That Time I got Reincarnated as Son of an Idol

Yeah, I have a different mindset with Gorou the doctor and Ruby toward Ai. Gorou didn’t have a mother and was raised by his grandparents, while Ruby in her previous life was neglected by her parents and spent her time alone in the hospital.

As for me… I felt like I had an ordinary parent. I don’t think they’re the best parents ever or bad ones either. It’s just that I love them in my own way. 

That’s why I have a different sentiment toward Ai. Sometimes I wonder if that is healthy or not. Or if I really look up to her as a mother or other thing. I think for years my obsession was just to save her from the tragedy that made me wonder if I really look at her as human itself. 

For now, I finally saved her from that stalker and I don’t think that tragedy would happen. It's just that I don't know what Kamiki will do... I have no guidance on what happens in the future. Because I have changed everything I know from the manga by saving Ai.

Whatever happens in the future for me is a blank canvas that I will carve myself. When I realized that, I couldn't help but feel scared of this thing called the future. During my life in this world, I've been relying on what I know from manga and of course my past life memories.

Sometimes I can't help thinking negatively.

After this, will I be able to protect her if Kamiki does something? If I remember correctly, he is still doing bad things in the future in the manga. Like killing other actresses, so there was a big chance he will do something in future. 

“Hah—” Sometimes that kind of thinking wears me out and depresses me too. I can’t help sighed deeply. 

“What are you doing, Aqua?” I feel someone hug me from behind and it’s an easy job to find out from the voice alone. 

“The scenery is very beautiful.” I replied since I was wondering about this on top of the hill while staring at the beauty of nature. 

“Oh, are you enjoying the scenery?” 

“Un…”

“Is that so… If that's the case I’m happy to bring you here…” I could feel Ai’s voice and she hugged me more tightly than before. “How about we’ll go explore around for a bit?” She asked me. 

“Well, okay…” 

Ai brought Ruby and I explored around the campsite. Ruby, who rarely goes to places like this, runs around with such vigor that makes me wonder how much stamina she had. 

“Ruby, please be careful…” Ai told her while walking beside me. 

“Yes, Mama…” She replied while still running recklessly. 

We walked around the hill and enjoyed nature. Sometimes the ground was kind of difficult to walk on with my small body. 

At some point, Ai grabbed my hand and with a smile on her face she told me to grab her hand tightly.. 

While grabbing her hand and seeing her figure sometimes I wonder what I thought of Ai as?

If I close my eyes and think my mother was… 

Who will appear in my mind? My mother in my previous life or Ai? Something that I’m actually afraid of…

If at that moment, I’m thinking of Ai… I felt sorry for my mother in my previous life…

Then if it's the other way around, I felt sorry for Ai… 

I wonder what the correct answer will be… Of course, I felt like the correct answer is that you need to cherish the life I have right now, but still…since I remember my previous life which made it difficult to do. 

I couldn’t help tightly grabbing her hand. When she felt that she turned around to look at me and smiled sadly. 

“Are you tired, Aqua?” She asked. 

“No…” 

“Really? But your face is…” She didn’t say anything and just grabbed me and embraced me like a mother to her kid. 

“Are you hurt somewhere?” She asked me with a worried tone and patted my back to make me calm down. 

“No…” 

“Really… You're about to cry…” 

“Maybe…” 

I wonder if this happens because of my small body that makes my emotions more fragile than when I’m in college. With many things that I need to handle and a lot of uncertainty of the future since I had already changed. I couldn’t help being stressed out. 

When I read a lot of stories… I always thought I could do it better and stuff… But when those really happened, it was really difficult and hard. 

“If something happens or you feel sad… You can talk to your mom…” Ai reassured me and gave a warm feeling to all of my body. 

Yeah, Ai was a good mother… I don’t want something to happen to her. That’s why I swear that I will protect her with all my might. 

I think after that I felt like my bond with Ai deepened. 

With that a year passed quickly, Ruby and I finally entered elementary school. The two of us just like always had jobs here and there…

Not only a commercial job, but I got a job in drama or tv series too. While Ruby gets a job in kids shows like dancing and singing. She had taken a different path from me. Well, eventually she would become an idol like our mother after all. 

