Not much to say here, for once I'm writing this section after I've written the chapter, this has been one of my favourites to do.

Time for the first....... with Nino

Enjoy :)

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"Miku, Is that you"

You instantly recognised that voice was Nino and when you looked in the direction it came from, you saw heaven.

Nino was in nothing but a towel, probably fresh out of the shower so her skin was still shiny, as she was in the middle of drying her hair. She stood up from the sofa and faced the entrance. The towel she was wearing only covered from her breasts to her ass but HOLY SHI-, you internally melted at the sight, it took all of your willpower to speak and not just let your eyes consume the beauty that was in front of you.

"Nino, it's not Miku it's me, Y/N, I came back to get my earbuds"

"Y/N!" she put down the hair dryer and got defensive instantly, understandably so. "Don't you dare look this way you creep"

"Don't worry, I respect you enough to not look, but can't you see that I'm not looking?"

"I don't have my contacts in, they're over on this shelf. She wanders over to a nearby shelf and aimlessly fumbles around with it trying to find her contacts. While she does that, you go over to the table Itsuki was sitting at and find your earbuds neatly placed there. She probably just forgot to mention that she left them there before you left but, no harm done at least. You start heading towards the door to leave

"Alright Nino, I got my earbuds, so I'm getting out of here" You noticed she was still fumbling around with the shelf, when some dangerously placed were starting to topple over towards her.

"NINO!" you screamed, as a barrage of books fell down directly above her. You managed to get in-between her and the books, acting as a shield, however the corner of one hit you directly on the forehead, just before you completely turned around to let your back block the onslaught.

"Kya-!"

You held onto Nino as she slipped and fell towards the floor, you quickly put a hand behind her head to catch her, but you fell on top of her in typical anime fashion.

"Shit, Nino! are you okay?" you ask still on top of her. A hand crushed between her hair and the floor and the other around her waist from when you tried to catch her.

She was completely red in the face and breathless, she can't form her words. But she was so close she could make out the panic on your face, and also the blood dripping down your forehead. She felt amazing to the touch too, and smelt like a fresh raspberry flavoured shampoo, which you thought was fitting for her.

"Just what is going on here" Itsuki boomed, as her and all of the sisters came downstairs reacting to the scream they had just heard. You flinched and snapped out of your trance. You cleared your throat and moved off of Nino, standing back up. You went to lift her up too.

"Stop, Don't Touch her or I'm calling the Police" Miku said, phone in hand

Shit, this was a really bad situation, you had to tread carefully, or you may never get to walk the streets again. You stood up away from Nino, hands visible in a surrendering position.

"Y/N..." Yotsuba sounded heartbroken, it was painful for you to listen to.

"I can explain everything, you said still facing away from them, towards the door"

"I don't think there would be any way for you to get out of this" Itsuki echoed, her voice carried a surprising amount of power when it needed to, fit for a teacher.

Ichika moves over to help Nino stand up, who's still in shock and looking at you wide-eyed, her heart practically beating out of her chest.

Itsuki continued "First, you come into this house uninvited at the very beginning when you're not even supposed to be our tutor, Second, you bring yourself back here in the night and enter our apartment, with no permission, and Third!" she's practically shouting at this point, it's becoming too much for you to take, you can feel your body heat start to rise." Third! You sexually assault my sister, what is wrong with yo-"

"I WOULD NEVER!" you turned around to face them with an expression mixed with grave sadness and resentment. The girls gasped as there was a thick stream of blood starting at the middle of your forehead, that was flowing down your face, splitting into two streams that went down either side of your face as they hit the top of your nose. You hadn't even noticed the bleeding. You look at the girls desperately as they look at you in disbelief, "I Would Never do that to a girl, that would go against everything I've done in my life up until this point", You don't know why you felt it necessary to add that last part, it was just the truth.

