Chapter 4: Life Of The Party

Miku Nakano

Itsuki's voice rang through my head snapping me out of whatever magic spell this boy just cast on me. I look at her and she's standing at the top of the steps in shock of what she was seeing. I look over at Fuutarou and he keeps looking over at her then back at me then back to her. He looks so confused. Like he wants to ask a million questions but can't think of a way to find the words he needs to form a sentence.

I finally snap out of it and push myself out of his arms as I say "sorry" and start walking upstairs to Itsuki who's still standing up there waiting for me. I grab her and start walking inside to find the girls and go home so we can put an end to this awkward night. I can't take any more embarrassment.

I hear him say "Momo!...I mean Miku, wait up!" from the bottom of the stairs but I just ignore him as I open the door and get enveloped by the loud music once again. I can hear Itsuki saying something behind me but i can't make it out over the music. We find Akira on the dance floor with Nino and Yotsuba as we walk over to them and interrupt their fun.

"Hey can we go ho.." i begin saying before Yotsuba grabs my hand, pulling me into the little dance circle they made.

"c'mon dance with us Miku!" Akira says as she grabs my other hand and starts dancing with me

"no...no... guys we gotta...please we have to... STOP!" i finally scream out. The girls all stop and stare at me as well as some of the other people who were dancing.

"what's your problem?" Nino said sharply.

Before i could even get my thoughts together i feel a hand on my shoulder turn me around.

"Miku please talk to... THERE'S MORE OF YOU?!" Fuutarou says in shock as he stares at Nino and Yotsuba clearly making them feel a little uncomfortable given the circumstances.

"umm excuse you, get the fuck off of my sister you creep" Nino says as she smacks his hand away and pulls me over to her. We might act like we don't get along but Nino will always be the first one to step up and protect me.

"Fuu whats going on? What do you want with Miku?" Akira asked cautiously.

"wait, these are the girls you were talking about?" Fuutarou said shocked.

"Don't change the subject asshole, why were you grabbing my sister" Nino said getting in his face. Now everyone around us was looking at us.

Fuutarou looked around laughing uncomfortably to give off the impression that we we're all just playing but Nino said it again but this time louder.

"I SAID WHY DID YOU GRAB MY SISTER ASS. HOLE" Nino said loudly.

Fuutarou didn't like that as the awkward smile on his face disappeared. Akira tried to get in between them but failed. Nino slowly came to realize where she even was as a couple guys with face tattoo's began to circle us. Itsuki clung onto my arm as Yotsuba clung onto Akira who was still trying to calm Fuutarou down who was giving Nino a death stare. Nino started backing up and looking around nervously.

"Did this hoe forget where she was?" one of the guys yelled out. "you gonna let her disrespect you like that Fuu?" another guy yelled out. "who does this bitch think she is fuu" the biggest guy said.

Nino began shaking as tears began forming in her eyes. Akira tried talking to the guys too but they all practically ignored her. Fuutarou took a couple steps towards her as she looked up at him in fear but refused to back down.

"Anddddd scene!" Fuu screamed as we all looked up at him confused. "Relax fellas this is the girl I was telling y'all about from that acting gig I had, we were just reenacting our scene together right Momo" Fuu said as he nudged Nino who was bright red and all teary eyed but I think she got the hint and started fake laughing and agreed with him. "We got you dumbasses good, look at all your faces!" Fuu said as he pointed over at the big guys laughing. They all started laughing with him giving him high fives.

"Mannnnn we thought she was serious. She deserves an Oscar!" One of the guys said. "Bro when does that movie come out?!" Asked another.

"Hey I'm sorry little lady. I didn't know you were acting, my bad for calling you a bitch" the biggest guy with the face tattoo said as he reached out his knuckles to Nino for a pound.

"I-it's ok" Nino said nervously as she put on a fake smile and returned the pound.

"Alright go pour up the shots fellas. I gotta talk to my girls over here and I'll meet up with you guys in a sec" Fuutarou said as he put his arm around Nino and I and started walking towards his room. "Just keep smiling" he whispered to Nino who followed his command.

