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“Sigh.”

I laid Kang Minhyuk on the bed and let out a sigh.

Yena, as if familiar with the routine, was pouring water into a cup from the fridge.

“You’ve been through a lot.”

“Thank you.”

After taking a refreshing sip, I felt a bit better.

“…”

Since I had brought Kang Minhyuk here, I no longer had a reason to stay.

Yena subtly glanced at me after I drank the water.

I could feel her gaze saying, ‘Shouldn’t we leave now?’

I glanced at my phone and deliberately let out an exaggerated sigh as if disappointed.

“Ah…”

“Why?”

“Well, the show I was waiting for isn’t airing today.”

Yena reacted to my words.

The awaited show, canceled.

She must have recalled the post she had just made on social media.

Yena took a deep breath, her hand trembling slightly.

Even if I didn’t know that Yena was Amber, her reaction alone would have seemed suspicious.

After hesitating for a moment, Yena asked me discreetly.

“Wh-who is it?”

“Huh? Oh, it’s no one you know.”

“I watch a lot of shows. I watch YouTube and personal broadcasts.”

“Well…”

As I tried to evade the question by pretending to be flustered, Yena became more curious and asked more actively.

My hesitation seemed to give Yena confidence.

But that was understandable, as Amber’s show was not something one could openly talk about.

Her face came closer as she persisted.

The distance was close enough to feel her breath.

The scent of Yena, whether perfume or peach, tickled my nose.

I suppressed a desire and leaned back again.

“Never mind…”

“W-who is it, tell me.”

Yena’s hand gently stroked my thigh as if persuading me.

Is this really not seduction?

“You can figure it out yourself.”

“You keep hiding it, so I’m curious.”

“…It’s a bit complicated to talk about.”

“Maybe-”

Yena suddenly whispered in a low voice, her lips trembling. She seemed hesitant.

After taking a deep breath, she finally spoke to me.

“Ar-are you… an adult broadcast streamer?”

She whispered softly, but the shocking content made each word flow into my ears.

I looked at Yena with a surprised expression.

Seeing her reaction, Yena asked again to confirm.

“Really?”

“…Yes, that’s right. Is that a problem?”

“What, men like those kinds of shows. It’s not really surprising.”

“Is that so? I thought you and Minhyuk didn’t like this kind of thing.”

“Me? I just… like it. Minhyuk doesn’t like it.”

“…Is that so?”

Yena spoke a bit sadly as she glanced at Kang Minhyuk lying on the bed.

I asked just in case, and as expected, her reaction confirmed my suspicions.

Yena had to hide her true nature, which meant there was a high possibility that Kang Minhyuk was sexually closed off.

“…So?”

“Huh?”

Yena turned her head back to me.

It seemed like she was expecting a certain response.

“Who are you watching?”

“Am-Amber.”

“Ah… Amber…?”

As soon as I mentioned Amber, Yena awkwardly responded and bit her lip.

Her pupils shook uncontrollably, and suddenly her legs and thighs began to fidget.

The tips of her ears turned red.

“Why do you like Amber?”

“Do you really want to know? It’s a bit… well…”

“Tell me, I’ll forget everything.”

I pretended to hesitate, blushing and lowering my head as I listed the qualities.

“Well, adult show viewers all like the same things, right? Even though she covers her face with a mask, she seems pretty even at a glance.”

“Uh, yeah…”

“Her body… is provocative, right? It’s pointless to say such things in front of you, she has a sensual body.”

“Ah… ah…”

“And just by looking at her, she was different from other streamers, her way of speaking was really perverted… or so it seemed. Asking people to indulge her…”

“Uh, uh… huff…”

Every time I made a suggestive comment about Amber, Ye-na would initially blush and bite her lower lip, but later subtly moved one of her hands between her thighs.

And as time passed, along with my voice, a sweet voice flowed out.

“Sorry, I must be really drunk. I’m saying nonsense.”

“Oh, no. You must be a real fan.”

“Well, yeah… Actually, my stocks have been doing well lately, so I’m thinking of sponsoring big soon.”

“Big…? Why?”

Ye-na looked at me with widened eyes.

“…I heard a rumor that adult broadcast streamers have meals and dates with their biggest sponsors—”

“If…”

Ye-na interrupted me and asked a question.

“Yeah?”

“If, if we were to go on a date, what would you want to do?”

