Rise To Stardom - Chapter 96

Chapter 96: Celebration Party
[Chivalry Is Still Alive Ladies!]

On a TweetTalk post, one that included the rest of the videos Bob had still ended up selling to a popular media agency, people were actively engaging on the post due to a particular reason just as the title suggested;

The chivalry that Kyle had shown to Lily during their supposed ‘date’.

The post had already gone quite viral, having over 6.7M views, 124K likes, 38K retweets and 1K comments.

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Detective Love: You can’t tell me these two don’t have something going on between them! Just watch their mannerisms! It’s love language I tell you! It just wouldn’t make any sense for them to just be friends judging from the way they kept interacting throughout their walk.

PrincessPeach: @DetectiveLove; Nope. It’s called a platonic relationship Sherlock! Eagle it!

Chillin’ Like A Villain: You know what! Fuck it! If they’re secretly dating, I vibe with it. If not, I still vibe with it because they are both chill as fuck. And that clapback was literally chef’s kiss! Muah! Love to see celebrities giving paparazzi the middle finger in their own polite way.

Ana_MZ_27: Can’t believe social media has messed up so many people in the head today that they can’t understand that a young man and a woman can just exist together without being in a romantic relationship.

WishfulThinker: I would like for a guy like Kyle to date me…

PinkKitsune: @WishfulThinker; In your dreams.

Delulu Nation: Have you ever seen a man open the door for a lady in recent memory unless they’re dating, in a relationship or married?!

Chivalry Is Dead: @Delulu Nation; This gesture should’ve been commonplace, if it didn’t become such a scary thing to do in this day and age. I for one would love to do it but I’d rather not risk some empowered lady calling me a creep. No thank you!

Lost_In_Time_07: @Chivalry Is Dead; I get what you mean man. The only person I ever open the door for is my Mum. Even my younger sis behaves like I offended our ancestors if I do the same for her.

KanTakeAHint: I honestly think this only works because Kyle and Lily must be really good friends. Even when they were on Rising Voices, they had really good vibes. Was one of my favorite moments of last season.

Voice Of Reason: You guys are forgetting that they purposely clapped back at Bob for this exact reason! Keep making a mountain out of a molehill. Let’s see how far that gets you.

Whispering Devil: @Voice Of Reason; Or maybe, they purposely did this to generate more buzz around them.

Bruh: @Whispering Devil; Bruh…? Kyle has literally been trending consistently for the past few months. His song [Strange Canvas], along with its music video, is still the number one most streamed song and music video for the past one and a half month on both GrooveBox and ViewTube. Over 450M streams and 370M views respectively! And let’s not even get started on his role as Alex Hunt in [Epoch One]. So, tell me, why the hell would he need more buzz when he’s literally getting it all for free?! Like bruh…

The_Author: @Bruh; Tell em’ fam!

CruiseShipper: I don’t just ship Kyle and Lily. I luxury cruise them #Kyly!

CruiseSinkers: Arrr! Well well well, looks like I’ve got new ships to sink, mateys! Man the cannons, hoist the main sails! We’re going to bash right into these delusional shippers and sink ’em for good! Let the sea be their final resting place, aye! 🏴‍☠️

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As more and more comments poured into the post, with the first few twenty being the top comments, there was an equal measure between people on the internet who genuinely believed Kyle and Lily had nothing going on between them and people who could swear on their grandfather’s family jewels that something was definitely brewing between the two individuals.

All these in turn however, caused both Kyle, along with Lily to start trending on TweetTalk again, further exposing both individuals to an even wider audience of people who had never even heard about them in their lives.

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Kyle had sincerely underestimated his current fame.

Hit with a strong dose of reality, he realized that even if he didn’t see himself as this oh-so-amazing celebrity, a lot of people actually did see him in that image.

The moment the young chap, along with his agent arrived at the party, he was immediately swarmed by a good chunk of ladies at regular intervals.

The moment he was done responding to one bunch, the next bunch would come along and the cycle would continue on almost endlessly, all of them praising him and trying to get him to notice them.

This had been going on for over thirty minutes now!

Most of these ladies that also approached him were models and unsurprisingly, judging by the suggestive ways they were interacting with him, they’re intentions were very clear.

And to a certain extent, who could blame them.

Kyle was young, handsome, wealthy, tall and in addition to all that, instead of being the stereotypical douche, he was dashing, witty, polite and overall, a total gentleman.

That was a genuine rarity in this day and age, and especially, in Hollywood.

Most of these ladies approaching him, had seen the video clips that had gone viral on the internet just yesterday, all of which showed him opening the door for Lily and also giving his jacket to her with the warmest of smiles.

And considering most women had really good intuition about the opposite gender when it came to matters like these, they knew that his smile wasn’t one of interest or love.

Far from that, it was simply one of a genuinely good-natured man being chivalrous.

Added to all that, the young man literally had no relatives, so for all they knew, he had turned out to be a really lovely person, all on his own, making him even more sought after by them.

As Kyle struggled with the overwhelming amount of attention he was getting, he occasionally glanced around whilst trying to request for help with pleading eyes from his closest friends.

However, all of them chose to betray him today.

Jeffrey mouthed the words, ‘Side Quests’ to him when he noticed his predicament.

Oliver who was currently also standing beside the old man, raised his glass of wine in toast to his ward from afar with a hint of mischievousness in his eyes.

