A blonde spikey haired man is currently looking out of his window, he's able to see how the cars passed by. He would occasionally glance at a photo he had in his hands, he wondered "When will we ever meet again?" The photo was of him and a girl. The girl had long black hair and she was taller than him but not too much. They were both hugging each other and they had smiles on their faces.
His little sister, Raiha, had just walked inside of his room. He had quickly stored the photo in his pocket.
"Big bro, dad wants to talk to you." She said as she held the phone to Fuutarou. "A-Alright" he responded
-Fuutarou, I'm going to be late today meaning I won't be able to buy the ingredients to make something to eat, but I wanted to tell you something.
-Yeah?
-I was talking to a school director, and he said you'll be able to start school instead of you getting home schooled. You start your first day Thursday, well, tomorrow haha.
Fuutarou was surprised to hear that he'll finally be able to go to public school again
- I-I could actually start going to school again??
-Yes Fuutarou, but going off of your grades while you were getting home schooled, I'm going to have to find you a tutor. You were barely able to pass…
- ahaha…Yeah…
He remembered how the he would barely even do his work and would average 30 points on the tests he took, with his highest being 77 points
- I'm going to see who I could get to tutor you so don't worry Fuutarou.
- Alright then Dad. I'll see you at home than
- Bye son
Fuutarou hung up.
"You're going to start going to school with other people?" His little sister asked. "Yeah! Dad is finally going to let me! I can't wait to see Takeda and Maeda at school again!" He responded to his sister. Takeda and Maeda were his friends since Middle school, even though Fuutarou had to switch to getting home schooled. They still kept in touch with each other.
"Are you sure you'll be fine, Fuutarou? Especially with your…Fear?" Raiha had asked Fuutarou. His happy attitude had vanished, if anything, he looked anxious. "A-Ah...Y-You're right…"
"B-But he could be sending you to an all boys school! So don't worry Fuutarou" She told him trying to reassure him. "Wait…Takeda and Maeda don't go to an all boys school though.."
"Just don't worry about it anymore Fuutarou. It'll be fine, plus, you'll meet new people and make new friends." She told him "Yeah, you're right."
"Well, I'm going to head to my room now. I'll see you in the morning Fuutarou." She said as she walked towards the door. "Bye Raiha"
She had walked.out of his room and closed the door. He stored the Photo in the case of his phone, and went to the messaging app. He only had 7 messaging chats and clicked on the top one. It was a group chat with Takeda and Maeda. He had sent a message saying "My Dad is finally going to let me go to public school. So there is a chance I'll be able to see you guys there!"
With that message being sent, they had sent messages back and forth for at least an hour.
It was currently 11pm and Isanari had just got off of work. He was the owner of a massive chain owner of restaurants and bakeries called "The Uesugi" (I couldn't think of anything else)
A couple of years ago he ended up winning the lottery, with that, he was able to pay off all of his debts and decided to start a food business like his late wife dreamt of doing.
He'd decided to head to a convenience store before heading home. Once he entered he was looking through the aisles to see what he wanted. He first got a 3-pack of beer and just looked to see what else he felt like getting. He couldnt find anything he wanted so he went to go and pay. As he was paying he heard someone call out to him
"Isanari-san?"
It was the voice of a woman, he turned around and saw a redhead woman alongside a black haired man with bangs hanging from both sides of his face.
"Rena? Maruo? What are you guys doing here?" He asked, confused. Isanari paid the cashier and went towards them
"We recently moved here not too long ago, since Maruo ended up getting a job request to become the Director of a Hospital here." She told him. "I see. You guys should go and buy whatever you need. I'll wait outside so we can catch up on some stuff"
He walked outside and sat down by the curve and opened a beer can. He had waited at least 15 minutes before Rena and Mauro had walked outside. He got up from the curve
"Your appearance hasn't changed since High School, Isanari-san." Rena told him. "Yeah, you don't look too different, Rena-sensai. Maruo too, he isn't wearing his "Rena-sensai Fan club president" shirt heh"
Rena looked embarrassed as she remembered that her husband used to do that. While Maruo looked ticked off, he didn't say anything.