I hesitated to answer, knowing that whatever I said would probably please her, but it was difficult to say it soberly.

I should have drunk more.

I decided to beat around the bush a bit.

Enough for Amber to understand.

“Just do what Amber always says.”

“What, what Amber says?”

I hadn’t watched Amber’s broadcasts much.

I received a call to attend a school reunion right after.

But in the short glimpses I had of Amber’s broadcasts, she always said things like a habit.

[Ah… Oppa, devour me…]

[Choke me, force me…]

Ye-na seemed to recall the words she used in her own broadcasts every day, as she bowed her head deeply.

“Is that so…?”

“Yeah.”

It was a firm answer.

And I let out a deep sigh.

“It’s just, uh, a delusion. I’ll sponsor you for now. I owe you a lot.”

“Don’t get too discouraged, uh, you never know. Amber might agree to meet…”

She bit her lip again.

“I’ve said too many weird things. I should go now.”

“Uh…”

As I got up, Ye-na seemed to want to get up too, but suddenly sat back down on the floor.

“Oh, is it because I’m drunk…”

“It’s okay, sit and rest. I’ll go.”

“I’ve said too many weird things. I should go now.”

Ye-na added as I had just sighed, bothered by it.

Receiving her complicated gaze, I left Kang Min-hyuk’s house.

And replayed the scene in my head.

It was just a moment, but it felt like the scent of a lewd female that I had once smelled was spreading as she got up.

Just a few suggestive words.

I could be sure just by looking at that figure.

I felt like I would be able to meet Amber soon.

***

The next day, I spent the morning looking through Amber’s SNS and past broadcasts.

I found out a few things.

First, Amber boldly mentioned her boyfriend on SNS, and her fans didn’t seem to care much.

The reason was simple.

“She fails all the time.”

[This guy comes back after showering and says he’s tired and wants to sleep]

“I might really kill him.”

This was a post on SNS from yesterday, and it seemed that many previous attempts had also failed.

“Is she gay?”

I even had that thought for a moment.

So it seemed that her fans didn’t care about her boyfriend at all.

And when I looked at her broadcasts, she had quite a few viewers.

This was as expected.

With just her figure, it was natural that she would attract many viewers. The interesting thing was that despite having many viewers, she didn’t receive a lot of donations.

This seemed to be due to Amber’s broadcasting style.

She was doing broadcasts not for money, but to satisfy her sexual desires.

Even without receiving donations, she sometimes subtly exposed her chest or made slightly provocative ASMR broadcasts with the camera off.

Since she didn’t solicit donations, not many people actually donated.

However, it was only natural that this stock-rich person’s ID had already made quite a few donations.

It seemed to be around 3rd place.

By the way, for some reason, this adult broadcasting site had a donation ranking to encourage competition.

“Nice.”

Amber’s broadcast was quite to my taste.

I didn’t usually watch adult broadcasts, but now I felt like I could understand the hearts of those who did.

Suddenly, my phone rang.

“Kang Minhyuk?”

The message was long, but to summarize, it was basically a thank you for bringing her home when she was drunk yesterday.

In that moment, Amber appeared on the screen, pushing her chest towards the camera.

“Look… I got a little excited and stiff…”

As she said that, Amber lightly flicked her nipple that was peeking through her underwear with her finger.

Feeling an unknown mix of emotions while looking at Kang Minhyuk’s message and Amber’s broadcast screen simultaneously, a strange sensation of guilt and pleasure coexisted.

It was not just a simple sense of pleasure like I had thought back in Hana’s time.

Possessiveness and conquest, guilt and righteousness.

This damn quest was strangely changing my walls.

I sent a message to Kang Minhyuk saying it was okay and exchanged a few words of no importance to build a friendly relationship.

There was no harm in maintaining a good relationship on the surface.

“Phew… should I buy something later?”

After all, money was overflowing.

I might give Kang Minhyuk an expensive gift soon.

I have no idea what kind of gift it would be, not even in my dreams.

Around 6 p.m., Amber’s broadcast started.

It was originally a day off, but due to yesterday’s cancellation, it naturally got pushed to today.

She was wearing a less revealing outfit than usual, still in her typical Amber style.

“Nice to see you all.”

Amber’s voice seemed a bit higher than usual.

Perhaps Amber had been looking forward to today as much as I had.