TS Vtuber Streaming Life - Chapter 84

A few days later.

“Um, okay.”

Let’s quit.

Today, I’m just going to quit everything and rest.

After Pepero Day, I’ve been stuck in endless stage rehearsals for the last few days.

I think I’ve lasted long enough for my personality…!

Since I’ve decided on my policy for today, I immediately contacted Ms. Se-young.

“Ms. Se-young, I’m resting today.”

[Oh! Right! You’ve been overdoing it lately! I’ve been worried about you, you know?! Ah! How about resting for three days and then going hard from the day after?!]

I expected her to let me rest, but isn’t this a bit too easy?

I’m rather surprised that she’s recommending a break.

“Uh… that’s a bit much… I’ll see you tomorrow.”

[Oh! Yes! See you tomorrow! Hehe… also see Mr. Yeon-woo tomorrow!]

Click.

I’ve been getting more afraid of meeting Ms. Se-young lately.

Anyway, since I told her I would take a break…

“I should sleep.”

No one can stop me today!

I’m going to catch up on all the sleep I missed in the past month today!

“Oh, I need to post a break notice.”

I already mentioned that today’s broadcast probability is fifty-fifty, so there won’t be much backlash.

[Break]

ㅇㅇ

Um, that’s done.

I’m in a good mood today since I’ll be resting, so I tried to change things up a bit from the usual.

Should I check the comments?

– ㅇㅇ????

– ㅇㅇ is a bit annoying, though?

– Why write ㅇㅇ instead of just writing ㅈㄱㄴ like usual?

…Isn’t that putting too much meaning into it?

Well, they’re probably just bored because I’m taking a break and having fun by themselves.

Since it’s not the first time viewers have done something strange, I brushed it off and lay down on my bed, pulling the blanket up to my chin and closing my eyes.

“Ugh…”

Feels good…

***

Ding ding ding!

“Ah…”

…Who is it?

Struggling to open my heavy eyes, I grabbed my phone next to my pillow and saw Yubin’s name on the screen.

…Why is she calling?

I answered the call, but the drowsiness that hadn’t faded yet made me close my eyes again immediately.

[Yeon-woo!]

“Ugh…”

…I can’t even be bothered to respond.

Honestly, it wasn’t just laziness; I didn’t have the strength to answer properly, so my response was sluggish.

[What’s wrong…? Why is she like this…?]

[Uh… Maybe she’s really tired…?]

…I can hear Sua and Yerin’s voices as well.

It seems they’re together.

[What should we do…? Should we head back…?]

[No! Older Sister! If Yeon-woo is this tired, we might see a cute side we usually don’t get to see! I can vouch for it since I’ve seen her wake up after dozing off briefly!]

I can hear what they’re saying, but the contents just aren’t sinking in.

But since it seems irrelevant to me, let’s hang up—

[I’m in front of your house!]

“Ugh…?”

…What are you talking about?

[Open the door!]

“…No.”

Click.

I forcibly moved my heavy hand to hang up the call and closed my eyes again.

Ding ding ding!

…I need to put this on silent.

After switching my phone to silent mode, I finally relaxed and fell back asleep.

***

Ding!

“Yeon-woo!”

“Maknae! The older sisters are here!”

“Where’s Yeon-woo’s room?”

…What is going on?

Even in my drowsy state, I forced my heavy body to get up and opened the door to the living room.

“…Why is everyone here?”

No, how did you even get in?

Did I give you the password?

Um… No, I don’t think so….

I can’t remember clearly because I’m sleepy, but knowing my personality, I wouldn’t have done that.

“Wow! Is that really Yeon-woo?!”

“Look! Yeon-woo is really cute when she wakes up!”

“Our maknae! Finally looking more like a maknae!”

“No… her expression is way too different from usual…?”

Ah, dang it.

I was too caught off guard and tired to remember.

“…You all came back?”

“Still, you were really cute for a moment there!”

“That’s true.”

Seeing them chatting while fixated on me was ridiculous.

“…So why are you here—”

“Seriously…! Yeon-woo’s body looked like this?! I finally see it…!”

“Hehe! I already saw this when we were shopping together! But seeing it again is incredible…”

“Wow….”

Oh.

I just realized I’m in pajamas that show off my cleavage.

“…Everyone, please be quiet and wait.”

“Uh…? Uh….”

“…I think we’re in trouble.”

“Older sister…! Shh!”

Bam!

I expressed how messy I felt by slamming the door shut and changed into a hoodie that I usually wore.

“Ugh….”

…I was planning not to get out of bed today.

Bam!

After changing completely, I opened the door roughly again, shocking the three people in the living room.

“Everyone, please sit on the sofa.”

“Uh…? Uh….”

“I told you not to just come over like this…!”

“Wait! Are you blaming me right now?! You said you wanted to see Yeon-woo’s cute side too…!”

“…Guys, let’s listen to Yeon-woo before she blows up.”

Detecting my mood, Yerin quickly warned while the other two hurriedly sat on the sofa, watching me carefully.

“…So why are you here?”

Firstly, I need to know the reason they came to my house.

If they say it’s simply for no reason—

“Just!”

“It looked like it would be fun?”

“We were playing and dropped by since we were nearby.”

Well… so they have no reason after all?

“Ah, stress….”

In order to calm down my rising anger, I went to the kitchen and pulled a can of cola from the fridge, popping it open.

Fzz!

“Drinking on an empty stomach will hurt your stomach…”

“Because of the uninvited guests at my house, my stomach is already hurting, so please be quiet.”

