Chapter 9

During a sunny Sunday, since he didn't have to tutor Nino and Miku and there wasn't school either, Fuutarou was with Raiha to the shopping mall because he suggested to buy her some new toy. The payment for his tutoring job gave them enough money for the food and more things, so he wanted to give her a present.

In fact, they were currently inside a toys shop, where he smiled at seeing her eyes shine in front of all the things she saw. Since he couldn't have a happy childhood due to their family's problems 8with debts, he didn't want Raiha ti go through the same thing. As her older brother, he cared more for her than about himself.

"Look, Onii-chan! This doll has different hairstyles that you can choose between!", she told him, showing him a cute doll inside a colorful box.

"That's pretty nice. You don't have a doll at home, so I can buy it for you if you want it.", he said, smiling and patting her head.

"Really? Thank you very much hehe!" she exclaimed, not hesitating to hug him. He reciprocated the sweet gesture and they went to the counter, with the owner of the shop smiling in front of their mutual affection.

After they bought it, Raiha couldn't stop being happy for the doll, which was a sight that her brother liked. Perhaps he cared too much for her, but being his little sister, her joy and her well being were far too important for him. Just like those of Isanari were.

'If our situation got better, it's all thanks to this job as tutor and bodyguard that Maruo-san gave me. Meeting those quints was quite a blessing.', he thought, remembering the moments spent with them. He was glad that he befriended each one of them, even if the fact that Miku and Nino loved made him blush often.

In the previous days, they competed once again for his affection both at school and in ther house, clinging onto him or trying to get his attention in different ways: Miku asked him to help her with difficult subjects while Nino cooked delicious food only for him, telling Itsuki that they were just for him and prohibiting her to touch it. Of course, he was aware of their feelings because he wasn't dense, but having two sisters in love with him wasn't easy.

Thankfully, none of the other quints seemed to have special feelings for him too, as Yotsuba and Itsuki were just friendly and Ichika liked teasing him about love stuff. Having all the quintuplets in love with him would be far more difficult as situation, so two of them were more than enough.

While walking, Raiha's belly suddenly grumbled, which made her blush while her brother chuckled. "D-don't laugh please, Onii-chan!"

"Haha, sorry. Usually it's my stomach to grumble, so this other case is too funny.", he told her while she continued to blush embarassed.

"There is a fast food over there, so would you like an hamburger?"

"Sure!", she replied happily, smiling again. They entered inside that place and ordered two hamburgers, fries and just natural water. He drank cola or similar stuff sometimes, but only outside of meals as habit.

They didn't have to wait too much for their orders, as they received them after 5 minutes and dug into the food delightfully. Noticing that she got some ketchup on her face, the blonde punk took a napkin and cleaned it for her, making her giggle.

"I adore how you always take care of me, Onii-chan. Even when I get older, I will be spoiled by you."

"Seriously? Jeez, you literally love being spoiled.", he said, chuckling then.

"Who do you like the most between Miku-san and Nino-san, by the way?"

"What's with that sudden question?", he asked instead, blushing.

"Hehe, I just want to know who will be your girlfriend."

Her words made him sweatdrop, as she was teasing him again like she did together with their father at home. Since they knew that he got flustered while talking about love stuff, they really liked teasing him about it. Which was a bother for him though.

"I don't like one of them in a special way. It's the first time I find myself in this situation, so it's not easy. That doesn't mean that their feelings don't make me happy of course.", he answered, scratching the back of his head.

"I'm glad you're so considerate of them. I'm sure you will fall for one of them eventually, but the important for me is that Onii-chan can be happy."

"Heh, I'm the luckiest big brother of the world. Thank you, Raiha.", he told her, caressing her head while she smiled blissfully.

While she would like to have a big sister in law, his happiness was far more important since he cared so much for her. In fact, either if he fell for Nino or Miku, she wanted to make sure that he was glad then.

The two siblings continued to have lunch together until they finished all their food, so they decided to go to a nearby arcade to play some games together. The young bodyguard caught quite the attention of everyone while playing the basketball game or some light gun games with her, especially that of maidens that blushed at seeing him.

Their looks on him made him sweatdrop, disliking that he was such a lady killer like Isanari. Having two quints both in love with him was more than enough, so he preferred not stealing other girls' hearts without even trying.

