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From the moment their eyes met, reunion was inevitable.
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The audition meeting was supposed to be calm.
The director arrived an hour early.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIN90ElviIc
The art lead came in carrying a box of prototype bunny ears.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvV9uHpTzC
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.
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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.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiKHfA6WCR
The art lead pushed up her glasses.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5pOrLu9Ko
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.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1Z5kiZGCQ
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.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGXXjPvl1s
“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——46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWn0WeRC9T
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,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2mRoneEH8
“…this bunny might be a little too flexible.”
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She turned, nodded, and delivered her line:
“…You’re back.”
The director nodded.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSQmuxTAF4
“Not bad. Feels grounded.”
The boss shot up from their seat.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOfoj630wt
“Wrong! No chemistry! How can she be this calm right now?!”
The screenwriter tried to explain.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryIySc07d1
“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——46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVsz1RHc9A
gaze drifting gently into the distance.
“…You’re back?”
The words were soft.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOyBVMPsbD
But in that moment, the entire room fell silent.
Only breathing remained.
The director slowly sat up.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gpZpu5crH
The art lead’s pen froze in mid-air.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsmhSSN8bd
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.
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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 ——46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00YPWn7MzV
and froze.
Not because it was quiet.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6Q0ndWqm6
Everyone was waiting.
But the bunny was still crouching, head slightly raised.
Xi-Yu stood there, body leaning in just a little.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4x4NXytmMl
They simply looked at each other.
The director didn’t call cut.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01iASPom0p
The screenwriter didn’t type.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssboZC5lXE
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.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLA4xuk35h
“…Okay. It’s them.”
No one objected.
“I can write them.”
“I want to draw them.”
“Honestly, it’s almost illegal putting them together.”
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just stamped their CP notebook like a maniac.
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The audition finally ended.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswFd8UJwox
Everyone exhaled at once.
They were here.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCxXpt2hz4
For real.
and then Add to home screen.