"Didn't you sing at KTV?" Itsuki asked curiously, "Why do you buy clothes at the mall?"
"that..."
Yotsuba hesitated, and turned to Naoki.
"Whether you want to tell the truth or not is up to you," said Naoki.
Itsuki quickly opened his eyes wide: "I want to hear the truth."
Yotsuba: "😐"
Saying it out loud in front of Itsuki, it was clear Naoki wanted to tell the truth!
"Just say it."
Yotsuba quickly decided to tell the truth.
She couldn't be the only one being bullied!
Good sisters share blessings, but of course they also share hardships.
"Have Itsuki checked the weather forecast for the last week?"
Yotsuba asked back.
"Not yet." Itsuki was confused "Looks like it's been sunny all week… What are you asking about the weather?"
"Christmas is coming soon." Yotsuba said a terrible fact. "It will be sunny all week, meaning no snow on Christmas."
"Eh?" Itsuki realized too late, "It's really like this."
"Very disappointing."
"A Christmas without snow always feels like something is missing."
"I think so too." Yotsuba nodded in agreement, rolled her eyes, and immediately 'betrayed' Naoki, "Right after singing, Asakawa-san told me that the Christmas uniform can carry snow."
"What." Itsuki couldn't believe it at all, "Santa Claus is a fictional character, and it's even more impossible for a piece of clothing to carry snow."
"Yotsuba said yes, it did." Naoki said with a straight face "I will be happy when girls wear Christmas uniforms. When I'm happy, of course it will snow."
Itsuki: "😐"
She remembered.
While they were traveling in Hokkaido, there happened to be a heavy snowstorm, so they had to hide in a hotel and couldn't get out. Finally, Naoki shooed away the snow, so they could go skiing.
Since the wind and snow can be dispelled, it seems that there is no problem summoning the wind and snow.
"Itsuki, can we go together?"
There was a rare little devil smile on Yotsuba's face.
"Ahem." Seeing the smile on Yotsuba's face, Itsuki immediately understood Yotsuba's idea, turned around and wanted to leave: "Bye Yotsuba, I'll go home to do homework first."
"Sensei didn't give homework today." Naoki grabbed Itsuki's wrist, stabbed Itsuki's paralyzed reason, "Now that you know the truth, you stick together, you can't let Yotsuba toil alone."
What's wrong with paying out of pocket?
When she went to the dream world to take risks, every time she was bullied!
"Everything is here." Yotsuba coaxed "The Christmas uniform is actually really nice to wear, let Itsuki try it."
"This sentence sounds too exaggerated." Itsuki couldn't help but groan.
"That's another way of saying it." Naoki and quickly said, "Good sister is blessed to share."
Itsuki: "Obviously we have to face difficulties!"
But... It's fine to try it on, it's not some weird and embarrassing uniform.
"Should I just wear this?"
Itsuki took a red Christmas uniform from the hanger.
As expected of sisters, they were as conservative as Yotsuba uniform style.
"Wearing the exact same clothes will make you look personalityless." Naoki shook his head "Do you want to try on other clothes?"
"Okay."
Itsuki nodded in agreement.
When they were young, the five sisters were all exactly the same from their clothes to their hairstyles, even the color of their clothes and hair accessories. Now that they were growing up, they each had their own pursuits, and they preferred to have a 'personality'.
Naoki averted his eyes and landed on a piece of clothing not far away: "How about that one?"
"That's a cheongsam, okay?" Itsuki opened his eyes wide in surprise, and couldn't help but say, "That's not a Christmas uniform at all!"
"As long as you are cute, it's okay not to wear the Christmas uniform." Naoki looked at Itsuki without changing his expression, "When I saw this cheongsam just now, I thought, you must be really cute wearing this cheongsam."
Itsuki blushed: "Don't make strange changes to me in your mind!"
"Yotsuba, what are you saying?"
Naoki stared at Yotsuba, looking for foreign aid.
