Chapter 1

"Gahhh!", shouted in pain a brown haired guy before falling on the ground after being punched in the gut.

"Hajime-San!", cried other two guys, who were on the ground as well while nursing themselves. In front of them and the guy they called Hajime stood a young blond man with golden eyes, who was wearing a black hoodie, grey jeans and blue sneakers. He had his right fist raised forward, and was looking at the other 3 guys with a menacing glare.

"I warned you to stop harassing my friend yesterday, assholes. But obviously you didn't listen and continued to annoy her.", he said, grabbing one of them by his shirt meanwhile and looking at him in the eyes with a dangerous glare.

The guy was trembling out of the fear that he was feeling because of that glare, and was unable to reply.

"If you don't want to go to the hospital, you better get lost and stay away from her. Got it?", he told him with an aggressive voice, making the scared guy nod nervously.

"Good. Now get out of my sight, scumbags.", he told them, making the 3 guys run away immediately to avoid making the blond guy even angrier.

After they left, the young man sighed in annoyance. 'Bullies like them really enrage me; they always bother or harass other people because they're just envious or want to make fun of them. Those 3 had to leave Megumi alone as I warned them, but they didn't. You just asked for a good beating in the end, idiots.', he thought while grabbing a Pepsi can from a vending machine in the park where he beat up the 3 bullies.

He then sat down on a bench and opened the can to drink and relax a little. Today was another day where he had to beat up some stupid jackasses that harassed one of his friends at school, and even he was always ready to do that to protect them, he couldn't hide his annoyance with bullies. They were the only type of people that he despised after all.

The young blond man in fact, known as Uesugi Fuutarou, was very popular in his highschool thanks to the fact that he excelled in academics and protected innocent students by stupid bullies like those of a minute ago. He had various friends thanks to this, and his actions and handsome features granted him a huge popularity between the girls too, even if he had a bad boy like style.

Fuutarou had always imitated his father Isanari's style and attitude, who was also the one that taught the young man to always help the weak and his friends against people that wanted to hurt them, just like the middle aged man did in his school days. Like father and like son in this case.

After finishing his Pepsi, the boy got up from the bench and started to walk to go back to his house that wasn't so distant from the park. Since he and his family lived in poor district of Tokai, Fuutarou knew very well the zone, managing to find his way to a particular place everytime. He also knew some people who owned some shops in his district, whom he helped sometimes during his various part-time jobs, as his family was in debt since his mother's death.

In fact, he was living with only his father and his little sister Raiha, who took care of the cooking at home as she wanted to make sure that her dear brother ate well. When his mother was still alive, she and Isanari owned a bakery that had a nice success in their neighborhood , and Fuutarou loved the bread that his mother baked.

But after her death because of a particular illness, their bakery's success ended and his family ended up being in debt, with Fuutarou not having other choice than start working part-time to help his family. Isanari worked too obviously, but his son wanted to help their financial situation anyways.

At the moment they were still in debt, but the young man was sure that he would get a wonderful job if he continued to get high grades at school. Of course he was able to still have a nice social life, but helping his family was always more important.


After reaching his house, Fuutarou climbed up the stairs and went to open his apartment's door. "I'm home.", he said while stepping inside.

From the kitchen on the right of the corridor, a young girl with black hair and a ponytail on top of her head appeared and went to hug him, getting a headpat in return.

"Welcome home, Onii-chan! Dinner is almost ready; I made the special Uesugi curry that you like so much!", she told him with a bright smile.

Her brother smiled as well and replied, "Oh, thank you, Raiha. I will go to put down my bag in my room and then I arrive. Is Dad at home?"

"Yes, Dad came back some minutes ago. He even has wonderful news for you he said."

The blond guy raised an eyebrow, "Wonderful news? I'm curious about it now. Oh well, he will tell me."

And then he broke off the hug to reach his and Raiha's room, putting his school bag near a little wardrobe. After that, he went to dress their little table, greeting his father that was drinking a beer near to it.

When Raiha said that the curry was ready, Isanari helped his daughter to bring it to the table and then prayed with his children before eating.

"So, what wonderful news do you have, Dad? I'm very curious.", asked his son while eating and patting Raiha's head to compliment her curry.

"Oh yeah haha. I have fantastic news for you, Fuutarou: I found you a job that pays very well!", replied his father with a big grin.

"Really? What kind of job if I can know?"