We get to his room as he opens the door and lets the 5 of us in. A very spacious room with a big king size bed and a heavy bag in the corner surrounded by dumbbells and other work out equipment. Surprisingly clean for a teenage boys room.

He takes his arm off me while Nino throws it off her. "What the fuck was that all about! Who the fuck do you think you are you…" Nino began screaming.

"Why did you call Miku and Nino Momo?…" Itsuki said as Nino finally shut up. A question I've had since I met him but haven't had the balls to ask myself.

"You said you had an acting gig with her, could he be talking about Ichika?" Yotsuba said causing everyone to realize she was the only option. I fucking knew there was something there between them. That's how she knew his name.

"Ichika. So that's her name…" Fuutarou said as he looked at all of us one by one as if downloading our personal information onto his brain.

"There has to be some misunderstanding guys, Ichika would've said something by now if she knew Fuutarou... right?" Akira asked as we all stood there silent. Knowing that Ichika is definitely capable of what she was accusing her of.

"Mo... Ichika mentioned she had sisters but she left out the part about you guys being quintuplets, I'm sorry if I made any of you feel uncomfortable" Fuutarou said with a bow. This boy is so confusing, a couple seconds ago he was acting all buddy buddy with those hoodlums outside like he was one of them and now he's acting all polite and proper.

I look over and see Akira standing there looking so upset like she was a 5 year old who just got grounded. She hasn't come out and said it but we all know she has feelings for him, so tutoring the woman your crush has been seeing is probably a lot for her, and that's not even counting the fact that Ichika has been keeping it a secret this whole time.

"so, are you dating my sister?" I say asking the question on everyone's mind, including my own. Every single one of us had our eyes locked onto him waiting for him to answer.

No hesitation, no awkwardness, just an answer. "No, we're not dating" he said looking over at me. If he thought i was Ichika why was he acting like that with me, why did he make me feel like he truly cared about me. I shouldn't even care, but I'm standing here with this weird feeling in my stomach like i just got rejected as if i didn't just talk to him for the first time a couple minutes ago.

We were saved from the awkwardness in the air by heavy banging on the door. "CMON HURRY UP, IT'S A PARTY!" One of the guys from earlier screamed out.

"I really am sorry if I made things uncomfortable for you ladies but you're more than welcome to stay. I promise those guys look a lot scarier than they actually are" Fuutarou said smiling over at Nino who hasn't uncrossed her arms since we've been in here.

"Um no, I don't think so. We're going home" she said rolling her eyes before opening the door. She let out a little gasp as the big man with the face tattoo was standing at the door with a huge smile from ear to ear.

"I call little lady!" The big man screamed as he grabbed Nino by the wrist and dragged her to the fold out table they set up in the kitchen.

"You're going down! I got my secret weapon over here!" The big man said as he raised Nino's hand in the air. She was standing there frozen in fear and confusion.

"Wh-what's going on?" She asked nervously as she stared at the upside down cups on the table.

"Its flip cup get ready!" The big man yelled as the other man said go and the people next to her started flipping cups and drinking. It got down to Nino and the person in front of her as they both struggled to chug their beer but when it came to the actual cup flip Nino got it on her first try, winning the game, causing her team mates to erupt in celebration.

"I TOLD YOU I HAD THE SECRET WEAPON! LITTLE LADY'S A BEAST!" The big man with the face tattoo said as he hoisted Nino in the air and everyone started giving her high fives. The look of confusion and fear was long gone. She was laughing and having the time of her life.

"Alright Micky, let her down big fella" Fuutarou said laughing as he put his hand on his shoulder.

"How bout now? Wanna stay?" Fuu said to Nino who blushed and nodded her head.

Fuutarou brought us to the kitchen and gave us all bottles of water and started asking us basic questions. Where we were from, our names, growing up quintuplets, etc. he made us feel so welcome and was able to tell us apart, calling us by our names correctly, which is rare coming from someone we just met. He was so nice and polite. No matter how much I hated being at parties, he made us all feel so comfortable. Every time I snapped out of his trance, I always looked at him and what was around us. Friendly gangsters? What the hell was this. Nothing added up. Nothing made sense. It didn't have to. We were happy.

At some point during the night Fuutarou went outside on the balcony with Akira and after about 10 minutes they came back inside smiling. I wonder what they spoke about?

