Bodies, gasps, screams, and occasional shrieks from the dy guests who came to Rose Cafe to enjoy the delectable coffee, delicious pastries, and the mouth-watering sight of a waiter that is Yuuji filled the premise from the moment it opened until afternoon.

  The moment they saw Yuuji, their eyes immediately sparkled in awe aement, and many started taking photos of him and posting them on their social media. Some even tried their luck to ask him for a photo, which he refused. However, it didn’t stop them from secretly taking his pictures and taking selfies with Yuuji in the background.

  The pictures they shared in their social media blew up instantly, with many w if the extremely geous man in the picture was an actor they’ve never seen. And those who were in the area couldn’t help but e to Rose Cafe to see him for themselves.

  As a result, the cafe acked virtually from the moment they opened. And soon after, a long line had formed outside the cafe.

  At first gnce, many passersby would’ve guessed that the line, which was almost pletely filled by women, was a line for a etic or fashio. Only to find out that it was a lio a cafe.

  Aika aaff had expected this to happen. But they were still overwhelmed regardless of the sheer number of guests. Thankfully, Yuuji was there. Although he was the source of the massive crowd, he was also the one who had dohe most untiringly, getting orders after orders and managing the floor fwlessly.

  Things would get dohout the others even realizing it while they’re focused oasks. All they would feel was how smooth everything was going even though there’s this many ers flooding the cafe.

  They soon sold out their pastries. Even with the stock they had ready, it didn’t even st them until an hour past lunch time. And to aent, it was… also Yuuji’s fault.

  Yuuji would give his reendations when he was asked while he was taking orders, just like any good waiter. But to his shock, many of the girls would buy everything that came out of his lips, even if he reended six to seven different pastries for their choice of drinks.

  And on that day, Aika learned her lesson.

  She ’t simply bring out her greatest on so easily. She’d o prepare first and arrange his shift days in advance so she could prepare her stock of ingredients and perhaps even add the number of staff she has currently.

  The number of ers that came today was double the number of ers that came the first time he worked here. Aime… it might even double once more. So, she would o be extra prepared.

  With the pastries sold out and his time to tutor the quintuplets approag, Yuuji excused himself to Aika a stealthily from the rear exit, leaving the battlefields to his rade in arms, who still hadn’t realized he had left.

  He apologized to all of them in his mind… and promised to treat them to a japanese barbecue or something ter on.

  With a box in hand, filled with 5 different cakes and pastries he had bought a aside from the cafe in advance, Yuuji made his way to the quintuplet’s apartment.

  Tsubakihara Yuuji: “Hey, Yotsuba. I’ve arrived in the lobby.”

  Nakano Yotsuba: “Hey Yuuji~!! Roger that! I’ll be there in a sec!!! (≧?≦)/”

  Yuuji waited in the lobby of the apartment, standihe wall in front of the elevators.

  Everytime a and opes doors, Yuuji couldn’t help but look up from his phoo see if it was Yotsuba.

  It happened a few times, and the ones who came out predominantly families or teens dressed for outings. And when they saw Yuuji, no matter if they were male or female, they would always take a sed look as they walked past him as he returned his gaze to his phone.

  Soon, he heard a familiar bright aed voice greet him the moment the elevator door opened.

  “Yuuji~!!! Wele~!!!”

  He looked up to see Yotsuba, smiling ever shtly and her eyes curving into crests as she ran up to him.

  She waved her hand eically as she ran, causing her chest to visibly bounce up and dowe wearing a loose, white, long-sleeved cotton blouse. Her green, bunny ribbon and long, bd gray skirt also swayed wildly as she approached him with visible excitement and energy.

  “Hey, Yotsuba. You seemed so excited to learn, huh? Oh, by the way, I brought cakes from my aunt’s cafe. It’ll be you girls’ rewards if you do well today!”

  Yotsuba looked at him in a daze for a moment and began staring him from top to bottom.