"Well, let's say that I contacted an old classmate of mine who's very rich and a famous doctor that runs various hospitals in this city too. I explained our situation and he offered to give you a particular job; one of his daughters has to change school, and she will go to Asahiyama like you. Your job consists in tutoring her until graduation."

Before Fuutarou could absorb everything he heard, Isanari continued, "But you don't have to just tutor her; you have to also be like a bodyguard and protect her from bullies or people that want to hurt her. My friend, Nakano Maruo, told me that his daughter changed school because she was tormented by various bullies at Kurobara, and even if she had her sisters there, she couldn't stand it."

After hearing the second piece of explanation, his children were very shocked, especially Raiha that had a sad expression now. "Why did they bully that poor girl, Dad?", she asked him with concern.

"Sincerely I don't know. Maruo didn't tell me anything about the reason for the bullying. Anyways, what do you think, son? It can be a great job for someone like you.", he said, looking at Fuutarou.

The top student, after everything that he heard, was clenching his fists; he was angry that an innocent girl had been bullied so much that she had to change school for that. And she was also the daughter of a friend of his father. That was unacceptable, and there was only a right thing to do.

Taking a deep breath first, Fuutarou said, "Dad, you're right. I think me too that this job is perfect for me, and I will do it. But not because of the huge pay, rather because I can't stand the thought of leaving a poor girl being bullied like that again. So yes, I will help her with her studies and protect her by whoever tries to make her cry."

Hearing such reply from him made Raiha hug her brother and Isanari smile, proud of his son. "Haha, that's the spirit, Fuutarou! I will tell Maruo that you accepted the job, and tomorrow you should be able to meet his daughter. She will also be in your class as far as I know.", he said, getting a nod from the blond punk.

"Let's celebrate Onii-chan's new job with the Uesugi special curry hehe!", proposed a giggling Raiha, getting a "Oh yeah!" from the 2 blondes. And the rest of dinner went on like this, with Fuutarou asking the reason why he had to tutor the girl to his father and Raiha listening closely to the conversation.

After they finished to eat, Isanari helped Raiha to clean the table and wash the dishes while Fuutarou went to his room to prepare a mock exam test in advance for his future student. He had understood that the girl wasn't very good in all the school subjects, therefore he needed to see which were her strong and weak ones. He had helped some classmates sometimes at school, but this was the first time that he had to tutor someone until graduation. And he wanted to do his best for that.

So, when he was done with the mock test after an hour and half, Fuutarou went to take a quick shower to relax. Hearing what happened to Maruo's daughter made him quite angry earlier, so he needed to cool down a little. He then wore a sleeveless shirt and trousers after drying himself and went to sleep in his futon next to Raiha who was already sleeping.

After giving her a nice headpat to tell her "Goodnight", Fuutarou closed his eyes and started to sleep to be ready for the next day. A particular meeting awaited him.


"Alright, I will go now. See ya later!", said Fuutarou, waving to Raiha and his father after finishing his breakfast.

"See you later, Onii-chan! I'm sure you will make friends easily with that girl!", told him Raiha, getting a wink from him.

"Bye son!"

And then, the blond punk left his house to walk towards Asahiyama. The distance from his house and the school wasn't so big, so he didn't have to walk too much to arrive there. But even if he had to, by being very strong and good at sports at school, he wouldn't get tired at all. The fight with those 3 jerks of yesterday didn't tire him to count that.

While he was walking, he noticed a particular girl that was getting out from a bookshop; she had mid long red hair, deep blue eyes and was wearing a light blue sweater, a green skirt and black tights. She also had a pair of blue headphones around her neck as accessory.

But it was her expression that caught Fuutarou's attention; her face was emotionless and kinda sad, as if she lacked of happiness.

'That girl is really beautiful; I wonder if something happened to her to have that sad expression. Or maybe it's just her attitude.', he thought while looking at her a little more to then walk again towards his school.

Some minutes later, the young man reached the gates of Asahiyama and greeted some friends while entering in the school building, making some girls giggle happily after he greeted them. He reached his classroom where he greeted his classmates as well and took place to his desk.

Then their homeroom teacher, a middle aged bald short man whom Fuutarou gave the nickname Bald Rat, arrived and said, "Good morning, everyone! I'm glad to see you today, as I have nice news for all of you; we have a new student."

Hearing that made a series of little talks between the students start, with sentences like "A new student? Do you think it's a guy or a girl?", "I hope it's a nice and beautiful girl haha." or "Even if it's a guy, Uesugi-kun is always the most handsome for me."

