ichika to giggle before the sounds that followed got them to cover their ears.

"HAAAAAAHHHHHHHH?!"

"WHAAAATTTTTT?!"

When it was finally over, Ichika removed her hands from her ears and turned towards a crimson-looking Itsuki and her three other sisters who looked dumbfounded beyond anything else.

"Oh. Do you guys need something?" she asked innocently, looking at her four sisters in confusion.

There was silence for a few moments before Itsuki felt comfortable enough to finally say something. Okay, what was her sister talking about? Sunday? After lunch? What the heck was that about? "I-I-I-Ichika, w-w-w-what is the m-m-meaning of this…?! W-W-What's going on between you and U-Uesugi-kun!?" she demanded, despite the obvious signs of embarrassment on her face.

"Oh, you mean this!" she exclaimed, while Fuutarou remained silent. He knew that things won't exactly turn out alright if he takes over. "Well, I was giving Fuutarou-kun my answer. You see, he, uhm… kind of asked me out on a date earlier but… I wasn't able to answer because it caught me off guard." she explained, smiling sheepishly.

"A-A-A DATE?!" Itsuki asked incredulously, her eyes widening in disbelief. Meanwhile, her other sisters simply flashed looks of awe towards the pink-haired quint.

"Yep! Well, Fuutarou-kun told me that I could just give him my answer after he takes a shower since he, uhm… kinda noticed me being nervous, ehehe… but anyway, it's done! We're going on a date this Sunday!" she held Fuutarou's arm and leaned against him, which only made the blue-haired teen look away in embarrassment.

"Way to go, Ichika!" Yotsuba loudly cheered on for her eldest sister, and while they knew what this meant for them, Miku and Nino didn't react in a hostile way whatsoever. Instead, the two smiled and flashed a thumbs-up for their sister.

"Y-Y-You can't!" Itsuki blurted out, realizing it too late that she had brought the attention to herself as the rest of quints and Fuutarou turned their heads towards her.

"Huh? Why not?" Ichika asked in confusion, raising an eyebrow at the red-haired quint.

"Because…" Itsuki looked nervous for a moment, before pursing her lips together in an attempt to stay strong-willed. "Because Nino and Miku are already involved in a stupid competition for Uesugi-kun's affections. Therefore, you will only involve yourself in a pointless rivalry in which you will feel heartbroken in the end."

"Ehh? I'm… quite aware of that ever since I confessed to Fuutarou-kun, so I know what I'm doing, Itsuki." Ichika chuckled at her sister's actions. Sometimes, she can be too mature even for her own good. She then shrugged her shoulders almost in an uncaring way. "Besides, Fuutarou-kun hasn't chosen between the three of us yet, so I have a chance."

"I-In that case, it's better to save yourself from possibly feeling heartbroken…! Let Miku and Nino compete for this man's affections as they want to!" she scowled at Fuutarou, who seemed confused with her more than anything else. For some reason, the thought of Ichika going out with Uesugi on a date was something that left a bad taste in her mouth, especially since she was aware that Miku and Nino have already done the same. "They will see that I'm right when they realize that they are only wasting their time chasing after the same man who likely won't stop until all of us are pursuing his affections!"

"Uhh, okay…? I chose to confess, but whatever…" Now, Ichika was confused. What was Itsuki getting all upset for? It's like she was accusing their tutor for something he didn't do. "Anyway, it's up for me to decide because he was the one who asked me out. And, I accepted! Make sure to treat me well on Sunday, 'kay?" she winked at Fuutarou, who scratched his cheek in slight embarrassment while looking to the side.

"Yeah, sure…"

"E-Even so, I can't allow this…!" she pouted at the both of them, clenching her fists hard and almost stomped on the floor out of frustration, causing everyone to be confused with her outburst all the more. It almost looked comical, considering she was still wearing a maid outfit. "This is just too much, and I can't stand it anymore!"

"What's the big deal? We're just going on a date, nothing to worry about. Unless…" Ichika's eyes widened in realization as she pointed towards Itsuki like an attorney who had solved a case. She even flashed a smug grin that made the redhead take a step back in nervousness. "Unless you're feeling jealous, aren't you, Itsuki!?"

Fuutarou first looked at Ichika in surprise, before turning towards Itsuki for a confirmation. Was she truly jealous or something? Well, it would explain why she looked so irritated, but he needed to be sure. Meanwhile, the three other quints were all taken aback by Ichika's words, and they could only look at their youngest sister with looks that signified their thirst for answers.

Itsuki blinked twice, unresponsive for a few moments before her mind registered what Ichika said. Her cheeks turned as red as her own locks while her mouth hung agape at the sudden declaration.

"W-What…?!"

"Aw, if you're feeling jealous, Itsuki, don't be. I won't steal Fuutarou-kun away from you while you're his maid or anything, hahahaha…!" Ichika reassured her as she slapped her thigh, unable to suppress her laughter. "Our date won't take place until Sunday, so you still have the whole day to spend with Fuutarou-kun as much as you want!"

"I-I-I am not jealous…!" the redhead quickly denied, unable to contain herself as she stomped her foot repeatedly. Oh dear, Ichika has begun her teasing spree, which would likely continue unless someone stops her. "Stop imagining things, Ichika!"

Ichika smirked and tried to stifle her laughter, but was failing horribly in that aspect. "Hmm, you're definitely acting like you are, though… I mean, you're trying to prevent me from going on a date. You're not going to do that unless you feel the same way for the guy~"

"Like I said, I was trying to save you the trouble of trying to be with Uesugi-kun! Mou, why can't you understand that!" she continued to pout and set her hardened gaze on her sister. "It has nothing to do with being jealous! Why do you have to romanticize everything?!"

"Continuing to act that way only proves you are~ you could've calmly denied against it, but you had to go another outburst for who-knows-why…" Ichika shrugged her shoulders. This was so easy, considering Itsuki's short temper. She then slammed her fist into her palm as though she figured something out. "Oh, I know why! It's because you want to go on a date with Fuutarou-kun too, don't you?"

"Muuuuuuu…" her bottom lip trembled, while her serious facade looked like it was about to shatter at any moment. Itsuki steeled herself one more time, giving Ichika the biggest pout she could muster. "T-This wouldn't have happened if you didn't agree to go on a date with Uesugi-kun…! I'm only looking out for the well-being of my sister!"

"She's totally jealous, I can tell."

"I agree."

"I never thought Itsuki could get jealous, though…"

The color on Itsuki's face disappeared as she slowly turned around, seeing Nino, Miku, and Yotsuba all staring at her with various expressions. Nino had her eyes narrowed in suspicion, Miku looked intimidating despite her neutral expression, while Yotsuba was simply taken aback. Itsuki's mouth hung agape in horror, realizing that she just embarrassed herself before her other sisters. When she turned her head back towards the eldest of them, Ichika was still flashing her smirk that it was too much for the red-haired teenager.

Itsuki hung her head and closed her eyes tightly, as she could only purse her lips together in spite of the fact that they would break down at any moment. The girl felt greatly embarrassed herself this time and deep down, she knew that she brought this on herself. She clenched her fists so hard in embarrassment while tears began to form in her eyes.

But before she could burst into tears outright—

"That's enough."

Itsuki snapped her eyes open and raised her teary face to see Fuutarou with a serious look on his face. He was completely silent ever since earlier, so this came out of nowhere. He looked so serious that going against him in any way right now would be a death wish, and he wasn't even aware of it. The way he was staring at her sent chills down her spine and it honestly scared her but thankfully, he turned his attention towards the pink-haired quint.

"You'll end up making your sister cry at this rate, just look at her." Fuutarou sent a quick look at the youngest quintuplet, who was in a state of disbelief. "Anyway, you needed to take a shower, right? Go and wash up, we'll continue this later."

Ichika looked thoughtful for a quick second, before nodding with a smile, almost as if she forgot all about teasing Itsuki. "Hm… okay! I hope you're planning out things for our date on Sunday~!"

And with that, Ichika was gone. Fuutarou then turned his attention to the three girls behind Itsuki and took a deep breath. "You three, stop making this worse for your sister. I'll join you over there in a bit."

Hearing his words, Miku and Yotsuba quickly turned their attention back towards the movie they were watching while Nino grinned sheepishly. "O-Okay, better hurry if you want to catch up then!"

As Nino turned her back on him, Fuutarou set his sights on the red-haired quint whose heart skipped a beat when she met his gaze. He went closer to her and Itsuki's face turned crimson, but she didn't do anything to either turn her head somewhere else or push him away. Her tears were long forgotten, and her heart began to pound madly inside her chest when Fuutarou raised his hand.

"W-W-Why am I feeling this way…?" she asked herself as though she was in some kind of trance. Her heart rate increased to the point it felt like bursting out at any second. Itsuki's face felt hot too, most likely due to his hand reaching out to her almost like in an alarming way, yet she made no move to swat it away or anything.

Her eyes widened when his heavy hand rested on top of her head, as Fuutarou sent a sympathetic look towards her, abandoning his dead-serious expression a while ago.

"Don't worry about your sisters, they're just messing around. I believe you, if that counts. I know you just want to protect your sisters and you're not jealous. After all, you want to focus on your studies before thinking of anything related to romance, and I respect that. In fact, your sisters could actually learn from you in that aspect. Got it?"

Itsuki nodded slowly, although she felt as if something punched her in the gut for a moment there. The redhead didn't know why exactly, but for some reason, she felt hurt as he said those words. Of course, she ignored such feelings in favor of listening to what Fuutarou had to say next.

"But just like what Ichika said, it's only a date. It's nothing really serious as you make it out to be, all right? I won't do anything to your sister, I can assure you that. We'll go out for a bit, and we'll return in one piece. It's not like I'm stealing her away, I'm not ready for that, honestly."

"O-Okay, I...I understand. I-I'll hold on to you on that…" She couldn't say anything more, only having the strength to nod her head again. How could she, when his piercing gaze tore through her defenses and made it seem like she was in a trance? It was like he unconsciously assured her that everything was going to be alright, even though there wasn't any real trouble going on and it was just her being a crybaby like always.

"Then I guess this problem is solved." he snickered in amusement and left the girl in her place to head to the kitchen to get the pint of ice cream that the quints bought for him. Despite this, he actually let out a sigh of relief, thankful that he managed to stop this issue from blowing up into something bigger. But before he could take any step further, he felt something was pulling on his arm, causing him to turn around.

Itsuki had her head down, although the heavy blush on her cheeks could still be seen. She gripped his arm tight as if she was struggling to say something, while Uesugi only stared at her.

"T...Thank you… U-Uesugi-sama." she began, hesitating a little bit on the embarrassing name she used for him earlier but saying it out loud nonetheless. Hey, he saved her from bursting into tears back there, right? Well, the least she could do was thank him for it and to add to that, she was still his maid for the day.

His eyes widened slightly, remembering something important. "Oh, I almost forgot. You need to cut that out."

She raised her head in confusion. "Huh?"

"Stop calling that way, it doesn't fit you."

"B-But I'm supposed… to be your m-m-maid today, right? T-Therefore, it is only fitting that I refer to you using an honorific as such. Ichika, Nino and Miku… t-they all did the same, and… no matter how embarrassing it is for me, I… I have to follow through with what we agreed on. I-It won't be fair of me if I didn't." she explained, the color on her cheeks slowly disappearing as the seconds flew by.

Fuutarou snorted.

"Here I thought you're embarrassed as hell trying to pull this whole thing off, but that would only get you into a whole lotta teasing with Ichika on your tail." he remarked with a wide grin, only to see the hurt expression on the redhead's face. Welp, that meant she wasn't kidding around, since he was kind of expecting her to respond in a tsundere-esque way before he would calm her down once again.

Uesugi sighed deeply, gently removing her hold on his arm as Itsuki continued to look up at him with a confused expression. "Look, you can still call me in that way if you want, I don't really care. But you're just going to make it harder for yourself, so I would definitely suggest that you simply refer to me the way you normally do. It's already embarrassing enough that you are going through this 'maid' thing, right?"

Itsuki didn't answer, as she only looked down with a furious blush raging on her cheeks, her embarrassment returning full-force. Fuutarou was spot-on with his guess, and she couldn't reply without embarrassing herself even further. However, her silence only gave him the answer he was seeking as he chuckled to himself in amusement.

"I thought so. Don't pressure yourself now, because I'll need you to take care of me." he joked before finally turning around and heading towards the kitchen.

The youngest quintuplet was left frozen in her place, staring blankly at the blue-haired tutor as he walked away. Her heart didn't stop pounding inside her chest the whole time, and Itsuki felt as if she had the energy to run a whole marathon at the moment. Eventually, her right hand went up to and held the red cloth tightly in her grasp, trying to calm down the raging pulse inside her.

"W-Why is my heart beating so fast…?" she muttered quietly to herself, so much that the girl was stuck in a trance. It was the first time Itsuki felt something like this, and she had no idea how to deal with such a thing.

Unfortunately for her, Ichika watched the whole scene unfold from a distance, hiding her presence expertly from both Itsuki and Fuutarou. As a matter of fact, she had not stepped inside the bathroom yet, because she was enjoying the drama show that Itsuki was unintentionally putting on.

"Fufufu, Itsuki needs to be more honest with herself~" she thought with a devious smile, already cooking up a simple plot in her mind. As much as she wanted to win over Fuutarou-kun's affections, she didn't particularly like Itsuki's constant denial of the obvious matters, which included her own conflicting feelings. It made it seem like she was hurting herself with her own actions, and Ichika didn't want that to happen for her younger sister.

"I think I know the perfect way to get her in the mood…" she mused to herself, before heading towards the bathroom as she originally intended to. She had a sister in need of her big sister's help, after all, whether or not Itsuki would choose to admit it.

---

The next hours were spent by the quints and their tutor going through a movie marathon like what Ichika suggested, yet it didn't really go well for obvious reasons. One, Fuutarou didn't have anything else to do after he was done eating his ice cream, and so he decided to take a nap in peace. Hey, he didn't even like the movies in the first place, so why would he bother to go through the trouble of watching them?

Also, it would keep him from staring at Itsuki since she… uhm… was still wearing that red-and-black maid outfit the whole time, so… yeah… best thing to do is just sleep the urges off.

Luckily, none of the girls noticed him getting some shut-eye, because they were either too focused on watching or they were using their phones since they didn't like the film at all.

The first thing they watched was pretty much an average cliché romance film, with Nino and Ichika being the only ones paying full attention to it. The next one was a mix of science fiction with the setting of feudal Japan, which caught Miku and Itsuki's eyes as they watched with interest.

Yotsuba did her best to appreciate what they watched but in the end, it wasn't enough to make up for the divided attention between her sisters. They were all just too different from each other to even like the same thing.

So much for having fun at home…

---

"I hate this…" Nino grumbled, as she buried her head into her arms on the table. It was already dinner, yet she felt like she wasn't in the mood to eat anything. Her food was still untouched as a sign of her unwillingness to eat, while everyone else (except for Fuutarou) felt somewhat gloomy as well. "We wasted the whole afternoon having a stupid movie marathon that none of us even enjoyed… I knew we should have went out instead."

Ichika let out a deep sigh, feeling that she was at fault here. If it wasn't for the deadline tomorrow, they could've enjoyed the day like what they had planned. Even she could admit that the little 'movie marathon' they had earlier was horrible, and it did little to make up for what could have been a fun afternoon with Uesugi. "I'm sorry, Nino. This is my fault… I ruined our plans for the day, and I gave a stupid alternative as Plan B…"

"D-Don't blame yourself, Ichika… we understand why you needed to get home ahead of us." Yotsuba tried to stay cheerful as always, but it was quite obvious that she didn't like how all of this turned out either.

