In case you guys haven't noticed, yes, the reader is basically Izumi Miyamura from Horimiya. Some, or quite possibly all, scenes will be used throughout the events of TQQ, to which they will be altered so they can fit in with this story. 

However, chapters may take a while as I try to figure out how I'll try to fit these Horimiya scenes into this fic... So please bear with me if the updates are kinda slow.

That's pretty much all I wanted to say in this little message. So, if you do have any questions, just leave them here and I'll answer them ASAP.

If ya don't... Then continue on. Enjoy!

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Fuutarou Uesugi was currently outside on a fairly rich apartment complex, which just so happened to belong to the girl he was tutoring. Y/N could be seen inside, sitting on the couch with a nervous look on his face.

"Five sisters!?" Fuutarou yells into the mic of his phone. "U-Uncle Nakano... Are your daughters really five sisters?"

"Yes, exactly," a voice rings out on the phone. It belonged to the father of the quintuplets. "They are siblings born from the same egg. I want you to teach them until graduation. Of course, the tuition fees will be paid at the rate of five students."

"About that... I have some doubt about teaching them all at once..."

"Oh, really? Your father tried very hard to persuade me, but I guess that can't be helped. Although, I'm very regretful."

Fuutarou gulped down his spit.

"Please, reconsider everthing never--"

"But I'm full of confidence now!" Fuutarou interrupts.

The father let out  a small hum through the phone's speaker.

"I will help them graduate without any problem!"

"My daughters are in your hands then," Mr. Nakano says, his tone icy and monotone. "By the way, are all of them there as well?"

Fuutarou turns to look inside. "Yes, after explaining the situation, I have them gathered inside the main room."

Once he looked inside, he paused and halted himself. No one was inside but Y/N, who was still nervously shaking on the couch.

"Is something wrong?" Mr. Nakano asked.

"N-Nothing at all. Hey, hey, don't push. Really, you girls are energetic as always," Fuutarou says, trying to make the situation seem real as much as possible. He couldn't really say that his daughters had suddenly just disappeared when they were just in the living room.

Fuutarou soon hangs up on the phone and leans against the glass railing, one of his arms dangling over it.

"Phew... Where is everybody..."

"Everyone has gone back to their rooms."

Fuutarou turned his head around to find one of the quintuplet girls standing there at the entrance. It was Yotsuba Nakano, her orange hair displayed in the bright sun with a green bow at the top of her head and bright smile on her face.

--: Chapter 2| First Session :--

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Hours Earlier...

Itsuki Nakano, the youngest of four other identical sisters, of which they all go to the same school. While they have the same build and same height and what not, they had their differences.

For one, their hair lengths and color, each quintuplet having a different one. In this case, Itsuki had a reddish orange hair color, along with an ahoge on the top of her head. Aside from that, their personalities did differ.

Currently, Itsuki was now at her new school, to which she had transferred here a few days ago. It seems she was having a mid-life crisis, her gaze locked onto Y/N L/N. 

Yesterday, she had seen him when Y/N had brought home Yotsuba to her and her siblings. However, his appearance was not what they were expecting. Aside from his usual appearance she'd see at school, shoulder-lengthed hair, black-rimmed glasses with his bangs that are kept straight. That's the Y/N L/N she remembers.

The Y/N L/N she saw yesterday was quite different from what she sees in school. Instead, his black-rimmed glasses are removed. His black hair is put into a ponytail and a few of his bangs frame his face. He also has a lip ring and chain along his face, with several piercings in his ear. And unlike his gloomy, quiet, and anti-personality was not it at all. In fact, Y/N was quite laid back and was also quite friendly.

It goes to show that, this didn't seem like the Y/N L/N she had met at all.

"Nakano-san... Your face is really scary... Are you alright?" A female student asks behind her.

"...I'm okay," Itsuki replies with a monotone voice. 

"R-Really...?"

Itsuki was deep in thought. 'Was that really the same person...? I still can't believe it...'

