☓ 𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐌𝐄! ; MATSUNO SEXTUPLETS ☓

6 - Rental Disaster!

Choromatsu...

You had already stepped into the park, (four minutes early for the date) and you were doing your absolute best to calm your heart beat whilst hiding behind the decorative and elegant bushes of the public garden. Your heart was currently on overload. It's deafening drumming against your eardrums made your body pulse as heat arose everywhere, not just your face. He was right there, sitting on one of the four benches that faced the fountain of the park. Just the sight of him made you feel dizzy, which you did your best to overcome.

Eventually, you were able to rid of most of your blush and focused on the male that was the one who rented you. Did that mean that he found your personality attractive? At the thought, you felt another rush of blood surface at the apples of your cheeks but you were able to brush it off and focus on Choromatsu. 

He certainly matured. His main features, such as his hair and eyes, were mostly the same but he had unquestionably grown into a fine adult. His frame was tall and lean, not too muscly which was a good thing - too much muscle and you would've found it scary, especially since you would've compared him to how he looked during high school - his face was still round but in a pleasant way. He didn't come off as abnormally handsome but he was perfect the way he was. Not helping the smile that tugged at your lips, you looked back at the time and found that it was bang on one o'clock in the afternoon; if you were late it wouldn't leave a very good first impression, so you mustered up the courage, held your breath and stepped out of your hiding place, walking to stand in front of him. 

Clearing your throat, you caught his attention and the two of you locked eyes. Just to have him look at you made you self-conscious, creating a light pink hue to dust your cheeks. What was it about these sextuplets that made you so nervous? 

"Are you...(Y/N) (Y/L/N)-san?" he trailed off with a raised brow, his eyes looking you up and down. 

"Y-Yeah. I-It's nice to meet you Matsuno-kun." unconsciously, you found that your fingers were interacting and twiddling around one another - an act of nervousness that tended to overcome your being, when faced with a situation that had you interacting with another person, especially during your high school as well as younger life. 

'She's not the looker but she...she is a little cute?' the Matsuno thought to himself, trying to be optimistic about the situation, he was (after all) warned on the website to not feel let down if the exterior appearance wasn't as good as the interior personality. He was about to smile and greet you back in politeness when a rustle of the bushes caught his attention. The rustling didn't go unnoticed by you either and so you were quick to avert your eyes over to the shrubbery, wanting to move away from his gaze as best you can. To have the Matsuno's eyes off you for a moment made you visibly relax: your shoulders lowering, your breathing becoming regular as you finally allowed yourself to stop inwardly clenching your stomach out of nervousness. 

The bush began shaking vigorously, accompanying the laughter that burst out with it. What in the world was happening? It didn't take long before your questions about what could be occurring were answered; five similar looking faces revealed themselves and stepped up in front of you and Choromatsu. By now, the shocked sextuplet had gotten onto his feet and started glaring daggers at his siblings. 

"What the hell are you guys doing here?" he growled through clenched teeth as you watched from behind him, taking in the styles of clothing each Matsuno wore. They all had indistinguishable  hoodies that were only different in colour and fashion in wearing. 

The one wearing a red hoodie wore it simply and had blue jeans as well as red basic canvas shoes to go with it. You can only guess that he was Osomatsu as he was doing his signature habit of rubbing beneath his nose. 

The one beside him wore a yellow hoodie with sleeves that went past his hands - making him look childish yet utterly adorable - he also wore jean shorts that went down, passed his mid thigh, white socks and house slippers, on his face, we had the biggest smile you've ever seen on a guy in his twenties. Perhaps that's Jyushimatsu, he was usually the hyperactive one out of the six during high school.

A purple hoodie wearing anti-social Matsuno stood off to the side, stroking the head of a ginger, glasses wearing cat that seemed to be nestled inside his clothes, as it had its head popping out from the Matsuno's collar. The sextuplet wore a bored expression but seemed to be inwardly snickering from the look in his eyes. He had on blue jogging bottoms and wore slippers as well. That must be Ichimatsu, you remember how he liked cats during high school as he always had some sort of cat accessory, whether it be a keyring or a print on his pencil. 

There was a stylish looking Matsuno that wore sunglasses and a blue hoodie. He had the sleeves rolled up and was wearing skinny jeans. The look he was aiming for, even when wearing simple clothing gave you the hunch that he must be Karamatsu; he had always had some sense of style after all. 

The last one could only be Todomatsu. He was looking a little dejected but you can still remember that he was the one from that cafe. He had on a pink hoodie, jeans that were rolled up to above his ankles and a beige beanie to go atop his head. 

They were all here. You couldn't believe it, you hadn't anticipated that you'd be meeting them all at once, so soon. 

"We just came to see who you're rental girlfriend was! Ahaha! She's the girl I bumped into at that cafe  we went to just a few days ago!" Osomatsu broke out into a fit of laughter. 

"Y-you were her?" Choromatsu turned to you, a brow raised out of curiosity as you nodded timidly, looking down. Was Osomatsu laughing at you?

"Yeah she was! I can tell, trust me! Now pay up Totty!" a reluctant exchange of money was made between a grumbling Todomatsu and an overly jovial Osomatsu. You were feeling really uncomfortable, they all looked at you with judging gazes before turning back to their brother and laughing aloud. Thankfully there were hardly many people around this area of the park, so unwanted attention wasn't attracted by their loudness. 

"I can't believe you tried to up your status of a NEET and leave us in the dust, but trying alone didn't get you anywhere did it?" Osomatsu exclaimed, gesturing to you. At the eldest Matsuno's statement, the others - apart from Choromatsu - laughed. So they were laughing at you...but also Choromatsu. The burden of guilt and glumness weighed down on your naturally petite frame. You're trying your best to be a better you and they're just laughing at your attempts. 

"Oh shut up!" Choromatsu barked only to have them laugh harder. Shaking his head at their indecency, he was about to shout at them again but stopped when seeing your dejected figure. Breath hitching and feeling responsible for his brothers' actions along with the consequence the came with it (your depression), the realisation that he can't win in anyway for the mean time, dawned on him. Taking out the money to pay for the hour he would've had to spend with you, he slipped it into your hand before proceeding to push his brothers away in a clump, not turning back to face you. 

A good thing that he did as well, because the sight of your tearful face and sobbing figure would've done worse to him then how horrible you were feeling about yourself.