The said young man smiled for hearing his classmates' little chats; they didn't know that he was aware of a new student transfering in their school. In their class on top of it. He blushed a little for the compliment that he heard from a female classmate anyways.

"Alright, alright, everyone. Let's welcome the new student. Come in.", said Bald Rat, receiving a quiet but audible "Yes" from outside the classroom.

Then the door was opened and a redhaired girl with blue headphones entered, surprising everyone ins the class, especially Fuutarou.

"Present yourself to your class, please."

The girl, who stopped in front of her new classmates, nodded and said, with an emotionless face, "Good morning, everyone. My name is Nakano Miku. Please, take care of me."

The class was surprised by the lack of enthusiasm in her presentation, but they smiled anyways and welcomed her with various nods.

"Good, you can sit to the free seat next to Uesugi-kun, Nakano-San.", told her the teacher, getting a nod from Miku.

The young girl then walked towards her seat, taking a look at Fuutarou who did the same. He smiled at her and said, "Nice to meet you, Nakano-San. My name is Uesugi Fuutarou. If you need help with something, be free to ask me."

The blue headphones girl's expression lighted up when she saw his smile, so she looked down and said, before sitting down, "T-thank you, Fuutarou."

'So she's the daughter of dad's friend that I have to tutor and protect. Now that I think about it, I noticed that she had our school's uniform earlier, but I didn't think that it was her. Well, now I can think about how to befri-', he started to think before his train of thoughts stopped when he heard other chats from his classmates.

"Did she just call him Fuutarou?"

"No way. Uesugi-kun and Nakano-San know each other? That's incredible."

"Maybe she's his girlfriend or something." And this last one was said by a female voice with a little hint of jealousy.

Their teacher got annoyed by this and told them to stop as he was about to start the lesson. Everyone abut up and listened to him while Fuutarou smiled. He had guessed that some rumors would have started after Miku called him by his first name, but it wasn't like it annoyed him. Sure, he was a little surprised by that, but he thought that maybe her father told her about him.

Speaking of her, the girl took some glances at Fuutarou while he was busy with writing some notes. It was like she was curious about him, despite her neutral expression. Still, when Fuutarou turned to her and their eyes

met, Miku blushed a little and looked away.

The young man noticed it and thought that she was just shy while their female classmates pouted out of jealousy. They didn't like the attention that the top student was giving to the new student, especially the thought of her being his secret girlfriend or something.


When the lessons ended, Fuutarou got ready to have lunch to the cafeteria before Miku turned to him and called him, "Fuutarou."

He looked at her and asked, "Yes? What is it, Nakano-San?"

The blue headphones girl blushed and asked him, "Umm, w-would you like to h-have lunch with me?"

Everyone in the classroom got stunned by the scene; first the new student calls the top and strongest student by his first name and then she asks him to have lunch with her? They really knew each other then.

And Fuutarou's reply made their jaws drop. "Sure. I can also show you here around the school if you want."

Miku was still blushing but nodded meekly in agreement, shocking their classmates even more. She and Fuutarou left their class to reach the cafeteria, attracting the eyes of various students who were curious about how the new student seemed to know already the blond boy.

They arrived to the cafeteria then, where Fuutarou took the Yakiniku dish and Miku a sandwich, some vegetables and a Matcha soda can. He filled a bottle with water from the water dispenser and searched for a free table; he didn't want Miku to fell overwhelmed somehow by meeting too many new people after all.

Finally, he found a table and sat down in front of Miku. After praying for the food, they started to eat while some students were talking about them.

While eating, Fuutarou decided to make a question to the girl. "Nakano-San, did your father tell you about me by any chance?"

Miku, who was eating her sandwich, stopped and replied with a neutral face, "Yes, Dad told me that you will be both my tutor and my bodyguard. I'm sorry if I surprised you when I called you by your first name."

He smirked, "I admit that you surprised me there, but don't worry. If you want to call me Fuutarou I don't mind at all, Nakano-San."

The girl's eyes widened by seeing his kindness. "Ok, F-Fuutarou.", she told him meekly.

"Since your father told you about my decision of accepting the job, I can tell you why I agreed. Dad told me about how you were forced to change school because you were constantly bullied at Kurobara, and I was angry. If there's something that I really hate are bullies, and that's why I accepted the job. I want to make sure that no one harasses you or makes you cry again.", he told her with visible determination in his golden eyes.

