Reincarnated Into Anime World

Time quietly passed with Kaori in my embrace, enjoying the peacefulness that was present. After some time, however, Kaori suddenly jumped up and checked the time. "Oh no...it's already 12.45 am. They must be wondering where we went!"

"Relax, Haruma and Shou-chan can take care of them for a while." I tried to pacify her, and she managed to calm down. "Come, let's go back" I offered my hand, which she gladly took.

After we went back to the festival, we found the group of four waiting impatiently.

"Where have you guys been? We've looked everywhere for you." Haruma complained.

"Onii-chan, are you a couple/dating now?" Raiha and Yuzuru asked at the same time.

"Sorry...we took a bit longer than expected. And yes, we are officially together now." I explained.

"Well, since we're all done with our business here, I need to go back already. My parents have been waiting for quite some time already." Haruma said as he prepared to leave.

"Yeah...it's pretty late now, and they have to go to bed already. Thanks, Haruma, for your hard work."

"No problem. See you tomorrow." He waved goodbye as he walked towards where his parents were.

"""Bye!""" The girls were slowly getting sleepy already and could hardly stay awake.

"Ok, let's go back home," I told them as I held their hands, guiding them home.

"Do you need me to send you back home?"

"Ahem...you don't have to send MY daughter home for me." A slightly deep voice appeared behind me, sending chills down my back.

I think I know who it is, but I'm hoping I was wrong.

I slowly turned around to see the familiar brown-haired man staring angrily at me.

"H-Hello, Miyazono-san?" I think I accidentally phrased that as a question instead but seeing Kaori's father's angry glare in contrast to her mother's knowing eyes made me (slightly) afraid of him.

"Hello, Fuutarou-kun. I'll be bringing my daughter home now if you don't mind."

"Haha..." Giving an awkward laugh, I scratched the back of my head, "She's your daughter. Do you really need my permission to bring her home?"

"True that." Without saying anything more, he started walking away, signaling Kaori and her mother to follow along.

"Bye Fuu-kun~! I'll see you in school again!" Kaori hugged me one last time before following her father.

"Bye, Fuu-chan. I hope you can come over to our house more often after this."

"I will, Miyazono-san. Good night."

After Kaori's family left, all that was left was Shouko, my sisters, and I, so we decided to start making our way home as well.

After 30 minutes of slow walking, we finally reached home. With Shouko quickly bathing them, we tucked them in within 10 minutes. After that, we went to bed as well.

However, Shouko didn't enter her own room this time. Instead, she went straight into my bed and hugged me under the blanket without saying anything.

"Shou-chan?"

"Let's sleep, Fuu-kun."

"This is not-"

"Let's sleep, Fuu-kun."

"...Yes."

"Good night Fuu-kun." She yawned and closed her eyes, snuggling deep into my c.h.e.s.t.

"Are you, by any chance, jealous?" I didn't know why, but that thought just popped into my head after seeing Shouko enter my bed with me instead of her own room.

Although Shouko didn't reply, her hands that were grasping my shirt tightened slightly.

"Don't worry, Shou-chan. I'll never leave you."

"Promise?" Deep inside the blanket, Shouko's muffled voice sounded.

"Yep~. Even if you don't like me anymore, I'll be stubborn and drag you along everywhere I go. So don't worry, alright?"

Once again, Shouko didn't reply, though I could feel her head bobbing up and down.

"Good night Shou-chan." I kissed her gently on her forehead, hugging her to sleep.

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The following day, I woke up to an unusual scene: Shouko clinging tightly onto me as she slept away. Still, her sleeping face was cute, so I didn't mind it.

Seeing the sun almost at its peak, I knew we slept in pretty late. Looking at her smiling, sleeping face, I didn't want to wake her up, so I continued lying down as I c.a.r.e.s.sed her head lightly and started my patting skills.

A few minutes later, she started stirring, and when she opened her eyes slightly, she saw me looking at her. Blushing slightly, she greeted me, "Good morning Fuu-kun!"

"Morning. I didn't know you weren't a morning person."

Shouko just tilted her head sideways in confusion. In response, I just pointed at a small drool stain on my shirt where Shouko just laid down and her bed hair which was sticking out of weird angles.

"Ah! Don't look!" Shouko immediately took the pillow and covered my eyes with it, "I'm not usually like this. I'm just...I'm just...sleeping with you was comfortable so..."

"Haha...don't worry. Go and use the washroom first. I'll meet you downstairs."

Hearing my words, Shouko didn't need a second reminder as she bolted out of the door in embarrassment.

