Chapter 102

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**Mama (Fake) and Me. (4)**

**[Ragu-sensei drew two Natsus again.]**

_(Image: Screenshot from Natsu’s stream showing a drawing)_
She’s always drawn two Natsus in her art. I wonder why?

– [Now I’m actually curious.]

– [Maybe she just _wants_ there to be two Natsus?]

– [That might actually be the reason wwwwww]

– [So lucky, she has two daughters lol.]

– [Still, can’t complain about more Natsus. Upvote if you agree ㅋㅋ]

– [ㅋㅋㅋ Upvote lol]

– [(Natsu: I _am_ cute! emote)]

– [Cutely powerful like a national treasure lmao]

– [Definitely not a typical Korean aesthetic tho.]

– [Seeing this again, I really think it’s for the best that the streamer’s gender changed.]

– [Didn’t she hit 500k right after debuting at V-Spe after switching personas?]

– [Honestly, that number makes sense.]

– [Yeah, it does.]

**[I get why Ragu-sensei draws two Natsus now.]**
Maybe she’s drawing Natsu and her twin. Just drawing both while she’s at it lol.

– [Leave it to Natsumin to always be delusional lol.]

– [It’s not delusion if it’s actually true.]

– [Seriously though, what other explanation is there for drawing two Natsus?]

– [If she has a twin, then why doesn’t Natsu’s twin stream? Come on, stream already.]

– [Or at least appear as a guest lol.]

– [Didn’t she say one line once?]

– [Yeah, and her voice sounded exactly like Natsu’s ㅋㅋ]

– [For real, she could sub in for Natsu and no one would notice ㅋㅋ]

– [WHEN is the twin gonna stream?!]

– [Why don’t we just pretend we’re watching the twin every time Natsu streams lol.]

– [That’s literally the same thing though ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

**[Maybe Natsu’s twin already knew Ragu-sensei from before?]**
_(Image: Fanart of Natsu’s twin, dated before her debut)_
Looks like she was drawing them together even before Natsu’s debut?

– [Whoa, that’s actually true.]

– [If there’s no mention of the streamer having a twin before, does that mean she knew Ragu-sensei from before?]

– [Come on, no way lol.]

– [You’re telling me she swapped bodies, followed Toya to Japan, debuted as a VTuber, and _also_ already knew the person who made her model? Get outta here.]

– [A more realistic theory is that Han Yeoreum was hiding the fact she had a twin.]

– [But didn’t she say she had no siblings?]

– [The most important fact: she grew up in an orphanage.]

– [If this is true, then the twin must’ve been adopted to Japan?]

– [That actually makes sense lol.]

– [Fate, huh? Went to Japan and found her long-lost twin ㅋㅋ]

– [Even manga doesn’t have plots this wild ㅋㅋ]

—

“Today was fun, Ichinose-san.”

“Yes, I had a lot of fun too.”

Ragu-sensei’s dark circles looked slightly lighter somehow.

Maybe her skin even looked a bit healthier…

Well, whatever.

If she had a good time, that’s all that matters, right?

“Yeoreum!”

“Ah, Koyuki.”

“You shouldn’t let Minori touch you that much! Even if she looks like a cool beauty, inside she’s a huge otaku pervert! She didn’t do anything weird to you on stream, right?!”

And a few moments later—

Koyuki burst through the door, anxiously scanning my body up and down.

Come on, it’s not like Ragu-sensei would ever do something weird to me.

And “otaku pervert”?? She doesn’t give off that vibe at all…

I wonder what Ragu-sensei is like in _Koyuki’s_ eyes?

“Minori is banned from touching Yeoreum for the rest of the day.”

“…I didn’t even do anything weird, though?”

“Even if you didn’t, still no touching! Now, Yeoreum, let’s go eat some snacks. You’re hungry, right?”

“U-Um… okay…”

Koyuki tugged on my hand, and I let myself get dragged away.

Hmm… This feels strangely familiar.

Wait… is this _jealousy_?

But if she were going to get jealous, wouldn’t it make more sense for her to direct it at _me_, not Ragu-sensei?

Koyuki’s known Ragu-sensei longer. Me? I’m just the new kid on the block.

“Here, Minori bought these for me, but let’s eat them together.”

