Chapter 1
"C'mon, Onii-chan, this way!"
"Yeah…"
There was a joyful and happiness on Raiha's face as she entered the department store. It was a rare occasion for her to be able to visit a department store, knowing that their family rarely shopped at this place because of their struggling financial situation. Fuutaro can only look at her with a smile as he slowly followed her from behind. He was glad to see his little sister acting all cheerful and energetic, knowing his family was having a hardship and troublesome times.
Today was Sunday, the brother and sister were at a department store, using their day off to do some clothes shopping for Fuutaro. He planned on getting some new clothing for school trip and there were only two days left before the trip started.
This department store was the same place Fuutaro visited couple of months ago with Ichika. He picked this department store because of the familiarity and he also saw the clothing in this place had a lot of good quality clothing when he was browsing around that time. Even though the prices in this department store were expensive for him, he had saved some money from his tutoring salary and there were some good amounts of money in his savings to buy a few clothing.
Entering the clothing area, Fuutaro and Raiha headed to the men's clothing section to browse some garments for the eldest sibling. The two walked around, looking for some clothes with a modest price and there was some that they thought it was worth to buy.
"How about this shirt, onii-chan?" Raiha asked to his big brother, showing the shirt that she picked.
"It looks okay, although I don't really like the motive and the fabric," Fuutaro said as he looked and touched the shirt, inspecting the garment.
"Then, how about this? This shirt is pretty simple and there is not much motive on it." Raiha picked another shirt and this time; it was a plain simple black T-Shirt with a sports company logo on the left side of the chest area and a white line on the hip area.
"Hmm… I guess it's pretty good." Fuutaro looked at the black T-Shirt and nodded. "I'll take this. Put it in the basket, Raiha."
"Unn… Then, let's look for a jacket or sweater for you, onii-chan! You've been wearing that usual blue sweater for far too long!" Raiha put the shirt in the shopping basket and headed towards the jacket and sweater section.
"Oi, oi… Do I have to? That blue sweater is very comfortable and it's still wearable to this day." Fuutaro showed a faint smile and followed his little sister from behind.
"Of course you have to! You need more jacket or sweater to wear," she nodded and there was a smile on her face as she looked at Fuutaro. "If I remember correctly, you only have like two jackets and one sweater. The first jacket is that green jacket that you bought with Itsuki-san last year, and the second jacket is that navy-blue jacket that Ichika-san bought for you."
Raiha mentioned Ichika's name made something in Fuutaro's head clicking as he suddenly remembered about something. Fuutaro stopped in place as he closed his eyes and crossed his arms, trying to remember about that something relating to Ichika. After some moments of recalling, a realization finally struck him as he finally remembered that he once offered Ichika to come with him for clothes shopping before the school trip.
"If you wanted to go on clothes shopping, don't forget to ask me to come along, okay? You really need some advice on the fashion choice, knowing how bland your fashion choice is."
"Yeah, yeah… I've been thinking of doing some clothes shopping before the school trip. How about you come tagging along with me?" Fuutaro said, offering Ichika to come with him someday on clothes shopping.
"Hehhh… Is that so? Then, don't forget to ask me on that day, okay?" Ichika replied with a grin, winking at the end of her sentence.
Fuutaro slapped his forehead out of reflex, muttering to himself that he totally forgot about that offer. He pulled out his phone from his pocket and immediately opened the phone contact, looking at Ichika's name, without even pressing a button. There was a conflict in his mind, whether to ask her to come now or it was already too late to ask.
"Damn… I totally forgot about that…"
"Should I call her now…?"
"Or is it already too late…?"
"I can imagine her irritated voice on the call if I told her I forgot…"
Raiha noticed that her big brother suddenly acting all weird. There was a confused expression on her face, wondering about Fuutaro's sudden weird behavior as she walked back to check on him. Raiha then asked Fuutaro what was wrong with him.