"So why do they call you Micky?" Nino asked as she leaned on the big man while they were in their 12th game of flip cup. Both of them were very much tipsy at this point.

"Oh, because I fucking love Mickey mouse!" Mickey said as he rolled up his pant leg exposing the famous Disney character tattooed on his leg. "I take my little sisters to Tokyo Disney at least twice a month because we love it so much" he said with a big smile, face bright red from the alchohol.

"Awww that's so cute!" Nino said marveling over the tattoo.

"HEY FOCUS UP. IM BEATING YOU GUYS THIS ROUND!" Yotsuba said as she got into some weird sports stance waiting for the game to start. She's so competitive. Normally she wipes the floor with us anytime we play any kind of sport together, but for some reason Nino really was the secret weapon at drinking games.

"Ok. Remhmdy. Shhhet. Ghhoo. Itsuki said with a mouth full of pizza that Fuutarou ordered at her request. Typical.

I went to the bathroom after my 4th bottle of water and Fuutarou was standing by the door as I came out. Catching me off guard. Without hesitation my cheeks turned bright pink and he didn't even say a single word to me.

"Hey Miku, having fun?" He said with a warm smile waiting for my response.

"Y-yeah this is g-great" I say as I stumble back.

"Listen about earlier…" Fuutarou started to say before I cut him off.

"I am so sorry Fuutarou. I should've stopped you the second you called me Momo" I said embarrassed as I bowed my head.

"No, please stop, it's all my fault. I must have made you feel so uncomfortable. God I'm such an asshole" Fuutarou said as he lifted my head and grabbed my hands. "Please Miku, let me make it up to you"

I look at his hands holding mine. All the scars around his knuckles as well as the scabs around the cuts that haven't fully healed yet. I look at his eyes. I look at the small scars on his face. I'm stuck. How can someone be so intimidating yet soft at the same time.

"T-there's no need" I finally manage to get out.

"I was thinking maybe I could take you to the Tokyo national history museum. They recently opened a new sengoku era exhibit. I've been dying to go but I haven't had anyone to take who's actually interested in that stuff" fuutarou said with a little laugh.

Is he asking me out right now? Like a date? This is totally a date right? No he just wants someone to go with so he's not alone. Right? What fuck is going on right now! The hamster wheel in my brain is going a 1000 miles an hour right now.

"That sounds like so much fun" I say as a big smile crossed Fuutarous face. "B-but what would Ichika think about that?" I ask as the smile is wiped almost right away. I want to not care. I want to go with him so badly. Finally someone who I can be myself around. Finally someone I don't have to hide my interests around. Someone who's met my sister and still chooses to spend time with me and not them. And of course he's involved with my sister. Typical. Ichika always gets what she wants.

After what felt like an hour of him gathering his thoughts he finally says "I'm sorry I didn't…"

"Hey Fuutarou tell them it's our turn!" Itsuki screamed from the living room.

"C'MON BEST OF 9!" Yotsuba screamed at Nino who was making faces at Yotsuba with that Mickey guy.

"That's an unlikely friendship" I say as I nod over at Nino and Mickey doing some intricate high five they created.

"Oh Mickey? He's a teddy bear" Fuutarou said laughing.

"More like grizzly bear" I say back. Fuutarou looks back at me with a soft look.

"Don't judge a book by its cover, Mickey lived on the streets for years taking care of his mom and sisters before some distant uncle found out and took them all in. He'd probably be some goofball in drama class if he had better luck" Fuutarou said looking at his hulk of a friend with a smile as he saw him and Nino getting along so well. "How about you Miku? Is there more to you than just being a quintuplet?"

"FUUTAROU COME HERE I NEED A BETTER PARTNER! I'M SORRY AKIRA BUT I HAVE TO WIN!" Yotsuba screamed out as Akira pouted and threw her arms in the air.

"Go ahead Fuu, show her I'm NOT the problem" Akira said laughing as she walked away from the table.

"Looks like they need me" Fuutarou said as he gave me one final smile before running over to Yotsuba and getting in her face to get her hyped up.

