Chapter 117: Holiday Gift

Lunar New Year, one of the biggest holidays in South Korea.

I always thought that the phrase ‘holiday special’ had something that resonated in peoples’ hearts.

Back when I was younger, I remember that I used to watch a lot of movies on TV during holidays.

But now that I got older, it felt like I’ve regressed. I barely did that anymore.

Well, at least I wouldn’t judge people who watched holiday movies and call them disgusting or anything.

「Ah! Everyone! Thank you for waiting so long~」

Haa… Kim Luka… Show us already…

A while ago, they announced that they’d have a special Lunar New Year avatar, so I had been eagerly waiting while sucking my fingers ever since then.

How great of an outfit would it be? I mean, she even refused to show me, her boyfriend, the outfit in advance!

「Everyone, how was your food for the holiday? Tasty~?」

The screen was still showing the waiting room illustration, but Luka had already started talking.

Meanwhile, the Pink Army answered her question enthusiastically, but at the same time, they urged her to show them the new avatar quickly.

「Jeez… I’m still embarrassed to show it to you, you know…?」

Oh, no, she was doing that again!

This was her tactic to control her viewers’ expectations and it never failed to get my throat to dry up.

Seriously though, just show it already! Stop teasing us! Show it! I beg you!

You’ve already been chatting for an hour!

I swear, if she were to drag this out any longer, I’d go over and storm the studio—!

Was this what she was aiming to do? To leave me dry and die?!

—LukaFanatic donated 10,000 won.

「Oh my! LukaFanatic! What? You want to see the new outfit… Ah~」

She reacted to everything else, but she stubbornly kept her mouth shut. Her reaction prompted the chat to start bombarding her with donos.

—Zenon982 donated 20,000 won.

「Hm? I won’t do what? What are you talking about? Luka-tan doesn’t know~」

At this point, I even wondered if she had eaten something wrong, so I resorted to unleashing my forbidden technique.

—Lucario donated 50,000 won.

「Ah~ Luca… rio… Haha… 50,000 won…」

I could hear the voice of a mouse click.

Her reaction was different this time.

It seemed she had realized it was me.

「Everyone, no more donos! I’ll show you the outfit for real, okay? Just wait a moment!」

Yes! My donation attack succeeded—! …Huh?

—Bzzz

[i told you not to donate.]

Doah sent that brief text, along with an emoji with a raised fist.

Alright, look, you brought this to yourself!

I wanted to see the outfit too!

Who told you to tease me like that just to collect more money?

Anyway, it was ironic that she started to complain to me after I gave her exactly what she wanted.

「Phew… Anyway, prepare to get a nosebleed, everyone!」

At that moment, the screen went dark.

Only the rapidly moving chat could be seen on the black background screen.

Huh…? She didn’t go with a weak act this time…?

Usually, she’d try to act weak then blindside everyone, but…

This time she openly said that he’d get everyone’s nose to bleed. That was new…

「You all are going to fall for me all over again! My my, how troublesome.」

When the black background finally went away, what appeared before us was…!

[wow!!!!!]

[Wow. I love you Luka-tan!!!!]

[Please marry me! Please marry me! Please marry me! Please marry me! Please marry me! Please marry me! Please marry me! Please marry me!]

[Wtf, this quality tho?]

I prided myself on not being surprised by ordinary things, but…

This avatar far exceeded all expectations and it successfully captivated the Pink Army’s hearts.

Noona.

That one word summed it up perfectly.

Luka-tan’s avatar today exuded a much more mature feeling than usual.

It wasn’t just the body type or appearance that looked different from usual.

The outfit too, as she was wearing a traditional Korean dress. But even so, I couldn’t believe that a hanbok could be so…

Thank you, creator!

Thank you for giving our Luka such a nice outfit!

It felt like I could bow three times in that direction now. This was something else. It deserved to be called the greatest of all time!

The chat going quickly wasn’t a new thing, but it was moving so quickly that it was impossible to read it now. While that was happening, Luka clicked on the blushing button to redden her face.

「I-I didn’t want to show you because… I-I knew this would happen…」

Hehehe… Ah… This is so good…

I never knew I’d be this grateful for being a loner with no plans on a holiday.

The gracious Luka-nim could perfectly control the Pink Army’s emotions.

