That weekend, one of the Nakano siblings found themselves in a rather packed train. "Thank you so much for your invitation today, Fuutarou-kun."

"Sorry for taking you on your day off." Joining her was her tutor, still wearing the usual attire of his school uniform even during a pleasant Saturday afternoon. Fuutarou struggled to find footing as the train rattled around, making everyone sway as they tried to keep their balance.

"Not at all; in fact, I'm delighted..." Yotsuba said as an awkward silence took hold of the atmosphere for a few seconds. "Uh...so, about that night at the festival."

"I take it that you're done with whatever was troubling you." Fuutarou smiled, looking down at his date. "That's a relief. For some reason, we could never find time to meet each other in school; I was starting to worry about how well it was going."

"Well, we have some privacy now. But you never know who could be listening while we're at school..." Yotsuba thought for a moment, feeling her ribbon for any oddities; there were none, this time. "Looks like she's not listening." Fuutarou started chuckling at the fourth's antics, but his laughter was stopped by the abrupt braking of the vehicle as they approached their stop. One of them was pinned against the wall in between the other's arms.

"Isn't it supposed to go the other way around?" He grumbled, looking up as Yotsuba slowly leaned back to let him get back up. The two of them looked outside the window of the train, spotting a plane flying overhead.

"Oh, look, contrails. Did you know that seeing contrails is supposed to be good luck?" Yotsuba said, pressing her face against the glass to get a better view. Fuutarou smiled as they approached their stop, having planned out what they'd do on their date that day.

"So, what would you like?" He asked, taking a seat at a local family diner as, unbeknownst to them, a certain food reviewer was placing her order along with her companions.

"How irritating. Really, a family restaurant on your first date?" Nino grumbled, fed up with Fuutarou's relaxed nature. "And why is he acting like everything is going according to plan? Didn't Yotsuba reject him?"

"I'm sure Fuutarou-kun already knows what's going on." Ichika chimed in, watching the fledgling couple fumble through the menu as Fuutarou pulled out a bundle of coupons.

"I think it's sweet and innocent. This is the first time he's been in this situation too, so he must be playing it safe." Miku watched from her seat beside Nino, feeling the growing unrest coming from the second sister as their order arrived.

"And I have to say, the food is not bad." Already eyeing the potatoes that came with their order, the fifth sister started drooling over the food as she reached out for a fork. "Appearance-wise, that is; but what is important is the taste."

"Knowing Fuu-kun, he probably wouldn't be able to tell if it tasted good or not." Nino joked as Yotsuba's blissful cheers reached their ears as her order arrived at their table. "So, MAY-san?" They all turned toward Itsuki, who had her eyes shut as she tried to come up with a review of the dish.

"Yotsuba, come on and dump this loser! I can take your place! And Fuu-kun! What the hell do you think you're doing!? Just hurry up and confess already so you can start going out!" Nino said, getting her sisters to chuckle at her disorderly train of thought.

"Even with all of that said and done, I'm sure Uesugi-kun is quite relaxed now. After hearing Yotsuba's resolve the other day in the classroom, any suspicious thoughts he had were wiped from his mind. He knows that she loves him. He just hasn't verbalized it yet, but I'm sure that he must be confident in his plan." Itsuki stopped eating for a moment, wiping her lips with a napkin as she also looked over at the couple. "He already knows what Yotsuba's answer is, so there is no pressure for him to do anything."

"Yotsuba too. She's not as scared as she was when we ran into him last year; it's kind of like how she was back in our old school." Ichika rested her head in her hand, using the other to play with the straw of her drink. "But this time... I don't know... it just feels different."

"I can see what you mean," Miku added. "But I do have to agree with Nino; they are kind of taking a while to get going."

"Are you guys going to eat? The food is going to get cold." Itsuki got their attention back as the four of them took their share of the food. An hour passed before Fuutarou and Yotsuba got up to go to the next place where Fuutarou wanted to go.