"H-He's telling the truth!" You hear Nino plead "He didn't do anything like that to me" she said, placing her contacts in her eyes that Ichika had grabbed for her. Nino ran over towards you, still in only a towel. "Itsuki, can't you see the pile of books on the floor? he shielded me from all of them, if it weren't for him I could have seriously gotten hurt". Hearing Nino like this was also painful, you had caused all of this to happen and felt terrible.

"Is that true Y/N?" asked Itsuki quietly

You simply nod in agreement, only now feeling the blood running down your face.

"Y/N, you're bleeding, sit down, I'm going to get changed and then take care of it for you." Nino commanded, already on her way upstairs. You heard her bedroom door slam shut. Ichika silently took Miku and Yotsuba upstairs and into their respective rooms before giving you one last look over the balcony before also entering her room.

"Y/N... I'm sorry" Itsuki whimpered. You simply didn't respond, at that current moment, you only wanted to be around Nino, you didn't care who else tried to talk to you. You were emotionally drained, it happened to you a lot in your childhood and you would just shut yourself out from everyone around you. Defeated in her efforts, Itsuki headed back upstairs into her room. You heard another door click shortly after and saw Nino coming back downstairs in the tracksuit she had bought previously, she looked as amazing now as she did back then. She headed for the sink and filled up a cup of water as well as bringing a damp cloth over to you.

"Y/N, turn this way" she said sweetly, you complied and turned her way sitting on the edge of the sofa as she was kneeling just before your legs, reaching up to clean your face. Your chest was pounding and you couldn't look her in the eyes. She took notice.

"Hey, what's wrong", she was stroking your hair before coming and sitting next to you on the sofa. You could feel the love radiating off of her, it was so strong it almost made you cry, your emotions were all over the place at the moment and she was the only light in the dark. You couldn't answer her question and just kept quiet.

She noticed this behaviour was really unusual for you, the guy who always liked to make fun or tease her, was always talking, and was always positive. She moved right next to you before pulling you in for a hug. This took you by complete surprise and seemed out of character coming from Nino, but it was so needed, you needed her comfort, her love, her everything. Time had slowed down, and your heart was calming, the cloudy, overhanging feeling in your head started to disappear, all because of her. It was safe to say at this point.

You Liked Her.

You push your weight into her during the hug.

"H-Hey", you both crash down on the sofa, now laying next to each other, cuddling.

You both just lay there, in each others arms, neither of you saying a word, just enjoying the others embrace for a few minutes, before you stand up.

"Y/N where are you going?"

"I still have to go home Nino, but," your eyes wandered to meet hers

"Thank You"

After that you simply gave her a warm smile and left, it was very sudden, but you were losing control of your emotions, which has never ended good anytime throughout your life.

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Third Person Perspective

Nino sat there in silence, longingly staring at the door, where you were just mere seconds ago. Without a word, she got up and proceeded to the books that had fallen on the floor, picking each one up and placing it back on the shelf where it belonged. Still keeping totally silent, she went upstairs into her room, shutting the door behind her as she entered.

She placed a hand on her chest and slid her back down the door until she hit the floor. Tonight caused an emotional override inside her and she couldn't get you out of her mind. The way you called out her name, the way you ran in front of her to protect her, the way you looked after taking a hit and keeping her safe, the way you acted when being accused, and the way you felt after your hug. Her senses were in overload and her chest wouldn't stop beating, it kept her awake as she got into bed and tried to sleep. After calming down somewhat, the fatigue from todays events caught up to her and she peacefully started to drift off to sleep.

"That..... Idiot...."

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4 Days had passed since your fateful encounter with Nino that night, the awkwardness between you and her was squashed throughout the week and you were both back to your usual ways, teasing and poking fun at each other.

Itsuki apologised to you in school excessively the next day, which you thought was cute, you weren't mad at her and you two cleared that awkward air up. Miku also apologised for the threat of calling the police, and you both talked about history figures for a while so you had finally made a connection with her.