  It was her first time seeing Yuuji in casual clothing and… he looked so amazing! And also, her eyes naturally gravitated towards the beautiful white neckce he wore around his nebsp;

  She couldn’t see the jewel si was inside his shirt, but the was still enough t attention to his ned cvicle.

  And for some reason… it looked mouthwatering.

  “Heh, you’re drooling already huh? But you ’t eat them if you don’t do well ter, so you should focus and do your best!”

  “E-Eh?! A-Ah, yes!!! I-I’ll do my best!”

  Flustered, Yotsuba’s face began to blush redly as she quickly snapped out of her daze and shook away those dirty thoughts from her mind.

  “L-Let’s go to our unit now!”

  “??? Sure.”

  Yotsuba quickly turned around and ran towards the elevator in a hurry. It was as if running away from something.

  It was a bit fusing, but Yuuji simply brushed it off and followed after her.

  The elevator arrived fairly quickly and they immediately headed to the floor of the Nakano residenbsp;

  Arriving in front of their unit, Yotsuba opehe door iement and annouheir arrival loudly.

  “Girls~!!! Yuuji’s here~!!!”

  “Please excuse me… Eh?”

  Yuuji followed Yotsuba aered the apartment unit. But, he quickly froze i the foyer when he saw the absolute state of the apartment right now…

  From where he was, he could see Ichika ying on the couch, dressed only in a tank top and hot pants, reading fashion magazines.

  Nina ying with her phone while sitting on the floor and leaning against the coubsp;

  Miku was reading manga with her headphones on. And Itsuki was snag on some chips while watg TV zily.

  There was no sembnce of them being ready to study…

  The only thing he could see was a set of stationery, textbooks, and notebooks on the coffee table which Yuuji reized to belong to Yotsuba.

  The moment Yotsuba made her annou, the girls all looked up towards the entrand simirly froze when they saw Yuuji.

  ““...””

  An awkward silence filled the room as Yuuji couldn't help but look at all of them in shobsp;

  He… He truly didn’t expect the ever so popur quintuplets to be this… sloppy in their home.

  “Ah~ Yuu-kun~ You finally came~!”

  Ichika closed her magazih a d sat up, greeting him with a bright smile.

  “You’re finally here! We were tired of waiting, you know? I had plenty of questions I wanna ask yesterday, but you didn’t e!”

  “...Wele.”

  The girls all “greeted” him in their own unique way… Ichika with her “bright”, flirty greeting. Nino being tsundere. Miku greeting him with the softest voibsp;

  And Itsuki who… didn’t actually greet him, but instead was busy ing up the crumbs from her potato chips and putting them away.

  Yuuji just smiled helplessly and shook his head.

  “Hey girls. I’m sorry for g so suddenly yesterday. I had something important that came up suddenly.”

  “Fufu~ You don’t o mind something so small~”

  Ichika waved her hand nontly. In fact, she was relieved that Yuuji didn’t e yesterday, since she was still quite tired from the previous session.

  “Oh~? What’s that~?”

  Ichika poi the box in his hand as her eyes began to sparkle. It was a box from Rose Cafe. She couldn’t be mistaken. After all, it was aremely famous cafe that became even more popur retly.

  “Ah, i brought you girls some cakes from my aunt’s cafe.”

  “Eh?! Your aunt? So your aunt owns Rose cafe?!”

  Nino excimed in surprise as the girls, aside from Yotsuba, all looked at him in shobsp;

  “Hm? Yes. Yotsuba, have you old them?”

  “A-Ah, A-Ahahaha… Well, it never came up in versations so…”

  Yotsuba rubbed the back of her head, embarrassed.

  “Wow~! That’s amazing~ That means, whenever we want some pastries or cakes from Rose, we just ask you to save some for us, right~? Hehe~ And don’t worry, we’ll of course pay in full~”

  The quintuplets could rarely enjoy the delicious pastries, cakes, and drinks from Rose Cafe not due to its price. The cafe was actually very affordable sidering its quality.

  The most difficult part was actually getting there before everything was sold out.

  The cafe was always full during the weekends, especially retly. And during weekdays, they could only e after school. By then, their favorites, which were also the most popur items, would’ve been sold out.

