Previously a well-known child actor, Aoyanagi takes on his first major lead role, which turns out to be a BL drama. He is paired with the popular Akafuji, who seems to hate him after they move in together. In reality, Akafuji is his stan and trying to control himself around him. With their wrong impressions of each other, will they be able to work together occasionally? Read on to find out in BLTai’s recap of ‘I Became the Main Role of a BL Drama‘ Episode 2.
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Episode 2
After finding out that Aoyanagi dated a girl before, Akafuji proposes that they practice their kissing scene. Aoyanagi, meanwhile, praises Akafuji’s acting abilities and believes the invitation is something he will say in his role. Taken aback by Aoyanagi’s innocence, Akafuji lies and says that it is indeed something that his character would say. He then runs outside to hide his embarrassment as he couldn’t believe that he almost kissed his idol. Ultimately, he realizes that his shock upon discovering that Aoyanagi had a girlfriend before is not a feeling that a fanboy or stan would feel towards his idol. He concludes that he has fallen in love with Aoyanagi.
Akafuji watches bitterly as Aoyanagi converses with female actor Tendo after filming a scene with Ryoga. It turns out that Aoyanagi is confiding in Tendo about how one should react when their fellow actor asks them to practice a kissing scene off camera. Even though Tendo initially finds it unsettling, she later considers the possibility that it could imply that the co-actor may genuinely harbor affection for the actor after Aoyanagi claims that he didn’t feel harassed or uncomfortable at all. It seems impossible to Aoyanagi that Akafuji would feel anything for him. Later on in the afternoon, Yayoi requests that they make a promotional video in which Akafuji suggests giving a back hug to mimic what their characters will do. Unexpectedly, the scene with the back hug had so much chemistry that it made everyone in the studio squeal, especially when Akafuji whispered that he wanted to make Aoyanagi his. Meanwhile, with Akafuji’s arms around him, Aoyanagi feels his heart palpating more quickly than usual. He is overjoyed by the positive reactions the promotional video receives from people, even though he can’t forget how Akafuji’s hug made his heart race.
Aoyanagi meets Ryoga on his way to work, who is being followed by a female fan, and helps him. Ryoga reveals that he was stalked as a high school student and that this traumatized him around girls; for this reason, he chooses to project an arrogant image on the screen. Ryoga notes that Akafuji, whom he addresses by his first name, Yuijiro, is another person whose real personality differs from his cool persona, as the two discuss maintaining an image in the industry. He shows Aoyanagi the picture of Akafuji with his pet, which he left with his manager. Even though he lives with Akafuji, Aoyanagi realizes that there are still many things the two of them don’t know about one another. Meanwhile, upon seeing that Ryoga calls Aoyanagi by his first name, Hajime, Akafuji grows envious of their friendship. Aoyanagi goes along with Akafuji on his day off the following day in an attempt to get to know him better. To his surprise, Akafuji does things that are related to his upcoming shows even on his day off. Though his initial goal was to get to know Akafuji better to develop a closer bond with him, he also realizes that he gets upset when he thinks Ryoga knows Akafuji better than he does. To Akafuji’s surprise, he brings up the kissing scene once more and asks him to go along with it. Akafuji’s phone rings as the two get closer and interrupt them.
