Chapter 86: (Side Story) Yeah, it’s not Yuki-chan’s fault that she’s being naughty. We should just blame it all on her junior, Rei-chan.

It’s been a few months since I hit one million subscribers.

Not much has changed since then.

I still live with Rin, stream as usual, and make cheeky jokes to the Yukidan.

That kind of ordinary routine had continued for months.

“Uunng…”

Well, maybe one thing did change.

The warmth I feel beside me every morning.

Still half-asleep, I hugged Rin, who was lying next to me, and rubbed my face against something soft with a blissful expression like I was in heaven.

“Hngh… U-Unnie…”

“Nngh…? Huh…? Rin?”

I’d mistaken her for a pillow in my sleep and started rubbing against her.

Well… I guess it doesn’t really matter.

Whether it’s Rin or a pillow, they’re both soft and squishy.

The reason we started sleeping together was entirely because of me acting spoiled.

I got scared after watching a horror video on Newtube, and crawled into her room with my pillow.

And since then, it had become a habit for me to sleep in Rin’s room.

The upside? I get better sleep holding Rin every night.

And as a bonus, I get to watch her blush every morning, which always puts a smile on my face.

Not that it stopped me from having… happy time.

Instead of before bed, I’d been sneaking off to solve things during showers.

Thanks to that, Rin often scolded me for wasting water, but honestly, that was a small price to pay for falling asleep with a real-life cute dakimakura every night.

‘I don’t know how Rin handles hers though…’

She probably figures something out.

That thought floated in my head as I nuzzled into Rin again.

“So soft…”

“Hrrrngh…”

Anyway.

That’s how life had been.

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[Manager-san: Anyway. As of today, the collab restriction for Gen 3 is lifted.]

[Rin: Ooh~]

[Yuki: Then Yuki-chan will collab with Rei-chan!]

[Yuki: I feel like we’ll get along great!]

[Manager-san: Of all people, you chose Rei…]

[Miho: Then I’ll go with Miya.]

[Miho: Fresh and green loli kouhai…]

[Miho: Haa… Haa…]

[Rin: M-Miho unnie…?]

[Manager-san: ……]

[Manager-san: Please, I’m begging you, just don’t cause any incidents.]

“Unnie, are you sure? From what I saw during her debut stream, her content was… kind of intense…”

“It’ll be fine. Besides, passing up a golden chance like this would be a disqualification as a proper Vtuber, wouldn’t it?”

“Th-That’s true, but… haha…”

Rin responded with an awkward laugh.

There were three members in Gen 3 who just debuted.

And since Luna:verse KR’s official project title was “Project Reincarnation,” their settings weren’t too different from ours in Gen 2.

The Dark Elf from another world, Takanashi Miya.

Queen of the Abyss, Yamishika Yui.

Contractor of the Phoenix, Hibana Rei.

If anything, they were very on-brand for Luna:verse. Though personally, I felt their concepts were a bit much.

Still, they each had unique charms and were doing well on stream, so people seemed to embrace their lore just fine.

Anyway.

Here were my first impressions of the Gen 3 members:

Loli.

Cuteness.

A lunatic.

Miya’s concept had her shorter than me, making her an instant “Wakyapyahyaknngsqueee~” kind of loli character.

Yui was so cute it reminded me of a deep-sea octopus—like, the kind you just want to squish.

And then there was Rei.

The problem child.

Who just so happened to be the woman living upstairs—Shin Ahyeon.

She’d stopped her clip making activities recently, and somehow, she’d ended up debuting as a Gen 3 member in Luna:verse.

Debuting would’ve been fine… if she wasn’t utterly unhinged.

She started her debut stream saying she was going to use a banana, then declared she was tired of glue sticks…

I had never seen a debut crazier than mine—until then.

So why did I agree to collab with her?

Because… it sounded fun.

The best streams happen when both people are a little unhinged.

I’d held back for others’ sake until now, but if the partner’s someone like that, there’s no need to hold back.

It might just turn into a truly wild stream.

Sure, Manager-san’s probably going to suffer cleaning up after us…

But hey, that’s what they signed up for, right?

It’s not Yuki-chan’s fault for being spicy.

Let’s blame it all on kouhai Rei-chan.