Bruce and Mark were in a discussion with a well-dressed, sharp-looking old man who seemed to be from a big movie studio.

And Lily, the moment she noticed his sapphire eyes pleading for help, gave him a mischievous grin instead and mouthed the words ‘Have Fun’, simultaneously also giving him a small, playful wink as she did.

‘Traitors! All of them!’ Kyle declared inwardly.

Mentally sighing, his polite smile never leaving his face, Kyle continued entertaining the models who kept clamoring around him.

Eventually, about an hour later, the hype seemed to have died down and finally, Kyle was free to finally move around without being pestered.

“Nice dress!” he complimented as he walked past Lily, whose full attire was a satin, black & purple ombre party dress, her silver high-heels peeking from underneath the long gown.

“Thanks Dreamboat! You look dashing too!” she twirled a bit and replied as she also walked past Kyle who was dressed in a three-piece black Tux, his silver wristwatch and sleek black shoes accentuating the outfit.

And just like that, both individuals went their way, each with a different destination to be at.

Lily and Selena had met up with Mark and Hank a few minutes ago, courtesy of Oliver introducing all four to each other.

The gorgeous lady had even gotten to meet one of her all-time favorite celebrities who was also at the party just a few minutes ago.

Both had hit it off really well and even got to engage in conversations over a few interesting topics so, Lily was quite literally, having the time of her life.

Now though, Selena was calling her to meet up with a certain female director who had plans to shoot a movie next year and needed a fresh new faces for the female lead role and supporting cast.

Kyle on the other hand, after meeting up with Mark, Bruce and Hank, exchanged warm pleasantries with all three, Hank even pulling him in for a friendly bear hug.

A few minutes later, he met up with Jeffrey, greeting him and engaging in a few discussions with the man, alongside the old stars’ buddies.

All the men there, came to also like Kyle due to the fact that despite him treating them with respect as they conversed, kept up and added more to the intellectual conversations they had.

The young chap was keeping them on their toes and they liked it.

They also enjoyed how he and Jeffrey seemed to have a chaotic, grandfather-grandson dynamic, serving as a healthy dose of amusement for them.

Eventually, Kyle had to leave the area, much to the disappointment of Jeffrey’s friends.

His social battery was dropping at a pretty alarming rate and he needed to recharge by staying away from the lively environment for a brief while.

Searching for a more secluded place where he could take a breather from it all, a peculiar lady who watched him go out the backdoor, casually stood up amidst her friends and went after him.

Staring at the clear, tranquil pool of water, a blue hue reflected throughout the expanse, Kyle heard the soft footsteps of someone walking over from behind.

Judging by the sound of the shoes, it was definitely a female, though Kyle didn’t pay it any mind even as she halted just beside him.

As long as she maintained the tranquility, a conversation was fine.

There were also a few other celebrities and models around the swimming pool and it seemed they were also here for the same reason as he was, making him even less perturbed.

What he hadn’t been expecting though, was for the voice of said female to be so familiar.

“You know I called bullshit when you last told me you were ‘Just an average guy’.”

Having a light smile tug on the corner of his lips the moment he heard that, Kyle turned his head around a bit as he responded;

“Well it was done with the intent of me, hoping you wouldn’t read too much into who I was. Hello Miss. Faye.”

“Hello, Kyle.” the sexy lady whom was dressed in a burgundy, off-shoulder dress with a side split, returned the greeting with a similar smile.

“Your plan backfired miserably though.” she quickly added with arched eyebrows and Kyle chuckled.

“Well, I only recently just realized, that I may be a bit more popular than I thought. Just a little bit.” Kyle playfully replied whilst making a pinching gesture with his hands.

This caused Jasmine to chuckle too.

A few tranquil seconds later, she then spoke curiously;

“I met Miss. Lockhart just a few seconds ago and we conversed over a few topics for a while, some of which included you of course. Quite the gentleman you are hmm? I also saw the videos, just for the record…”

Noticing the small, pleasing grin, that was spreading across his lips, Jasmine waited for the young man to speak.

“I wouldn’t know, honestly…” Kyle gave an honest response after a short while.

“I just try my best to be respectful towards ladies in general. Feels a bit weird to be complimented for something so basic though.” he casually added.

“I see. Interesting… You’re quite the interesting one, aren’t you?” Jasmine gazed at the young man with curious interest.

“If you say so.” Kyle shrugged, not really bothered by her lingering gaze.

Considering it was one of pure curiosity, he wasn’t perturbed by it.

“Well, now that I think I should head back to the party. I’ve taken enough of a breather.” the young man stated, turning around to face Jasmine after a few minutes of tranquil silence had passed between them again.

“Sure.” she replied with a light smile, similarly turning to face him.

“I should inform you though…” Jasmine held his gaze as she suddenly said.

“We’ll be seeing more of each other soon enough.” she added ambiguously.

Tilting his head in mild curiosity, especially because he had no idea what she meant by those words, Kyle was almost about to ask for clarification when Jasmine gently placed a finger on her lips and said;

“It’s a secret.”

And with that, the lady, seemingly beaming in amusement, made her way back into the party, leaving a curious Kyle to ponder over the meaning of her words.

Not wanting to expend brain power on something he had no answers to, Kyle simply discarded his thoughts.

“Guess I’ll be finding out in due time…” he said to himself as he also made his way back into the lively atmosphere of the party.