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Let's get back into your irregularly scheduled Nino-ing... Yeah just read the chapter man lmao

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It's been a few days since the end of the Field Trip, a Friday to be specific. Fuutaro had been in the hospital recovering for the past few days and everyone visited him repeatedly even if he wanted us to leave him be.

Now he'd made a full recovery and had the girls back on study mode.

You and Nino broke the news to everyone that you were now officially dating. There reactions were something like this:

Ichika: "Took you long enough, I guess I can't tease you as much now Y/N, but, make sure to take care of my little sister for me" she said in her usually playful nature.

Miku: "Nice going" Simple and she gave you expectant eyes, so you knew you would have to up your own wingman game for Miku's sake.

Yotsuba: "What! No way! I'm so happy for you guys, Nino you're so mature! and Y/N! you better take care of her!" Yotsuba echoed as she immediately hugged the both of you.

Itsuki: "...Congratulations" Her reaction was pretty flat.

Fuutaro: "So you actually did it, good for you. But! Don't let it get in the way of your studies, both of you!" He boomed as he basically ordered us to do so, well at least he didn't have a problem, not that Nino would care, as soon as Fuutaro felt better she immediately went back to bickering with him almost daily.

Kaito: "Oh, ya grew some balls, good shit man! Sorry for hittin' on her when we first met" he said apologetically, Kaito was someone you talked to almost everyday now that you sorted out your issues. And apparently he hit on her, never knew that until now....

Regardless, it looked like everyone was pretty accepting so that was good you thought to yourself as you reminisced. Time was ticking however, so standing up and flushing the toilet you were previously sitting on, you cleaned yourself up and headed out out into the apartment.

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Another chill after school study session at the Pentagon, it felt like a lifetime since you'd last been here.

Honestly, you still could barely process the fact that you and Nino were dating now, how did this all end up so good, there must have been an angel looking after you or something.

"Y/N, are you ready?" you hear a voice call from downstairs as you're lost in thought standing upstairs.

You quickly leant over the upstairs balcony, "Yeah, I'll be right there" you waved.

Down below were all the quintuplets and Fuutaro, waiting for you to get back from your toilet break you'd just taken.

"Took you a while Y/N" Ichika playfully teased.

"Shut up, I don't wanna hear that from the person we had to drag out of bed today"

"I'm surprised you were that bold! Considering, you know..." Ichika turned in the direction of Nino who was sitting cross armed on the sofa, impatiently waiting for you to sit next to her again.

"She didn't have a problem with it, right babe?" you nudged her playfully as you took your seat next to her.

Nino didn't seem to get as embarrassed around you anymore and she was more comfortable just being herself without worrying what you thought of her, you liked this change, as much as you did adore her Tsundere tendencies.

"Why would I approve of you seeing my sister naked?"

"She was covered by a blanket so she wasn't naked...." you said under your breath

She gave you a glaring side-eye as everyone else erupted into laughter.

"Can we please get back to studying?" Fuutaro sighed.

"Yeaaaaaaah" Everyone said in return.

Finally having everyone willing to studying was great, it saved a bunch of hassle and with Nino and Itsuki now permanent study members because of you, you even got an ego boost out of it.

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After a few meticulous hours of studying, you decide to all pack it up for the day. Or night you should say as it was now 9pm.

The girls all looked equally exhausted but so were you and Fuutaro, finally having everyone listening was great but god did it take a lot out of the both of you.

"I'm gonna head home" Fuutaro said as he packed his bag.

"Already? But we just finished?" Yotsuba pointed out.

"Well, Raiha needs help for some school project so I have to be there at some point before she falls asleep and it's getting late for her standards"

"I see.." Yotsuba frowned, her ribbons drooping like rabbit ears as well. She pivoted towards you "Y/N, what about you? do you wanna stay?" her eyes full of hope.

You scratched the back of your neck, "Sure, I can stay for a while it's no problem"

"Yay!" Yotsuba cheered as her smile and her ribbons perked right up. Her joy was like a radiating sun, you were glad this rag-tag group had someone like her in it.

"You gonna be alright getting home dude, I can call you a cab if you want" you offered Fuutaro as you walked him to the door of the apartment.

"I'll be fine" he reassured. "I thought you said I wasn't your priority if you started dating Nino"

"Well yeah but it's not like I'm not gonna care for you at all, you're still my best friend"

"Ditto"

"Surprised you know that term, do you even know what Ditto is?"