As he noticed that there was some stuffed animals as prizes for the games, he did his best to win one for his sister, getting her a stuffed pink elephant. Her golden eyes shined when he gave it to her, making him smile when she hugged it in delight.

Despite he bought her a doll earlier, there was nothing wrong with winning a cute prize for her. He wanted to make her childhood the best a kid could have at all costs.

Still, that sweet gesture of his made other maidens blush and admire even more, so he sweatdropped for the umpteenth time. He guessed that his look combined with his kindness made it easy to make women fall for him, be it in or outside of his school.

Anyways, he stopped thinking about it when Raiha suddenly hugged him close, thanking him wholeheartedly for making her so happy. Obviously, he reciprocated such nice hug, which touched the hearts of the girls even more. Kind older brothers had quite the charm as it seemed.

Once they played games at the arcade for at least another hour, the Uesugi siblings exited from the mall and hopped on his motorbike to go back home. Even if she was a kid, Raiha had her own helmet because the young blonde gave her one as present a year ago. So he could accompany her to her school every time that Isanari couldn't do it.

After she hugged his back tightly, he turned on the engine and the bike roared, with them leaving the parking area. It was dangerous, but she really liked sitting behind him on the bike. The speed at which they went was funny and she knew that he was very careful while driving because her well-being and safety were too important for him.

'I will continue to always support you, Onii-chan. You're the best.', she thought, closing her eyes and hugging him tighter. People could think that he was scary due to his looks and the fights he got into, but she knew he has a very kind heart. And also his love interests were aware of that.

Using the motorbike made them arrive back to home in some minutes, and after parking it outside, they entered in their apartment and she put the presents in their room. "I think I will go jogging now. Don't open the door to strangers and call me if something happens, ok?", he told her, patting her head.

"Understood, Onii-chan!"

Smiling, he went to change his clothes for a t-shirt and some short pants before wearing some old trainers and something to keep his phone. After being ready, he greeted her and left to go running along the street.

He was thankful that their neighborhood was quiet, so he didn't have to worry about cars or other vehicles on the road. He was careful, but he wasn't so sure about other people.

Keeping his grades high to graduate with the best points was his main goal, still also staying in shape was necessary in his opinion. Speaking of shape, he remembered that Yotsuba was the most athletic between her sisters, while Miku was the weakest.

'Hmm, maybe I can invite her to run with me sometimes. At least I can help her with that too.', he thought, smiling while running. He didn't forget that she always avoided to take part to PE due to her low stamina, which was why jogging with her would be a great idea.

Of course, it wasn't going to be like a date, as he simply wanted to help his student as he already did while protecting her and Nino. Speaking of her, he had to admit that her cooking was truly the best he ate and he liked how she smiled whenever he praised her.

The fact that she had the hots for him upon their first meeting was something he knew already, since she didn't even make an effort to hide her affection for him. He was relieved that she did her best during their tutoring sessions, most likely because she didn't want to disappoint him and look like a slacker to his eyes.

Anyways, his jogging brought him eventually near a riverside, where he saw some kids playing with a ball together. The sight made him happy, as it reminded him of the days he spent with his classmates in his old elementary school.

'I was quite the troublemaker due to how many times I got into fights. Though, I never regretted defending someone from bullies.', he thought, still smiling. Even if he had a bad boy look, he despised whoever dared to insult and mock innocent people and wouldn't hesitate to scare a girl too if necessary.

Since Miku got bullied very much at Kurobara, he would make sure to tell the culprits of that to leave her alone. Even if it required slapping their faces because bullies were all the same for him. He was gentle only with kindhearted people like the headphones girl for example.

Suddenly, the ball the kids used to play fell in front of him, so he took it and passed it back to them. "Thank you, Onii-san!", told him a little brown haired girl with twintails.

"You're welcome. Make sure to stay away from the river, ok, kids?"

"Sure!", they all replied, greeting him before he restarted to run. His resistance was pretty high due to the regular training he did, so he was completely sure that he could help Miku if she decided to join him. And there was no way she would say no, considering how she felt about him.


Following half an hour later, the young guard returned to home after running enough, hitting the shower right away to wash himself. His blonde dye was the same one Isanari used, so he never risked to lose that color.

Once he washed himself, he helped his sister to dress the table for dinner while she took care of cooking. They didn't have to wait too much for their father's return, who grinned at seeing the presents Raiha received from her brother.

"Spoiling her as usual, huh? You're a very good brother, son."