Miku opted to remain quiet, too gloomy to even say anything, but the expression on her face was enough to say that she hated this too. The brunette almost lost the drive to eat dinner, but she was feeling hungry. She was supposed to spend time with Fuutarou today when they would go out altogether, but that was immediately thrown out of the window when Ichika needed their tutor for something important. She wasn't blaming her sister of course, but it wasn't easy taking all of this in.

"Easier said than done…" Ichika groaned loudly, guilt eating her out all the more. She had no idea it would blow up into this, and she was beginning to feel that she wasn't in the mood to eat as well. "Now it makes me wonder what could've happened if I didn't practice for my lines…"

"There's no point in thinking about what might have happened, Ichika…" Itsuki sighed deeply as she leaned against the sink. With that said, she took a quick moment to imagine if things went a little different. They would've spent the afternoon in a nice ice cream parlor, ordering countless flavors and simply enjoying each other's company (including Uesugi-kun).

Yep, that could've happened if only things went… argh, never mind. She would be hypocritical if she continued to think about it, best to forget about this problem completely.

Surprisingly, Itsuki wasn't at the table eating with everyone else, even though she was already feeling incredibly hungry. Like her sisters, she didn't like the outcome of recent events but that didn't stop her appetite one bit. The reason she wasn't eating yet, well… it would be disrespectful of her as a maid if she eats at the same time as Uesugi, right? Best to let him finish first at the very least, before she could join them and eat to her heart's content.

This little action would prove to be something serious as Nino turned her attention to the redhead. "Hey, why are you still standing over there? Aren't you gonna eat dinner?" she frowned, apparently getting everyone else's attention as well.

Itsuki blushed, rubbing her left arm nervously. "Uhm… a-all of you can go first, I'll… I'll just catch up later."

"Huh… never thought I'd hear you say those words…" Nino looked surprised at first, before she bore a deadpan expression. "Is there a screw loose in your head or something? Get a plate and sit down, food's not gonna eat itself, you know."

"N-Nothing's wrong, just… I'll eat when… when one of you is already done…" she mumbled. She couldn't bear to say that she was waiting for Fuutarou to be done, simply because it was too embarrassing.

This only served to further confuse the purplette that she was about to stand up. "Are you even hearing yourself right now? Food doesn't taste good when it's cold, you know! I know you're sulking over what happened today, but you don't have to ignore dinner!"

"I'm aware of that and I am not sulking…!" Itsuki cried, genuinely offended with that remark. Okay, she was affected to the point that she internally wished for things to go differently, but she wasn't in despair over anything. "Please try to understand that I'm only waiting for Uesugi-kun to finish eating!"

Her eyes snapped open, realizing what she just said as she covered her mouth to prevent herself from speaking any further. But it was too late, as her sisters all looked at her with wide eyes that it almost caused Itsuki to shrink in nervousness. Even Fuutarou himself turned his head to look at her the moment he heard his name get mentioned.

"The hell does Fuu-kun have to do with this? Since when did you care about waiting for him to finish eating?" Nino asked, utterly confused with the fifth quintuplet.

Itsuki bit her lip, internally berating herself for that slip-up. Just great… she wanted to keep that embarrassing matter a secret, but she let it slip without even being aware of it. Now she was forced to face the consequences. Taking a deep breath, she began to speak and yet she was unable to look at everyone directly and averted her gaze to the side instead.

"W-W-Well, I'm supposed to be Uesugi-kun's maid, aren't I…?" she fidgeted with her fingers out of nervousness. "I-I-It would be disrespectful of me to eat alongside him and therefore, I-I should wait at least until he finishes his meal!"

The redhead exhibited a lot more confidence as she ended her sentence, only to receive silence as a response. She expected as much. Oh yeah, she just dug her own grave with this one, and she was ready to die out of embarrassment. That was until-

"Pfft—AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

All the attention was suddenly brought upon Nino, who began to laugh heartily, even banging her fist on the table a few times to try and relieve herself of her humor. There were even a few tears coming out of her eyes as it seemed like she wouldn't stop anytime soon. Out of nowhere, she just began to laugh and nobody knew why.

While everyone else who sat around the table were only confused with why Nino started laughing so suddenly, Itsuki frowned. Was her sister mocking her or something? Whatever it was, Itsuki didn't feel comfortable and it was beginning to bother her.

"And may I ask what you find funny, Nino?" she crossed her arms haughtily, narrowing her eyes at the purple-haired quint.

"Oh dear, don't mind me, Itsuki~" Nino smirked, somehow reinvigorated by the redhead's answer that she finally began to eat her food. "I'm just amazed at the fact that you did a complete 180 from how you were earlier when we were heading to that parfait place."

Hearing this, the color from Itsuki's face disappeared in an instant.

Miku and Yotsuba exchanged looks, clearly aware of what Nino was talking about. The same couldn't be said for Fuutarou and Ichika, who already gone on ahead when it happened.

Nino snickered, shrugging her shoulders afterwards. "Remember? You were concerned about what should we buy for Fuu-kun and then going on a rant—"

"Y-Y-You don't have to s-say that to everyone!" Itsuki quickly cut her off before she could say anything else, her eyes widening in alarm and her face deeply flushed. Her gaze quickly fell towards Fuutarou, and he was just staring at her with a blank look. She didn't know if she should worry about that, though.

"Suit yourself, you're the only one embarrassed about it anyway." Nino shrugged, although she kept on giggling to herself just because of Itsuki's sudden reaction when she mentioned the 'discussion' they had earlier.

However, just when Itsuki sighed in relief that she dodged a bullet right there, the voice of the one person she wasn't hoping to hear for now had called her out with a serious tone.

"Itsuki."

Oh dear, she was caught red-handed now. He would surely ask her about that 'discussion' and how he was involved in it. She couldn't possibly refuse him, it would be unfitting of her since she was supposed to be his maid! Embarrassing or not, she had to fulfill her end of the bet! And even if she did refuse to tell him, he could ask her other sisters about it and there was no telling if they would tell the truth or not!

"Y-Y-Yes…?" She braced herself for what was about to happen, unable to calm her rapidly beating heart from its nervous state.

Fuutarou turned his head to look at the red-haired quint with a blank expression. He noticed how nervous she was and it made him think twice if something was wrong with him or something. "I don't know the reason why you were talking about me earlier and quite frankly, I don't really care. I just want to tell you to stop with this whole 'disrespecting' thing and join your sisters here to eat dinner. It's more disrespectful to them that you're not eating altogether."

Itsuki widened her eyes as she heard him say those words. He didn't care? What did he mean by that? Did he not want to know about whatever issue that involved him in it? She was ready to come clean and tell Uesugi about what happened earlier should he ask about it… or maybe not, but still… she didn't expect him to just change the topic all of a sudden.

Despite that, she was able to gain her bearings and respond to the young man's statement. "B-But I'm supposed to be —"

Fuutarou wasn't going to have any of that, so he raised his hand to stop the redhead from speaking. "I've already heard this before, because Miku did the same when she was my maid last week, so spare me from that argument and just get over here already."

"S-She did…?" Well, she didn't know about that since… she wasn't at home with Nino and the others that day, which left Miku alone with Fuutarou until they got back home. Furthermore, Miku NEVER mentioned anything about what she did in particular while she was Uesugi's maid, apart from the fact that she confessed her feelings for him.

"Yep, she said the same thing as you did." He actually chuckled at the thought of that memory. Man, that was such a crazy night that he wouldn't forget. "But you know what? I told her to get a plate and join me in eating dinner, and she did. Now, since you're my maid like what you said, grab yourself a plate and get over here so we can altogether."

Even though he hid a few chuckles to himself, Itsuki knew that he was serious. But before she did anything, she turned towards Miku to see if their tutor was telling the truth. Her eyes only widened even more when Miku gave a silent nod, confirming Fuutarou's words.

"U-Uhm…" she stammered. Itsuki was at a total loss for words, unable to say anything else. She was ready to wait until Uesugi-kun finishes eating before she can have her turn, but it was also the same person who was telling her to join them at the table. The blush on her face became deeper as a result, but Itsuki cleared her throat to snap herself out of it. "W-W-Well, if… i-if that's what you wish, then… I-I suppose I should follow you…!" she stuttered while also retaining her professional self, before quickly taking off to do what Fuutarou asked of her.

Itsuki's little mistake and her embarrassed reaction caused her sisters to explode in a fit of giggles out of amusement. This 'maid' thing didn't really suit her well but damn, seeing her struggle in doing her role was funny. Even Fuutarou hid a few chuckles to himself. Itsuki could be cute if she wasn't being snappy and acted like a mother most of the time.

While she had her back turned on everyone else, Itsuki bore a grateful smile on her face as well, although it wasn't that visible compared to them. She didn't know why, but she felt genuinely happy compared to how she was earlier. Why wouldn't she? She had the chance to eat while there's still a lot of food on the table, and she definitely wouldn't throw this opportunity away!

"Geez, Uesugi-kun… you didn't have to do this, you know…" she thought, before blushing furiously once again upon realizing what she just said to herself. "Wait, why am I feeling this way? I-It doesn't mean anything, right? I'm only grateful that U-Uesugi-kun was considerate and… thought of me. He said it himself, he… he did the same for Miku. M-Maybe…" she snuck a glance over her shoulder as her gaze flew towards the blue-haired tutor.

"Maybe being his maid isn't so bad after all," she whispered with a smile.

---

"So have you finally admitted to yourself that you're jealous, Itsuki?"

The atmosphere in the whole table grew thick, as everyone's attention immediately turned towards the two people who were involved in this. Tonight's dinner went quiet for some reason, and this was actually the first time someone spoke since that little matter that involved Itsuki earlier.

It seems that she would be involved in yet another matter, as another huge blush erupted on the redhead's face.

"W-W-Where did that come from…?" she sputtered, ruining her perfectly calm demeanor completely. Up until now, she was eating in peace and disregarded any other thought inside her mind in favor of food. It was a known fact that food was the only thing that can calm her down in times of distress.

Well at the moment, they were nearly done with dinner, so… yeah. Her little mental shield was pretty much useless now, and her mind had no choice but to have her listen to what her eldest sister just said.

Ichika, with a smug grin on her face, only giggled in amusement at Itsuki's flustered reaction. "I mean, why else would you sit beside Fuutarou-kun if you weren't jealous? You must want him to yourself, huh? Well, like I said… our date doesn't take place until Sunday so you're free to do what you want."

Itsuki blanched as her eyes glanced towards the young man sitting beside her. Fuutarou returned the gaze with a blank look, as though he didn't really care that he was involved in this. He had already endured enough with Miku and Nino constantly fighting over him that by this point, it was almost impossible to be affected by a simple tease.

"I-It's not like that! T-T-The only empty chair left earlier was this one!" she quickly argued, before pouting at the pink-haired quintuplet. "Please don't say such things while we're still at the table, Ichika!"

She wasn't wrong, though. When Itsuki was about to join them for dinner earlier, there was no other available chair for her to use, except for the one beside Fuutarou to his right. It was strange that Miku didn't want to sit beside him but oh well, as long as she could eat, nothing else mattered.

Ichika's smirk only widened, and Itsuki did not have a good feeling about that. Her sister was up to something, but she had no idea what it could be. She didn't even notice that Ichika exchanged knowing glances with Miku, so… yeah…

"Ara, Itsuki. Sure, we'll believe you and not suggest the obvious." Ichika continued to laugh at the red-haired girl's flustered expression as the rest of the girls joined in on the amusement, embarrassing Itsuki even further. Good thing Fuutarou remained neutral in this, otherwise… she might not be able to take it.

"Mou! Even at the dinner table, you guys can't knock it off!" Itsuki cried out, comically throwing her arms in the air and wailing like a child. This only caused her sisters to laugh all the more, while the redhead was nearing her breaking point. She could cry at any moment, if her sisters didn't plan on stopping anytime soob. "P-Please stop laughing already! I'm not jealous of anything and mind you, we are still eating dinner! A-And it's not just me, can't you see that you are embarrassing Uesugi-kun as well?! You're all making false accusations here and it's annoying, so please, just stop…"

"Huh?" Fuutarou said calmly, turning towards Itsuki with a raised eyebrow. He didn't look embarrassed at all, nor did he seem affected by Ichika's teasing.

Well, truth be told, the girl only mentioned him so that her sisters would just drop this topic. Surely, if someone other than her was affected, they would cease their teasing to avoid hurting someone's feelings, right?

"Oh, trying to defend Fuutarou-kun, are you~?" Ichika had her index finger on her mouth, looking at both her youngest sister and their tutor with an amused smile. "And how does that disprove the possibility that you are jealous because you have feelings for him?"

"Muuuu…" Itsuki frowned and pouted even more, so much that tears were starting to form in her eyes.

Seeing her sister close to shedding tears made Ichika let out a deep sigh, maybe she was going too far here. Doesn't matter, she had her fun seeing Itsuki embarrassed and unable to properly respond. "Alright, alright, I'll stop… geez, you're so easy to tease that any reaction you make is worth it." Ichika remarked, raising her arms in front of her as a sign that she didn't want to continue any further. Meanwhile, Yotsuba and their other two sisters all ceased in their laughter, turning their attention back towards their dinner.

"Thank Kami…" Itsuki took deep breaths as she put her hand on her forehead before sighing in relief. "Mou, that was really frustrating! What were they all teasing me for?! I need to clear my head for a minute or so…" she internally fumed, trying to shift her attention back to her meal, but failing horribly. "Great, now I can't focus on dinner! I hate this! What was Ichika trying to do anyway?! Didn't Uesugi-kun already tell her to stop with those accusations! Out of all the times… and now I can't eat dinner properly anymore. Although…" She sent a quick glance towards Fuutarou, who already shifted his attention back to his food as if nothing happened. For some reason, Itsuki felt a pang in her chest that he just ignored this matter like it was nothing, but it wasn't enough to get noticed. "I…I guess I can talk to him later about this… just to clear things between us… surely Uesugi-kun wouldn't want a misunderstanding since… he already has go deal with Ichika, Miku, and Nino…"

While Itsuki was having a moment of introspection, Ichika sent a curious look towards her. It didn't seem like she was planning anything, though…

"Hey, Itsuki? I gotta ask. Did you change your phone password or something?"

Although the sisters were all strict and mindful of their own privacy, they trusted each other enough to know the passcode of their phones in times of emergency. They made sure to only use another's cellphone during scenarios as such, mainly for communication. As much as they were close as a family, they each had their own private life.

Despite having her complete attention on something else, the redhead was able to clearly hear what Ichika was saying and understand it. Without taking her gaze away from her dinner, she gave her answer.

"I… don't remember changing it. Although now that you mention that, I think I should, maybe after dinner. I've been using the same for almost a year now, a little change wouldn't hurt. Why are you asking?"

Ichika smiled innocently, hiding her real intentions behind a good mask. "Nothing really, I wanted to know, just in case. Thanks for telling me, it's good to see you finally moving on."

"Uh… okay?" Itsuki raised her head for a moment to send a confused look towards Ichika before reverting her attention back to her food. "Why was she asking me that? In front of Uesugi-kun, no less… does she even know he's listening? I don't need him seeing— w-wait a minute…!" Her eyes widened in realization as she quickly tapped the pocket of her maid outfit to see if a certain something was still there, only for her mouth to hang agape in horror when she didn't feel anything there. She quickly looked at Ichika afterwards, and her face turned as red as her hair upon seeing the eldest quintuplet holding her phone up for everyone to see.