The red-haired girl was still in utter disbelief, shrinking in her seat as she kept up her "scary" face, so to speak. Although, it was a bit worrying to some people.

'It's kind of hard to talk to him...' Itsuki thought.

Subconsciously, Itsuki had gotten and walked up to the L/N teen, drawing the attention of others. However, they looked at her weirdly as she simply stared at him, not making conversation whatsoever. Even Fuutarou was looking at them with a confused gaze.

It wasn't until Itsuki took a deep breath and spoke up.

"L/N-kun, can I talk to you?"

"...Eh?"

---

"Eh? I can come over again?" Y/N asks with genuine surprise.

The two had moved to a different place to talk in privacy so no one could hear them. They met up at a nearby stairwell, where they looked outside the window together while they talked to each other.

"I'm not the one who wants it! It's Yotsuba! And, well... The others seem to like your company," Itsuki says with a small blush before she recomposed herself. "Except maybe, Nino."

"Really?" Y/N said in a thinking position. " But... I'm kind of surprised."

"By what?"

Y/N smiled slightly. "That you actually came to talk to me. I figured after yesterday... You would do your best to avoid me," he finishes off with a sad smile.

"Eh? Why would I do that?" Itsuki asks with general confusion, tilting her head. "I mean, sure, it was a little creepy, and I was a little bit surprised. You were completely different from how you are at school. You don't seem that bad of a person. That doesn't give me a reason to a--"

The red-haired girl paused as she notices a stifled look on Y/N's face. His face was slightly red, him keeping in a laugh slightly. This makes her pout cutely as she looks at him annoyed.

"Wh-What are you blushing about...?"

Y/N grew worried a bit, thinking he made her angry. "Er--I'm just not kind of used to this thing... It's kind of awkward," he says, shaking his head and arms repeatedly. He then laughs a bit, "But, thanks."

Itsuki's eyes widen. On Y/N's face was a smile. But it wasn't just any smile, a real genuine one. Out of all the days she's seen him in class, she's never seen him smile like that before. Or any day for that matter.

She then snaps at him. "You ought to put your hair like that all time! And take your glasses off!"

Y/N begins to sweat slightly. "Yeah... But then the piercings would be pretty visible..."

"How many of those do you even have?"

"Nine, I think," Y/N nonchalantly replies. "Four down each side and one on the lip."

Itsuki deadpanned. "...I think that's a few too many..."

"Yeah, that's what my mom said."

---

Shortly after school, Y/N was seen walking to the quints home, in his casual appearance. He had been invited by Itsuki to attend a session with her new private tutor, as well as time to hang out.

As soon as he arrives at the apartment building, to which Yotsuba had told her yesterday when he was taking her back home, he hears a commotion. Gaining curiosity, he peers around the corner to see Fuutarou talking with Itsuki.

"What do you want!? My private tutor will come now! And I have a friend coming over! I'm busy, so please be fast!"

"That's me," Fuutarou responds. "That private tutor, is me."

He was sweating while Itsuki gained a look of disbelief. She couldn't believe that the person she had argued and holds a grudge against is the person tutoring her.

"I absolutely refuse!"

"You think I wanted this too!? But I can't give up. The thing from yesterday was all my fault!" He then slams his fist next to her head. "From today, I'll be your partner!"

"Uesugi-san."

Upon being called his name, Fuutarou looked in the direction the voice came from. All of a sudden, he felt something hit his head. He stumbles back a bit and rubs his forehead. At the same time, Y/N was rubbing his forehead as well as he took a few steps back. Once Fuutarou finally recollected himself, he sees who it was.

"Y/N!?/L/N-kun!?" Both Fuutarou and Itsuki yell at the same time.

"Ow..."

Fuutarou then grabs him by his shoulders. "What the hell was that for, asshole!?"

"Eh...? It seemed like you were bothering Nakano-san with something..."

