TS Vtuber Streaming Life - Chapter 31

The next day.

“Who wants to go shopping?”

“Me! Me!”

“Me too.”

Hmm, it’s with Yubin and Yerin…

“We only need one, so let’s go in the order of arrival.”

Original first-come, first-served is the cleanest.

“…What a waste.”

“Yay!”

I turned on my phone while waiting for Yubin, who was getting ready to go outside.

I need to check the community…

Since I lost all the videos yesterday, the public opinion must be turbulent, right?

The first post I anticipated seeing was—

[Hahahaha, did anyone miss how cute Miss Roje was yesterday?]

Hmm, let’s not look.

Sometimes, not knowing the reactions is better, right?

I quickly decided and turned off my phone screen before putting it in my pocket.

Just then, it seemed Yubin was all set.

“Yeon-woo! Let’s go!”

“Okay.”

While I was putting on my shoes at the entrance, Min-seo seemed curious about where we were going and asked.

“Huh? What’s up? Where are you two going?”

“I’m going on a date with Yeon-woo!”

Going shopping is a date too?

Really, anything can be a date.

“Selfie time! The best!”

I got Yubin, who was clinging to me cutely, off.

“How cruel!”

Ignoring her, I told Min-seo where we were going.

“I’m just going shopping.”

“Oh, you’re going shopping?”

“Yeah. It’ll take about an hour? Please wait without eating.”

“Okay, have a good time!”

Clack!

As we went outside to the mart, Yubin seemed curious and opened her mouth.

“But Yeon-woo, aren’t you taking off your makeup? You look the same as yesterday?”

“Huh? I didn’t do anything, so how could I take it off?”

“What?!”

Upon my answer, Yubin stopped in her tracks and started staring at my face in amazement.

“Your eyes aren’t made up?”

“No, they’re not.”

“What about your lips?”

“Nope.”

“Your skin…!”

“Just sunscreen.”

“Huh! What am I doing…?”

It seems shocking for Yubin, who typically gets various treatments like massages and skin care.

But she quickly recovered and asked me excitedly.

“So! How do you usually take care of your skin?!”

Hmm… I don’t have much to say?

“I just wash my face morning and night and apply sunscreen regularly.”

“…No masks?”

“Too inconvenient.”

I’ve tried doing them out of curiosity when I was home.

But I couldn’t stand the feeling of something damp and cold sticking to my face.

Even if I managed to endure it, my face would eventually feel tepid due to the heat, which felt weird.

“…Genetics must be the answer.”

…Isn’t it closer to TS correction than genetics?

But I can’t say that out loud, so I answered with silence.

“The world is unfair…”

…I feel sorry for her for no reason.

As we chatted on, we soon arrived at the mart.

“What did you come to buy?”

“Ingredients for soft tofu stew.”

“Oh?! Soft tofu!”

“Is there any ingredient you want me to add?”

“Umm… ramen noodles?”

“No way.”

“Right? I was just saying that.”

If I add ramen noodles, it would change the taste of the broth due to the starch, so it’s not allowed.

“Oh! I want to eat sesame soft tofu stew!”

“What?”

No, if I want to make that, I need to boil two pots.

“Uh… no! I’ll just eat normally!”

Oh, did I furrow my brow again?

Since there was that incident earlier, I feel a bit sorry…

“Just don’t leave any behind.”

Sigh, I’ll just make it.

Boiling two pots is a hassle, but it’s not hard.

“Yay! Our maknae is the best!”

“I won’t do the dishes.”

“Okay! I’ll clean it up thoroughly! I’ll make it shine!”

Seeing her happy makes me feel good.

After buying the ingredients, we decided to stop by a café to get coffee on the way home.

“Just buying iced Americanos for the people at home should be fine, right?”

“Let’s do that! I want vanilla latte!”

“Then, I’ll have an ash shot.”

“Huh? What’s that?”

“Huh?”

Oh, maybe they don’t know ash shots right now?

“Adding a shot to iced tea.”

“…Is that tasty?”

“It’s better than you’d think.”

Sometimes, I automatically mention things that aren’t famous yet.

…Is this the introspection of a regressor?

Anyway, we stopped by the café, placed our orders, and chatted while waiting.

“Ugh… pretty soon we will have to part ways…?”

“That’s right. We have to go home and work.”

“I want to stay a bit longer…”

“We can meet again next time. Just let me know anytime.”

“Really?! Will you come if I call?!”

“No, you need to come here, not me.”

I don’t want to go because it’s a hassle.

I had a hard time getting up yesterday when I was lazily lying around after visiting Min-seo’s house.

“Okay… thank you…”

Oh, come to think of it, wasn’t that next week?

“I have a game I want to play; do you want to try it out together next time?”

I remembered the release date since it was a game I often played before regressing.

Just when I was thinking of gathering a party to play, it worked out well.

“Huh? What’s it about?”

“It’s a game called [Beast Hunter].”

“…What kind of game is that?”

“It’s a game where you literally hunt down beasts.”

It’s a simple game where you catch giant beasts and craft stronger equipment from the materials to catch even stronger beasts, played in a party of up to four players.

