Chapter 74: The sharp memory of my first kiss turned the course of my destiny…

Smack.

Our lips met.

Even though it was an accident, the soft sensation felt incredibly real.

The presence of each other at zero distance.

Body heat layered over softness.

The fleeting moment stretched out like an eternity, and during that time, I could do nothing but lose myself in the cloud-like, soft and fluffy sensation.

(TL note: ふわふわ (fuwa fuwa) is a Japanese onomatopoeia for soft, light, and fluffy things.)

“……!!!”

Belatedly, Rin came to her senses, yelped silently, and pulled her head back.

Then, I too turned my head to the side and started watching the movie again, pretending nothing had happened.

‘Wh-what in the world was that just now…’

My face felt like it was burning up.

The first time in my life I’d felt someone else’s lips.

In other words, my first kiss.

My mind instantly turned red from the first skinship with another person,

and eventually, overloaded, I could only let out steam from my ears, my face flushed crimson.

“Haaah…”

That day, I couldn’t remember how the movie ended.

All I could recall was the emotion that had painted everything red.

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“I’m moving out.”

Said the orange-haired woman, Shin Ahyeon.

“Alright. Go ahead.”

“I’m a proper adult now, and I have enough money to move out…… What?”

“I said go ahead.”

“Wait a minute, Mom. You’re allowing this?”

“Well… am I supposed to stop you?”

“No… I definitely thought you’d forbid it…”

Ahyeon was flustered by her mother’s unexpected reaction.

Her mother, without stopping folding the laundry, spoke again.

“Actually, I was planning to kick you out ever since you said you made money from that crypto coin thing.”

“No, no, what do you mean, kick me out?”

“Isn’t it obvious? Do you know how much money your freeloader brother spends saying he’ll be a streamer? If even you’ve made money, I should make you move out quickly.”

“Freeloader!! This is a build-up to becoming a million-subscriber NewTuber! The reason I bent my knee was to gain momentum for…”

Paaak!!!

A backscratcher struck her brother’s head with incredible speed.

With that, he let out a “Keuk!” a final shriek, and fainted.

“Honestly… he takes after his father in being clumsy…”

“Th-then… I’m really moving out?”

“Yes. When are you moving? This week?”

“No. Next week. There’s someone moving out before me.”

“Mhm, okay. Your father always said he wanted a study, so this worked out well. When you move out, we’ll use your room as a study.”

“Haha…”

Anyway, like that.

Shin Ahyeon’s move was quickly decided.

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“Haaaaah…”

After returning home from the date, I sat in the soundproof booth and let out a sigh.

I then stared blankly at the ceiling, fiddling with my lips with my finger.

‘Lips… they were soft…’

I don’t know why I’m feeling this way.

No, I think I vaguely understand.

‘Since I was originally a man, it’s natural to be attracted to women, right?’

‘Besides, I was a yuri fan even when I was a man, so in a way, it might be natural for me to be attracted to Rin.’

(TL Note: “Yuri” refers to romantic or sexual relationships between women in anime/manga.)

“…What should I do.”

What do I mean, what should I do?

‘Just confess on impulse!’

‘Shout that I love her!!!’

But I’m too much of a coward for that, and I also wanted to enjoy this current, indescribable soft, squishy feeling.

Besides, we’ll be living together soon, won’t we?

Then I’ll be able to feel this squishiness every day, so let’s just maintain this state for now.

‘If an opportunity comes later.’

‘Then I must be able to seize it for sure.’

“Anyway, was the move this week?”

I thought the move was a few days after the White Box stream.

And once I move, I’ll officially be living with Rin.

‘When we move, we’ll probably use… separate rooms, right?’

‘If we share a room, I can’t have happy time.’

Rin probably also needs her own time, considering she has boyfriends.

