"G-Good morning, Teacher!"
"Huh?" The teacher who was guarding the entrance exclaimed in confusion, "Why do you keep on going in and out? This is your fifth time."
"Uhhh... Ummm..."
The teacher let out a sigh and said, "Just go in. The exams are about to start."
"Thank you, Teacher."
The girl went inside. Once she was inside, she took off the ribbon on her head.
"Fuwaah, we tricked a teacher, we're such bad students." The girl while fidgeting.
"You're too serious, Itsuki." Another girl replied as she observed her sister.
"Ah, you guys made it!" A cheerful girl said and walked to the place where her sisters are.
"The real one's here."
"Itsuki, take off the evidence, or we'll get caught." Ichika said as while taking the ribbon off her sister.
"Thanks, Ichika." Itsuki said, "Wait, where's Uesugi-kun?"
And while the Quints are having a talk, they heard the Teacher who was standing guard in front of the entrance suddenly raised his voice.
"You're late, and you dare play tricks on me?"
"Yes, Teacher." Fuutarou replied as he looked at the entrance.
"Come with me to the office right now!" The teacher said as he dragged Fuutarou to the office.
"Fuutarou!!" Miku exclaimed while looking at Fuutarou.
"Hurry up and go!"
"But..."
"You'll be fine without me. Have faith in your efforts!" Fuutarou said as he was dragged away.
"What are you mumbling about to yourself?" The teacher asked.
"Yeah!" Miku let out a cute sound while putting her clenched fist in front on her.
"Let's all get good grades and surprise him!" Ichika said as she out her hand on Miku's shoulder.
"Yosh!" Yotsuba added.
"I will be getting that reward from Fuu-kun!" Nino said, determined to get the reward he promised.
"Let's all try ou- wait, what reward?" Itsuki asked.
"Huh? What do you mean 'what'? He said that the one who got most on the exams will get a reward, you didn't listen?" Nino answered.
"WHAT?! When did he say that?" Itsuki asked while racking her head of memories about it.
"It was before dinner." Miku said.
"B-Before dinner?" Itsuki stared at her sisters in disbelief.
"You... You were thinking about food, aren't you?" Miku asked while looking at Itsuki accusingly.
"I d-don't know what you're talking about." Itsuki said as she averted her eyes.
4 of the Quints laughed at Itsuki who blushed at their giggles.
After that the Quints interlocked their pinky and thumb together and headed to their own classrooms for the exams.
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There is still 10 minutes before the end of the exams, Fuutarou hoped that the Quints are doing okay on the exams. But one thing that Fuutarou did not know is someone granted his wishes.
The Quints are having difficulties on their own but it was not that all hard as Fuutarou taught them good.
Ichika already finished the exams but decided to recheck just to be sure. Most of them are Math. She saw some mistakes and corrected it. 'I won't let you get fired Fuutarou, for us and Raiha-chan.'
Nino was having an easy time on English but still had it hard on the other subjects. Overall she did great as she listened to Fuutarou attentively. ' An essay a short piece of writing on a particular subject, thanks Fuu-kun.'
Miku did great on History. Those study sessions with Fuutarou on History helped her and her sisters. On the other subjects she did good. 'I can't wait to see Fuutarou smiling at me.' Miku thought as she smiled and a faint blush can be seen on her cheeks.
Yotsuba was more into Japanese. And as expected of Fuutarou, his lectures are easy to understand though he also taught some tips on the exams. 'Hmm... In a 5 answer questions, the 4th one is most likely the correct one.'
Itsuki, like her sisters that have a subject where they excel at, her was Science. 'If I get a higher score than my sisters, I will get praises from Uesugi-kun!'
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After a week, the test results were given back to the students. Fuutarou and the Quints decided to meet up in the library
In the library, Fuutarou, while waiting for the Quints, reviewed his exams to see the mistakes he made, which there few. His scores in the exams are great, Math 98, English 97, History 96, Japanese 98, Science 99, and the total is 488 out of 500. He noticed that his score went low after teaching the Quints. Though he didn't pay any more attention to it as teaching the Quints needs more attention than his scores.
