The Space Between Heartbeats Kylie Cantrall lives loud. Known on campus as Baddie Cantrall, she's bold, magnetic, and always at the center of the party - fearless on the outside, guarded where it matters most. Malia Baker feels everything deeply. Quiet, thoughtful, and emotionally grounded, she's still learning how to move forward while carrying the weight of loss and love that never really leaves. They start as strangers - a brief hallway collision, a forgotten moment... until fate throws them together again at a crowded party neither of them expected to matter. One glance becomes curiosity.Curiosity becomes tension.And tension becomes something neither of them knows how to name. Because sometimes love doesn't arrive all at once...Sometimes it grows slowly, in the silence between heartbeats. ⚠️CONTENT WARNING⚠️: Mature emotional themes, strong language, party settings, alcohol use, and romantic content. Reader discretion advised

Malachi and Malia are dating and unexpectedly they have interviews together for the promotion and thing get complicated more then what they were already

Malia Baker and Kylie Cantrall have been inseparable ever since they first met during auditions for Descendants: Rise of Red. Over the years, their on-screen partnership grew into an off-screen friendship that fans can't get enough of. Social media overflows with #Kylia edits, theories, and hopes that there's something more between them-but the girls always laugh it off, insisting they're just best friends. What no one knows is that Kylie's been keeping a secret. She's been in love with Malia for a long time. But after Malia once said their bond felt more like family, Kylie buried her feelings, afraid of losing the one person she can't imagine life without. Now, as the Descendants & Zombies: Worlds Collide Tour kicks off, Malia and Kylie are about to spend two months side by side-traveling the country, performing for sold-out crowds, and singing one of the most emotional duets of their careers. The closer they get, the harder it becomes to separate friendship from something more-and the whole world is watching. Is this the summer their story changes forever? Or will Kylie's secret stay hidden in the shadows of the spotlight?