Se-na woke up later than usual.
Though she had been living a regular lifestyle since starting to exercise, yesterday was different.
After washing up quickly, she left home wearing a cap and mask. She couldn’t be bothered to dress up and felt sleepy.
Though she wanted to rest at home due to fatigue, she couldn’t refuse the request from her uncle who was also her boss.
Today was chilly.
So unlike usual, she wore a cardigan. Of course, she still had a tank top underneath.
“Uwaahm…”
Isn’t the best thing about masks that you can mouth curses or yawn widely without looking unseemly?
This was all because of the YouTube video she watched yesterday.
“Ended up binge-watching everything…”
The man in the video, which she happened to see from a woman at the gym, was somehow appealing, and she vaguely understood why.
The man in the video, Daeju, resembled Daeju.
At first, she wondered if it might be Daeju
“No matter how I think about it… whether by name or voice, it’s the same person…”
She wasn’t sure if that was his real name.
Honestly, Se-na thought it wasn’t. How could someone’s name actually be Daeju?
However, when he traded the bicycle on Daangn Market, and in his KakaoTalk chat, the name was clearly written as Daeju.
Come to think of it, he had been mysteriously avoiding sharing personal information or family stories in his KakaoTalk chats too.
Though she understood since she also had family circumstances, she couldn’t help feeling a bit hurt.
“Looking at recent KakaoTalk messages—”
Se-na suddenly remembered his chat content and smiled widely, clutching her phone tightly.
There wasn’t anything special, but now he would sometimes initiate conversations too.
Of course, thinking about the most recent KakaoTalk message made her expression darken again.
She really sent that photo impulsively in the middle of the night.
She had no choice but to recommend the clothes from the video to the man who seemed to be losing half his looks by only wearing hoodies.
There was a saying that men’s appearance depends on clothes and hairstyle, but surprisingly, Daeju didn’t care about either.
“Still, sending that photo was a bit… wrong…”
As she walked while regretting, she arrived at the building her uncle mentioned.
“Giving a gift to a tenant? That uncle?”
Se-na looked incredulously at the bundle of toilet paper in her hand.
He didn’t even give her anything like this when she started living alone.
Se-na went to the address her uncle gave her and knocked on the door.
Despite there being a doorbell right there, she deliberately knocked out of jealousy and as a small revenge for disturbing her holiday.
Still, she couldn’t knock three times.
She held back with just a light knock, worried the sound might reach other houses.
Then the door opened and someone came out.
“Huh? Huh?”
Daeju walked out of that door.
There was no need to specify which Daeju.
There had only been one person named Daeju from the start.
***
He had imagined what kind of reaction she would show.
He thought she would either get angry or feel hurt, one of the two.
But unexpectedly, Se-na opened her eyes wide, then let out a long sigh and clutched her chest.
“Ah, what a relief.”
“…What is?”
“Oh, you know~”
Then Se-na slipped inside, saying she wanted to look around the house.
Though it was embarrassing, I had nothing to hide so I just showed her. And maybe because we’d been chatting a lot recently, even someone passive like me had developed a kind of inner familiarity with Se-na, so it wasn’t awkward.
Having just moved to a three-room apartment, and with more storage space compared to a studio apartment, the house was clean.
So I didn’t feel reluctant about showing it.
“Can I look around?”
“Ah, yes…”
“I’ll be going then! The clothes and hair suit you well!”
“Ah, thank you…”
After a superficial look around and handing over the tissue, Se-na went down the stairs with a bright smile.
What was that?
It wasn’t the reaction I expected.
I had run simulations on how to comfort a dejected Se-na and prepared my list of excuses, from why I hid the broadcast to why I didn’t mention moving, but they weren’t needed.
Was looking around my house that interesting?
She especially stared intently at the soundproof booth.
When I asked why she was in such a good mood, Se-na gave the incomprehensible answer that her ‘guilt had disappeared.’
I thought about it but figured I wouldn’t figure it out, so I quickly gave up. With failure and giving up, the sooner the better.
“…Let’s do the broadcast”
“Daeha”
[Oh what’s this, cam’s on]
[Daeha~]
[Why are you wearing that again]
“Should I change into a hoodie if you don’t like it?”
[Now that I look at him, he looks like a good boy!]
[It was a transformative outfit lol lol lol ah lol]
[I’m not complaining ^^]
[Stop the hoodie era!]
Today’s prepared content was simple.
One of the contents that always works on YouTube is spending money on behalf of others.
For example, typically luxury goods.
Expensive cars, first-class airplane seats, etc.