"Huh? Ichika, why do you have Itsuki's phone?" Yotsuba asked, which apparently got both Nino and Miku to jolt their heads towards the eldest quint. Needless to say, they were also confused on why Ichika had Itsuki's phone and how she got it.

Meanwhile, Fuutarou remained Fuutarou as he looked indifferent to the impending argument that was about to happen between the sisters. Hey, he had nothing to do with this, so as soon as he finishes his dinner, he'll leave the table and rest on the couch.

"Ichika, give my phone back this instant! I'm serious!" Itsuki fumed, standing up from the table with force before she clenched her fists tightly. If Ichika had her phone, then… she also knew what was inside it.

"How did she know about it?! I never saw her looking at my phone!" Oh dear, this wasn't going well. Her current self wasn't anything like earlier, where she was simply throwing a childish tantrum. "Don't make me come over there and take it from you!"

Ichika waved her hand in an attempt to calm down her sister, although she didn't really take her words seriously. "Woah, calm down, Itsuki. I just want to show Fuutarou-kun something here, I'm sure he won't mind~"

Upon hearing his name get mentioned, Uesugi turned his head towards Ichika. "You want to show me something?" he asked as though he hasn't had the slightest idea of what it could be, since he didn't notice Itsuki's tomato-red face.

"D-D-Don't you dare…! Uesugi-kun, don't listen to her!" Itsuki shut her eyes in embarrassment as she stomped on the floor repeatedly. Now that Ichika had Fuutarou's attention, she had next to way out of this situation. Her only hope was to storm over to the other side of the table and take back her phone, but her body seemed to be unresponsive at the moment.

"Itsuki?" Fuutarou turned his head to look at the redhead who was standing beside him, finally seeing the embarrassed state she was in, but he didn't say anything. Itsuki was a girl whom he couldn't quite understand most of the time, whether it's her actions or her personality.

"Calm down, Itsuki." Miku reached out and patted her sister's arm, doing what she could before the bomb of embarrassment and anger called Itsuki Nakano could explode.

"How can I calm down when Ichika has my phone, Miku?! You know how she usually is!" Itsuki snapped at the headphone-wearing quint, her voice beginning to sound desperate before turning back towards the pinkette who was laughing on the other side of the table. "Give me back my phone, Ichika!"

"Oi, what are you even planning to do, anyway?" Nino intervened, frowning at Ichika in confusion as if she wasn't aware of their youngest sister being ready to blow up in shame. "Did Itsuki do something and you want to show us?"

"Nino, don't encourage her!"

"Um… I don't think this is a good idea…" Yotsuba spoke up, a bit worried for Itsuki. If she was that desperate to get her phone back, then there must be something important there that she didn't want to show.

"Like I said, I'm just going to show Fuutarou-kun something that he won't mind seeing…" Ichika winked before she opened Itsuki's phone effortlessly, password and all. She turned her head towards their tutor and smirked. The young man himself had a bad feeling about this, knowing what's bound to happen every time Ichika flashes that smirk. "Fuutarou-kun, I would like you to see this~!"

Tears were already forming in Itsuki's eyes as she let out another wail of desperation, reaching out for her phone hopelessly.

"Please dooon't!"

Too late. Ichika held out her phone for Fuutarou to see, and to say that he was surprised would be an understatement.

It was a photo of him, Itsuki, and Raiha altogether, possibly taken during the time when the three of them went to the arcade together.

"It's me…?"

Okay, it was a photo, but so what?

There was nothing peculiar about a harmless picture, right?

…

…

…

Unfortunately, it wasn't just a photo.

"What the hell…?"

"Woah… I… didn't see this coming…"

"I never thought… Itsuki would do such a thing…"

The shocking part was the context behind the photo.

"So, what do you think, Fuutarou-kun? I told you that she was jealous, didn't I? Now, here's the proof!" Ichika giggled at the look of horror on Itsuki's face as well as everyone else's dumbfounded expressions.

Honestly, she had the same reaction when she found out about this just last Monday during breakfast. Her younger sister had no idea that her phone was left open while she went on a rant about 'Uesugi-kun's actions towards her sisters', giving Ichika a good look at her wallpaper, especially the person who was inside it. The shock she got from it was enough to distract her for the rest of the day. It was also one of the reasons why she opted to tease Itsuki non-stop today, as it could give her a sign to just come clean and confess. It was already obvious that the redhead also bore the same feelings that she felt for Fuutarou, but Itsuki was just too stubborn for her own good.

"Itsuki has you as her phone's wallpaper! Isn't it sweet? No wonder she didn't want me to go on a date with you… and look, she even picked a photo that included Raiha-chan! It honestly makes the three of you look like one happy family!"

The young tutor had nothing to say. Words alone wouldn't be able to express his state of disbelief. Itsuki, the girl who was the most neutral towards him among her sisters, actually had him as her wallpaper. How could he not be shocked? He had gotten a good look at Miku and Nino's phones a few times and neither of them had him as a phone wallpaper. Hell, he was even sure that Ichika and Yotsuba didn't! But Itsuki…

Fuutarou wasn't dense by all means. He knew what it meant if a girl had a particular boy as a phone wallpaper (little kids are not included), and well… this was the troubling part. He found it hard to believe that Itsuki, of all people, had some kind of feelings towards him. He wasn't quite sure if it was romantic because it could also signify something else, but considering the general meaning of her actions…

It wouldn't be wrong to hypothesize that Itsuki actually had romantic feelings for him, similar to her three other sisters.

Oh, and he could clearly remember the time when he joked about this, during the night when he made love to Ichika. Welp, if this was Kami's way of fucking things up for him all the more, then he would bitterly accept the consequences of his actions.

To think that a simple photo would have him do a complete 180 from the neutral vibe he was exhibiting earlier.

"I...I have nothing to say," he said incredulously. Despite it all, Fuutarou couldn't pry his eyes off the phone that Ichika held out for him. He simply had a hard time believing that the red-haired quint would do such a thing, for obvious reasons.

"Eh… Ichika?" Nino spoke up, being the first out of everyone else to snap out of her shock. "How did you even know that Itsuki had Fuu-kun as her wallpaper? You didn't open her phone on purpose just to mess with her now, did you?" she finished through narrowed eyes, finding this all too convenient that Ichika somehow found out about this little secret.

Ichika shook her head, the teasing smirk on her face disappearing so she could explain. "Nope. It happened last Monday, while we were having breakfast. Remember? It was when Fuutarou-kun was feeling too sick to go to school. Itsuki accidentally left her phone open while we were eating, and it was just beside her. It's not like I looked at it on purpose, it's more that I can't avoid doing it. Seriously, I was just as shocked as you guys are."

Nino opened her mouth to say something, before keeping it closed with a light hum. Ichika seemed to be telling the truth, and she didn't detect any kind of lie in her sister's explanation.

"Then does this mean…" Miku spoke up, before turning her head towards the red-haired quint. Out of all of them, Itsuki was the one whom Miku had the most doubts when it came to having feelings for Fuutarou. She wasn't even sure if Itsuki felt the same way as her, Nino, and now Ichika did for their tutor but despite that, she told Fuutarou that all of them had feelings for him.

Miku never thought that it was all true, and all it took was a photo to prove it.

"...Itsuki has… feelings for Fuutarou as well…?"

By this point, everyone else had also turned their attention to the blushing redhead who was frozen in place. They all had varying expressions; Ichika's smirk had returned and she looked satisfied with how this turned out. Yotsuba and Miku were simply taken aback and were trying to take this revelation in, while Nino looked both shocked and confused as though she couldn't believe that Itsuki had such feelings for Fuu-kun.

"I… t-this is…" she stuttered, visibly shaking in place due to her secret being out. Logic and reasoning wouldn't help her in this situation, not when there was solid proof against any kind argument she would make. Her bottom lip trembled and her tears became visible for everyone else to see, showing that she was about to reach her breaking point.

Poor girl.

Fuutarou's reaction was perhaps the simplest yet most significant among them, looking calm and confused at the same time. He still remained surprised though, mainly because he just found out that Itsuki held some kind of feelings for him, but he wasn't sure if it was romantic and he had yet to find out.

"Itsuki… are you…?" He didn't sound as if he was completely taken aback, but rather he was only curious and felt intrigued with what he found out. No, he was used to this already, finding out girls had a thing for him that he could already see a pattern forming.

This little revelation wasn't enough to draw out a big reaction from him by now.

"T-This is… I-I-I mean…"

Itsuki continued to stutter and shake in fear, unable to give a proper response to this huge turn of events. Her dam of tears was about to break at any second, and she even thought about just locking herself in her room for the rest of the night.

She couldn't possibly shift and go "mom mode" to deal with this, because it would be illogical and foolish of her to get out of this situation by just acting mature like she normally does.

She couldn't give a half-assed response either, lest she risk Ichika continuing to tease her mercilessly while everybody else would push her to give the answers they wanted.

Itsuki CERTAINLY couldn't come clean with the truth too, because she would die of embarrassment before that even happens. Furthermore, she swore to herself and her sisters that she'd stay the same no matter what happens, and it would be a huge blow to her pride to go back on her word.

And so, in the end…

"...I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!"

...she cried from indecisiveness.

Itsuki threw her arms up in the air in a dramatic fashion, tears flowing from her eyes as she began to wail like a child. Before anyone could mutter out another word, Itsuki already ran out of the kitchen and made her way upstairs, covering her crying face with both hands. The sound of a door slamming hard could only mean that she really did lock herself in her room to cry her eyes out… so much for eating dinner in peace…

"Ara, it looks like I went too far there…" Ichika broke the uncomfortable silence brought by Itsuki leaving, as she thoughtfully rested a finger on her chin.

"Too far? Are you being serious right now?" Miku pouted, narrowing her eyes at the eldest quint. Although she joined in on teasing their younger sister just for the fun of it, Miku never intended for things to escalate into this. "You made Itsuki cry, Ichika. It's more than that."

"She didn't even finish her dinner, wow…" Nino groaned, staring at the plate that Itsuki left behind. She then sent a sour look towards Ichika, before sending an accusatory finger to the one at fault. "Alright Ichika, you started this mess so you better make sure that you fix it. Because of this stunt you pulled, there's going to be some leftovers and you know how much I hate it when someone doesn't finish their food."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it." Ichika smiled, waving off her sister's concerns. If anything, her plan was going smoothly, now that Itsuki finally reached her limit and isolated herself from everyone else. "Step one: Tease the sister until she snaps and locks herself in her room, all done." she thought with a devious smirk. "Just have to wait for her to come out sometime later~"

"Itsuki looked really upset…" Yotsuba said, keeping her gaze upstairs since she was worried. They could clearly see their youngest sister shedding tears earlier, and Yotsuba felt that she too was at fault here. Why wouldn't she? She joined her other sisters in laughing at Itsuki's flustered expressions earlier. And all of this started with Ichika teasing her by saying she was jealous. "Does this mean… Itsuki likes Uesugi-san?"

Nino shrugged, looking confused as well. "Who knows? Maybe she does, maybe she doesn't. If you remember the little talk we had earlier, she was talking down on Fuu-kun and it's not like Itsuki to lie about something. Then again, she did panic all of a sudden when we saw her phone's wallpaper, which had the guy himself in it. It's all so confusing, urgh…"

"We can just ask her when she calms down." Miku spoke up as she drank some water. "Maybe tomorrow, because Itsuki might not be coming out of her room anytime soon. After all…" she frowned at Ichika again, who quickly raised her hands in defeat. "...someone did invade her privacy so she must be feeling too embarrassed to face any of us right now. She'll just kick us out of her room if we try anything."

"That's a good idea, but for now… let's forget about this matter." Nino gave a silent nod before turning her gaze back towards the table. "Let's finish up here, since I still have to wash all of these… and put away whatever's left on Itsuki's platter, which might be the first time that this ever happened."

Her three remaining sisters all nodded in agreement as they continued to eat their dinner, with Ichika secretly glancing towards Fuutarou since he seemed awfully quiet until now, and it's not because he was already done with his food.

Fuutarou didn't have his attention on the table, but rather on the upper floor where the sisters' bedrooms were all located. His eyes have been glued there ever since Itsuki stormed out of the kitchen and went up to her room, hiding herself from everyone else. There was only one thing on his mind right now, and that was none other than Itsuki Nakano possibly having feelings for him.

"Could she really…? Itsuki has always intrigued me with her personality, and I like how she constantly tries to prove herself… but I never thought that she actually saw me in that way. Sure, the same could be said for most of her sisters but with them… there was, at the very least, some signs that they showed but Itsuki… she was always the same." He narrowed his eyes and hummed quietly, going deep in thought regarding this matter. "Alright, let's not jump to conclusions. Maybe I'm just misunderstanding things and she doesn't like me in that way, which I hope would be the case… because fuck it, I don't think I can handle choosing between FOUR girls… just kill me now if that happens, damn it…"

Ichika noticed the serious look on his face while he kept on gazing at the upper floor, causing her devious smile to return as she turned her attention back to her dinner. "Step two: Bring out the sister's inner desires, underway." she thought while hiding her laughter perfectly from her sisters.

It was time for Itsuki to let it all out.

---

It was already 10:24 in the evening as the door to Itsuki Nakano's bedroom opened, revealing the red-haired quintuplet who looked like she finally calmed down from her embarrassed state a few hours earlier. As soon as she went to her bedroom, she locked the door and cried into her pillow like a child, coping with the fact that Uesugi-kun saw her phone wallpaper and she couldn't do anything to possibly explain herself.

If she did, she would be, uhm… confessing but if she didn't, her sisters won't stop until they get the answers they wanted.

However, that issue wasn't in her mind at the moment because she was focused on something else.

There were no signs of her tears anywhere, and the only thing noticeable about her right now was the look of discomfort on her face. She was able to fall asleep after crying for who-knows-how-long, only to be woken up by her grumbling stomach a while ago. She basically skipped half of her dinner because of what happened earlier, and now she felt hungry. She needed to eat something, otherwise her stomach will bother her for the rest of the night that she might not be able to sleep again.

Itsuki held her stomach and groaned softly as she made her way down the stairs. She wasn't wearing her maid outfit anymore, but rather a simple pair of red pajamas. After all, it was already late at night and there was no need for it.

"This is what I get for skipping out on dinner halfway through… but it's not like I was still in the mood to eat when Ichika had my phone… urgh, what was her problem, anyway?! I thought we already agreed not to invade each other's privacy! Now I have to deal with Uesugi-kun since he saw my phone wallpaper…!" Her eyes then widened as she shook her head, dispelling these thoughts out of her mind before she bursts into tears again.

"N-No, stop thinking about it, Itsuki…!" she shut her eyes and pursed her lips together. "If I think too much of it, I won't be able to sleep properly! I just have to get something, and then… then I'll go back to sleep…! Y-Yes, that's all I need to do right now! Whatever happened earlier, I'll just… I'll deal with it tomorrow morning. Y-Y-Yes, that seems fine…"

Despite her words of self-encouragement for herself, Itsuki was trying her best to retain her straight look as if she had doubts. Underneath her stern expression, the girl thought of her tutor, especially the way he reacted to seeing, uhm… what was supposed to be private.