“Isn’t that too cruel…? It’s killing animals…”

That’s something someone who hasn’t seen the characters would say.

They’re called beasts, but they’re monsters instead.

“Well, if you don’t like it, that’s fine.”

It’s not a game most girls would like anyway.

“Um… it’s not that I don’t like it…”

So you want to play?

“Then since it’s a four-player game, we need to find two more people.”

Hmm… who should I invite?

While I was pondering about party members, Yubin asked.

“Don’t you play cute games, Yeon-woo?”

“Cute games? I do.”

I usually don’t have genre restrictions.

Even the ones people have mixed feelings about are just fun to me.

It’s just that I usually won’t play them since I’ve already played most of them.

“What games?”

“Like Mark’s game, Animal Crossing, Pokémon?”

“…Why do you want to play that game with us when you have those?”

“It’s fun.”

I genuinely wanted to play with them because it’s fun.

But it seems they misunderstood and think I want to tease them because of the image I’ve built.

“No—”

Just as I was about to explain the misunderstanding, the buzzing bell rang.

What timing…

“Let’s go.”

“Okay.”

I felt a bit wronged, but it wasn’t worth explaining, so I just let it go.

As we came out of the café with our takeout, Yubin pulled out a straw.

“I want to taste that one sip!”

She must have been curious after asking about the ash shot flavor.

“Here.”

“Oh…! Why is it so good…?”

“I told you it’s delicious.”

“Wow… see, a person who cooks well is different!”

“No, I’m just ordinary!”

As we were having this casual chat, we soon arrived at Min-seo’s house.

“I’m back.”

“We’re here!”

“You came?”

After greeting others, we entered the kitchen to organize our things and I spoke up.

“I’m going to make two different soft tofu stews, so say what you want.”

“I want the original.”

“I want… sesame!”

“Sesame? I haven’t tried it, is it good?”

“It is delicious.”

“Oh, then I’ll try it.”

But what am I supposed to do now that Sua said she wants the original stew and then switched to sesame…

“I’ll have the original…”

“I said I want sesame earlier!”

Hmm, so I guess it’s three for sesame and three for the original?

That’s half and half, so it should be easy to adjust the amount.

After organizing my things, I began to cook.

First, I took out two pots, poured in some water, and added the anchovy broth powder I bought earlier.

“Are you really putting that much seasoning? Isn’t it bad for your health?”

I glanced at Sua, who was offering unsolicited advice.

“I’m sorry… I won’t do it again.”

Lately, my face has been used a lot for intimidation.

But honestly, with natural powers, isn’t it a waste not to use them?

Gotta use them when needed. Hmm.

Anyway, now that Sua’s interference was gone, I continued cooking.

I prepared the purchased Cheongyang pepper, onion, green onion, etc., and tossed them into the broth. After roughly cutting the soft tofu,

I made a sesame sauce using one seasoning base of gochujang and gochugaru and the sesame powder I bought at Min-seo’s house before.

Now I add the soft tofu and seasoning to the boiling broth, carefully stir it with a spoon so the tofu doesn’t break, then lower the heat and put on the lid.

“You can turn it off after five minutes.”

“Oh…! It smells amazing!”

“Oh, if you want to add an egg, you need to put it in now and close the lid.”

“Let’s just eat! I’m hungry!”

“Alright.”

Whether I add the egg or not, it still needs to wait, but I thought it didn’t matter, so I let it go.

Being hungry is a serious issue.

“Oh! Yeon-woo! That video was released!”

“That one? What is it?”

“That thing you filmed with the Evermore leader!”

“Oh, that one?”

It was about time to come out, but it came out today?

“Yes! Let’s watch it while eating!”

“Sure.”

Having finished my cooking role, I was able to comfortably wait at the table.

Even if I wanted to move, they were blocking me and making me wait.

Anyway, as I was waiting, bowls were placed in front of us, and everyone sat at the table.

“Here you go!”

“Let’s eat!”

“Wow!”

“Everyone said to make it, so please don’t complain if it’s not tasty.”

I put in that insurance, as there’s no guarantee it’ll taste good.

“Hehehe…! If it’s what our Yeon-woo made, I could even eat that tteokbokki from yesterday again!”

“Oh, it’s not that good, so you can relax.”

“Hey! That’s too much!”

As usual, I hit Min-seo while controlling the remote to turn on YouTube on the living room TV.

“But how was the filming?”

“Well, it was fun.”

“Really? I want to see Yesul once too.”

“I do too! I was a huge fan during my trainee days!”

“I’ll connect you if we have a chance to meet next time.”

“Wow! Really?!”

“Yes, we got close while filming, so we promised to meet up sometime.”

“Ooooo!”

As I put the conversation behind me, I entered the official YouTube channel and started playing the video.

As soon as it started, a preview came out, similar to the last behind-the-scenes interview video.

[Yesul, look at my face.]

[Huh?! Th-that….]

[Don’t you like it?]

“…We really became close, right?”

“Yes. Of course.”

[Roje, give it a try.]

[U-uhm… that’s a bit….]

[Why? Do you dislike it?]

[Ro-Roje…!]

“…Right?”

“Yes.”

If we’re on informal terms, we’ve become close.