"Onii-chan, what's wrong? You're acting weird…"
"Hmm…? Ahh, it's nothing…" Fuutaro got snapped back to reality as he got startled from Raiha's voice. "It's just that I once offered Ichika to come with me for clothes shopping and fashion advice. And I totally forgot to ask her to come along." He then put his phone back into his pocket.
"Ichika-san, huh?" Raiha mumbled after hearing his big brother. "Well… Before we go, I did call Itsuki-san to come with us. She should arrive here in any moment now."
"Itsuki you say? Then…"
"That is right, Uesugi-kun. Raiha-chan called an hour ago and asked me to accompany you shopping."
"Huh?! That voice… Could it be…?" Fuutaro got startled, again, after hearing a familiar voice that he always heard as he turned around to look at the source of that voice.
As soon as he turned around, he saw two familiar persons standing not far from him. Just like Raiha said, Itsuki did came… accompanied with the other sister that he just had in mind. When he set his eyes at the eldest sister of quintuplets, Fuutaro can saw an annoyed frown on Ichika's face. He can immediately guess that Ichika will get all annoyed and irritated because he forgot to ask her to come with him for the clothes shopping. A silly smirk formed on his lips and a slight feeling of cold sweat appeared all over his head as the two sisters walked towards him.
"Fuutaro-kun, you once said that you will ask me to come with you for clothes shopping… Don't tell me you forget about it?" Ichika said with an annoyed voice, with her still frowning, looking at the boy who was now averting his eyes from her presence. "You really made onee-san disappointed, you know that? Hmphh…" She then turned her head from Fuutaro with a pout.
"Y-Yeah… My bad, I totally forgot about it," Fuutaro said in a slight panicky expression and then able to keep his composure calm afterwards. "I wanted to call you after I remembered, but Raiha said that she already called Itsuki, so I thought that you might come along anyway, knowing you five always go together most of the time."
"Uesugi-kun, it just happened that Ichika wanted to come with me because she was bored being at home." Itsuki crossed her arms and continued to explain. "After knowing that I'm about to meet you, she got all displeased because you once said that you promised to ask her to come along for clothes shopping before school trip… Really, I guess your delicacy for a woman is still at zero, huh?" She shook her head, feeling somehow disappointed of their tutor insensitiveness.
"*sigh* Yeah, yeah… Sorry about that, Ichika…" Fuutaro sighed and apologized to Ichika.
"Apology accepted," Ichika said and her frown slowly turned into a more cheerful expression. "Don't forget again next time, okay?"
"Yeah…" Fuutaro nodded and he immediately realized that there was something missing when he looked at the two girls. He then noticed that the other three siblings were missing and asked to them about those three whereabout. "Hmm… Where are the other three? Are they still not here yet?"
"No, they are not coming with us. They are busy with their things," Itsuki told him. "Nino is out with her friends, Miku has a work shift until evening, and Yotsuba is helping her sports club teammates on an exhibition match," she explained the reason.
"Hmm… Is that so? Then, I guess it's fine, remembering last year shopping with you four was kind of unpleasant."
"Unpleasant…? What do you mean, Fuutaro-kun?" Ichika wondered, asking about his last year shopping experience.
"You see… Your sisters made me tried all kinds of weird, silly clothing. Even the staffs in that place were staring at me weirdly," Fuutaro explained, recalling the last year kind of embarrassing clothes testing. "Itsuki right here, she made me tried some kind of rocker or biker type of clothing because she thought it would look manly on me for the last year school trip."
"But… you looked more manly with that clothing." She put her hand on her chin, thinking about the clothes that she once picked for Fuutaro. "Since I did not know much about men's clothing, I thought that clothing would looks manly on you from my perspective."
"There's definitely something wrong with your idea of manliness, you know that?" Fuutaro showed an unimpressed face from hearing her reason. "Good thing Nino picked something more reasonable back then. With Ichika here, her men's fashion sense is much better than you, Miku, and Yotsuba combined."
