"Anyway, I've got to head out." Ichika sighed, heading into her room. "I have to get ready for an audition."

"Again? You're always out." Nino whined. "My job this, audition that. Does that really mean more to you than us?"

"Nino, please calm down." Itsuki tried to mediate, clutching onto Nino's arm as the door opens again with Ichika's exit.

"Let's get started. Even with just the three of us, it's better than not starting at all." Miku took Fuutarou's things and set them on the table as the kids joined them. One glance at the problem sheets was all it took to notice the lack of Math problems, Yotsuba's worst subject.

"I've had enough. I'm going out for a bit, don't follow me." Nino walks over, putting on a pair of sandals and grabbing her things.

"I understand why Yotsuba's not joining, but why is teen me not here?" Lolichika asks, asking the teens.

"I don't know." Itsuki says bluntly. "Frankly, Uesugi-kun shouldn't even be here. He got fired quite some time ago."

"Fired!?" The kids all exclaimed.

"Yeah...Fuutarou couldn't make everyone pass midterms. Dad said he'd get fired if we didn't pass, and here we are." Miku said, her voice somewhat disheartened. "He's only here because Itsuki and I said we'd pay him using our allowance."

"Huh? I pay him?" Lolitsuki asks, her ahoge pointing to her teen self.

"For Raiha-chan's sake, yes. Anyway, would you like to join us?" And with that, the night of studying seemed normal for the three teens that remained.

"Stupid Ichika! What's so good about being an actress? I don't get it!" Nino huffed, walking down the sunlit road and finding their adult selves arguing over something.

"Again!? You're always like this Yotsuba!" Miraiku was furious about something. "You're acting like a child!"

"Now everyone. Let's all just..." Miraitsuki was about to say something, but Future Yotsuba silenced her with a single finger.

"Me? Act like a child? Why do you say that Miku, when I've done more than double your resume? Why should I even to your opinion? Come talk to me when dinner's ready, oh wait; it'd be a slaughter if you made dinner." Those words, that arrogance, all of them came from future Yotsuba's laughing mouth.

"Hey, calm down." Miraichika put her hand on Miraitsuba's shoulder. "That's enough from you. You should know better, Yotsuba."

"Know better? That's rich coming from a high-school dropout." The response was quick.

"Guys, can we not fight again?" Miraino says, her head hung low. "Actually, you guys do whatever you want. I'm going home to take care of us."

"I can't believe I have to deal with this again." Miraichika sighed.

"Missing your house in France? Or maybe the getaway in Hawaii?" Miraitsuki comments. "I'm happy for your success, but must you gloat about it?"

"Sorry Itsuki. How's university before all this time travel stuff?" The actress asks. The youngest of the adults begins to fidget.

"Hahaha. Can't pass again? How many tries is this? How many times have you been stuck?" Yotsuba's future had transformed her wanting for individuality into a superiority complex, mixed with a lot of sadism.

"At least you're trying. I'm still..." Miraiku couldn't finish her thoughts.

"This...is our future?" Nino hides herself away, unwilling to listen anymore. "We're even further apart, compared to now. Is it really hopeless?" With those words, even though she was well on her way home, Miraino had suddenly gained a nihilistic mindset with what her teen self had witnessed.

"We need to do something. This is bad." Shotarou clutched his pencil while whispering to the other children. "I'm unemployed and you're all fighting."

"It's not just Yotsuba, teen Nino and teen me seem to not be getting along." Lolichika sighed as Lolitsuba walked past her to ask Fuutarou a question about the problem sheets.

"I wish mom were here. She'd know how to keep us together." Lolitsuki said, stifling back tears. It was at that moment that someone returned home, her eyes devoid of hope or any drive. "Welcome home Miraino."

"Yeah...home." Miraino looked at the kids and smiled. It was a smile of someone that had a pleasant memory pop into their mind. "I wish we could go back to that." She murmured as she sat by the young quints, silently drifting her arms towards Lolitsuba and Lolichika. "What've you guys been up to while we were gone?"

"Actually, adult me, there's something we need to tell you. Let's go to our room." Lolino sighed.

"So that's why we suddenly forgot him. What was his name again, Uesugi Fuutarou." Miraino said.

"We forget about Uesugi-kun?" Lolitsuki asks.

"There was nothing really remarkable about him. All he did was tutor us. But that stopped once second year ended." Miraino said. "Honestly, since you changed the timeline, I'm really mad at you. It's just pointless to be mad about it now, since we can't do anything about it. It's hopeless."

"I guess without my tutoring, you guys became idiots except for Yotsuba, huh?" Shotarou said before the girls pelted him with pillows. "It's true. Miraino didn't even put two and two together. Since we changed it once, we can change it again."

"You're right, but what's the point. I doubt the original timeline is even better..."

"Well, it looked like we got along better before we changed things." Loliku chimed in. "Plus, each of us seemed happy with our jobs and stuff."

"Oh, so the original Miku and Itsuki weren't unemployed. How cute..." Miraino sounded melancholic.

"What exactly happened in this timeline, future me?" Lolino asked.

"Well, you said it all happened after Kurobara. For some reason, four of us wanted to transfer out; that's probably what you did but I don't really remember the exact details. Uesugi-san was hired as our tutor after that. He came over and Yotsuba told us that the two of them met in Kyoto. Since then, the two of them had a rivalry of some sorts, at first it was just one sided but then..." Miraino sighed.

"What happened?" Shotarou asked, listening on the edge of his seat.

