Chapter 86
Chapter 86
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 86
Chapter Title: The Whole World Bullies Uparupa
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Yesterday and today had been a nonstop factory of black history moments.
It was embarrassing enough that I'd gotten so scared from the horror game that I ended up sleeping with Ji-ah unnie.
And to top it off, I'd planted a kiss on her cheek in my sleep.
I must've thought about dying 300,000 times per second.
Of course, that all faded away pretty quick thanks to how delicious the breakfast unnie made was.
If it weren't for that, I might not even be sitting here right now.
I could already picture exactly what kind of chaos would unfold once I turned on the stream.
But I couldn't just skip work, so I forced myself to hit that button.
Still too embarrassed to show my avatar just yet, I only let the Uparupa plush perched on my head fill the screen as I greeted everyone.
"Ch-Cherries, h-hi there~..."
- Luha
- Hi~
- Lame Lulu lol hi
- Is this really the infamous horror game pro's stream?
- You're doing the Outpost you couldn't clear yesterday, right?
"Y-Yeah, I said it already. I'm not doing it. I've sworn off even looking at horror games from now on."
And sure enough.
The moment the stream started, the barrage began, and I tried resisting in my meekest voice.
They'd all been cooing over me when I cried yesterday, but that must've just been a fluke.
I hate you, Cherries.
[‘Shuuya’ donated 10,000 won in snack funds!]
- Lulu-chan, you worked hard yesterday. Here's your viewing fee.
"Ah, thanks for the 10,000 won donation! I'm the one who should be grateful you stuck around. Hehe, y'know, 10,000 won gets you two Frappuccinos..."
I'd planned to keep my face off-screen for a while.
But I couldn't do that to a Cherry who'd dropped that much.
So I brought out my avatar right away and did a little hop in place as a reaction.
- LMAOOOOOOOO
- Frappuccino got her jumping right away lol
- Showing her face for that lol
- Frappuccino bribes her just like that lol
"Hey! 'That cheap Frappuccino'?! You're all slandering my favorite drink right now?!"
This won't do.
I'd planned to play it quiet today after yesterday's fiasco.
Cherries, sit down!
"Frappuccinos are so good! The caramel one's super sweet, the matcha has that perfect hint of bitterness, and if you grind up Java chips and add all sorts of extras, nothing beats it! Oh, and lately I've been hooked on matcha Frappuccinos. There's this secret recipe online? You grind up a whole bunch of Java chips and add a shot—makes it taste like coffee too, so..."
- Who flipped the switch wtf
- Whoa whoa calm down
- Uparupa's suspiciously passionate about Frappuccinos lol
- They should sponsor her at this point lol
- Tasty yeah but that serious?
That serious, duh!
Sure, parfaits and tanghulu are delicious too!
But nothing can match that Frappuccino flavor!
No matter how wiped out I am, one sweet Frappuccino brings me right back to life!
It's my energy drink, my battery, my sugar recharge!
Slandering a drink like that? Typical Cherries—total flavor philistines!
"Ahem! Got a little sidetracked there, but anyway, thanks everyone for watching yesterday's collab. Sorry it ended so early because of me."
- Nah
- All good
- We're not total trash to force a crying kid lol
- Honestly we saw everything we wanted lol
Something felt off.
They were all telling me it was fine, comforting me and all.
But it came across kinda snide.
"...Kinda sounds like you Cherries were hoping I'd cry, looking at your reactions?"
- Gasp
- Gasp
- What
[‘Uae’ donated 1,000 won in snack funds!]
- Oops we got caught domhwangcha
What? For real?
I was just saying it!
You guys were actually looking forward to me crying?!
"For real...? You Cherries were expecting me to cry?"
- Ahem...
- Not me lol
- No way lol
- Lulu-chan don't you trust us?
Nope, not one bit.
I do like you Cherries, sure.
But when it comes to evil pranks like this? Zero trust.
"Yeah, no way my sweet Cherries would hope for that. No way you'd look forward to me shaking in fear and bawling my eyes out, right?"
- LMAO fr
- Lulu-chan gets us
- As if any normal person likes seeing Oshi cry lol
Oh ho, is that so?
Gotcha now, you lot.
"Then I guess no more horror games from now on? Since you Cherries weren't expecting me to be scared."
- Huh?
- ?
- ?????
- No please not that
I grabbed their own words and shoved them right back.
And the chat exploded with question marks.
Nope, no take-backs.
I'm not budging.
This is all on you.
"Alrighty then. No more horror games in this stream ever! Since you Cherries don't wanna see me scared!"
- Yamero!!!!!!!
- Stop the nonsense!!!
- Lulu let's talk this out...?
- We're sorry please not that...
Too late, Cherries trying to backpedal now.
But I had zero interest in negotiating.
I cut them off sharp and shook my head firmly.
Bus has left the station.
Deal with it, you villains.
Of course, I wasn't really planning to quit horror games forever.
Special occasions or if I felt like showing a breakdown day once in a while—for the Cherries, maybe.
But for now? No way I'd let them know that.
Let 'em sweat a bit, hmph.
[‘Yehi’ donated 2,000 won in snack funds!]
- Lulu-chan if you go there we gotta go nuclear
"What're you gonna do if Cherries go nuclear? Huh? What can you even do?!"
They should be begging for talks.
Instead they threaten me, so I hit back snarky and defiant.
What can you do if I skip horror games!
Cry your eyes out like I did yesterday? That's it!
Speak up, villains!
[‘Jisss’ donated 1,000 won in snack funds!]
