Chapter 126: Sneaky Ad

“Haa… For God’s sake, stop crawling up here already. Were you even listening to me?”

After a short sigh, I stared straight ahead with eyes full of arrogance.

“Know your place before you act. You can’t even speak properly, why do you keep trying to get on everyone’s nerves?”

“Whoa…”

-Clap clap clap

A cute applause sound burst from Doah’s small palms.

“I didn’t expect this. You’re actually pretty good.”

“You aren’t trying to make fun of me, right?”

Doah nodded her head vigorously, as if to tell me that she was serious.

“Nope. You are good, really.”

She snatched my phone and scanned through the parts I was supposed to do from top to bottom.

“You were right, there really isn’t that much.”

“Yeah, only 15 lines exactly.”

Because I felt burdened, I counted each line I needed to deliver.

“But, why are all the lines sound mean?”

“That’s how the character is, what can I do?”

Kim Eojin, the leader of the bullies, was a peculiar guy who rarely showed his face but always appeared whenever the main characters got into trouble.

“Well, as long as you do what you just did, it’ll probably be fine.”

“Really?”

“Yes. I hate to say this, but you looked like a real jerk just now, Oppa.”

Those words could be taken as either a praise or criticism, but I just took it in a positive way.

“Then, should I tell them I’d take the job…?”

“If you’re okay with it, sure. Why are you so concerned about my opinion, though?”

“I mean, you know, if others take it really badly, it’d be better to not do it at all, no?”

“Didn’t they say they wanted you to do it?”

Doah tilted her head, seemingly puzzled.

“Well… The director did, but the company gave off the ‘it would be nice if you do, but it’s okay if you don’t’ kind of feeling…”

“Alright, a vote in favor from me, then.”

Doah spun around in her chair while sitting in front of the computer.

“I don’t know anything about that industry, but I don’t think easy roles with that little amount of screen time are that many.”

“You think so?”

“Yep. Still, the decision is yours, Oppa. I mean, this is your career and debut.”

Hearing that made me more determined, so I made up my mind to just go ahead with it.

“I’ll call them tomorrow and tell them I’ll do it.”

I bent down and kissed her forehead.

Whenever I got stuck with a decision, consulting Doah was always the solution.

“…Not there.”

Doah pouted, seemingly dissatisfied with my forehead kiss.

I smiled at her before kissing her lips. Then, I picked her up and carried her to the bed.

“…I have to stream later.”

She crawled under the blanket and started muttering things I hadn’t even asked about.

“So?”

“So… Um…”

An arm reached out from under the blanket and hit my forearm.

“It means no…”

I wondered what she was trying to say for a moment, but when I got it, I let out a mischievous smile.

Ohh, Kim Doah…

This girl probably didn’t realize.

That the sexy pheromones she was releasing to seduce her Pink Army were so thick right now.

A wicked instinct to tease Luka-tan took over my body.

My ten fingers infiltrated beneath the blanket.

Their target was her tummy.

“…Oppa?”

A surprised voice came out of her. She probably thought that I’d stop at stroking her, but I didn’t plan to stop.

After finding the hem of her t-shirt, I slipped my hand inside.

“I said no…”

Since she still couldn’t see my face, she seemed to think I was serious.

I caressed her belly button with my thumb and gradually moved upward.

Startled, she threw off the blanket and looked at my face.

And found me, smiling teasingly at her.

At that, she threw me a resentful look.

“…What? So, you were just teasing me this whole time?”

“Hmm? What did you think I was trying to do~?”

When I tried to slip away like a loach, pretending not to know, Doah bit my wrist like an angry puppy.

“Grr! Dieee, Han Taemin!”

Her aegyo had gotten better in a lot of ways.

I took my hand out from under her t-shirt and grabbed her face.

“Agh… Seriously…”

[So cute! So cute! So cute! So cute! So cute! So cute! So cute! So cute! So cute! So cute! So cute! So cute! So cute! So cute! So cute!]

Seriously, why couldn’t there be a chat window irl?!

If this was a stream, I’d have spammed the chat with that. Who cares if I’d get banned or not!

“You always teased me… Oppa, were you a big bully in the past?”

