Chapter 31: Christmas eve, the sexiest time of the year

Time passed, and it was now December 24th.

Christmas Eve had arrived.

The holy night before Christmas.

A night when children fall asleep dreaming of presents, and adults spend time with their loved ones.

And in such a precious moment, I was—

“F***kkkkkkkk!!!”

Playing the pot game on stream.

The screen showed a familiar landscape.

A wide plain stretched across, with a distinctively shaped rock to the right.

It was the Starting Village.

– LOLLLLL

– TaaaaeHaaa

– She’s dying again lolol

– It’s the Starting Village!

“No, I hooked it properly! I did, so why did I fall?!”

I definitely hooked the hammer right.

It was a place where, structurally, you shouldn’t fall. I hadn’t fallen there before either.

[User “FutaNTR” donated 10,000 won!]
– Physics engine bug LOL this is pure rigging

“Exactly. Even the game’s rigging me on Christmas Eve.”

– lololol

– So true

– Just being home on Christmas Eve is already rigging enough

– For real lol

– Yuki-dans are getting rigged live on stream…

As if being alone on couples’ day wasn’t depressing enough, now even the game was rigging me.

I couldn’t take it anymore and alt+F4’ed out of the game, switching the stream screen.

On the left, a magnified chat window. On the right, my Live2D model.

It was the chatting overlay screen.

“Let’s just quit the game and have a little chat before ending the stream.”

– This one’s mad lololol

– Eyy, you mad?

– LOL

– Sensitive~ She mad~

– Is this your way of milking donations legally?

“Yeah. It’s Christmas, I’d like to get a gift too. I’ve never gotten one in my life…”

– ?

– Never got one?

– Ah…

– Wait what happened—oh no…

– ??????

[User “MackerelSeller_98SubsPlz” donated 1,000 won!]
– Do you not have parents, by chance?

– Whoa there

– That username is cursed science

– Hey kid, take your comment down ^^

– You really crossed the line;;;

– Is this dude nuts

– Can’t believe he actually said that;;

A superchat asking a very sensitive question.

The chat manager deleted the message shortly after, but I wasn’t bothered. I calmly answered.

“Nope. Didn’t I mention I’m from an orphanage?”

– Oh…

– 😭😭😭

– Aah…

“So yeah, life’s been kinda rough. I still haven’t been able to move out and I live in a one-room apartment…”

– 😭😭😭

– We’re sorry, Yuki 😭

– The fact that she’s saying it so brightly makes it even sadder

– For real…

– 😭😭😭😭😭

The chat turned into a sea of tears in seconds.

Honestly, it’s true that life was tough before I started VTubing.

You can’t exactly live off a tiny stream with only ten viewers.

I used to scrape by, doing all kinds of ridiculous missions just to afford meals.

That’s why I fell for the 1 million won mission back then.

I figured if I just endured the embarrassment, I could live comfortably for a few months.

That’s how I ended up doing the mission… and getting banned.

Still, thanks to that, I started VTubing—so I guess it worked out?

Now I can eat all the chicken I want.

Soon I’ll be moving into a nice place in Seoul, so no more one-room life either.

[User “YukiFootWasher” donated 100,000 won!]
– Please… walk only flower paths from now on…

“Red superchat, arigato~! But honestly, it wasn’t that bad.”

– Dang…

– Poor Yuki 😭

– 😭😭😭😭

– She kinda sounds like a kid pretending to be tough…

– So that story about eating bean sprouts during the Miho collab was…

“Bean sprouts? Yeah, I had to eat them sometimes… but now I’m eating chicken every day, so don’t worry.”

Yeah, the bean sprout days were rough.

If the manager hadn’t sent me 100,000 won, I’d have been stuck eating them until payday.

I really appreciate the manager for that.

…Come to think of it, I still haven’t paid them back.

I should do that after stream.

“Okay, okay. Enough gloomy talk. Let’s get back to the usual stream vibe. No need to get all dreary on Christmas Eve, right?”

I hate depressing talk.

If I’m streaming, I want it to be fun.

I wanted to bring back the usual chaotic energy of the stream.

Oh, and by the way—I banned that brat from earlier.

There’s a line you don’t cross. We wasted way too much time on that mess.

[User “YukiHornyFan” donated 10,000 won!]
– Sexy sexy Yuki fur~ Fuzzy fuzzy great forest~

A viewer donation popped up.

Seriously, looking at that name and message…

Yup. Definitely a Yuki-dan.

“…That mood switch was fast.”

– LOL

– OMG lol

– Instant mood change WTF

– Sexy sexy Yuki fur~

– You’re gonna get banned again lol

– Ahahaha

So all that sympathy was just for show?

You guys just wanna scream “s*x” all day, huh?

Well, at least the mood lightened quickly, I guess.

“Oh, and just FYI—it’s not a great forest. It’s a bald mountain.”

– Huh?

