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Part 13
Apple
Despite his age, Kuu Hizuri is still hard in action and preferred to do his own stunts, and because of it, he is now currently spending his days at home with a broken right leg after a freak accident.
To console his feelings and loneliness, his youngest who had coincidentally the same day fell from a ladder and broke his left leg. Now, they were mopping in sadness being grounded by the matriarch at home.
Lazing in the living room with sports channel flashing the television, "Hey son, do you wanna bother Kuon?" Kuu mischievously asked.
Julianne who was about to fall asleep, "Sure?" impulsively.
"Cool! Lets go!" Kuu then helped his aluggish son up and changed into a matching pair of shorts since they were rocking casts and pink tropical shirts.
With the crutches, they limped their way to the drive way and had Hajime drive them to Kuon's location without notice to his manager.
Once they arrived, Eltra Duris was present and questioned the father and son, "What the hell happened?" Kuu's manager snorted while Julianne's top hand gave a cough.
Paul explained while diverting his gaze elsewhere, "The older prefered to do his own stunts." Kuu in response whipped his head and glared at his long time friend and manager.
Again, Lugh coughed rolling his eyes, "And the son insisted to install the turret on the roof himself and fell leg first." Julianne made a slow head turn and glared at his subordinate for snitching.
Eltra sighed, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree." face palming, "Still stubborn I see?" and then turned to his charge who laughed guiltily.
Kuon puts his hands up, "On my defense, I do my stunts in the safest way possible or Kyoko would slit my neck." Kyoko behind him hummed in agreement.
Since they were on break, Kuon together with his manager and Kyoko headed to his dressing room taking his father and brother along.
His young female co-stars eyes were sparking seeing the armed bodyguards casually sitting with their boss and making fun at his cast by drawing and writing stuff on it. "What made you guys come and visit?" Kyoko asked, but thrilled Kuu was there to watch her and Kuon act.
"Sasha and I were bored at home and decided to pop-in and watch on set." besides, its been a while since Sasha set foot to a studio." Julianne used to be an actor and being on a set felt nostalgic.
When the director hearing it, "Do you guys want to make a quick cameo?" Kuu was expecting his youngest to refuse and would only agree if there's benefits for him.
But, "Sure." shrugging nonchalantly.l which surprised his father and brother.
In a heart beat, "I'm in!" Kuu grinned and wanted to bond with his sons in one production even if it was just a second of air time for them.
The director made a quick meeting with the managers as well as Lugh and the script writer where she can have the father and sons be in one frame.
Planning out a scene, Kuu and Julianne will actually play as Kuon's family and would be sharing a dinner with Kyoko. It is where Kuon will supposed to be having a brawl.
And since the script writer saw Julianne and Kuon's sparring, asked if it was alright if Julianne can join his brother to the brawl but concerned for his injured leg.
Julianne yet again shrugged and went with the scene, the stunt men who were playing as the thugs did not expect to be picked up with ease and thrashed from left to right by the younger Hizuri. Kuon had a hard time not to crack in character watching his calm brother throwing people left and right while his father being unbothered and continued to inhale the food offered on the table.
When the director called cut, Kuon and Kyoko doubled over from laughter and it took them a minute to calm down. "You okay, Jules?" Kuon asked.
Julianne calmed down from his rage play, "I guess... just a little frustrated though." he again shrugged.
Kyoko and Kuon understood why he was frustrated, but the others didn't, "Huh? Why?" the director confused.
"This." pointing at his leg.
Lugh then gave him a sarcastic look, "And who's fault was it, boss?"
"Mine, but Im still intalling antenas and turrets myself." this caused his three top-hands to slap their foreheads.
Kuu laughed, "You better do your job keeping the stubborn boss of yours alive, boys!"
Paul scowled at him, "Like Mr. Eltra mentioned, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree..." he said bitterly.
Lugh with a deep loud sigh, "You're not even rethinking your life choices, aren't you?"
Julianne shook his head, "Nuh-uh... not one bit, and I still need to install an additional antenna for that turret though." provoking his guys even more.
"There is a point in my employment sometimes where I want to hand in a resignation." Lugh deeply disappointed.
Julianne had an innocent smile, "No one's quitting unless I fire you guys, but there's zero chance I'd let you shuffle your way to Nakahara's door." The boys knew their boss considers them family and there will be no way they can be dismissed.
Yuuya shooks his head in disappointment for his boss, "Apparently, we're doing a terrible job at it." he sighed.
"I don't know if my work as a merc will end me first or the heart attacks from big-b's stubborn streak." Hajime also expressed his disappointment.
Julianne adorably pouted for once, "Oh pipe it. Im alive, just with a broken leg." scratching and trying to reach his finger down the loose space of his cast, "Are they always this itchy?"
Kuon still amused at the exchange, and Kuu chuckling "Considering he can yeet those big guys easily, Sasha's fine." Kuu vouched.
Once the props crew finished retouching the set and having the choreographer explain at the brothers where to throw the stunt men, this time Julianne followed the instructions and completed the scene in one take. Still, some of the parts from the first were taken as well since it looked organic.
