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The youngest and most talented prodigy in the acting industry, Phainon. With his upcoming thriller movie as the psycho-obsessed antagonist he became trending on the internet. His role as the total opposite of his on-camera persona made people crazy. Posters and advertisements for the movie are everywhere, also becoming the main talk of some popular talk shows.

Anaxa, however, was not updated on such things. Twitch user [ilovedromas] is a widely popular streamer, known for his unfiltered persona and sharp tongue. Ask stupid questions, and you’ll receive a harsh and brutal answer.

One night, while Anaxa was streaming…

[nxaluvr999] donated $100.
“What are your thoughts on Phainon’s new movie?”

Anaxa scoffs, “Who?”

Chapter 1: Trending

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

“A role?”

 

Phainon looked up from his phone, brows raised. He's currently getting prepped up for a photoshoot. His schedule is packed as is, and they're adding more to it.

 

“We got an offer from Ms. Aglaea from Garmentmaker Productions. A role kind of uhm…unique?” Tribios said, flipping her clipboard to look for more details.  “The role of the evil guy for short.” 

 

Phainon turned to face her only for him to get scolded by his stylist. A look of “Don't move” was sent to him through the mirror. Tribios laughed at this, taking the seat beside Phainon as she gave him the clipboard.

 

“The evil guy? Doesn't that contradict my image?” He was usually the male lead, all smiles and charm with a bit of a flirty attitude. He huffs, reading more into his role. 

 

“Well, it certainly looks interesting.” 

 

Tribios took the clipboard back, writing something on the paper. “You’re pretty much free the time the shooting starts, which is 3 days from now.” 

 

The stylist gave him an okay, his hair was done. Standing up from his seat, he sighs as he shakes his head. “Could I really pull off that role? I mean, I haven’t had any kind of villainy role since the start of my career.” 

 

“You said that the last time you got a role of being an overprotective brother who’s so against the main couple.” Tribios retorted, wiggling her eyebrows. “C’mon, it’ll be great, your fans will love it!”

 

Phainon contemplated for a while. He thought for a while, “How did I even get such an offer?”

 

“Ms. Aglaea said she saw your photoshoot last month in Vogue, with you wearing dark colors instead of the white and blue ones you usually wore. She might've seen a vision.”



Noticing his silence, Tribios clapped her hands, “Then it's decided!”

 

“Huh- wait! I didn't say-”

 


 

It’s nearly 2am and Anaxa’s still streaming, running purely on caffeine. He was weak at endurance streams but because he lost a bet to someone in the chat, he had to play until 6am. Fingers clicked rapidly on the keyboard, but the streamer stayed silent. He wasn’t one to talk when focusing on something. Yet that part of him is what attracts viewers, a breath of fresh air from other streamers who keep on screaming when fighting a hard opponent.

 

One more thing is his soothing voice. With such a cool and calm voice, you wouldn’t mind being scolded by him even if it's ruthless criticism. To think there are 83k people who are still watching him now makes him scoff.

 

“Stop watching my stream and go to sleep.” he scolded, stretching his body and sipping coffee after, still pretty much awake.

 

anaxsdrom4s: It’s the weekend anyway

youregay22: pls scold me more

aggyglazer: We’ll sleep if you sleep!

smileifulikedih: pls say “Wake up, you idiot.” for my alarm..

 

“Pls say wake..-,” he blinked, smirkingly looking at the camera. 

 

“No way.”

 

He sipped from his dromas mug, watching people get crazy in his chat. Telling him to look in the camera again with the same expression. His chat flooded him with superchats, begging him. 

Anaxa wasn’t someone who streams for people but for himself. Normally, he would brush off their pleas, but because of his sleepiness, he decided it wouldn’t hurt to do it for once.

 

He glanced at the clock and looked up at the camera once again. Wearing an expression akin to a vampire luring you down the depths. His red eyes played a big part in such an image. A scene most acting and modeling would fight for.

 

“Go to sleep, idiots.” 

 

Funny to say that his viewers went up to 120k and the chat kept begging him to do it again until he ended the stream.

 


 

ANAXA FOREVER @no1nxafan881

I slept through the whole stream why is anaxa trending

32 Replies • 61 Reposts • 2.0k Likes

 

ANAXA FOREVER @no1nxafan881 

Replying to @no1nxafan881

FUCK I SHOULDN’T HAVE SLEPT

109 Replies • 2.3k Reposts • 8.0k Likes

 


 

“Anddddd…cut! That’s it for the movie.” The director nodded in approval and applauded the actors. Walking towards Phainon, he patted his back.

 

“As expected from the golden boy of the acting industry, you totally nailed the part!”

 

Phainon laughed awkwardly, “Haha really? I thought it sucked since I haven’t acted out a role like this..” 

 

The director gave him a thumbs up and smiled at him. Assuring him that he did a great job on his first role as the antagonist. Phainon felt relief as he walked towards the dressing room. It wasn’t so bad to try new things after all.