– ?

– Bald bald bald mountain?

– Heuuung

– ✨

– Wait a minute…

– Smooth smooth~

– ✨✨✨

– LOLLLLL

What’s with the emojis now.

You guys pulled this same stunt with that banana and sweat emoji thing last time.

I really wonder how the Yuki-dans find the perfect emoji so fast.

“I think I just have a body that doesn’t grow hair. Not even armpit hair.”

Thanks to my perfect bishoujo body, I was basically hairless.

My armpits and hills were gloriously smooth.

So smooth, in fact, that my armpit selfies still float around on shady image boards to this day.

[User “BaldnessIsVirility” donated 10,000 won!]
– So, like… does that mean you’re bald on top too…?

“…I do have hair on my head, okay?”

– Hair loss lololol

– LOL

– Bald shiny smooth chrome dome

– lolol

– Sun’s out~ Scalp’s out~

C’mon. I’m not balding.

If I was balding at my age, that’d be a real problem.

And besides, with my TS top-tier stats as a perfect bishoujo, no way I’d go bald.

…Still, maybe I should visit a clinic, just in case.

Even though women don’t usually go bald as much as men, it’s good to be cautious.

“Anyway, since you guys won’t stop screaming ‘s*x s*x,’ it reminded me—Christmas Eve is supposedly the time of year when people have the most s*x, right?”

– Huh?

– Why would you bring that up…

– lol…

– Most s*x?

– What…

– Hey

– WTF

– Bro

– YAMERO!!!!!!

– Seriously, why now…

[User “OnlyPureLove” donated 1,000 won!]
– That metaphor hit a little too hard, sensei

There’s a reason there are so many babies born in October.

Christmas is like national s*x day for normies.

It’s the night lovers share their love.

“But you poor Yuki-dans, on Christmas…”

– ……

– So that’s what the setup was for…?

– You crossed the line

– KISAMA!!!!!!!!!!

– Sensei… that hit too hard…

– Taaah

– Stop hitting where it hurts…

“Well, don’t be too sad. I’m no different from you all.”

I’m just like the rest of the Yuki-dans.

While everyone else is doing it, I’m here streaming.

Man… life sure is rough.

Still better than last year when I was doing weird moaning missions on a camgirl stream though.

“That’s it for today’s stream. There’s no point continuing—it’ll just get sadder.”

– Nooo

– After all that you’re ending it?!

– Don’t leave… we’ll die without you…

– End? End? End? End? End? End? End? End?

– Yukigenyo~

“Streaming more on Christmas Eve won’t mean much, will it? I’ll do a proper Christmas stream tomorrow, so let it slide just this once.”

– 😭

– Yukigenyo~

– 😭😭😭😭😭

– Bye bye~

– Yukigenyo

– Yukigen

– 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Why is it always a tear-fest when I end streams these days?

Lately, my Yuki-dans cry every time I log off.

Still, I can’t let that guilt-trip delay me.

If I spoil them too much, they’ll get used to it.

I didn’t raise my viewers to be that weak.

“Alright then, Yukigenyo~ See you all on Christmas!”

[Live stream has ended.]

I said my final goodbye and clicked the stream end button.

And that’s how the Christmas Eve gaming stream ended.

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After the stream, I started preparing for tomorrow’s Christmas broadcast.

Honestly, I wanted to slack off and watch NewTube—uh, I mean, study—but just because the stream was over didn’t mean I could rest.

There were a few scheduled events planned for Christmas day too.

[Manager: The cover song is ready.]

[Manager: We agreed to post it on your channel, right?]

[Yuki: Yep!]

[Yuki: I won rock-paper-scissors, after all.]

After lots of back and forth, we decided it by rock-paper-scissors.

And thanks to my lucky win, the Christmas cover song would go up on my channel.

I’d been riding the manager’s car to the office for a few days to prepare.

We even borrowed the studio at HQ to do the recording.

The song scheduled for Christmas was called Snow Harem.

Nicknamed SnowHaRe, it was the theme song for some idol anime, if I recall.

[Manager: I’ve emailed you the video file.]

[Manager: Don’t schedule it. Post it right before the 6PM stream tomorrow.]

[Manager: It’s a surprise event, so no pre-announcements.]

[Yuki: Got it!]

[Yuki: Leave it to me!]

[Manager: Hm…]

[Manager: I’m a bit worried, but okay.]

“Silly manager. You worry too much.”

Even if I look unreliable, I’m serious about work stuff.

And all I had to do was post a video on NewTube, not exactly a risky operation.

It’s just that the manager babies me like I’m some toddler near water.

[Manager: Anyway, good luck with the Christmas stream.]

[Manager: And please keep the content PG this time.]

[Yuki: Yup yup, got it!]

[Yuki: Merry Christmas, Manager~]

[Manager: …Merry Christmas.]

And so, the night of Christmas Eve quietly passed.