Getting home, Julie was not pleased that her boys exhasted themselves by being in a scene but relented knowing they had fun. The story about Julianne throwing those huge men with ease became another fuel for memes about him being his bodyguards' guardian instead.
Kuon was very proud to share online the behind the scenes where his brother and father joined him on set and for a certain scene.
And since it's the weekend, Julianne was dragged by his three top-hands to another drinking spree by the pool, where they set up some foldable camping chairs, table and a tiny grill, together was a lonely and mopping Kuon also in house arrest after a mishap.
Kuu working the grill and handing the boys some good juicy meat as chaser for their drinks, "As I was informed there were supposed to be only two Hizuri that got injured, what happened to you?" A baffled man in an Egyptian outfit walked in.
Kuon gave an awkward chuckle, "Like what Mr. Duris said... the apple doesn't fall far from the tree." Kuu grinned and gave a peace sign, while his sons guilty looked away.
Extra: The Hangover
It was the usual weekend, the three top-hands' days off but still prefers to stick around their beloved employer's side, and gragging him to their usual excessive drinking spree, setting up the mini grill and a huge box of cooler by the dug-out sand where they often sit and hangout, just under the shade provided by the palm tree.
The three men prefers to flash their upper bodies and bask under the sun living in comfort without the prying eyes of any annoying females trying to get their attention or bothering them.
Meanwhile their boss, preferred to cover up with his stylish tropical shirts. Kuon on his free time enjoys hanging out with the bachelors and often record their fun drinking session by the beach, hilarious when Julianne gets one too many, he'd start a crash-course in engineering while Hajime would pull out his iPad and intently drafting the ideas laid out, Yuuya would doze off and already rolling on the sand, while Lugh keeps on distributing shots and bottles of booze to everyone, especially the one that kept on escaping, and for a rare occasion, Julianne's trusted lawyers were present, one was mopping and crying after his fifth shot, while the other trying to escape but Lugh had a tight hold and kept serving him more shots.
And since its a special weekend having more company, Kuon being laid off from work for a while is joining them, "What do you think about Jules?" quickly whipping out his phone with his good hand. Kuon was playing the drinking stereotypes with Yashiro who remained sober.
"I call it the Master Class." they shared quite the laghter after naming the first one.
Kuon then added, "I say Yuuya-kun is Aurora of the bunch."
They burst out in laughter when Yaahiro added, "I'd say its not true-love's kiss that would wake him up. It's going to be a dose of either Tylenol or Ibuprofen and a good puke." Kuon's hand was shaking and failed to focus the phone.
Kuon turned his attention to the head top-hand, "What about Lugh?"
Yashiro thinks for a second and replied, "The Boogeyman."
Kuon confused, "Why?"
"Look at him... He's like that scary monster causing death to poor Kazuya-kun!" Yashiro explained making Kuon laugh yet again, Yashiro on the ither hand shook his head in disappointment. "And I think I dont need to explain why is Kazuya-san is called 'the walking dead'." Kuon was coughing from the creative stereotypes.
Panning his phone camera at the other lawyer that seems emotional and crying his wife's name, "And we have Wein-kun." Kuon was totally snorting watching the overly-emotional man begging for his wife.
"Ah... yes... my personal favorite, the 'Werewolf' He either turns aggro, or an emotional wreck, depending on the topic about his wife." Yashiro was well acquainted with all the staff and associates of Julianne, especially their families that often comes visit the estate for business.
After another hour, Kyoko arrived and fetched her disabled husband-to-be and barely sober shared manager, meanwhile Julianne and Hajime continued their drinking spree while creating questionable abomination of hardwares in his personal workshop. One of the two lawyers is passed out under the coconut tree, the other was dragged by his wife home after weeping like a tortured banshee, Lugh passed out in Julianne's sofa and Yuuya was left by the porch by Julianne and Hajime after half way dragging him.
-See you in the next one!-
A/N: Hi ho!! Character introduction!
The character Lugh Tua Dé is the main character in the Manga and Anime: World's Finest Assassin Reincarnated to Another World as Aristocrat.
Nagumo Hajime is another main character from the Manga and Anime: Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest.
Yuuya Tenjou is another OP main character from one of my favorite isekai light novel, Manga and newly adapted Anime: Isekai De Cheat Skill Wo Te Ni Shita Ore Wa, Genjitsu Sekai Wo Mo Musou Suru ~Level Up Wa Jinsei Wo Kaeta
Lawyer #1: Wein Salema Arbalest is from the light novel, manga and anime adaptation; (The Prince's guide to raising a nation out of debt) tensai ouji no akaji kokka saisei jutsu characters
And lastly, Lawyer #2: Kazuya Souma from the light novel, manga and anime adaptation; (How a realist Hero rebuilt a kingdom) genjitsushugisha no oukokukaizouki
These characters are the protagonist of my favorite Isekai/fantasy animes/manga/LN.
Thank you so much for reading!
-M.A.X