"Hey, don't get mad Maruo. You know I'm just playing!" He said as he put his hand around him. He just let out a sigh. "You really haven't changed since High school, haven't you?
"Haha I guess not." He said laughing. "Also, Rene-sensei. I wanted to ask you something, are you still a teacher?"
"Yes, I'm still teaching. Plus, in the short time we've been here, I already got hired for a job at a school nearby." She told him "it seems I'll have to talk to the director tomorrow then."
"Are you going to see if you could put Fuutarou in my class?" She asked him. "Yeah, since you're teaching, he'll be in good hands."
"Also, do you happen to know anyone who can tutor Fuutarou?" Isanari had asked.
"A tutor?" She tried to think of someone who could do tutoring. A set of people had popped up in her head. Her daughters! "I know who could tutor Fuutarou, my daughters could do it."
Isanari was thinking about what she had said. "I see. That'll be fine."
"Does that mean he's gotten over his fear?" Mauro had asked him. "...No he hasn't." He responded
"I see. You were still homeschooling him then?" Mauro asked.
"Yeah…I've recently decided to finally let him go to public school. I just couldn't trust to let him go back there again, not after what had happened.." He said, as he slightly clenched the beer can.
"Then why are you sending him to a regular school then? Shouldn't you send him to an all boy's one?" Mauro said, confused. "That was my first pick. But this is the best option for him, I need to let him get over his fears. I can't keep sheltering him forever, I need to make him his own person"
Rena was just standing there all confused. She didn't have the slightest clue on what was going on. "Sorry to interrupt your guys' conversation, but what's wrong with Fuutarou-kun?"
Maruo and Isanari had just looked at each other. "Did you not tell her, Maruo?" Isanari asked. "No. I didn't feel right telling her something personal about your son."
"I see, Fuutarou has…"
It was 7:30 AM, Thursday. Fuutarou had barely slept since he didn't know if he was going to go to an All boys school, or the same highschool as Takeda and Maeda. Raiha had entered into his room and woke him.
"Fuutarou, you have to get up and shower for school." She said as she shook him. "Mm…5 more minutes.." He responded as he turned over
Raiha had pulled the blanket and Fuutarou fell to the ground alongside it. "Fine, I'm up." Fuutarou said as he stood up. He got the blanket and folded his bed. Raiha told him that their Father was waiting for him in the living room. They walked out of Fuutarou's room and headed to the living room
"You needed something Dad?" He asked. "Yeah. I've found you a tutor and I haven't even told you what school you'll be going to haha"
"You'll be going to Asahiyama High school. And you're going to get tutored by the daughters of an old friend of mine."
Fuutarou had an uneasy look on his face after he heard what his father had said. Isanari had just went and hugged him
"This is for the best Fuutarou. The past can't hold you forever, son." He told him as he hugged him tighter. "..."
"Be strong for me Fuutarou, you could do this." He let go of the hug and looked at Fuutarou. He had just nodded his head. "Well then, tell me when you're ready so we can head to the school."
Fuutarou headed back to his room to get his clothes so he could shower. Raiha went and started to cook some eggs for them. While she was cooking the eggs she decided once Fuutarou's tutors had come to the house, she'd lay out the ground rules for Fuutarou.
Once Fuutarou had got out of the shower he changed into some clothes he felt comfortable in and put his earring in his left ear. He ate the egg Raiha left out for him and they went to Isanari's car.
Isanari drove Raiha to school first, it was already 8:20 when they arrived at the high school. Meaning the majority of the students were already in their classes, so Fuutarou didn't have to really interact with anyone.
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Fuutarou had sent Takeda and Maeda a message saying he's arrived at the school. Takeda responded by telling him that they were waiting in the director's office. Takeda's father was the director of the school and was somewhat close friends with Isanari.
Isanari had parked the car and they got off and went to the director's office. Once they walked in, they were greeted by Takeda, his father and Maeda.
Takeda and Maeda had hugged Fuutarou. "When was the last time we saw you?" Takeda asked. "I think it was a year ago?" Fuutarou would usually like to be in his room reading and just plain doing what he wanted. But every now and then, they would meet up and just hang out.