(TL Note: The term “남자친구들” (namjachingu-deul) was used, which literally means “boyfriends” (plural). This could be a misunderstanding by the protagonist or a character trait of Rin not yet fully explored. It seems out of place given the context, so it might be a mistranslation or a nuance of the original Korean implying “male friends” or “possessions she values like a boyfriend would” but it literally translates to boyfriends. The prior context of the story doesn’t support Rin having multiple boyfriends. This could be a misunderstanding on Yuki’s part or a very specific colloquialism. Given Yuki’s somewhat clueless nature, it could be her misinterpreting something Rin said or owns. For now, translated literally as it appears.)

I also want my own time, so it seems best to use separate rooms.

And it would be better to have one room for broadcasting, right?

Rin mostly streams in the afternoon, and I mostly stream in the evening, so our broadcast times won’t overlap.

Besides, I’m the only one with a soundproof booth, so it seems best to have one room for broadcasting.

[9:47 PM]

“Ack… It’s almost 10 o’clock already?”

Time had flown by while I was imagining my happy newlywed? life with Rin.

Only then did I hurriedly start preparing for the broadcast.

I managed to finish preparations just before the broadcast started at 10 PM sharp.

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[【White Box】Horror Game All-Nighter… I’m here to do it…【Yuki】]

[22,000 people watching]

-Uhyo www Horror game kīta www

-Horror game! Horror game!

-Seated!

-The screams are gonna be epic today.

-She said she bought a soundproof booth, so she’ll probably scream her lungs out.

-Yuki incontinence, let’s go~~~

-Lololol.

-Hold on, ordering some chicken.

The stream I started today was the horror game broadcast decided at the negotiation table last time.

I still wonder what I did wrong to warrant a negotiation table, but seeing the Yukidan so excited makes me think it was a good decision.

[White Box]

…That thought completely vanished the moment I saw the title screen of the game I just launched.

A bizarrely atmospheric white interior, dimly lit by a yellowish bulb.

And the distant areas, unlit, were scorched black, causing an unknown fear to slowly creep up.

‘The atmosphere is super─scary!!’

‘Isn’t this completely dangerous?’

‘Besides, seeing the warning for the elderly and those with weak constitutions, I got the feeling I was f*cked.’

‘Should I have really worn a diaper?’

‘If this goes wrong, I might actually wet myself like that Yukidan said earlier, right?’

‘No, no, I need to keep my head straight at times like this.’

‘Continuously thinking it’s scary will only make it scarier!’

Thinking that, I lightly slapped my cheeks a few times with both hands and then greeted the viewers with a feigned composure.

“Yukigenyo~ Your sekushi lady, Yuki-chan-dayo~”

-?

-Sekushi?

-YMS~ YMS~

-Yuki-chan Maji Shogakusei~ (Yuki-chan is really an elementary schooler~)

-Lolololol.

-Lololol.

-Sekushi sekushi~~~

“Mattaku… You still don’t know Yuki-chan’s sexiness? Can’t be helped. I’ll show you Yuki-chan’s dynamite body during the next 3D broadcast.”

-So you mean it’s cylindrical like dynamite?

-PET bottle body.

-So you mean your breasts all exploded and are gone?

-This one really believes she’s sexy lol.

-Lololololol.

“…That’s mean. Can’t you even love Yuki-chan’s flat chest…?”

-Eh…

-Normally, impossible.

-For real, lol.

-It’s fun to tease, though.

-Pettanko~

-Pettan~ Pettan~ Zurupettan~

(TL Note: Pettanko means flat-chested. Zurupettan is a more emphasized/playful version.)

-Zurupettan lololol.

-Old.

-Fart… Fart…

“……”

‘So it always comes down to teasing my flat chest, huh…’

‘Well, they’re just teasing based on the 2D avatar, so it doesn’t really hurt me!’

‘In real life, Yuki-chan has normal A-cup breasts!’

…Rationalizing like this only makes me feel more miserable, so let’s stop.

[DiscipleOfWakyaPya donated 30,000 won!]

-But if Yuki had big breasts, there’d be nothing to tease, so it wouldn’t have been fun.

“No, it’s okay if it’s not fun, just let me have big breasts… Yuki-chan wants to have big breasts, at least in the metaverse…”

-Ah…

-Ah lol.

