Rental No More - Chizuru Ichinose [Mizuhara] X Reader (Kanojo, Okarishimasu)

Episode 20: Weird Adults

"Let's do this once again. Everyone ready?"

Everyone got ready, clearing their throats and waiting for the signal. Tsu, Hiro, Chizuru and, although looking a bit red, Sumi all got ready in their own ways.

Tsu: "...It looks like we are."

Y/N: "Beautiful. Scene 3, Take 2... Action!"

Things went into motion exactly as you planned them to. The star, Chizuru, did what she was supposed to, and you watched her and your surroundings carefully. Handling the camera, you walked and followed her every move in a way only you could. Everything seemed to be working great right now. Every line, although not many, were delivered to near perfection, and every move was exactly as you imagined it. Chizuru is extremely talented.

While you took your own skills with the camera for granted, your friends and even Sumi realized that there was something special brewing here. Even though there weren't many people working on this project, they all still trusted you to pull this off in the end with the resources you had now. There were some worries here and there, but you didn't think of those and set them aside to tackle later.

There was one small issue regarding Sumi Sakurasawa though. The camera was now focused entirely on her, and as expected, the same problems that occurred on the previous scenes returned without a single change. Sumi looked very... 'stiff' when you focused on her. It was weird to explain, but it did sort of cause some problems with the scenes she was supposed to be in, and it annoyed you a little. You stopped using the camera and sighed.

Y/N: "Cut!"

You walked over to Sumi, and she looked to Chizuru for some sort of support. You weren't going to do anything bad to Sumi, but Chizuru still took a step forward so you'd talk to her instead of the shy individual now standing behind her.

Y/N: "Is she okay?"

You and Chizuru turned your attention to Sumi, who for some reason looked stiff once more.

You and Chizuru looked at each other again, and whispered so Sumi didn't hear the conversation. But the whispering just made her feel a bit more insecure.

Chizuru: "I mean, she looks fine to me."

Y/N: "Then why isn't she cooperating? She looks... blocky."

Chizuru: "Give her time to get used to it. She's never done something like this before."

Y/N: "But I thought you wanted to do this quickly."