[I think a streamer likes me…]
When I work my part-time job, I sometimes watch streams to slack off, but this streamer always curses at me whenever I type in chat.
At first, I thought ‘Does he hate me?’ But actually, I think he likes me but is being tsundere. Like, he’s deliberately hiding his feelings because he’s shy? That’s what it seems like… ㅠㅠ
He even copies my taste in food. When people say everyone has similar tastes, I actually like Mcol and Sol’s Eye ㅠㅠ. Those are really unusual preferences, but he keeps making it obvious that he’s copying even these things…
On top of that, when I see him only streaming exactly during my part-time job hours, I’m 100% sure he has feelings for me…
Sigh… what should I do?
I’m not an easy woman… but should I accept him now?
[Comments]
– I think I know which streamer this is about
ㄴ You too?
ㄴ Me too
– ㅠㅠㅠ Don’t worry Sseuni. That streamer likes me ㅠㅠ
ㄴ Ah f*ck, that writing style[2]
– Please keep your delusions to yourself… don’t write them down
– I really want to dropkick you in the face^^
***
“Hmm… don’t post things like this in advice columns.”
[How do you feel when you see things like this?]
[For real lololol even though they’re toxic, you can feel their fan love?]
[The only thing I feel is ulterior motives, what fan love lololol]
[It’s just pure black-hearted lololol]
When I see things like this, the emotions I feel… If this was before I started streaming, I might have frowned a bit wondering why they act this way, but now these posts are cute. Not actually cute, more like feeling ‘well, this is tame.’
Anyway, though I expected it, since they’re people who never had real concerns.
Even skimming through, there wasn’t a single genuine worry.
Though one post that came closest to an actual concern did appear.
***
[Selling because I really need money]
Selling 3 items perfect for scamming sugar mommies
- Tennis skirt
Buy it, it’ll suit you. 30,000 won.
- Boyfriend look
F*ck, I ordered this from Coupang[3] when I was drunk thinking I’d give it to my future boyfriend lololololol
I’ve been controlling my drinking since then lol. Anyway, you don’t have clothes so buy it. 50,000 won.
- VR device
Bought it but can’t use it because it’s too hard.
Maybe because it doesn’t suit me, but I get motion sickness and keep bumping into things when I swing around because my room is small, and I can’t use it for more than 30 minutes because I lack stamina, so I’m selling it to you
Selling cheap at 300,000.
If you buy the VR, I’ll throw in the things above~^^
[Comments]
– But why do you need money urgently?
ㄴ OP: Because I want to order pizza
ㄴ Can’t resist pizza~
– Daeju does all sorts of things anyway, might as well buy the VR and get your money’s worth.
ㄴ For real lol just doing 2-3 pieces of content would make it worth it
ㄴ But f*ck, if you buy it you’re forced to get the tennis skirt too lololololol
– At least let’s buy the clothes… those clothes for 50,000 won is practically free.
ㄴ Is it a brand name?
ㄴ Even if it’s not a brand, that kind of set is expensive
***
“I’ll buy it… but please don’t give me the tennis skirt.”
[Lololol it’s mandatory sorry]
[Please wear it while using VR]
I decided to buy it.
Just looking at it, it seemed barely used, and I was interested in VR games anyway.
Plus the price was cheap. When I searched online for the same model, it was close to 500,000 won. She was selling it for 300,000 won, and she was a trustworthy… trustworthy? Anyway, she was a seller.
Though I’m a bit anxious.
And while I didn’t care much about the tennis skirt that came with it, I was separately interested in the boyfriend look.
Since I decided to start dressing up now, I should have at least one outfit like that. I’m not sure if a shirt with a knit sweater over it is what’s called the boyfriend look, but I think I saw male leads in dramas wearing something similar.
“Please contact me separately~”
[An consultation column turns into a sales post and it even gets sold]
[For real what kind of consultation column is this]
After the consultation column that was consultation in name only ended, I finished streaming earlier than usual today.
“Guys, I’m going now because I have something to do”
[Wanna die?]
[You wanna die?]
[You want me to die of boredom?]
[I want to see that too]
[For real common ground]
After turning off the stream, I immediately flopped onto my bed.
I didn’t actually have anything to do, but fatigue was gradually building up in my body and mind, so I needed a brief rest.
Honestly, I think I’m streaming pretty diligently. Well, compared to other broadcasters who stream for over 10 hours a day it was really nothing, but still, streaming every day, exchanging messages with viewers who were like RPG boss monsters in chat, isn’t this working hard enough?