Is there more to me than just being a quintuplet? Such a simple question but I'm standing here frozen in thought. Nino is a great cook. Yotsuba is amazing at sports. Itsuki has a famous food blog with over 500k followers. And Ichika… is a fucking actress. I'm no one compared to them.

I sat with that question as I kept a fake smile on my face for the rest of the night. Nino and Mickey ended up going undefeated in beer pong and drank too much so they passed out on the couch cuddled up next to each other. People started to leave around 2am. Yotsuba and Itsuki were cleaning the balcony while me, Akira, and Fuutarou started cleaning inside. When we all finished, we met in the living room and sat around the little coffee table he had.

"Hey it's a little too late for you guys to drive home. Why don't you all just stay the night?" Fuutarou asked as he fell into his couch next to his plus sized friend.

"No, I think we should go home" Itsuki said as Nino heard her and rose from her drunken nap like a zombie.

"Nnnnnoooooo. Booooo Itsuki. Stop being a Miku. Let's play another game" Nino muttered groggily. "Ohhhh let's play truth or dare!"

"Yeah, that sounds fun! Right Akira?" Yotsuba said looking over at Akira.

"Yeah, that sounds fun. I don't wanna go home yet anyway" she said as she grabbed the bowl of chips and started munching on them.

The game consisted of us daring each other to do the dumbest stuff like eat a tea spoon of cinnamon. Put ice cubes down our pants. Eat chili peppers whole. We couldn't stop laughing. As the game went on the dares got harder so Fuutarou brought out a bottle of whiskey as punishment for not doing the truth or dare. Even Yotsuba took a shot when Nino dared her look under Fuutarous couch for a spider she saw earlier.

"Ok my turn. Truth or dare Fuutarou" Yotsuba said as Fuutarou sat up and chose truth. "Where's somewhere you really want to travel to?"

"Boringggggg" Nino said as she slumped into her cozy bear shaped friend.

Fuutarou looked like he got serious for a second before snapping out of it and smiled as he said "I've wanted to go Kyoto since I was a kid".

"You've never been?" Yotsuba asked as we all looked at him confused. Why Kyoto of all places. Every Japanese person goes to Kyoto at some point in their childhood. How has he never been?

"You never went during a school trip or something?" I asked as he looked over at Akira who was looking down trying to avoid his gaze.

"Yeah, we went 5 years ago" Akira said under her breath like she knew something Fuutarou wasn't saying.

"Yeah, we all went 5 years ago for a class trip too! can you imagine if we all met in Kyoto all those years ago instead of today?" Yotsuba asked not being able to read the room. Bless her heart.

"When my class went on a trip to Kyoto, my dad spent my trip money on... extracurriculars" Fuutarou said with a gentle smile. That smile was fake. He's holding back.

"What kind of dad spends their kids field trip money?" Nino scoffed at the thought of his piece of shit father.

"I know right?" Fuutarou said with a little laugh. "You know i never thought about how much I really wanted to go there. I think I'll make it a point to go there this summer, thanks Yotsuba" he said as he reached out his knuckles for a pound from Yotsuba who gave it reluctantly.

"Ok Mr. Uesugi, How long have you been an actor" Itsuki asked. She clearly doesn't care about his acting career, she wants to know about Fuutarou and Ichika but doesn't want to be direct about it.

"Ha, so funny story about that. I'm in no way, shape, or form an actor. The director owed my big brother a lot of money, so when we went to collect, we thought it would be funny if I was in a movie, so we... convinced the director it would be a good idea for me to be in the movie. He made me some barista and that's how I met your sister. God I was so bad. I had one line and kept getting it wrong. Everyone was so annoyed with me" Fuutarou said as we all started laughing.

Before I could ask someone truth or dare, we were interrupted by banging at Fuutarou's front door. Almost like a switch got flipped in his mind, he told us to get down and stay quiet as he went to his kitchen and reached under his sink and pulled out a knife. What the fuck is happening. Fuutarou went to his door as the banging continued and looked through the peep hole and quickly put away his knife behind his back and opened the door.

"ONII CHAN!" This little girl said as she ran into his arms sobbing.

"Raiha, are you ok?" he said as he knelt down and held her in her arms as the sobbing continued. "What are you doing here so late? What happened?"