"I was just talking to her, so it was all just a misunderstanding! If you were trying to clear it, did you have to brutalize me!?"

Y/N gives him a sheepish look while he rubs the back of his head. "I guess I just kind of got mad..."

"You bastard!" Fuutarou continues to grip onto his shoulders while shaking him repeatedly.

Itsuki began to mutter to herself. "A person like him will become our private tutor..."

Fuutarou, however, overheard her. "'Our'?"

Soon, the sliding doors to the building open behind him. The three turn to look to see it was the other Nakano siblings walking in. Ichika was the first to notice Fuutarou.

"Eh? It's the honors student! What are you two doing right now?"

"Everyone, be careful! This guy is a stalker!" Nino yells out.

Yotsuba tilts her head in confusion. "Eh? Uesugi-san, you're a stalker?"

"Nino, you're too fast," Miku says.

Fuutarou began to grow nervous and looked at them cautiously. "What...? Why are they here?"

"Why you said..." Itsuki looks at him annoyed. "It's because we live here."

"W-Wow... Everyone lives here, huh. You're neighbors at this apartment." 'This must be a dream.'

"You're wrong. We are... Quintuplet sisters."

"Eh!? Quintuplet sisters!?" Y/N screams out.

Everyone then looks at him. They acknowledge his presence, aside from Fuutarou and Itsuki.

"You!" Nino points her finger at him.

"Me...?" Y/N was confused.

"What are you doing here!?"

"Eh...? U-Um... Nakano-san invited me here..."

"Which one!?" Nino demanded.

"It was me," Itsuki says, raising her hand.

"Huh!? Why would you do that!?"

"Because I wanted to talk with him some more. Come on, L/N-kun."

"U-Uh... Okay..."

---

Present Day...

"Come on, let's go call the others!" Yotsuba calls out to the two boys, Fuutarou and Y/N following behind.

The three of them reached the top of the stairs to the second floor of the Nakano siblings apartment. Beginning at the end of the hallway, Yotsuba pointed to the other end.

"Starting from where we are, it's Itsuki, me, Miku, Nino, and finally, Ichika."

"Guess the first thing to do is to gather all of them again..." Fuutarou says, stepping up to Itsuki's door as he prepared to knock.

Yotsuba leaned forward a bit, "It's ok. Since you three are classmates, I think you already know. Itsuki is a serious girl. If there is nothing too absurd, then she will definitely cooperate."

The black-haired teen knocked on the door of the red-haired girl. Soon enough, Itsuki opened the door with an annoyed glare, it being sent towards Fuutarou.

"I don't want to," she plainly states.

"Uh..." Both Fuutarou and Yotsuba say, Y/N standing there confused.

"Why does our tutor have to be you, a student from the same grade? Is there no one else in this town that can teach us?"

Fuutarou looks at her confused slightly, while also sweating. "What? Didn't you just ask me yesterday to teach you?"

"It's your imagination. Forget it," she angerly says at Fuutarou before she turned to Y/N. "L/N-kun, can you wait for me downstairs? I'll be down there in a bit."

"O-Okay...?" Y/N says.

Itsuki nodded with a smile before she sent one more glare at Fuutarou. She then huffed and slammed the door in their faces, particularly Fuutarou's. 

Yotsuba then awkwardly pats Fuutarou's back, nervously chuckling in the process. "I kind of expected at least one would be this amongst the five of us."

"To the next room then."

"Which Nakano-san is this?" Y/N asks, tilting his head.

"Miku is the smartest of us. She would surely like Uesugi-san."

---

"Don't want to," Miku plainly says, like Itsuki did.

Currently, the three of them were kneeling in front of said girl. With an emotionless look on her face, she tilted her head, as if it sent a chilling feeling down Fuutarou's spike.

"Why does our tutor have to be you, a student from the same grade? Is there no one else in town that can teach us?"

"Gosh, I know I heard that. I heard the same answer before!"

