Screen Partner

Chapter 5

Although Xu Zheyi truly did not want to shoot the GV, when he found himself at risk of losing the job due to his own careless mistakes, he was still panicked. After the somewhat disastrous screen test, he seriously began to pay attention to everything he needed to do, and carefully studied the script.

He admitted to being cheap, but he had no other way, he needed the job. “Wait a minute for the 21-page interview. Zheyi plays character A, and Ruka is character B.” After hearing the character assignments, Xu Zheyi couldn’t help but curse in his heart.

He was given the role of the bottom. Although he had been preparing psychologically, his pride and dignity as a man could not let him be happy, even though he was still able to participate in the film. The shooting started after 10 minutes. The seemingly spacious two-seat sofa was crowded after the two men were squeezed in.

Xu Zheyi attempted to adjust his posture, otherwise his entire body would be snuggled into Ruka’s bosom. “Can you slide over a little?” He asked, looking at the fairly large empty space on the other side of Ruka. When he heard Xu Zheyi’s request, Ruka raised his eyebrows and asked in a way that left no room for discussion, “Why?”

Xu Zheyi was momentarily struck dumb by his bluntness. He had wanted to ask him if he did not find two big men sitting so closely disgusting, but he heard the countdown sound, and had to take a deep breath before he abruptly swallowed back those words. The monitor screen showed the scene of two people sitting on the couch.

Ruka had his feet stretched out comfortably, and his left arm lazily resting on the back of the sofa. In the end it was like he was completely wrapped around Xu Zheyi.

Xu Zheyi was very pale, but gave off the feeling of a sunny disposition; he never had trouble attracting women’s attention. However, when he sat beside Ruka in such an ambiguous posture, it was like Ruka was the chocolate coating to his pale white skin.

Do people like this kind of thing, will they even be able to summon some sort of sexual fantasy over this—was all that he could think. A question interrupted his reverie, “How long you two dating? Tell me, how you know each other?”

The Japanese director was not very fluent in Chinese, so his questions were a bit awkwardly worded. Xu Zheyi, in accordance with the requirements of the script, looked at Ruka from the corner of his eye, and laughed, “We have only known one another for about a year. We were introduced briefly at a friend’s party, and gradually grew acquainted. There was a small misunderstanding between us, so we couldn’t see each other for some time.”

Xu Zheyi paused and felt his hand held by a large palm, and then his fingers were stretched out by the fingers trying to squeeze in between. It was almost like he had received an electric shock to the hand from the Ruka’s palm. The actions had been made according to the script, but even so Xu Zheyi could not help crying out in his heart.

According to the script, B had an unconscious habit of playing with A’s fingers. Xu Zheyi, of course, realized that he was caught unprepared for Ruka’s sudden move, and knew he would have to eat a NG[^1].

NGs could happen for reasons big or small, but because it was still the audition, Xu Zheyi presumed that he would leave the director and the other staff with a bad impression. There was a moment of silence in the studio.

Ruka smiled as the director prepared to shout ‘cut’ and quipped, “His fingers are very sensitive.”  He grabbed Xu Zheyi’s hand and brought it to his mouth, slowly opened his lips, and put the forefinger into his mouth.