Chapter 21: Cherry Blossoms (IV)

"Abode?" Shouko asked.

"Yeah, Tegu Plateau is owned by his Yakuza, or his family as he likes to call them." My father whispered to us seeing that we're confused why he called this place his home.

"They look really happy and at ease with one another."

"They're not a family for nothing."

The rest of us just conveniently forgot about the first part of his sentence, and just thought about how they (the Yakuza) truly looked like one big family while sitting under the Sakura trees and having a huge picnic.

"Hello Issei! Good morning to you guys as well. How has your family been?"

"Haha! Not bad, my days could be better though, with all the wars in this part of the area. Oh, are they your children? I never knew you have four, the last time you told me, you only mentioned two little brats." He spoke loudly as he gulped down the bottle of sake he was holding.

"Nah, only two of them are mine. The other two are my friends, but since they had some trouble, I decided to help them out a little." My father grinned a little as he sat himself down beside him and took a bottle of sake.

His actions were so fluid that you would have thought that it was my father who owned this place instead of Issei. "Come, Fuu-chan, Raiha-chan, Shouko-chan and Yuzu-chan. Come and greet my friend, Issei. You can call him Jii-san, hahahaha"

"What do you mean Jii-san‽ I'm only in my late thirties! Call me Ossan!" Issei snapped and glared at him for a while, before turning to us and giving us what seems to be a fatherly smile.

"Hello there! Welcome to our family." He paused there and took a look at our expression before smiling a little. It seems that he was glad that we didn't have the usual face full of fear that he normally sees in other people.

I already know from the anime that although they might be rowdy and noisy and loud and disruptive, they could be caring and kind seeing that they were very protective of their young master, Raku.

"Good morning, Ossan!" We bowed and greeted together.

I turned to Raku who, at the same time also greeted our parents and we finished, our eyes met.

I could see that his eyes were filled with hope. Maybe it was because nobody in his class would befriend him due to his father, but he seemed rather lonely while surrounded by those scary women and wanted, and needed, some friends.

"Good morning, Raku-san. Nice to meet you!" I walked towards him and said while extending out my hand.

He was surprised for a second before letting out a smile similar to his father and shook my hand,"Nice to meet you as well..."

"Uesugi Fuutarou, but you can just call me Fuutarou."

"Nice to meet you as well, Fuutarou. You can drop the -san, just call me Raku."

It seems that he really wanted to have close friends, seeing his eagerness to drop formalities. Not that I mind too much.

"Oh, and this is Nishimiya Shouko-chan, and they are our little sisters, Raiha and Yuzuru." I introduced them while pointing at them respectively.

After our little greeting, we sat down on an empty mat and just started talking. Don't ask why there was an extra mat, a rich family always has an extra of something.

Shouko wasn't the type to start a conversation, so it was up to the three of us to do it.

"So...etto...which school do you study at?" I asked Raku since the anime made no mention about his early life apart from the promise. I wonder why he could not remember something that happened to him early in his life even with a reminder carved on a rock, but I'm not going to reveal to him his future.

I'll wait to see what drama would occur with my existence.

"Oh, I study at ****** elementary school. What school do you guys study at?"

"***** elementary school. It seems that we're located quite far. What junior high school do you want to go though? Since it's our last year in elementary school, do you have a plan or something? Or are you just going to inherit your Yakuza gang?" Of course, I said the last part as a tease since I know that he disliked being the inheritor, but he would still do it in the future.

[A/N: I'm not gonna search up a random name for the elementary school, so I'll leave it to your imaginations. His middle school and High school would have an actual name though.]

"Of course not! I want to live a life where I graduate from a prestigious college and become a civil servant with a civilised job!" His eyes sparkled as he stood up and shouted while clenching his fist.

The area turned slightly silent as every head turned towards his direction.

"OOOO!! I don't really get it but you're so cute Bocchan!!"

"As to be expected from our second master!"

I tried to conceal my laughter as much as possible, but the scene was truly too funny. I don't know how he knew about graduating from college and becoming a civil servant at the age of twelve, but it only made him look cuter.

"Mooo..." He then pouted and sat back down, refusing to look at his gang that were looking and praising him.

"Haha...It's all right...haha...so who's going to inherit...hahah...the Yakuza if you're not going to do it?" I asked while laughing in between my words.

Shouko was giggling at him while our sisters were also laughing at him even though I'm sure that they have no idea what was going on.

"Stop laughing at me already. One of my father's underlings would probably step up to become the leader instead." Raku complained before thinking about my question and replying to me.

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A/N: Some people just gave a 1 star rating just because they disliked side characters getting harem. I don't really have any opinions on what you like or dislike, so feel free to rate as you see fit.

But really? 1 start for every single criteria just because you hate the plot? This isn't a five star fanfic, that I know and guarantee for sure since there are plot holes, minor grammar errors, unstable updates, but I know for sure that it's definitely worth more than 1 star. So come on guys, if you don't like this, feel free to drop it. If you want to review it, please at least state some reasons as to why I deserve this 1 star, but giving one star and 1 line of 'I don't like your side character having a harem' isn't gonna cut it.

With that being said, I'm still not gonna delete any reviews or comments, but please don't spam 1 star just because you hate story development. As for those who give five stars and one line as well, I appreciate it, but do give me some critiques or if you don't have any, say some things that I can improve on or things that I'm good at. At least that would give me the general standard of my writing.