"I'll… I'll have to talk to Uesugi-kun tomorrow as well… s-s-surely, he will understand, right…? What happened earlier… was only a misunderstanding because Ichika… had my phone and was being her usual self. She only did it to make fun of me, as she always does." she clenched her fist tightly, but she managed to keep calm despite her frustration with her sister. "Speaking of Ichika, I shall have a word with her tomorrow about personal belongings, since she has clearly forgotten about the rule we set up —!" Itsuki cut herself off from her thoughts upon reaching the kitchen, but not because of food.

It was because of the two people that she saw by the fridge.

"W-What… is this…?" she mumbled, unknowingly getting the attention of one of the two figures in the kitchen.

When Itsuki saw that one of the two was about to turn towards where she was, her eyes immediately widened before she hid herself from behind the wall. Man, that was a close call. Itsuki took heavy breaths to steel herself as she peeked out from her hiding place, getting a good look at the two individuals who were still awake apparently, even during this late at night.

"That's… U-Uesugi-kun and… Ichika…? W-What are they doing here so late?" she frowned in confusion, seeing one of her sisters along with her tutor standing by the fridge, possibly having a small discussion on their own.

---

Unbeknownst to Itsuki, the pink-haired quintuplet had already detected her presence ever since she was having an internal conversation. She was in some kind of trance a while ago, and Itsuki had no idea that her sister already noticed her.

Ichika flashed a small smirk to herself the moment she saw her red-haired sister hide from behind the wall. "Looks like step two is going smoothly." Things were going exactly as she planned it and luckily, the young man before her didn't seem to notice Itsuki at all, since his complete attention was directed towards her.

Fuutarou had his arms crossed while sending an unamused expression at the girl. "Tell me again why you're still here? I was just about to take a quick shower when you showed up all of a sudden." he sighed, resisting the urge to face-palm because he already had a clear feeling on why Ichika was here, but it was best not to jump into conclusions.

"Hmm, what about you, Fuutarou-kun? Why are you in the kitchen? The shower isn't here, you know." Ichika avoided his question with a small chuckle. Maybe she could have some fun with Fuutarou before going through with what she had cooked up in her mind.

He rolled his eyes, already used to this scenario. He could either fight back with a tease of his own until Ichika backs down, or just let himself fall for it. If it wasn't already 10 in the evening, he might have played fire with fire but unfortunately, he wasn't in the mood for that. And so, he decided to just answer truthfully to get this over with.

"That's completely irrelevant to my question but if you must know, I drank some hot milk so that I can sleep a lot faster after I'm done showering." He shrugged his shoulders carelessly. "In fact, just when you showed up, I was already done washing the cup I used and was about to head over to the bathroom. That good enough? Now tell me why you're here."

"Well, since you answered my question truthfully, I'll be blunt with you then." She took a step forward and placed her hand on his cheek, leaning dangerously close to his face with a sensual look. Despite this however, Uesugi remained completely calm while Ichika had a small blush on her cheeks.

Itsuki, who was watching the two from a distance, covered her mouth with one hand as her face turned crimson from seeing how close her sister was to their tutor. She couldn't hear anything they were sayimg, but their body language was able to convey the message to her mind. In her eyes, Ichika being that… close to Uesugi was considered inappopriate because, well… there are boundaries between a student and a teacher's relationship that must not be crossed over.

"Ichika, what are you doing?! T-T-That's highly inappropriate of you as Uesugi-kun's pupil! Y-You cannot stand that close to our tutor…!" she thought, unaware that she was clenching her own fists tightly for some reason.

"We can just take a shower together later, Fuutarou-kun~" she said seductively, her eyes gaining a mischievous glint that Fuutarou knew too well by now. "Because I was thinking… we can have some fun in my room again, if you get me? I have something special planned for you, by the way~"

"Pass," he answered in the most stoic way possible. He was right with his suspicions, and he had to make her leave before he gets tempted in any way. As much as he could be stoic and emotionless, Fuutarou also had a breaking point of his own and he didn't want to go there. "We already did that when we got here from school, once is enough for a day. It's pretty late too, so get some sleep already. Aren't you the one who loves to sleep out of everyone here?"

"Aww, but can't you at least think about it? I may love to sleep, but I love you more." Ichika pouted at being flat-out rejected like that, stepping back and crossing her arms.

Fuutarou blushed a bit at hearing the pink-haired quint say that she, uhm… loved him more than sleeping which was, uhhh… quite the revelation.

"You'll still be able to take a quick shower, and I'll be joining you in the bath too. Don't you want that? And who cares if it's already late? We don't have classes tomorrow since it's the weekend, hehe~"

Fuutarou put a hand on his forehead, letting out a deep sigh. She's not going to stop, is she? Still, it's strange. Ichika wouldn't come down here at this late just to ask him to have sex with her again, would she? She could've went down a lot earlier and told him about this, but it didn't happen like that at all. She just showed up a while ago, and now she was asking him such a question.

There must be a catch.

It seemed too suspicious, so he couldn't let himself fall for it. She must have something in mind, but he hadn't the slightest idea of what it could be.

"Still, I'm not in the mood. I just told you that I was drinking a cup of hot milk until you showed up so I could fall asleep a lot faster. I don't know what might happen if I let myself get tempted. You remember what happened when the week started? I got sick because I was so tired from everything, and my body just gave in. Who knows? That could happen to me again. Would you want that, Ichika?" he said, raising an eyebrow while flashing an evil grin.

Perhaps by mentioning what happened to him a few days ago, it would make her give up and leave.

"That's okay… it would only mean that I'll get to take care of you again, Fuutarou-sama~" she calmly replied, before bowing her head and calling the blue-haired teen by the name she used while she was his maid.

Fuutarou groaned and slammed his palm into his face, realizing that Ichika played him yet again. The pinkette giggled at his action, enough to cause a tick mark to appear on his head. She just loved to garner such reactions from him, huh?

In spite of Ichika gaining amusement from his little slip-up, Fuutarou was able to calm himself enough to let out another deep sigh. Hearing this, the eldest quint ceased her laughing to look back towards her tutor, who now had a conflicted look on his face as though he had no idea what he should do.

"Just go to sleep, Ichika… maybe sometime tomorrow, I guess? But… just not now." he shook his head, thinking back to what happened during dinner.

Specifically… Itsuki and the case of him being her phone wallpaper.

Sure, that photo also involved Raiha but that was beyond the point. The problem here was that Itsuki chose that particular picture to be her wallpaper, which meant that she would see it every time she would open her phone, as though she would never get tired of seeing it.

But why? Was it that significant to her or something…?

Man, that was so confusing that he needed to drink some milk to ensure he doesn't have a problem sleeping.

"I still have a lot in my mind until now and… I don't feel I can handle something else at the moment." he admitted, looking away to the side as he rubbed the back of his head in shame.

Ichika's eyes widened slightly as she heard him say those words, before she flashed a hidden smirk. "He must be thinking about Itsuki… this means that everything is going according to plan! And now for the fun part…" The girl then let out a sigh of defeat, letting her arms fall to her side. She quickly put on a look of sadness to hide her intentions. "Ahhh, you win. I guess you're too tired to go another round with onee-san, huh?" she said in a melancholic tone, causing Fuutarou to look at her strangely.

Did she really give up, or was she just playing with him like she always does? There was definitely a catch, because it wasn't like Ichika to just admit defeat without gaining some sort of satisfaction from it.

The girl looked upset for a few moments, before a thoughtful smile appeared on her face. "Alright Fuutarou-kun, I'll head upstairs and go to bed like what you wanted. But… on one condition." she offered, raising her index finger for emphasis.

So he was right. There was indeed a catch in this. But what did she want from him? Hmm, maybe he could hear her out first? As long as it didn't involve any sexual acts, though… or he might just walk away without a care and just leave Ichika hanging here.

"Which is?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I want you to give me a kiss good night." she said with an innocent smile, as Fuutarou looked surprised for a quick second. Was she serious? Before he could say anything though, Ichika then pouted and pointed towards him. "On the lips, all right? And make sure to make it good, or I'll just keep bothering you until you agree to have another round with me!"

She finished with a triumphant look on her face, while Fuutarou stared at her for the next few moments. Well, that was a quick change, wasn't it? When he just denied her desire to sleep with him for the second time today, she resorts to this like it was just a game to her. Whatever it is though, the sooner he can get this over with, the sooner he can take a shower and then sleep.

He cleared his throat, regaining his bearings. "Uhm, are you sure about that? I just have to kiss you, and… that's it? You'll stop bothering me for the night? You do know that you aren't able to take back what you say, don't you?" he asked, making sure that Ichika knew what she was asking for.

"Yep!" she nodded, before flashing the young man a suggestive look, her smirk returning. "Unless, of course… you aren't able to do it, Fuutarou-kun. All I want is a kiss good night, is that too much to ask of you? Or maybe you're not even in the mood to—"

Ichika stopped her words as Fuutarou placed his hands on both her shoulders, his face hidden behind hair. Since it was dark too, it was hard for her to see his expression. Her eyes widened as Fuutarou began to push her back, and Ichika's body could only obey as she took some steps backwards until she was in front of the refrigerator. Her heartbeat increased as she realized that she was just cornered and had nowhere to go.

The smug look on her face disappeared as Uesugi leaned his head forward, reaching within inches of her nose and mouth. A healthy blush appeared on Ichika's face when he finally looked up and stared into her blue eyes, and it only became deeper as Fuutarou rested his hand directly beside her head.

Despite being her usual self just a while ago, Ichika still felt that Fuutarou was effortlessly tearing through her defenses, and he was doing it without even being embarrassed.

"M-My heart is beating so fast… l-like that time…" Ichika thought, her mind thinking back to the night where she confessed her feelings. Oh yeah, the young man surely proved how smooth he could possibly that time, as much as he tried to deny it.

Her plan to help Itsuki wasn't in her mind right now, because it was just her and Fuutarou at this moment.

---

Speaking of which, Itsuki kept on watching them the whole time; she breathed out a sigh of relief when Ichika moved away from Fuutarou earlier, quickly realizing that she was just teasing around as usual. She rested her hands against the wall and calmed herself down, having clenched her fists a little too tight even for her. Boy, if Ichika was going to do something there, whatever it was, Itsuki was ready to jump out of her hiding place and stop her.

However, she would've never thought that Fuutarou Uesugi…

Their tutor…

"W-W-W-What is this…?" her voice was so quiet that no one else could hear.

...would actually corner Ichika against the fridge and lean in soooooo close to her face, as if he wasn't even trying!

"U-U-Uesugi-kun… w-w-w-w-what are you d-d-doing to Ichika?!"

Her eyes widened to the size of saucers as her mouth hung agape in shock. The blush on her face returned and increased tenfold at the sight of her sister being so close to Fuutarou, only this time it was the guy himself who initiated it. It was also because of this that she was frozen in place, unable to do anything against this because…

"Uesugi-kun… w-what are you—?"

...because she never thought that Fuutarou himself would do something like this.

Sure, she could expect this from Ichika and Nino since she knew how they act. As a matter of fact, even Miku became bold enough to kiss Fuutarou whenever she wanted to.

But to see the guy himself doing it…?

For some reason, that fact hit Itsuki harder than Uesugi finding out about her phone wallpaper.

"U-Uesugi-kun?!"

Itsuki covered her mouth with both hands when she saw him placing his hand against the fridge and leaning even closer towards Ichika's face. Her heart felt like it was going to be ripped out of her chest due to how fast it was beating at the moment, causing her to place her hand over it in an almost-futile attempt to calm herself down.

---

Fuutarou kept on staring at Ichika for a good few seconds, enjoying the embarrassed expression on her face that completely contrasted how she looked like a while ago. He flashed her a smug grin before he finally began to speak once more.

"Who says it's too much to ask? At this point, you should know that a kiss is a piece of cake." he whispered, leaning even closer that their foreheads touched. "It's you who still gets embarrassed when the tables turn against you like this, right?"

"Fuutarou-kun…" she breathed out, her blush deepening even further.

He snickered, enjoying how Ichika acted all flirty and yet vulnerable to things like these. It was a unique trait that distinguished her from her sisters. He honestly found it amusing that she would ask him to make love to her once again, yet she would become all-shy and flustered when they were on the bed.

Fuutarou took a quick glance at her lips before returning to meet Ichika's gaze.

"You wanted a kiss? Then here."

And with that, he leaned forward to press his lips against hers.

---

Itsuki could only watch with wide eyes and her mouth hung agape as Fuutarou kissed Ichika, on the freakin' lips, right in front of her. There was no sign of embarrassment on her features, but rather just pure shock and disbelief. The boy who caught the attention of three of her sisters… was kissing someone else in front of her.

That someone happened to be one of her sisters too!

It was the same boy who always seemed embarrassed whenever her sisters would be so straightforward with him… and yet he was instigating a kiss like it was nothing!

It was also the same boy whom she had feeli—

Wait, where did that come from?

She does not like him in that way!

That's what Itsuki always tells herself and others.

If that was the case, then did she suddenly feel so unsure all of a sudden, so much that she gripped her own pajama top tightly that she could rip it off?

"U-Uesugi-kun… why…"

As much as her mind was telling her that this was wrong on so many levels, the redhead couldn't pry her eyes away from the scene before her.

How could she?

When her sister was basically being violated by their own tutor! The nerve of that guy! He should be imprisoned for this act alone and never to be seen again!

Again, that was what she was telling herself.

She didn't even try to make a move and reveal herself to 'save' her sister from Fuutarou and kick him out for what he did. But why was she unable to do so?

Was it because of shock, or something else?

It also didn't hide the fact that tears were starting to build up in her eyes, and Itsuki had no idea why. She made no move to wipe them with her forearm, perhaps because she was too focused on what was happening before her.

The kiss wasn't even lustful, nor was it a full-blown makeout session. It was simply a loving kiss that was normally shared by couples, which only focused on expressing the mutual feelings shared by two people and the passion they had for one another.

And yet Itsuki felt as if her heart was ripped out of her chest that she couldn't speak anymore, and all she could do was watch in silence.

The two kept on kissing for at least half a minute before Fuutarou finally pulled away, leaving both him and Ichika breathless that they took several deep breaths to regain their steady breathing. A few moments later, the two bore smiles on their faces before they broke into a fit of laughter, just brought by enjoying each other's company.

As soon as she saw them separate from each other, Itsuki managed to snap out of her trance as she gasped and fell on her butt. Her eyes widened in fear that Uesugi and Ichika might have heard her landing, causing her to quickly get up from the floor and run back upstairs to her room, without even looking back nor noticing the tears that escaped her eyes.

Upon reaching her room, she quickly locked the door and took deep breaths to regain her composure. She knew that she was crying right now, because of the tears that openly flowed from her eyes. This was the second time she cried today, and it was for a completely different reason.

During dinner, she was embarrassed and she couldn't take any further humiliation… quite typical of her and she knew it herself.

But now… she wasn't embarrassed at all.

Being embarrassed… didn't involve feeling as if your heart was about to explode, nor was it anything close to feeling something inside your chest.

And the red-haired quint knew it as well.

Ever since earlier, her mind was telling her various things, yet all of them had one thing in common: they were all words of reassurement, as though she wasn't supposed to be affected by what she hears or sees.

It was like a way of coping with what was reality.

In the end, though? It failed to do its job and now she was crying.

Wait, wait, wait, what the hell was she crying for exactly? Was this really that big of an issue for her to start bawling her eyes out? Why did this even matter to her, when she 'didn't' even have feelings for Uesugi-kun!