"He's the best. He promised me to take me to the arcade again next week hehe."

"As long as you keep being good at school.", pointed out Fuutarou, placing the last glass on the table.

"Having you two get so along is always nice. I also can smell some curry udon."

"In fact it's ready!", said the black haired girl, bringing the pot with the food on the table. After praying for their food, each one of them dug in it and chatted together like they always did.

Spending time all together like that was something of common, but it was the best thing for the young tutor. Both his father and Raiha were too important for him, so now that he had a job that could help them with the debts, he was going to do his best to keep it. Especially because he wanted to protect Nino and Miku from whoever could hurt them.

When the 3 of them finished to eat, he went to revise some things in his and his sister's room while she and Isanari watched the TV for the rest of the evening. The rhythm with which his students learned was good in his opinion and he was sure that they would pass all the exams that they had to deal with. But he knew that they were going to give their best rather to make him fall in love for one of them.

On the following day, he woke up early and had breakfast with his family before going to school with his motorcycle. Using it for that made him arrive always very quickly, attracting the attention of various girls that found him too handsome, especially when he greeted them.

Walking towards the entrance, his eyes widened when Miku and Nino enveloped him in a hug. "Good morning, Fuu-kun!/Fuutarou!", they said in unison and smiling.

"Hello to both of you. Were you waiting for me, huh?"

"I feel safer when you're with us.", told him Miku, blushing.

"You're our bodyguard, after all.", said Nino instead, hugging him tighter.

They made him blush and smile too, bringing him to pat their heads that made them giggle. The scene was watched by various students and teachers, who found it cute as usual. Since he was famous as the best ans strongest student if Asahiyama, he didn't mind being that popular. The only thing that bothered him were the rumors that people made about those dear to him.

Anyways, he reached his classroom with the two quints then, sweatdropping because they hugged both his arms along the way. "They're competing for you today too, buddy?", asked him a male classmate once they arrived.

"They're just clingy with me.", said the blonde boy, despite his blush.

"I-I like staying close to Fuutarou."

"Fuu-kun likes my hugs better."

"No, he likes mine more."

The two of them glared at each other in a challenging way once again, causing their classmates to chuckle. Their love interest sighed instead, bringing their faces close to his chest to calm them down.

"Don't fight.", he told them, making them redder than their hair. Having that contact with his pectorals was enough to make them more flustered, especially because they liked his smell.

'I feel so lucky.', they both thought, smiling and nodding to him. Some girls frowned out of envy, wishing to be at their place. Even if he had Nino and Miku competing for him, he was still wanted by countless girls of Asahiyama.

Some boys weren't happy about it while others were proud of him, seeing him as an example to follow. Most of the guys he saved from bullies were part of their group and they called him Aniki as sign of respect, with him not minding that nickname. They were his friends, after all.

When the homeroom teacher appeared too, the lesson could start and the ace student made sure both the quints to take notes, switching his attention from one to the other. The headphones maiden and her sister were happy to receive all that help, blushing helplessly each time he showed that beautiful smile of his. He could be scary whenever he fought some bad people, but he was always kind in the heart.

That sweet interaction between him and his students wasn't unobserved by their classmates, as they smiled in front of it. Other girls were envious of the quints instead, because when Miku arrived in their class and Nino too, his attention focused more on them. He stopped having lunch with them sometimes too, which was one of the moments they liked spending with him the most.


Speaking of lunch, when the morning lessons ended, Nino showed him a purple bento that she made for him. "You need to eat well, so I prepared this for you hehe.", she told him happily while her sister pouted.

"Woah, everything looks delicious. Thank you, Nino.", he said, not hesitating to dig in it and making her giggle.

"Fuutarou, can we study History during the tutoring session later?", asked him Miku, leaning her head on his shoulder, which made Nino frown.

"Sure, that's not a problem. You really love that subject, huh?"

"Yes, thank you hehe."

Their attempts to have his affection were too funny for their classmates, who chuckled silently before that scene. The blonde punk could hear them anyways, sweatdropping and wishing they ignored them instead.

He also blushed when the social butterfly took a piece of pork meat and wanted to feed him sweetly, but he accepted it regardless to not make her sad. The problem was that Miku tried to do the same thing, so he had both quints spoiling him at the same time.

'Give me a break.', he thought, continuing to sweatdrop while still eating. But at a certain point, a boy entered on class and exclaimed, "Aniki, there's an emergency!"

