I will skip any explanation for the time being. I'm sure you people want to read something new already. Without further ado, let us continue.

"Itsuki, let's go to that restaurant you love to frequent. It's on me." Someone said with a loving tone.

"Heh, aren't you a sly one, Fuutarou? Trying to win me over with something like that. But alas, I will accompany you if you insist." The voice, now identified as Uesugi Fuutarou, was taken over with glee at the affirmative of his girlfriend, who looked at him with amusement.

"Fufu~, you're such a kid. Are you that happy to go out with me?" She replied with a teasing smile, provoking a deep blush to appear at his beloved's cheeks.

"Y-Yeah, it's because you're too cute and perfect! I don't know how did I got myself such a great girlfriend... geez, always teasing me." The boy said with a little bit of a stutter at the beginning while scratching the back of his neck. Itsuki just smiled at him.

"I just can't help it, hehe. You are too fun to tease, Fuutarou." The youngest of the Nakanos replied to her boyfriend while holding her hand to her mouth to supress a little laugh from escaping.

"Well... I suppose I do have some spare time for my handsome boyfriend. Nino said she wanted my help for tonight's dinner. You know how she loves my cooking."

"I can relate with her though. I love your cooking too, Itsuki." Fuutarou once again complimented her. "Although that's not the only thing I love about you."

"I'm all ears~!"

"I love how you are the smartest out of all your sisters—" She nodded happily. "—I love how much of a good wife you will be in the future." Yes, anything else you would like to add, Fuutarou~?

"You—"

*THUD~!*

"Huee~?" With her eyelids as heavy as lead, Nakano Itsuki moved her head left and right, in search of that mysterious sound.

*THUD*

"Hnn!?" After hearing that "something" for a second time in a short period of time, she fully opened her eyes. 'A dream...?' Of course, something like that was too good to be true.

Although Itsuki may argue that it is not that far away from the truth, her sisters may digress.

Deciding that bed time was over, she turned to look at her alarm clock.

"6:30 AM...? That is way too early! Who could it be..." She slipped out of her bed covers and sat on the edge of her comfy bed. With a loud yawn, Itsuki stretched her back until she felt a pleasant 'pop!'. Getting out of bed, she made her way towards that annoying sound that robbed her of her beautiful and realistic dream.

As she made her ways towards her door, she heard footsteps. One of her sisters most likely. Unless they were getting robbed?!

'What nonsense am I thinking? I have watched too many suspense movies lately...'

Pushing that thought out of her mind, she got closer to the origin of that sound.'Nino's room...? What is she doing at this hour?'

Not wanting to mull over it for too long, she knocked the door.

"Nino? It's me, Itsuki. Are you okay in there?" She waited for a reply from the other side of the door but got none. She knocked again.

"Oi, Nino! It's 6:30 in the morning! What's with all that noise?" Once again, no one replied. She put her ear against the door to try and hear what was going inside.

*THUD*

"Enough! If you do not plan on giving a response, I may as well see for myself! Excuse me." A little annoyed at being ignored by her sister, she decided let herself inside her room to solve this mystery.

Certainly, while she did expect Nino to be doing something heavy or noisy, she sure as heck did not expected her to be standing in front of her mirror with only her undergarments on. It is relevant to mention that it looked like a bomb has been detonaded inside her wardrobes. Her clothes laid scattered everywhere!'What the heck just happened in here!?'

"Argh! This is a solid no!" Finally, she heard her sister's voice after failing to do so before she entered her room. Itsuki tried talking to her once more.

"Nino, what on Earth happened in here?" Recognizing the voice that was talking to her as her little sister's, Nino acknowledged her presence.

"I knew I heard someone, it was just you, Itsuki." Nino threw her a disinterested glance and then back towards her mirror.

"Huh?! What's with that? Even though you kept ignoring me..." The girl couldn't help pouting after her sister just dismissed her like that. 'Jeez!'.

"More importantly, what do you think about these ones?" Deciding to change the subject, Nino did a little twirl directed at her younger sister. Itsuki felt a vein pop out at Nino's choice of words but refrained from saying anything to avoid going in circles.