Hearing the reason why he had accepted the job made Miku stunned; she couldn't believe that the boy in front of her wanted to do that job because he wanted to protect her. It was like that the pay was something of secondary for him. But she had some doubts about the tutoring part.

"I-I see. I'm really glad to know that, Fuutarou, but I'm not sure if I like the idea of having a guy or my same year to tutor me."

The young man smiled, "I thought you would say something like that, but trust me; I helped some friends here at school with some subjects, so the idea of concentrating myself on just one student doesn't bother me. In fact, I prepared a mock test for you yesterday, so I can know in which subjects I must help you the most."

Again, the young girl was amazed by the fiery determination of him, so she looked down and replied, "O-ok, I-I w-will t-trust y-you, F-fuutarou."

"Thank you, Nakano-San. Now let's finish to eat so I can show you around the school quickly. Sounds good?"

Her face continued to look down, but she nodded anyways. So they continued to eat for some minutes, after which they got up and left the cafeteria, with Fuutarou starting to give her a tour of the school.

He showed her some classrooms, clubrooms and even the teachers' office, taking up the occasion to ask her interests and passions. Miku replied that she liked listening to music and playing video games, but she trembled when she was asked her passion, as if she was scared to reply. Noticing her state, Fuutarou then dismissed the question and told her about his own interests, like rock music, photography and some sports.

During all this, some students noticed them, with the girls frowning to see the top student with the new transferred girl. Of course, Fuutarou didn't pay too much attention to that as he was focused on talking with Miku, but more precisely on her emotionless expression. It was like she was unable to smile, and it made him worry.

'It's since that I saw her that she has that emotionless expression; it's like she doesn't want to smile. Maybe there's something that I don't know related to that.', he thought while going back to their class with her for the second period of lessons.

He then showed her some notes of the previous lessons to give her already a little help as tutor, smiling at her. Miku was amazed and a little flushed, so she took his notes to copy them after thanking him. Their classmates smiled to see Fuutarou helping, in their words, his secret girlfriend like that. They found it very cute.

The rest of lessons went like this until the end, and when the time to leave was come, the blond punk asked Miku where they could start their first tutoring session. With a her neutral face, Miku replied that they could study at her home, as she wouldn't mind. But she told him that maybe one of her sisters could argue about it, so he should be careful. Not seeing a problem with her suggestion, he agreed and they left the school to reach her house.


They walked for quite a bit, until they reached an enormous apartment complex in the richest district of Tokai: the Pentagon. Needless to say, Fuutarou was stunned from the building before his eyes. "Wow, so you live here, Nakano-San? Incredible."

"M-Miku."

He raised an eyebrow, "Huh?"

She blushed, "Y-you c-can call me M-Miku if y-you want to, F-fuutarou."

"Oh, I see. If you don't mind, Miku.", he replied with a grin.

The blue headphones girl continued to blush, but then she shaked her head off. "I and my sisters live on the last floor of this building. If you come here alone, you can use that security dock-"

"Miku? W-who's he?", cut her off a sudden female voice from behind them.

Both she and Fuutarou turned around to see a girl with red hair longer than Miku's and butterfly ribbons as accessory. She had the same face with the same blue eyes, but her clothes were different; a black and white sailor uniform with long white tights. The girl in question was looking at Fuutarou with widen eyes and a shade of red colouring her cheeks.

As soon he saw her, Fuutarou thought of seeing a second Miku with different hairstyle and clothes. "Miku, is she one of your sisters? So you have a twin?", he asked her.

Miku nodded. "Yes, she's my sister Nino. We are identical as you see, but the truth is that we're quintuplets."

"Q-quintuplets? So there are other 3 girls who look exactly like you 2?"

"Yes, Fuutarou. That's why you can call me by my first name. So you can distinguish us better."

He nodded and then turned to the butterfly ribbons girl, who blushed even more when he looked at her. He walked towards her and said, with a grin, "Nice to meet you, Nino. I'm your sister's tutor and "bodyguard", Uesugi Fuutarou."

Nino's blush increased when he smiled at her. 'I-Is he Miku's tutor? He's such a hottie! Blond hair, bad boy look…He's my ideal type! And that smile…Aww.', she thought happily.

"So you're her tutor? I'm glad to meet you as well, Fuutarou hehe.", she replied, giggling. Miku was shocked to see how nice Nino was with him; usually her sister was very rude with people outside of their family, and there she was, smiling nicely at the young man.

"I hope that I won't disturb you by starting to tutor her here in your house."

"Oh, don't worry. You won't disturb me at all hehe. Let's go then, Fuutarou?"