"it's a Pokey-man thing right?" he bluntly said.

You facepalmed at the words that just came out of his mouth.

"Remind me one day to educate you on the ways of the Video Game world, I can't have you go on like this man..."

"Don't be an idiot, that's stuff's just a waste of tim-"

"Heyyyyyyy!"

Fuutaro was cut off by a third party and thank god he was because you were gonna punch him if he finished that sentence

Nino wrapped her arms around your waist and propped her head on your shoulder.

"How long are you gonna take?, c'monnnn" she whined. "And you! Shouldn't you have left already!?" she barked at Fuutaro.

"Yeah yeah whatever, anyways, goodbye Y/N" Fuutaro said as we fist-bumped.

Nino pulled down her eye and stuck her tongue out at him as he walked out. She quickly closed the door behind him.

"Real mature" you said folding your arms and walking back to the sofa.

"Is it wrong for a girlfriend to want to spend time with her boyfriend?" she rhetorically asked, expecting you to fold.

She made her way over and sat on the sofa with you.

"Not necessarily, but I thought you'd have some patience at least"

"Oh come on, don't be like that!" she said as she pushed her body weight against you. Letting out a small giggle, she grabs your hand and throws it around her shoulder.

"You know you wanna be with me as much as I wanna be with you!" she hummed.

"Never said I didn't babe" you shrugged.

"!" she blushed for a moment before shaking it off. "I'm still not used to the nicknames yet..." she trailed off.

Adorable...

"So has your dad called back yet? He said he'd call sometime soon right?" she continued

"Nah, knowing him he either forgot, isn't coming or is waiting in my house already. But he should call me in the next few days"

"Can I meet him?" she asked, eyes full of sparkles.

"Maybe, we'll have to see what happens. He moves around a lot so I doubt even I'll get to see him for long"

"Hmmmmm" Nino hummed.

"What?"

"Nothing, I'm just thinking of the day I'll have to meet your family" she playfully said as she one of her legs over yours.

"I mean, the only person you'll meet is my dad"

"Still, I'm excited" she said as she snuggled against your chest.

Yotsuba was awkwardly standing by the living room this entire time since Nino dragged you away from the door.

"Hey Yots, you okay?"

"I-I'm fine, what makes you ask?"

"I dunno, you just look really uncomfortable"

"It's because Yotsuba has no clue about love" Nino bluntly put as she pushed her face against yours.

"Oooohhhh" you said with a surprised look. "Yotsuba, you've never had a crush or anything?"

Yotsuba furiously shook her head in denial.

"No way! I've never had something like that, or even close to anything Nino and you have!"

"What about someone like Fuutaro?" you joked.

Nino's eyes almost burst out of her sockets at the mere mention of his name.

"No, I won't let that creep taint one of my sisters!" she protested. She didn't even Yotsuba get a word in...

"Didn't you say you had a bit of care for him now?"

"That was when he was ill, if he's healthy, so is my hatred of him" she pouted.

Both you and Yotsuba awkwardly chuckled at her response.

Entering the scene from the sound of a door opening upstairs was none other than Itsuki, which was perfect timing.

"Yo, Itsuki, are we still going out Tomorrow?" you called out as she walked down the stairs.

"You're going out with her?" Nino raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, a long while ago I said I'd treat her to lunch, but it's been so busy lately that we haven't had the time but now I thought would be a good time as nothing much is going on"

Nino continued to stare at you.

"What? Do I need your permission?" you sarcastically said as you stared back at her.

"No, if that's what you want to do then you're free to do so, I trust you"

Itsuki was awkwardly standing next to the sofa by this point as she couldn't get a word in on that little exchange.

"You heard her, you still good to go?" you ask.

"Sure, what time do you want to go?"

"I'll come here at around 11am, that should give us both enough time, right?"

Itsuki nodded in response and made her way to the kitchen, presumably to get an evening snack. She'd been a little more reserved when others were around lately but she acted as normal when it was just the two of you. Something had definitely developed for her recently and you were praying that they weren't any kind of romantic feelings. It would just be an awkward discussion that you frankly couldn't be bothered to have.

As much as you hated to, you swept Nino's legs off of yours, earning your a questioning look from your girlfriend, you flashed her a smile in return and stood up, stretching your back as you did.

