COTE x Quintuplets

The Confrontation

"Hurry up! These groceries aren't going to buy themselves." Nino shouted.

Currently I was at a grocery store with Nino, Yotsuba, and Miku. There's a sale, so we thought it would be best to buy whatever we needed today.

Apparently Itsuki had something urgent to tend to, and Ichika was busy with work so it was just the 4 of us.

"I'm shocked that you're letting the girls in this group do all the work here." Nino said while glaring at me.

"I feel like it's fair since I'm the one paying for everything." I answered.

"Hmph."

Just then Miku came back with a plethora of dark chocolate and placed them in the cart.

"Are you really going to use all of those?" I asked.

"U-Uh, yea. It's for a very important day that's coming up."

"Oh! Is it for Valentin-"

"S-Shut up, Yotsuba!"

Miku got flustered by Yotsuba's comment.

"Anyways, I think we got everything. Let's go pay for it." Nino said.

On our way to check-out, Yotsuba started making these weird noises of discomfort. She then finally spoke out after passing the bathroom.

"Um...Nino could you...hold this for a sec!" Yotsuba yelled while running away after giving Nino her rice bag she'd been carrying.

"Ah! We're you holding it in again...huh!?"

Nino began tripping on her heels that she was wearing and was heading for the floor.

"You okay?" I said while catching her.

"Y-Yea. My bad, the weight of the bag surprised me and I slipped."

"It's fine. I'll carry it for you." I said while picking up the bag.

"Huh? You picked up the bag with just one hand like it's not heavy!"

"...It's not."

"Wow, Nino you should really be more careful." Miku teased.

"Be quiet, Miku!"

We proceeded to buy all the groceries and stepped outside to wait for Yostuba.

"You think she got lost?"

"I cannot deny that possibility."

"There's Yotsub- wait no, that's Itsuki isn't it?"

We made our way to a restaurant where we not only found Itsuki, but a man that was sitting across from her was there.

"I'm assuming that man is your..."

"Yes. It's our dad." Nino clarified.

Thinking about it, this is the first time I have actually seen the quints father. He looked to be in his early 30s, with black hair and black eyes. He had this intimidating look to him, but he just looked like another businessman to me.

"Should we listen in to their conversation?" I asked.

"Wouldn't we be seen though?"

"It's fine. If we do, I'll take care of it."

We sat down nearby and quietly listened. It turns out they were in the middle of a conversation.

"I'll turn a blind eye to what you girls did. Just tell your sisters this. Come home immediately." Marou said.

"...does that include him?" Itsuki asked.

"Ayanokouji? This is a family matter. He's simply nothing more than an outsider..."