"What do I think about what, your underwear? What does it matter?" She replied to her question while tilting her head a little bit in confusion. Nino just sighed at her sister's naivety.

"Why are you replying to a question with another question, are you stupid?" The second sister retorted back at the red-haired girl. Said girl just glared at her.

"What I mean is why are you asking?" Itsuki replied while gritting her in annoyance.

"I need to find the perfect pair for my date with Fuu-kun today. So far, nothing has convinced me. Thought I may as well ask you since you're here but I think I'll just ask Ichika instead." Deciding to move on with her selection, Nino started undressing once more.

"I don't think it is necessary to go that far though..." Turning her back towards her sister to give her some privacy while changing, Itsuki replied meekly.

*CLASP*

"Haaa~ of course you would say that, little sister. You lack a lot of feminine awareness." Now wearing a new pair of matching underwear, Nino stated while looking at herself once more.

"Wha–! H-How rude! I am a girl too, you know!?"

"I never said you weren't! I just said you ignore some fundamentals!" Nino retorted back, raising her voice a little.

"Isn't that the same as saying I'm not feminine enough!?"

"Why are you screaming! No, are you not listening to what I'm saying?" Getting exhausted quickly, Nino sighed once more.

"Forget it. Now, what do you think of these ones?" When she saw her sister and all the discarded clothes around her, Itsuki knew she was in for a long ride. She decided she may as well do her part.

"...I think those are too frilly."

"Hey, onii-chan. Has anything good happened lately?" Looking away from my simple breakfast, I saw Raiha looking at me with dreamy eyes. 'anything good...?'

Of course I haven't told anyone about my relationship with the Nakano sisters, after all, a relationship like ours is something very unique I'd dare say. I'm dating five girls and said girls are all quintuplets. Really, if you were to tell me months ago that I would end up like this I would've called you crazy.

But alas, I don't regret a thing.

"What makes you say that?"

"You look very refreshed and a lot more relaxed than usual." She has sharp senses, I'll give her that.

"Nothing in particular. Today's breakfast is pretty good, Raiha."

"You know it's the same thing as usual, right?" My attempt to distract her with flattery utterly failed.

"Ah!" Uh oh. That face of realization spells trouble.

"Did you finally got together with Itsuki-san!?" What is she, an esper?

"It's nothing like that. Maybe I'm just glad those girls keep improving in their studies. It's a pleasant feeling as their tutor, that's all." I stated trying to look as unfazed as possible since Raiha's intuition seems to be pretty darn accurate.

"Hmm~ is that so~?" I feel like arguing back when se makes that smug face but I love my little sister too much. Not wanting to entertain her further, I took my plate after giving my thanks to the cook and made my way towards the faucet.

"Ah, just leave them there, onii-chan. I'll clean them up!"

"Huh? I can do it myself, it's okay."

"You have somewhere to be, right? Otherwise you wouldn't be all dressed up."

I thought she wouldn't notice that. Heck, what I'm wearing right now hardly qualifies as being dressed up but it seems my little sister knows me too well.

"Ah, yes. I'll take you on your offer then, Raiha. Thank you." I scratched my cheek awkwardly at Raiha's words. Man, she's on a league of her own, that Raiha.

"See you later, onii-chan! Don't forget to bring some soy sauce on your way back!" I could heard Raiha's voice as I made my way towards the entrance. With a short reply from my part, I took hold of the handle and proceeded to open the door.

"Huh?" At the exact same time, the door was opened from the other side, revealing the person who acted before me.

"Oh, going out again, Fuutarou?" It was none other than my own father.

"Dad? What were you doing outside so early?"

"Heh, I asked first you brat." What's with that secretism. Although I can really say anything to that since I am too keeping a secret from them.

"I'm going out for a few hours, I saw some material that could be useful for the girls. Also, there's a book I want to borrow at the library." After hearing his son's explanation, Isanari couldn't help feeling disappointed.

"Why is it always study with you? Go and get a girlfriend or something!"

"Again with that? You should just drop it." It was my turn to sigh. Dad doesn't know how annoying it is that he's actually right. For some reason that makes me feel frustrated. But again, it's very difficult to come out clean in my situation.