As for Ai, people don’t need to ask about her. Her fame once again became bigger and bigger to the point she joined a big movie as a support cast and killed it. Her act, her song and other things she did always became a hit. As if everything she touched became gold itself. 

Even so, our secret is still not revealed to the world. But we still need to be careful. 

“We need to be extra careful.” Ichigo said in front of all of us. 

On the other hand, Ai, Ruby and I were just eating fruit at a nearby table. Enjoying our time together. 

“It’s fine… I know.” 

“With your fame… more paparazzi will flock around… I just warn you to be careful.” Ichigo sighed deeply, especially right now there’s a scoop for the last three days about a rising idol that has been found out by the public to have a boyfriend.

Which made me understand Ichigo’s concern and once again made me remember how toxic the idol culture was. It was quite fuzzy and slowly destroyed her reputation. 

No wonder Ichigo was a bit noisy about this. Especially when Ai may start to become a real star in the entertainment industry. 

Also, there was something that took my attention from that idol. I felt like I could see those star-shaped pupils in her eyes too, like Ai, but not as bright as her. 

I wonder if there’s lot of people who have those eyes… 

“I told once again to be careful since tomorrow you and Aqua will be in the same place. So please make sure not to do something that is suspicious. Okay…” 

Ah, yeah… This is maybe a long time for the two of us to appear in the same shows. Well, Ai’s just came as a cameo though… 

“It’s fine. We’ll be careful.” That’s what Ai reply to Ichigo. 

Well, I don’t think that is a difficult thing. 

Next day, I'm doing something that has become a habit for me. Acting in a TV-show. I think they will be used as a cameo. From what I heard, I think they never though Ai would be agree to came as a cameo. She always said she found it interesting, but I think she just wanted to appear in the show where I played. She slowly became a bit selfish I guess…

I felt sorry for Ichigo… 

When our eyes met, she immediately waved her hand with a smile on her face. 

Geez, what I’m going to do with her. Oh it looked like she had already finished her job and went toward her room. At that moment, I heard a staff member talking about something.

“Wait, look, isn’t that the girl that caught controversy?” 

“Ah, yeah… Such a waste… I hear that because of backlash. Some advertisements pull out from her company after all. Her company is on fire right now.” 

“Well, of course, the problem is not only that, but her sex tape is released to the public too, right?”

“Yeah, that’s really destroying her reputation. I wonder why she came here?”

“Ahahaha, maybe she is trying to ask about appearance or help someone here?” 

“Ahahaha, that’s awful to say…”  

Well, that’s quite a disturbing conversation to have in front of the kid. Or they didn’t think I would understand what they’re saying. What a poor girl… Hm… 

My eyes wander and see the girl in question. She’s still young, maybe at 20 years old. I never thought anything at all when I saw her until I saw her pupil. I feel like she had the same kind of pupil eyes like Ai. 

And when I saw that… I immediately felt my body shiver from what I saw, not a bright small star pupil like before, but a big dark star-shaped pupil that filled her eyes. Something I used to see in the manga which felt like showing how negative feelings the owner had. 

Ah, there’s no way right? She walked toward Ai’s room. Wait, how the hell they let her roam in this place. No, she even entered Ai’s room, which means Ai or Miyako agreed to meet her or something. 

I didn't feel good about this and without saying anything and ran toward Ai’s room. When I was near the room, I heard some argument and entered to see the two people talking to each other. 

Ai and Miyako who had those confused looks. While The girl was hysterical and yelled at Ai that it was all her fault.

Ah, this is… quite the same picture… The girl pulled something out from her pocket and with any hesitation leapt toward Ai.

There were a lot of things in my mind, I wonder if I became a bit too relaxed after those events have already passed and I already put Kamiki in watch too. Miyako always told me there was nothing different from his daily life. 

It felt like fate playing with me… No… There’s no way I let those happen…

Ai…

Knife…

And a hysterical person.

Even though it may be the same, I wouldn’t let those happen. I swear to protect her after all. Or else… what’s the point of reincarnating to this world…