"Ahem, I guess I could give it a try." Yotsuba chose to help others, "The cheongsam really looks really pretty. I found it when we showered together. For some reason, Itsuki currently has a very good figure. It's better than anyone else's."
Itsuki covered his chest with his arms, his face flushed with embarrassment, and said guiltily:
"...That's because I eat a lot."
The truth about getting bigger will never be revealed, no one wants to know!
Itsuki finally chose to give in, took the cheongsam with a red face, and walked slowly to the dressing room.
Then there's the long wait.
It took twice as long to change clothes than Yotsuba, and then Itsuki opened the curtain and showed half of his blushing cheeks: "I'm done."
Naoki picked up his cell phone: "Get out."
"Put the phone down." Itsuki puffed out his face, "No."
"Itsuki, get out quickly." Yotsuba urged, "None of us five are wearing cheongsams yet, come out and see how it goes."
Only then did Itsuki awkwardly emerge, covering his chest with one hand and placing the other hand on his lower abdomen.
If the Christmas uniform is cute, the cheongsam is charming and alluring when worn, the cherry-colored cheongsam fits perfectly, showing Itsuki's body perfectly, making people unable to take their eyes off her.
Yotsuba's eyes lit up, and she commented: "That looks really cute."
"Wrong." Naoki suddenly shook his head, "That's not cute."
"Eh?" Yotsuba turned her head in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Itsuki too looked up wide-eyed. If the cheongsam she was wearing so loud wasn't good, she would definitely disapprove.
Facing the gazes of Yotsuba and Itsuki, Naoki gave a thumbs up and said seriously:
"It has to be said that she is the cutest in the world."
"... Shameless!"
Itsuki's face turned red, she turned his head when she heard the words, and the corner of his lips slightly raised: "You said before that Miku is the cutest in the world."
Complaining is complaining, and being praised as the cutest in the world, of course she will be happy.
"Tiny." Yotsuba was already used to Naoki's thick skin, so she chose to ignore him, with her right hand hugging his chest and her left hand touching his chin, she muttered, "I always feel like something is missing."
"Eh?" Itsuki looked down at his body, "Just this piece of clothing, nothing missing."
"Didn't Yotsuba talk about hairstyles?"
Naoki said from the side.
"That's right, it's her hair." Yotsuba clenched her left hand into a fist, and punched it in the palm of her right hand, "The cheongsam goes well with the hair ball, Itsuki, tie your hair up."
"Ball head?" Itsuki reached out and touched the ahoge's hair on the top of his head, "I haven't tried it."
"I will help." Naoki raised his hand.
"No need." Yotsuba pulled Itsuki into the fitting room, "Asakawa-san just wait outside obediently."
After a while.
The fitting room curtain opened, and Yotsuba came out first, followed by Itsuki, who blushed and had her hair tied into two cute balls.
The combination of the ball hair and the cheongsam immediately attracts attention and moves the index finger.
Naoki picked up his cell phone to take a picture, with a serious expression: "It must be photographed, and it must be treasured for life."
Itsuki turned his face away in embarrassment: "That is too exaggerated!"
...
Buy nice clothes.
The three left the clothing store.
"Wanna eat ramen?" Naoki looked at Yotsuba.
Before Yotsuba could speak, Itsuki agreed first: "Okay."
Naoki turned his head speechlessly: "Haven't you eaten yet?"
"I've eaten, but I'm not full yet." Itsuki said, "I feel like I could eat another bowl of ramen."
"Let's go eat ramen."
Yotsuba hesitated for a moment, then agreed.
Things have already happened, and it's too late to regret, it's better to turn tension into appetite and fill your stomach first before speaking.
The three of them look for a ramen restaurant together.
"What's that?" Itsuki recommended, "I've been to that shop, and the ramen tastes really good."
Naoki nodded: "I will choose it."
Even though Itsuki didn't know how to cook, she had a lot of research on food, it wouldn't be wrong to find out which restaurant had good food.
Walking into the ramen restaurant, Yotsuba paused for a moment: "Huh, Koizumi-san?"
