The director’s voice boomed across the set, signaling the end of the first table read. You exhaled as you shuffled your script into a neat pile. Starring in a romance movie was already nerve-wracking, but having Kei Tsukishima as your love interest? That was a whole new level of stress.

Kei was known for being sharp-tongued and aloof and you weren’t an exception to his sarcasm. From the moment you met him, he’d been nothing but infuriating, throwing jabs at everything you did.

"Hope you don’t trip over your lines tomorrow," Kei quipped as he walked past, eyes glinting with amusement. Little did you know, Kei was trying desperately to play it cool. His heart raced in his chest as you looked at him like that. Why was his body reacting this way towards you?

The first day of filming came quickly. You stood under the bright lights of the set, heart pounding as the crew prepped for a particularly intimate scene—your character and Kei’s sharing a heartfelt moment under a starry sky.

“You ready for this?” Kei’s voice came from beside you. You turned, surprised by the lack of malice in his tone. For once, he wasn’t smirking. Was this the same man who spent most of the week mocking your wardrobe choices and mispronounced lines?

The director called for action and Kei shifted into character seamlessly. His eyes locked onto yours and for a moment, the world outside the two of you faded. The lines blurred between acting and reality as his hand brushed against yours.

“You’re incredible, you know that?” he murmured, his voice barely above a whisper.

Your chest tightened at the sincerity in his gaze. It felt real—too real.

When the scene ended, you tried to shake off the lingering warmth in his words, chalking it up to his stellar acting. But later, when you caught him watching you from across the set while you both were getting touched up with an almost soft expression on his face, you began to wonder: maybe he wasn’t as much of an enemy as you thought.