The Number One Star in the Interstellar Era

WHAT'S the trouble, you say?  Let's go back a few minutes in time…

Astrid, Reas, and Lauren's assistant stopped in front of the said holographic room.  Astrid stared at the door.  It looked just like an ordinary door.  Who knew that such an amazing technology was hiding inside? 

Yes, in his opinion, it was indeed amazing.  With this kind of technology, actors and actresses could easily hone their acting skills in a faster pace.  Of course, there's the danger of being too dependent on it and having no distinctive acting style.  But Astrid was not worried about any of that happening to him.

This room would just be something that could help him get more familiarize with the filming method of this era.  Despite how it seemed that he already got it all figured out from the two gigs that he had, he still wasn't used to the small cameras floating about.  It's still a bit hard for him to find the right angle that could showcase his acting ability to its maximum effect.

That's why he was interested in trying this room out. 

"This is it," the assistant said before turning to him.  "There's a panel inside where you can pick a film and what scene on that film you want to try acting.  You could also set the duration of the scene you want to practice on."

Astrid nodded, saying that he understood.

The assistant was about to swipe his company ID on the panel near the door when a voice suddenly shouted;

"Stop!"

All three of them turned to the direction where the voice came from.  They saw a young man walking towards them. 

He had long ash blue hair that was loosely tied on the side and a pair of hazel brown eyes that were almost shooting daggers at them.  His whole features were soft and delicate.  With long eyelashes and naturally pink lips.  It should have made him looked gentle.  But because of his glare and aggressive stance, he looked anything but that. 

The assistant sweated quite a bit when he saw this temperamental young master walking towards them.  Whenever this young man was involved, it always ended up in a fight of some kind.  Even though the other was still technically a newcomer – despite debuting at almost the same time as Lauren – it's still quite hard to deal with him because of the other's family background.  So, most of the time, he always gets a free pass on whatever trouble he was in. 

He truly hoped that that would not be the case today.  But that hope was dashed away by the following words that came out of the young man's mouth.

"What are you doing, entering that room?" he said in a quite aggressive tone.

The assistant tried to smile and said in a pacifying voice, "This visitor here is going to try using this empty holographic room."

He emphasized the word 'empty' just in case this young man thought that they were trying to get into an occupied room.

But his explanation seemed to not have an effect.  In fact, the other's expression became even worse when he heard what he said.  It was almost as if he was going to beat him up or something.

"Do you think just anyone could enter these rooms?  Where's your work ethic as an employee of Polaris?!"

The young man, whose first name was Blair, coldly glared at the assistant in front of him.  He was just about to go to his brother's office when he noticed these group of three.  He immediately recognized one of the three as that good-for-nothing playboy's assistant. 

He was about to ignore them when he accidentally glanced at one of the remaining two – the one with black hair and black eyes.  When he saw his appearance, a creased on his forehead appeared almost immediately.  With Lauren's assistant here, he quickly piece everything and understood the situation.  That guy definitely brought his latest fling to the company and asked his assistant to tour him around.

That playboy--!  He couldn't believe that he would be so shameless to even bring his fling here!  Wait until his brother found out about this.  Blair would definitely make sure that playboy would be scolded harshly.

That's why when he saw that the assistant was planning to open the holographic room, he immediately yelled for him to stop.

Astrid raised one of his brows when he heard this guy, who just came out of nowhere, scolding the assistant also out of nowhere.

"Excuse me, is there a company policy that prevents unsigned artists to use the holographic rooms?" he asked.

Because he was sure that if there was, then the assistant wouldn't agree when he asked earlier if he could use one of the rooms.

Blair looked at this overly beautiful teenager.  When he heard the other said 'unsigned artists', he knew that this guy was also in the same industry.  He's most likely a newcomer.  Because there's no way he wouldn't recognize someone who had this kind of appearance.  He probably latched on to that stupid playboy so he could accelerate his fame.

He scoffed.  What he looked down the most was people like this.  He glared coldly at the other.

"Am I talking to you?  Don't butt in to conversations you don't belong."

Astrid was suddenly tempted to use his mental strength to make this guy faint.  Or to say something along the lines of 'how could I not belong to this conversation when you're practically scolding someone because of me?'.  But before he could do any of that, Reas was already one step ahead of him.

"You're the one butting in," Reas said, his cold glare not losing to the other.  "We're standing here doing our own thing and you just barged like some kind of angry bulldozer.  Did we kill your dog or something?  Or are you just simply unreasonable and obnoxious?"

After Reas said that, the guy's face turned red.  Not because of shyness but most likely because of shame.  He glared at Reas fiercely.  "You--!  How dare you talk to me like that?!"

Astrid quickly stepped in front of his brother just in case the other used violence.  He smiled gently and then said;

"This gentleman, how about the two of us make a bet?  If you win, we'll leave this building.  But if I win, you have to apologize.  How about it?  Surely, you're not afraid to make this bet, right?"