“Oh, right, Unnie. Didn’t we agree to go shopping for a new bed yesterday?”

“Bed?”

“Yeah. Since we’re sleeping together now, we said we’d get a bigger one.”

“Ehh… did we?”

I couldn’t really remember.

Well… now that I think about it, maybe she did say something like that…

“Too much work. Can’t we just order it online?”

“No way. We’re going to be using it every night—we have to see it in person before buying.”

“Using it?”

“W-When we sleep! What kind of weird thoughts are you having?!”

Rin’s face turned red as she shouted at me in a high-pitched voice.

Honestly, I hadn’t meant it in a dirty way, but Rin clearly took it that way and overreacted.

She’s been doing that a lot lately…

She interprets everything in a lewd way, even when it’s not.

Blushes at the slightest bit of teasing.

And then there was that time I caught her staring at the “boyfriends” hidden under her bed.

She shoved them back in while crying when I found her.

Anyway.

Given all that, I couldn’t help but wonder—maybe Rin was just… pent-up.

The way she kept thinking dirty thoughts reminded me of myself during puberty.

“Rin.”

“W-What?”

“Holding it in too much isn’t good for you.”

“…”

Ah, she’s blushing again.

At this point, she’s basically a ripe tomato.

It’s kind of amazing how red a human face can get.

“I’m holding it in… because of you…”

“…Huh? What did you say?”

“N-Nothing!!”

Seriously, did her puberty show up late or something?

Rin’s been acting weird lately.

Maybe I should take her out sometime, give her some space to be alone for a while.

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Honestly, I was reaching my limit too.

Despite constantly spewing naughty lines, she had no resistance to the real thing.

Every time I even tried to do something, I’d end up running away.

It was driving me absolutely insane.

I’d been dropping hints over and over, but she hadn’t noticed a single one.

There’s a limit to how dense a person can be.

“Haaah…”

My sigh was full of swirling emotions and rising desire.

There’s no way she’ll understand unless I tell her directly.

That hopelessly oblivious unnie won’t ever catch on unless I say it clearly—tell her I like her, ask her to be mine.

Until now, there were many reasons why I couldn’t bring myself to say it.

Because I was afraid she’d reject me.

Because it was too embarrassing to put these feelings into words.

But I was at my limit now.

I wanted to hold her. As soon as possible.

I wanted to share warmth with her, every single night.

I didn’t want anyone else to have her.

I wanted to be with her, and only her—forever.

“Haa… haa…”

My eyes, slightly distorted, glowed with a dangerous red hue.

And on my phone screen, slick with sweat, the usual photos of machines and robots were now replaced—filled entirely with pictures of Yuki.

Even I knew something about me wasn’t quite right.

I knew this wasn’t the “normal” kind of love.

But after so long spent holding back, my love had twisted and deepened.

“Haa… Unnie belongs to me…”

The breath I let out was laced with red-tinted desire.

And those eyes, shining with the same craving, turned toward the calendar on the screen.

[July 12th]
[My Birthday]

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“Uuugh… why do I suddenly feel a chill…”

A shiver ran through me for some reason.

Was someone talking behind my back?

“Are you okay, senpai? Did you catch a cold?”

“N-No. Maybe I just set the AC too low.”

It’s summer, but maybe I went overboard with the air conditioning.

I had goosebumps on my arms—probably time to dial it down.

“Are you ready for the stream?”

“Yup! I’m all set!”

Rei’s confident voice rang out from the speaker.

Hearing that the kid who used to be my fan had now debuted as my junior… it gave me this strange, fluffy feeling.

Was this what it meant to become an adult?

Leading and looking after your juniors…

Looking after them…

Looking after…

“Anyway, it’s time to go live, Yuki-senpai.”

“Huh? Oh, r-right. Got it.”

Shaking off the weird thoughts swirling in my head at Rei’s prompting, I turned my eyes back to the screen.

The waiting screen music played. Chat flew by at high speed.

It was a scene I’d grown completely used to by now.

I slowly read today’s stream title aloud.

[【Yuki’s Confessional】Sister Yuki, Sister Rei. We’re here to listen to your worries.【Yuki Yuki / Rei Rei / Luna:verse】]
[42,000 viewers watching]

Yuki’s Confessional Room.

My first collab with my junior…
was a confessional stream.