"Let's enjoy the festival!" Yotsuba shouted.
"Uhn!" Raiha responded.
"Ichika, Miku, let's check out the stalls!" Itsuki, with stars in her eyes, dragged Ichika and Miku along.
"Wait up, Itsuki," Ichika tried to slow down Itsuki, but she didn't.
"Slow down, Itsuki, the food's going nowhere," Miku said.
Fuutarou stood by as he waited for Nino. He, his sister, and the Quintuplets, together, went to the Nakano siblings' apartment. Nino, who had fun with the Uesugi siblings, suddenly remembered that there was a festival today. That's why she asked Fuutarou and her sisters to accompany her to their home.
The Quints had already done their homework, and Nino only needed to change into her Kimono and return to the festival. The day before the festival, Nino had already rented out the roof of a nearby store for the fireworks viewing.
"Fuu-kun! What do you think?" Nino said as she showed her Kimono to Fuutarou. The color of her Kimono was violet with rabbit designs on it. She also tied her hair up, which revealed her white nape.
"You look beautiful, Nino." Fuutarou said and averted his gaze. There was also a hint of red on his cheeks. When Fuutarou said that, Nino's face became red. And she too averted her eyes, but not before seeing his blushing cheeks. She smiled at his blushing cheeks.
"W-Well, do you want to take a look around?" Nino nodded and took his hand.
"Mom! They're handholding! They're gonna have a baby!" A smaller boy younger than Raiha suddenly spoke up and pointed at their hands.
"Shhh, don't point." The mother of the child scolded her son and took him away from the others.
They continued looking around. They kept holding each other's hand. And since they were handholding, a lot of people commented on it. People would say things like: "I'm so jealous of him/her.".
The two stopped somewhere for a break.
"We really looked like a couple back there." Fuutarou said as he sat down.
"Hehe, we did." Nino laughed and sat down next to him. She also sounded a little sad.
"What's wrong?"
"It's just that... I really miss our mom."
"Did you, your sisters, and your mom used to come here?" Nino nodded at his question.
"Mother really liked fireworks so she took us to this every year. Since mom has passed, every year we still come and watch it." Nino smiles and continues, "That's what it means for us."
{Sorry for making you wait for so long. The fireworks display will start in a few minutes.}
"Let's talk later, Fuu-kun. Let's go to the roof of the shop I rented." Fuutarou nodded, and together, they walked towards the shop.
Meanwhile near the clocktower,
Yotsuba and Raiha were playing in the stalls. Yotsuba even played the goldfish mini game and won for Raiha. After playing, the two got hungry and bought some food.
{Sorry for making you wait for so long. The fireworks display will start in a few minutes.}
"Let's go, Raiha-chan!" In response, Raiha nodded and held onto Yotsuba's clothes.
The two were headed to the rooftop of the shop that Nino had rented. Before coming to the festival, Nino had already sent them the address of the shop.
Food stalls,
While checking out and buying food, Itsuki also ate the food she had purchased. Ichika and Miku followed her and helped carry the bags containing their purchases. Fortunately, there were only two bags per person, so they could easily manage them.
Suddenly, Ichika's phone rang. She gave her bag to Miku and left. Miku was about to call out to her, but the announcement was broadcasted.
{Sorry for making you wait for so long. The fireworks display will start in a few minutes.}
Miku looked in the direction where Ichika had gone, but she was not there. Itsuki then grabbed Miku and led her to the roof of the shop.
Shortly after leaving, Ichika who was talking to her phone suddenly heard the announcement.
{Sorry for making you wait for so long. The fireworks display will start in a few minutes.}
Ichika looked back and said, "I'm sorry, sisters. It seems that I won't be able to watch the fireworks together with you." Ichika then put her phone to her pocket and looked ahead.
"We got here first?" Fuutarou looked around. The building Nino rented was a four-story building with a one-meter-high railing. There were also some chairs and tables.
"We made it, Raiha-chan!" Yotsuba said while carrying the stuff they won.
"Onii-chan! Look at this! Yotsuba-san won this for me!"
"Woah, that's a lot, did you say thanks to Yotsuba?"
"Ah!" Raiha then faced Yotsuba, "Thank you, Yotsuba-san!" She also hugged Yotsuba, and Yotsuba reciprocated with a hug.
"Your welcome, Raiha-chan!"
"Everyone!" "We made it in time." Itsuki and Miku soon arrived. They put their bags on the table.
"Itsuki! Miku! Wait, where's Ichika?" Nino asked.
"She went to some place." Miku replied.
Suddenly, a loud bang was heard; the fireworks had begun. However, Ichika still hadn't arrived. The Quints and Raiha watched the fireworks with amazement in their eyes, while Fuutarou continued to look at the crowd below, searching for someone.
While looking down, Fuutarou saw a pink head. He looked around and then turned his head up. He saw Fuutarou who was also looking at her. She gestured him with her left hand to come down and her right hand over her mouth, which symbolized that he should keep quiet about it.
Fuutarou told Nino that he was going down. Nino asked him why, and he replied that he had forgotten something at the place where they had rested. Nino suggested that she could come and help look for it, but Fuutarou refused, saying that she should watch the fireworks with her sisters. Nino had no choice but to stay. Fuutarou then went down to Ichika.
When Fuutarou was nearing Ichika's direction, his head suddenly hurt. He clutched his head and a memory entered his mind.
' "I really love you Izumi-chan. Even more than you do to me. Ever since you left, I was very lonely. I missed you, how about you, Izumi-chan?"
"I-I missed you t-too, Kazumi-kun" '
'W-What was that! Is that Ichika? Are we acting together? But I don't remember doing any of that! I can't tell Nino about this. I'm sure she would only worry about me.'
"-arou."
'Huh? Is someone calling me?'
"Fuutarou! Are you alright!?" Ichika worriedly asked.
"Huh? Yeah, my head hurts a little bit. But I'm fine."
"Are you really alright? Should I call Nino?"
"You don't need to, I'm alright."
"If... If you say so."
"Okay. So why did you call me?"
"Well actually–
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Author Section :
1120 words. What's happening to Fuutarou? What did Ichika said? Find out on the next episode of drago-
Fuutarou : Wrong anime!
You're right!... Wait why are you here? You're not supposed to be here!
Fuutarou : Woops...
Ah! He's gone. Is that a hole on the 4th wall? How did he even cross the 4th wall?
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Author Section :
For real this time. I was actually not going to write today because I was so sleepy. Also, my way of thinking got influenced by Manhuas and Manwhas. I read some Manhuas about a female that got r*ped by the ceo and had a child. The translation wasn't great so my brain stopped braining.
For Manwhas, Regressor Instruction Manual and some others. And because I've read Regressor Instruction Manual, I got a little smart but only a little.
I've also read some cultivation. During writing, my brain suddenly come up of having powers like in cultivation. Yeah it was during when I was sleepy.
That's all for now. See you guys next week.
Next chapter, Requests and Rewards.