More than seiyuus.

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- How is your ankle? - I hear my partner speak into her microphone. Her voice has moved me lately and she's the reason of my lack of focus.

- I can move, it's not that bad - I say my line as I keep my eyes on the screen that's in front of us. Our characters seemed to have some kind of tension between them; we could see it in the way they looked at each other.

Or, should I say, the way the animators drew them. I hope that Isayama likes the adaptation for this arc. My engagement with the anime this season is as important as Yui's, and it would be a shame if we spend so many hours on the studio and Isayama just doesn't approve it.

When the scene is paused, I look away from the screen and find myself seeing Yui's intense gaze on a pile of crumpled papers. It looks like she needs some help, so I take my headphones off and approach to the girl while the producers are watching me.

- Are you lost? - I ask her while I read all the scribbles she has on her script. Yui is so focused on her reading that she jumps when she hears my voice.

- Hiroshi! Don't do that again, you'll give me a heart attack - she answers taking her headphones off and with her voice shaking a little. Her voice sounds like... an angel.

- Right, I'm sorry. I just wanted to help - I bow my head as an apology and she gives me a soft smile.

Kill me. Kill me now. I beg you.

- I'm just wondering... There is this part where Eren, Mikasa and Levi are fighting over the serum, do you remember? - she points at the script and I can only nod - when he's discussing with Eren, Levi looks so serious and sure, acting like he must do, his captain and leader... But, when Mikasa walks to them with tears in her eyes, Levi softens his gaze.

- Yeah, so what? - I ask. I actually don't know if I asked her because I was too busy with my thoughts or because I really didn't get her point.

- I mean, Mikasa can change Levi from a cold hearted character to a caring person! Don't you think that maybe he is secretly in love with her? - She whispers with such excitement I still can't understand.

- In love? Levi? In love with Mikasa? Don't make me laugh! That's a stupid idea - I can only laugh and my sweating hands browse the script.

Yui's smile disappears and it's replaced with a grimace that's caused by disappointment that makes me feel a stab in my stomach. Before I can tell her anything else, she covers her ears with her headphones and the director gives us the order to position ourselves once more. Reluctantly, I walk away from the girl and put my headphones on, but when I read my script I find that the pages are out of order and now I have to find the right page before I have the scolding of my life. The time spent inside the recording cabin means money spent and the director can't lose it because of my stupidity.

- Kamiya! Are you ready? You start - the director warns me with the biggest seriousness ever.

I return my gaze to Yui, but again she seems lost in the script and I don't have another choice than improvise with the few lines I read before. I clear my throat and focus on giving life to Levi once more; being on character since the moment the screen appeared in front of us.

This time, we must do the scene where Levi finds out Kenny's last name is Ackerman, and then he and Mikasa have a conversation that only they can understand even when their friends are around them.

That thought makes me remember of what Yui said before about our characters. Maybe Levi isn't in love with Mikasa, but he finally finds someone that can truly understand him... But that can make him fall in love with her, though, and Yui would be right. Now that I think about it, it doesn't sound that dumb.