"Uesugi-kun is... quitting?" The young redhead whispered under her breath, shocked with she heard. She opened her phone and immediately texted her sisters in their group chat that they have need to have an important discussion later and she'd go back home.

Waiting for a reply, she saw that Nino had read the message, but didn't reply which was normal as they did had a fight a few days ago. She saw that the others haven't read the message yet even though it's been around 10 minutes since she sent the message, so she assumed they were still asleep as it was still early in the morning.

While waiting for her sisters to see the message, she heard footsteps approaching the room, she immediately went back to the futon and closed her phone hoping that she would not get caught eavesdropping.

While she was hiding she felt sleepy as she wasn't used to waking up at this time, various thoughts were in her head, 'Why would Uesugi-kun quit? Was it related to Nino? I should go home later and talk about this...' the questions kept repeating in her mind as she drifted back to sleep.

In a shopping district in Tokai, Fuutarou was walking with a bag of groceries. Although there was something different with him. His hair was more wild than his usual plain bowl cut. He looked a lot like the younger version of his dad but without blonde hair. 'Huh... This isn't too bad. It looks nice' he thought as he admired his hair whenever he saw his reflection on the windows of various shops.

Although he felt multiple people staring at him, especially some young girls who passed by, but it wasn't because the hairstyle didn't look good. But rather it was because it looked really good on him, matching with his decently built physique, a good face and sharp golden eyes. He almost looked like a celebrity just from a haircut.

'Maybe I should exercise more often and maybe find another job soon' he thought while walking to the exit of the shopping district.

As he was nearing the exit, he heard 'excuse me!' that was yelled behind him that made him look and saw a girl was running towards him while carrying two boxes. With little time to react the two bumped into eachother resulting the blonde girl dropping the boxes.

"Ow! That... doesn't hurt that much? The girl said wondering why the fall didn't hurt that much.

"Ugh..." A groan from under the girl got her attention. Looking on why she the fall didn't hurt that much was because Fuutarou was currently being crushed by her.

"WAHHH I'M SORRY!" The blonde girl said immediately getting up and helping him stand up.

"Ugh... That hurts" Fuutarou said as he got up and sat down on a nearby bench.

"I'M SO SORRY! I WASN'T LOOKING WHERE I WAS GOING!" Said the young blonde girl as she continually kept bowing and apologizing to the young man she had crushed.

"It's fine... Just watch where you're going next time." Fuutarou said as he fixed his shirt and went to pick up the groceries he dropped when he was crushed.

As he was about to leave, he looked at the girl again where she started to carry the boxes alone, he then remembered what the blonde version of himself said when he that dream. To change and have a fresh start. He sighed and picked up a box confusing the young blonde girl on why he picked up the box.

"So where should we drop it off?" He asked the girl where her eyes sparkled as she saw that someone was willing to help her.

"Thanks errr..."

"It's Fuutarou. Uesugi Fuutarou"

"Thanks for the help Fuutarou-san!

I'm Kawano Haruka! It's nice to meet you!"

'This girl reminds me of someone...' Fuutarou thought as he felt something sink in as her energetic personality seemed very familiar. 'But... Kawano? Where have I heard that name before?' he thought but decided to shrug it off as he thinks that it was nothing of importance.

The two teens are now walking together while carrying the boxes the blonde girl was carrying before with Fuutarou having a harder time as he was also carrying the groceries he bought. She also kept asking questions about his music taste, favourite food, and his school life.

He thought that it was annoying at first, but that reminded him of the girl he met in Kyoto all those years ago. Although she had blonde hair, she had a similar personality to that girl.

After walking for a 20 minutes with his new acquaintance, they arrived at a convenience store that was just a few blocks away from the shopping district and was quite near his house.

"So this is where you were bringing these boxes?" Fuutarou asked the young girl as he placed the box he was carrying inside the store.

"Yep! Me and my sisters with our mom own this convenience store including a delivery service. We usually help out whenever we're free. Although my sister who was suppose to help me bring these boxes today had something to do so I had to do it alone. But thanks to you it was a lot easier. Thanks Fuutarou-san!" The blonde girl thanked him for his help. "Also we're hiring right now and you looked like a good person so just call me if you need one!"

"Thanks I'll consider the offer. I'll go now as I don't want bother you anymore and I still have these groceries. It was nice meeting you Kawano-san" he said as he waved goodbye but before he left, the young blonde girl gave him some ice cream as thanks and her email if ever he accepted her proposal.

