Mind Game (Gen Asagiri X Fem!Reader)

"The strongest illusions aren't the one cast with magic.
They're the ones we choose to believe "

★★★

Before the world turned to stone, Y/n L/N was already a name on everyone's lips - a rising star of comedy, the daughter of iconic performers, and the face behind a black-and-white mask that never slipped. Famous for her roles on stage and in movies, she lived in the spotlight... yet kept her true self completely hidden.

Gen Asagiri, illusionist and silver-tongued mentalist, didn't buy the act. He saw her for what she was - another expert liar, just like him.

Their banter was infamous. Their chemistry ? denied by both. They called it "mutual tolerance". The media called it what it really was : a ticking time bomb.

They weren't really enemies. Just two performers who knew each other's tricks too well to trust them.

Then came the petrification.

Now, centuries later, Y/n is awake - and working with her old friend Senku to rebuild civilization through science and grit. She expected danger, survival, chaos.
What she doesn't expect... is Gen. Alive. Annoying as ever. And still too clever for his own good.

Forced to collaborate in this strange new age of science and survival, the two former stars must navigate their buried emotions, old grudges, and a dangerous chemistry that's only growing harder to ignore.

Because no matter how many times they try to outshine each other...

They were always part of the same act.