"Huhh…? That is rude to say, you know that?!" Itsuki yelled to Fuutaro in annoyance from hearing his insult. "Hmphh… I should have not come here if I know you would mock my fashion taste." She showed a frown expression and turned her head from him.
Ichika let out a weak laugh as she tried to calm Itsuki. "There, there… Fuutaro-kun, that's definitely a rude thing to say to a girl, you know?" she said to the boy, raising her finger to him. "Anyway, let's go pick some clothes for you. Onee-san will give you some fashion advice if you get confused."
"Yeah, yeah…" Fuutaro sighed as he continued to walk to the jacket and sweater section.
As Fuutaro headed to the jacket and sweater section, Itsuki turned to Raiha and asked her to come along with her. "Raiha-chan, can you accompany me to choose a clothing for your big brother?" she asked to her with a smile.
"Ehh…? What about onii-chan?" Raiha showed a confused expression
"Don't worry about him. Ichika will be the one who accompany him," Itsuki assured her. "I will show your big brother that my fashion taste is not that bad like he claimed. So can you help me pick a clothing for him?"
"Unn… Got it! Then, let's go, Itsuki-san!" Raiha said with a big smile as she walked to another clothing section.
"Yeah…" Itsuki nodded. She then turned to Ichika and whispered to her to go accompany their tutor, "Ichika, you go with him. I'm still annoyed with his insult and who knows he might mock my fashion taste again if I picked a clothing that he does not like."
"Ahaha… Then, make sure you and Raiha-chan picked a reasonable clothing for him, okay?"
Now that Itsuki and Ichika were here, the atmosphere for this afternoon shopping session got merrier and livelier than before. They split into two groups; Itsuki and Raiha, exploring other part of men's clothing section, meanwhile, Fuutaro and Ichika, were at jacket and sweater's clothing section, looking for a jacket or sweater for him just like his little sister recommended.
For Fuutaro, he browsed every jacket and sweater available on every clothing rack and table display that he saw. Since he never wore a jacket very much, he was confused on what kind of jacket he should buy and it made him looked at each selection for some amounts of times. Even though Nino and Ichika already bought him a decent looking jacket, Fuutaro still did not know much about the current jacket trend and the many selections the store offered, made him even more confused about it.
"Hmm… This is very confusing…" Fuutaro muttered as he held his chin with his right hand, looking at and thinking about many jackets in front of him.
"What's wrong, Fuutaro-kun?" Ichika asked to him as she appeared from behind him. "You look like a display mannequin with that pose." She let out a chuckle after seeing him with the pose.
"It's just that there are too many selections in this place and it's hard for me to decide," he said, still with the same pose but now with his eyes closed. "Hey Ichika, can you give some recommendation on what jacket or sweater I should choose?" He opened his eyes and looked at Ichika.
"Yeah, I already have one. Here, take a look." Ichika showed a hoodie that she just picked from a table display earlier.
The hoodie that Ichika picked was a yellow zip-up hoodie with a sports company logo on the left side of the upper chest part. Fuutaro then touched the hoodie and he can sense that it was made of cotton, which was a very comfortable fabric for a clothing and he confirmed it by looking at the washing label. He then thought that hoodie was a new type of clothing for him since he only ever wore a sweater, which was his usual blue teal cardigan sweater, and a jacket, which Nino and Ichika bought for him.
"A hoodie, huh? I never wear this before," Fuutaro muttered as he kept looking at the clothing, feeling skeptical about buying a hoodie. "Is hoodie comfortable to wear? To be honest, I prefer sweater more than any other kinds of jacket."
Ichika nodded, "Yeah. It's very comfortable to wear, especially this one is made of cotton." She then explained how good a hoodie was, "I always wear a hoodie when I go for a jog in the evening and it was a comfortable clothing for running. Besides, hoodie is one of popular clothing for youth like us. I'm sure it will look good on you, Fuutaro-kun," she said with a big smile.