It was a Saturday evening and Fuutaro had told you to meet him at the Nakano apartments, you had no clue what he wanted but you decided to go anyway, can't leave a best friend hanging. You arrive at the Pentagon in 25 minutes from leaving, you once again like usual greet the receptionist and security guard. They're a nice couple of people and you seem to surprisingly get along with them. Anyway you make your way up to the 30th floor, the usual routine when you enter

The girls were all huddled around the table doing homework, wearing Yukatas?. You were beyond confused.

"Ah! Y/N Onii-chan" You recognise that voice, It's Raiha, Fuutaro's little sister. The girls all look up from their homework as Raiha jumps into your arms for a hug, you swing her around in a big circle as she giggles in the most cute way a human could imagine. You set her down and pat her head.

"Heya Sport, you look cute in your Yukata" You say to the little ray of sunshine standing before you. "Yo, Fuutaro", you approach him with a fist bump. "Evening Ladies, what are you guys doing" They all seemed reluctant to answer, you sigh and look over at Fuutaro "Explain what's going on"

"They wanted to go to a festival without doing their homework, I'm here because Raiha wanted to go with them too, so to compromise, they can't go to the festival until they finish their homework" He shouted proudly, the girls all rolling their eyes in response.

"Alright Dude, I get it, no need to shout it". I took a seat on the sofa with the girls. "So, why exactly was I called here" you asked, kind of wanting to go home.

"We wanted you to come with us, if Fuutaro and Raiha were coming, we didn't wanna leave you all alone" Yotsuba replied. Hearing that genuinely made you feel happy, it was nice to be remembered

"One of us would have called you ourselves, but none of us have your contact info" Ichika pointed out.

"Oh yeah, here, I'll write my number down and if you want it you can have it". You proceed to look for a pen and paper and you look at Itsuki, "Hey, you mind if I borrow these for a sec?"

"Go for it"

"Thanks". You wrote your number down and left it on the table in front of the girls, Ichika immediately picked up the paper and added your number to her phone. You get a notification on your phone and open it to see a winky face emoji from an unknown number.

"Real smooth Ichika" you deadpanned, earning a laugh from her in response. The girls passed the paper around one by one and eventually they all were in your contacts and set a message so you knew who was who.

Time passed and everyone had finished their homework. So it was time to make your way to the festival.

"Is everyone ready?" Ichika asked us leading the way out of the door.

All of the girls cheered in agreement. You and Fuutaro didn't say anything as neither of you were particularly interested in the festival atmosphere, but you both had your own reasons for attending.

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The festival wasn't too far away from the apartments, it only took 10 minutes to get there. Raiha was clinging to Yotsuba and Itsuki, and Nino was trying to keep the sisters together and keep you and Fuutaro away. You two just kept to the back of the crowd. Fuutaro was trying to keep a good line of sight on Raiha which must have been pretty stressful with the amount of people here. You on the other hand, had your signature earbuds in, and was blasting music to drown out the festivities, you didn't hate the festival per se, just not your kind of atmosphere, too many people.

Nino had made it clear that tonight was for her and her sisters, she saw yourself and

Fuutaro as a nuisance, which you didn't care too much about. After you emotional night with her a few days ago, you let your feelings go somewhat and just decided to ride the Nino train and see what happens.

In the middle of a song, you get a text on your phone and the notification almost blows up your ears. It was from Ichika, . You looked at it and sighed,

Up ahead, the girls had stopped to discuss something with Raiha, you and Fuutaro sat on a nearby bike rack to relax for a second. Nino approached the both of you, getting a good look at her now, she looked really cute in that yukata.

"Why are you guys just sulking over here, you're ruining our aesthetic appeal"

Fuutaro was getting irritated, so once again, you had to defuse the situation. "You told us to keep our distance, and that's what we're doing"

"At least look like your enjoying yourselves, it's not everyday you get to walk around a festival with 5 beautiful girls you know" Ichika interjected, You have no clue where she even appeared from.

You notice one of those punching machines at a stall close to where you currently were, eh might as well. You stood up and stretched, "Oi Fuutaro, hold this for a second" you tossed him your jacket and started walking away.

