Obsessed by My Favorite VTuber's Mama

"Let's go, Haru-nim."

"Good work today, Haru~"

After the Health Restaurant Korea sequel shoot wrapped up, Haru had worked in the kitchen until 10 p.m. before heading home first. Business hours ran until 11 p.m., but as a minor, she couldn't work past 10. She'd drilled the new menu item, Slippery Pork Stir-fry, into Yoo Hee-yeon so thoroughly that she could trust her with it for about an hour.

Pop! As the nominal victim of a Tower collapse, Haru took the hand of her assigned handler, the low-rank hunter Bang Aji, and teleported home. A detection-and-midrange-teleport one-trick pony, but damn if it wasn't useful like this.

It was late, so they were about to part ways when,

"Um... Haru-nim!"

Bang Aji pulled a small bag from her purse.

"A gift. I saw this in your room last time and thought you might like it..."

Inside the bag was an assortment of flavored tteokbokki chews.

Eek!!! Did she snoop around and find that already?

It was one of the ingredients from Yui's viewer cooking contest.

"Thank you."

"Don't eat too many! Especially at night—if you don't brush, your teeth will rot!!"

"Yessir. I'll treasure it and just have a little."

The moment she got back, she dove straight into bed. Propping her phone above her head, she tuned into private VTuber Yui's cooking contest livestream.

Ugh... My arms are killing me from all that wok work. Phone feels heavy.

She vowed to pump up her Strength stat more from now on.

"Did mine come out already???"

The dish Haru had prepared for Yui was Vivacious Blood Sausage Soup, red broth loaded with sausages. She'd made a special batch so good Yui would flip, so at least one clip had to have dropped. That's why she hopped into the Kimchi VTuber Gallery—aka ChiVerGal—where fans of Korean virtual YouTubers gathered.

The thread only had this post from PrimitiveWorm, one of Yui's diehard 'worm' fans among her devotees, featuring her bizarre eats—no other content.

Horrible!! Hot ramen with cucumbers... the texture gets all mushy... but she actually ate that crap?

The AI Yui freaked out upon seeing the real Yui's oddity.

That's you, I swear?? You did the exact same thing in your past life, Haru thought.

Originally, Yui had been a chill VTuber known only to her illustrator-era fans, doing drawing streams, games, and casual chats. But after turning on half-cam for a penalty mukbang of worm ramen, she blew up. Clips of her slurping thick mealworms like tteokbokki spread across every community. The broth fans flooded in after seeing her pale neck and sweater-straining chest on half-cam... only to become worms themselves.

"Hasn't even been long since it started?"

The thread only had pics of Yui's dinner—no sign of Haru's blood sausage soup yet.

Good thing she hadn't missed the main stream. A participant's video was playing: pouring cream over bread dough for a cake, then drawing a massive Yui with her signature red short hair using food coloring on top. Impressive.

It seemed like it'd finish nicely, but then they started licking the Yui-face cream off with their tongue.

[Yui-chan, I love you~]

Eeek!! Nooo~~

Not outright disgusted, but acting like a harem girl in a fanservice scene. Yui ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠knew her otaku audience's desires, and her reaction sped up the chat. Balancing the shady and wholesome sides of her stream, the 'that's a bit...' chats from the broth crowd got washed away fast.

Everyone who came after half-cam are just broth simps anyway...

Next up: Isekai_gochunen's Vivacious Blood Sausage Soup...

"There it is."

Wonder what the reaction would be??

...

Mommyyyaaaaaah!!!!!

The sausage shaped like a wriggling snake slithered across the pot, and Yui's avatar froze with a scream that nearly burst eardrums.

"Pffahahaha!!!!"

[Even on Earth, you're tormenting me with snakes!!!]

Yui had always freaked at snakes back in the Isekai days too—this was peak reaction.

"She didn't actually have a heart attack, right???"

While Yui was frozen, the video's latter half played. As the broth boiled furiously, the snake skin melted away, revealing a straight, perfect sausage.

Hah... hah...

Thankfully, Yui returned unscathed.

I don't think I can sleep alone tonight...

Spinster this, that—get out for now.

Click! Regaining her wits, Yui swiftly banned the usual spammers and continued the stream.

The snake skin melted?? How'd they do that...

The screen switched after the dish was done.

Oh, you filmed a cookie video too??

The truth of the snake-shaped sausage in the red soup was revealed: low-quality tteokbokki chews and food coloring to mimic snake skin.

