Chapter 9: Itsuki's Desire

"Big bro, look at what you did!"

"Me? I didn't do anything! I just opened the door and she collapsed for no reason!"

"You can't just say that to a girl and not expect her to react!"

"Say what? All I did was greet her."

"Jeez, you're so dense."

"Whatever you say, little sis."

Itsuki slowly opened her eyes. When she did, all she saw in her field of view was a tall blond boy and a younger black haired girl. The boy she recognized as her tutor. She didn't recognize the girl though.

"Big bro, she's waking up!"

"Oh thank goodness," Fuutarou grabbed Itsuki gently and raised her up into a sitting position. "Can you stand? Are you alright?"

Itsuki nodded, "Yes, thank you. Sorry for passing out like that hehe."

"You almost had us worried for a second there. I was about to take you to the hospital if you didn't wake up soon. Don't scare me like that, Itsuki!"

"I'll try not to, Uesugi-kun." She blushed in embarrassment. Passing out like that was the last thing she needed. She was so confident that she wasn't going to get flustered but all of a sudden, Fuutarou threw a huge curveball.

"I'm sorry for my brother's actions! Please forgive him!" Raiha exclaimed as she bowed.

"You're making it seem like I committed a horrible act."

"You almost killed her!"

"Okay now you're just exaggerating... "

Itsuki laughed at the exchange between the sibling duo. It reminded her of when she and her sisters bickered back and forth.

"Is this your younger sister, Uesugi-kun?"

"Yup! Itsuki, meet Raiha, my wonderful little sister. Raiha, meet Itsuki, one of my students."

Raiha shook Itsuki's hand frantically, "I'm so happy to finally meet you! Thank you for finally giving my brother human interaction outside of his family!"

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean!?"

Itsuki chuckled, "It's nice to meet you too, Raiha-chan. Your brother has been a fine tutor to me and my sisters so far. You should be proud."

"I know and I'm glad. He's finally doing something with that big brain of his."

"Raiha, you're mean…." Fuutarou grumbled as a rain cloud appeared over his head. Why was his sister making fun of him so much? What did he do to deserve this?

"Oh, you're such a big baby, big bro."

Itsuki stared at Fuutarou's hair. It had caught her completely off guard. She had no idea how to react to it when she first saw it. Coupled with him calling her beautiful again, her brain combusted and decided to stop working. She was so embarrassed. But luckily, her tutor doesn't seem too bothered by it. Which begs the question…

"Uesugi-kun… If you don't mind me asking, why did you change your hair color?"

Fuutarou raised his eyebrow at his student, "What? You don't like it?"

Itsuki immediately gasped and frantically waved her arms, "No, that's not it all! In fact, I think it looks really good on you! I was just… caught off guard. That's all! And I just wondered what made you decide to change it, haha…"

Itsuki wanted to kick herself. Here she was, promising herself to stay calm but she kept messing up at almost every turn. She needs to stop being dumb and just act normal.

"You know, I'm wondering the same thing too. You never told me and Dad why you decided to change your hair color either. You just showed up one day with blond hair with no explanation. It confused me at first because you look just like a younger version of Dad." Raiha commented as she too was curious about her brother's hair color switch. The last time she remembers him with blond hair was about 5 years ago. That was when she was really young so she doesn't remember much. That's around the same time that Fuutarou started to fundamentally change from a delinquent to a genius scholar.

"I never told you? Oh, well your sister Nino asked me to change it."

Itsuki's eyes widened in shock, "Nino asked what? Why did she ask you to do that?"

"Well, when I left your apartment in our last study session, I accidentally left my student handbook. So when I went back to get it, Nino had already found it and saw the picture of my younger self that I have in it. I was blond back then and she asked me who it was. I told her that it was me and then she asked if I could go back to being blond. I said, sure why not? I can't turn down a request from one of my students can I?"

"Oh… so that's what it was.." Itsuki muttered as she began to panic internally. 'What is Nino's motivation behind this? She does like bad boys with blond hair. But Uesugi-kun isn't a bad boy… right? Maybe he was in the past. I don't know much about his past after all. I have no idea what she's up to but it can't be any good. I remember the way she was all up on Uesugi-kun in the last study session. And before that.. She groped him. If Nino is interested in him too, then I can't take any chances! I have to attack now!'

Itsuki now had the resolve to achieve her desire. And right now that desire was none other than Fuutarou Uesugi.

"If that's the case… Uesugi-kun, I also have a request!"

"Oh yeah? What can I do for ya?"

Itsuki blushed furiously but she still powered through it. She had to do it somehow.

"May you please take me out to the fireworks festival tonight!"

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