Chapter 6
Fuutarou was accompanying his little twin sisters to their elementary school during a sunny morning, with both of them holding his hands and smiling. He had a happy expression as well because he liked taking care of them, even if their rivalry for being his favorite one made him sweatdrop so many times.
"I'm going to do my best in today's test, Onii-chan!"
"I will too, Nii-san! It's a promise.", said Reina instead, pouting.
"I'm glad to hear it. Make sure to be always diligent and listen to your teacher.", he told them, patting their heads. They giggled in bliss in response, nodding to him and hugging him before greeting him when they reached their school.
Having such affectionate little sisters made him happy because along his father, they were his precious family. They were the reason he kept achieving perfect grades at school to get a well rewarding job in the future, so he could help them at his best every time.
But while thinking about that, the smiling face Nino appeared in his mind, making him blush and cover his face to hide it. Ever since she continued to give him affections, she appeared in his mind every day, as if he was in love with her.
Considering the hugs and the kisses he gave her, he clearly gave the idea he liked her too. That was the way his classmates and her siblings saw it at least, which made him still blush.
Shaking his head to get rid of it, he began to walk towards Asahiyama and keeping a serious expression to deal with another school day. Though, once he stepped through the gates after some minutes, his eyes widened when he saw Nino running towards him and hugging him.
"Good morning, Fuutarou-kun!", she happily told him, snuggling her face into his chest in front of everybody.
"G-good morning. Seriously, do you have to do this each time you see me?", he asked her, blushing for the umpteenth time and sweatdropping.
"Hehe, but I love clinging onto you. You're so huggable.", she replied, smiling brightly at him.
Such response caused other students to chuckle and find them cute, with him getting more annoyed instead. He didn't want to attract all that attention on himself, but with a young maiden over the heels for him like her it was the opposite.
"Huff, let's just go to class. Come on.", he told her, taking her hand.
That action caught her off guard, bringing her to blush more and cling onto his arm. Her sacred valley was dangerously close to it, but he avoided to have dirty thoughts about her. Even if it was difficult due to her great affection towards him.
'Hehe, I adore him more when he gets so assertive. Just like in our childhood.', she thought with a blissful smile. She was determined to make him remember her, so they could finally become a couple like she desired when they were kids. And once that happened, he would take her lips into a kiss as she badly wanted.
Seeing the famous sweet "couple" was something nice for all the students in the corridors, also for the teachers to Fuutarou's chagrin. Still, he couldn't say he disliked Nino's clinginess towards him because he actually liked it very much.
"Lovey-dovey as usual, guys?", asked one of their male classmates once they arrived to their classroom.
"Did he kiss you on the lips, Nakano-san?", asked a girl instead, making the star student gasp.
"Not yet, but I look forward to it~.", she replied, looking at him with a smile and a blush and making him flustered again.
"Hahaha, you got such a lovely girlfriend, buddy! We're proud of you!", told him the other boys, giving him thumps up while he sighed in annoyance.
The fact that they teased him like that was vexing, so he decided to take a little revenge on the social butterfly by pinning her on the wall, shocking her and everyone else.
"F-Fuutarou-kun?!"
"If you keep being too sweet, I will lose control.", he told her, looking in her eyes seriously and making her heart beat like crazy.
'This is bad! This is very bad! H-His lips are so close to mine!', she thought, unable to stop blushing profusely. The girls were flushed like her before such courage, feeling kinda envious while the guys told Jim "Do it!" several times.
"Ehem."
That sound made Fuutarou turn to his left, sweatdropping at seeing the homeroom teacher. "While I get it that you like each other, refrain from acting like this in class.", he said, making him stop wall slamming the redhead.
'Great, now the teachers will think I'm a pervert.', thought the ace of Asahiyama, frowning in annoyance and sitting at his desk. Nino was still a blushing mess on the other hand, annoyed because she didn't manage to get kissed because of the interruption.
She also gasped when the boy ignored her for the rest of the lesson, as if he was angry with her. She didn't want to make him look bad, but the situation went like that and she wanted to make up to him somehow.