---

"I want you to give me a kiss good night."

"You wanted a kiss? Then here."

"Itsuki has you as her phone's wallpaper! Isn't it sweet? No wonder she didn't want me to go on a date with you… and look, she even picked a photo that included Raiha-chan! It honestly makes the three of you look like one happy family!"

"Fuutarou has nothing to do with this. Me and Nino, and now Ichika, simply chose to be honest with our feelings."

"I highly doubt that would happen. You two along with Ichika fell victim to your own desires before we even graduated from high school, and I have no intention of doing the same! One of us has to act proper, and if it won't be Ichika, then I shall be the one to do it."

---

Itsuki thought about what she witnessed just now, Ichika, Fuutarou, the incident earlier during dinner, the talk she had with her sisters and most importantly, her own self. She looked down on the floor with her hair covering her eyes and tears flowing down her cheeks.

"So that's how Uesugi-kun really thinks of Ichika…" she thought, before looking up while nervously twiddling her fingers. Her eyes became teary and if looked upon closely, there was a twinge of hurt in them that reflected the pang she felt inside.

"...but what is this pain inside my chest?" she thought aloud, almost feeling weak in her legs that she could collapse at any moment.

Why was she feeling like this? She saw Fuutarou getting kissed by Nino and Miku on several occassions, and none of them had this effect on her. Instead, she would act like her usual self and that was it. Neither of those two scenarios would leave a lasting effect on her, hence her words during that discussion she had with her sisters after school.

So why was it different now?

Why did she feel hurt at the sight of Uesugi-kun kissing Ichika, directly on the lips, and with her sister accepting it wholeheartedly?

Was it because she never saw Ichika kiss him before?

Was it because she never thought that Fuutarou himself would initiate something, so… so intimate?

Or… Or maybe… she was je— wait, was she really? Was she really feeling that way? All because she saw her sister locking lips with her tutor?

Maybe… he's not just her tutor.

Perhaps he was really something more than that.

After all, it wouldn't be a coincidence to have someone like her tutor as her phone wallpaper. It wouldn't be a coincidence that she felt hurt all of a sudden after seeing Fuutarou kiss Ichika on the lips. There was something deeper going on here, and it took Itsuki mental slap to the face just to realize it.

Finally, after what seemed to be an eternity of shedding tears, Itsuki wiped her tears with the sleeve of her pajama top before walking over to her drawer where her phone was located. After dinner, Nino took it back from Ichika and went to her room to just leave it there, since she didn't want to bother her younger sister while she was feeling emotional.

Itsuki opened her gadget and almost immediately, her hand and her lips began to tremble at seeing that picture of her, Fuutarou and Raiha. The redhead felt the urge to cry once again, but she managed to hold back her tears as she thought of Ichika's words during dinner.

"It honestly makes the three of you look like one happy family!"

Those words… now that she thought about it, didn't sound that bad, after all. Itsuki didn't feel embarrassed about it anymore as she thought of the context behind that statement. Although it was barely visible, a small smile found itself forming on her face. A lone tear fell from her eyes and got onto her phone, which landed directly on Uesugi's face in the picture.

"I… I have to talk to him."

It was going to be a long night for her, she could already tell. The pain lingering inside her heart won't just go away easily, and there was only one answer to that. She needed to deal with this as soon as possible, otherwise she fear that this… this lonely feeling might haunt her for the rest of her life. She wasn't really sure if this would go well, more so because of her own doubts as well as how she knew Uesugi Fuutarou-kun.

But for now, Itsuki Nakano has made her decision.

---

"That takes care of that… now to get some sleep."

Fuutarou stepped out of the bathroom with a towel around his shoulders. He was already fully-dressed and he had a look of satisfaction on his face. Nothing like a good late-night shower to cool off his body before heading to dream land, as he walked towards the couch.

"Man, that Ichika sure was persistent. Good thing she stayed true to her word and went to sleep after a kiss… strange, but well… at least it got rid of her." He thought, thinking back to what happened in the kitchen earlier when the eldest quintuplet showed up out of nowhere and tried to seduce him. "She's more reserved when she's around her sisters, but she's damn forward when we're alone. I don't like the sound of that one bit, but it's not like I have any room to complain. I brought this on myself… and I still haven't made a decision regarding those girls." He finished with a deadpan expression on his face, before sighing deeply. "It's late already, I'll try to think more into this tomorrow… and there's also the thing with Itsuki earlier…"

While he was still deep in his thoughts, he noticed it too late that he had already reached the couch, but that was not what snapped him out of his trance. Of all people, he wasn't expecting her to be here at this moment. His eyes widened upon finding a familiar red-haired quint standing before him with a nervous look.

"Itsuki?"

He quickly frowned. What was she doing here? Wasn't she crying earlier inside her room and locked herself there for the rest of the night? Judging from the look on her face, she appears to have calmed down and looked rather nervous instead, but it wouldn't be advisable to jump to conclusions that quickly.

"Uesugi-kun… sorry for bothering you this late." Itsuki sounded a bit hesitant, refusing to meet his gaze at first before looking up at him in the end.

He internally sighed in relief. Well, it looks like she really has calmed down from her crying state earlier. That lessened his problems somewhat. Although now he was curious. Why did she come down here this late just to see him? She could've just waited until tomorrow morning but no, she was here. Fuutarou could only assume that she was here for something important, because it wasn't like Itsuki to go out this late at night and just come up to him for a simple talk.

"Perhaps it's about what happened at dinner. If that's the case, then this saves me the trouble of talking to her myself. However, I think I won't say anything and just let her do things her own way. I may end up making it worse if I mention it." He thought, before he focused back on the girl before him.

Fuutarou shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly before he began to speak. "Well I'm not asleep yet, so… is there something you need? Surely it's not something like a late-night tutor—! I-Itsuki?"

He was immediately cut off from his words when Itsuki quickly walked up and wrapped her arms around him in a hug, burying her face into his chest. The young man widened his eyes at her sudden action, with his cheeks gaining a tint of red before he heard Itsuki's soft voice.

"Since I-I'm your maid, Uesugi-kun… y-you can spend the night in my room. W-We can even… s-sleep together if you want…!"

"What the hell's going on with her?" he thought, deeply confused with the red-haired girl at the moment. "Sleep together?! W-Where did this come from? She was crying earlier because she was embarrassed as hell and now she wants to sleep with me?! I would have thought she was going to talk to me about what Ichika showed us back at dinner! That won't work on me, something's definitely wrong with her. Itsuki won't come here for something as silly and ridiculous as that, even if she was my… maid. Something's wrong with her voice too… I could tell she's about to cry, but because of what? Nino already gave her back her phone, so it's either about that picture… or something else. I need to find out what her problem is, but I have to be careful not to say anything." He concluded, looking at Itsuki with concern. "I'll have to play along and make her tell me what the problem is."

Itsuki looked up at Fuutarou, her eyes becoming teary and her cheeks slightly red. She began to sound desperate, as if she needed him more than anything else. "...J-Just for tonight, and—!"

He heard enough. And seeing the tears in her eyes, he knew that it won't be long before she bursts into tears once again. Fuutarou cut her off right there by slowly wrapping his arms around Itsuki as well, returning the hug and catching the girl off guard with his action.

"Sorry for the hug, but I could tell that you needed this. I'm worried about you." He said, staring directly into Itsuki's blue orbs while she looked at him, stunned. "As much as I would like to take you up on that offer and be able to sleep on a proper bed, I don't want to end up getting on your sisters' bad side when they see us together tomorrow morning… and I think something's going on here." He flashed an amused smile upon seeing her eyes widen in panic. "Aren't you supposed to be the total opposite of being straightforward? Or perhaps you're Nino all along behind this disguise?"

Itsuki began to shake her head furiously in denial. Did he know?! Her cheeks also burned in embarrassment upon hearing Uesugi assume that she was Nino. Well… that could have gone better but she wasn't trying to impersonate her sisters here.

"I-I-I'm… t-t-t-this isn't…!"

"Don't worry, I'm just kidding. Although this is a nice change from how you normally act, I won't hold this against you, so don't worry. You can just be honest with me, you know? You don't suck at lying as much as Yotsuba, but I could tell that you're here for another reason. I may not be your dad but that doesn't mean I can't look out for you and your sisters, so you can tell me about it."

Itsuki's eyes widened even more as she heard those words, before her emotions finally broke out and tears started flowing from her eyes.

He internally grimaced at seeing Itsuki cry, since he was supposed to be doing the opposite. However, he remained calm; perhaps she was just too overwhelmed with everything that she couldn't take it. Plus, she wasn't removing herself from him in any way, so maybe there was no harm in asking her what was her reason for doing this.

He was honestly confused. The most likely reason he thought of why she came here was the incident during dinner earlier, but since when did 'sleeping together' have such a connection to seeing her phone wallpaper? Come to think of it, Itsuki felt humiliated earlier that she didn't get to explain her side of the story, so there was no clue on whether she ran to her room because of a misunderstanding, or maybe just pure embarrassment.

If it was a misunderstanding, then she would've acted mature just now and have a perfectly normal conversation with him. But… asking him to sleep with her because she was his maid? Isn't that something that Nino, Ichika, or Miku would say? What happened to being embarrassed and mature?

Just what the hell was going on with Itsuki?

He looked serious for a moment, since he was about to ask her for the truth. "Mind telling me what got you sneaking out of your room when nobody is around just to ask me such a question? I suppose this has something to do with what happened at dinner?"

Itsuki's lips quivered as she buried her face into his chest once again. Fuutarou could feel her hot tears staining his shirt, but he paid it no heed. The girl sniffled and began to speak in a weak voice brought by her crying state.

"I-I'm sorry. I saw you and Ichika in the kitchen earlier… and… and then my chest started to hurt. I-It wasn't like this when Miku and Nino did it with you, but… i-it felt different with Ichika. I-I-I didn't know what to do… I… I was jealous of her… but… but I was foolish to think it wasn't much of a big deal!"

"S-She saw us?! But I didn't see her anywhere! I didn't even hear anything!" His eyes widened in disbelief, as he never would have thought Itsuki would see him and Ichika in the kitchen earlier. Snapping out of his shock, Fuutarou took note of one thing that the redhead said, which caused him to narrow his eyes.

So Itsuki was doing this because she got jealous of Ichika… yeah, things were slowly making sense now.

"I-I see. When you say that you got jealous, were you referring to when Ichika and I kissed?" It was a bold assumption, but he couldn't figure out a particular event between him and the eldest quint in which Itsuki could possibly get jealous other than that moment of intimacy.

"H-Hai." Itsuki gave a stiff nod.

"I expected as much," he sighed deeply.

Fuutarou didn't even need the help of a psychiatrist to figure out where this was going to lead, heh. He should've figured it out the moment he noticed that Itsuki had him as her phone's wallpaper, but the youngest of the quints always struck him like a puzzle, so he didn't make any assumptions on it.

Now that he knew the truth, the best thing he could do now was just explain everything to Itsuki then. After all, he still felt responsible for making her go through this. Maybe this wouldn't have happened if he didn't kiss Ichika, but it was too late for regrets.

"Look, I'm not the romantic type of guy who knows what to say at a time like this… and I don't want to make you feel down either, so… I guess I'll just be honest then." He admitted, rubbing the back of his head in shame. "I'm still conflicted between your three sisters, and you can call me the biggest idiot in the world for not being able to deal with this. I may be able to get top marks consistently, but I can't even solve a real-life problem like this. Heh, I love making things hard for myself but… it's too late for me to regret things…"

"E-Ehh…?" Itsuki widened her eyes slowly as she looked up at her tutor, before feeling his hand rest on top of her head in a comforting manner, making her cheeks redden all the more.

"I like all of you equally, but with three of you confessing their true feelings for me, I'm confused. I don't know who I should pick, nor if I even have the guts to make a decision. I came to see all of you as people I care about, and this is a pretty big leap forward from being friends." Fuutarou thought of Ichika, Nino and Miku as a smile formed on his face.

He never asked for those three to change themselves, and yet they did. Ichika now had a bigger reason to work even harder in both her studies and acting. Nino became a lot more open and caring not just to him, but to her sister too. Miku having a lot more self-confidence greatly helped in her academics, and he was there to support in every step of the way as her tutor.

In the end, they were still themselves and just for that, he was glad.

Fuutarou turned his attention back to Itsuki and gave her an amused smirk, removing his hand from her head. He went through enough to know where this was going to lead, and it was for the best to just get it over with. "I'm guessing you're about to make it four girls who feel the same way for me, then?"

Itsuki slowly turned her head away, looking deeply conflicted on what she should do. "Uhm… I… I don't know…"

The young man only chuckled and gave her another hug, surprising the girl and causing her blush to skyrocket once again. "Just to let you know, I didn't hold any of this against your sisters when they confessed. I can't be angry with them if they were simply being honest with how they feel. Miku, Nino, Ichika… they all made their intentions clear, but I have yet to give an answer. I blame myself alone for this for my problem, so I won't hold any of it against you too, Itsuki."

"Then… d-does that mean… I can… b-be honest… with what I feel? Even after everything…?" she turned towards Fuutarou again, a look of hope flashing across her face filled with tears.

"If it will make you feel better, then go ahead. I can't ignore you when you're like this because of me. Besides, it's what you came here for, isn't it?"

"Then…" Itsuki bit her lip nervously, before steeling herself and putting on the most serious expression she could muster right now. "Then I will be honest with you, Uesugi-kun. A-At first, I… didn't think of you as someone other than our tutor and classmate, but… as time passed, I… felt something different whenever you were around. I would feel my face becoming hot and… it was increasingly hard to talk with you, especially if there is no one around. I… knew of what I felt and what it meant, but -hic- I didn't want to think too much of it because we're still at school—!"

Itsuki couldn't hold it in anymore. Her lips trembled and she sniffled, unable to stay strong with her fragile emotions. Her serious expression shattered as she hugged Fuutarou again, unable to stop herself from crying openly. The blue-haired teen only patted her on the back as he kept on listening to Itsuki pouring out her feelings.

"I… -hic- I thought I could ignore such feelings, but… it hurt so much more that I did… and after I saw Ichika kiss you… I… I couldn't take it anymore…! I felt my chest -hic- was about to explode at that moment, and… I feel terrible for feeling this way, but… I didn't know how to deal with jealousy…!"

What followed next was the sound of the girl's cries, while Fuutarou remained quiet. He didn't want to ruin or hurt her feelings by talking out of nowhere. It was for the best to let her cry as much as she wanted. It was also quite surprising; he never thought that Itsuki would open up to him like this, but he wasn't going to complain about it.

The moment he heard her cries becoming softer and softer by the second, Fuutarou took this as an opportunity to finally be able to speak. "I understand. I don't blame you for being this way, Itsuki. After all, you're not someone who's used to dealing with negative emotions." He said, rubbing his hand all over her back to continue comforting the crying girl. "It wouldn't surprise me if you cried in your room all night long and hell, that's exactly what I was expecting when you ran upstairs earlier. But, I'm not complaining that you chose to show up here and became honest with yourself. Scratch that, it's better that you went here and cried your eyes out in front of me. Feeling better now?"

"Oh, Uesugi-kun… how is it that you know how to antagonize and make people feel better at the same time?" Itsuki wiped the tears from her face as she smiled. How could she not, when his comforting words were able to make her feel better in such a short amount of time? "Was Nino telling the truth about you, after all?"