Naoki notices that there is a blonde girl with an expressionless face sitting in the corner, who is Koizumi's classmate.
Sure enough, we met again.
As long as Naoki comes to a ramen restaurant to eat ramen, he will definitely run into Koizumi and will never miss his once.
"I feel like I could meet Koizumi any time." Itsuki was a little nervous, and couldn't help but complain in a low voice, "Could this be a supernatural event?"
"Yeah, you're right about that."
....
The next day.
Lunch break.
School canteen.
Naoki bought a tonkatsu meal set, and as usual, sat down next to the five sisters, ready for lunch.
"Asakawa-kun, I have something to say."
Ichika propped up her chin with her right hand, and looked at Naoki.
"What?"
"Tomorrow will be winter break." Ichika said sadly "The day after tomorrow is Christmas, but the weather forecast says there will be no snow, what should I do?"
Naoki looked at Yotsuba and Itsuki after hearing those words.
The two girls shook their heads quietly.
When they returned last night, they said nothing.
"What else can be done?" Nino swallowed the sushi in his mouth, glanced at Miku, "It would be nice if Miku was the victim."
"I refuse." Miku puffed her face "I was traveling in Hokkaido, now it's Nino's turn."
"Hah?" Nino leaned back "What does that have to do with me?"
"This is not about me alone." Miku said, "Now it's your turn."
"That's right." Naoki chose to stand by Miku's side, "It's unreasonable to always let Miku pay for herself."
Itsuki looked up.
Lie.
He even bullied herself and Yotsuba last night!
The more she thought about it, the more unhappy she became, so Itsuki took another big mouthful of rice.
"Stupid Asakawa." Nino turned his head in embarrassment and lowered his voice "Do you really like Miku?"
Hey, please feel your conscience when you speak, you didn't do anything, you just wanted to enjoy the benefits, and now you are still mocking Miku, you have no right to say favoritism!
"I don't care if I say it." Naoki crossed his fingers "Do you think that is biased?"
Ichika: "I don't think so."
Yotsuba: "Ahem, I support Ichika."
Itsuki: "...I'm eating."
"That's called burning yourself with fire." Miku snorted softly, and looked at Ninao, "Now the matter of begging for snow falls on you."
Nino was angry: "I won't do it."
"Nino, please." Ichika clasped her hands in front of her chest, looking ahead "This is the first Christmas we have spent with Asakawa-kun, if it doesn't snow there will be a lifetime of regrets."
"It used to not snow every Christmas." Nina complained, "If you want it to snow, ask for it yourself."
"Sorry, I had two Christmas commercials to shoot recently, and I'll be busy when the holidays are over." Ichika said with a smile "So, the task of asking for snow is left to Nino."
Naoki said: "I agree."
"Bah~"
Nino spat softly and couldn't help but say, "Don't make decisions for me."
...
The lunch break was only fifty minutes total.
After lunch and a bit of dessert, time was running out.
Naoki and the quintuplet girls left the cafeteria and walked together towards the teaching building.
"Reckless Asakawa."
Miku walked last as usual, and said quietly.
Naoki slowed down and came up to Miku: "What's wrong?"
"The video was uploaded yesterday and is very popular." Miku snapped with her face clearly pleased to be recognized, "Many people have left messages saying they are looking forward to the next video, we will do it again when we have time. How about we go to the park?"
Naoki smiled and said, "Where is the agreed live streamer?"
Miku puffed up her bun face a little, reached out and poked Naoki's waist lightly.
"That makes me angry… harakiri!"
"No activities in the afternoon." Naoki thought for a while "Going to the park after school?"
"Yes." Miku nodded lightly "I want to buy some more delicious canned cat food this time."
...
The second class in the afternoon is physical education.
After the lesson on the field, Naoki puts the ball in the sports shed and returns to class.
The classroom was empty, and nearly all of the students had left.
Naoki took out his school bag, and was just about to leave when Itsuki came through the door.
"You haven't left yet?" Naoki asked curiously.