In fact, after the morning lessons ended, she tried to invite him to have lunch together, only to get refused. "I will eat alone. See you later.", he told her with eyes closed, exiting from the classroom while she was sad.
"He's angry with me.", she mumbled, looking at the floor.
"No, I don't think so. Uesugi-kun must be just embarrassed for what happened earlier."
"That's right. He doesn't hate you, Nakano-san.", said her classmates to cheer her up, managing to make her smile. She also thanked them and went outside with a purple lunch box prepared with tons of love.
After exiting from his classroom with an angry look, the young man bought something at a vending machine and was eating it on the rooftop. Taking a little revenge on the second oldest quint for making him flustered backfired and surely the homeroom teacher thought he was a pervert now, which made him more annoyed.
'This sandwich sucks too. It's nothing compared to her food.', he thought, deciding to throw it away in the trash bin instead of finishing it. It was also the moment that another person arrived on the rooftop, bringing a bento in her hands.
"Fuutarou-kun!", said Nino, going towards him.
"Jeez, I told you I wanted to eat alone."
The harsh tone he used made her sad again, lowering her gaze. "I-I'm sorry for what happened before, but please, don't hate me."
Her sad voice along her expression made him feel bad, so he sighed and walked towards her, caressing her head. Her blue eyes widened while her cheeks got red another time.
"I don't hate you, idiot. Don't make that face.", he said, looking away to hide his own blush.
Such gesture and his words were the same ones he used with her in the past, so her pupils shined and she nodded happily to him. He even took her bento and invited her to sit next to him on the bench, and she didn't hesitate at all.
"I got used to your cooking so much that the food of vending machines tastes like sand now.", he told her, eating a piece of pork meat.
"Hehe, I'm happy to know it. I will make you a bento everyday in that case."
"Are you sure about what you said before?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"That you want me to kiss you on the lips.", he replied, scratching his hair. She blushed more at hearing that, but she smiled too and took his hand in hers.
"I am. I really like you, Fuutarou-kun. It's not a lie.", she told him sweetly.
His golden eyes widened in front of her honesty, locking them with hers. He thought that she was just very interested in him, still, all her actions and her fear of being hated by him were proofs of her great feelings for him. Feelings that went beyond mere interest and friendship.
Gulping, he touched her face gently, blushing more and planting his lips on hers, making her moan instantly. The young woman couldn't believe it; her beloved was really kissing her on the lips for the first time, just like she always wished since childhood.
'Is it wrong to feel so happy?', she thought, moaning more because he continued to kiss her while she tugged on his shirt.
'It's ok, right? There's nothing wrong with me.', he thought instead, putting a hand behind her back to close the distance more. As it was the first time he kissed a girl, he wasn't sure if he was doing it right. Though, by judging how she squirmed, it seemed that he wasn't bad at all.
It also felt completely romantic for her: alone on the rooftop with her childhood love and no one around to disturb them. Just him and her kissing lovingly like a couple in the fairytales she read often as a kid.
That kiss of theirs lasted some seconds more before their lips detached from each other to catch some breath, with their eyes still locked together instead. "T-that was my first kiss, Fuutarou-kun. I'm overjoyed you took it."
"It was mine as well. You really made me lose control in the end.", he told her, smiling.
"I don't think it's a bad thing hehe. This means we're a couple now, right?", she asked him with hope.
"Well, I would be a bastard to take your first kiss just for fun. But I think this answers to your question.", he said, going for another kiss that caught her off guard.
In comparison to before, he got the hang of it and put some tongue into it, surprising her and causing her to moan way more than before. The way things escalated like that was incredible, but she was feeling extremely happy.
Her crush didn't hate her and finally reciprocated her intense feelings for him, arriving to kiss her so much that she felt like she would faint after he was done. Thankfully, it didn't happen when their lips detached again, with both of them keeping to smile and look into each other's eyes.
"I feel so overjoyed. Now that you're my boyfriend, I don't have to fear that you will fall for someone else.", she said happily.