“Oh, okay…”

Koyuki sat me down at the table and started laying out a whole bunch of snacks in front of me.

This, and this, and this too—

…Is Koyuki secretly a big eater? Or maybe she just doesn’t know how much I usually eat.

Looking at the mountain of snacks that now covered the table, I let out a little laugh.

Well… I _was_ hungry, so I’ll just gratefully dig in.

“Here, wanna start with this? It’s my favorite.”

“Thanks.”

She held out a strawberry mochi.

Perfect. I was craving something sweet.

I opened the package and took a big bite.

Mm, it’s sweet. And because it’s sweet, it’s perfect…!

The strawberry flavor spread through my mouth and brought a smile to my face.

This is life. A snack after a long day’s work.

“By the way, Koyuki.”

“Y-Yeah? What is it?”

A sudden realization hit me, and I looked at Koyuki.

Just as I caught a glimpse of my reflection in her red eyes, she quickly averted her gaze.

Looks like she felt the same thing I did.

So… in other words…

Koyuki flinching like that made me almost certain.

“You’re Han Songi, right?”

“…I-I’m not?”

“It really feels like you are, though… It just _clicked_, you know?”

They say twins are telepathic or something.

This one felt a little different than usual, but I was sure—Han Songi, that name from chat, was Koyuki.

There wasn’t any concrete reason.

Just a strong gut feeling.

“But seriously, you were the one who encouraged it, and then you turned around and made Ragu-sensei do _that_…”

“Ehehe… yeah, I kinda regretted it after I said it.”

She thought it would be funny at first, but watching Ragu-sensei like that made her too jealous to bear it.

Koyuki apologized and leaned into me, and I patted her head, telling her it was okay.

Well, it happens. Koyuki’s got that mischievous kitten energy sometimes.

I unwrapped a snack and gently popped it into her mouth, and her pouty expression immediately melted.

…Do I make that same face when I eat sweets?

“But Koyuki, I heard you don’t like having your head patted?”

“Oh, Minori said that, huh.”

According to Ragu-sensei, Koyuki always dodges head pats.

At my words, Koyuki paused for a moment, then smiled.

“When someone _wants_ something, you’re not supposed to give it to them too easily, you know? That’s a skill you should learn too, Yeoreum!”

“Really?”

“Really!”

If you let people pat your head whenever they want, they’ll start doing it constantly.

Now that I think about it, Toya was like that once too.

She wouldn’t stop patting my head, so I brought it up carefully, and she started holding back a little after that.

I guess it’s the same with Koyuki and Ragu-sensei.

‘Makes sense—Koyuki’s probably had to deal with that for longer than I have…’

“Makes sense.”

“Right? I _knew_ you’d understand, Yeoreum~”

Koyuki beamed, but a thought popped into my mind.

If I keep patting her, will she eventually tell me to stop too?

Her hair was similar to mine but with a different texture, and it was unexpectedly addicting to touch—I couldn’t tear my hand away.

Ragu-sensei probably got hooked the same way and ended up getting banned from pats.

“Oh, by the way, where did your username ‘Hansongi’ come from? You didn’t have to write it in Korean, right?”

“Ah, that’s because… uh, well… you grew up in Korea, right? Your name, Yeoreum, is Korean too. So, yeah.”

“You wanted a Korean-style name?”

“Exactly!”

She clapped her hands like she’d won a prize.

Han Songi… Actually, that name really _does_ suit Koyuki.

She looked like a single camellia blooming in a field of snow. Or maybe like a snowflake herself.

“Well? Think it suits me?”

“Yeah, it suits you perfectly. It’s such a Koyuki-like name.”

Two twins. Two names.

Ichinose Natsu and Han Yeoreum. Sugawara Koyuki and Han Songi.

Thinking of it that way made me feel like I’d gotten even closer to Koyuki.

And so—right now, I could tell exactly what Koyuki was thinking—

Ah.

“…You want to pat my head, don’t you?”

“Yeah, sooo much! I was so jealous watching Minori do it!”

“You can pat it all you want. I don’t mind.”

“Didn’t seem like you minded when Toya did it either—but thanks anyway!”

Koyuki grinned and happily began patting my head.

…Seriously, she’s impossible.