"Honestly, I should deny that, but I guess she's partly correct…?" he rolled his eyes playfully before shrugging his shoulders. "I only let you speak out your mind, while I simply listened to everything you said, and then gave a response in the end to show that I did. It's a simple but effective way of counselling."

At this point, Itsuki couldn't help but chuckle despite her earlier state. Fuutarou can really come up with the most unusual of ways to make a situation, can't he? "Mou, Uesugi-kun, you… you really are something else, aren't you? I'm beginning to understand why my sisters developed an attachment towards you… as well as…" she blushed and hesitated for a moment, before steeling her resolve. "...as well as the reason why I'm feeling this way too."

He hummed quietly, rubbing the back of his head. It seems that Itsuki was serious all along. Well, it's not like her to play around, anyway but still… he couldn't help but be taken aback even slightly. "I guess… you'll make it official, then? You're… going to pursue my affections just like your other sisters?"

The red-haired quint sent him a look of concern. "You sound disappointed, Uesugi-kun. Were you not the one who told me that I can be honest with what I feel? Or perhaps are you overwhelmed that there are four of us who feel the same way that it became even harder for you to choose?"

"No, nothing like that… well, maybe the second one, but that's not exactly it. I'm just… caught off guard that you, of all people, would end up liking me the same way as your sisters. It's a massive change from how you acted at first, you know?"

"But doesn't that apply to Nino too? Or have you forgotten that the one who drugged you during our first meeting is also the same girl who is now competing for your affections against Ichika and Miku?" Itsuki flashed him a knowing smirk, crossing her arms as she knew that she got him right there.

"You have a point there…" he sweat-dropped, thinking back to the first time he stepped into this apartment.

The two shared a good laugh afterwards, surprising both of them at the same time because these kinds of moments happened so rarely that they couldn't remember the last time something like this happened.

For Itsuki, she couldn't believe that she was actually having a lighthearted moment with her tutor, the boy whom she secretly had feelings for, in the dead of night while they were completely alone. It almost felt like their current situation was ripped off from a fictional story, although she knew that she caused this in the first place.

For Fuutarou, he was taken aback by many things; one of them was the fact that Itsuki caught him kissing Ichika, and he had no idea about it until now. Actually, he would've never found out had Itsuki not told him that she did. Another one was the fact that the youngest of the Nakano quintuplet did, in fact, have feelings for him after she admitted that she was jealous of Ichika when she saw them. It didn't shock him completely though, since her phone wallpaper was already a clear sign and it gave him the idea earlier. He only needed Itsuki's words as a confirmation, and she did.

As soon as their laughter died down, Itsuki immediately placed both of her hands on his cheeks, which caught Fuutarou off guard as he turned his full attention back towards her. Itsuki had her head down and the young man got worried for a second, thinking she was going to cry again, only for her to speak in a shy tone that forced him to listen.

"U-Uesugi-kun… Nino and Miku told me that I should be honest with how I feel, but… I didn't listen to them at first because I was stubborn and prideful… I acknowledge that as my mistake. But now… I do not want to make another one." Itsuki looked up at him with a blush on her face, smiling nervously as though she was doubting herself.

"She's really… she's really gonna go for it, isn't she?" Fuutarou could only stare at the girl as she bit her lip and did her best to fight off the heat in her cheeks. He had an idea of what would happen next, which was why he made no move to take her hands off his cheeks.

Pursing her lips together, Itsuki sent a serious look towards Fuutarou, yet her eyes held a lot of love and care in them that the young tutor before her couldn't possibly say she was angry or anything.

"I… I want to rely on you as well… just as you can rely on me too."

With that, the girl pulled him into a kiss. Naturally, Fuutarou's eyes widened with her action despite him actually expecting it to happen somewhat. Yeah, she was able to finally admit what she felt, but a kiss was so different and harder to do. It caught him off guard that Itsuki would actually swallow her pride and give him her first kiss, but after a few moments, he closed his eyes and savored this important moment.

"I'm… I'm kissing Uesugi-kun! M-M-My first kiss… is with Uesugi-kun…" she shouted in her thoughts as time appeared to slow down for her. Itsuki always talked about pursuing romance only when she finally graduates, and yet here she was, locking lips with her own tutor for the first time. Her hands went to the back of his neck and she pulled Fuutarou closer to her out of instinct, as if she was afraid of him leaving. "I do not regret this one bit, because this is what I truly want."

"Wait, she's kissing me deeper but her lips are not moving at all? Does she even know what she's doing?" he thought to himself, noticing how Itsuki wasn't even moving her lips in any way. Well, of course she would have no idea how to kiss, it was her first time doing this, after all. "Maybe I should help and show her how?" Fuutarou was tempted to wrap his arms around Itsuki and show her the right way, but he shook off the thought. "Wait, this is important for her because she kissed me out of her own will, so… I think I'll let her figure this out on her own." he concluded in his thoughts, simply relaxing his body to let Itsuki do what she wanted.

"Eto… how did Ichika do it again? I… I wasn't able to see them clearly because it was dark, and… m-mou, this is harder than I thought." she thought, trying to figure out what she should do next. So now, she was kissing the guy, but she was completely lost on what to do afterwards. "M-Maybe I should move my lips…?" She tried to move her lips upwards, and her eyes widened slightly when Fuutarou moved the opposite direction, creating a pleasurable sensation that sent a jolt through her entire body. "W-What was that…? It felt good, and… I think I want more. I-Is this… what kissing feels like?" She tried it a second time with Fuutarou following her actions and that sensation soon followed.

As the seconds passed, Itsuki found herself moving her lips in the same way over and over, creating a rhythm that she was comfortable with. Fuutarou made sure to reciprocate every movement she did, and he could've sworn he saw the girl smile during their liplock, meaning she was enjoying this.

"Looks like she figured it out." Fuutarou remarked as soon as Itsuki began to try different ways in moving her lips. When she would move downward, he focused on her upper lip. When she would try either left or right, the young tutor made sure to go the opposite direction. He could feel she was eager for more when Itsuki moaned into their kiss, and Fuutarou took that as a good sign.

Unfortunately, both individuals were met with the need for air, causing them to abruptly end their liplock and move away from each other for a bit. While Fuutarou only needed to cough a few times to regain his composure, Itsuki took deep breaths in order to stabilize herself. Once he felt that he was back to normal, he reached out and rubbed his hand all over the girl's back to help her.

"Are you okay?" he asked with concern.

Itsuki looked at him for a few seconds before nodding, a heavy blush appearing on her face upon realizing that she just gave her first kiss to the blue-haired teen before her. Her cheeks became redder when she also realized that she got carried away there, wanting to experience so much out of a first kiss. The worst part was that she secretly wanted more… she wanted to kiss Fuutarou some more because it felt so good, and it felt completely different from any food she's ever eaten before.

The thing is, would Fuutarou even consider her selfish desire? She was being selfish here by wishing that she could kiss the boy she loved some more, but was it okay? Muuuuu, what should she do?! Being honest felt just as hard as hiding what she truly wanted!

Fuutarou quickly noticed the violent blush on her cheeks as well as her eyes shutting tightly, leading him to believe that something was wrong. "Hey, is there something wrong? You can tell me what's on your mind." he said, placing a hand on the girl's shoulder.

"Uesugi-kun…" she said softly, grabbing his shoulders firmly. Itsuki already made a mistake in hiding what she felt, she didn't want to go through another mistake like what happened earlier again. Maybe… Maybe there was hope for her that Fuutarou would listen to her selfish desires, and that was all she needed to utter her next words.

"...P...Please stay with me tonight."

His eyes widened once again, being caught off guard with her sudden statement. However, he was able to regain his bearings because this wasn't the first time he heard this, and he knew the context behind that statement well. Uhm, well… he could only hope that Itsuki didn't intend to go that way, for her own sake… as well as his.

Because his problems just keep on increasing, now with four of the Nakano quintuplets each in pursuit of his affections. He already had sex with three of them, and his confusion would only increase tenfold if it had to be four.

"Huh? Wait a minute, didn't you already tell me about this earlier?" he asked her, feigning a mask of confusion.

Her grip on his shoulders tightened to the point that Fuutarou winced slightly. "I… I mean it this time… I want… I want to be alone with you… even just for t-tonight, Uesugi— no, F-Fuutarou-kun." Itsuki immediately corrected herself, biting her lip as she called her tutor by his first name.

"She's serious, isn't she?" His eyes widened even more, shocked at the fact that she called him by his first name, as well as the fact that the redhead actually implied that she wanted to… uhm, elope with him. The same redhead who should be embarrassed with these topics, as well as the one who was the least likely among her sisters to even have sex this early.

Wait… maybe… maybe she was referring to something else and not sex? Maybe she just wanted a simple and peaceful sleep with him, together on her bed? Yeah, that sounded a lot better and he actually hoped that that was the case!

"Itsuki, when you said you wanted to be alone with me, what did you mean by that?" Upon hearing his question, Itsuki's blush skyrocketed and turned her face into the same color as her hair, which made Fuutarou more nervous. "Do you want to sleep peacefully with me beside you, or… were you referring to the other—"

"Y-Y-You don't have to do it, I'm sorry!" she quickly cut him off out of embarrassment, not wanting to hear the 's-word' come from Fuutarou's mouth. Itsuki began to twiddle her fingers nervously, unable to meet the boy's gaze right now. "P-Please forgive me for saying such a thing, I… I guess I am just being selfish here… uhm… I'm sorry." She shut her eyes tightly and even bowed her head. "J-Just forget I said anything…!"

"Uhm… n-no, it's okay. Y-You don't have to be so shy about it…" he said, looking to the side as he rubbed the back of his head since he was feeling embarrassed as well.

"W-What…?!" Itsuki looked at him incredulously, her mouth hanging agape in disbelief. Her face became even redder if possible, that she looked like a steaming tomato right now. "H-H-H-How can you s-say something like that so nonchalantly?!" she stuttered.

He sighed, feeling as if he was going through deja vú right now. What was happening right now felt exactly when he had sex with Ichika on the night she confessed to him. "Look, it's a really long story that I'll explain to you later on but first, I need to know…" Fuutarou looked quite exasperated at first, before he put on a serious expression. "...are you sure about you want from me? Inviting me to you room… is not something you can just say out of the blue anytime you want, even for someone as blunt as you. Ask yourself now, if that's what you really want."

"I can't…" Itsuki muttered, taking his words to heart as she had a few moments to think about her words. She thought about what would happen if she pushed through with what she asked of him, as well as the events if she chose to simply forget about it. After a good minute of having an introspective analysis, she bit her lip and finally spoke once more. "I'm… I'm going to be honest with you, F-Fuutarou-kun. I feel conflicted with what I should do… but at the same time, my mind is already made up."

Fuutarou already had a good feeling of what Itsuki truly wanted, just from the moment he noticed the tone of longing in her voice, and he mentally prepared himself for what was next. Oh yeah, he was in for another long night, that's for sure. "And what's your decision?"

"E-Even if it's just for tonight, I… still want to be with you, a-alone…! I-I know that I am acting completely different from how I usually am, but… t-this is what I truly want. I'm… I'm sure of it." She clenched her fists tight before she turned her gaze to the floor, unable to look at Fuutarou directly. "I-I know it's selfish of me, but… I can't lie to myself now, n-n-not when I said that I will be honest with what I—"

Itsuki was silenced by Fuutarou placing his index finger on her lips. It caused her to blush cutely in embarrassment, but remaining quiet afterwards.

"That's enough, I get it already." he chuckled, amused by the expression on her face. After a few seconds, he removed his finger and held out his right hand. "In that case, lead the way. I still have to explain a lot of things to you, and I'd rather do it somewhere private. Since we're heading to your room anyway, I'll do it there."

"M-Mou, isn't it supposed to be the guy's job to lead the girl in situations like these?" Itsuki pouted cutely at him, but nonetheless, she took his hand and the two began to walk off.

"Hey, it's your house, not mine. I'm a guest here, and I don't want to intrude. Bet you tomorrow's breakfast that you'll smack me in the face if I did anything sudden." he said coolly before shrugging his shoulders. Fuutarou smirked at seeing Itsuki turn her head away in embarrassment, knowing he was right. "Also, I never pegged you to think that way, expecting me to take the lead. Is there any chance that you secretly love romance stories like Nino, Itsuki?"

"S-Shut up…" she mumbled to herself, shutting her eyes tightly to try and ignore what Uesugi said.

Fuutarou only laughed.

Watching the pair walking upstairs, Ichika Nakano stepped out of her hiding place in the kitchen with an amused smile on her face. She had a finger resting on her lips thoughtfully, since she was able to see and hear everything that went down between Fuutarou and Itsuki just now. Ichika became a little worried that all of this was basically wasted the moment she saw her younger sister crying her eyes out because of jealousy, but it looks like she had nothing to worry about with Fuutarou-kun around.

Her mission was done, and she couldn't wait for the results tomorrow morning.

"Wow, that was almost like a soap opera I'd want to be a part of! Fuutarou-kun really has a way with girls, doesn't he? Even though he loves to deny it… but I guess that's how he is. And way to go, Itsuki! You're finally being honest with yourself!" Even though she knew that her sister wouldn't be able to see her, Ichika grinned and gave a thumbs-up to the pair walking upstairs. "Step two: Bring out the sister's inner desires, all done." she said quietly with a satisfied smile, before stretching out her arms and letting out a huge yawn. "Well, I think I've done for today, better get some sleep… I'll just check up on those tomorrow morning."

And with that, Ichika Nakano finally retired to her room for some well-deserved rest.

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"So… yeah. That's what happened between me and your sisters on three separate nights." Fuutarou finished with a neutral expression, having done explaining pretty much the basic outlook of, uhm… what went down between him and three of the Nakano quintuplets on three consecutive nights. Hey, if they were going to do the deed, Itsuki deserved to know the truth. It wouldn't be right if he hid his… escapades, more so since her own sisters were involved.

The young tutor went through the basic gist of things because he was sure that Itsuki won't be able to handle it if, well… if he went into any kind of detail and he might pay the price for it. So, he made sure to tell her as vaguely as he could. For him however, it was just like telling a bedtime story. Fuutarou was so used to this by now, to the point that he told the red-haired quint everything with a straight expression on his face that never changed all throughout.

He was sitting on a chair across the bed where Itsuki sat on, and to say she was embarrassed would be an understatement.

Itsuki's face became redder than her own hair, and steam was coming out of her own ears. She covered her mouth with both hands, most likely to prevent herself from screaming/squealing which would wake everyone up if she did. Fuutarou took a good look at the girl's reaction and sighed; he was already expecting this from her, and this could go two ways based on how he imagined things:

Itsuki would kick him out of her room because her embarrassment would take over, or she would rather just sleep with him in the same bed peacefully and take back her initial intention of being alone with him… well, Fuutarou was hoping for the latter, honestly.

"I-I-I-I-I-I see…" she stuttered, speaking for the first time ever since Uesugi was finished with his little tale. For some reason though, Itsuki wasn't as taken aback as one would normally expect from her. It would even be completely normal if she just lashes out on Fuutarou now because of this revelation, but no. She was just… sitting in her place, taking all of this in. The girl coughed in order to regain some of her composure, although she was she was still red in the face. "Y-Y-Yes, I think… I-I-I think things a-a-are s-slowly starting to… m-make sense n-now that… I k-k-know about… w-what my sisters have been doing. Uhm… y-y-yes, this does make t-things a lot easier to understand…"

Fuutarou raised an eyebrow at her. He didn't detect any kind of malice or detest in her tone, something that he expected from the red-haired quint. "You're not mad with me?"