"From Nakano-san."

"Which one!?"

"You just talked to her a few seconds ago," Y/N deadpanned.

Yotsuba sweat dropped as she turned to the two. "Let's head to the next room." The three of them were now headed to the next room. "Nino is very good at making friends. Since she has a lot of friends, she should have no trouble accepting Uesugi-san or L/N-san!"

The three enter inside her room, it looking completely normal. Well, normal for her, at least. However, she was nowhere to be seen in the room.

"She's not even in the room anymore, what is this!?" Fuutarou yells out. They then walk out, proceeding to the next room. "My confidence is slipping away..."

"No problem! There is still Ichika!"

"I think I'll head downstairs and wait for Nakano-san..."

"Okay! Have fun, L/N-san!"

Departing from the two, Y/N went down the stairs and waited for Itsuki to come out of her room. As he waited there, sitting on his phone, he notices someone walking towards him. Putting his phone down, he sees it was Miku, a cold glare on her face.

"L/N-kun."

"Um... Miku-san, right?" Y/N sees Miku nod. "Uh, did you need something?"

"L/N-kun, I have something to ask you. My PE uniform is gone. The red ones."

"Is that so?" Y/N wondered. "Well... I haven't seen anything like that. After Yotsuba took us to Nino's room, I decided to wait down here for Nakano-san."

"Itsuki?"

"Yeah..." Y/N sheepishly says with a small smile. "I can say all of your names just fine, but when it comes to hers. It feels wrong. If you don't like it that I call you by your name, I can just call you 'Nakano-san' as well."

'He's awfully polite...' Miku thought. "No... it's fine. Are you sure you didn't see my red PE uniform?"

"Not that I know of. Did you ask your sisters? Maybe Uesugi-san has seen it."

"Where is he?" Miku questions.

"Um, him and Yotsuba just went to Ichika-san's room."

"I see. Thank you for telling me, L/N-kun."

Y/N simply gave a small smile, something that made Miku look at him surprised. She didn't think that a boy such as he would be this polite, considering what Itsuki had told them after they initially met him. From what she heard, it sounded like Y/N was a bit like her, someone who was anti-social, lonely, and gloomy person.

His personality was something that wasn't she was expecting at all, as it was a lot more friendly and laid back. Soon after, it was discovered that Nino had taken her PE uniform and was using it to bake cookies in the kitchen. Soon, Ichika, Nino, Yotsuba, and Miku all gathered in the living room, with Y/N. Fuutarou stood in front of them, his hands on his hips as he bore a grin.

"Ok. So we have four people here. Five if you count Y/N. Although Itsuki is not here, the session can start now." He then slams some papers on the table. "First is a quick test to determine each of your levels!"

"Um, Uesugi-san."

"Yes, Y/N?"

"It seems they aren't listening," he says with a sweat dropping look.

Y/N was indeed correct. Currently, four of the quintuplet sisters were talking among themselves as they enjoyed the cookies Nino had baked. Fuutarou then notices Yotsuba looking at him, a sparkling glint in her eyes.

"Uesugi-san, do not worry! I've started!"

"Ok! Apart from your name, you didn't write anything? But that's all right!"

Ichika begins to stretch. "Aaahhh.~ Eating makes me feel sleepy."

"You just got up a moment ago!" Fuutarou then turns to Miku. "Miku! You found your PE uniform so you can start now."

"I never said I would study after I found the uniform," she says.

"Hey, today is Saturday. Want to go out and play?" Nino suggests.

"Absolutely not!" Fuutarou instantly rejects the idea. 'These girls... I don't have a word to describe them...'

"Don't you like cookies?" Nino asks the two boys.

"No... It's just not the time..."

Y/N shook his head. "No, it's okay. I had some cake before I left the house before coming here."

"You don't have to be so reserved. I didn't put anything shady in them. If you eat, then I'll study," Nino insists.