"Are you going somewhere?" Nino asked

"I wanna go and talk to your sisters for a bit, it's been a minute since I've caught up with Ichika and Miku. Once I've done that I'm all yours"

Nino sighed and let out a small chuckle. "Fine, I'll let you off of the leash, I'll make something for us to eat considering you haven't had dinner today" Nino sweetly offered. Your heart swelled at the amount of love and appreciation your felt towards her.

You gave her a small kiss on the cheek and left to head upstairs for Ichika's room.

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Knocking in the same rhythmic fashion that you always did, you heard a reply from the other side of the door.

"Come In!" Ichika sung.

Opening the door before you greeted you with a sight that for some reason was no surprise to you.

"Yo, are you naked?"

"Y/N, I thought it might be one of my sisters!" Ichika responded sleepily from under her covers.

"You know my knock by now dumbass, so if anything you wanted me to see you like this"

"That's not true..." she pouted as she popped her head out from under the covers. "So why come here anyway, if my little sister not treating you right?, do you want to be comforted by big sis instead?" she teased as she usually did. Ichika was always jokingly trying to urge you on, you could tell she didn't have any genuine romantic interest in you, it was just a gut feeling but you didn't really care. Now that Nino was yours, no girl even crossed your mind in a romantic way.

"If you're offering comfort, I'm not gonna reject it"

"Oh, already cheating on my sister huh?" she said as she sat up, doing a sloppy job at covering her chest.

"It's just comfort, plus I know you don't see me in that light so there's no problem"

"And how can you be so sure?" she leaned forward, getting dangerously close to exposing a certain part of her chest.

"Because as much of a dumbass as you are, I know you still have some semblance of common sense to not hurt your sister, right?" you say as you sit on her bed.

Ichika had a small smile appear on her face. "You really are an interesting guy Y/N, it's interesting to wonder how that brain of yours works"

"If that's how you view me I'm not going to object, but I just came here to catch up with you, we haven't had a 1 on 1 talk in a while"

Ichika stretched out her arms. "Hey, can you give me a massage?" she randomly inquired.

"A Massage?"

"Yeah, I feel like you'd be good, maybe that's just my big sister intuition talking but I think it's true"

"And what do I get out of it?"

"A Special favour from me" she winked.

"I'm dating your sister, so I'm not gonna betray her for some dumb favour"

"Who said it was going to be that type of favour...?" Ichika sneered.

"Just lie on your stomach already, we can catch up while I do this, and you better think of a worthwhile reward!" you ordered.

"Yes, sir." she responded in a cutesy voice before shifting over her covers and laying flat on her stomach before you. She wrapped the blanket over her lower half, not leaving anything below her hips exposed.

Naturally, you hesitated for a moment. "What? can you not handle this? Nino would go further than I do you know..." she teased again.

Rolling up your sleeves and attempting to lock your hormones in a cage, you delicately placed your hands on Ichika's back. It was a smooth surface, with her fair skin and exceptional proportions, you were currently in situation most guys could only dream of or write stories about.

The Monkeys in your head had started to stir up some noise, but nowhere near as much as they did for Nino. It was safe to say as hot as Ichika was, the same spark that you had with Nino definitely wasn't there which made you audibly sigh in relief.

"Are you just gonna keep your hands there forever?" Ichika said as she scrolled through her phone with her free hands.

"You seem pretty eager for me to touch your all over, are you sure you're not going to enjoy this more than you're letting on?" you replied with a tad of snarkiness.

Ichika went silent for a moment, seemingly caught off guard by your statement, but eventually let out a small giggle.

You took that as a sign to begin, so you began to run your hands up and down her back. If anyone walked into the room right now, this would be a very weird situation to explain.

"So how's your relationship going?" she asked, clearly enjoying this borderline royal treatment you were giving her.

"It's going good, If anything we act how we did before but we're more honest"

"Really?

"Yeah, by the way is there anywhere specific you want me to massage?" you ask.

"My Lower back's been killing me lately so I'd appreciate it if you could sort that out"

"Sure"

"Just make sure not to let those hands go too far down" she winked. Even though you couldn't see her face you just felt the smug energy she was outputting"

Ichika yawned as she rested her head on her arms once again. The yawn was rather drawn out and fake sounding, these sisters were too easy to read sometimes...

"Ichika, is something bothering you?" you say as you drive your fingers into her back muscles.

"What makes you think there is?"

"That yawn was a terrible fake for someone who's an actress of your calibre, so what is it? Met the boy of your dreams up on the stage?"