It took a while before she finally stopped crying long enough to form a complete sentence. "D-daddy n-never came h-home".

"Oh Raiha, don't cry, it's ok" fuutarou said as he knelt down and wrapped his arms around this little girl and comforted her as she cried in his arms.

"I. Was. So. Scared" she said sobbing. This poor girl couldn't be older than 10 years old.

"Raiha. When was the last time you spoke to dad?" Fuutarou asked gently as he wiped her tears with his sleeve. He spoke with a softness that was somehow even more gentle than how he spoke to me earlier.

"I called him earlier and he said to go to sleep" This little girl said as she began crying again. Their dad sounds like such an asshole.

"I'll make some phone calls and see if i can find him ok?" Fuutarou said as he patted her head.

"Who are they?" Raiha said pointing over at us when she was finally able to calm down.

Fuutarou was about to start introducing us before Yotsuba jumped up and ran over to her causing her to cling on to Fuutarou harder from nervousness.

"Hey cutie my names Yotsuba. These are my sisters Nino, Miku, and Itsuki" Yotsuba said softly as she pointed to each of us. Yotsuba was always the best with kids. It's probably because she's the youngest at heart of the 5 of us.

"Why do Y-you guys all look the s-same" Raiha said sniffling looking up from Fuutarou's chest.

"Good eye young lady! Me and my sisters are quintuplets!" Yotsuba replied with a bright smile.

"Quintuplets? But there's only 4 of you" Raiha said as she loosened her grip on Fuutarou.

"That's because our sister Ichika is a big time movie star and she's out right now making a movie!" Itsuki said as she walked over to the little girl. Big time movie star my ass…

"Hey Raiha, you remember me right?" Akira said cutting off Itsuki describing Ichika as she walked over to everyone surrounding the little girl. The little girl nodded and ran over to hug her instead of Fuutarou which caught even Akira off guard.

We walked over to the couch as the little girl came and hid behind Akira while Nino and Yotsuba got her to open up a little. She asked us a bunch of questions about being quintuplets like 'can we read each other's mind' and 'why did we have different hair'. Before long we had her laughing and playing games with us. Somehow Mickey stayed asleep the whole time so we went and found a marker and had Raiha draw on his face while we all held back obnoxious laughter so we wouldn't wake him up.

Fuutarou came back in and smiled at Raiha as he said "daddy's safe and sound". Raiha let out a sigh of relief before Fuutarou said "but it's too late so you're staying here tonight ok?"

She looked almost relieved that Fuutarou told her to stay with him. Like she didn't want to go home to begin with and was waiting for him to be the one to tell her she was allowed to stay here. "Onii chan, I'm sorry about what I said" she began saying before Fuutarou covered her mouth with his hand.

"It's ok Raiha, I'll NEVER stay mad you. Ever" he said as he removed his hand and gave her a big hug. I don't know what that's all about but it's so nice to see a big brother there for his little sister.

"are you guys staying too?" Raiha asked as she looked up from Fuutarou's chest with the cutest puppy dog eyes as we all looked at Itsuki who was the only one who wanted to go home. Raiha understood why we were looking at her like the smart girl she was and went up to Itsuki and said "p-p-please Itsuki chan". And just like that Itsuki folded like a lawn chair and said yes.

We all started setting up a couple air mattresses Futarou had. Nino passed out on Mickey who's been snoring since midnight. Akira and Itsuki shared an air mattress with Raiha who refused to sleep with Fuutarou while I shared the other air mattress with a very upset and jealous Yotsuba who abandoned me to squeeze into Raiha's bed 20 minutes after everyone went to sleep.

Fuutarou said goodnight and went to his room. After about 10 minutes snores filled the living room after everyone was sound asleep. Everyone but me. I can't get him out of my head and I don't know why. I keep replaying our talk over and over again. He wasn't talking to me. He was talking to Momo. But… he called ME beautiful, he talked to ME about sengoku warlords, he invited ME to the museum. That has to mean something right? How much does he even mean to Ichika if she never even bothered to tell him her name. They're not even dating. She doesn't own him. She can have anyone she wanted, but I won't let her have him.

