Chapter 1: Huh

 I didn't notice until I got home that Itsuki, Miku, and Yotsuba had followed me all the way there.

Why did you guys follow me?

You could have just asked to walk me home.

If you missed me so much, you should have just said.

Leave.

     "Why did you guys follow me?" It was the less creepy and or romantic option. I know I'm supposed to make them fall for me, but I'm pretty sure constant romantic comments will go stale on them.

     "U-Um….it was Itsuki's idea!" Yotsuba threw her sister under the bus here, huh.

     "Miku told me to help her out!" Poor Miku, the quietest and most introverted out of all of them. She was one of the nicest once you got to know her. I saw that she did like a certain part of history more than others, but she got a question wrong about it. She was the one who told me that fact….strange. Right now, she was squirming and blushing like crazy.

Good job, I missed you too.

I love you.

I have no problem, if it was Miku's idea.

I have no problem with it, if it was one of your ideas.

     'Does jealousy increase the affection score? I won't be picking option A or B. Let's try and not pick an option and instead try to say something.' I made the mistake of trying to wave the options away and accidentally clicked option C.

     "I have no problem, if it was Miku's idea." 

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     I guess that jealousy does make the affection score increase. Good to know.

     "No fair! I met you first! You're mine!" Itsuki was very aggressive with her approach.

     "I met him for the first time 5 years ago and we made a promise! He's mine!" Yotsuba did not look like she wanted to lose this fight. Miku looked like she wanted to faint but she had a huge smile plastered on her face.

     "I think that he chose me already." Miku spoke up!

     "I was just…..I have to get home. You three take a cab and go home. It's getting really late." Safest option is to not bring it up. The affection score would go down if I had rebuttaled or taken any sides. They reluctantly did while I ran home, the system apparently just makes it so I don't need sleep. I also had infinite stamina, I should start working out. I could definitely abuse this to become stronger physically along with mentally. I did and spent the whole night working out with the help of my dad's advice. I could definitely feel the difference already since I spent the whole night working out in exercises that are stamina consuming. I can probably get to normal physical fitness soon, possibly even tomorrow. I got a little tidbit of information about Miku, once I got to school. She likes warriors from the Sengoku period, it started when she played this game and she fell down the rabbit hole. I decided to use my system to my advantage since I could recall everything better than before, I borrowed all the books on that period and memorized it all. I'm a pretty fast reader, if I do say so myself. The thing is, I found a card from Miku telling me to meet her on the roof. This isn't...could it be the fabled loved letter into the confession….it feels nice to have possibly gotten one, but it's nothing. I still went since if I didn't I would have to be heartless.

     "I guess I fell for an old trick." As if on cue, Miku opens the door while quizzing me on trivia from the Sengoku period. The snot one was a bit weird, but easy nonetheless. It all happened in the form of a trivia game which I liked quite a bit.

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     "I'll work my hardest….I must be so weird to like the Sengoku period….and the old men…I'm really dumb…...I'm not….smart….I'm just stupid. Hehehe you probably don't understand." She does have a lot of confidence. I do understand. Options popped up, but I felt like ignoring them for what I wanted to say with every part of my being.

     "I used to get 0's on all my tests. The absolute worst student in all my classes. I only wanted to play around, but I changed thanks to Yotsuba. You can change too, I promise you. Believe in me and in yourself. I think you're pretty great already." I managed to say what I wanted instead of what the system wanted.

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     "I will try...no….I'll do it!" She had a fire burning in her eyes as she ran down the stairs, only to stop for a bit since she was tired. 

     "Maybe, try not to run down stairs. It can get tiring when you do that." Miku is probably the weakest physically out of the five. We regrouped with Itsuki, Yotsuba, and surprisingly Nino, and Ichika. Ichika was very flirtatious, but she was also a bit lazy while Nino just hated me. Ichika also seemed a bit strange to me 

     "Time to study!" Once everyone else was doing something and were focused, I decided to question Ichika.

     "I met you five years ago too. I can tell." This was an option which made sense to me since they looked exactly alike.

     "H-how did you know?!" I could tell that she was very good at acting, but this was genuine. 

     "I don't know, I just can. You can also stop acting all the time, it's a bit strange." The system really helps me focus on the smallest of details. She pulled me out to the balcony. 

     "I can't, I have to be the mature one. I have to protect them….what am I good for if I can't." I rubbed her head which was one of the options.

     "You're more than good enough. Besides, you are the most mature out of all of them. You are very precious to them. I'm sure they can understand that Ichika isn't the most mature all the time." I could see a few tears falling from her eyes as she hugged me.

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     "You're too good to be real." We stayed there for a minute before she let go. The others didn't even notice we were gone as they were all busy and Nino was cooking.