Itsuki immediately pouted at him, but that quickly disappeared because of her own embarrassment. "W-W-Well obviously, I should be but… I-I-I remember what M-Miku told me earlier when… when we were heading to that ice cream parlor." She turned her gaze to the side, looking thoughtful for a moment.

"What did she say?"

"S-She told me that… she was just honest with her feelings… N-Nino and Ichika included. T-They were just… honest with… w-what they feel, that's it." she answered slowly, turning her attention back towards him. "B-B-Because of that, I… c-can't be angry with you. A-And it would be hypocritical of me to do so too…! I-I-I'm just…" she twiddled her fingers nervously, an action which Fuutarou found as cute. "I guess I'm just… t-taken aback that… my sisters would go through such lengths to… to pursue your affections…"

"You and me both," he shrugged his shoulders once again. "A few days ago, I was wondering what is it that I did to make three girls fall for me. I asked myself what is it about me that changed… I mean, if you notice my social life before meeting you five, people tend to stay away from me as I did the same. But then I met you in the cafeteria, and the rest is history."

That honestly got a chuckle from Itsuki, somehow lessening the embarrassment she felt. "That sounds like something that you would totally do, Fuutarou-kun. But you can't say that upon meeting us, your life drastically for the better, can you?" she challenged with a small smirk.

"Well, there's no harm in admitting that… because it's the truth." Fuutarou smiled, reminiscing slightly about that fated day when he met Itsuki at the cafeteria. However, he was quick to remember that he wasn't here to talk about the past, as he turned his attention back to the redhead. "Anyways, have you decided what you want to do? We can't stay up all night having a flashback."

The red hue on Itsuki's face reappeared instantly upon hearing those words, and Fuutarou only shook his head in amusement. The girl could act all serious and mature for one moment, only to lose it completely afterwards out of embarrassment. Of course, Fuutarou would be lying if he said he didn't like that quality of hers.

"Whatever you choose, I won't think less of you." he reassured the girl with a small smile on his face. "I understand if you change your mind, and I can't blame you if you do. Finding out that I… ergh, slept with your sisters must be shocking and it's a lot to take in…" he groaned slightly, unable to bring himself to say he had sex with Ichika, Nino and Miku in a direct manner.

"W-Well, it is shocking to find out about that, but…" she crossed her arms, looking to the side for a quick moment before adopting a serious expression and turning her gaze back towards the boy she's had feelings for. "But my mind is already made up, and… I will not change my decision."

Fuutarou looked surprised at her almost-immediate answer, feeling as if all of the stuff he explained was just a waste of time since it clearly didn't matter to the girl at all. His eyes widened even more when Itsuki stood up from the bed and began to unbutton her pajama top.

"Itsuki…?" he mumbled out, his cheeks becoming red at seeing the youngest of the Nakano sisters strip before him.

"E-Even if it's j-j-just for tonight, I… I want to be selfish too. B-Because… e-e-everything will be back to the w-way it was tomorrow. I… I don't think I'm ready to tell my sisters that I-I-I'm… chasing after you too… I would feel like a fool." Despite the huge blush on her face and her rationality telling her that this was wrong, Itsuki discarded her top and left her in a red bra. Naturally, she covered her half-naked chest out of embarrassment before she pulled down her pajama pants. "So… p-p-please allow me this one night to show you how I really feel…!"

"She's really serious about doing this, isn't she? Is this really Itsuki…?!" Fuutarou's face turned redder at seeing Itsuki throw her pajama pants away, leaving her in her red undergarments before him. Despite the crimson blush on her face and her arms covering her private parts, Itsuki still gathered enough courage to be able to look at the young man in front of her.

"W-W-Well, what are you waiting for?" she sounded impatient with her tone, yet it also had a tinge of nervousness because she was half-naked in front of a guy, and well…she was about to do the deed too, how can she not be nervous? "Y-You seem to have experience in this, F-F-Fuutarou-kun, so… w-what should I do…?"

"Screw it. She wants to have sex, fine!" Boy, he wasn't even surprised at this point. The only thing he could do was begrudgingly accept his fate and deal with the fact that four of the Nakano sisters wanted him, and goddamnit… if Yotsuba wanted to chase after his dick too, then so be it!

Hearing those words, Fuutarou quickly shook his head and stood up from his chair and approached the redhead slowly. Out of instinct, Itsuki took a few steps back until her legs hit her own bed, meaning there was nowhere for her to go.

Itsuki yelped and closed her eyes as soon as she felt Fuutarou's hands on her shoulders, nervous of what he was going to do to her. She even looked down, her embarrassment taking over her easily. Oh boy, she wanted this to happen and yet this was hard to go through… welp, Itsuki was beginning to regret her decision-

"There's no need for you to worry. I won't do anything you're uncomfortable with." he said, chuckling lightly at Itsuki's flustered self. As soon as she heard his words, the redhead looked up at him with that nervous expression still plastered on her face. Fuutarou brushed a rogue strand of her crimson hair away from her face, eliciting a blush from the girl, as he stared directly into her eyes. "You know, Ichika was exactly like you. She was nervous as hell when we did it and she was so innocent about it that it came as a shock to me… so I had to be very careful with her."

Itsuki's eyes widened slightly. "R-Really…?"

"Yeah. So, you don't have to worry about me… I'm not gonna do anything you're uncomfortable with. This may be embarrassing to hear, but… your three sisters all act different in bed, and… uhm, they have different… preferences." True to his words, the blush on the girl's face became deeper but she didn't look away. That's a good sign. "You can trust me to take care of you. Okay?"

"O-Okay," she slowly nodded.

"Hmm… this won't go anywhere if you're being all nervous and embarrassed like that…" he smirked at the pout that formed on Itsuki's face, showing that she didn't want to be teased right now. "How about I give you a kiss first?"

Her eyes quickly lit up with joy; she enjoyed kissing Uesugi earlier for the first time, and it wouldn't have been interrupted had they not needed air to breathe.

"Yes!" she answered immediately without even thinking it over, a bright smile appearing on her face. However, she then realized what she just said as she blushed once more, causing Fuutarou to laugh at her little mistake. "I-I-I-I m-mean, I-I-I wouldn't m-mind it, b-but since you're—!"

He heard enough, and Fuutarou wasn't going to waste any more time. The young man leaned forward and went for her lips, catching Itsuki off guard as the two engaged in their second kiss for the night. Her eyes widened at his sudden movement, but nonetheless, she quickly melted into the liplock and closed her eyes to enjoy this moment.

Fuutarou closed his eyes as well, cupping the girl's cheek with his hand and stroking her skin softly. He had no idea about what Itsuki liked when it came to this activity, but he was sure he would find out along the way.

Itsuki tried doing the same thing she did earlier while they were downstairs, but she was surprised when she felt Fuutarou's tongue enter her mouth before she could do anything. "Mmph…?!" She got nervous for a second, before quickly reminding herself of what her tutor told her causing her to simply let it be. Itsuki gasped when his tongue touched hers as if he was trying to get her attention, and the girl soon followed his lead, licking and lapping each other in an erotic manner, and sending a new kind of sensation all throughout her body. She actually moaned in delight, beginning to like this slow and steady dance between their tongues that her arms gave up on covering her chest and crotch, as they wrapped around Fuutarou's neck to make their kiss deeper.

"She got used to it that quick? Well, Itsuki does get attracted easily to something if it tastes good…" he remarked to himself with a small chuckle. As their kiss became deeper, their minds were also beginning to lose all sense of rationality, putting their whole focus on only one person right now. Fuutarou moaned in return when he felt Itsuki becoming aggressive, her tongue overpowering his as she wanted more of this. He made a quick mental note regarding this, noticing that Itsuki liked kissing the same as Miku. But compared to the brown-haired quint who liked it when it was slow and loving, Itsuki seems to prefer kissing when the pace was fast and aggressive.

That was all Fuutarou needed to know as he responded to her actions; his hands went towards her side, gliding his fingers up and down her smooth skin, causing goosebumps to appear. Itsuki didn't react much besides the blush on her cheeks, since her mind was completely focused on kissing right now. It did however, weaken her enough to allow Fuutarou to please her in return.

He pushed her tongue back with just as much force, eliciting a strong moan from the girl before he began to explore her mouth freely. Fuutarou went for her soft lips first, licking them to his heart's content. "She tastes different… just as I thought." And there we go, another mental note made for Itsuki. Just as her three other sisters tasted different from each other, Itsuki was the same; complimenting her favorite color, Fuutarou smiled at realizing that the redhead's lips tasted like cherries, and he loved it. He spent the next few moments alternating his attention between her tongue and lips, causing Itsuki to moan continuously in bliss.

Itsuki tried to move her head in different directions, her mind putting more effort into this as she pulled Uesugi even closer to deepen the liplock. However, that didn't stop the two from being forced to separate every now and then due to the lack of air.

"Fuu...tarou...kun~" she moaned in between breaths, continuing to pull her tutor into more kisses that she didn't want to stop. "I… want to kiss some more…" Itsuki wasn't going to let the lack of air stop them from having this moment of passion. It didn't matter that she was exhausted, because all she wanted was for this pleasurable sensation to never end.

"Holy hell, we'll get exhausted before we even do the real thing! Damn this girl and her mouth sometimes!" he mentally shook his head in amusement, allowing himself to be overpowered by Itsuki's tongue again to be able to focus on something else. Itsuki was truly a glutton, and she was proving it to him personally. The redhead wasted no time and pushed her tongue into his mouth this time, causing Fuutarou to moan while his hands went behind her, his fingers playing with her bra clip.

With a snap, the bra was undone and he removed the straps from her shoulders. Itsuki's eyes snapped open as she realized one of her undergarments was being removed, which allowed Fuutarou to finally pull away from their intense makeout session.

"W-W-What are you doing…?" she looked at him in shock and confusion, turning away to hide her nearly-naked chest with a deep blush on her face.

"Itsuki, we can't just snog each other's faces off all night, because that's not the main point of all this. We'll end up making our lips numb or worse, leave a mark that your sisters might see. Do you want that to happen?" he chuckled, amused with the flustered reaction she made.

"I-I-I see, but…" Itsuki looked down, feeling saddened that her second kiss ended too soon for her. It was only the second time she kissed someone, and yet it felt like it was her last that every second felt important. Well, that could be true, but… she'd rather let it end than have her sisters notice a mark on her body. "W-What do we do now…?" she asked, not entirely sure of what to do next.

"You can kiss me all you want later, but for now… you're gonna have to take off your bra. It's getting in the way." he reassured her once again, before he pointed towards the red bra that she continued to hold up with her arms.

Itsuki blushed deeper, knowing how embarrassing it is to do what Fuutarou said, but she didn't react negatively whatsoever. She knew that her clothes would come off eventually, and she wouldn't back out now. Itsuki remained quiet for a few seconds, before taking a deep breath and finally letting go of her bra, causing it to fall to the floor as her ample breasts came into view.

Just as he thought, Itsuki had the same body as her sisters and knowing that, he wasn't that embarrassed anymore. Itsuki however, was tempted to cover up her naked chest and turn away but surprisingly, she simply stood before Fuutarou with her arms beside her. Once again, this was something that was due to happen so the redhead simply focused on fighting off her raging blush.

He nodded in acknowledgement, before he grabbed the hem of his shirt and raised it slightly. "Good. Now, I want you to take off my shirt."

"Take off… your shirt…?" the girl repeated, raising an eyebrow in confusion.

"If you're wondering why I'm asking you to do this, it's so you can deal with your embarrassment a lot easier. If we're doing this, you'll have to be used to seeing me naked, just as I have to do the same for you." he explained nonchalantly, which honestly scared Itsuki a bit. How could he just say those words almost as if he was like a robot? Doesn't he get embarrassed at all?!

Well, it's hard to be embarrassed when he already did this with three other girls before her, who all happened to be her own sisters.

"I-I can understand that, but… why ask me to take off your shirt?" Itsuki almost wanted to tell him that it was a stupid thing to say, because Fuutarou could do it himself. What was he trying to do here?

"If you don't, then I'll just keep this on until we're done, you'll be the only one who's completely naked." he smirked, causing her pupils to shrink and steam to come out from her ears. "Though if that's the case, I never would have thought you'd be some kind of exhibi—"

"I-I-I-I'll do it…!" she blurted out, preventing Fuutarou from finishing his sentences. The young man only laughed at her quick reaction, while Itsuki reached out with her hands to help him take his shirt off. "Mou, you didn't have to tease me like that, Fuutarou-kun." she pouted, lifting up his white shirt completely over his head.

"Sorry, but you were being too cute, I couldn't resist." he shrugged his shoulders before throwing his shirt to the floor, his bare torso entirely visible for Itsuki to see.

The red-haired quint blushed crimson yet again upon seeing Fuutarou's chest and midsection, almost taken aback by how toned his body was. This was the first time she had seen him without a shirt and she began to wonder how his body was like this, when she hasn't even seen him do physical exercises like Yotsuba. Also… uhm… did he really have to do this? It was hard for Itsuki not to stare and she felt her mind betraying her, telling her to just let go and let her inner desires loose.

"I-I-I-I can't…! It's so wrong! W-W-Why did Fuutarou-kun have to be this… well-built?!" While Itsuki was trying her absolute best not to ogle and drool at Uesugi's damned upper body, the blue-haired tutor leaned close to her ear and began to speak in a low tone, as if he was trying to intimidate her.

"Lie down on the bed."

His voice alone was able to snap Itsuki out of her thoughts; his hot breath hitting her ear was able to send chills down her spine that she shivered a bit. "W-What?" she looked at Fuutarou with reddened cheeks, while also biting her lip nervously.

"I want you to lie down on your bed." he said, moving away from Itsuki so that they were face-to-face once again, while his voice sounded a lot more caring than before. It made Itsuki feel a lot better, but that didn't stop her from being curious of what Fuutarou was planning.

"W-W-What are you going to do to me?" she asked weakly.

"Uhm, well… if i just… y-you know, put it inside you out of nowhere…" he paused in his words for a moment, unable to find the correct term for Itsuki to understand. In the end, he decided to be blunt as vaguely as he could, which caused them both to blush. "...it's gonna hurt for your part, and you don't want that." He was quickly reminded of what happened when he made love to Ichika for the first time, and he surely didn't want a repeat of hurting a girl by taking her virginity, this time with Itsuki.

Itsuki slowly nodded. She had read in some books that having your virginity taken was something quite painful that it made her shudder upon reading it. "I-I'm quite aware of that, but… what do you have in mind, Fuutarou-kun? Is there a way to… lessen the pain when we do it?"

"Yeah, I have to make you feel good." Upon seeing Itsuki blush and raise an eyebrow, Fuutarou had to resist the urge to laugh. She could be too curious for her own good sometimes. "I don't need words to explain it. Just lie down on the bed, and you'll find out yourself."

Although she still had some questions, Itsuki chose to trust Fuutarou's words. She positioned herself on her own bed, her head close to the wall while her legs hung on the edge of the mattress. Itsuki blushed furiously at this embarrassing state, more so when Fuutarou was just staring at her like an animal about to strike. It made her feel vulnerable and she was tempted to cover her chest again, but she reminded herself of her tutor's words earlier, forcing herself to calm down.

