Hachiman blankly blinks as he slowly scans the girls, a wide array of hair colors with identical faces, then turns to look at Yotsuba, "Huh, so you were telling the truth that you were a quint."

Yotsuba pouts as she crosses her arms together, "Of course!" Then she turns to look at Ichika and the others with an awkward smile, "Heeeeyyy…"

Ichika wryly smiles then she opens her mouth, until Nino cuts in as she quickly steps forward, "Oi, don't just ignore us."

He blinks then quickly opens his mouth, though a sudden loud announcement interrupts, "Hachiman Hikigaya report to the teacher's office now. Hachiman Hikigaya report to the teacher's office now."

He lets out a long sigh as he grabs a can of maxx coffee in his free hand, "Here, you can take the rest, Yotsuba-chan." He pauses, then politely, yet lightly, bows at Ichika and the others, "Excuse me." Before quickly walking away while munching on his sandwich.

Nino grinds her teeth as she glares at his back, "The nerve of that guy! I -" Though she stops as she feels a hand on her shoulder.

"Now, now, you should relax, Nino. After all…" Ichika glances over to Yotsuba with a small teasing grin, "He's this mysterious friend of our dear Yotsuba here~"

Itsuki gently places her tray down right next to Yotsuba while sitting down, "I concur with Ichika, though I must admit that I have some apprehension on…" She glances to her side, "Your friend, Yotsuba."

Yotsuba awkwardly chuckles as she sees the rest of her sisters sitting around her, "Umm, here!" She quickly shoves the remaining 2 maxx coffees towards them, "You have got to try this drink!"

Miku, sitting down right next to Yotsuba, effectively cutting off her remaining escape, blinks, then slowly pulls down her headphones while glancing between the drink and Yotsuba, "...Why were you sitting with a boy, Yotsuba?"

The rest of the sisters let out varying levels of giggles as they watch Yotsuba's cheeks redden until even her ears are red, "Erm… Just someone I know…"

Nino teasingly smirks, though there's a small sharp glint in her eyes, as she leans closer to her across the table, "Just someone you know, Yotsuba? When all of us are new to Chiba?"

Yotsuba rapidly flails her hands while shaking her head, "Just, just someone I know!" She loudly says, drawing a bit of attention from other people.

Ichika slightly grimaces as she sees the looks given to them, though she quickly hides it with a light, yet loud, clap, "Now now, we shouldn't press Yotsuba when we should be eating right now or Itsuki here will gobble you up for making her starve."

The aforementioned quint yelps as she glares at Ichika, though it merely makes her look like an annoyed kitten with her blush, "Ich-Ichika! Please refrain yourself from making fun of me!"

Everybody burst into varying levels of giggles, except for Itsuki, though the banter manages to calm the mood down, "Yeah yeah, my bad, alright, Yotsuba." Nino gives the latter a small wry grin as she grabs a can of maxx coffee, "I was just curious."

Yotsuba slowly calms down while sinking deeper in her chair with her hands covering her face, "No, no… It's… My fault. It's just that…" She repeatedly opens and closes her mouth while cracking a gap between her hands, "I'm…"

Ichika quickly claps again, "You don't have to force yourself, Yotsuba. Just tell us when you're alright, ok?" She gives her a small smile.

All of the other quints nod, prompting Yotsuba to let out a small moan as she quickly goes back to eating her food, as if escaping the situation, "Thank you…" She quietly mutters.

Nino lightly grins as she pops open the can, "Anyway, this school doesn't -" She freezes then lightly coughs as she quickly puts down the can. "Why does it taste so different?!"

Miku lightly tilts her head with blank eyes as she sees Nino frantically observing the can's ingredients while spouting out words like "How did a mid tier drink turned good?!", then she turns her attention back to Yotsuba, "You were overwhelmed. Why?"

Yotsuba lets out a small groan as she puts down her spoon then turns to look at her, "Miku… It's… Just that, something happened, alright?" She quickly goes back to eating, "Please don't ask me more…"

Itsuki slowly looks at her sisters, seeing Nino dragging Ichika into a discussion about the maxx coffee while Miku quietly talking to Yotsuba, then lets out a short miserable sigh, idly hearing her stomach rumbling in protest, "How did you deal with us, mother…?" She quietly mutters as she waits for her sisters to stop talking and focus on eating, just like the past.

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"I refuse, Hiratsuka-sensei. Who knows what this fish-like creature will do to me in a private room?"

"Ah come on Yukino, he's harmless since he fears the law more than anything. Besides, just look at this assignment as if you're rehabilitating him into society."

Hachiman blankly gazes at his homeroom teacher and a girl, the infamous Yukino Yukinoshita from 2-J, talking to each other as if he wasn't here, though he will never admit that he enjoyed watching how Yukino's long black hair gently swaying in the air and her light blue eyes cooly glaring at the former.

Yukino softly sighs as she closes the book in her hand, "In that case, I suppose I am compelled to help a tragic human to be reintegrated into society within acceptable manners."

His eyes lightly twitch while Hiratsuka wryly chuckles as she quickly walks over to the door, "Heh, I knew I could count on you, Yukino. Now then, I'll be going now, so either talk to each other some more before break's over or go do something else."

Yukino lightly shakes her head as she hears the door close with a small bang, idly ignoring the slight flinch from the only boy in the room now, "Yukino Yukinoshita, class 2-J."

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A/N

Haaaah, I hate 2025. If you're curious on what happened to me, then please go over to my profile where I had already exploded... Though, I do feel immensely better now after talking about my situation, to the point I managed to write a 1k chapter in an hour... Pathetic compared to before but it's something (also, holy fucking shit this fic is a yearly update thing. FML.), not to mention that I lost my edge with writing. Anyway, on to the comments!

noru2k - ahaha... Thank you, and erm, here's another yearly update from me... Fuck my life. Thanks, my 8man is characterized to suffer lmao.

Wicked.A - thx

Incognito74 - thanks, and here you go (another full year later fuck me.)

Hachiman fan - np and thx, with no prison waiting for me

SoulR3ap - here you go and sorry for the wait

Bruh man I'm schewpid - *thumbs up*

Goatjo - here's an update... After a year, sorry

(Oh, and I corrected the mistake I made last chapter, it's supposed to be Ichika, not Itsuka, sorry for taking this long to correct it)