Jeez...if you were going to be embarrassed after sleeping with me, why did you do it in the first place?

Not that I mind.

After Shouko had gotten out of my room, I got up from the bed myself and started the day normally with my usual stretch.

Or at least that was what I wanted to do until I heard a loud familiar voice coming in from the living room.

"Yo Fuu-chan! Are you up yet? Let's go to the shrine together with Shouko's family. Her mother came back as well!" Isanari, also known as my father, came up and into my room and talked loudly.

Although he was just in my room, his voice managed to spread around the house, causing our sisters to wake up in the process.

"What do you want, old man?"

"Aww...your dearest old man is finally home for you, and you don't love him anymore? Come here and give me a hug!" And without even waiting for my response, he went straight to me, who was still trying to stretch and pulled me into a bear hug.

"Argh...you old man with so much strength!"

"My little Fuu-chan is a tsundere?"

"Shut up! Go hug your pregnant wife instead!"

"I already did." My father continued, "For a whole night, I might add. So don't worry, she won't get jealous."

"Which mother on earth would get jealous over their husband hugging their son?! Urgh..." I retorted, but seeing that the strength of the bear hug didn't go down, I sighed and accepted my fate.

"Welcome home, dad."

"I'm back."

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"Ara ara...your entire family is here as well?"

"H-Hello, Miyazono-san. I swear, we weren't stalking you."

"Fuu-kun!"

Meeting the Miyazono family at the shrine near the afternoon definitely wasn't part of my plan. Even though Kaori just became my girlfriend yesterday, technically, it was midnight, so...um...today, I guess?

Anyways, even though Kaori just became my girlfriend today, I didn't really expect to meet on holiday as well.

But I guess this is just what happens when everyone just lives near the same neighborhood.

"Hmph!" Kaori's father didn't want to say anything more to me and started talking to my father.

I mean, really? You don't want to talk to your future son-in-law, but you would talk to your in-laws?

"Fufufu...don't worry, Fuu-chan. My husband is just sad that you took our daughter away from him." Kaori's mother smiled and patted my head, "Don't let her down, alright?"

"I won't."

"Good. Now, I want to talk with the two ladies behind you. Take care of my daughter, okay, Fuu-chan?"

"No problem!" After ensuring her that I would take good care of Kaori, I went towards where the children were.

"Fuu-kun! Shou-chan! And little Rai-chan! Yuzu-chan! You guys are all as cute as always!" Kaori smiled brightly - the brightest he had ever seen except for that one time where she was playing on stage with him.

"I think you might have included one extra person in that praise of yours." Noticing a mistake in her sentence, I told her.

"Hm? I made no mistake. All of you are cute, including you, Fuu-kun!"

"Ano, I don't know what you think my gender is, but I'm a bona fide boy and will always be a boy."

"Who said boys could not be cute? Besides, out of everyone here, you're the least cute. So you don't have to be embarrassed."

Ouch. I don't know whether to be sad that I'm the least cute in this group or glad that I'm not that cute.

I mean, being cute works when you're below 9. I'm now 12, and I'll be turning 13 in 4 months, so...

But I can tell why I'm considered the least cute in this group of 5.

Kaori was bright and shining; her cheerful personality coupled with her confidence made her a beautiful girl.

Shouko wasn't as outgoing as Kaori, nor was she as pretty as her, but she had her own charm as well. She was kind and caring, and her whole aura literally screams out, 'I need to be protected!', making her seem vulnerable, and this sort of thing tugs the heartstrings of us boys.

Needless to say, Rai-chan is the cutest sister in the whole world. Why should that even be a question?

As for Yuzu-chan, she's the same as Rai-chan; both were the cutest little sisters in the world.

"Anyway, let's get to praying now, shall we?"

Not wanting to continue to train of conversation, I switched the topic, causing Shouko and Kaori to smile a little.

"Hai~!"

"Do you know what you are going to pray for this year?" Shouko asked as we started making our way to the shrine.

Contrary to what people think, Japan isn't always buried in snow everywhere.

From December to March, cold Siberian air streaming south and east across the relatively warm waters of the Sea of Japan generate bands of clouds that dump snow over the mountains on the western part of Japan's main island of Honshu and its northern island of Hokkaido.

Matsuyama, where I live, is located northwest of Japan. Thus, although we might not be buried under snow, we do get a decent amount of snow.

On the way to the shrine, Raiha and Yuzuru started running around and playing with snow. Since the area was filled with people, they couldn't really create snowballs and throw them around, causing them to pout slightly.

"Haha...don't worry. We can go play with snow in front of our house after this, alright?"

"Yay!! Onii-chan is the best!"

