Ch. 146 MtF – Chapter 146
by AfuhfuihgsChapter 146
**Twins and the Fox. (4)**
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**- Fuyu-chan is way too positive wwww**
**- It’s kind of like how you can’t get mad even if your niece draws you like that?**
**- But Inari’s too old to be called a niece wwwww**
**- Shouldn’t it be the other way around? 草**
**- It’s more like an aunt drawing for her niece lol**
**- Auntie Inari~**
**- Auntie’s drawing skills are garbage. (笑)**
**- But hey, as long as the niece is happy, it’s all good!**
“I’m remembering every single fan name of the people who called me auntie!”
She’s got a point—Inari definitely isn’t old enough to be called anyone’s aunt.
If Inari is an aunt, then that would make me and Koyuki aunts too, since we’re the same age.
Which means… an aunt drew a sloppy picture for another aunt?
“Inari, why are they calling you an aunt? You’re the same age as me, right?”
“Exactly! If I’m an aunt, that means Fuyu-chan is an aunt too!”
“An aunt, huh… It would be kind of cool to have a niece. I bet they’d grow up taller than me someday~”
As expected from the infinitely-positive Koyuki—she didn’t seem even remotely bothered about being called an aunt.
Well, both Koyuki and I were more concerned with seeming mature than being seen as childlike.
In that sense, maybe being called an aunt wasn’t all that bad?
Besides, Koyuki’s the kind of person who’d enjoy being called anything, really.
**- She’s too positive wwwwww**
**- I wanna be as positive as Fuyu-chan.**
**- Never thought I’d get positive energy from a stream like this 草**
**- Fuyu-chan just accepts everything so wholesomely, respect.**
**- Her constant optimism is really admirable ww**
“I never really thought of myself as positive… I think it’s all thanks to Natsu~”
“Me?”
I didn’t really feel like I’d done anything for Koyuki.
She looked at me with a warm smile, and I tilted my head in confusion.
Honestly, she seemed like this even before we met.
She slipped her hand into mine, and I couldn’t bring myself to pull away. I just held it tightly.
“You really like me, huh?”
“Mmhm~ I love you the most in the whole world~”
“…Don’t say that kinda stuff, it’s embarrassing.”
“Ehh, so does that mean you don’t like me?”
“…It’s not like that.”
Maybe I wasn’t used to expressing affection. Or maybe I was just shy about saying it in such a public space.
Sure, we were in Inari’s room, but there were a ton of viewers, so yeah—public enough.
That’s why you gotta be more careful on stream, Koyuki.
Even if it’s fine in private, this kind of setting calls for more self-awareness.
**- TEETEE TEETEE TEETEE**
**- Natsu acting all tsundere is kinda refreshing and cute 草**
**- Is Fuyu-chan always like this…?**
**- That “Natsu is my favorite in the whole wide world!” energy ww**
**- Pretty close relationship for twins who only recently reunited.**
**- ? Wait, Natsu and Fuyu-chan were separated?**
**- Oh.**
**- Yeah, they were.**
**- Dang, not the feels right now…**
**- (´；ω；｀)**
Our story wasn’t exactly something we wanted to broadcast to the world, but it wasn’t like we were hiding it either.
Even though we’d only recently reunited, I think our bond was just as close as any other pair of twins.
Actually, because we had so much time apart, we were more open with our affection, trying to make up for lost time.
There was still a lot we didn’t know about each other, but discovering those things day by day made my time with Koyuki all the more special.
“If we met late, that just means we have more time now to become close, right?”
“Yeah, that’s true.”
“Come to think of it, the way I met Natsu was totally like something out of a manga.”
“…Yeah, totally.”
What if I hadn’t been hospitalized?
Maybe I would’ve eventually met Koyuki through Ragu-sensei, but it wouldn’t have been the same as that night.
When I first saw Koyuki standing by the window, bathed in moonlight—I’ll never forget that moment for the rest of my life.
“You looked kind of ethereal back then.”
“So you’re saying I’m not anymore?”
“…No, I mean, you still kinda are.”
How is she so full of energy with such a frail body?
As she playfully poked my hand, I caught her fingers with my other hand and let out a soft sigh.
**- The sibling bond is real.**
**- Man, if only I had a long-lost twin too…**
**- Hey, it’s never too late to become close www**
**- So how did you two actually meet? I’m curious.**
**- Wasn’t Natsu living in Korea originally?**
“…I’m a cyber girl, so I don’t have a nationality.”