"Is that so? Let me try it first," Fuutaro said as Ichika handed the hoodie and he immediately put on the hoodie right away. He can sense that the fabric was very comfortable on his skin and when he zipped it up, it gave him the same feeling of wearing a jacket or sweater, in which he already familiar and did not mind about it. After some seconds of looking himself at the mirror and testing the hoodie, Fuutaro decided to take the clothing. "Hmm… It's definitely comfortable to wear, especially at nighttime… Well, I guess I'll take it." He then took off the hoodie and put it in the shopping basket.
"Hehe… I knew you will like the hoodie," Ichika chuckled after hearing Fuutaro will take the hoodie. "Onee-san's fashion advice never fails, right?" She gave him smile, and also a playful wink.
"Well… So far your fashion advice is good for my taste. Since you're an actress, I guess your fashion taste is definitely first-class and very flexible on any kind of situation." Fuutaro also gave her a smile of his own.
"Thank you! It's very rare to be praised by Fuutaro-kun." Ichika's smile turned into a wide grin, feeling happy to be praised by him. "Then, let's go look for another clothes!"
"No, there's no need to," Fuutaro shook his head and picked up the shopping basket from the floor. "These two clothing should be good for me. Besides, the prices in this place are expensive and I don't have enough money to buy anymore clothing."
"Don't worry about it! If you're short on money, Ichika-nee-san will always be here to pay for you!" Ichika responded, still with her grinning, playfully looking at Fuutaro.
"Oi! How many times do I need to say it to you?" Fuutaro showed an annoyed expression from hearing Ichika wanted to pay for him, again. "You already pay too much for me, so I will not accept any more help from you," he stated and made his way to the cashier.
"I know, I know… I was just kidding…" Ichika said with an unenthusiastic voice and then a frown was visible on her face as she continued to talk, "Besides, I just want to help you, you know? You're not fun, Fuutaro-kun… Hmphh…"
"*sigh* There's no need to worry about me. Don't you remember last month, where you about to pay for my food and you were short in money?" Fuutaro recalled about last month incident in a restaurant, where Ichika did not have enough money to pay for their food and he had to stepped in. "You should learn from that incident and save more money for your needs."
"Yeah, yeah…" Ichika answered, still with her frowning.
The two then walked to the cashier to pay for Fuutaro's clothing. On the way to the cashier, they met with Raiha and Itsuki who were still browsing around in the men's clothing section.
"Ahh…! Onii-chan is here! Itsuki-san, show him the clothing that you picked for him,"
"Hmm…? What's wrong? Did you pick something for me?"
"Y-Yeah… I picked a polo shirt and jeans for you," Itsuki said and she showed a red polo shirt and dark blue jeans to him. "I asked Raiha-chan for some advice on what kind of clothing you like. Based on her advice, I guess a polo shirt and jeans would be good on you."
Fuutaro looked at the red polo shirt that Itsuki showed to him. It was just a usual red polo shirt with a well-known company brand on the upper left chest part. As for the jeans, she picked another well-known brand known for its durability. But knowing this department store mostly sold a branded and high-quality clothing, he knew that this polo shirt and jeans must be a high-quality clothing compared to the one that was sold in the regular clothing store.
Fuutaro took the polo shirt from Itsuki and he can saw from the washing tag that this polo shirt was also made out of 100 percent cotton, which was a very good fabric for clothing. As for the jeans, he can sense that the jeans were heavier than most of the jeans he owned at home, a sign that these jeans were durable. When he looked at the price tag, his eyes went wide because of how expensive the polo shirt and jeans were knowing his financial situation.
"Sorry Itsuki, I guess I have to pass on taking these." Fuutaro gave the polo shirt and jeans back to her. "These two clothes are enough for me. Besides those are very expensive and I don't have enough money to pay for all of these."