"R-really? Thanks a lot, Nino.", he replied, getting a bright smile from her accompanied by a blush. Seeing her sister be like that with him made Miku pout out of jealousy.

So the 3 of them entered in the building and took the elevator to reach the last floor. While they were going up, Nino was feeling a little flustered to stand next to him, with Miku standing instead at his left.

They arrived then to the last floor, and Miku went to open the door of their apartment, letting Fuutarou enter first. As soon as he stepped inside, the star student was amazed by how big the apartment was; it was a complete different story from his family's one.

A new sudden voice popped up then. "Nino, Miku, you're back. I wanted to ask Miku how it went at school and about-"

The voice stopped, and that was the moment where Fuutarou looked at the couch where he could see another long redhaired girl, this time with star hairpins and a cute ahoge on top of her head. Recognizing her as another sister of his student, the young man grinned and said, "Yo, nice to meet you. My name's Uesugi Fuutarou and I'm your sister's tutor."

The girl was stunned from he said, so she tilted her head and asked, "Y-you're Miku's t-tutor?"

Then another voice joined in, "Miku's tutor has arrived?!"

Hearing the voice coming from behind, Fuutarou and the 3 girls turned and looked up where he had noticed six doors earlier; he saw other two girls identical to Miku and Nino, but with different hairstyles: the first had her cut short and a very noticeable green bunny ribbon, and the second one had shorter hair and seemed sleepy.

The first girl, upon noticing the blond guy, went downstairs while helping the sleepy girl. She was then in front of him and said cheerfully, "Glad to meet you, Miku's tutor! I'm Yotsuba, and I'm happy to welcome you here hehe."

The ahoge girl blushed then, "A-ah, I f-forgot to present myself. It's a p-pleasure to meet you, Uesugi-kun. My name's Itsuki."

The sleepy girl opened her eyes slowly, and when she saw Fuutarou, she smiled, "Ara ara, so you're our sister's tutor? Nice to meet you. My name is Ichika."

After even the last girl presented herself, the young man had an amazed expression on his face. "W-wow, you're really all identical between each other. You're all so beautiful."

As soon as he said that, every sister blushed like her hair. "Hehe, thank you for the compliment, Fuutarou.", said a giggling Nino, touching her cheeks.

"T-thank y-you, U-U-Uesugi-kun.", stuttered instead Itsuki.

The others were still blushing, and while Yotsuba and Ichika were giggling, Miku was hiding her blush with some steam coming out from her ears. That was the first time that a boy had called her beautiful, and the fact that it came from him made her all flustered. It was like she was happy to receive compliments from him.

"You're welcome girls haha. Now, shall we start, Miku? I have your mock exam right here.", he said while looking at her.

"Y-yes, w-we can start, F-fuutarou.", she replied, stuttering.

"Alright, I will bake some cookies for everyone meanwhile.", said instead Nino while going to the kitchen.

So Fuutarou and Miku took place with the other 3 sisters near the couch, where the young man gave her the mock exam. She then started to do it while Fuutarou waited patiently that she finished, talking a little with her sisters that asked him some questions about his interests. The blue headphones girl took some glances at them, but she didn't pout like she did earlier when she saw Nino talking and giggling with Fuutarou.

It took some minutes for Miku to end her mock exam, and after she was done, she gave it to Fuutarou to make it grade. The young man started to check her answers, and it was the exact moment where Nino brought a plate full of cookies, placing it in the center of the table.

While he was checking Miku's answers, Nino asked him, "Fuutarou, don't you like cookies?"

"Oh, I like them a lot, but I don't want to bother you or something."

"Bother me? You won't bother me at all! You can eat them as much as you want.", she replied, sitting very close to him and surprising her sisters.

"Really? Then, thanks for food.", he said, grabbing a biscuit to eat it. And after he ate it, his eyes widened and he started to eat another and another.

The butterfly ribbons girl giggled, "I see that you like them hehe."

"Like them? They're amazing, Nino!", he told her, smiling and making her blush.

"I'm g-glad t-to know it hehe."

Her sisters were stunned by how nice Nino was with him; usually she was very rude with strangers and would try to send them away from their house. But there she was, sitting next to Fuutarou while giggling and happily chatting with him. It was like she had a crush on him or something.

And finally, after drinking a glass of water that Nino kindlky gave him to swallow all the biscuits, the star student finished to grade Miku's mock exam; the young girl managed to score only 32 points, which made her frown a little, but Fuutarou assured her that they would revise what she got wrong. And so they did.