"Hey!" Nino chased after you "Where do you think you're going" You pointed to the punching machine

"There, you wanna watch me?" Ichika had again appeared out of nowhere when you said that.

"Ooooo sure thing Y/N, C'mon Nino". Even though Nino put up a façade of resistance, you three made your way to the punching machine, leaving Miku and Fuutaro alone for the time being. Little did you know, Ichika was being a double wingman, what a legend.

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There was a man already there, much bigger than you were. He shouted as he hit the punching bag. 789 Points, pretty high.

"789 Points, a new record for the night, does anyone have the strength to beat this absolute Unit?" The stall owner shouted, trying to attract customers

"I'll do it" You said grinning, it had been a while since you didn't have to hold back a punch.

"A confident fighter, what's your name son?"

"Y/N"

"Okay everybody, Y/N here is announcing he will beat our champion's score". The Unit standing in front of you was apparently a regular to this festival when it showed up and had the name Big Bang Attack, Pretty shitty name if you said so yourself, and you did, so it was a pretty shitty name. You stood in front of the punching bag and stretched.

"By the way, what do I get if I beat his score, he's never been beaten before right?"

"No chance you're beating my score you little runt, you aint got nearly enough manpower to be on my plateau" he interrupted. This guy was pissing you off already and he'd been talking for about 6 seconds.

"You are correct sir, you can pick from any one of these prizes" the stall owner gestured towards the desk, there were a range of prizes from, teddy bears, a packet of hanabi sparklers, a copy of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 7 Steel Ball Run Volume 6 and an assortment of other random things, The JoJo manga caught your eye, as you were slowly building your physical manga collection at home, but enough distractions.

You turn back to Nino and Ichika, "You ladies better keep your eyes peeled, watch this"

You positioned yourself accordingly, twisted your body, took a step forward and... "HAAAAAAAAH", landed a extremely solid punch on the bag. Standing back, everyone watched the power counter rise and rise. 300,400,560,710,790, 830, 870, 874. That's where it stopped, that went way better than you thought it would.

The crowd went crazy, so much so that you had to grab Nino and Ichika's hand to keep them close to you. They were both looking at you in shock, neither of them had seen how strong you were up until that point, and it's safe to say that they both looked impressed.

After the cheers died down, you released their hands and turned to the prize table, you ended up picking the Hanabi packet for a reason that would come later in the night. You turn back to the girls who are both slightly blushing, you put your arms in a superhero like pose, against your hips.

"So ladies, shall we?" Ichika immediately caught on and linked her arm with yours, clinging to your side, pressing two soft balloons against you

"C'mon Nino" Ichika insisted

"F-Fine, but don't start getting excited Y/N". Make that four balloons pressing against you.

Nino then proceeded to link her arm with mine, the arm which was holding the Hanabi. You walked past 'Big Bang Attack' with two beautiful girls in tow, you could see the absolute disbelief and jealousy on his face. "Better luck next time Galick Gun", you said with the highest level of chad-ness obtainable by one human being.

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You returned to the meeting spot to see Raiha holding a bag with easily over 20 goldfish in it. You could just feel the complete dread emanating off of Fuutaro, you actually kinda felt bad for him. You approached the group, still linked with Nino and Ichika. All of the others had returned so you three were the last to come back. You looked at Itsuki who was devouring a corndog, she noticed you staring at her and just stared at you back, taking the corndog out of her mouth.

"What?" You both said in unison.

"I like your hair" you say trying to un-awkward the situation

"I like your... arms?", that genuinely made you laugh out loud, Itsuki was fun to talk to. At this point Ichika had unlinked herself from you but Nino still remained, not even realising. Raiha had noticed you were back and skipped towards you both, before stopping in front of you and tilting her head to the side.

"Nino Nee-chan, is Y/N Onii-chan your boyfriend?" That innocence was cutting cruel. Nino had only just realised that she was the only one still tightly clutching your arm after seeing Ichika giggling behind Raiha. You decided you had to play this cool, it would greatly benefit you in the long run most likely. The best way out of this was to just look at Nino and wait for her answer, considering Raiha asked her and not you.