"Do not worry about it, Uesugi-kun. I already paid for this shirt and jeans, so feel free to take it home with you," Itsuki responded back to him as she put the polo shirt and the jeans into the shopping basket that Fuutaro held.
"Huh…? You already paid for it?" Fuutaro showed a dumbfounded expression from hearing Itsuki's word.
"Yeah, that's true, onii-chan!" Raiha said with a happy face. "Itsuki-san said that she bought these for you as a sign of gratitude for tutoring her and the others!"
"Y-Yeah…" Itsuki nodded with a slight flustered expression. "Since it's a gift from me, there is no need to pay it back to me."
"Look Fuutaro-kun, even Itsuki-chan is starting to buy you stuffs," Ichika nudged his shoulder with a teasing expression. "I won't be surprised if the others also starting to buy you something, so don't complain about it, okay?"
"*sigh* What a pain… I guess you all truly quintuplets," Fuutaro shook his head and then showed a faint smile to the fifth sister. "Thank you, Itsuki. I guess I owe you one for next time."
"N-No… It's nothing, Uesugi-kun…" Itsuki replied and her face started to became slightly red from his appreciation.
"By the way onii-chan, can you try the shirt and the jeans now?" Raiha said to him and there was a begging look on her face. "Itsuki-san said that she wanted to see you with these new clothing!" She then turned around to Itsuki, who was behind her.
"R-Raiha-chan!" Itsuki squealed from Raiha's word as she became even more flustered.
"Huh? You want to see me wearing these?" He wondered about her intention.
"T-That's not it…! I-I'm just joking with Raiha-chan about it," Itsuki answered with a lot of voice stutter as she turned her head away from Fuutaro, now feeling embarrassed.
"Fuutaro-kun, go put these on!" Ichika said, still with a teasing expression. "I also want to see how good you are in these clothing! We are bored seeing you always wearing school uniform in almost every occasion, you know?"
"Okay, okay…" Fuutaro shook his head and headed to the fitting room.
It took around a minute for Fuutaro to put the polo shirt and the jeans. The polo shirt fit rightly on his body and he can sense that this shirt was very comfortable on his skin, compared to most of his clothing back home, thanks to the cotton fabric. For the jeans, the size that Itsuki picked was bigger than his usual size, so he might need to wear a belt for later on. As expected, the jeans felt heavier and stiffer than any other pants that he ever wore. Even if it was heavy, he did not really mind it since it will last for a very long time which he really needed to save some money from constant clothes shopping.
He looked at himself at the mirror in front and Fuutaro thought that he looked pretty good in these clothing. He rarely wore this kind of clothing because he spent most of his time in the same places for almost every day. School, home, the quintuplets' penthouse, and his workplace, there was no other reason to wear fancy clothes since he mostly spent his time in these places, wearing school uniform and work uniform.
"Hmm… This shirt is definitely comfortable to wear…"
"As for the jeans, it's heavier than the normal pants that I usually wear…"
"I think I kinda looked good with this clothing…"
"I'll definitely bring this with me to the school trip…"
Fuutaro then exited the fitting room and showed the three girls his new look. There was different reaction from each girl from seeing Fuutaro wearing the new clothing; a big awe and impressed face was visible on Raiha's face, Ichika showed an approval nod and there was also a smile as she kept looking at his new clothing, and meanwhile, Itsuki let out a small gasp and her eyes also widened from seeing the new look Fuutaro in the clothing that she bought for him.
"How about it? Are these look good on me?" Fuutaro asked them as he looked at the polo shirt and the jeans that he wore.
"Unn…! It looks good on you, onii-chan!" Raiha gave him an eager nod, approving the new clothing. "It definitely looks much better compared to all the clothes you have in home."
"Yeah, I agree with Raiha-chan," Ichika nodded and she stepped forward to Fuutaro. "Here, let me fix the collar. This collar style will look better on you!" She then set the collar to the popped collar style and loosed all the button. "Done! You definitely look better now!"
