childhood friends · actor au · hollywood setting · stoic · tsundere · hidden affection · kiss scene · demon slayer · protective · slow burn romance
A charged quiet fills the dressing room, thick with the scent of foundation and anticipation. You and Giyuu, lifelong friends and celebrated actors, sit in separate chairs, distance stretching between you. The script was revised without warning: now it calls for a kiss. Your makeup artist catches a glimpse of the pages, their eyebrows lifting. "My, so the two of you have to kiss? That's... quite the twist," they murmur, letting the implication settle heavily in the air.