"Hey, Fuutarou, have you gotten over your Fear?" Maeda asked. "...No, I still haven't. It's been almost 6 years and I still haven't gotten over it." He said, with his head down.
"It's fine Fuutarou-kun, you just need a little more time. That's all" Takeda said with a smile. "Yeah! We'll help you too! And tell us if anyone tries to do anything to you, I'll teach them a lesson" Maeda told him.
"Thanks guys, I really appreciate the help." Fuutarou told them, with a smile. "Takeda, Maeda, would you two show Fuutarou around the school? While Me and Isanari-san talk about certain things?" Takeda's father had asked them.
"Yeah sure Dad, come on guys' let's go" The three of them had walked out of the office. "So, over the phone you told me you wanted Fuutarou to get put into a different class?"
"Yeah, it's to keep an eye on him. If anything happens to him, Rena-sensei will be watching out for him" Isanari said. "You know Nakano-san?"
"I sure do, she used to be my old High School teacher haha. So if Fuutarou is in her class, he'll be in good hands." Isanari told him. "I see, well that means Fuutarou will be together with my son and Maeda-kun."
"That's great! At least Fuutarou will feel comfortable around people he knows" Isanari said. He was happy that things were going well, and that Fuutarou would be with his friends. The director and Isanari continued to talk for at least 20 more minutes.
Takeda and Maeda had been showing Fuutarou around the school. Some of the staff had thought they were ditching class but Takeda had told them they were just showing Fuutarou around the school. They had first gone to the cafeteria since it was the closest place to them.
Fuutarou was just roaming around the cafeteria, he had gone and greeted the couple of Cafeteria workers that were there.
They had left the cafeteria and went towards the gym. They had noticed that a game was playing, so they tried to go out the exit across the gym. Since they didn't want to interrupt them, they decided to head to the track field.
As they were walking to the exit, a volleyball was headed towards them. Luckily, Fuutarou was able to grab it before it hit any of them. He noticed that a bunny ear-shaped ribbon girl was waving her hand, signaling to hit the ball back towards them. They had made eye contact and Fuutarou had instantly looked away, he gave the ball to Maeda. Maeda had hit the ball towards them and they left the gym.
The girl was confused on why the boy hadn't hit the ball back. But one thing was on her mind. "After so long, we finally meet again"
"Nakano-san! Keep your head in the game!"
She had gone back to playing with her teammates.
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Fuutarou, Takeda and Maeda had just walked around the track and caught up on a couple of things. They asked how he was doing after all this time, how was his little sister doing. They would joke with each other, Fuutarou was having fun.
Fuutarou and the gang had gone back to the director's office since they finished the tour of the school. It was almost lunch time, Takeda and Maeda asked Fuutarou if he wanted to head to lunch. Fuutarou declined since he didn't feel hungry and he had to meet his new teacher.
They had left the office and Fuutarou was patiently waiting for his homeroom teacher to arrive. 5 minutes after they left, a lady with chest-length dark-red hair walked into the office.
"You must be Uesugi-kun." She greeted him with a smile. She had noticed that Fuutarou had started to sweat and looked nervous. "O-Oh! Don't be nervous, Uesugi-kun, you could trust me. I'm one of your father's old friends, well, his old Teacher"
Fuutarou had shakily held out his hand to shake her hand. "F-Fuutarou U-Uesugi," he said. "Rena Nakano." She said as she shook his hand.
"Don't push yourself too much, Uesugi-kun. Be confident in what you think you could do" She told him with a smile. All Fuutarou did was just slowly nod his head.
"I'll leave you two in here so you could know each other better." The director said as he got up and walked out of his office. It was just an awkward silence between the both of them.
"So, have you enjoyed your time here Uesugi-kun?" Rena asked, breaking the silence. "O-Oh Y-Yeah…Takeda and Maeda where s-showing me around" He responded to her. Fuutarou wasn't looking directly at her, he was facing away from her.