"Yotsuba, do you know what you want to do after university?" Fuutarou asked, flipping through a book that he took from a shelf in the library. "Most of the others already have their futures planned out, so I'm curious about your plan."

"Me? Like a dream?"

"Yeah. A goal or a dream of some kind. If you have one, then I'll give you a hand." Fuutarou said as a chorus of footsteps sounded off on the other side of one of the bookshelves that surrounded them. He spoke calmly, tilting his head slightly as he waited for her answer.

"Well, I think that I'm best suited for a role that helps people. I used to do that because I had given up on myself, but now I realize that it is something I can take pride in." Returning a book she had back to the shelf, Yotsuba smiled as she met his gaze. "I came to think that way because of you, after all. You took care of us, Fuutarou-kun; even though it was hard to teach idiots like us."

Meanwhile, eavesdropping from the other side of a shelf, Nino rubbed her arms as she felt a chill run through her body. "Ugh, it's making my skin crawl." She voiced her concerns quietly, the Nakano siblings silently judging the two.

"That's nice, but it's a bit vague. Do you have something more... concrete in mind?" Fuutarou said, playing with his bags as he took his phone out to take notes.

"If I were to say... I think I had one. But, well, it's kind of hard to say." Yotsuba blushed, hiding her face with another book.

"I see. If you ever want to tell me, then feel free to tell me. Come to think of it, I think I heard Nino say something about her dream a long time ago." Fuutarou said, getting the second sister to jump. "Something about owning the best cake shop in all of Japan."

"I didn't say that!" Nino stormed out, stomping into view of the now surprised couple. "Ah..." After calming down and reassessing the situation, Nino's eyes widened as the two looked at her curiously.

"Hello there. Please be mindful that this is a library; keep your voices down, yeah?" Another unexpected face appeared, drawn to the scene by all of the noise. "Uesugi-kun, and the Nakano sisters? My, am I interrupting something?" Speaking somewhat smugly, Takeda leaned against a bookshelf as he and his companions looked at the redhead brigade and their tutor.

"Why are you here?" Fuutarou asked, looking at one person in particular.

"Matsui-san invited me to study with them. You guys aren't the only ones taking entrance exams, you know." Resting her head against the table, Takebayashi looked on at one of the open notebooks they were using to review. "Anyway, who takes someone to the library for a date? Did you run out of ideas?" She joked, getting Nino to agree.

"Uesugi-kun. I believe that you should go elsewhere. It's gotten quite rowdy in the library." Itsuki said, walking up to him and Yotsuba. "And please hurry it up, it's rude to keep a lady waiting." With those words, Fuutarou took Yotsuba by her hand and started walking to the place where he wanted to end their date.

"To think that they'd be following us. I wonder how long they've been watching." Yotsuba thought aloud as they made their way down some familiar streets.

"Who knows? Anyway, Yotsuba, we're almost there... wait, do you hear something?" Fuutarou asked, getting the fourth sister to cup a hand around her ear as they both heard another familiar voice.

"A little to the left. No, a bit more... you're blocking the light, move your hand down." Tsubaki's voice was clear, coming from just around the corner; unlike usual, it was a lot more somber. The pair walked slower than they were, peeking their head out to find the member of the broadcasting club holding a camera in her hand, with two bags for DSLR's slung on her body, while another person stood by the swings of the park they were going to. "Hey, Sumi-chan..."

"Oh, what brings you two along?" Mutsumi walked out of the light, letting her face come into view as the glare from the sun faded because her body blocked it. "Fuutarou-san, Yotsuba, are you two on a date?" She pointed at them, getting the couple to reluctantly walk out in the open as they all walked closer to each other. "Come on, Tsubaki-chan. Let's leave the happy couple to themselves. She walked away slowly, going down the road that Fuutarou and Yotsuba just came from. "Oh, hi guys."

The couple was left to their own devices, standing awestruck at the fact that they had run into an alarming amount of familiar people on a date that they intended to spend by themselves."Why did you want to go here?" Yotsuba asked, making her way toward the swings and placing one of her feet on the seat. Fuutarou did the same, taking the one to her side as the two started to play.

