A Broken Act

Act IV

I swear I was so nervous when I was writing this. I was thinking of writing the acting scenes in 3rd person but it wouldn't look good considering that I wrote the other parts in first person. I got it worked out though.

There will be many inaccuracies but please, don't roast me for it. As I said, I don't know what's happening in taping. I just searched it on Google.

I swear I suck at naming original characters. That's the reason why I don't write original stories.

This is unedited, as usual.

Without further adieu, enjoy.

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The moment Eren and I were ready, we were led to the office which will be the set for our taping. Both of us were told exactly where to stand and where to move for the camera, which were marked on the floor using tapes. When we told them that we got it, we rehearsed the briefly quickly before they started polishing the place as well as making sure that the equipments are ready.

I was standing near the office table and Eren was standing a few feet away from me, both of us preparing ourselves. I recalled my lines inside my head, not wanting to embarrass myself and lengthen the time to be spent just for the first act. Eren was skimming through his script, eyes moving swiftly across the page, looking focused as he did so.

One of the staff approached me, holding a cup of coffee as well as a folder and I tore my gaze away from Eren to look at him. "Here, take this. You know what you're going to with that, right?"

Nodding, I took both of it. "Yeah, thanks."

The man patted my shoulder, smiling. "Good luck."

He left after that, leaving me to my own business. My heart is still pounding loudly in my chest, racing as my nerves continued to gnaw at me, forcing me to take deep breaths in attempt to calm it. I've been doing this for years. Maybe not in front of a camera, but I've been acting and performing since I was a teen. This shouldn't be that hard.

The staffs, after finishing what they're doing for the setting, went behind the cameras that's surrounding the area where Eren and I were left alone. Eren stopped reading, closing the script before putting it inside one of the drawers provided by the table.

"Levi, Eren." I turned to look at Erwin, the director, who was sitting a few meters away from us. He was holding a bunch of papers, probably the script, as he looked at us. "We'll start taping. Are you guys ready?"

Eren and I both nodded in response. Erwin smiled at us reassuringly, trying to ease some of the nervousness. It was thoughtful of him, making us as comfortable as possible by not putting pressure on us.

"Good. Do your best, you two," he told us one last time before he commanded, "Let's go for a take."

Without wasting another minute, I quickly went to my position for the first scene, standing just behind the glass door of Eren's supposed office. I watched them inside, waiting for the signal from the assistant director so I could enter.

"Quiet on the set!" Eren went behind the office table, taking a seat and started to stare and do something with the computer in front of him. The assistant director went to stand by the door, a slate in hand, as the cameraman directed the camera to me.

"Roll it."

"Rolling." As they went on, my heart started up pounding too fast again and I forced to relax. I couldn't afford to fuck up now.