"Fuu-kun...you pamper them too much." Shouko wryly smiled as she patted Yuzuru's head as well.

"If I don't pamper my little sisters, who am I going to pamper?"

"Me."

"And me! I'm so jealous both of you got younger sisters. I wished I had one as well!" Kaori boldly added, pouting slightly at the end of her sentence.

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On the other side, where Fuutarou's parents and Yaeko talked with the Miyazono couple, the Miyazono couple sneezed at the same time.

"Oh my, are both of you getting cold? You guys should get dressed warmer..." Yaeko told the sneezing couple.

"Ara, don't worry too much about us. I think it's just my daughter talking about us." Ryouko (Kaori's mother) cleaned her nose with a tissue before turning to Hanako and saying, "Besides, it should be you who should be more careful about the cold. You are near the end of your pregnancy phase. What if you harm your little twins in your tummy?"

"Your wife is pregnant again?"

While the ladies talked at the side, the men did the same.

"Yeah. With twins, this time." Isanari said with happiness. Although that meant that this family's financial problem would increase again, it still didn't stop him from feeling happy.

After all, we could earn money, but we cannot buy life. At most, he might just borrow some money from his friends to tide over the baby period, or he could just work harder to find jobs that would pay him more.

Like Leo Spencer. Perhaps Gan'an Shinomiya or Mana Nakiri as well? Or even the Hundred Devouring Families.

[A/N: Eriri's father doesn't have a name in the anime, so his name shall now be Leo.]

The last one would be his very last resort if it ever came to borrowing money, but they do pay relatively well.

"Sigh, my daughter is infatuated with your son, you know?"

"Of course! He takes my genes. It's no wonder that girls are attracted to him." Isanari replied proudly.

"In the future, she might get married to him, you know?"

"It's not our job to control our children's life. Whatever Fuu-chan wants to do in the future, as his father, I will support him."

Kaori's father looked at the smiling blond man and let out a wry smile as well.

"Well, if you ever need help, don't hesitate to ask. Although I won't be able to provide much myself, helping you out a bit would be no problem."

"Haha! Thanks a lot, then. If I really need it, then I"ll come to you. For now, though, it won't be too much of a problem. My son isn't ordinary, after all!"

The a.d.u.l.ts continued making their way after their children, slowly walking as they continued to converse.

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At the shrine, we did what all of us were supposed to do - pray. Since I already mentioned how to pray in chapter 41, I'll not be repeating it.

Only this time, we got the opportunity to have our fortune predicted. If I hadn't met God, I wouldn't have believed in this sort of stuff. Granted, I still don't, but at least I'm not dismissive of it anymore.

Omikuji is a type of Japanese fortune-telling. They are supposed to predict your near future. Usually, many people purchase them at the beginning of the new year, and the prediction on it is supposed to be for the following year.

Each omikuji is separated into categories such as love, health, and work. They also have a general fortune written onto them.

The shrine we were at was relatively popular, so we managed to get those strips of paper for a low price of 150 yen.

I bought the general fortune strip, and when I unrolled mine, it said - Good Fortune.

Hmm...I guess that's good.

Shouko bought a love fortune, and Kaori bought the health fortune. My younger sisters purchased the same type like me, while my mother and father purchased a health fortune and work fortune, respectively.

"Dear?"

"Yes?" My father replied as he turned to look at her before widening his eyes.

"I think I'm going into labo-" But before my mother could finish her sentence, she suddenly screamed in pain as she leaned onto my father.

"ARGH!"

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A/N: Hm, yes. The next chapter should be the last chapter before Vol 2, where the first arc would be in April. I'm just going to follow canon and build up from there. It's also time for me to rewatch Piano no Mori to refresh my memory.

A/R: I published another two books:

When the Paradigmatic Quintuplets meet the Quintessential Quintuplets (Kuroko no Basket and Quintessential Quintuplets crossover), it might contain other animes, but these two are the main ones.)

Infinity and Deception (I don't know whether it would be a Multiverse fanfic(?), but the first world is MHA au, but not the gender-bender type.)

Go check out my fabulous fanfic, yeah? Each of them currently has 3 chapters on trial, and depending on the popularity and feedback, and I might prioritize writing them.

I really want to try stocking up like 300 chapters before publishing 5 every day so that I have a chance to take over the first place for a few weeks. Or better yet, I even thought of writing the entire story before publishing bit by bit. I have confidence in my work, but the only problem is the slow release dates, which I can't really fix since I'm a busy student. RIP me.

P.S. Monkey in the Multiverse did a pretty good job getting first place.