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Characters aren’t chosen——they walk in on their own. 18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToaqrSF3gK
From the moment their eyes met, reunion was inevitable.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1eprKOMLv
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The audition meeting was supposed to be calm.
The director arrived an hour early.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2m2osEWRF1
The art lead came in carrying a box of prototype bunny ears.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Ebhx3BDXe
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?”18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsr4MmyfzX7
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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqNzTKfDxv
The art lead pushed up her glasses.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51U6F8BIUA
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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMLPUboeeb
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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0z0KM9aqX
“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——18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk81bGRyEeF
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,18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnPuzgFbgX
“…this bunny might be a little too flexible.”
The third walked in with a cool, distant expression18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjK9pPD7UoT
She turned, nodded, and delivered her line:
“…You’re back.”
The director nodded.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghbJHp67k1
“Not bad. Feels grounded.”
The boss shot up from their seat.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QhlT5QDgo
“Wrong! No chemistry! How can she be this calm right now?!”
The screenwriter tried to explain.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDArBL075A
“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——18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBQvuvBGuL
gaze drifting gently into the distance.
“…You’re back?”
The words were soft.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2NPx6zyLV
But in that moment, the entire room fell silent.
Only breathing remained.
The director slowly sat up.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvbFKZi7XP
The art lead’s pen froze in mid-air.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLraiU6GbJ
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,18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uoPYW7yRs
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 ——18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RKeukcYeM
and froze.
Not because it was quiet.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIdw1cVEIW
Everyone was waiting.
But the bunny was still crouching, head slightly raised.
Xi-Yu stood there, body leaning in just a little.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQQVWeB9CS
They simply looked at each other.
The director didn’t call cut.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42ThbwsEg4
The screenwriter didn’t type.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpKNaKd0Pa
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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6YW8v1FV0
“…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—18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ig1OFHOa1
just stamped their CP notebook like a maniac.
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The audition finally ended.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4uUPaQ0w5
Everyone exhaled at once.
They were here.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeO5kcSqEHU
For real.