"It's probably not important. Anyway, at first everyone was against him. Then Miku started to let him in, something about snot and tea. After that, I got into a fight with Miku, but he talked to me about it. I think..." Miraino stopped. "I think after that, came the fireworks festival. Even though I planned everything, Yotsuba still wouldn't go with us. I guess I was in such a bad mood that I didn't even notice Ichika go missing."

"What...what did I do?"

"You ditched us to go to an audition."

"I'm sorry." Lolichika bowed her head, feeling Miraino place her hand on the child's shoulders.

"It's okay. Back to the festival, where was I? Right, Uesugi-san went to get her, but he didn't come back. A few weeks later, I found out that he helped Ichika at the audition. Even after hearing about our tradition and saying that it wasn't right for her to not be there, he still helped her ditch."

"That's horrible. Shame on you Uesugi-kun!" Lolitsuki began pummeling Shotarou with a pillow.

"Well, after that came midterms. He got fired over the phone right in front of us. Then Miku and Itsuki offered to keep him around for his sister's sake. After that was the school trip to the mountains. It was pretty uneventful, his test of courage wasn't even scary. The only thing was, he was sick. Luckily none of us caught it." Miraino sighed.

"Then after that is where we are now. Ichika left to focus more on her job than studying, Yotsuba didn't need to, Itsuki and Miku both got won over before this point so they studied. And I didn't really care. Either way, we all failed. Uesugi-kun quit after that, probably because he felt guilty for failing twice. So, we had our winter break."

"Did we have a happy Christmas, at least?" Lolino asked.

"It was memorable, but it wasn't happy. Ichika, out of nowhere, said that she was going to drop out before classes resumed. She also said that she wanted to move out, to be a bit more independent. We couldn't stop her, she had already made up her mind." Tears started flowing from the story teller. "Then...we just kinda fell apart. We didn't pass the final exams, even with a replacement tutor. Miku and Itsuki kept visiting him and talking to him in class, but even that stopped eventually. The three of us got held back year after year. I was lucky to find work at a nearby cake shop and I used that to support myself after I dropped out. The other two..." She felt small hands clasp hers.

"We're changing that. We're definitely changing that future." Shotarou said. "We just need to find a way to get Yotsuba to transfer with you guys, right? I have an idea!" He said, a devilish grin curling on his face.

"Hey, teen me. Come here for a bit!" Shotarou called out, heading for the bathroom. Fuutarou entered after him.

"What is it?"

"How are things with you and Yotsuba-san?"

"That girl! She's arrogant and vindictive. She's been getting in my way since day one!" Fuutarou snapped. His emotions built up like a shaken soda can. "And when I do make progress, she can make everyone stop studying by ruining their mood!"

"Yikes! But hey, imagine if you were teaching Yotsuba-san."

"What do you mean, she's in Kurobara?"

"You have Lolitsuba. Convince her to transfer with the others and you'll be able to teach without her getting in the way."

And so the Uesugis did just that. "Hey, I'm going to high-school in Asahiyama, join me there once I get smart and we can learn together." from Shotarou helped.

"When is that?"

"I started getting perfect scores by the end of first year. Second year seems fine. Join your sisters when they transfer over." Fuutarou said.

"Ugh...I have to go with them? But if Fuutarou-kun and I will be studying together...fine." Lolitsuba said.

"That...that seemed too easy." Shotarou said as the teens all grabbed their heads.

"Did it work? What do you remember Miraino-san?" Shotarou asked.

"Fuutarou-kuuuuun!" Yotsuba came rushing in, trapping Fuutarou in her arms. "Come on, let's go on a date!"

"Yotsuba, we have to study. Your sisters are going to fail the next exams."

"Oh come on! It's always studying with you, learn to have fun!" She retorted, pecking him on the cheek. The other teens looked with slight annoyance.

"Uesugi-kun was hired to be our tutor, not your toy. Let him do his job Yotsuba." Miku said. Her tone, her posture all showed that of a student and nothing more.

"I agree. You should join us too. Maybe you'll beat him." Itsuki added.

"Ah. After we transferred schools, Yotsuba instantly confessed about Kyoto. The two of them got really close, even during study sessions. Sometimes, Yotsuba would pull him away for herself instead of letting him teach. As a result, only Yotsuba advanced to the third year out of us." Miraino told the kids. "Once we had finished high-school after being held back, Yotsuba and Uesugi-kun were married. Yotsuba moved away and stopped keeping in touch."

"Instead of a superiority complex, she's become selfish and kept him to herself. She also, apparently, wants nothing to do with us in both timelines." Lolitsuki notes.

"So, we need to get her to stop being selfish and to stop putting distance between us." Loliku walks up to Lolitsuba.

"Why does she want to put distance between us though?"

"She wants to be different. She told me once they got to third year. Everything she did, the ribbon, the studying, the sports; everything was to stand out." Miraino notes. "It was something she was proud of; being different from us."

"I wonder what happened in the original timeline that humbled her." Lolino thought aloud.

A/N: I'm confusing myself with this one. So as a baseline and guide for myself, here are some rules.

Who keeps their memories?

Kids keep the memories of everything (including conversations with future selves), regardless of any changes in the timeline. They wouldn't be affected since they are the cause.

Teens and adults lose memories based on events. If a change affects something after current point in time (7 goodbyes here) then teens would remember conversations with future and past selves, otherwise the conversation would be forgotten.

Help, this is complicated.