"Itsuki-san! Yotsuba-san! Is anyone home?" Raiha asks, holding a box in her hand and waiting by the door to the building.

"Raiha-chan?" The voice said from the intercom, it was Yotsuba. "This is a surprise. I'll let you in."

"I can't come in. Actually, can you all come down?" Raiha requests, then waits for a while for the five redheads.

Itsuki quickly goes over to Raiha's side, leaving Ichika's half-asleep body to be carried by Miku and Nino. "What brings you here, Raiha-chan?"

"I have a favor to ask you guys." Raiha says, setting the box on the ground and removing the lid. Itsuki's hair stood up as a blur of blonde jumped out at her. The youngest senpai shrieked out in shock, turning and running behind her sisters. The thing from the box startles the second and third as it ran up to them, causing them to stumble backwards with the drowsy eldest as they knocked the fourth and fifth down to the ground.

"Dad found him on his way home in the rain. He's trying to find the owner, but for now I have to take care of him." Raiha smiled, picking up a small golden retriever. It was small enough that she could carry it, so it couldn't have been that old.

"Ow...ow...why isn't Fuutarou-kun helping you? Where is he?" Ichika said, rubbing her back since it was sore from the impact.

"He's...well..."

"Onii-san! Look! A puppy!"

"It's so...cu-ACHOO!"

"Yeah...That's why I'm here. Onii-san still has to prepare for your session later today, so he can't stay at home. Having him in your apartment wouldn't be better, since he'd be staying there too." Raiha said.

"Oh, so that's why you didn't want to go up!" Yotsuba exclaims, walking over and rubbing the dog under it's chin. It rubs it's head on her hand, licking her palm. "What's his name?"

"We didn't find a nametag." Raiha hands over the small animal to the ribbon wearer, who sets it on her head to play with the titular accessory.

"What should we do then? I don't have a shift today, so I'm free." Miku dusts off her shirt, moving to play with it's ears. "What about you, Nino?"

"I was planning on going to the mall with some girls from our class, but one of them cancelled last minute." Nino sighed. "I guess I'll help, but where are we going to stay? We can't stay at home."

Just at that moment, Yotsuba's ribbons stood upright and pointed skywards. She smiled as she asked everyone to follow her to an old playground. She set herself on the swings, having the dog sit on the one beside her.

"Come on buddy, here." Ichika comes over and gives the dog's seat a gentle push, just enough for it to rock back and forth. The dog didn't stay on it for long, jumping up at the girl and licking her face. "Oh, who's a good boy?"

The other three sisters sat on a nearby bench, Itsuki looking away with a hand over her eyes. "Itsuki-san?"

"Ah! Yes?" She turned back in surprise, wiping something from her face. "What is it?"

"You seemed troubled. Is something wrong Itsuki?" Miku asks.

"I'm fine."

"It's because of those movies, huh?" Nino teases with a slight smirk. "Oh no! Not the dog~" She mimics Itsuki's voice, causing the fifth sister to blush.

"P-please stop!" She retorts, flustered beyond belief. It was at that time that Nino's phone got a text. She typed one back, having a conversation.

"Oh..."

Matsui and Maeda arrive a few minutes later, the former apologizing to the latter. "I can't believe you lost...Takoyaki?"

"Takoyaki? You named your dog Takoyaki?" Ichika chuckled as the puppy leaped up into Matsui's arms.

"Thank you. Where did you find him?" Matsui turned, the dog excitedly playing with her hair.

"Near Fuutarou's place. His sister brought him." Miku took Takoyaki's paws and played with them.

"So that old café we saw yesterday really was theirs." Maeda pipes up as everyone comes closer to play with the puppy. "Well, wanna play for a bit more? I brought his favorite ball."

Later: at the quint's house.

"Uesugi-san! We found the dog's owners! It was Maeda-san's!" Yotsuba says as they walk through the door, finding the tutor already set up with papers.

"Maeda has a dog? Who kn-ACHOO!" Fuutarou sneezed, causing everyone to stop. "What? Oh, look down." He points to everyone's clothes, tufts of Takoyaki's fur and dander stuck to them. They shared a small chuckle before getting changed and starting with the study session.