Meanwhile in the Nakano apartment, the four sisters were sitting on the table.

"It's good that you came back Itsuki"

"Fuutarou-kun really is impressive if he convinced you to come back. You're really stubborn. Remember when Yotsuba ate your cake a few months ago? You didn't forgive her for a week haha."

"Ehehe I'm really sorry for that Itsuki."

"It's good to be back. Although I have something to tell you all."

As she was about to say what she heard earlier that morning, their doorbell in their apartment rang.

"Ah it's must be Fuutarou-kun... He's going to make us study again haha"

"I'll get it!" Yotsuba ran towards the door and opened it.

"Eh? Ebata-san?"

"Pardon me young ladies" an old man with a butler attire said as he entered the apartment.

"Ebata-san are you not driving for dad today?"

"I will not as I am here to be you and your sisters substitute tutor for today"

"Y-you are?" Yotsuba ask disappointed as she can't see their beloved tutor.

"Well Ebata-san used to be a teacher after all."

"Is Fuutarou not coming for today? Is he sick?" Miku asked in a concern for their tutor as he wasn't the type on skipping unless it was something important.

"Ehem... That is not the case, Uesugi Fuutarou has quit tutoring." The whole room fell silent as the girls heard what their butler said.

"I received word from your father the other day that Uesugi-sama has terminated his contract by his own accord."

"Do you mean... Fuutarou-kun's not coming anymore?"

"No way..."

"Of his own accord?"

"I heard him talking about this earlier this morning when I was at his place... He really did quit..."

"Why would Fuutarou-kun quit?"

"I won't accept this. I'll call Fuutarou and let's all talk to him."

"Yes nice idea Miku! Let's call him over and-" as Yotsuba was about to finish her sentence, she was cut off by Ebata.

"I'm afraid that it will not be possible. I was also informed that Uesugi-sama wished not to be contacted and if possible to delete his contact information. Even your father was disappointed as he has shown great results in tutoring."

"Why would he do that..." Said Ichika as she was confused by his actions like her sisters. Did he not like them? Did they do something wrong? Was it because of the fight with Nino?

"Your father also called Nino-sama to come home immediately as we were told she ran away from home due to some bickering said by Uesugi-sama a few days prior."

"Let's just talk later when Nino comes back. I'm sure she said something to Fuutarou when we went to convince her the other day."

" Yes... Let's just talk about this later. Ebata-san you're going to tutor us today yes?" Itsuki asked the old butler as she went to get her glasses.

"You are correct Itsuki-sama. I was also ordered to not let you and your sisters to go out until you have finished this short exam" The old butler replied as he took out some papers that had various questions of different subjects on it.

"Then let's all finish this exam so we can go and think on how we can get Uesugi-san back!" Yotsuba said as she returned to her genki self receiving a nod from all three of her sisters.

Fuutarou was now walking with his groceries with the free ice cream he had received from his new acquaintance.

"A convenience store worker huh... It doesn't sound so bad like when I was working as a waiter and a tutor. Maybe I should accept her offer. Hell it might even be fun." Fuutarou though considering the offer he was given as he continued to walk back to his house after that unexpected encounter.

"Haruka I'm sorry that I left you to do all this work alone. It's just there was some trouble at the delivery service and I had to deliver multiple packages." A blonde girl who had the same features as Haruka except she had short hair rather than a sidetail like her.

"It's ok Aki. I had some help with a really kind person! He helped me even though I accidentally hit him while carrying the boxes."

"That's good for you then Haruka. Was he handsome?" Another voice said revealing it was another blonde girl that looked the same as the other two but she had twintails.

"Yea! He had really cool hair too it was spiky! I wished you and Aki saw him. He looked really cool and like a delinquent but he was very nice. He also had that aura of someone really smart!"

"Oh? Seemed like my little sister had met someone interesting. Let's talk about this later, mom, Yuki and Tsuyu are waiting for us at home."

"Let me just finish arranging these items then let's go home!" Haruka said receiving a nod from the two other blonde girls as they waited for her to finish.

A/N: This chapter got uploaded quickly huh? Fuutarou's new acquaintance the energetic Haruka has offered him a job. Will he accept? Find out on the next chapter of 'this story that feels rushed!' in the next few weeks! Farewell minna!