episode_0063

It’s not that common to receive a text message on your cell phone.

To begin with, there aren’t that many people saved in my contacts.

That’s why I checked the text with a little tension.

[Shin Ye-hwa: Hello]

I was embarrassed when I saw that text.

There’s no reason for Shin Ye-hwa to suddenly send a text like this.

At that time, I was feeling that something was strange.

“Ah.”

I suddenly realized that Shin Ye-hwa had sent me a text message for some reason, in connection with what had just happened.

“Really?”

I was thinking to myself, “I hope that’s not the case.”

Is this real?

I let out a deep sigh.

How can someone who works part-time with you be someone who works at the same gallery?

“Haa… ”

I couldn’t help but sigh.

In the first place, I like socializing on the Internet, not socializing in real life.

That’s why the current situation is very uncomfortable.

“Should I run away from work?”

That thought just occurred to me.

I tend to do my work responsibly, but I didn’t have the confidence to shamelessly work face-to-face with someone who knew everything I had written.

Thinking about it again, it wasn’t a bad idea.

‘I need to make a phone call.’

I feel sorry for the cafe owner, but I will quit coming here starting next week.

I felt like I should pass on that message.

Some people might not understand this decision, but introverts like me will.

It turns out that a male colleague I used to work with was someone I would never be able to say out loud in real life, even though we were working at the same gallery.

“Oh, so embarrassing.”

Still, it’s good that you know now.

If I had been oblivious, the embarrassment would have doubled.

As I was thinking about that and about to make a phone call.

[Shin Ye-hwa: Let’s continue working part-time]

I received a text message from Shin Ye-hwa.

A saying that tells you not to quit your part-time job.

Perhaps because they had been watching me a lot in the gallery, they had already analyzed my behavior.

I see you sending texts like this.

[Me: No]

[Me: If you were in my shoes]

[Me: Are you going to continue? Lol]

Even Hwanhee will understand this.

As soon as I said that, the answer came flying straight at me.

[Newcomer: We]

[Shin Ye-hwa: How many years have we known each other?]

[Shin Ye-hwa: That’s disappointing]

[Me: That’s the internet]

[Me: It’s a bit hard to meet in real life;]

No matter how close you are online, meeting someone in real life is a bit different.

A thought I’ve always had.

But there was a concern.

‘If you’re going to quit, you have to explain why.’

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to quit by saying you have personal reasons, but if you say that, your boss will definitely want to hear your reason.

Because we try to provide as much convenience to part-time workers as possible.

“I can’t even lie.”

To begin with, I’m not very good at lying, so if I lied to my boss, there was a high chance of getting caught.

Then, naturally, I have to explain what happened between me and Shin Ye-hwa.

I felt my head getting complicated.

“으.”

I thought it would be better to take a deep breath and wake up to think about such a complicated problem.

I don’t think the answer will come out even if I keep thinking about it.

*

The next day I woke up like that.

When I woke up, my head felt much refreshed compared to yesterday.

So that’s why.

I was able to make quick decisions about what happened yesterday.

‘We should meet up and talk.’

I’m not the type of person who likes to continue a relationship that I met online into real life, but it still seemed a bit cruel to break off a good relationship just for that reason.

With that thought in mind, I prepared some food and went to work.

When we arrived at the cafe, the door was already open.

We had talked about the first person to arrive opening the cafe, and it seemed like Shin Ye-hwa arrived first today as well.

“Hoo… ”

I tried hard to hide my nervousness and entered the cafe.

I had already decided in my head how I should say it.

Then-

“Are you here?”

Shin Ye-hwa speaks informally, unlike her usual polite speech.

It was extremely awkward.

“Suddenly speaking informally is a bit… ”

“We’ve known each other for several years, and you can’t even speak informally to me? ”

That is actually true.

It’s already been a few years since we talked about various topics at the Ifrit Gallery.

It’s a little strange to use formal language just because you’re shy.

“Then should I speak informally?”

“Yeah.”

That’s how I happened to start talking to Shin Ye-hwa.

“By the way, I gave you so many hints, why didn’t you notice? I thought I was going to die from frustration.”

“No, since when did you know I’m broadcasting that you’re giving me hints?”