“Pfft! Natsu, you’re still going with that setting?”
“Don’t make fun of me, Fuyu. You’re a cyber girl now too, remember?”
“I guess… since I’m your twin, I kinda have to be, huh?”
“It’s not a setting!”
Whatever part of me is Han Yeoreum and whatever part is Ichinose Natsu… I don’t even know anymore.
But Ichinose Natsu is a cyber girl. End of story.
Of course, thanks to Koyuki—who loves teasing me—all that effort went completely to waste.
Can’t you at least go along with me a little bit?
No? Figures.
Everyone kinda knew the truth already anyway. About me being Korean. About my past life as Han Yeoreum.
“Ah, and I’m Inari Shrine’s priestess!”
“…That was just a setting?”
“That was a setting?”
**- wwww**
**- Inari’s a fox deity shrine maiden, so yeah… technically a setting www**
**- Wait, are you even supposed to reveal that it’s a setting??**
**- Doesn’t even try to hide it anymore wwwww**
**- Inari being Inari lol**
**- Both Natsu and Fuyu were genuinely shocked 草**
**- I wouldn’t be surprised if real-life Inari actually had ears and a tail www**
**- 草**
Koyuki must’ve been reading my mind, because she gave the exact same reaction I did.
I couldn’t let her be the only one teasing me today, so I poked fun at Inari just a little—and got a surprisingly entertaining reply in return.
She was really starting to enjoy herself, huh?
Well, if you weren’t having fun, you wouldn’t be able to do this kind of work in the first place.
“Alrighty, I’ll let you touch my tail. Squish squish~”
“Eh, all of a sudden?”
“What do you mean ‘sudden’? We used to play like this all the time, didn’t we?”
“Ahh…”
**- lol are we suddenly doing roleplay now?**
**- If I had a tail, would Fuyu-chan pet me too…?**
**- I wanna be Fuyu-chan’s pet fox. 草**
**- Inari, it’s time to wear your collar and head over to Natsu’s house.**
**- Don’t treat Inari Shrine’s priestess like a pet lmao**
**- 草**
Koyuki started miming the motion of touching Inari’s lower back, and I couldn’t stop myself from laughing.
S-So obvious, Koyuki!
It definitely looked like she was pretending to pet a tail—but the way she did it, the energy behind it—it was dangerously real.
If Koyuki had the face of a creepy middle-aged man, Inari probably would’ve screamed.
Seriously, just because your face isn’t on camera doesn’t mean you can act like this!
“Oh right. Inari, can I borrow your ear for a second?”
“Huh? Why?”
I yanked lightly on Inari’s sleeve and made her bend down close to me.
“Hey, do you have any extra trackers?”
She nodded quietly.
I couldn’t tell if Koyuki was reading my mind or not, but I suddenly had a great idea, and I decided to act on it.
“I’ll be back in a bit, okay?”
“Take your time, Inari.”
“Huh? Where are you going? All of a sudden?”
Koyuki looked wide-eyed at Inari, who got up from her seat.
It made sense—this was Inari’s stream, after all. Her leaving would be surprising.
But something about her reaction felt a little too… rehearsed?
Koyuki could be frighteningly cunning about these things, so I couldn’t let my guard down just yet.
“Still, it’s kinda weird watching Natsu move around like that~”
“It’s that weird?”
“Well, yeah. I mean, you look exactly like her.”
“…”
**- That’s a meta line right there ww**
**- Fuyu-chan’s not a VTuber, after all…**
**- She’s Natsu’s twin, but not a VTuber or a cyber girl 草**
**- Technically, Natsu’s model looks exactly like Fuyu too, right?**
**- Watching someone else move around in your body lmao**
**- But twins are basically the same person anyway, right? 草**
If you think about it, I was the one moving _Koyuki’s_ body.
Ichinose Natsu’s model was originally designed by Ragu-sensei using Koyuki as the reference.
It only became “me” once the name Ichinose Natsu was attached to it.
But the base? The base was Koyuki.
You could even see it in the expressions—some of them matched Koyuki’s exactly.
And now…
“Tada~ Guess what this is~?”
Inari came back into the room with a big grin, holding out a tracker to Koyuki.
This was the moment—the true owner of the body was about to move it herself for the first time.
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