Nino was a tomato-faced mess, but she knew better than to lose her cool at an 11 year old. "N-No Raiha, he's not my b-boyfriend" She was still pressed up against you and could feel her heart almost reaching light speed.

"Raiha, we're not dating" You said calmly, releasing Nino from your arm and kneeling down in front of Raiha, patting her on the head. "I promised I said that I would tell you when I got a girlfriend right?". That was actually true, Raiha was for some reason really invested in your love life and would ask about it every time she saw you, probably because Fuutaro is the CEO of loneliness, so she talks to you about it instead.

"But what were you two doing" Miku asked, "You just disappeared all of a sudden"

"I know, I know" You gestured apologetically, "Me, Nino and Ichika went to go check out a stall really quick"

"Hmm, I guess I'll let you off" Miku was pretty scary when she played judge. Fuutaro also approached you, handing you back the jacket you had left with him. An announcement started to play over the speakers around the festival, informing everyone that the firework display would begin shortly, so the crowd became dense, and swallowed you all.

Everyone panicked as they got separated, You tried to look for Raiha, she was the number one priority here. Luckily you could barely make out Yotsuba grab her hand and hold her to her body keeping her safe as they disappeared into the crowd. You tried to follow them when you heard someone calling out the names of the sisters, but it was being muffled by the movement of everyone. You parted the crowd to see who other than little miss ribbons herself getting pushed around in the crowd. You reach out to her and grab her wrist.

"Nino!" You let out a deep breath, standing her back up. "you alright?"

"Y/N!" she looked relieved to see you, but it typical Tsundere fashion, her expression changed to anger and she ripped your hand away from her. "No it's not alright, this night might be ruined, we were supposed to watch the fireworks together, all of us sisters"

"Did you guys have a meet-up point? I'll take you there"

"I rented out a rooftop of a building, but no one besides me knows where it is because I was planning to surprise everybody"

You could hear her voice shaking a little bit, you decide to gesture an open palm towards her.

"Alright, take me to the building" you insisted

"mhmm" she mumbled, holding onto your hand tight.

She told you the direction it was and you pushed through the crowd, holding onto her tightly so she wouldn't get lost. After about 5 minutes of walking you made your way to the building and arrived on the rooftop. The fireworks had begun as soon as you both got up there.

"You tried calling any of them?"

"No you idiot, we only just got here, when would I have had time to call them."

Fair Point. You leaned over the edge of the rooftop, seeing if you could spot any of the girls in the crowd, Yeah, like that was going to happen, you hear Nino dial her sisters repeatedly, not getting a single answer, her angry expression from a few seconds ago turned to complete despair. It hurt you to see. You take your eyes off of the neon sky that was littered with pretty displays of fireworks, and turn to Nino.

"I'll go and find them"

She jumps, probably too anxious to remember you were standing next to her.

"I'll go looking through the crowds and I promise you that I'll find them" You shout, walking to the door leading back down from the rooftop. Nino looks at your back, longingly, almost like she's in a trance. Just before you reach the door, she snaps out of it and shouts to you:

"Y/N". You turn, to see her clutching her phone against her chest, tears in her eyes. She looked beautiful.

"Why are you doing all of this for us?!" she takes a step closer "why are you doing all of this for me...?" her words trailed off.

You don't answer the question directly and instead look into her eyes and give a warm, reassuring smile. Before putting your serious face back on and heading downstairs on a mission to find the other quints.

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Maybe I should have put the festival into one huge 6000+ word chapter or something but I like the way this one ended. Lots of references in this chapter too, let me know if you caught any of them.

As of the time of writing this which is 19/08 (yes, British date, I know) I have everything up to the end of the festival planned out pretty accordingly, but after that, I have no clue lmao. I re-read this section of the manga as I was finishing this chapter and I have some ideas but nothing concrete.

Anyway, onto chapter 8? holy shit I've done more than I thought I would have done.