~Uesugi's House, 9:30~

Uesugi's eyes slowly widened as he got up from his position. He looked around to see the girls out of bed and awake. Miku was on her phone by the edge of the bed, Ichika was presumably in the shower, Itsuki was out of sight in general, Yotsuba could be heard downstairs, talking with Uesugi's family and Nino was shaking him so that he could wake up. "Stoooooop…" He slurred, tired and still quite sleepy. "It's Monday, asshole!" Nino shouted, now slamming pillows on him to make him wake up. "Hmmm….What?" He asked before jumping up and running. "Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit!"

Uesugi quickly got his school uniform on and rushed out the door, the girls following close behind. "You're fuckings serious!" He yelled as he rushed towards the school grounds. "This is somehow your fault" one of the sisters said behind him. "Yeah, yeah!". They reached the school ground right before the bell rang. "Saved by the bell" Itsuki said, in a somewhat Ironic tone. Uesugi honestly forgot about her for a second.

~The God Awful School, 10:01~

Uesugi's eyebags hung from his eyes like a noose from a ceiling, and his eyes were quite blurry and almost diluted. Takeda noticed, and looked over at his friend. "Hey, dude, something wrong? You look like you haven't slept in forever." He asked in his concerned yet urgent voice. His eyes were soft, which completely contrasted with his voice. Uesugi rolled his eyes, barely noticing. "I'm fine, let's get on with this work." He mumbled, turning a page and writing more and more kanji down. A few minutes later, the lesson was finally done. He packed up his stuff and left the classroom, immediately heading to the cafeteria. "The usual." He told the chef, who just nodded and prepared what he called 'the usual'. He paid for the meal, thanked the chef, and left to go to a random table. As he was walking, he noticed Itsuki sitting by herself. Automatically, he rushed over to her. He slammed his plate down, startling the red haired beauty. "What are you talking about? Why do you wanna come back to my place?" He asked, sitting down on the uncomfortable chair. Itsuki pretended not to notice before pinching his ear and pulling him closer. "To make sure you won't go ahead and DIE." She gritted her teeth, sending shivers down Uesugi's spine. He thought he was being dominant, but obviously not.

"Clearly" Uesugi responded with ow's in between. Itsuki let go of his ear. "Why the hell are you so eager to die anyway?" She asked. "It was written in the Suicide letter" He answered. "We are too much for you, I understand that, but why specifically?" Uesugi sighed "Do you know, what it's like to be alone for years upon years?" He asked. Itsuki didn't answer, because no, she in fact doesn't know. "It's really depressing, being cooped up in my house and studying 24/7, no one to play or hang out with, but I was alright with it, I got good grades and was praised by my teachers. What really sent me downhill was when I suddenly found myself in a harem I wanted literally no part in." Itsuki was listening intensely. "When I took the, what seemed, impossible job of tutoring the five of you, I thought that i'd just get y'all to graduate, take the money and disappear from your lives"

Itsuki's eyes widened as she considered what he just said. Did he honestly not find any of them his friends? She closed her eyes and put on a pout. "Hmph. You know, a lot of people would kill to have a harem of their own. You're actually pretty lucky!" She took a quick glance at him, only to see complete and utter anger. "Lucky? I'm surrounded by 5 girls that I slightly 'enjoy' being around, and all of them are into me. Well, apart from Yotsuba. Not to mention, I have to choose ONE. I'm not a fucking poly, you know! I can't just have you girls swarm me anymore!" He shouted, banging his fist on the table. Itsuki jumped up as a drop of sweat traced her scared face. Suddenly, she broke out of her scared state and raised an eyebrow. "What the hell are you talking about? Yotsuba's definitely into you! Has….Has she not told you, yet?"