"Considering how you're often glued to me, I think other girls can't even approach me. I bet you will glare at them too."
"Of course! Boyfriend thieves are the worst!", she exclaimed, frowning and tightening her hug on him. Her words made him chuckle, as he found her pretty funny.
The fact that she loved him to that extent made him glad as well, not doubting anymore whether the kiss was a bad idea or not. Having a girlfriend wasn't exactly his objective to achieve in high school like other male students wanted, but he didn't have anything to complain.
His golden eyes widened when she sat on his lap though, never detaching her arms from him. "What are you doing?"
"Just being lovey-dovey with my beloved hehe. You let me sit here before, after all."
"Really, you're more clingy than Raiha and Reina. Just because we're a couple now, that doesn't mean you can slack on studying.", he told her cupping her face.
"I know, don't worry. With your help, my sisters and I will graduate easily. Also, can we k-It hurts!", she exclaimed when he pulled her cheeks.
"We kissed pretty enough."
"Mouu, you meanie.", she said, pouting before blushing more when he reciprocated her hug.
"Let's stay just like this for now.", he whispered in her ear, closing his eyes and smiling.
The redhead's blue eyes shined when he said that, so she smiled too and nodded, adoring how warm he was. Relaxing like that in his arms was really a beautiful sensation and another thing that couples usually did other than kissing, so her happiness reached another new level.
'Maybe you haven't remembered our past together yet, but it's ok. Being finally your girlfriend as I wished when we were kids is truly fantastic.', she thought, giggling. She also enjoyed his smell while clinging onto him, even if she liked it ever since she hugged him again on her first day at Asahiyama.
Some minutes later, since the lessons were to restart, he said that they had to go back to class, getting a nod from her. On their way back, she hugged his arm awfully close to her chest, attracting the attention of other students that started another chain of rumors.
He blushed and sweatdropped because of her action, guessing that she was using her privilege as his sweetheart. It was their classmates that got shocked the most instead, asking them what happened.
"Hehe, Fuutarou-kun and I became a couple!", she said enthusiastically, making them gasp.
"That's wonderful, Nakano-san!"
"Good job, bro!"
"So you weren't angry with her, Uesugi-kun."
"Yeah, he even kissed me so aggressively~.", added the redhead touching her face and closing her eyes.
"Ehhh?! H-he did it?!"
"I didn't know he was like that. She's lucky.", said another girl instead.
"Oi, don't see me as a pervert now.", said a flustered Fuutarou, getting annoyed because they chuckled. Sighing, he just took place at his desk like Nino did, patting her head while telling her to give her best.
After nodding eagerly to him, she strived to take her notes during the lesson, getting helped by him whenever she didn't understand something about the explanation. In response, she thanked him wholeheartedly, not hesitating to tell him that she loved him each time.
That was enough to make his ears red as well, with their classmates chuckling in front of his expression. The teacher even asked him if he was ok, but he replied that he was totally fine while Nino giggled.
'Seriously, what did I get myself into?', he thought, sighing with his eyes closed. The fact that love relationships were a bother in a student's life was getting true due to what was happening, but he couldn't say that he was glad. Glad that it existed a lovely girl that liked him so much.
He even looked at her and smiled genuinely, causing her to be the one to be flustered this time. Such expression made other girls blush too due to how hansome he looked.
The social butterfly's heart beat faster because of his smile, getting reprimanded by the teacher because she didn't pay attention. "I understand that you like Uesugi-kun, but don't get distracted.", he told her, making her redder than her hair while the other students chuckled at her expenses. Even her boyfriend couldn't avoid to laugh, which made her gasp. The two of them made the lessons so lively with their interactions.
Later, once the afternoon lessons ended, the newborn couple walked to the gates to join the other quints to go to the Pentagon. Upon seeing them, Yotsuba noticed how her sister clung much tighter on his arm.
"Uesugi-san, has something happened? You and Nino seem closer than usual."
"Hehe, that's because he reciprocated my love. He even kissed me so much.", replied the second oldest quint, making her siblings gasp.