“Yes….”

Gulp, gulp!

“Phew…”

Now I can finally breathe a bit…

As the refreshing carbonation and caffeine from the cola coursed through my body, my mind became alert and my mood lightened.

“Did I mention I have a performance in a few days?”

“Uh, yeah.”

“Did I…? ”

“Yeah… you said you had been busy and struggling because of it….”

“Yes, and today was supposed to be a day of rest after a long time, you know?”

“Uh… should I hit my head?”

“…Just kneel.”

After finishing the cola and placing the empty can roughly on the table, I walked into the living room to see the three of them kneeling in front of the sofa.

…They’re really doing this.

Seeing them kneeling, which I didn’t expect, made my anger slightly subside.

“Who was the first person to suggest coming over?”

Well, I still have to do what I have to do.

“It was Yubin unnie!”

“Yubin said that.”

“No…! I mean, I did say it was me but…!”

Um, as expected.

Yubin is the only one who knows my exact address since she’s the only one who has come multiple times.

“Why did you bring it up when there’s nothing to do?”

“Hehe… just seeing our maknae’s face makes me feel good~ I just said it in a fit of annoyance…?”

“…Was there ever a single person who tried to stop her?”

“No one!”

…Right.

“Then, next. How did you get in?”

“I contacted the manager to ask for the password!”

“Ah, this was Yerin unnie’s idea.”

“Ugh, this is so ridiculous…”

I had told the manager my home password.

Since I live alone, it’s good for the manager to be able to help if something happens, considering this is also a company house.

…But to use it like this.

“…How did you charm the manager?”

Did the manager also willingly share it to bother me?

“Uhm… I kept calling and being a pest…”

“Hmm… should I lay down?”

“Sorry!”

The manager seems to just be a victim.

“Ha… so what are you all planning to do now? Should I make you dinner or something?”

“Uh?! Really?!”

“…Yubin, look at Yeon-woo’s face.”

“Sorry…”

“…Did you really come over without thinking about what to do?”

“Uh… broadcast…?”

“Ha….”

The anger that had just subsided began to rise again.

“…I’ll sleep, so do whatever.”

“Uh? You’re going to sleep?”

“Yes.”

“Should I sleep with you, unnie?”

“…Can you please just let me rest?”

So, I returned to my room, still wearing the hoodie, and lay down in bed.

Ah… I want to change into pajamas….

But what if those three suddenly barged into my room while I’m in pajamas?

…I guess I’ll just have to put up with the discomfort and sleep.

Anyway, I’m too tired right now to care what I wear to sleep.

As I lay there with my eyes closed, enjoying the cozy feeling, I heard sounds coming from the living room.

“Ah, I’m at Roje’s house!”

“Roje? She’s sleeping. Ah! Did you know Roje looks super cute when she wakes up?!”

“Right? Isn’t that just the ultimate gap moe?!”

…Why are they talking in the living room instead of the soundproof booth?

And is our house really not soundproofed like this?

Holding such questions, I briefly opened my eyes to check the door and saw that it wasn’t shut properly.

…d*mn it!

I don’t feel like getting up….

Although the conversation was annoying, I dismissed it like the TV sounds my parents used to watch in the living room when I was young, and tried to sleep again.

“Oh! I wonder if I can say that?”

“What?”

“That, Roje’s thing.”

“…I don’t know what you mean?”

“No…! You saw that…! This…!”

“Ah… I feel like I’ll definitely get in trouble…”

…What could it be?

Forcing myself to ignore it was impossible to do, so I listened in briefly.

“Right…? That’s a shame… I wanted to explain that scene to the ZeRo fans too…”

“Hmm… it was quite a spectacle… it was also violent…”

“So… no…! Why is she hiding something so great?! If so, just give it to me!”

Could it be…? Are they talking about my mid?

Realizing the topic of conversation, I suddenly woke up.

No…! What are these people using someone else’s mid as a conversation topic?!

Dumbfounded, I was about to dash out but suddenly paused because of a thought that came to mind.

…Since it’ll probably change to another topic soon, wouldn’t it be better to just wait through this?

Yeah, I’ll endure it… let’s just sleep…

As I expected, holding on and waiting finally led to a shift in topic.

“How cute was she? Hmm… completely bursting with maknae vibes?”

…This is about me again, but…

Still, it’s much better than the mid topic earlier…

“You’ve never heard Roje’s tired, weak, and slack voice, right? It’s seriously cute?! No! Since someone who usually doesn’t act that way acts like that, even I was Yuk-su-ing?!”

“I want to hear it, but I can’t. I don’t have a recording of the call.”

“Ah! Unnie! Doesn’t your phone have automatic call recording?!”

“Uh? Oh! Right! It should!”

Bam!

“Ro, Roje…?!”

“Uh, uh, uh… I-I wasn’t asleep…?”

“Everyone! I’ll end the broadcast now! Bye!”

Watching Sua turn off the broadcast, I checked on my phone that the stream had ended, then looked silently at the three of them before finally speaking.

“Leave.”

“Okay…!”

“Ah, wait a moment. Give me your phone.”

“Uh, huh?!”

I forcibly took the phone from Yubin, deleted the recording of our call, and handed it back to her.

“Now leave. Quickly.”

After kicking them out, I typed a text to Ms. Se-young and wrote a post in the cafe.

[The break wasn’t a real break.]

So tomorrow, it’s a real break.

Tomorrow, I will genuinely do nothing and rest.

…Please!