Ho do i make those too hug?

You can use spot directing, or you can use one of these placements:

@CHAR stands back far left/back left/back right/back far right

Here is a guide to spot directing if you want to do that instead:

Also: be sure to move the character into a lower layer than the upfront character (if there is one). Your script will look something like this:

&BGCHAR moves to layer -2
@BGCHAR stands back far left