"Wow, I'm happy for you two!", said Ichika enthusiastically.
"W-w-what did he do? Uesugi-kun, you're shameless!"
"You're just jealous because I have a boyfriend and you don't, Itsuki.", told her Nino smugly.
"I-I'm not!", retorted the cute glutton , blushing more.
"I felt that Fuutarou was aggressive.", said Miku, making him sweatdrop more.
"Alright, alright. Let's just go to the Pentagon for the tutoring session. Come on.", he said, walking with his girlfriend towards the limousine that waited for them.
His reaction surprised the other quints that giggled because they found it funny, following him and their sister. Inside the car, Nino used again her privilege to rest her head on his lap, saying that it was very comfortable.
"Uesugi-san, can I rest on your lap too?", asked Yotsuba with a smile.
"No, you can't! Fuutarou-kun is mine!", exclaimed Nino, glaring at her and hugging his waist.
"S-sorry!"
"Fufu, you get jealous more easily now that you two are a couple. Would you do the same if some guy hit on her?", asked him Ichika.
"I will give them just a second to get lost.", he said, caressing his beloved's head, who smiled in bliss at hearing that.
"I feel envious of you now, Nino.", said the oldest quint, smiling more.
"Don't get into fights, Uesugi-kun. That's not good for a top student.", told him Itsuki with a frown.
"If you care that much for me, why don't you want me to tutor you?"
The way he retorted made her blush again, so she looked away and didn't reply. He chuckled in response, only to blush again when Nino kissed his cheek.
"Don't give more attention to her.", she said, pouting cutely.
"Fine, I love you and adore you, Nino. Even if you're an idiot."
"You big meanie!", she complained while he laughed like her sisters. Ebata himself chuckled in front of that, feeling very happy for her and the young tutor.
He was aware of the crush that she had for the son of Isanari, so seeing that they became a couple was really fantastic. Though, Fuutarou's mean side was too funny, so he couldn't help but laugh at her expenses.
After finally reaching the giant apartment complex, the six students greeted the old driver before entering in it and taking the elevator to reach the usual floor. They stepped inside the quints' apartment after arriving, with the boy taking place at the table.
"Are you really sure that you don't want my help, Itsuki?", he asked her with a smile.
That expression made her blush, so she looked away while Nino pouted. "W-well, if you don't call me fat, I think I will study with you all."
"That's the spirit. Good, we-Why are you sitting on my lap again?" , he asked to the social butterfly.
"I prefer sitting here hehe.", she replied, snuggling on his chest and blushing. Ichika ans Yotsuba giggled at that while Miku grimaced like Itsuki did.
Sighing for the umpteenth time, he let her stay there and told the others that it was time to start, so they began the tutoring by doing some math exercises. Since she was sitting on his lap, he could easily see how his girlfriend did and had to admit that her calligraphy was pretty nice, except for the mistakes she did.
"You can't resolve this f-"
"Kyaa~!", she interrupted him, making him blush while her sisters got shocked.
"Why did you make that sound?"
"I-It's just that your breath tickles my ear.", she said, smiling embarassed.
"It's you that decided to sit here. Avoid to make me look like a pervert again."
"A-again?! What did you do, Uesugi-kun?!"
"I didn't anything!", he exclaimed, getting more annoyed.
"Ara ara, I didn't know you were like that, Fuutarou-kun."
Getting a tick mark, he tickled Nino in revenge for making him flustered, enjoying her uncontrolled laugh. He did the same with the others, laughing together with them in the end.
"Ahahaha, s-stop, Uesugi-san!"
"I-I didn't say anything, hahaha!", said Miku, with her typical expression turned into a laughing one.
"This is what you 5 get for making me flustered!.", he told them, grinning amused. It was like when he tickled his little sisters for teasing him about love stuff, so he was laughing genuinely at the moment.
But since he had a studying session to take care of, he stopped his attack and returned to his serious self, explaining to his clingy sweetheart which mistakes she did. While doing that, he leaned his chin on her head to not breath on her ear again; he had enough of being seen as a pervert due to misunderstandings.
