|My Two Stars| Oshi No Ko|

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“Hey, where was Mama Airi? I didn't see her in Lala Lai.”Ruby spoke as the family of five sat down at a table in a restaurant, eating their food after a long day. “She had rehearsals today for a new morning drama she's in. She's the main lead.”Seijuro replied, taking a sip of his drink. Ruby's eyes sparkled, “Really?! How cool! Can we go see her rehearsal someday?! Please?!”

“Sure.”Seijuro laughed.

“Have you had any acting jobs yet?”Hikaru asked. The older man pursed his lips, debating on answering the question, “Uh, no. You know that I'm a struggling actor, okay? I'm getting offers. Just not as much as Airi, but I'm still getting them very slowly. Most of my time is with these kids. I feel like I'm more of a stay-at-home-dad than an actor nowadays.”He mumbled. Hikaru gave him a smug smile, “You technically are one. Once Kamiki Productions becomes much bigger in the future, you'll probably be the only one to take care of the kids.”

Ruby gasped and pouted, “Does that mean you won't have time to spend with us, Papa?”

“I will always have time to spend with Aqua and you. I won't let my work intervene with my time with my two little stars.”Hikaru gave Ruby a peck on the head. He leaned over and gave Aqua a peck on the head as well, “I love you two more than anything.”

“We love you too, Papa!”Ruby giggled, leaning against her father's upper arm. Aqua nodded, agreeing with Ruby. Hikaru cleared his throat, “Once the twins and Taiki go into summer break from school, how about we use that time as a way to have some family bonding time together? We can go wherever we want.”

“Really?!”Ruby gasped as her eyes sparkled.

“Hmm… it would be a good way to release stress.”Aqua said, taking a sip of his drink.

“And it would be nice. School has been stressing me out.”Taiki frowned, eating a fry. Seijuro chuckled, giving Taiki a head pat, “Oh my loving son, life will get you more stressed out than school.”

“It depends, Dad. With Hikaru having his own agency, maybe our lives would be easier as the agency gets bigger in size and popularity. We might even buy a much bigger house than the one we moved into two years ago.”Taiki shrugged with a smug smile on his face.

Ruby looked over at Hikaru as she bounced up and down on her seat, “Can we move to a massive mansion, Papa?! Those mansions are so pretty inside!” Hikaru blinked hard, “A mansion? Uh, I don't know about that, Ruby. It would be nice to move into a huge mansion and give everyone their own space, but having a huge house is a massive responsibility to take care and keep clean.”

“But Papa! We can get a mansion with a massive pool! A pool where we can swim in when it's really hot outside, or maybe have family pool days!”

“A pool…”Taiki repeated, imagining it in his head. He melted at the thought, “Ahh… a pool would be amazing to have.”He smiled to himself. Hikaru stared at Taiki and Ruby and hummed, “If you guys really want to have a pool which won't happen in, maybe, a few more years, how about we go to the beach during the summer?”

“Yes!”Ruby cheered.

“That's a good idea. Now, with the children being older, I feel much safer with them near water compared to when they were ten and six years old.”Seijuro smiled as he continued to eat his food. Ruby got off of her chair, “Papa! Can I get ice cream? Please?! I finished my food!”She pointed at the empty plate.

Hikaru nodded and pulled out his wallet, taking his card out, “Taiki, can you go with Ruby to buy an ice cream?”

“Mhm!”Taiki grabbed Hikaru's card from his hand and stood up from his chair.