I should think deeply about how to proceed when the time comes.

But for now, I need to go and pick up Nino. I wouldn't want to be late on our first date as a couple.

"You're only a teenager once, don't forget about that, Fuutarou." I nodded once more in agreement since I do think he is right.

"...I'll take it into consideration." Not hearing a vocal response from my father, I just started walking in direction of the Nakanos apartment.

"...so that's why I heard a lot of noise so early in the morning." After hearing the full explanation of what happened earlier, when she heard people screaming, Nakano Ichika sweatdropped.

I mean, who wouldn't? She woke up to her sister's screams and when she went to see what the heck was happening she saw Nino posing on her underwear for Itsuki, who was just giving her opinion with a bored expression, sometimes blushing at some of the risqué undergarments her sister had on her wardrobe.

"Y-You sure went the extra mile" The fourth daughter, Yotsuba, couldn't help but to give her opinion on the matter.

At the moment, the Nakano quintuplets were already eating breakfast together, except from Nino, who chose a cup of yogurth for herself, saying that she wanted to eat with her dear 'Fuu-kun'. Of course, Itsuki was eating her share, declaring that it's bad manners to leave the food uneaten. Weird.

"...I still think that's a bit too much. It's not like Fuutarou will even see it." Miku boldly stated before glancing at Nino who was blushing lightly.

"You don't know that. I'm just being cautious."

"Overly-cautious I'd say. But I'm happy to see my little sister growing up, fufu~." This time, Ichika retorted to Nino, taking the chance to tease her.

Itsuki and Yotsuba decided to not butt in. The former because she was too occupied eating and the latter because she thought of the conversation topic as something 'adult-like' or, as she liked to put it, 'Ichika-like'.

That and she was already teased enough when she came back the previous day after her date with Fuutarou.

"—you're even all dolled up for your boyfriend. How cute~." Ichika said in a teasingly manner.

"...You do realize we have the same boyfriend, right?" Once again, Miku had to act as the 'straight man' in this situation.

"Fufu~ that's true."

"Aye, aye, I gotta get going. Fuu-kun must be on his way to pick me up. He could be here at any—"

*KNOCK, KNOCK*

"—talk about a good timing. Ahh~ how nice when your boyfriend comes to pick you for your date. I'll see ya girls when I get back." Nino said as she quickly made her way towards the door of their shared apartment.

"Yes, give me a second, Fuu—" When the second daughter opened the door in hopes of finding her beloved waiting for her, her ample smile slowly turned into a stupefied expression. Why, you may ask?

Because instead of her tutor, love interest and shared boyfriend, she found someone she didn't expected to.

"—papa...?" It was none other than Nakano Maruo, the sister's father. As stoic as always, he looked at his daughter's appearance. She looked dressed up and he could also discern the sweet scent of perfume on her.

"Nino. Are you going somewhere?"

And that's a wrap for today.

First of all, I'm sorry for the short update. I wrote all of this in the span of my shift at work during my break times. In my cellphone if I may add (I don't like at all).

Second and maybe the most important thing; what the heck happened with me during these almost two years of inactivity?

Since this may take a little long, I wanted to leave it for the end of the chapter instead of the beginning since I know some people would love to get into it right away. Details, details.

What basically happened at first was that I was too lazy to update. I started this story in 2020, which was three years ago. At the time I only had school to worry about. But the next year, I went looking for a full time job to provide the means to pay my college. I also had to make sure my schedule coincides with my college one, so I started working on weekends at the night shift (6:30 PM-6:30 AM) from Thursday to Sunday.

My internal clock got all messed up and nowadays I spend my days as a vampire, only doing whatever I have to during the night since I'm sleeping all day. The exception being school days, once those are finished I go to sleep.

I'm not as fresh as I was two years ago, and the night shift does a lot of things to your health. Not to mention I work at a factory doing whatever I'm asked to.

Anyways, that's basically the gist of what happened to me during these past years. I hope to update as soon as possible but I can't make promises, moreso these days. But hey, at least you can expect me to not let this story end up unfinished like others *cough* genshin fic *cough*.

Now that everything is clear, see ya on the next update (whenever that is!)

~Neru