'This girl's behavior is completely different from before. What is she plotting?' Fuutarou thought, sitting down at the table at the same time. 'I'm out of options, then. I have to show my sincerity. Nino must have felt my intention...'

Y/N stared at the pink-haired girl with suspicion. He could already tell something was wrong, especially how she insisted that they eat the cookies. Her explaining that she didn't put anything "shady" already put up red flags for him.

But it seemed Fuutarou didn't seem to catch them as he already grabbed some and tossed them into his mouth. 

"Uwaah! You finished them quick!" Nino exclaimed. "Are they that good?"

"Yeah, very delicious..." Fuutarou responds, his mouth full of cookies.

"It's fun.~ Ah, that's right. What kind of promise did you make with our dad?"

'Promise?' Y/N thought.

Fuutarou choked on his food. "It's nothing much..."

"Liar. You're definitely not that kind of person. To be honest, I don't really need a tutor."

The room then got quiet. Yotsuba had fallen asleep, and the other two girls made no such action whatsoever. For some reason, the air felt tense.

"Just kidding. Here, some water." Nino presents Fuutarou with a normal looking cup of water.

He nervously took it. "Er... Um... Thank you..."

Fuutarou begins to drink the cup of water, the girls simply staring at him. Just looking at this scene, Y/N instantly knew something was wrong.

'Dammit... Although this is the obvious reaction from their view... Itsuki's still in her room. Anyway... I have to make sure they can graduate!'

He finished the water and puts the cup on the coffee table. Nino soon begins to giggle, making Fuutarou look at her. She did a small wave with a grin on her face.

"Bye bye.~"

"...Huh?"

And in just a second, Fuutarou passes out, face first onto the coffee table. Nino begins to laugh out loud, Ichika and Miku holding in their laughter. Yotsuba was confused and bewildered, worried about what had just happened.

By now, Itsuki's door had opened, the red-haired girl humming to herself as she exited. However, she soon paused when she sees Y/N standing up, staring at her sister, Nino. The room had grown quiet once more as he simply stared at her with a cold expression.

"Nino-san... I don't appreciate it when people treat my friends poorly. Especially since they're trying to help others," Y/N says in a cold tone, his personality completely different from before.

They were all surprised in his change of attitude, especially Nino. Just like her sisters, when they first initially met him, he was friendly and very laid back. And his personality in school wasn't like what he was when she met him. But, this attitude was completely different from before.

Y/N turned his head to Itsuki, who stood by the stairs. "Pardon me, Nakano-san. It seems I'll be leaving much earlier than intended. I have to help someone home. Though, I'm appalled at the hospitality."

"H-Huh?"

"Thanks for having me over, I suppose."

He gives Itsuki a small wave and picks Fuutarou up and makes his way for the door. Once he left, Itsuki chases after, but not before sending a glare towards Nino's way.

If there's one thing they've noticed about Itsuki, she's been overly excited and eager when it came to Y/N. They weren't sure what it was.

Was it curiosity? Love? Perhaps she wanted to make a friend? That's what it seemed to be, at least.

Either way, they were completely shocked that a simple action Nino did had already made Itsuki mad, which was something that was rare. Considering that those two were always hanging with each other out of all of them. Nino thought that Itsuki would be glad to get rid of the so-called "stalker," but she was only met with a disappointing glare from her younger sister.

---

'Uwah... That was kinda scary...' Y/N thought, thinking back to what he had said to Nino and the others. It honestly required a lot of courage to work up in order to say that.

Y/N began walking out of the apartment's entrance before he heard someone call out to him.

"L/N-kun!"

"Nakano-san?"

"Allow me to accompany you as well!"

"Eh? But I thought you hated him?" He said, tilting his head.

Itsuki looked down and clenched her hands. "Don't get me wrong, I don't hate him. He's just stupid. But what Nino did wasn't right. I have to apologize. But also... I want to apologize for the fact on how Nino treated you as well."