A modified recipe Haru had used to troll Yui back on the Solas Continent. The cookie vid was carefully shot with only hands visible, so her identity stayed safe.

First, they skewered the sausage with a stick, boiled it straight, then threaded thin wire through it.

Ah, that's how it moved!! This guy's got clear eyes. Looks normal but totally unhinged.

Some chew stuck to the sausage surface; the rest went into Haru's mouth.

[Nom.]

"Huh! They edited out my munching sound..."

Couldn't resist snacking on a few. Hungry, huh~

The triple whammy of skinny wrists during cooking, sneeze sound, and chew munch sent the chat into loli territory.

Half the people outside are girls—stop overreacting~

Yui tried calming them, but couldn't erase the presence of a cute-voiced (she hadn't spoken, but still) girl with solid cooking skills.

And... I am a girl too, you know?>

To redirect, she even did her obligatory 50,000 won donation aegyo.

Embarrassment wasn't just for Haru and the worms.

[That's me??? Say it's a namesake......]

The AI Yui, floating beside Haru in her skimpy ChiNye outfit, glitched and freaked.

Ugh... To calm ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠down from the shock, bathroom break!! It'll take a bit!!

Failed to recover, Yui fled under the pretense of a long bathroom timeout.

Yui—the real one, late-20s Lee Yu-ri—emerged from one room in their two-room apartment and bumped into her roommate Han Ui-ji.

Ui-ji, who'd been lounging on the living room sofa flipping through a thin notebook and her phone, ran over when she saw Yu-ri.

"Unnie, you okay?? I almost burst in earlier from the scare. No need to change bandages??"

"Yeah... Did you... think about what I said??"

Han Ui-ji, fresh high school grad working part-time at Yu-ri's mom's tteokbokki joint after moving to the city. Half-crashing at Yu-ri's place, she'd recently gotten a weird offer.

"Well... I get the VTuber thing roughly, but lots I don't understand. Wouldn't it be better to ask someone who knows it well instead of me??"

"That's why... your pure innocence... is perfect."

"If you say so. And this Ferolong character art... looks a lot like me. That okay??"

"2D vs. 3D difference... it's fine. What were you watching?"

"Your stream, unnie."

"Right... That blood sausage soup kid... from a Korean restaurant daughter's view... what do you think?"

Ui-ji's face twisted slightly at "Korean restaurant."

"Just from the seasoning, looks like years of experience."

"Yeeah..."

Ring~ As Yu-ri was about to say more, Ui-ji's phone rang, so she ducked into the bathroom. She emerged after a quick ego-check to find Ui-ji looking grave.

"What do I do... unnie. Some SeongGaNe Foods exec?? asked if I wanna join the company??"

"...Talk later..."

While Yui was gone, the usual spinster, pig, age-drip WWE templates flew alongside heated debates on the sausage girl's identity.

Damn, how'd they even find that?

Haru had forgotten her Slime Shoes while filming the Vivacious Blood Sausage Soup. Had to use a big pot, so she stood stock-still on a small chair—the sound must've leaked.

Buncha no-life bastards...

Her past self, Lee Ha-neul, had been one too. But now she was a cute loli girl.

Yui returned, watched the rest, and opened the poll.

Let's do it Health Restaurant style. 60% votes, 40% my score for winner... Start!!

Results locked in instantly.

Isekai_gochunen's Vivacious Blood Sausage Soup (91.5%)

Whoa... Not even Russia, but just in case, I'll wait more. Check the cafe...

Into the fan cafe, she hit the hot post: upcoming Health Restaurant Korea teaser.

After four restaurants, the last one dropped—and chat exploded.

"These guys..."

Burly Ha-seong peeking at US stocks while taking orders. Skinny Ha-neul getting choked by Seong Chan-ho, then handing flyers before grinding daily quests at a PC bang in Kingdom Story.

Finally... a glimpse through the kitchen gap of a small girl with brown twintails cooking, ending the teaser.

Whoa... that last girl is insane. Haven't simped for a real girl in years...

Yui's bottom-right avatar slid behind Haru in the video.

Her 2D avatar now looked like it was backhugging Haru from behind.

Not trying anything weird—just gave her sugar!

After some yandere flailing, Yui looped the last 5 seconds.

But look—the proportions are off... ankles floating a few cm.

This girl's cooking on a chair too??

"Wha???"

Haru's Interest messages, sporadic till now, rocketed up at 32x speed.

......