I thought I was broadcasting without being noticed by people around me.

“Is it your second day on the air? I knew from then. You said you were going to the gallery cafe to work and then you turned on the air as soon as you got off work at the cafe.”

“I took a break.”

“I’ve been watching you for years, how could you not have guessed that?”

“It’s usually hard to predict.”

I had the feeling that I was completely fooling everyone around me.

That wasn’t it.

“By the way, this isn’t what I came here to talk about.”

“What did you come here to talk about? I came here to work.”

“That’s true, but… Well, it’s a little uncomfortable to work with people I know online. In a cafe, try not to pretend to know them.”

This kind of thing needs to be decided for sure.

Because we’ve been talking about all sorts of things together, I was able to say that in real life too.

We can be friends, but we only work at the cafe.

“..Isn’t that obvious? Who talks about what they met in the community at work?”

“That’s true, but just in case.”

“Um… I admit, I’ve always said things that could be misunderstood. ”

So we talked further and came to a conclusion.

We only talk about work-related matters at the cafe and decide to talk about it after work.

*

“Then go in.”

“Hey, come in.”

I gave a quick greeting to Shin Ye-hwa, who was working at the cafe until late at night, and went home.

“It turned out better than I thought.”

I thought there would be some awkward scenes, but since Shin Ye-hwa wasn’t that awkward, the worries I had the night before were resolved surprisingly quickly.

‘I was worrying for nothing yesterday.’

I couldn’t sleep for a long time because I was worried about how to handle the situation well.

If I had known this would happen, I would have just slept well.

Certainly, worrying about everything doesn’t seem to help much in life.

‘It was like that before too.’

It was when I first entered college, and I had fantasized about college, perhaps because I studied so hard in high school.

When you enter college, you can have a girlfriend, make friends, and do a lot of productive activities.

Because my expectations were so high due to such sweet talk, I had been really looking forward to the ‘opening ceremony’ where the students in the department would gather.

And then.

I drank alcohol while awkwardly greeting people I was meeting for the first time, and ended up drinking too much.

I ended up grilling some pajeon on the table.

‘Oh, was it a land battle?’

Since what I ate back then was meat, it would be correct to call it meat pancake.

anyhow.

I was so shocked and trembling with fear after vomiting like that, but luckily, other people around me helped me.

I realized then that worrying about everything was a bad habit, but I forgot about it.

I sat down in front of the computer, thinking that I should recall old memories again.

“읏차.”

I had to broadcast today too.

Other streamers say that when they broadcast, they fall into a slump and think, ‘Why am I doing this?’, but I haven’t felt that way yet.

Rather, I should say it’s more fun.

‘Because it’s fun as the number of viewers increases.’

It was fun to see the viewership and donations continue to grow.

When I first started broadcasting, there were only twenty people.

With that thought in mind, I turned on the broadcast.

[The broadcast has started!]

Viewers start streaming in, notifying them that the broadcast has started.

‘I should go wash my face.’

Anyway, it takes time for viewers to come in.

[Dugong: I’m going to wash my face]

I said something vague like I was going to wash my face and went to the bathroom for a bit.

“Hello everyone.”

At that time, I was greeting the viewers as usual.

The chat window was in chaos.

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: YouTube hit the jackpot chchchchchchchchchchchchchch]

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: Finally coming out]

[YouTube is so freaking awesome lol]

[Congratulations on reaching 10,000 subscribers]

[You’re a newbie now, kid ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ (really new)]

[How many subscribers do you have to have to have a lot of money to make this happen?]

[This is Kang Hu-min: chchchchchchchch]

The gist of the chat was one thing.

The YouTube channel has become so popular.

“Huh, why is my YouTube channel suddenly so popular?”

It seems like the number of subscribers was slowly increasing just a few days ago.

When I asked like that-

[🗡️All-powerful Cthulhu: This time, the Finding Cup]

[🗡️Cthulhu the omnipotent: The winning video was edited to look like a movie, so the views exploded ㅋㅋ]

[Edit GOAT Just Shin Chan Hu]

[After the war]

[This is Kang Hu-min: Yes, yes, it is a huge fact that we now have over ten thousand subscribers]

There was an unexpected reason.