One by one, the Quints started to enter the library. They started to sit on the table where Fuutarou was.
"Alright, I'll go first." Fuutarou said and showed the Quints his exam results.
Uesugi Fuutarou - Math 98, English 97, History 96, Japanese 98, Science 99.
After showing his scores, the Quints didn't show theirs. Fuutarou saw that they were hesitating. He told them to show their papers at the same time, which the Quints agreed. Fuutarou counted from one to three and when he said three, all of the Quints placed their exams on the table. The scores of the Quints were now visible to each other.
Nakano Ichika - Math 67, English 52, History 54, Japanese 58, Science 56, the total is 287.
Nakano Nino - Math 54, English 65, History 53, Japanese 56, Science 57, the total is 285.
Nakano Miku - Math 55, English 54, History 68, Japanese 56, Science 52, the total is 285.
Nakano Yotsuba - Math 56, English 55, History 53, Japanese 66, Science 54, the total is 284.
Nakano Itsuki - Math 54, English 56, History 54, Japanese 53, Science 69, the total is 286.
The Quints saw each other's exam results. Ichika was smiling as she saw that her scores are higher than her sisters.
The other Quints, not so much. Nino, Miku and Itsuki were pouting as they were close in getting the highest, while Yotsuba just scratches her head while saying, "Ehehe".
"Well you guys did your best and I'm proud of you. Here, a small reward for doing your best." Fuutarou said as he smiled and patted the Quints one by one. The Quints felt delighted at this let themselves bask on the affection Fuutarou was giving them.
Ichika's phone suddenly rang. This got Fuutarou and the Quints attention. Ichika looked at her phone to see who was calling and saw that it was her father. Fuutarou stood up and spoke to the Quints father.
"This is Uesugi speaking."
-Ah, so Ichika is with you too. I plan to ask each of them about their result but I'll just hear it from you. Just so you know, I can find out if you're lying or not.-
"I won't and they all passed."
-Hmm... Can I speak to them, Uesugi?-
Fuutarou handed the phone to Ichika. She and her sisters gathered up to speak with their father.
"Papa? It's me, Ichika. Can I ask you something? Why did you force such condition onto him?"
-It's a father's responsibility when leaving his daughters in someone else's hand. It's also my way of evaluating whether I can place my trust in Uesugi-kun - A highschool student. Do you think he's suitable?-
"Ah so it was because of us, thank you papa. Well, we passed because of him, so yes." Ichika said as she looked at Fuutarou's eyes.
-I see, then every one of you including Uesugi need to try harder, okay?-
The Quints father said as he disconnected the call.
"Thank you, Ichika." Fuutarou told Ichika.
"Don't thank me Fuutarou-kun, it should be us who tells you that. You're the reason we passed." Ichika said.
"She's right, Fuu-kun! Thank you!" Nino exclaimed.
"Thanks, Fuutarou." Miku nodded.
"Thank you, Uesugi-san." Yotsuba said as she smiled.
"Thank you, Uesugi-kun." Itsuki added.
"You're welcome. And since all of you did well, how about we go out? My treat of course." Fuutarou invited the Quints to which the Quints responded with:
" " " " "Yes!" " " " "
Fuutarou and the Quints went out and had fun. They went to a nice pastry shop. The shop's name is Revival.
After that, they went home.
While walking, Ichika received a message. It was from Fuutarou. She checked the message and felt heat rushing to her cheeks. What does the message contain to make Ichika blush? The message is an invitation from Fuutarou to a date.
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Author Section :
1373 words. Unlike the chapters before, it was, intended to be short as next chapter if just focused on Fuutarou and Ichika's date. This chap was supposed to be posted on March 4 2023 but it was delayed because I wasn't able to finish on time.
I rushed the whole midterm exams I know. No, I didn't rush it because I got bored on making this but rather because I need to write the other volumes too.
I got a new phone and the transfer of files wasn't great as I forgot some things and I already reformatted the old phone. It didn't damage the draft because it was already saved on google drive.
Next chapter, Date with Ichika.