「Happy New Year… This year too…」

As Luka bowed demurely, donations started pouring in.

[here’s your new year’s money, luka-tan!]

[I’ll empty my coffers to the bottom for you!]

[Please take me as your servant, my lady!]

「I won’t take a pervert like you as a servant!」

Ah, really, how can someone be this cute?

I felt like I was going to go crazy from how cute Luka was.

“I told you already…! That was just for the Lunar New Year!”

Oppa, who had ended up donating to me even after I told him not to, had been going on about the greatness of Hanbok Luka the entire way home.

“Oh, c’mon, how could that be just a one-time thing? That doesn’t make sense!”

“It’s supposed to be a special event for the Lunar New Year! How could she wear that when it’s not even the New Year?”

“No way!”

My otaku boyfriend’s cry echoed through the dark alley.

“Ugh~”

This man really didn’t act like how he looked at all, jeez~

I tiptoed before pulling his ear, causing him to cry out in pain and beg me to stop.

“But, noona Luka was too good, Doah… I was so moved…”

While it felt good to be complimented, hearing the word noona irritated me a little.

“What did you like about it?”

“Uh, you know, unlike usual, she has a kind of mature charm and all.”

Mature…

…Charm….

Right, today’s avatar’s chest size was twice as large as the usual Luka.

My gaze naturally drifted downward.

Toward my own chest, which didn’t seem particularly prominent and far from the word noona.

“Do you prefer mature types?”

I casually threw out that bait, and he took it immediately, like a fish jumping out of water.

“For avatars, I guess so.”

Oho…?

Look at him using avatar to protect himself…

I stopped walking and he followed suit.

“Huh? What happened?”

“…What do you think about my body?”

I asked that question, the question I wouldn’t have been able to ask before due to awkwardness.

But I should be able to ask it now since we’d been dating for quite some time.

“What do you mean?”

“You know… I just… Want to know your opinion…”

This seemed like a topic I could actually talk about, but after I actually started it, it was like this…

It wasn’t like this in my head! After I said it out loud, I was just embarrassed by it!

“Uh… it’s nice…?”

Hearing his lukewarm answer, I narrowed my eyes.

“What’s nice about it?”

“Everything, of course.”

“Be specific.”

It was obvious that he tried to gloss over the matter, so I pressed the issue a little more persistently.

Not expecting me to push him this far, Oppa’s expression gradually became serious.

…Huh? Wait, was I really not his type, after all?

The thought of actually hearing him telling me that I was lacking started to scare me.

I shouldn’t have said anything!

Undo! Where was the undo button?!

“…Doah.”

“Yes.”

I swallowed hard and answered.

“Do you really want an honest answer?”

My heart was filled with curiosity.

But my brain was screaming at me to run away.

In the end, I calmly nodded my head.

Oppa then leaned down and brought my lips to my ear.

At that moment, my body shrank from the tension.

My ear, frozen from the cold weather, seemed to warm up when his breath touched it.

“…Your chest that fits perfectly in one hand and your cute butt, I like them both.”

…What was that? What did he just say?

He looked down at me with a mysterious expression, as if asking me if that answer satisfied me.

“…Achoo!”

Suddenly, as if my body realized that I wasn’t immune to this kind of sweet talk, a sneeze that the Pink Army would love burst out of my mouth.

“Right, I like your sneeze too. Love it, actually.”

Maybe he wanted to move past this atmosphere, Oppa hugged me tightly.

While it was nice and it felt warm to be hugged by him…

My mind was in utter turmoil.

This was good, right…? Right…?

She said that my butt was cute…

And that my chest fit in one hand…

…Huh? Wait a minute…

Wasn’t that just his way of saying that they were small?!

When the gear finally clicked in my brain, I gritted my teeth.

“Oppa.”

“Yeah?”

“…Achoo!”

Ugh, sneeze, could you not?! Stop coming when I was about to say something important!

“Do you understand what you just said? Word by word?”

“…Yeah.”

“So you’re saying that my chest is small?!”

His expression suggested that I hit the bullseye. He briefly looked up at the sky.

“…Let’s just say that my hands are just big.”

Hearing that, I kicked his shin hard and walked forward with large strides.

Ugh. That Lucario bastard…!

He followed me behind, asking where I was going and saying that we should go together.

In any case, it was clear that he just couldn’t look up to his looks! At all!