Uesugi's mind faltered, spat out and blue screened. "Whaaaaa?" He said. Itsuki looked at the boy, his pupils suddenly dilated like those of a serial killer. "Oh no" Itsuki said. She had done it, she had fully broken Fuutarou Uesugi. "No, No, no, that can't be right?" He said, unsure of his own statement. "How would she even know how to fall for a person?" He asked. Itsuki blank faced "She's not that much of a idiot you know"

With almost perfect timing, Yotsuba stepped behind him, placing her hands on Uesugi's eyes. "Guess who?" She giggled, making sure he couldn't see a thing. "The girl I thought was different." He gritted his teeth, practically throwing her hands off of him. Yotsuba's heart dropped to the floor like a bag of bricks, although she didn't know why. As the black haired boy walked past her, his fists clenched, she knew something wrong. Her face twisted to Itsuki's, a painful expression covering her once happy one. "What did you say." Yotsuba's voice boomed like some sort of god. Or, in this case, Satan. Abruptly, she stepped closer and grabbed Itsuki by the shoulders. "What did you SAY?!" She repeated, her voice cracking and loud. "I-I might've told him that you have a crush on him?" Her voice squeaked at the end of the sentence. Yotsuba was fuming.

"Are you mentally retarded or something Itsuki?" Yotsuba asked. "You're one to talk" Itsuki said without thinking "Oh, I didn-" She didn't get a chance to finish her apology when Yotsuba smacked her. "You understand what you've done now?" she asked. "Ahh, Uhh?" Itsuki spattered. "For god sakes, I'm not going to be surprised if he headed up to the roof right now" Yotsuba said, turning her head away from Itsuki. Itsuki got up and rushed away from the table, leaving Yotsuba in her wake.

In fact, he was at the roof. Thankfully, he wasn't there to jump off. He was there to think. Now he was pretty sure all of the girls had crushes on him, and because of that, the void in his heart increased. He needed someone to fill it, but that would involve breaking another 4 hearts. Unless, of course, he went out with someone that isn't actually one of the quintuplets. There was a problem with that, however. He didn't know any other girls. Yeah, he was fucked, for sure. He twisted his head to the doors that lead to the roof to see a tall, attractive figure run straight at him. He already knew it was Yotsuba, her ribbons made it so obvious. She didn't tackle him in a hug, or start rambling like he expected. Instead, she sat down next to him. Something a friend would do to help another friend get out of a bad mood. "How can you, of all people, fall in love with a sicko like me? Jesus Christ, you're more stupid than I thought." He chuckled, his tired eyes wandering back down to the floor. Yotsuba pouted and took a deep breath. "I dunno. How come a sicko like you can't fall in love with anybody?" She responded, crossing her arms. Uesugi's eyes widened as he turned to Yotsuba, looking for a comeback. "W-Wha….I can fall in love! I know I can, it just...It hasn't came to me yet.." He responded, thinking about what the girl had said. Yotsuba blushed slightly as she thought about her next words. "Why don't you try? Like, try going out with someone. It can be me, or one of my sisters, or maybe all of us. Just to see if you can actually love someone." She looked at the floor, taking quick glances at the boy next to her.

Uesugi considered this, in the past few days, he had gone out with two of the five, Miku and Ichika, and he did somewhat enjoy those times, he had to admit. Maybe if he gave it some time, he could fall in love with one of them. But it didn't feel right. It didn't feel right to leave them all behind in the dust while someone else got his love. Uesugi stared at the quint who was staring at the floor. "It could be possible" he said. "But!" he added as he saw Yotsuba's hopes rise "It would mean breaking four hearts". Yotsuba understood what he meant, if he fell in love with one of them it would destroy the other four.

"You can go out with us, one at a time. We could have you for a week, then switch. Then, if you fall in love with one of us, at least the others had the pleasure of going out with you!" Yotsuba smiled, delighted at the sound of her own idea. Uesugi imagined what chaos Nino and Miku would start, but also interested in Yotsuba, Ichika and Itsuki. What would they do? They were the calmest of the bunch. Maybe they'd actually do nothing. Yotsuba's heart was beating, hoping for an answer in the next 5 seconds or less. "...Fine. But we need to make sure the other sisters agree on it. I need to experience love somehow, this might be the only way it can happen." He admits defeat, throwing his head back against the wall as he already regretted his decision to accept. As expected, Yotsuba was jumping for joy. He ignored all the praises and cries from the girl as the world melted away around him. He needed to be alone, but he didn't know how to get that across. "Yotsuba. Can you please leave and tell your sisters? I want to be left to my own devices." He spat out, a bit of venom coming out of his voice on accident. "Huh? Oh, u-uh, sure!" The bright girl smiled as she ran down the stairs. "What the fuck have I gotten myself into?" The boy wondered, knowing that hell on earth was about to come his way.