Y/N stared at her for a bit before he sighed and nodded. The two then called a cab and carried Fuutarou in, Y/N taking Fuutarou's handbook and telling the address the driver needed to head to.

---

"Customer. You have arrived."

Fuutarou shot up from his seat, only to find himself in a cab. "...Huh?"

"This is your home, right?" The cab driver asks.

Fuutarou then heads to the window. "How..."

"You have been sleeping the moment you got on."

The last thing Fuutarou remembered was being in the quints apartment and Nino giving him a glass of water. And then he fell asleep. That's when the conclusion hit him.

Nino had drugged him.

"That devious girl dared to do this..." Fuutarou muttered to himself.

"That would be 4800 yen."

Fuutarou's eyes snap to the cab driver's calculator. "Huh!? The fee!? I-It's so expensive!"

"I will pay it by card," Itsuki's voice rings out.

The black-haired teen then looks to his right. Itsuki Nakano sat in the front of the cab, opening her wallet and taking out her credit card. 

"Itsuki!"

"You're too loud. And go wake up L/N-kun."

He then looks to his right to see Y/N sleeping. Drool was going down a bit of his face, his head leaning up against the window of the car door. However, in the corner of his eye, he could see that Itsuki was gushing at the sight of a sleeping Y/N.

Fuutarou then sighed as he shook Y/N awake, the blue-eyed teen soon waking up and rubbing his eyes. Soon after, both Fuutarou and Y/N exit out of the taxi.

"I just happen to have to go buy something. Since it's the same way, I brought you back as well."

"Eh? Didn't you say it was the least you could do to take him home, Nakano-san?" Y/N tilted his head.

"Be quiet, L/N-kun," Itsuki says to Y/N with a pout. "Anyway, for the address, L/N-kun got it from your student handbook."

Fuutarou began to grow worried slightly. "Eh... So the picture you saw..."

"That, I don't care. You must have felt panicked. If you know what kind of problems await you, then just give up on being a tutor."

"That isn't possible." Fuutarou turns to walk towards his house. "They'd really go that far, unbelievable..."

Y/N waited by the taxi as both he and Itsuki watched Fuutarou walk up to his home. It soon burst open as a younger girl came running out, hugging him.

"Ah, onii-chan is back!" The girl cried.

"Raiha!"

The girl known as Raiha then looks to the taxi. "Hi, Y/N-nii! Oh, that girl, is she...!"

"Nah, you don't need to know her. Let's go inside!" Fuutarou says, attempting to drag her in.

"Lies! She's your student, right?" Raiha looks at Y/N and Itsuki with a smile. "If you have the time, then how about joining us for a meal?"

"Huh!? That... Hey! Hey! That girl is busy!" The older Uesugi was currently shaking his younger sister vividly.

Raiha looks at the two with a sad look, almost crying. "You... You guys really don't want to...?"

Y/N then leans down to Itsuki's level and whispers into her ear, "It's best we go in so we don't make Raiha-chan sad.

Itsuki nodded in agreement. Who would do such a thing? Make a cute little girl such as her cry. Itsuki and Y/N didn't want to.

---

"I can't believe this is the day Fuutarou brought his girlfriend home," Isanari laughs.

Instead of making Raiha upset, both Y/N and Itsuki entered the Uesugi household. Y/N had been here on multiple occasions, especially since some of his grades have been terrible, Fuutarou does try and help him study.

However, this was Itsuki's first time entering inside, so she was expecting Fuutarou to live in a somewhat decent home.

It was a home. But she was surprised to see that it was such a small home. Currently, her, Y/N, Fuutarou, and his father, Isanari, were seated at the table. Raiha was currently cooking dinner.

"Eh? This milk box has been expired for a week," Isanari says, adjusting his sunglasses on his head. "Better use it now, or I can't drink it later."

The three teens sweat drop at Fuutarou's dad. If anything, he should be throwing away the expired milk so he doesn't have stomach problems.