Fuutaro looked at the mirror beside him and he can saw that the shirt's collar was now popped and all the button were loose. He looked at himself in the mirror with narrow eye, thinking that this style that Ichika just set to him was… provocative. This style was the opposite of how he usually wore a polo shirt and gave him the feel of a delinquent. Fuutaro can also feel the popped collar was touching his neck constantly, which annoyed him, and add that all the button were loose, made him uncomfortable.
"Oi Ichika, are you sure you're not messing with me?" Fuutaro looked at her with an unimpressed face. "I look like some kind of street punk with this kind of style."
"It's fine, Fuutaro-kun! You look cool and stylish with that style," Ichika answered with a smile. "Don't you know? This style is very trendy for high schooler and young adult. Look! Even the mannequin there is donning the same style like you." She pointed at the nearby mannequin which had the exact same style like Fuutaro.
"Really…? I'm pretty sure I will invite a trouble from street thugs or police if I'm walking around with this style." Fuutaro looked at the mirror again, still feeling uncomfortable with this unfamiliar style.
"Ichika-san is right, onii-chan. This style is very trendy for young people, even a lot of actor and singer on the TV were donning the same style like this," Raiha nodded, agreeing with Ichika's statement.
"Hmm… I really don't like this style. It's too provocative for me." Fuutaro then set the collar back to the normal style and buttoned the shirt back, save for a button. He then looked at the mirror back and feel more satisfied with the usual, traditional style.
"Dull and boring as always, huh?" Ichika quietly said as she let out a weak laugh on seeing Fuutaro's lack of fashion sense. "Let's ask Itsuki-chan and hear about her opinion on that style. How about the earlier style, was it look good?" she asked to Itsuki, who was still staring at Fuutaro with an awe expression.
Itsuki got startled from Ichika's voice. "Ehh-uhh…! I-I guess it kind of looked good on him." She averted her attention from Fuutaro to her older sister. "Although, I prefer Uesugi-kun donning the traditional style which looks neater on him."
"*sigh* I will wear this polo shirt with a style that I think it's good," Fuutaro sighed as he walked back to the fitting room to change back. "I will think about that style, Ichika. But for now, that's still look weird for me." He entered the fitting room and closed the door.
Ichika chuckled on hearing Fuutaro's statement. Even with the usual, traditional style, Ichika thought that he still looked good, although she preferred the trendier style that she suggested to Fuutaro earlier. Still, she will look forward to tease him with that style again when Fuutaro wore that polo shirt again sometimes in the future.
Looking at the fifth sister next to her, Ichika can saw a slight blush and flustered expression on Itsuki's face. She thought that Itsuki must had been captivated by Fuutaro's new clothing that she picked.
Ichika always knew that Itsuki was somehow interested in Fuutaro after last year school trip. Ever since that school trip, she was closer to Fuutaro compared to before, even staying in his house for a week after the fight with Nino last year. Ichika also noticed that lately, Itsuki seemed to be easily flustered and nervous when Fuutaro tutored her personally and sometimes when he teased her. Knowing this situation, Ichika decided to tease her younger sister about her apparent infatuation to their tutor.
"So… Doesn't Fuutaro-kun looked good with that clothing?" Ichika said to her younger sister with a teasing tone. "The clothing that you picked definitely looked good on him."
"Uhh… Umm… Uesugi-kun definitely looked good with that clothing," Itsuki nodded, still with a flustered expression. "I-I'm glad that he liked the clothing that I picked…"
"You should hang out with him more often, you know?" Ichika suggested to her. "So you can figure out what kind of stuffs he likes, maybe like his favorite food, his interest other than studying…"
"With that no-delicacy kind of attitude? Pass…" Itsuki responded as her flustered face turned into a frown in just a second. "Besides, if someone from our school see me and him together, who knows what kind of rumor will be flying around in school."
