~'¶\ Broken Lies \¶'~(Ai Hoshino X OC)

Special Chapter: Echoes of Insecurity

-Mr. Taishi's House-

"That's wrong! You're supposed to take the scene before the other. Then, render the video, understand?" Taishi knocked Kai's head using a newspaper.

"Yeah, I know! I know! Geez, I'm already doing that..." Kai made a pout, annoyed by the director's command. He was editing a video with Mr Taishi, who thought this would be a great opportunity to teach him a few lessons.

"Then why did you click the cut button earlier?" Taishi rose an eyebrow, making Kai laugh in awkwardness.

"Accident happens, sir." Kai responded with a carefree expression.

"Heh, this youngsters nowadays... By the way, where did you get these video? The animation and the fight scene looks quite clean, given though it was just the editor moving the manga panel around." Taishi asked Kai, who nodded nonchalantly.

"I found it at fyp. They were loads of them, it was trending now and apparently the side character of the manga is more popular than the Mc himself. Quite a change, huh?" The half-saiyan said while typing, 'N̶a̶h̶,̶ ̶I̶'̶d̶ ̶w̶i̶n̶' as the title.

"Sign of the times, huh. Well, hurry up and render it. Rendering process is so long so you'd better finish it now." Kai nodded at the instructions given. He stretched his body for a bit after his two hours lesson. He yawned for a bit before looking back at Mr. Taishi, now sitting down on his chair.

"Ah, Director. I also have finish cutting the scenes from the movie you asked for. I fixed that background scene problem that the production stuck at. Here's the pendrive." Kai shoved his hand into his pocket, grabbing the drive before throwing it at Taishi, who caught it effortlessly.

"Isn't it about time to move out from your folk's house? You're already in your mid 30 right?" Kai wondered, as he sips his oolong tea.

"There's no benefits to leaving a spacious family home in a city center! There are actually lots of peoples like me!" Kai burst out laughing at his rambling before turning his attention to his phone. He opened up his social media to see the recent news.

"There's so many romance movies being casted now. I haven't got any opportunity to act in actions film since then." Kai told Mr Taishi, who nodded in response.

"Yeah, that's true. But I thought you got many offer in that genre right? Did you decline all of them?" Taishi asked the Time Patroller, who have an uninterested expression plastered on his face.

"Nah, that kind of thing just isn't for me," Kai said, shaking his head. "Besides, most romance films rely on the same dramatic scenes-even for side characters. I really don't like the idea of being paired with some random actress. It's just not my cup of tea."

Taishi sweatdropped at Kai's comment, responding, "Wow, you're really picky, aren't you?"

"Why? Scared of girls? (Kai : Like Weiss? Of course...) Picky. Well, the ball is in your court. Believe me, it's better you accept them. Not every actors would get this opportunity. Some actors even got married with the person they have been paired in movies. Shouldn't you have a girlfriend already?"

A vein popped out from his forehead, "Looks who's talking." Kai rolled his eyes in annoyance, mumbling as he continued scrolling his social media. Then, his phone started ringing.

"Huh, Ai-san? Why did she call me?" Kai looked at the screen of his phone.

"Ai? You mean that Ai Hoshino?" Taishi asked him, to which he nod. Kai answered the call, wondering what could Ai be up to this time.

"Hello, it's Kai."

"Kai, wanna have a date?"

"......"