|My Two Stars| Oshi No Ko|

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“Your turn, Onii-san!”Ruby exclaimed as the eyes were glued to Taiki. Taiki stared at the building of blocks in the middle of the coffee table, poking certain blocks for any loose and easy ones to pull out. Hikaru, Taiki, and the twins were playing a familiar game to make time pass. It was the weekend, and it was almost 8 PM.

Taiki grabbed onto a block and slowly pulled it out as the other three watched closely.

“It's moving!”Ruby shouted.

“Shush!”Taiki focused on the block. Little by little, the block was being pulled out from its spot.

“It's the weekend!!”Seijuro bursted out, causing Taiki to jump. As a result, the block building fell over. The ten year old stared at the scattered blocks with his jaw dropped. “You lost.”Aqua smirked.

“I will throw this block at you, Aquamarine.”Taiki threatened and said Aqua's name slowly, seeing the six year old cringe. Taiki glanced up to see his father standing behind him, “Dad, you made me lose.”

“Sorry, kiddo.”Seijuro gave Taiki a head pat, “I got excited. Today, I have a boys’ night with an acquaintance of mine that I haven't seen in years.”

“Really? Who?”Hikaru asked, rebuilding the blocked tower with Aqua and Ruby's help.

“Saitou Ichigo. The president of Ichigo Production Inc.”Seijuro responded. Hikaru froze for a moment and slowly glanced over at Seijuro, “Oh.”

Aqua stared up at Seijuro. Ai's guardian. He's going to see him. Maybe if I go, I can learn about Ai's children. Wait… right. I'm six years old. Aqua sighed in disappointment. How unfortunate to be stuck in this child's body.

“Well, I hope you have fun–”

“You're coming with me, Hikaru.”

“Excuse me?”Hikaru raised an eyebrow at the man, “I'm going with you?”

“Yes. You never got the chance to enjoy going to a bar. When you turned 20, you were too focused on your acting to even let yourself have a break from it all. It's time you give yourself a break and drink with your old man.”He pressed his hand against his chest and puffed his chest out proudly.

“Who will take care of the kids?”

“Airi.”

Hikaru drifted his eyes towards Aqua, who was distracted by building the block tower again with Ruby and Taiki. The color of his face immediately drained at the thought of living Aqua alone with Airi.

“I already told Airi of us going to the bar today. She didn't mind watching over Aqua and Ruby while we were not here.”

Hikaru's black stars stared at Aqua. I can't let her harm Aqua. I can't let her do what she did to me to my own child. “No. I'll stay here. You can go by yourself.”He said, “I would rather stay here with the children.”

“Come on, Hikaru. A break is needed once in a while. It'll be good for you and your mentality.”

“No–”

“You should go, father. It will be good for you to relax and have a break from everything. Just don't drink too much.”Aqua reassured, giving his father a smile. “Yeah! Mama Airi will take good care of us! She's the best!”Ruby exclaimed with an excited grin on her face.

Once the twins grew older, Hikaru always kept an eye on them whenever Airi was around, even if it was just him, the twins, and her in a room or the family together. His eyes were always glued to either the twins or Airi. Without hesitation, he would keep Aqua and Ruby close to him or even take him wherever he went. No matter what, Aqua and Ruby would not be alone with Airi, except that one time at Aqua's first rehearsal.