 

He sat on the chair and took out his phone, posting a tweet.

 

Phainon @snowyofficial

Finished shooting the movie!

[Image of Phainon holding the script, practicing his expressions. The angle showing his face perfectly as the evil guy. Chin up with a smirk, looking somewhere with smoldering eyes.]

234 Replies • 2k Reposts • 51k Likes

 

Phainon glazer @phainonschoker431

Replying to @snowy official

Phainon can we honestly e-date? you’re so beautiful. You always make me laugh, you always make me smile. You literally make me want to become a better person... I really enjoy every moment we spend together.

 

Happy Pride Month @evrydayisevryday

Replying to @snowy official

Oh my god…

 

Lowtide @royallyunknown

Replying to @snowy official

THERE’S  A NEW DRAMA??

 

KING  @alliseeisred

Replying to @snowy official

He’s wearing dark clothes..I repeat, HE’S WEARING DARK CLOTHES!!

 

 


 

Anaxa woke up, glancing at the clock. It’s already 3 in the afternoon and he still hasn't eaten yet. Opening his phone, he saw 4 new messages from his manager, or more like his assistant.

 

FROM: Hyacine 

(10:30) Teacher!

(10:31) You’re really trending right now

(10:31) Your fans are going crazy over your stream earlier

(10:32) It even reached overseas!

 

TO: Hyacine

(03:12) 👍

 

Seconds after replying, his phone rings. He figured he’d be receiving a call immediately. Sighing, he picks it up after the third ring. Voice rough from sleep, 

 

“..Hello?”

 

“Good mo- afternoon, Teacher!” A young cheerful voice came from the other line. It’s enough to fully wake him up.

 

“I told you Anaxa is fine, I didn’t teach you much..” Anaxa said, yawning quietly.

 

“And I’m grateful for that, but I’ll still call you that!” She giggled but coughed afterwards, turning serious. “That wasn’t what I called you for, have you opened your TWT?” 

Anaxa groans, “Lower your voice..” Opening TWT, he saw a trending hashtag.

 

 

Trending

    #seductiveanaxagoras

    352K Posts

 

Sedu-..what?

 

He clicked the hashtag,  and immediately face palmed. It was pictures of him earlier in his stream where he did what his fans asked him to. The captions were..interesting.

 

“How embarrassing..” he muttered, groaning as he covered his face. He wasn’t used to being praised much. For him to see people, strangers who aren’t his fans praising him and telling him he was so attractive made him a bit flustered.

 

“It’s a good thing though! Your subs went from 536k to almost 900k now!” She excitedly exclaimed, sending him a picture of a sub count app. 

 

Well...it worked well in the end anyway

 

Anaxa hums, “Is that all? I’m going to cook food.” 

 

He heard her sigh, “Your reaction needs a little work, Teacher.. But anyway, you have to stream again later! We need to strike while the iron is still hot.” Her excitement overflowed from the call.

 

“All right, all right.” and then ends the call.

 


 

A sigh escaped from Phainon’s lips as he opened his apartment. Located at the top of a high rise building. Perks of being one of the most sought after actor he guesses. But the price in exchange was his free time. He rarely even has time for himself with his packed schedule. From six in the morning to eleven at night. For the remaining, all he wanted to do was sleep.

 

He glanced at the clock, it was 10:30 in the night. The director was kind enough to finish the recording early and let them go home. 

 

Phainon grabbed a drink from the refrigerator and sat on the couch, opening the television. He saw a live video with the title “Who made that tag?” It seemed interesting enough so he clicked it.

 

“No I’m serious, who made that tag?” The streamer groans, his screen showing him shooting players from a long distance. Phainon glanced at his user, [ilovedromas].

 

Cute name for a scary person..


He was about to exit the live until he looked at the chat. People spamming “pslpslpslspls”, “we’re BEGGING you”, and so on. Phainon, who was intrigued, back reads the chat for a while. People teasing the streamer with the tag “#seductiveanaxagoras”.

 

Looking back at the stream, the streamer looks annoyed, but his voice is very calming, charming even. He sounds mad but at the same time he sounds like he’s gently scolding his viewers. 

 

A ding was heard, he supposes it's a donation sent by a viewer. He glanced towards where the live chat is and was surprised to see his name being mentioned.

 

[nxaluvr999] donated $100.

“What are your thoughts on Phainon’s new movie?”

 

The streamer glances on the side, reads it, and then..scoffs?

 

“Who?”

 

Phainon choked on his drink.

 

What?

 


 

For you          Trending         News

 

Entertainment ᐧ Trending

    Phainon

    763K Posts

 

Trending

    Villain Phainon?!

    229K Posts

 

Trending

    “Who?” WHAT?!

    578K Posts

 

Entertainment ᐧ Trending

    #Anaxalivingundertherocks

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Trending

    Anaxa

    378K Posts

 

 

Notes:

Sooo..what do you think? This AU is heavily inspired from Anaxa's official art of him being a gamer and Phainon's upcomming BP icon in-game!