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TWO WEEKS UNTIL FILMING

Tom breathes in and out slowly before knocking on the door. After he does, he rubs his hands over his jeans, trying to get the moisture off.

"Hey!" Y/N opens the door, still in her pajamas, "We're running a bit late, come in while you wait." She lets the man in before going back to the kids. He watches as she leaves the room. Her hair is barely brushed and yet she looks gorgeous.

Tom would be taking the kids shopping while Y/N went to work. While waiting, tom went to the small table in the corner of the living room. He looks at the books on the shelf, they're in multiple languages. French, Spanish, Korean, English and other unidentifiable languages tom can't differentiate are all on the shelf. There are different versions in all the languages of most books, it surprises tom.

What surprises Tom more is when Euphie's voice comes out of nowhere.

"Mom..." She thinks for a moment, trying to find the English words, "says she is almost done."

Tom takes a second but nods his head with a smile, "Okay."

She runs off again. The next time she appears her hair is done in tiny braids and Y/N and Seren are behind her. Tom gets up from the ground to ask if they're ready to go. Before they leave Y/n gets close to the man's ear, "Don't do anything stupid."

He raises his hands in defense, "I won't, I promise."

"Okay." Y/N watches the three leave, telling her children she loves them in the process. After they're gone, she starts to clean up the mess from this morning. The twins hadn't wanted to wake up or eat or get dressed or anything this morning. That was until Y/N told them Tom would be taking them shopping. After that they gladly got ready. Once everything looks acceptable, Y/N gets on her way to work.

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"Tom, can I please, please, please, get this!" Seren has a huge smile on his face, holding up a box that's almost half his size. It's one of those random things that are found amidst the hundreds of books within libraries.

Tom bends down to examine the box. He can't read any of the words on it, but it looks like a build-your-own-robot type of thing. "Yeah, we can buy it." Tom smiles.

Seren smiles, "Thank you." He then runs off to look at books. He watches the child run off and past a little nook. He thinks about how Y/N probably has spent multiple hours there reading, Seren did say that they come here often. Tom turns back to Euphie, she sits on a floor cushion and reads a children's book. 

Tom focuses on her, smiling softly. A soft loving feeling fills him whole. He wishes he knew how happy his children would have made him years ago. That would have changed everything. "What are you reading?"

Euphie looks at the man that's now next to her, she slightly closes the book and faces it towards him. Its a small, hardcover book about a prince being saved by a princess. Although the cover is in Korean and he doesn't really understand what it's about, he looks at the picture and nods as if he does. "Is it good?"

"Yeah, I like it." She nods, opening it back up and reading it again.

"Should we show mom?" Tom asks.

"Yes! I think she would like it." She smiles.

By the time they had finally left the library, Seren had chosen four books along with the robot, and Euphie got a doll and three books. Tom had made sure they both got an equal number of things.

"Where should we go next?" He asks, looking at the small children.

"Food!" Euphie suggests, Seren nods.

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