  “Well, I don’t mind. I won’t promise anything, though. After all, I only ask my aunt for a favor.”

  “Yaay~ Thank you, Yuuji~!”

  “I’ll go grab the ptes!”

  “I-I’ll make some tea.”

  Itsuki and Miku quickly stood up from their seats. But as they were about to head to the kit, they were stopped by Yuuji.

  “Ah, before you go.”

  The two stopped and turowards him, fused.

  “I did bring this cake for you girls… But! You guys o it if you finish your homeworks and pass a small quiz I’ll be giving you at the end of our session!!!”

  The girls all froze in shock as Yuuji suddenly dropped the bomb.

  They all looked at him with despair, fear, and nervousness in their eyes as Yuuji smiled widely.

  “Well then, shall we start our session?”

  At this moment… The quintuplets thought the same thing.

  He’s a demon…

  And thus, they spent the four hours toiling on their studies uhe watch of the demon king.

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  Silence filled the Nakano residence as Yuuji quietly checked the quiz papers the quintuplets had done.

  Although there was still a big room for improvement, he was quite satisfied with the improvements they’ve made in all their subjects.

  On all the subjects, Ichika obtained an average score of 68/100, Nino obtained 65/100, Miku 76/100, Yotsuba 65/100, and Itsuki 70/100.

  Albeit barely, they all miraculously passed. And it was a massive improvement from their previous scores, which were all below 40.

  He let out a soft sigh, and as he was about to gratute them, he looked up and saw them all looking at him.

  “H-How did we do?”

  Nino asked with her lips pursed, her eyes looking at him sharply, filled with nervousness.

  The others were er with their nervousness. Even the normally nont Ichika seemed anxious about her score.

  No matter how much they dislike studying, no one would be happy if the results of their hard work were not up to their expectations. And they worked very hard.

  Although they khey wouldn’t receive a high score, they all hoped they would at least pass the quiz.

  And to their delight, Yuuji smiled and annouheir scores.

  “gratutions. Thanks to all of your hard work, everyone passes!!! And as your reward, we’ll be celebrating with cakes!!!”

  ““Yaaaay~!!!””

  The girls celebrated as Yuuji went and prepared some tea and pted the cakes he brought for them to enjoy.

  And they e immensely.

  Soon after the celebration, Yuuji took his leave and Yotsuba apanied him to the lobby.

  “Alright, I’m good from here. Thank you for walking me down.”

  “N-No, it’s fine! We should be the ohanking you for helping us study.”

  Yotsuba quickly waved her hands and ughed shyly, her cheeks tinted with red.

  “After you began teag us, I had a much better time while studying, although it’s still very tough… My sisters were also beginning to not hate it so much! So… Thank you!”

  She bowed her head, expressing just how grateful she was for his help.

  A few days ago, she wouldn’t have imagihat she and her sisters could get a mark even higher than a 40.

  But now… they could pass a test, although it’s only a quiz Yuuji made.

  It gave them the fidend the drive to tinue improving and finally see hope in themselves!

  “You’re very wele. You girls are improving tremendously, even more than I expected, all thanks to your hard work. And if you keep improving at this rate, I’m fident that you’ll be able to easily pass the upis.”

  Her eyes shined brightly and Yotsuba nodded iement.

  “Uhn! I’ll do my best!”

  Yuuji responded with a smile and a nod.

  “Mm. Then, I’ll be going now. I’ll see you in monday.”

  “Yes~! Bye bye~ And thank you, once again!!!”

  Yuuji turned around and began making his way bae as he waved his hands back at Yotsuba.

  And as he began walking further and further away, Yotsuba tio watch him with moist eyes and blushing cheeks.

  She pced her hands on her chest, and blushed even more when she realized just how much her heart was beating.

  She stood there, looking at the dire where he left in silence. And it was only after a night wind blew past her that she snapped out of her daze and quickly went inside.

  That night, the wind that touched her ski much colder than usual, even though it was still spring.

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