"No, nothing like that's happened" she hummed

"So it's Fuutaro then"

"What!?" Ichika raises herself and turns towards you, almost exposing herself.

"Well that's a bigger reaction than I expected" you laughed.

Ichika sunk her head back into her bed. "How could you tell...?"

"I couldn't really, I just threw out his name because I had some suspicions but you took the bait pretty easily" you smiled as you felt a crack in her lower back. Ichika let out a very quiet moan which took you off guard for a split second.

Her lack of on answer lead you to believe you were right on the money.

"Your silence only makes it more clear big sis" you teased.

"Well you got me, I guess I do..."

"You guess?"

"No I know..."

"But you also know that Miku likes him too right?"

"Mmhmm..." she said, her voice muffled as it was pressed against her bed.

"So what's your play?"

"I don't know Y/N, I just don't know..."

Her words were full of dread, it must suck to be in that kind of situation... Ok maybe that's a bit insensitive...

"I think whatever you'll decide to do will be the right decision"

"What do you mean?"

"You're the oldest, so naturally you hold the most responsibility in a sense, you wouldn't jeopardise your relationship with your sisters for a guy, you have to be the one to look out for them"

"So what, do I just try and cast away my feelings?" she sighed.

"I never said that, you're feeding yourself sentences that don't exist. If you like him, you like him, simple as. Pursue him by all means, but It's not going to be a straightforward road"

"I should pay you to be my therapist" she laughed as you removed your hands from her back.

"If the pays good, sign me up." you joked.

Ichika sat up and wrapped herself up in a blanket.

"You want a shirt?" you offer, picking up a random white t-shirt out of her wasteland of a room.

"Nah it's okay, when you leave I'll probably go back to sleep"

"In that case, I'll leave you be, Goodnight big sis"

"Goodnight Y/N" She cheerily responds as she flops back down into bed.

The door closes behind you.

"Nino sure is a lucky girl to have a guy like him..."

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"Hey, Y/N Miku's down here now some come back downstairs!" you hear Nino call out to you, presumably from the Kitchen.

Quickly you make your way downstairs just to see Nino and Miku in the kitchen, casually talking between one another.

"There you are Miku" you say as you approach the both of them

"Y/N-"

"Y/N!" Nino cheers as she leaps into your arms, plants a firm kiss on your lips and snuggles into your chest in a matter of seconds. She cut Miku off completely.

"Gross" Miku coldly stated.

"Huh! Who's Gross?" Nino retorted. Ah shit, here we go again...

"Miku, just because you don't have what me and Y/N have, doesn't mean you have to act jealous!" Nino said as she proudly boasted about dating you. It seemed to be a habit of hers to show you off now, maybe this dating thing was inflating her ego...

"I'm not jealous in the slightest" Miku coldly replies.

"I'm not sure if I should feel offended by that..." you murmur.

"Don't be baby! You're perfect" Nino sweetly turned to you and said. "As for you, don't make my boyfriend feel bad about himself!" She barked at Miku in stark contrast to how she just addressed you.

"Still gross..." Miku sniggered.

Nino was getting visibly heated now, it seemed Miku was really becoming Nino's biggest tormenter.

"Alright, both of you shut up." you demand as you flick both of their foreheads simultaneously. That made them go quiet on the spot.

"You two are such a pain when you're together, you know that?" you sigh.

There was a charred piece of food? on the table that you'd just now noticed.

"What the hell is that?" you pointed to the sad creation in front of you.

Miku frowned and swiftly picked it up and dumped it in the bin. "That was a cookie" she solemnly said.

"Really, I thought it was volcanic rock" you gasped.

"She's trying to learn how to cook, but even with my teaching she's hopeless" Nino scoffed. "As soon as I began to make you a dinner she persisted to be taught, so all we got were empty stomachs and disappointment."

"Okay first off, babe that was way too harsh plus I don't care too much about dinner and Second, Miku you're learning to cook? Isn't Nino the designated chef at this point, what's your goal?"

Miku shyly looks away from you both and only then it hits you why she's doing this. The best way to a man's heart is through his stomach, apparently.

"Oh, is this something you can't share sis?" Nino's tone became irritatingly cheerful.

"It's none of your business" Miku coldly snapped back.

"Shut Up! Why do-"

"Alright, that's enough" You say as you grab Nino around her waist, stopping her lips from moving.

Nino accepted your embrace as you turned your attention to Miku.

"We're gonna go up to her room, I'll talk to you later Miku and good luck with the cooking" you waved as Nino tightly clings to you as you shuffle towards the stairs.