"Ami-chan has a date today, asked me to help clean up the classroom, I just came back from taking out the trash." Itsuki sat down on a chair, opened his school bag with anticipation on his face, "I'm starving to death, eat and eat something."
Naoki glanced at his school bag, and it turned out to be Itsuki's favorite meat bun.
Since the day he transferred from another school, she had never missed meat bun day!
The meat buns will definitely smell when eaten. Itsuki was worried that the smell would linger on his clothes, so she usually ate it after school.
Sitting in an empty classroom after school while eating a bag of his favorite meat buns, could be said to be the most relaxing time of the day for Itsuki.
"Ouch..."
The happiness on Itsuki's face suddenly froze.
Naoki looked down: "Is the meat bun spoiled?"
"I forgot to wash my hands." Seeing the slightly black fingerprints, Itsuki was so sad that she almost screamed, "This is a popular new model launched by Imuraya. I managed to snap it yesterday, and I have kept it until now. Now dirty."
Imuraya is a food company famous for meat buns and red bean paste buns, Itsuki's favorite bakery and he buys them often.
"Just take off the dirty part." Naoki said speechlessly, "Wash your hands and eat when you get back."
"I have no strength, I can't get up." Itsuki said sadly, "I can't go to the bathroom if I don't eat to recover my strength."
Some people's digestive system is very strong, and Itsuki is one of them. Excessive physical activity, without eating, will fall into a weak state, so meat buns are always kept in the school bag for emergencies.
Naoki ponders: "Should I feed you?"
Itsuki nodded quickly, and handed over the meat bun: "Please, Asakawa-san."
Naoki took the meat bun, tore off the part of the skin that was stained with black fingerprints, then handed the meat bun to Itsuki's mouth.
Needless to say, opening his mouth, Itsuki couldn't wait to take a bite.
"Ah-"
"Hah?" Naoki was stunned, looking at the meat bun with neat bite marks on his hand, "Where's the meat bun filling? Forgot to put it?"
"I didn't forget." Itsuki swallowed the bread in his mouth and explained, "This is Imuraya's new vegetarian bread. This is bread without filling."
"It is said that someone posted a message on Twitter that someone only likes to eat bread crusts. Can you launch bread with just the crust? This is a popular official new product."
"Really popular?"
Naoki expressed considerable doubt.
What's the difference between meat buns without stuffing and ordinary steamed buns?
"It doesn't taste good," Itsuki commented, "It tastes soft and nice, with a strong wheat aroma. It is said that the two-stage fermentation method is used, and the bread crust alone is delicious."
"After listening to your explanation, I am very curious." Naoki couldn't help complaining, "...Why don't you just eat bread?"
"Eh?" Itsuki showed surprise, and ate the remaining steamed bun in one gulp, saying faintly, "That makes sense… No, buns and steamed buns taste different."
"I will bring you some vegetarian bread tomorrow, and you will know after tasting it."
"You don't have to wait until tomorrow." Naoki said softly "You can taste it now."
"I'm done eating." Itsuki was confused, "There's nothing in the school bag either."
Naoki turned his gaze down and landed on the girl's pink lips: "There is still a bit of bread in the corner of your mouth...crumbs of steamed bun."
Hearing this, Itsuki subconsciously stuck out the tip of his pink tongue.
"Do not move."
Naoki then approached Itsuki.
The four eyes face each other.
Itsuki finally understood what Naoki wanted to do, the temperature on his face rapidly rose, and she looked around nervously, "...this is a classroom, don't break the school rules."
"I'm going to try the steamed buns, how could I break the school rules?" Naoki said confidently.
Speaking of tasting vegetarian steamed buns, who really wants to eat is obvious...
Itsuki's face turned red, his slender and slightly curly eyelashes fluttered slightly, she hesitated and wanted to look away, but unfortunately she didn't take action in the end, she just closed his eyes nervously.
There wasn't anyone else in the class... It seemed like it wouldn't matter if dhe tried, if she didn't get caught, it wouldn't be a violation of school rules!