Chapter 02 - How It All Started

"I don't need this!" The blonde kid suddenly shouted as he took a card out of his hand.

"All right...! I win this round!" the same blonde kid said.

"You're so good at this, Fuutarou-kun."

"I know right? He's so good at this even though he's just and idiot."

"Shut up!" The blond kid now known as Fuutarou said, "Well here comes the penalty game."

"Hiiiee!! Please, I beg you! Anything but 'That' please!! I couldn't eat any fish again after you made me do that!!" The kid cries as he begs Fuutarou to think of another penalty.

"Heeee, let's see..."

"Just what did you do to him..." Another kid said.

"Hahahahaha! I can't wait for our arrival at Kyoto!" He said, but then someone spoke from behind Fuutarou.

"Fuutarou! Stop it! We're supposed to be quiet inside the train!"

"Don't be such a wet blanket. I mean, it's our long awaited field trip after all... Right?" Fuutarou said and looked at the kid behind him for confirmation.

"Aaa..." The kid scratched his head while having a sweat drop.

"Come on, Takebayashi! Stop saying boring things like that and join us!"

"No way, ahahaha! Geez, there's no helping you. But in exchange... Teach Sanada-kun too! I mean we're in a group of five after all."

"Ehh... You don't have to trouble yourself with me..." The boy with glass, Sanada-kun, said while holding a bunch of papers.

Fuutarou looked at him blankly, then suddenly snatched the papers from his hand and began commenting on them.

"Seriously, dude? Arithmetic drill, at a field trip? Are you and idiot?" Fuutarou then threw the papers away.

"Aaah!" Sanada shouted

"You don't need that shit during field trips, dude. Just throw away anything you don't need. Just like I'm good enough as long as I have this." Fuutarou then whipped out a camera.

"Uwah, what's that, so cool!"

"Amazing!"

"I sniped it out from my dad's work tools. How about it, Takebayashi? Should I take your pic..." Fuutarou looked at Takebayashi and saw her and Sanada picking up the paper Fuutarou had thrown away, together.

"Those two are childhood friends, you know?"

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The five arrived in Kyoto. Fuutarou thought about many things while taking pictures.

'Their houses are near... And their parents are good friends too. And seems like their families even go together for a trip sometimes.' Fuutarou thought as he took a photo of Takebayashi.

"!" Takebayashi noticed Fuutarou and said, "Fuutarou don't just keep taking photos, let's go."

"Y-yeah..." Fuutarou looked at them and thought, 'And they look so cute together as both of them are class reps.'. Fuutarou looked at the floor flatly and suddenly exclaimed.

"Ouch ouch ouch!"

"What happened?" Takebayashi asked.

"Seems like I suddenly got a stomachache... Damn it, curse you, my good metabolism...! You guys go first, I'll catch up with you after I got to a bathroom." Fuutarou clenched his stomach and acted.

"Why? I'll wait for you." Takebayashi replied.

"Don't underestimate it! I wager this is kind of a monster class poop... Thus I bet it will be a long hard battle..."

"Ugh, that's the worst..."

"Come on, let's go first. Fuutarou even said so himself..."

"Uhh, okay..."

"But make sure you catch up with us later, okay?"

"..."

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'Just throw away anything you don't need.'

"So I'm the uneeded one... *Sigh*"

"H-help..." Fuutaro suddenly heard a cry for help.

'A girl?' Fuutarou searched for where the voice had come from and saw a girl crying in a corner. The girl saw Fuutarou's appearance and got scared.

"Eeeek!" The girl turned her head away and closed her eyes.

"A-ah... Don't be scared. I'll help you."

"Re-really? *Sniff*"

"Really. Come on." He offered his hand, and the girl slowly took it with hers.

"O-okay..." The girl stood up and held his hand tightly.

"Oh, my name is Uesugi Fuutarou, what's yours?"

"N-Nino..."

"Then I'll call you Nino then! You can also call me by my first name."

"Fuu... Fuu-kun?" Nino thought about it and came up with a nickname for Futarou.

"Hmm!" Fuutaro nodded and looked straight at the path ahead, smiling. Nino saw his smile and couldn't help but smile herself.

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"Nino look! That's the Kyoto station. We were just there earlier!"

"Woah!" Nino leaned at the railing and looked around.

Fuutarou took his camera and took a shot of Nino. Nino noticed and this time she looked away from the camera and her hands covering her face. Fuutarou took another one. The two continued walking around, trying to find Nino's sisters.

While walking around, Fuutaro and Nino passed by a charm shop. Nino asked Fuutaro to go there and he agreed. She then bought six similar-looking charms. Fuutarou asked why she bought so many, to which she replied that they were for her and her sisters. She also handed Fuutarou a charm, but he refused, saying that he didn't believe in charms. However, Nino insisted, and since Fuutarou wouldn't accept it, she tried to cry. He took the charm from her and calmed her down.

When Fuutarou took the charm, she secretly smiled triumphantly.

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Night came and Fuutaro and Nino hadn't yet found her sisters yet. They are at a shrine, and it is just the two of them.

The two talked a lot and made a promise together, a promise that only they would know about. The two of them continued to talk after praying at the shrine, and then someone came looking for Nino.

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"And that's how I met Nino." Fuutarou concluded his story.

"So Fuutarou-kun, do you have feelings for Nino?" Ichika asked.

"Stop it, Ichika!" Nino shouted at her sister.

"To answer your question, Ichika. Yes, I do."

" " " " "!" " " " " All of the quintuplets were suddenly shocked by his answer.

"What?"

"Well, I expected you to be like a normal high school student who blushes and fidgets when asked that question. I didn't expect you to answer so directly." Ichika replied.

"Well..." Fuutarou glanced at Nino who looked away with a blush on her face.

"Y-You can't!" Itsuki shouted.

" "Why not?" "Fuutarou and Nino asked.

"B-Because a student and a teacher cannot be in a relationship!"

"What do you mean? Aren't the both of us students?"

"Uesugi-san is our tutor!"

" " " "Huh?!" " " "

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Author Section :

1042 words. I used the original too much. I like how Fuutarou and Nino met. Nino was shy to strangers but now, she's confident. (I'm a guy, I don't know how girls work even though 4 out of 6 members of my family are girls. Im the firstborn the rest are little sisters.)

There's also a "shit" word but that's on the manga not me.

Update on school. Afternoon classes resume. And by July, the classes ends. Yay!

I don't know what to say anymore... Oh yeah I also updated the thing I needed to update.

After this chapter gets posted, this fic will reach 60k on Webnovel. That's a lot. Thanks guys.

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