Since I streamed shortly today, I should rest just as hard.
“Uh… but what should I do while resting?”
Gaming?
Honestly, I haven’t had any games I really enjoyed recently. And if I was going to play games, I would have just streamed instead…
Watch broadcasts or YouTube like before?
No, since it became my job, I wasn’t really interested in that either. I thought it was just liars who said it gets hard when something you like becomes your job. But I really had no interest at all. Come to think of it, I had no idea what to do while resting.
In the end, all I did was check the community.
“No, this isn’t right.”
I didn’t want to waste this precious time.
So I decided to spend some time shopping after a while.
Actually, there wasn’t anything I wanted to buy, but usually things naturally come up while browsing.
I opened Coupang and scrolled while resting my chin on my hand, and sales or rocket delivery information for things I might be interested in came up.
“Wow eggs are really expensive…”
Now even putting an egg in ramen was considered a luxury.
Of course, compared to before, I earned enough that I didn’t feel burdened about putting in an egg, but my spending habits from when I was a struggling student living alone hadn’t changed. The editor’s salary, VR device, bed, air conditioner were all smooth expenditures as a broadcaster, as a streamer, but for things like this, I was still living as a student…
“Kimchi is expensive too…”
They say in the old days, students living alone always had kimchi and eggs in their refrigerator, but these days, students probably have less kimchi and eggs than other products unless their families send them?
At this point, even cheap seasoned meat is cheaper than kimchi or eggs…
As I scrolled past food items one by one, maybe because of the lotion I bought last time, cosmetics started appearing too.
Among them, sunscreen was occasionally recommended. Even this recommendation algorithm doesn’t know that I won’t go outside.
Next was exercise equipment.
This made me think a bit.
“My health… must not be good”
Although I hadn’t gone to the hospital, I knew my eating habits and lack of exercise better than anyone else.
Maybe I could still be healthy despite all this.
Sometimes on TV shows about unusual things, people who only eat one food are often surprisingly normal. Some people say they managed their body with one-food diets after seeing that. Anyway.
At least I didn’t seem that normal.
Recently, when I suddenly got up from my chair or bed, I felt anemic. The problem is that it didn’t happen before.
Wasn’t this my body’s signal telling me to exercise?
“Should I buy one?”
Finally making up my mind, I started looking through exercise equipment one by one.
Treadmill excluded.
Too big.
My studio apartment was already cramped after getting the bed, if a treadmill came in, even walking space would be limited. For the same reason, I excluded all large exercise equipment for now.
The indoor bicycle that appeared most often after treadmills didn’t look bad.
Though it was a bit expensive, the exercise method was easy to understand, and above all, exercising while sitting seemed somewhat manageable. With dumbbells or kettlebells, you need to do the exercise method and posture properly to see effects, and if you do it wrong it could have the opposite effect.
Compared to that, the posture was easy, and the exercise method itself was simple.
“But it is a bit expensive”
Though I wasn’t looking at expensive ones, I would need to spend around 100,000-200,000 won to buy a decent one.
It seemed cheap for exercise equipment. Why does it feel so wasteful?
“…Should I buy a used one?”
Originally, exercise equipment was one of the categories with the most secondhand items.
Whether people succeeded or failed at exercising, many ended up selling their equipment, since everyone starts with burning determination but gives up quickly.
Checking Daangn Market, many people around me had already put indoor bicycles up for sale.
“Wow this is good…?”
Though it was a bit big, something that was clearly a good deal was posted about 10 minutes ago.
People must have already seen it and wanted to buy it, as 3 people had already pressed the heart button.
I thought it would be a waste to miss out, and seeing many people rushing to press hearts, I contacted them right away.
The person who posted it must have expected it to sell quickly and was watching, as they replied as soon as I contacted them.
And before I knew it, we set up a meeting.
When they said it would be better to trade as soon as possible, we agreed to meet in person, and when I told them my home location, they said they would come to my house by car since it was close anyway, everything progressed smoothly one after another.
“Huh?”
Though I felt like the day might progress a bit differently from what I expected.
Still, since I bought it cheap… I rationalized to myself.
***
(End of Chapter)
T/N:
- “Daangn Market” (당근마켓) is a popular Korean secondhand marketplace app, similar to Craigslist. Daangn means carrot btw.
- The previous commentator was being too cutesy.
- “Coupang” is Korea’s largest e-commerce platform, similar to Amazon.
