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Characters aren’t chosen——they walk in on their own. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0YpIgRjkM
From the moment their eyes met, reunion was inevitable.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUaTDmn3Gs
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The audition meeting was supposed to be calm.
The director arrived an hour early.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GGYReENdS
The art lead came in carrying a box of prototype bunny ears.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBOtL7m8QG
The screenwriter sat in the corner, half-dead, gnawing on an energy bar.
The manager had already arranged the candidates into four Excel tiers and reminded everyone:
“Today’s focus is on the character’s aura——not their looks.”
Then the door swung open.
The boss walked in wearing sunglasses, dragging behind a suitcase clearly packed for CP emergencies—romantic pairings he was way too obsessed with.
“I’m here to supervise. Personally.”
He sounded like he was about to launch a military operation.
“…You sure you’re not just here to emotionally manipulate us?”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqrG9JdJjv
The director muttered under his breath.
The boss took off his sunglasses. His eyes were glistening.
“I just want to see the moment they reunite.”
No one responded.
The screenwriter quietly put away the energy bar and opened his laptop.
“If this fails, I’ll open a death route. Everyone. Dies.”
“No no no! I’ll behave. I promise.” The boss panicked.
The manager glanced at the time. “First actor’s here.”
Silence for two seconds.
The director straightened.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8xYHtGjTy
The art lead pushed up her glasses.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhS8qfTQcQV
The screenwriter opened a new document:
“How Do You Act Like You’ve Met Before?”
The boss was already seated in the front row, solemn as a high priest.
Auditions——begin.
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The first bunny-role actor walked in wearing a fuzzy hat she brought herself.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoS55DQSGP
She took her mark, then suddenly threw both hands into the air——
“You can’t do this to me!”
Three seconds of awkward silence followed.
The director flipped a page in the audition script.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqPKOVjNCt
“We’re doing a scene from episode two today. The reunion in the back hills.”
“And uh… which scene were you performing, exactly?”
“Oh… sorry. Got too into it.”
The boss frowned.
The second bunny came from a dance background——16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSLztTtdQY
She turned her head with such extreme flexibility it looked like her neck had no bones.
“I think…” the art lead muttered, sketching as she observed,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnN0yHCuS3Z
“…this bunny might be a little too flexible.”
The third walked in with a cool, distant expression16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7u0DeFg8FC
She turned, nodded, and delivered her line:
“…You’re back.”
The director nodded.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPZ5N8Prrz
“Not bad. Feels grounded.”
The boss shot up from their seat.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTBDxLYJZR
“Wrong! No chemistry! How can she be this calm right now?!”
The screenwriter tried to explain.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjC3BUm9Dt
“It’s not calm——it’s emotional suppression. She’s holding it in.”
“That’s suppression?! I just feel like I can’t ship them!”
“…Okay, fine. I give up on character arcs.”
He shut his laptop. The director patted his shoulder in sympathy.
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“Next one. Trying for the bunny role.”
The manager announced. No one responded.
She was the seventh of the day. Everyone’s eyes were starting to glaze over.
The girl stepped in, standard audition outfit on, hair loosely tied.
She lowered herself and lightly brushed her fingers across the synthetic grass mat.
No lines.
Then, she looked up——16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEj5qLbkIsz
gaze drifting gently into the distance.
“…You’re back?”
The words were soft.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1TjB8T3K3
But in that moment, the entire room fell silent.
Only breathing remained.
The director slowly sat up.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQUW3SAsXF
The art lead’s pen froze in mid-air.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ijCzplWz4
The screenwriter hit the save key without realizing it.
The boss, eyes wide——
“That’s it. I ship them.”
The director cleared his throat.
“…Alright. She stays.”
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“Next, we’re testing for Xi-Yu. With the bunny.”
The manager spoke.
Several candidates took turns stepping in.
The first had a solar-system-level smile,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1KJMDhLcR
but once she hit her mark, she delivered her lines like she was reciting from flashcards.
The second walked like she was on a runway.
The third actor turned to look at the bunny ——16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcggwg59AuY
and froze.
Not because it was quiet.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQnzro8OTw
Everyone was waiting.
But the bunny was still crouching, head slightly raised.
Xi-Yu stood there, body leaning in just a little.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgjhQxFCN3
They simply looked at each other.
The director didn’t call cut.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlrA4MqkJq
The screenwriter didn’t type.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0rtPnL1B6
The art lead didn’t sketch.
The manager slowly lifted their hand off the earpiece.
The boss’s eyes shimmered, and a smile crept across their face before they could stop it.
The director finally spoke.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KGeVmdYFF
“…Okay. It’s them.”
No one objected.
“I can write them.”
“I want to draw them.”
“Honestly, it’s almost illegal putting them together.”
The boss said nothing—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhRFFgQRBR
just stamped their CP notebook like a maniac.
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The audition finally ended.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IryX1JKSF
Everyone exhaled at once.
They were here.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyu63SWvzkv
For real.