     "Fuutarou, I finished." Miku turned in the homework and actually got better by 3 points. Itsuki and Yotsuba were next and I was super surprised to see Yotsuba increase her score by 6 while Itsuki increased her score by 2. They had made some improvements, especially Yotsuba. She's almost caught up with Ichika's old score. Ichika on the other hand took the homework more seriously as she improved by 3.5. She seemed motivated, but Nino hasn't been taking it too seriously. 

     "Nino, you know the faster you understand all the material...the faster I'll be out of all your hair." I winked at the other four. Nino immediately started to focus and increased her score by 2. Good, that's some progress to work with. I probably won't be getting out of their hair for a while even if they memorized all the textbooks. Their affection score seems too high to have them want to leave me alone anyways.

     "Good job, all of you. I mean it, at this rate you'll be passing all your classes." 

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     "How about you all take a break next time we study, not too long or short, just a break. You can't be overexerting yourselves, then I would feel bad/responsible." 

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     I ran home since I could now and made it to exercise for the rest of the time. I always made sure Raiha was asleep along with dad now since I didn't want them messing up anything. I would work out after I finished preparing an assignment for the quintuplets and spend the rest of my time working out. I felt better than ever before and could actually see some muscle already. I might not be last now! 

     "Morning!" Ichika was already in front of my face once I opened the door. 

     "Raiha, I think we should move to another address!" I hoped that Ichika wasn't on the other side as she of course was with a pout. 

     "Is this the girl you've been tutoring? She's seemed so nice!" I could tell that Ichika had already become attached to Raiha.

     "You two have to get to school, so go!" She pushed me out while handing me my stuff.

     "Why are you here and how did you find out where I live?" 

     "I have my ways and besides many boys would kill to be walked to school with a beautiful girl. Come on, show me a smile." She seemed genuine after what happened yesterday. It made her seem very…..she was sparkling.

     "Yeah, yeah. Come on, we can't be late." I started to run while Ichika stayed close behind me.

     "Wait….up! I'm tired!" Oh yeah the whole infinite stamina thing.

     "Sorry, I've been working out lately. I wanted to test some things out." She seemed a bit impressed as we walked the rest of the way there. 

     "I'm impressed to see you working out. I expected that you would just go with intense studying for a long time." That was the plan until I met Itsuki.

     "Yeah, but being able to run for a long time has its perks." We reached the school and separated.

     Tutorial End: From now on, no more help will be given.

     'What help?' We separated and went to our classes. Itsuki was in front of the classroom looking like she was waiting for something.

     "Hello, looks like we arrived at the same time." No, you were clearly waiting by the door. Probably best not to say that.

     "I guess we did," I opened the door for her.

     "Itsuki! Did you do what you needed to outside!" Busted, she's turning red. I'm just going to pretend that I didn't hear what I just heard. The school day went pretty well as we met up during breaks and studied while Yotsuba denied the athletic clubs since she needed to study. I was pretty surprised, as Yotsuba was the most athletic and was probably a dream come true for any sports team/club. I knew this because I was around the corner while this was all happening. 

     "I can't…..I have to study and keep my promise. I'm sorry, I can help you out, but I can't join." They begged her until Yotsuba got the point across that she wouldn't be joining. I did feel happy that she was taking this, so seriously. I acted like I was just barely walking around the corner as Yotsuba crashed into me.

     "Oh hey, Uesugi! Are we going to go study?" 

     "Yeah, come on." I haven't been sleeping at all and have been doing a lot. We went to their place after school and after a good while of studying, they all left except Miku and Nino.

     "So, you're into dull boys?" 

     "You're just shallow. What's inside is important." So she's saying that I'm dull.

     "How about a little competition? Besides, you haven't had lunch." How does she know that? They spent quite some time going all around to cook. Miku made Omurice while Nino made a Dutch Baby (Not sure what that is). Appearance wise, Nino definitely won, but the taste is important. I started to eat both and I have to say….

     "So, which one is better?" Nino seems confident.

     "I don't want to hear it." Miku turned her back on me.

     "They've both delicious. They seem to be on the same level." Miku turned and hugged me while Nino did not seem happy. I finished them both before standing up and making my way to clean the dishes.

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     "I hate you, I wish you were never born! I wish you would disappear!" Her eyes were red. Miku went to do some things while saying that I will be able to make her give me a chance to properly teach her. I went to the entrance of the entire building since it was getting late, but it seems like Nino forgot her key.

     "I don't want to see your face anymore! They're all so stupid. I hate them so much!" Her eyes were red still. She definitely forgot her key.

     "I think it's the opposite, you love them too much. You just hate that I've invaded, sorry I guess. I have a job to do and I really do care about you five." 

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     "Come on, Nino." Miku came to get Nino. They both left while I went back to my place.