"Hehe… You're thinking too much about it, Itsuki-chan," Ichika chuckled from hearing the response from the youngest sister. "Fuutaro-kun is still insensitive as always, but once you know him enough, he's actually a much better person than you thought. Who knows you might be interested in him after spending more time together." She gave a teasing wink to Itsuki.
Itsuki let out a weak, sarcastic laugh after hearing the eldest sister's teasing. "Ahaha… L-Like that's ever going to happen…"
"Unn… That's right, Itsuki-san. Since you already stayed in our house for a week, you should hang out with onii-chan more often!" Raiha said with eager, supporting Ichika's statement. "It's rare seeing you and onii-chan hanging out together. It's always fun when we hang out together, just like last year."
"I-Is that so…?" Itsuki said with a stuttered voice after hearing Raiha's statement, in which she agreed because she cannot afford to turn down her request. "Well… If Raiha-chan is also coming along, I guess it's fine…"
"Then, let's go somewhere with onii-chan after the school trip, okay?" Raiha responded with a joyful expression, feeling all happy after hearing Itsuki's answer.
"Look, even Raiha-chan wanted you to hang out with him," Ichika chuckled and then whispered to her youngest sister. "Don't worry about his attitude, I can assure you that Fuutaro-kun has more delicacy than before."
"*sigh* Yeah, yeah…" Itsuki sighed, somehow feeling all pressured from the two girls' statement.
Fuutaro then came out from the fitting room, wearing the original clothing that he wore before. He then put the earlier polo shirt and jeans to the shopping basket. "Then, let's go to the cashier to pay for the rest of the clothes," Fuutaro said to the three girls and started to walk to the cashier.
"Uhh… W-Wait a minute, Uesugi-kun!" Itsuki yelled to him and Fuutaro immediately stopped in place from her yelling.
"Huh? What's wrong?" Fuutaro turned to look at her.
"Can I borrow Raiha-chan for a while? I still wanted to do some clothes shopping for the school trip," she asked. "So, is it okay?"
"Hmm… Let's hear it from Raiha herself." He turned to his little sister, who was standing next to Ichika. "So Raiha, do you want to go with Itsuki?"
"Unn! It's not a problem to me!" Raiha nodded and immediately went to Itsuki's side. "Then Itsuki-san, let's go! I will also help you choosing some clothes!" She grabbed one of Itsuki's hand with a cheerful expression.
"Thank you! Then, let's go to the underwear section first." Itsuki gave her a smile and walked together to the women's clothing section.
"Underwear, huh? Somehow, I feel a déjà vu hearing that again…" Fuutaro muttered to himself as he shuddered, recalling the last year shopping experience with her.
"Hmm? What's wrong, Fuutaro-kun?" Ichika tilted her head, looking at the shuddered boy beside her.
"No… It's nothing."
As each of their youngest sibling went browsing to the other clothing area, Fuutaro and Ichika went to the cashier to pay for the rest of his clothing. After finished paying for his clothing, Fuutaro then asked to Ichika on what should they do now to wait for their youngest sibling.
"Then, what should we do now?" Fuutaro asked to her. "Should we take a seat on that bench over there?" He pointed at the bench outside of the clothing area.
"Yeah, good idea. My legs starting to get tired after all of that browsing," Ichika nodded, starting to head for the bench. "Let's go, Fuutaro-kun."
"Yeah…"
A/N:
Hello, hello and welcome to this story and just like the summary said, it's a sequel to my first Gotoubun fic which was "Our Promise and Bet". For those of you who haven't read the prequel, I recommend to read it from start to end so you can understand some context behind it and also enjoy this story to the fullest. You can search the story or check it out on my profile page for quicker way.
The next chapter will be posted next week, on Friday or the weekend. As for the future release schedule, I'm planning to release it twice a month (once every 2 weeks) or once a month since I don't have much free time like I used to be. It's also for me to take it slow on writing so the story won't feel rushed and to fix whatever writing mistake that I made.
It's good to be back to writing and I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
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