I got up and slowly crept to his room trying my hardest not to trip over anything. It's pitch black but I think I remember where his room is. I get closer to his door as I hear my heart beat through my chest. Faster and faster. I can feel my hands get all sweaty. I think about going back to bed. I think about Fuutarou kicking me out of his room. He's probably gonna ask me what I'm even doing in his room. What am I supposed to say? "Hey Fuutarou, I know we met 5 minutes ago but I have feelings for you? Hey Fuutarou, I know you mistook me for my sister, who you already have something, with but you should have it with me instead?" What the fuck, I'm so stupid. A boy shows me 5 seconds of attention and here I am ready to break into his room in the middle of the night? My hand is hovering over his door knob. I can't stop myself from shaking from all these thoughts. No. I'm going back to bed. This is stupid, I can't….

The door opens as I stand there frozen in place with my hand out as Fuutarou stands there just as shocked as me to see someone standing here.

"Miku?" Fuutarou whispers so he doesn't wake anyone up. "Is everything ok?"

Why. Cant. I. Move. Im stuck. I have no idea what to say. He just caught me red handed basically fucking stalking him. He probably thinks I'm the weirdest girl in the world. He's gonna kick me out.

"Looking for the bathroom?" Fuutarou said with a little laugh saving me from myself.

"Oh, y-yeah. So sorry to wake you up" I say ready to throw myself off a fucking cliff from embarrassment. Thank God it's dark so he can't see how red my face is. "Wait, How did you know it was me?"

"Lucky guess" Fuutarou said with a muffled laugh as he covered his mouth trying not to wake everyone up. "Bathroom is down the hall" he said as he closed the door behind him. He was fully dressed with a black hoodie and a duffel bag in his hand.

"Were you going out?" I whisper to him

"This is normally the time I work out, so I figured I'll just sleep when I get back home" Fuutarou said as he slung hisduffel bag over his shoulder.

I look at my phone and see that its 4 :30AM. This is crazy. He just spent all night partying; how does he have the energy right now? "Oh ok, have a good workout" I say awkwardly as I turn around and start walking to the bathroom to back up the lie I just told. I hear him start walking the other way towards his front door. I get these butterflies in my stomach again as I think about how sweet he was and how he didn't make me feel awkward. I think about Ichika and how she has everything going for her. Her acting career, her brand deals, the boy every girl dreams of, the cast parties she attends every weekend, all the boys she rejects on a daily basis. She gets everything she wants. It's like a spoiled child who has a million toys. She won't notice if I borrow this one for a little bit.

"Hey Fuutarou" I say as he turns around to face me. "I'd love to go with you to the museum if you still want to go..."

I can't explain it. Even though I know it sounds stupid and I can't see 5 ft in front of me, I heard him smile in the dark as he said "I'd love that Miku".

A/N

Hey guys so this chapter was a little different from everything else in a couple ways. The first and most obvious was it all took place from a single POV. I chose Miku because I wanted a couple things to be hidden from the reader. I didn't want Akira's feelings on finding out about Ichika to be known just yet. I also didn't want the reader to know what Fuutarou said to her on the balcony explaining his relationship with Ichika. I also wanted to keep all the focus on just this party unlike previous chapters where the POV's spanned the whole day if not day'S. It was fun spinning Miku's original storyline. Changing it from Ichika betraying Miku to Miku betraying Ichika. For the most part, every quints fan hated Ichika for what she did in the anime/manga. But I always felt like it was too much hate. Was it wrong? Of course it was. But all is fair in love and war lol. Ain't no fair ones. It was also a lot of fun giving some clarification on some events. Why wasn't fuutarou on the trip that led to him meeting Yotsuba and how he became an actor which led to him meeting Ichika. Thank you to everyone for the follows and likes on my story as well as the feedback. One common thing I got was that some of the chapters, especially early on, were a little too long which I agree with. So that's why this one was pretty short at just over 5k words not including the a/n. Another was that I did too many POV swaps in a single chapter. If you guys think I should stick to 2-3 POV's in a chapter, please let me know. I'm still learning how to write and am open to any and all feedback. Thank you all once again and I can't wait to show you where the stories heading.