"Don't do anything too extreme with my sister" You hear Miku call out as you're halfway up the staircase.

"Oh, is that how you wanna play this game?" you raise an eyebrow at her.

"N-No... have fun." she weakly replies.

Letting out a small laugh, you arrive at Nino's room.

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Nino opened the door and leapt inside, you followed and turned around to shut the door behind you both. It was around 9.45pm now so you only intended to stay for a little while longer, but might as make that some private time with her.

"So-" immediately you were interrupted by Nino throwing herself at you and pinning you against the door with her body. Her level of physical contact was unmatched with anyone else you'd ever met in your life.

"After you go out with Itsuki tomorrow, we're going on a date!" she demanded, staring directly into your eyes in the intimidatingly playful way she usually did when she wanted something.

"I'm gonna be tired as shit after going out tomorrow, I can always just hang out like usual"

"Fine, but you need to take me out on a date soon" she pouted.

"I know, I know, I don't intend to break a promise, especially not to you."

Nino released you and waltzed over to her bed, letting out a huff and flopping face first into her pillow. Damn, her ass had recoil when she hit the bed....

Snapping yourself free of those un-wholesome thoughts, you opened up Nino's closet, and scrummaged about with the hangers. She heard you rustling and quickly sat up.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"I wanted to see if you still had my hoodie, but it's not here..." you realise.

Nino was now sitting on top of her pillow with her hands covering the sides of the pillow that had been pushed up by her body weight.

"..." you stared at her for a moment.

"..." she looked directly back at you, already knowing what you were thinking.

"So that's where it is"

"I-I don't know what you mean..." she nervously replied.

A sense of terror creeps on her face as she sees a smirk begin to form on yours.

You dive at Nino, aiming for the pillow she was currently sitting on. She tries to catch you and throw you over onto the bed, which surprisingly worked and you both tossed and turned on top of the bed as you tried to outstretch your arm to the pillow.

Nino had currently straddling you in your current position so she managed to pull your arm back. As a counter, you reached your hand up to her sides and began to tickle her. Surprisingly Nino was very ticklish.

"Ah-Hahaha- Stop!!!" she cried in hysterics as you destroyed her sides.

That gave you enough of a window to reach over for the pillow and dramatically throw it across the room.

Underneath was a familiar red hoodie that you'd left here a while ago.

You held it up like a trophy. Smiling smugly at your girlfriend who'd just recovered from her laughter.

"I thought that would be here"

"I-Idiot!" she cried as she lunged at you, toppling you over against the bed.

Laying there and hearing her heartbeat against your chest, her breath on you neck and her warmth so close felt so comforting that you wrapped her into a hug. She reciprocated.

"I love you" she quietly said.

"I Love you too"

"Stay the night...."

"I told you, I have things to do and I have to prepare for tomorrow, another time babe"

Obviously frustrated, she hugged a bit tighter, but didn't contest what you said.

"Stay for a bit longer tonight then.."

You looked at a clock on Nino's wall, apparently you'd been laying together longer than you though as it was now 9:58pm.

The feeling of not wanting to let her go took over. Going home could wait a bit longer, it wasn't like your house was going anywhere. You looked at how content she looked pressed against you. It made a smile appear on your face.

"Okay, I guess I can stay for a bit longer..."

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Sorry for the wait, I initially meant for the chapter to release a few weeks ago.

But the Uruha Rushia news hit me like a truck, I genuinely haven't felt that terrible in years, she was the Vtuber that got me into the rabbit hole in the first place and if it weren't for her I wouldn't have found Towa and Aqua too, Rushia was always in my top 2 though and seeing her get terminated was just a huge blow to my mental health as dumb as it sounds. But I think I'm over it now so I can continue writing again.

Also THANK YOU for 1k Total Votes/Stars/Whatever its called. As I always say, your support has meant a lot to me over the past 6 months so it makes me happy to see people still enjoying the series.

Bit of a chill chapter this time, I'm still working on the DDLC story, that's got 1 chapter done and I started a Rushia story on the day of her termination but I don't know if I have the heart to finish it. Maybe one day because it already has about 1K words lmao. I do wanna eventually release some kind of Hololive book but I'm not sure how to go about it.

Anyway I hope your lives are going well, if not then I hope things start going your way soon. Strive to be a better person than you were yesterday! Take care of yourselves guys and have a damn good day!