Since she was sitting at his right, Miku blushed by having Fuutarou so close to her while Nino pouted because she wanted to have his attention too.

'Hehe, now I understand everything.', thought Ichika while watching the 3 of them. Yotsuba and Itsuki were busy with eating some biscuits, especially the happy ahoge girl.

An hour later it was 6:30 pm, so the young blond man decided that it was time to go home. "Alright, I think that it's enough for today. When I get back at home, I will prepare a plan about the subjects that you need to ameliorate in. I hope that revising the answers of your mock exam together helped you, Miku."

The young girl blushed at his words. "I-I s-see. T-thank y-you v-very much, F-Fuutarou."

He grinned and gave a thumbs up. "You're welcome. I'll see you tomorrow at school. And bye girls. It was a pleasure to meet you."

So he got up and started to put away his things in the bag, but before he could step out of the door, a voice called for him, "Ah, wait Fuutarou!"

He turned around to see Nino walking towards him with a little bag of cookies in her hands. "H-here, take these with you. Since you t-told me that you loved them, I-I packed some biscuits for you to eat at home.", she told him, flushed.

"Really? Thank you, Nino! I will make my family taste them. I'm sure they will like them as well. See ya girls!", he replied, taking the bag from her hands, which made her blush even more, and waving to them while exiting through the door.


After that, Itsuki asked Nino, "Nino, why were you so nice with Uesugi-kun?"

The still blushing second oldest sister turned around and giggled, touching her cheeks, "Hehe, because Fuutarou is my type! He's blond, has a thuggish look and is very nice too!"

"Ara ara, someone seems to have a crush on Miku's boyfriend.", said Ichika with a teasing tone.

The blue headphones girl blushed heavily. "I-Ichika! F-f-fuutarou is j-just m-my friend!"

"Ehhh?! Nino likes Uesugi-San?!", shouted a stunned Yotsuba, who then took a glance at Miku's mock exam on the table, noticing something on it. She looked at it more closely and then widened her eyes.

"Girls, look here! Uesugi-San wrote his phone number on Miku's mock test!"

Needless to say, her sisters took a look at the sheet as well, especially Nino. At the end of the paper there was Fuutarou's number with a little message next to it: If you need my help, call me whenever you want. I will make sure to be there for you as soon as possible. I will protect you not just as your bodyguard, but as your friend as well.

Reading such message made every quint amazed; it was incredible how seriously Fuutarou took his job as both tutor and bodyguard already, and it made Miku blush and Nino smile brightly.

"Yatta! I have his phone number and I can call him when I want now hehe."

"N-Nino! H-he's Miku's t-tutor!"

The second oldest quint frowned, "And so? I can try to make him fall for me anyways. If you continue to think about only studying and eating so much, you won't find a boyfriend, Itsuki!"

The ahoge girl got red and pouted at her older sister, making everyone laugh at her expenses. After that, Nino decided to prepare the dinner while her sisters dressed the table and waited while watching the TV.

During this, Miku was thinking about what Fuutarou wrote to her on the mock test; knowing that he was willing to protect her at the best he could made her heart flutter. It was incredible for her that there was someone so kind and brave like him, and knowing that he saw her as his friend was enough to make her smile blissfully since she left Kurobara. Ichika saw her smile and giggled, knowing that her sister was thinking about the handsome blond boy of earlier. And she could swear that Miku, just like Nino, looked forward to seeing him again the next day.

A/N

Did I overpass my limit of 4 stories? Did I go crazy? Yes and no, everyone. This idea was an original idea of mine that I had still before of starting A Better Man, but with a difference; originally Nino and Miku were Fuutarou's childhood friends that he met in Kyoto, but I decided to remove that and use Fuutarou's mom's death and his financial situation as motivation to study well to help his family.

He kept his will to defend the innocent from bullies anyways, which granted him a lot of friends and admirers at school. Knowing about his reputation, Maruo thought of appointing him as both Miku's personal tutor and bodyguard, and the young man managed to make friends with her pretty quickly. He even made Nino develop a crush on him, which made Miku jealous haha.

Before you ask, this story will be a love triangle where Miku and Nino will compete for Fuutarou's love, so the others will just be his friends and maybe flirt a little in Ichika's case. I hope you don't mind haha.

What happened to Miku that made her change school shall be explained in next chapters. For the moment, let a review to tell me what you think of this starting chapter and stay tuned for more.

See ya!