“Hell no. Back when I was younger, I was just an otaku who wore a hoodie and watched anime in the corner.”

“Lies! I could tell, Oppa! The reason why you could act as Kim Eojin so well is because everything just comes as naturally as breathing to you, right?!”

Well, to argue against nonsense, usually the nonsense needed to have a semblance of sense to argue against.

But this one had nothing, it was hard to even engage with it.

“Mhm. I was a big bully. Now, I’m gonna bully you.”

I mustered the most malicious smile I could muster and started kissing her again.

「What does Luka-nim do during her free time these days?」

It was one of those just chatting streams.

I read the chat, talked about various things, only answering questions that caught my attention.

These days, my chat moved so quickly that I couldn’t read everything they sent even if I wanted to.

「When I’m free, huh…? Hmmm… These days, I just watch the others’ streams or watch movies by myself, I think?」

After dropping this conversation starter, the chat began to list the movies they’d recently watched, like carnivores spotting their prey.

「Oh, yes, that one’s good too.」

I gave appropriate responses to some of the movies I enjoyed among the ones they dropped, but then a single message caught my attention.

「I heard there are a lot of good web dramas these days too.」

I knew that my facial expressions were being tracked, but I still hesitated a bit.

Hmm… To talk about web dramas during the stream…

If I pushed with this topic, I could bring up Oppa’s drama.

So far, I had only been able to support his new endeavor from behind the scenes, but I really wanted to help him more somehow.

Back when I first debuted with CLOSER, he helped me so much with our group projects and everything.

Considering that I was his girlfriend now, it felt just wrong to keep my mouth shut.

「Ah… Actually, there’s one that I’ve watched recently.」

「It just came out… What was it called again…?」

Of course, I knew the title perfectly well, but I pretended to search for it, scrolling my mouse, acting as if I had just recalled it after a search.

「Ah! Found it! It’s called Love Rides the Waves.」

But, as expected…

My chat was filled with question marks.

Most of them said that they had never heard of it.

[Is it good, Luka-nim?]

[looks super unpopular tbh]

[luka-tan watching dramas is so cute]

I couldn’t just openly praise Oppa for being handsome or for his good acting here.

So, I had to focus on giving positive reviews of the drama itself.

「Ah, you know.. This one got that American high school vibes, but Korean…? Kinda? It’s kinda entertaining.」

Honestly, I didn’t even know what kind of nonsense was I spouting.

Sorry, American high school vibes!

「There are only 4 episodes so far, but I’m planning to binge-watch it once it’s complete!」

I said that, but just watching the parts with Oppa would be enough for me.

[Hmm… if Luka-tan says so, maybe I’ll check it out too.]

[dude, i don’t recognize any of the actors in this web drama lmaooo]

[low-budget productions usually don’t have familiar faces.]

That should be it in terms of promoting the thing, I guess. Time to move on to another topic. But then…

[Don’t watch that crap. Boring as hell and the actors can’t focus on their acting at all.]

I read a toxic comment that immediately raised my blood pressure.

Normally, I wouldn’t react to these comments, but this particular one was aimed at Oppa rather than me, so there was no way I could just hold back my irritation!

「Shut up! Who was it that said it’s boring?! Hey! I said I enjoyed it, so I enjoyed it!」

After I gave that guy a sharp retort, my chat immediately backed me up.

[if Luka says it’s good, then it’s good!]

[u should get lost~]

[Luka-nim! But the ratings for this aren’t good…?]

One loyal subject. One drama-stirrer. One serious person.

Perfect examples of the types of personalities in the Pink Army.

「Anyway, I’m not saying you absolutely have to watch it, but if you have time~ If you enjoy this genre~ It’s not bad~」

My stream was far too big for petty arguments to break out.

「Ah, I need to grab some water. Be right back, kay?」

Making this small effort for Oppa made me feel a sense of accomplishment.

Hehe~ What a sweet and kind girlfriend I am~

Taemin oppa should be grateful to have me as his girlfriend~

-Bzzzz

…Huh? I thought I put my phone on silent.

After switching to silent mode, I checked the message that just came in.

[…Did I do something wrong?]

Apparently, Oppa wasn’t too pleased with that sneaky ad I just did.