-Zannen. (Too bad/Unfortunate)

-My condolences…

-Zannen.

-May the deceased breasts rest in peace…

-Sh*t lololol.

-The wit is insane lol.

-Lololololololol.

[ElbowVillain donated 10,000 won!]

-Can your elbows touch each other?

“Yes, they touch. Of course, they touch. They touch very well. They really touch too well. If you want, shall I clap with my elbows for you? No, and didn’t we do the elbow joke once before?”

-Lololololol.

-Yuki, you’re pathetic….

-Pathetic lololol.

-You did it during your debut stream.

-How do you remember that?

-True Yukidan, upvote.

-Elbow clap… This is pathetic…

-Lolololol.

-Chuki-chan… Yuhae… (Pathetic Yuki… Harmful…)

(TL note: The user wrote 추키쨩… 유해… which sounds like Pathetic Yuki… Harmful/Toxic…)

By the way, how do they remember I did the elbow joke during my debut stream?

It wasn’t even an important scene, so there probably wasn’t a kirinuki, but the fact that they remember makes me think they’re a huge fan.

(TL Note: Kirinuki are short, edited highlight clips from streams.)

Sure enough, when I checked the nickname, it was ‘GgoolkeunJjolmyeon’ (Thick Chewy Noodles).

A thankful noye… no, Yukidan friend who watches my streams and makes kirinuki.

(TL Note: “Noye” means s*ave.)

‘That’s right, not a s*ave, but a tomodachi.’

(TL Note: “Tomodachi” is Japanese for friend.)

“Yukidan and Yuki aren’t in a master-servant relationship, they’re tomodachi… I must remember that…”

-Huh?

-Why are you stating the obvious…

-Tomo?dachi.

-Lolololololol.

-So you were slaves until now? Lololololol.

-No, what’s with the sudden master-servant talk?

-For real, lol.

-Crazy bich…

-Lolololol.

“Ah, it’s nothing! Anyway, shall we start the game soon?”

-Explanation?

-Shall we go down the drain one more time?

-Down

-fall

-Down

-Down

-fall

(TL Note: “나락” (Narak) means abyss/hell, often used for “downfall” or “getting cancelled” in internet slang.)

The chat window was flooded with ‘Narak’ just because I misspoke once.

Flustered by this, I couldn’t control my spinning eyes and hurriedly started to calm them down.

“Ah, I get it! I’ll tell you, I’ll tell you!”

-Say it quickly.

-What is it?

-What on earth were you thinking? Lololol.

-Sinner, confess your crime!

The Yukidan’s sudden interrogation.

But I didn’t have time to think of an excuse, so I just blurted out whatever nonsense came to mind.

“Actually, I was wondering if the Yukidan might have M tendencies… If they actually wanted to be treated like slaves… That’s what I was thinking… Yes…”

-?

-Don’t lie.

-But it’s true we’re M, lololol.

-Maso-s*ave? Lololol.

-What is this nonsense…

[Yuki’sFootScrubber donated 50,000 won!]

-Being trained by a cheeky brat… This is s*x…

-Ah lol.

-The nickname, sh*t lololol.

-Is she a mesugaki? Lololol.

(TL Note: Mesugaki (メスガキ) is a Japanese term for a “bratty girl” archetype, often with lewd connotations.)

-Heunng…

-Trai!ning!I!Love!

-Yuki-noonaaaaaaa!

Phew…

It seems to have passed over well, right?

Thanks to that Yukidan named FootScrubber, the nonsense I just spouted was plausibly packaged.

‘Damn it!!’

‘I believed in you, FootScrubber-chan!!’

‘If this were a cam stream, I would have actually put my foot on cam for you to scrub… What a shame…’

Well, anyway.

Confirming that the atmosphere had calmed down again, I, to bury what just happened and set the mood again.

Shifted my gaze back to the game screen and spoke to the viewers.

“Well then, White Box all-nighter. Shall we begin now…?”

The penalty unfairly decided at the negotiation table.

The horror game all-nighter had begun.