Rena was going to ask him something else, but the bell had rang. "It seems like lunch is over, we should be heading to the classroom now." She said as she stood up from her chair. Fuutarou had slowly gotten up and they headed out of the office.
Fuutarou was slowly Following her, they had a sizable distance between them. He was just looking at the ground, not trying to make any eye contact with the students around him. The students were talking about him, but they knew it had to be a transfer student since they never seen him here.
Rena had told him to wait outside as she would tell the students they had a new classmate.
"Come in and introduce yourself, Uesugi-kun."
"Alright, you could do this Fuutarou! Don't get nervous or anxious, you got this.." He told himself
He walked into the classroom and stood In Front of the class. He noticed how the students had just stared at him. He started to feel anxious but he saw Takeda and Maeda and he calmed down.
"M-My name is F-Fuutarou Uesugi, I-Its a pleasure to meet you all." He said with a small smile
"He seems cute"
"You're right"
"He kinda seems like a Delinquent"
He saw a red headed girl with star pins looking at him, they had made eye contact. But Fuutarou had instantly looked away from her. He saw that Maeda was waving to him.
"You could sit wherever you want to, Uesugi-kun," Rena told him. He nodded and walked towards an empty desk between Takeda and Maeda. Takeda was in front of him, while Maeda was behind him. The redheaded girl was to his side, but Fuutarou hadn't noticed that.
"So he's the one Mom told us to tutor today?" The star pinned girl thought. She had remembered how her mother told her and her sisters that they'll start tutoring someone.
"Okay girls, I got you guys' a job. All you need to do is tutor the son of my friend."
"We have to tutor someone?" A girl with two butterfly-shaped ribbons had said. "Yes, you girls will have to start being responsible." Rena had said.
"Are you sure Dad is even going to let us tutor a boy?" A pixie cut haired girl asked. "I already talked to your father about it, he said it's fine." Rena had responded
"Why do all five of us need to tutor him? Is he failing that badly?" A girl with blue headphones had asked. "Yes, his father showed me his grades. They weren't looking the best."
"What's the boy's name? So we could at least know who he is." The bunny shaped ribbon girl said. "His name is Fuutarou Uesugi, his father owns the "Uesugi" Restaurants"
The Bunny ribbon girl was surprised to hear that, but nobody had noticed that.
"Itsuki, I'll send you his address via messages after school today. Since today you all start, but please be nice to him and try not to make him uncomfortable."
They were somewhat confused on why their mother had said that, but decided to not ask.
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"Alright then class, we will know start the lesson" Rena told her students. The class had went somewhat smoothly for Fuutarou. He had his head down the majority of the time trying to take notes and just plain understand what was going on. Takeda would occasionally turn around and help him out while Maeda tried to talk to Fuutarou everynow and then.
Itsuki on the other hand had tried to help Fuutarou when he was stuck on a problem, but when she did, she had noticed how nervous he looked. Takeda had told her he had it under control and saw how Fuutarou looked calmer after Takeda started helping him. She was confused, she hadn't talked to him a lot so it was just confusing to her.
The class had ended and Fuutarou, Takeda and Maeda had waited till almost all of their classmates had left the classroom so they could start too leave. Rena had told Itsuki to wait a bit before she left so they could talk real quick.
Once Fuutarou and the rest left, Itsuki went to her mother. "Did you need something Mom?" Itsuki asked.
"I just wanted to tell you, to not make Uesugi-kun uncomfortable or try to pressure him into doing something. " Rena told Itsuki. "I know mom, we won't make him feel uncomfortable, I promise you that."
"Thank you. I already told your sisters to wait for you at the gate so all five of you guys could head towards Uesugi-kun's house." She told her daughter. Itsuki just nodded and left the classroom. Rena had started to prepare the assignments for tomorrow
She was hoping her daughters would do good in Tutoring Fuutarou and being friendly towards him. She had started to remember the talk she had with Isanari and how he told her what had happened with Fuutarou. But one line still stuck with her
"Fuutarou has Gynophobia"
That's all I could write for the first chapter. I probably fried what was left of my brain so it's my skill issue.