Things that are too burdensome to buy yourself but you’re curious about.
I never thought I’d be doing this kind of content.
“Since I unintentionally made a lot of money yesterday… today I’ll do vicarious buying and review content”
[Lot of money = bail money]
[I’m going to make a lot of money and curse at Daeju]
[People who know how to spend money most happily]
[Oh, vicarious buying and review too?]
“First, please write everything on the board, not in the chat.”
I hurriedly shouted as purchase candidates started appearing one by one in the chat.
I think there was a whip and a collar among them, but I’d prefer if they bought and used those themselves. Perhaps because there was great interest in the ‘review’ part, those two candidates frequently appeared in the chat.
“I won’t buy anything weird”
[…Is a collar weird?]
[A collar isn’t weird. You were always the weird one]
[So does that mean we can ask you to buy and review a collar?]
[You’re really a weird ba*tard]
Posts started appearing on the board one by one.
This time it was full of obviously weird posts, so I decided to quickly skim through.
“Collar, whip, tank, airplane, 24-year-old Kim Ju-hee. Ms. Kim Ju-hee… don’t do this. Okay?”
[lololololololol]
[At that point just buy her once!]
[Ju-hee’s cute lol]
[Cute? lol looking at her age she’s expired lol]
[24 years old is… expired…? What am I then…?]
“At least this one’s somewhat normal…”
Finally, for the first time, something that somewhat matched my intention appeared.
***
[I want to buy it but it’s expensive and all so please buy and review first]
(Photo)
It’s a coffee machine ^^
These days I need to stay up late gaming a lot so I drink coffee frequently
If I had this coffee machine I think my gaming life would be much more convenient so please review this model in the photo
[Comments]
– Need to stay up late gaming a lot
ㄴ During the day
ㄴ Work?
ㄴ Doesn’t
– This bastard takes care of his gaming life but not his real life lol
– Don’t try to understand
ㄴ Even if I tried it wouldn’t be easy
***
“Ah it fits the theme but why a coffee machine?”
[Can’t drink coffee?]
[There’s no loser who can’t drink coffee, right?]
[What, you have to not drink coffee to be a loser? Ah lol I guess I wasn’t a loser lol]
[Looking at you, you’d still be a loser even if you drank coffee by the barrel ^^]
[I’ll kill you…]
I despised bitter tastes.
After sour and spicy tastes, bitter was my third most hated taste, and coffee wasn’t just bitter but sometimes had a hint of sourness too.
Having both tastes I hate, how could I like it?
So although it really pained my heart, I passed.
After that, I got recommendations for figures, refrigerators, and various unidentifiable adult devices, but none of them appealed to me.
Some I couldn’t buy even before considering if they appealed to me.
[Just buy something random and do different content]
[If you don’t like whips, collars, or adult figures, what can we recommend?]
[This is incredible.]
[He’s quite picky]
[How about this then?]
“What is it?”
[How about going to a streamer you know, doing a donation and reviewing their reaction?]
“Uh… um…”
I hesitated since it was far from the content I originally planned, but thinking about it, it might not be that different.
Making big donations on behalf of viewers who would find it burdensome and reviewing the reactions.
It seemed fun.
If I could get permission to upload it to video, it seemed like it could work well enough as YouTube content too.
“Should we try it? Is anyone streaming right now?”
[Yeonhee is on? Go]
[Why isn’t Vine on?]
[Said he’ll stream soon ^^ Originally wasn’t going to because Daeju was streaming, but I roughly told him Daeju said to stream so he’ll be on soon]
[Well done ^^]
“Now everyone needs to cooperate, shh! For a real reaction!”
[Ah we know lol]
[Who do you take us for, amateurs?]
When I went to Yeonhee’s stream, she was concentrating hard on playing League.
Along with rough language I’d never seen before, she let out painful screams as if she was really getting hit every time she took a skill.
“Ah! Ah! Why does this hurt so much!”
Viewers burst into laughter watching her act like she was in pain while getting beaten up by a newly released character.
[Well done…! Kill Yeonhee!]
[Does this bastard have pain linked or something lol lol lol why does she act hurt?]
[Is this that thing, Shadow Games or whatever?][1]
I felt good thinking about dropping a bomb in this already chaotic place.
“How much should I donate?”
[These days Yeonhee’s reaction price is expensive, 120,000 won?]
[Reactions have market price? Fucking b*tch lol lol lol]
[Even worse than the harbor lol crazy lol lol lol]
* * *
(End of chapter)
T/N:
- “Shadow Games” refers to Yu-Gi-Oh!’s Shadow Games where damage is real
