Babanuki

After eating until they were full, Akira and the quintuplets who were still wearing Halloween costumes gathered in the living room.

"Let's play Babanuki (Old maid)?"

Taking out a new box of playing cards from her cleavage, Ichika smiled at everyone.

"Why do you keep it in your chest? Is there no other place?" Nino complained.

"It turns out that women's breasts can be used like that. This adds to my knowledge. Thank you, Ichika-Nee." Akira said while nodding.

"Akira doesn't need such strange knowledge. Forget what you saw just now."

Miku glanced at Ichika with a blaming look.

"Ichika, don't ever do that again, okay? That gives Akira-kun a bad influence. Maybe you forgot, he is still 13 years old." Itsuki said earnestly.

"If Itsuki hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten Akira's real age." Yotsuba patted her head and realized her little brother was still a junior high school student.

"Fufuh. Alright, let's start the game. I'll leave the shuffling of the cards to you, Akira-chan."

Ichika didn't promise to stop acting flirtatious.

"Sure."

Receiving the playing card, Akira could feel Ichika's remaining warm temperature.

(It's been a long time since I played Babanuki) He felt nostalgic.

Babanuki is a simple card game that can be played by 2 to 10 players.

Each player must hide their cards from other players.

On each turn, a player must take a card from the player to his right. If the card drawn matches the card in the player's hand, the player can discard it. Otherwise, the card should be kept in their hand.

The goal of the game is to be the last player to have the cards. The remaining player with the joker card loses.

"Woah, so fast, like a professional dealer on TV."

Yotsuba's eyes lit up when she saw Akira shuffle the cards skillfully and distribute the cards to them.

"Hey, Akira, you don't gamble, right?"

Even Nino suspected that her little brother might like gambling.

"Of course not. I don't like gambling." Akira said while finishing dealing the cards.

"Who starts first?" Itsuki asked, keeping her cards out of sight.

"To make this game fun, let's bet. The winner can ask the loser any question, and the loser must answer honestly without lying, how about that?"

"That bet wasn't good..."

Yotsuba shook her head, disagreeing with Ichika's suggestion.

"I think it's okay. This is just a game and we are not betting with money." Nino agreed and looked at Akira.

"I agree. The game will be fun if there are penalties." Miku nodded and had her own motive.

"What about you, Itsuki?" Ichika asked.

"That... Is my opinion still needed?" The ahoge hair on Itsuki's head withered.

"Of course it is needed. This is not a dictatorship, but a democracy."

"Then... I agree on the condition that the question is not too sensitive."

Under Ichika's cold gaze, Itsuki couldn't refuse.

"Four to one, Yotsuba's vote is rejected."

"This is not the democracy I know!" Yotsuba groaned in dissatisfaction, but no longer resisted.

"For the order of play, let's start from our birth order. Akira-chan doesn't mind, right?"

"No problem."

"Let's start."

Ichika stretched out her hand to the card in Nino's hand. She tried one by one, but Nino didn't change her expression.

Not finding any clues, she drew a card at random.

Looking at the card she took from Nino, the corners of Ichika's eyes twitched slightly.

"Congratulations, Ichika, you got the joker card."

"Don't get excited yet, Nino, the game has just begun. It's still not certain who wins in the end."

Facing Nino's satisfied expression, Ichika replied with a cold smile.

"Hmph, let's see who is the first to lose."

No longer caring about her, Nino randomly picked up a card in Miku's hand. Her lips curved into a smile, then threw two cards onto the table.

"Two hearts!"

Next, it was Miku's turn.

Like Nino, she picks a card in Yotsuba's hand at random. After all, everyone knew the joker was in Ichika's hand, so there was no need to worry about picking the wrong card.

After taking the cards, she did not find the same card, and shook her head.

"My turn!"

Yotsuba seemed eager to choose the card in Itsuki's hand.

"Six of diamonds."

She threw similar cards onto the table.

Facing Akira, Itsuki said seriously: "I won't lose!"

"Why would Itsuki-Nee say that to me?"

Akira's eyebrows rose, not knowing her motives.

Itsuki didn't explain, took a card and threw it on the table.

"Double aces."

When it was Akira's turn, Ichika smiled as she raised one of the cards in her hand.

"This one is joker. Onee-san kindly reminded you, it's up to Akira-chan to believe it or not."

Akira didn't say anything, and took the card in Ichika's hand.

Because his expression didn't show sadness or joy, Nino and the others didn't know whether Akira got the joker card or not. Ichika did not reveal any information.

As a result, the game went on calmly without anyone knowing who got the joker card.

"Double queen. Done, I'm the winner." Akira said while throwing the last card.

"As long as I'm not the one who loses, it doesn't matter who wins." Nino muttered.

"Congratulations on your win, Akira-chan~." Ichika gave a blessing.

"Let's move on quickly." Itsuki pressed.

The joker card was on her so she was worried about losing.

Yotsuba and Itsuki aren't good at hiding secrets, so Ichika, Nino, and Miku notice her unease.

The game continues.

After 10 minutes, only Yotsuba and Itsuki remained, each with only two cards left in their hands.

"Come on Yotsuba, quickly choose." Itsuki smiled provokingly.

"Don't push me."

With trembling hands, Yotsuba carefully selected the cards in Itsuki's hand.

As her hand touched each card, she observed the changes in her expression.

"Then I'll take this one."

"No..."

Yotsuba's eyes widened at the joker card in her hand.

"My turn."

With a triumphant smile, she took the cards in Yotsuba's hand, then threw the cards onto the table.

"Ten of diamonds! Phew... Luckily, I wasn't the one who lost."

After relaxing, Itsuki patted her plump chest while sighing.

"As the winner of the game, Akira-chan has the right to ask Yotsuba anything. By the way, you shouldn't ask questions that you already know the answer to."

Ichika clapped her hands, her smile getting wider at Yotsuba's defeat.

"Don't ask strange questions, okay, Akira?" Yotsuba looked at him with a pleading look.

"Okay. This is a 'normal' question.... Have Yotsuba-Nee and Uesugi Fuutarou had sex?"

"Eh?" 5x

Not only was Yotsuba stunned by this question, but Ichika, Nino, Miku, and Itsuki were no exception.

There was an eerie silence.

The most uncomfortable person is Yotsuba.

She could feel her sister's sharp gaze on her.