"Perfect." Fuutarou smiled as he went over towards Itsuki, leaning down so that they were face-to-face. Both of them were only staring at each other for a few moments before their lips locked, engaging in another deep kiss that made the redhead moan. Before Itsuki could fully lose her mind once again, Fuutarou left her lips and kissed the side of her mouth as he began to travel downwards, which also caused the girl to whimper in disappointment.

"F-Fuutarou-kun, w-why did you— a-ahhh~" she tried to ask him why did he stop kissing her so quickly, only to be cut off with her own moan when Fuutarou started to plant several kisses along her skin, as he went to the side of her neck. This was a new experience for Itsuki and it caused her to get goosebumps, but she couldn't say that it didn't feel good.

"You should learn to shut up and just let me take care of you," he teased with a small grin, even using his tongue to lick the areas he just kissed, giving more pleasure to the squirming redhead.

She took in several deep breaths and closed her eyes, trying to relax her body instead of acting all nervous. She was liking this so far, so there was nothing to be nervous about. "I-I can't… i-i-it feels good, Fuutarou-kun… I don't know why…" Out of instinct, Itsuki moved her head to the side, which allowed Uesugi to leave more kisses on her neck as he continued to travel south.

"That's right, don't fight it. You'll feel good later on, I promise." he said, passing by her collarbone and finally making his way to her naked chest. Fuutarou frowned for a moment, wondering what he should do. Somehow, Itsuki was even shyer than Ichika, so this could be a challenge. Well, he could only hope that she doesn't fight what he's about to do…

Itsuki slowly opened her eyes when she didn't feel Fuutarou's lips on her skin anymore. This was all too soon, and she didn't want things to end yet. She raised her head, seeing the young man gazing down at her chest. Due to her mind being hazy for the moment, she wasn't able to comprehend the embarrassment she was supposed to be feeling right now. "Fuutarou-kun, what are you— A-AHHH~!" she tried to ask him what he had in mind, only to throw her head back when his mouth latched onto her breast, sucking on it wholeheartedly.

"Guess she's not fighting it." he remarked, rolling her erect nipple around with his tongue and flicking it, getting a gasp from the girl underneath him. "You're enjoying this, aren't you?" he asked, while his free hand went to her other breast, fondling it around and squeezing it in his grasp.

"Y-Yes, I do ahh~~" she breathed out, unable to deny the pleasure anymore. Her hand gripped the bedsheets tight, her mind easily falling victim to the ecstasy and bliss brought by Fuutarou's actions. Her legs were already thrashing around as though it was too much, her toes curling in response to the pleasure delivered throughout her body. It would seem that her lustful side was triggered a lot faster than her sisters, proven by the moans from her mouth that became louder than before.

"What's gotten into her? Did she lose it already or something?" he thought, moving on to her other mound as he switched his actions. This time, while he was sucking on her left , his free hand pinched her nipple lightly, enough to gain a reaction from the redhead. However, it wasn't just any normal reaction.

Much to his surprise, Itsuki actually ran her other hand through his blue locks and pulled him closer. "S-Suck my breasts more~! I need your mouth all over me~~!" she shamelessly moaned out, despite the obvious blush on her face.

"Did she just snap or something? I never thought Itsuki would actually those words…" he thought to himself in amazement. "But then again, this might be what sets her apart from the others." Deciding to test his little theory, he bit her nipple lightly, causing Itsuki to gasp loudly and arch her back off the bed for a bit. The redhead seemed to be eager for more, only to feel nothing for the next few moments. She lifted her head off the mattress and looked at Fuutarou, who had turned his attention to her crotch, but of course, she was unaware of that.

"W-W-Why did you stop…? I want your mouth to please me more!" she whined, her expression showing that she was genuinely hurt.

"Oh, calm down, you big baby. It's going to get better, trust me." he smirked, lifting up her red panties to show that he had already stripped her naked. Itsuki looked surprised for a second but before she could say anything, Fuutarou used two fingers to press down on her clit, causing the redhead to moan loudly once again. "Does this feel good? You're so wet down here, you know? Who would have thought you're already feeling this horny?" he asked, wanting to check something before he proceeds.

Itsuki struggled to speak through her moans, yet managing to give Fuutarou a cute pout. "N-N-N-Not enough…! I need your mouth on my pussy now!"

"She's like a child who wants attention… who knew…" he chuckled to himself before he knelt down and buried his head in between her legs, making Itsuki take deep breaths in anticipation. Fuutarou drew his tongue and gave her warm entrance a long and slow lick upwards that he could hear her vaginal fluids lapping like water with his movement. The moment he unintentionally swallowed her juices, Fuutarou felt intoxicated with Itsuki's taste than he began to lick her moist pussy over and over, as though something inside of him snapped.

"Y-Yess~! Just like that, hahhhh~~!" Itsuki's back arched off the bed, letting out a scream that took out most of her voice. "Use your mouth like that, Fuutarou-kun~!" she reached out to grab his hair and gave it a slight pull, showing that she needed more of him.

"With pleasure~" he thought to himself with a smirk, turning his attention towards her clit as he clasped his entire mouth over it like a magnet. Fuutarou began to kiss and lick her clit all over and he could feel Itsuki's body thrashing around as her reaction. He quickly solved this problem by holding her hips firmly in place, before resuming on eating out Itsuki's wet clitoris.

"Ahhh, Fuutarou-kun~! Hyaaa~! I-Inside me too~! I need your tongue inside me~!" she rasped out, clenching her fists as she felt her body becoming entirely weak from Fuutarou's assault on her nether regions. A lustful smile began to form on her face, as all signs of her embarrassment were completely gone. This made the young man stop for a moment, as he decided to give Itsuki what she wanted for.

Like what he did earlier, he started off with one slow lick upwards before he slid his tongue inside her with ease. Itsuki moaned at her loudest when she finally felt his tongue penetrate her hot insides, with drool started to roll down the side of her mouth. In turn, her throbbing wet pussy had completely intoxicated Fuutarou; her smell alone was enough to drive his mind crazy as he pulled his tongue out before thrusting it back in again and again in complete rhythm.

He didn't stop with his actions one bit. With every thrust he did with his tongue, Fuutarou wanted more of Itsuki. His erection was twitching madly inside his shorts, wanting to be free from its cage already. Itsuki herself was enjoying this more than she could imagine, using her hands to pull her tutor's head even closer to her entrance, allowing him to reach deeper into her vagina as he could literally smell the scent of her feminine juices on her clit.

"F-Fuutarou-kun~! D-Don't stop! Don't you dare stop, hyaaa~!" Itsuki moaned in total lust, feeling as if she was in heaven. Her eyes already rolled to the back of her head, and her mouth formed a big "O". The more Fuutarou drove his tongue into her, the more she felt that pleasurable sensation going through her body as though she was electrocuted. Her nether regions felt so much pleasure that she felt she was about to reach her climax, just a few more and she would reach that high point…

But then, all of a sudden, it stopped.

Itsuki's face quickly returned to normal as she looked at the culprit behind it, tears already forming in her eyes, being deprived of her release. "W-Why did you stop? I was so close!" she demanded, only to be silenced when she saw Fuutarou quickly discarded his remaining clothes, leaving him completely naked like her.

Before she knew it, Fuutarou was above her, staring into her lust-filled eyes with his own while his pulsing dick was waiting just outside her wet womanhood, itching to be inside. Her legs were on either side of him, her dripping hole just waiting to be taken.

He grinned darkly, something that was completely new, even for him. The fifth quintuplet was actually the first to bring out this side of him, something that Nino came so close in doing. "I'm going to fuck you hard, Itsuki." he growled like a predator out for a hunt, before plunging his erect member inside as he slammed his lips against hers.

Itsuki screamed into the kiss, tears welling in her eyes as she felt her hymen getting broken with one thrust. It didn't hurt as much as she expected it to, but it was enough for her to start shedding tears. That pain would soon be forgotten when he assaulted her tongue and turned the simple kiss into a full-blown makeout session, with Itsuki eventually giving in and returning the action as much as she could.

She wasn't that tight compared to Ichika, which meant his earlier actions paid off and he could now move as much as he wanted. "Your pussy feels so good, Itsuki… I can't stop myself!" he separated from their liplock momentarily as he leaned his forehead against hers. He was relentless in his thrusts, not caring if he was being too rough on her anymore. "I want to keep fucking you until I can't take it!"

Itsuki wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs interlocked around his waist like a child. Her tears were long gone, as she looked up at her lover in total lust. "The wall…" she rasped out, breathing heavily as she was nearing exhaustion.

"What?" he frowned, wondering if he heard her right.

"C-Carry me against the wall… and pound me!" she moaned out shamelessly, feeling shockwaves sent around her body with every thrust to her core, and she was loving it.

"As you wish." he grinned and stopped moving all of a sudden. Fuutarou quickly wrapped his arms around the girl from underneath before he lifted her up from the bed and carried Itsuki against the wall, with the girl hanging on to him like a lifeline. His hands went towards her butt and gave her cheeks a rough squeeze. "Here I go~" With that, he began to piston in and out of her with a new batch of thrusts, finding this new position more pleasurable than before as if allowed him to reach deeper into her wet pussy.

"Yesh~! I love your cock inside me~! Keep fucking my naughty pussy as much as you want~~! My mind is going black~!" Itsuki yelled out, throwing her head back as more of her own saliva dripped out of her mouth. Fuutarou's large rod kept on hitting her sensitive spots that she couldn't think straight anymore, and all Itsuki cared about was having his member penetrate her insides again and again.

"You can't just say that and not expect me to do anything!" Feeling more of his lust flare out, Fuutarou dove straight to her left breast, sucking on the large mound like his life depended on it. Itsuki moaned louder and pulled his head in, letting him lick and suck as much as he wanted to.

"Ahhh~! My breasts and pussy feel so good~! I loce your dick inside me! I want you to keep fucking me, Fuutarou-kun~~! Make me yours, hyaaa!" Itsuki widened her eyes and let out a loud yelp when she felt him slap her plump ass.

"You like to get spanked, don't you?" Separating himself from her breasts, he smirked at the shameless expression on Itsuki's face as he gave her bottom another much-needed slap.

"Y-Yes~! I love to get spanked like a naughty schoolgirl~~!" It was quite embarrassing to describe her kinks, but now that her lustful side had taken over, one of them was that Itsuki always wanted to be pampered and treated like a child despite her constant attempts to act mature than she already is. "I don't care what you do to me, just keep fucking my pussy~! I need your giant dick inside me more~~! A-Ahhh, I think I'm… I'm reaching my limit~!"

The minutes passed, and Fuutarou didn't let up one bit. Itsuki had experienced her climax twice at this point; one after getting spanked repeatedly and the next one happening after continuously licking a sucking her breasts. By hearing Itsuki's constant moans and dirty words, he felt more motivated to bring himself to his own high point. He was starting to feel exhausted, but he couldn't let himself fall without giving himself he desired. The room was filled with the sounds of skin-slapping, loud grunts and shameless moans for the next few minutes, as the couple continued with their lovemaking.

"I'm… about to reach my limit…! I'm going to cum!" he growled, feeling his climax approaching as he gave Itsuki another deep kiss. He solely focused on pounding her wet hole as fast as he could, gritting his teeth as he felt his orgasm about to hit him.

By now, Itsuki's face turned into an ahegao expression with her eyes rolling back, her mouth forming a dopey smile, and her tongue hanging out in bliss. The girl was overwhelmed with so much pleasure that there was nothing on her mind besides from her tutor whom she loved.

"Oh, yes~! Give me your milk, Fuutarou-kun~! I want your milk inside me~~! Give it all to your slutty maid~! I love you so much~!" Itsuki suddenly felt something coil in her nether regions, which was that same feeling she experienced earlier on the bed. She immediately knew what it meant. "Hyaaa, I'm about to cum too~~~!"

Fuutarou's eyes widened when Itsuki's walls clenched around his cock, catching him off guard and bringing him to his limit. "Crap…! T-Take it all, Itsuki!" he groaned out, hugging the girl tightly as his climax finally got to him.

As soon as she felt Fuutarou's hot cum enter her and fill her to the brim, the girl was immediately brought to her own climax. Her eyes rolled to the top of her skull as she threw her head in pure ecstasy. "AAHHHH—mmppphhhffff~~!" Itsuki screamed as loud as she could before Fuutarou's hand clamped over her mouth, muffling her voice.

Their orgasms met and mixed with each other, lasting for a complete minute as both individuals took this time to breathe heavily, completely spent after that ordeal. In fact, their shared climax was too much that the girl's pussy began to leak, creating a small puddle on the floor as a result.

Fuutarou took several deep breaths to try and regain his composure, but that wasn't enough because he felt that his body was about to give out at any second. He spent too much energy sexually satisfying Itsuki and damn, he never knew how much she was actually hiding underneath her stubborn and mature exterior.

"Fuu...tarou...kun… I feel…" Hearing the girl's voice, the young man quickly looked up to see Itsuki giving in and finally losing consciousness, her head peacefully resting on his shoulder.

"I went too far again, didn't I?" he thought to himself with a deadpan expression, his rational side returning after that intense lovemaking. He didn't even have time to curse and berate himself for this mistake as he felt his legs become weak.

*THUD!*

Fuutarou let himself fall back and drop on the floor completely, mentally thanking Itsuki that there was a carpet to cushion the impact at the very least. The blue-haired tutor felt so tired that he needed to rest immediately, so he quickly reached out for the blanket that was on Itsuki's bed, wrapping it around their naked bodies as his eyes were about to shut.

"I'll… deal with this in the morning… damn, I'm so tired…" he thought, before taking a quick glance at the sleeping redhead on top of him.

"Mmm… Fuutarou-kun…" Itsuki snuggled closer towards him unconsciously, causing a small smile to form on his face before finally letting his body get some well-deserved rest.

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AAAAARRRGGGHHHHHH! I FUCKIN' JINXED MYSELF! GODDAMMIT, CAN I JUST JUMP OFF A BUILDING NOW?! FUCKIN' 39,000 WORDS, YOU HEAR ME GUYS?! 39,000 WORDS! I DON'T EVEN WANNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THE NEXT CHAPTER, REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Well, in any case, Itsuki's chapter has been served and it's been a pleasure and an honor to write for a wasted character like. I don't regret making this damn long, because she deserves the attention. Try to think of this chapter's length as my way of making up for the horrible treatment she received in the manga. She was the first quint to meet Fuutarou too, and it's sad that she was just thrown to the side like what we had in canon.

Also, if you have a good eye, notice that it was all Ichika's big plan to have Itsuki confess her feelings. This is my own way of redeeming her character after the so-called 'snake incident' in the manga that I would rather not talk about because it would involve me ranting about damn Negi. Nonetheless, Ichika being the mastermind behind pretty much everything in this chapter will come into play in the next one.

Regarding the lemon here, I was conflicted on what personality would Itsuki have. I don't want to go much into detail, but in the end, I went with giving her a 'hungry' side when it comes to sex. Get it? XD. Sorry for those who do not like it, but well… I can't please everyone. Hahahahahaha.

Alright, for next chapter, we have the last but certainly not the least, YOTSUBA! I'm going to be honest here by saying that she's my least favorite out of all the quints, but I still want to be able to deliver her a chapter with the same amount of quality like the other quints. I still like her and I want to give her the spotlight she didn't get in the manga, even though she won lmao. NOPE, I AM NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE CHAPTER LENGTH, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I DON'T WANT TO JINX MYSELF AGAIN. Wish me luck!

Goodbye… and good night! BANG! *too sweet gesture*

-Lance