Everyone looked at him, with Fuutarou getting up and asking him, "What happened?"

"Maeda is getting beat up on the rooftop! He's fighting against two guys!"

The blonde widened his eyes at hearing that, so he didn't hesitate to leave his class and went towards the rooftop, with the two sisters getting worried. He reached the place fast enough to open the door and found Maeda getting punched in the gut by a bastard while kept still by another one.

Gritting his teeth, the young bodyguard ran towards them and punched the first guy in the face, making him fall in pain. "U-Uesugi?!", exclaimed the other one.

"Oi, let go of my friend immediately.", he said, glaring at him menacingly. Those golden eyes were enough to scare the jackass, so Maeda got freed and delivered an elbow to him.

Nursing his stomach, the guy got punched then in the face. Noticing that the other one got up, Fuutarou blocked his fist and kicked him in the leg before launching another fist but in the gut. The strength of it took the air out of the jerk, who fell again on the floor in pain.

"Why were they beating you, Maeda?"

"They tried to take a photo under the skirt of a girl in my class, so I wanted to give them a lesson."

Once he heard that, the blond punk got angry and he lifted the guy he beat from the shirt's collar. "Listen here, scumbag. If I hear that you and other idiots do that again, you will end up at the hospital. Got it?", he told him, glaring at him.

His ominous golden eyes made him so frightening that the bastard got pale white and nodded instantly, not wanting to enrage him further. After that, Fuutarou let him go and widened his eyes again when he saw Nino, Miku and the guy that asked his help next to the door of the rooftop.

"Did you watch everything?", he asked them, making a worried expression.

"Yes, and you were amazing, Fuu-kun! You saved your friend just like you saved us!"

"She's right. I'm so glad that you're our tutor.", told him Miku, smiling as well.

"You're the best, Aniki!", said his friend instead, helping Maeda meanwhile.

Their words made him sigh in relief: each time he acted like that, he was worried that those dear to him would be scared of him. But as he could see and counting the love of his students for him, they were actually glad that he was so protective.

So he walked towards the two quints and patted their heads, catching them oft guard and making them blush. "You two make me glad instead with your words. Thank you, girls.", he told them, smiling.

The two of them blushed deeper once he said that, giggling and enjoying that nice gesture. Maeda and the other guy chuckled in front of that, feeling happy that their friend had two girls that liked him so much.

"Let's go back to class, girls. Kenta, take Maeda to the nursery meanwhile."

"Alright, Aniki!"

"Thank you for helping me, buddy."

"Friends help each other.", he said to Maeda, giving him a thump up. Once he did that, he left the rooftop with the girls to go back to their class.

Along the way, they asked him of he was hurt, but he assured them that he didn't even have a scratch. Their classmates applauded for him when they arrived, telling him that he was really brave.

Those praises made him scratch his head and chuckle, blushing too because the two quints clung onto his arms again like in the morning. He felt like their love for him got stronger after seeing what he did and his words, so he guessed that they would attempt to make him fall more later.

'I will get scolded for beating up those pieces of shit surely, but they deserved it. Trying to molest girls and hurting my friend is unforgivable.', he thought, not caring if they were still on the rooftop in pain. Like he told other people, he had zero tolerance for bullies and would throw his hands against them in any case.

Being feared by them was fine for him because they would think twice before hurting those dear to him. Otherwise they really were going to end up in a hospital's bed, as he would never forgive them.

But while his classmates applauded for him, they gasped when Miku ans Nino kissed his face, coloring it of a brighter red. "I'm glad to have you as my tutor, Fuu-kun!/Fuutarou!", they said in unison, despite their blush.

The other girls frowned in jealousy and the boys grinned out of pride, with him sweatdropping for the umpteenth time. Having two identical sisters both in love with him was totally troublesome, and he guessed that it would be even more complicated.

A/N

And after so long, here's chapter 9, everybody! Sorry for the long wait, but as you all know, abandoning my stories is out of question haha. Fuutarou really cares for Raiha, bringing her to the arcade and getting some presents for her. Since he couldn't have a nice childhood because of their mother's death, he doesn't want her to get through the same thing.

Nino and Miku's feelings skyrocketed again after his heroic act to save Maeda, which means he will deal with more attempts from them to catch his heart haha. Will he ask Miku to go jogging together? Stay tuned to find out.

See ya!