"Everywhere we went to today was a special place for me. That restaurant is somewhere pops and Raiha and I go to often whenever something good happens. The library; well, I wouldn't be who I am if I didn't have that library. And now, because of you..." Fuutarou felt the wind blow through his hair as his swinging started to accelerate. "This place has become special to me too."

"Fuutarou-kun. To be honest, I'm a bit scared. Taking you for myself while disregarding my sisters is still scary. This happiness would only belong to me, is that really the right thing?" Yotsuba started to speed up in order to keep up with him, but Fuutarou only kept swinging faster and faster. "Even though I've wanted it for so long, it still makes me uneasy. Is this really the right thing for us to do? Do you remember what my mom told us? Everything we have would be divided into six equal parts, and that it doesn't matter where we are, as long as we're together. This...can't be divided evenly, and I feel like doing this would send all of us our separate ways, so..."

"Hey, how far were you able to jump before?" Fuutarou asked, seemingly ignoring her as the creaking sound of the chains started to drown out their voices. "Do it again, if you can," Yotsuba questioned him for a moment, wondering why he'd say that instead of addressing her concerns. Even with that small hint of doubt, she still flew through the air and landed in roughly the same spot she did when they last came here together. Feeling somewhat smug, she turned around to gloat a bit. "Yotsuba, if I can make it that far, there's something I have to tell you!" He yelled, the force of his body leaping off of the swing causing him to soar for a few seconds...

Before he came crashing down with his face in the dirt. "Fuutarou-kun!" Yotsuba screamed, rushing to his side as his swing's seat hang unbalanced; one of the links on the chains had snapped.

"Yotsuba. I may be inexperienced when it comes to romance and relationships; I may be the guy that always ate lunch alone with his flashcards instead of with friends, or the guy that was being forgotten even with my role as class representative. Those may be true, but I'm devoting everything I have to be someone that can stand by your side." Fuutarou pushed his body up with his arms, mustering any strength he could. "Even if I'm not sure that this is the right path we should go down, I want to walk it with you by my side. So if you don't mind being with someone like me... Yotsuba, I love you, please marry me!" He said as the sound of two shutters was drowned out by the fourth sister's confused reaction.

"He blew it right at the end." Tsubaki said, putting down her camera and turning to face Mutsumi and the other Nakano siblings as they watched the scene unfold; Mutsumi looking through the viewfinder of Isanari's camera.

"It wouldn't be Fuutarou-san if he wasn't a little awkward. Oh, can you tell him to give it back to his dad." The sixth sister added, returning the camera to its bag before handing it off to Ichika and messing with something in her pocket. "Hey, Tsubaki-chan, can I talk with you for a bit? Just the two of us." She whispered, walking off with her and leaving her sisters to deal with what the couple was doing.

"You skipped way too many steps!" Yotsuba complained, stomping around as Fuutarou dusted his clothes off. "If you say that to anyone, you'd sound like a creep!" She scolded him, looking down at his face as he hastily tried to ask for a do-over. "Anyone but me, that is!"

"Huh? Then can you..."

"You asked about my dream earlier, right? Well, I think I can tell you now." Yotsuba shut her eyes, taking in a deep breath as she readied herself for what she was going to say. "It was a dream I had since I was little, a dream that every girl has at one point or another. My dream..." She extended her hand, finding that Fuutarou was already down on one knee. "Is to become a bride. Promise me, Fuutarou-kun, make my dream come true." Fuutarou said nothing, simply nodding as he took her hand in his and rose to his feet again.

"Fuutarou-kun, Mutsumi wanted to return this." The eldest said after she and her sisters gave the couple a few more minutes to themselves. Taking the camera back and slinging the bag over his shoulder, Fuutarou waved his students goodbye as he made his way home after a successful date. "Yotsuba, there's something you have to know."

"If you're all still mad about me being with Fuutarou-"

"Mutsumi's going overseas again."

"Eh?"