'Dammit. I really didn't want to let her know this...' Fuutarou thought.

"Almost done," Raiha calls from the kitchen, which was only a few feet away. "I thought onii-chan would come back home late so I haven't finished cooking. Did you do a good job as a tutor?"

The three of them said nothing, but they flinched. As they had witnessed themselves, the first session had went horribly wrong.

Itsuki sighed. "Actually, I have something to say about that--"

"Of course, it's very good!" Both Y/N and Fuutarou yell out.

"...Good what..." Itsuki annoyingly asks.

"Sshh! Raiha will be sad!" Fuutarou whispers, Y/N nodding repeatedly in agreement.

"Really? Then I can be at ease now," Raiha says with relief. "In the end, our debt problem will be solved now."

Itsuki looks at the young girl with slight shock. She could see why Fuutarou was so desperate to gather them and have them study. He needed a way to support his family, and with how much he was being paid for tutoring them, it would definitely support them.

"Raiha, we have guests here."

"Ah, I'm sorry," Raiha quickly apologizes. "Here... Special Uesugi curry fried egg rice."

The young girl carried in the plates and set them down in front of them. Raiha smiles sweetly at Itsuki as she sets the plate down in front of her.

"Hope this suits your taste."

Fuutarou huffs. "As if a princess like her can understand the taste of common folks."

"Quiet, onii-chan," Raiha follow ups, hitting her brother's head with a plate.

"Oi! That hurt!"

"You really need to work on your communication skills."

The red-haired girl only stared at them sadly. Despite the situation they were in, Raiha was doing her best to remain optimistic while Fuutarou was looking for a way to supply his families needs. It was why he wasn't spending a lot of money at school, why his lunches weren't much compared to Y/N's or hers.

On the topic of Y/N, she took a glance at him. He too was staring at Fuutarou and Raiha with a sad look. Not only because of their situation, but also something else. Quietly, Itsuki ate her food. But she did note that it tasted great. Even if it wasn't the standard of food she was used to.

---

"Thanks for the meal," both Y/N and Itsuki say, doing a small bow.

"Oh, Fuutarou. Can you take your friends to the main road?" Isanari asks.

"Huh--"

"Itsuki nee-chan. Although onii-chan is a pretty mean person with a big ego, he is still a good person! So... Could you... Come to play with us again...? You too, Y/N-nii!"

Y/N smiled as he crouched down and pat Raiha's head. "Of course. I'll bring something next time, okay?"

"Yaaaay!"

Fuutarou looks at Y/N. "Hey, you don't need to do that."

"It's fine. So long as she's happy."

Raiha then looks to Itsuki for an answer, giving her a pleading look. Just seeing it, Itsuki gave her a heart warming smile. "Of course. If I use my head too much, I will feel hungry. Please cook for me again."

---

"Don't misunderstand my intention," Itsuki says.

As he did what his father had asked him, Fuutarou escorted Y/N and Itsuki to the main road. The black-haired teen looked to the red-haired girl in response.

"I get your motivation now, but unfortunately, I cannot cooperate."

"Really. You don't need to do anything," Fuutarou finally responds.

"I can learn myself. I have no need for your help. I will show you that even without your help, I can overcome anything," Itsuki says defiantly, but also with determination.

"Really... That can happen! Nice, the only condition is to help you girls graduate! Love life, Itsuki!" Fuutarou abruptly yells, making her jump.

"Wh-What are you thinking!?"

"I have a great idea. Tomorrow, I will come back at the same time. You help me gather the others for me, ok?"

Once she agreed, Fuutarou left. Now, it was just Y/N and Itsuki.

It was silent, no words being spoken between them. Not until Itsuki broke the silence.

"Sorry for earlier today... About Nino. I was really looking forward to talk."

"...It's okay. It wasn't your fault," Y/N says while shaking his head.

"Will you come back tomorrow?"

"If that's what you want."

"Please?"

Y/N smiled. "Sure."