Itsuki noticed that she could understand the notions way better than when she tried to study alone, seeing clearly why he was the best student of Asahiyama. He also promised her to never call fat again, so she would follow his lessons as well.
The group continued to revise varying subjects for two hours at least, after which the heads of the quints emitted smoke due to overwork. "OK, we can make a pause of an hour and half. Can you make some biscuits, Nino?"
"Sure thing, handsome!", she told him, kissing him happily on the cheek for asking her and going to the kitchen.
"Did you cast a love spell on her, Fuutarou? I've never seen her so in love with a guy.", asked him Miku.
"I'm not any kind of wizard. She showed that interest in me ever since she met me in the canteen.", he answered, shrugging his shoulders.
'It's not just interest. I love you since our childhood.', thought the social butterfly, preparing the biscuits and giggling. Meanwhile, Yotsuba suggested to play Uno during the pause, to which everyone agreed.
Fuutarou noticed that Ichika tried to see his cards, so he pinched her face. "Ow! It hurts, mouu!"
"Don't look at my cards then. Cheating is not allowed at school and neither in games.", he said, stopping while the oldest quint continued to pout.
"He's right, so listen to him.", said Nino in total agreement, making him smile.
Still, his phone suddenly made a notification sound, so he checked it and frowned at reading it. "What's wrong?", asked him Itsuki.
"My father is busy with work, so I have to go to take my sisters at their elementary school in his place. Sorry, girls."
"What? Mouu, I hoped to cling onto you more.", said a disappointed Nino.
"You were glued to me almost the entire day haha. Though, we will see each other tomorrow."
After saying that, he got up and went to kiss her cheek, coloring it in red and shocking her sisters. Then he greeted each one of them and took his bag while Nino fainted due to overloaded happiness and alarmed the other quints.
Now on his way to the elementary school, the golden eyes guy smiled for how his school day and the tutoring went. He still found incredible that he got himself a lovely girlfriend, buy considering Nino's infinite affection for him, it was inevitable. Not like he had something against it of course.
Walking to his siblings' school tool several minutes, but he finally reached it and waited outside of the gates for them. Once the kids got out of the building, he waved his hand to Raiha and Reina, whose eyes shined and ran towards him to hug him.
"What happened, Nii-san? Why are you here?"
"Dad was too busy with work, so I came in his place. Did you do well on your test?", he asked her, patting her and Raiha's heads.
"Hehe, I did great! I'm sure I scored better than Raiha!"
"That's not true! I surely got more points than you!", complained her twin sister, glaring likewise in a challenging way.
Their big brother couldn't help but sweatdrop at their rivalry, but he enveloped them both in a hug, surprising them.
"I love you both very much. Never forget it.", he told them nicely. Those words made them blush, so they smiled and reciprocated the hug joyfully.
That sweet moment made also some mothers smile along their kids, even if some little girls were envious of the twins for having such a kind big brother. Once he hugged them enough, he took their hands and proceeded to go home with them, keeping to smile.
He was never in a bad mood whenever he was with them, as they always managed to make him smile thanks to their great affection for him. But also Nino was able to make him smile, especially now that she became his dear and first girlfriend. And due to that, he was sure that she would do more than her best to pass the exams; after all, he promised her to date her if she did well, so she couldn't wait.
A/N
And chapter 6 is here, everybody! Heh, it looks like Nino's efforts paid off: Fuutarou finally reciprocated the enormous interest she has for him, showing that she's scared of being hated by him.
Perhaps he didn't remember their past together, but being finally his sweetheart made her overjoyed, even if he got flustered because he was mistaken for a pervert in class haha. Itsuki accepted to be tutored by him as long as he doesn't call her fat again, so he's finally teaching each quint.
Of course, his care for Raiha and Reina stays strong, not hesitating to go to take them back to home and showering them with affection to their joy. Will he remember his past with the social butterfly? Stay tuned to find out.
See ya!
