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At the film site

"I'm Ai for Strawberry Productions, and I look forward to working with you all today." Ai bowed politely to the crew. "Same to you," They replied and went back to doing their jobs. Ai stood in the doorway for a bit as her kids waited silently behind her. The director walked up to her and looked down at her with his arms folded across of chest. "Is something wrong, director?" Ai questioned nervously.

"No, nothing in particular." He replied, his gaze not once leaving Ai. "He's kinda scary, right?!" Ruby whispered to her brothers, "Yeah, he's got that look," Aqua whispered back. Just then, the director switched his gaze towards the triplets behind Ai. "Who's kids are these," He asked, making Ruby and Aqua jump. "Oh, they're my kids!" Miyako quickly responded and ruffled Aqua's hair.

The director's face went dark for a moment as he spoke, "The idea of a manager bringing her kids to a set..." The small family flinched awaiting his next words, "Is this one of those reformative work styles thing?" He asked, shocked yet intrigued.

"Uh." Miyako stared at him in shock, not expecting him to be like this. "Sign of the times, huh?" He said, scratching his head, "Well some people bring their dogs these days," With that, he left. The small family let out a sigh of relief, happy he didn't yell at them or ban the kids from coming to the set. 

After a while of conversing, the triplets found themselves seated on the laps of some actresses while getting doted on and praised. "Wow, Triplets!!" One exclaimed with delight, "They're so cute, " another fawned while patting Aqua's hair. 'If I recall correctly this girl is a pin-up model, and that one is a young performer' Aqua thought to himself, "Goo goo, ga ga" Ruby cooed to make herself look even more adorable, 'Quit it with the cutie pie a-' Aqua mentally scolded his younger sister but stopped when he heard the sound of whimpering. Everyone in the room turned their attention to the youngest sibling, [Name].

The boy's usually bright eyes were now dull and glistening with unshed tears, and his bottom lip wobbled, refusing to let more sounds out. "What's wrong??!" The actress that was holding him questions worriedly. [Name] squirmed around in her lap, trying to break free from her gentle hold. The actress held on tighter when he finally started slipping, afraid to let him fall and possibly injure himself. "[Name]...?" Ruby looked at her little brother with concern, [Name] looked up at the actress holding him and shakily spoke, "D-down...Plea."

"Oh no, I'm so sorry. Please forgive me!!" The actress begged as she set him down gently. "Want me to take you to your mom?" one of the lighting crew members asked, holding his hand out for [Name] to take. "NO!" [Name] squeaked and walked out of the room. "Will he be fine?" one of the actresses asked. "Probably, there's security all over, so he should be fine." another answered. 

[Name] POV

'If I remember correctly, the director should be coming this way!' I thought to myself as I ran down the hallway as fast as my little legs could take me. Once I get to Taishi, the first step of my plan will be in motion. I stopped my running once I saw Taishi come around the corner, "Huh, oh, you're that Manager kid that was crying earlier." He said, looking down at me. "If you cry again, I'll have to kick you out, so keep quiet!" He scolded me. Just as he was about to walk past me, I slipped out some very interesting information.

"Casting Ai-san for this show is a mistake,"

He stopped dead in his tracks and turned back to look at me, the look of confusion evident on his features. "What's that?" He questioned.

'Gotcha!'

"You see it clear as day too, Director-san. Ai captures the attention of all no matter what. She'll steal the spotlight from the main actress. Thus, the higher-up will be forced to cut out her scenes from the show," I Started, "No matter how many good shots you get Ai will end up appearing in only one scene because of her cuteness." I finished smiling innocently up at him.

Taishi stepped forward and spoke, "Kids these days are so strange!" He commented out loud, "How do you know all these big words? Aren't you like one??" He picked me up and asked, looking into my eyes.

"Books are the key to knowledge. Also, please put me down, I dislike being held," I answered him and patted his hands to get set down. "Apologizes, Psychic baby." He set me down gently on the floor and stooped down to look me in the eyes once more.

"You're just a baby, so I won't jump into believing you just yet...what you're saying makes sense, but you could also be wrong," Taishi stated. He pulled out a small card from his pocket and handed it to me."If you're right, I suggest you get familiar with this number." He finished and stood up to continue on his way, "Trust me, Director-san, I'm never wrong!" I flashed him a smile and walked the opposite way from him.

'Now we wait.'

"Hm? You're that kid's older brother, just like I told your brother. I don't mind you being here, but if you start crying and interrupt filming, then I'm going to kick you out." I heard Taishi say to Aqua.

"My plan is coming together smoothly!" I whisper happily to myself.

{A few days later}

The four of us gathered in the living room to watch the show Ai's appeared in. Aqua and I sat beside Ai on the sofa while Ruby was sitting on Ai's lap. "I can't wait to see your performance, Mama!" Ruby exclaimed smiling brightly up at Ai. "They filmed me quite a bit," Ai remarked smiling back at Ruby. 

"It's starting!!" Ruby informed. The four of us kept our eyes on the TV, waiting for Ai to show up. 

"Are you in a bad mood or something?" the female lead asked the male lead, "Not really" he replied. "Was it something I did?" she asked.

"Here it is, this is the scene!!!" Ruby gasped and pointed at the screen. 

"What is this?" the female lead asked, the camera zoomed out to show Ai walking in. "Good Morning." Ai greeted the female lead. 

"Aww, it's Mama!" Ruby fawned, "Mama!" I exclaimed at the screen. "Come on give her a close-up!" Aqua fussed, he and Ruby stared at the TV eagerly, eventually that eagerness turned into annoyance. As expected Ai's scenes were cut from the final production, I hid my smirk and complained "Mama only got one scene?!"

"What?! That's all?!" Ruby yelled in frustration. My siblings complained about how little screen time Ai got, Ai wondered if her acting was so bad they had to cut out her scenes. Ruby and I comforted Ai, assuring her that it was not her fault whatsoever.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Aqua leave with Ai's phone to contact Taishi. 

'So far my plan is coming together~'

                              {To be continued}



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