Chapter 022. Scandal?

[Move like that… Move like that… Move like that… ay… ay… ay…]

The sound of his phone alarm ringing woke up Aiden. Rubbing his eyes, he picked up his phone and saw that it was 10 PM.

It had been a day since the band round had concluded. Tomorrow, they would be given the challenge for the next round, and Aiden was a bit worried about it.

'I don't know when I will reach Basic Grade 10.'

He thought as he stood up from his bed. Then, stretching his body a bit, he left the room, feeling hungry.

Since he took a nap in the evening, he missed dinner time, but there would surely be some snacks in the kitchen.

Walking downstairs, there were a lot of thoughts in his mind, ranging from eating something good to worry about the competition. But when he reached the kitchen, he saw that it was already full of other contestants.

When they saw him entering, they looked at him with weird eyes. Aiden stopped in his tracks as he felt like the eyes on him were a bit different than usual.

The contestants were looking at him very strangely, and for a second, he wondered if he had done anything wrong.

'It's surely not because I missed dinner.'

He thought and saw Jackson taking steps towards him. He was looking at him with the same eyes as others.

"Aiden, you were sleeping?" He asked, with a bit of hesitation in his eyes.

"Yeah, what's wrong? Did something happen while I was sleeping?"

"Well, yeah… another episode of X-Star broadcasted today, and your interview was in it. Well, you should check it out yourself but don't show your face to Rachel, she looked like she would kill you if she found you."

"Why?"

Aiden titled his head to the side, finding Jackson's words and expressions stranger and stranger every second.

"Just check it yourself."

Taking out his phone, Aiden opened up Sparrow and saw that X-Star was already trending. Opening it up, he saw that there was an article with his name right on the top.

'What the fuck is this?'

He cursed, reading the article's title.

[X-Star's new episode breaks all records! The group performances ended with the reveal of Aiden's crush on Rachel]

'When did I get a crush on her?'

He thought and looked for a video explaining the situation he had found himself in. Searching for a minute, he finally found a short video.

It was a video of his interview with Marlo just before the second round performance. Having a bad feeling about it, Aiden clicked on it.

[Aiden: I think Rachel is the best in this competition. She has everything to win the competition in my eyes.

Marlo: So, you think she's going to go ahead?

Aiden: She should.

Marlo: Looks like you are quite the fan?

Aiden: Yeah, she's great!]

The interview was edited to make it seem like he had a big crush on her. Aiden didn't even remember saying some stuff that the video showed in the interview. No, he had said these things, but there was a lot of other stuff too.

Someone had utterly cupped up the important parts and had selected the juicy parts of the video. In fact, he had never even said the last line in the first place, but in the video, it felt very natural.

Anyone would think he had a crush on her after seeing this.

'That damn Marlo!!'

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A report by Gossip Tribunal on the new episode of X-Star.

[Seeing the response to our X-Star articles, we will be doing an article on each episode. Now let's get into the latest episode of the famous singing reality show.

If we are being honest, this episode had everything: excellent performance, heartbreaks and even the reveal of the crush of a famous contestant.

The episode started with the performances in the second round, with groups coming together to sing a song. Here, we saw many groups struggle to perform together and fail with many bad evaluations from the judges.

But there were some good ones.

Emily Jung grouped with a band called 'Cultist'. Although the band's name is a bit weird and could be easily misunderstood, the performance was pretty good, with them getting a positive evaluation.

Unfortunately, only Emily and the vocalist Jackson made it to the third round.

The next famous contestant that was shown was Cameron, who was the center of attention of his group, and although none of the other members qualified, he did.

Until this, there were a lot of interesting individuals that have passed to the third round. But like we pointed out earlier, there were heartbreaks too.

One of the most famous contestants until this point, Tristine, was eliminated in this round. Tristine Styles, 15, was deemed too inexperienced to move forward.

Talking about hearts (You will understand this reference later), the last performance was of the group headed by Aiden and Rachel.

A teaser of their performance was revealed at the end of the last episode, and it had everyone excited about the performance from then, and boy, it surely didn't disappoint.

The group performed a song called 'Close', and it was undoubtedly the best performance uptill now. Everyone added to the song and made the atmosphere great, with even the judges enjoying it.

At one point, it seemed like the whole group would get qualified, but only Aiden and Rachel did, eliminating the other three contestants.

But X-Star later released a video showing that one group member, Michelle, was assigned to a girl group who would be working with one contestant.

But the most talked-about part of the show was still the interview shown at the end.

The interview was with Aiden Silvereye, where he talked about his group member Rachel and how he found her 'great' and was a big fan of her.

His comments came off as him having a crush on her, and although no one expected this scenario, netizens quite liked it, especially after their performance together]

Aside from this article, Aiden also read comments about him on the internet.

Feminist_guy: Anyone saw the new episode of X-Star? Felt like the best episode of this season.

Orange is the new purple: I loved how Cameron had the sigma attitude! Man, not caring about anyone and just focused on winning.

Tristine Simp: Noooooooo! How can they eliminate him? Uh, anyway, I will be transferring into his high school in a week. Hehe.

Tiktok is DingDong: @Tristine Simp Are you what people call a yandere? Do you carry a knife too?

President_potato_Plump: I really enjoyed this episode. Cameron's my fav, but I didn't know Aiden looked at Rachel like that. Interesting development.

NeverGonnaGiveYouUp: Man, I don't blame Aiden for having a crush on her. She's hella pretty. Man going for a princess looking girl.

Never Gonna Let you down: I loved the song by Rachel's group. The last bit sounded fake to me, but it's a reality show. Anyway, I loved Close, I will be hearing it on a loop from now on.

Never gonna run around and desert you: It Felt like an overall good episode. Great songs. The contestants are pretty talented. Reminds me how these reality shows help make old songs famous again.

Like I'm your father: I was cheering for Aiden and ngl, he and Rachel would look great together. They have sort of a harmony.

Hollywood Insider: Been years since I saw Silvereye as a surname. Exciting days are coming. #X-Star

I love you 3000: Does anyone know what's the challenge in the third round?? I'm already so excited. My fav show!

Thor: Best Avenger: Okay, Rachel and Aiden, don't make sense! The show is trying to sell the relationship when they are not even a thing! Just focus on singing, for God's sake.

Believer: Gather my brothers from the Cult of Rachel! We need to kill this fool Aiden before he steps toward our goddess! Go simps!

K-pop is toxic: @Beeliver Hope you are joking, bro! Insert Get help meme!

MimicReads: Dude, I'm so glad they didn't drop off Michelle. She's so good. I'm really rooting for her to be a dark horse alongside her group.

John Wick's dog: Damn! I think Aiden is so talented. He changed the chorus to something really good. Feel like he could be a great composer/singer.

Zuckerberg is watching: I'm not too fond of this episode. Dropping this season. The previous season was better. Anyway, I'm off to spy, I mean work!

Justice for Depp: My friend in the X-Star program team said Jackson would surprise everyone in the future episodes.

Turu lob: @Justice for Depp Who's Jackson?

JusticeForWill: Umm, I really hope they keep it simple. I don't want romance in a singing competition. It's not a show where guys and girls go to a resort to find love. We watch X-Star with brain cells.

Back pain is the end of writers: It will be interesting to see if this episode will be the birth of Rachel x Aiden shippers. At least it seems like that!

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