- Then spill the story about begging Ellin to sleep together cuz you were scared yesterday
"...Huh?"
I was giggling to myself, savoring the roast.
Then a donation flew in and time froze.
W-Wait.
How do the Cherries know that?
No way Ji-ah unnie?
No, we pinky-swore.
She promised not to snitch to viewers in exchange for me posting that pic in the group chat.
Then who...?
[‘ChangLover’ donated 5,000 won in snack funds!]
- Luke spilled it all on stream lol said Lulu slept in the same blanket as Ellin and even kissed her
"Whaaat...?!"
I was testing if it was a bluff.
But the next donation nailed my coffin shut, exposing everything.
Wait, Ra-hee unnie said it?
S-Sure, she never promised not to say it on stream...!
That promise was with Ji-ah unnie...!
But still, she really said it on her actual stream?!
"F-For real? L-Lucrezia unnie said it... on her stream?"
- Yup
- Yeah
- In denial lol
- Didn't catch Luke's stream today? She said it earlier
Unfortunately, no.
I had a staff meeting early today.
Figured I'd watch the VOD later, so I just recorded it.
Who knew it'd backfire like this.
[‘DingDingDing’ donated 1,000 won in snack funds!]
- So who's top dog now?
"Uuu..."
I'd had the upper hand in negotiations.
But Lucrezia unnie's spill flipped it in seconds.
And knowing that didn't change a thing I could do.
"E-Everyone. Can't we just talk this out?"
- Nope back to horror games
- You rejected us first why beg now? Real clueless ㅇ
- Lulu made us this way
How did I make you like this!
You started the teasing first!
You bad people!
"F-Fine. Just spare me from spilling it myself. I'll do one more horror game next time instead. You all know the story anyway."
No choice, even if I hated it.
Last-ditch offer, clinging desperately.
My minimum demand: don't make me say it.
- ?
- I didn't watch Luke-chan's stream dunno
- Passed out til now dunno ㅇ
- Banned from Luke-chan's stream dunno
Banned? That's just cuz you're trash...!
Don't beg with excuses like that!
"Tch... Fine. I'll tell it. Just don't ask me to do horror games again anytime soon...!"
- LMAOOOOOOOO
- This war started with Lulu-chan
- Shoulda just listened to Cherries from the start? No?
I dunno, whatever.
I'm only telling cuz they have dirt now.
But for the foreseeable future, Cherries and I are enemies.
Don't forget this humiliation. Prepare yourselves.
"So here's what happened yesterday... After the stream, we gathered in my room to chat, and when it got late, unnie headed to the living room to sleep?"
- Yeah
- Yup
- So you tucked unnie in on the couch?
- VIP treatment sucks
"I-I was gonna sleep in the living room, but unnie refused...! Stop the unfair bullying and just listen!"
Who wants to sleep in bed over their guest!
I was gonna give it up for unnie!
But she insisted on the living room—what was I supposed to do!
- LMAOOOOOOOO
- She finally snapped lol
- OK OK
- Lulu-chan's mad eyebrows are adorable lol
- Ignore the bullying keep going
I huffed, paused for a sec.
Chugged the cool water nearby, then continued.
"Anyway, I lay down to sleep, but that final scene from Outpost popped right into my head. And it was so scary, right?"
- Jumpscare was brutal
- Visuals were pure horror
- Scarier than most zombie games
- Super gross lol
"R-Right? I'm not weird. It was already nasty and hideous, then bam out of nowhere..."
Yeah yeah.
At least the Cherries agreed on this much.
Anyone who saw it yesterday couldn't deny it.
It was that gross.
"Tried scrolling on my phone to sleep, but no dice. So I grabbed my pillow, went to the living room, and asked unnie if I could sleep together... She said yes."
- Cute lol
- Imagining it it's adorable
- Straight outta anime little sis character
- No way to say no lol
R-Really?
I was secretly worried unnie might refuse.
But everyone's reacting like 'How could you refuse that?'
Don't most people get annoyed if someone crashes their solo sleep?
Are they all just too nice or what?
"We chatted about this and that until I fell asleep, but when I woke up, there's a photo in the group chat. 'What's this?' I check... and it's m-me kissing unnie's cheek..."
- So that's how lol
- Fr must've been sleep-kiss lol
- No memory at all?
"Y-Yeah, zero memory. If I was in my right mind, no way I'd do that."
Sure, I love the members a ton—not just Ji-ah unnie!
But I wouldn't kiss cheeks like a kid!
At most a big hug.
And even that's plenty embarrassing.
"The members who saw it? They're like 'Next time horror collab with us!' I wanted to die."
- LMAOOOOOOOO
- Jealous much
- How to cope with Lulu sleepover rights lol
- Drooling rn lol
Why would that make anyone jealous!
If Cherries said stuff like that, I'd just roll my eyes like 'Here we go.'
But the members? No way they wanna sleep with me.
They just wanna watch me freak out!
"N-No way I'm doing horror collabs with members. Even if, it'd be solo... Huh?"
Was wrapping up to start the game.
Then my eyes went wide at the chat.
[Ellin_Esteya] - Lulu
[Ellin_Esteya] - Why skip that story?
"E-Ellin unnie...?"
- Ellha
- Ellha Ellha
Sudden Ellin unnie appearance.
For some reason, a chill ran down my spine.
Cherries were just thrilled at the surprise guest...
B-But what story? I covered everything.
[Ellin_Esteya] - Tell 'em how Lulu confessed she loves unnie so much yesterday
[Ellin_Esteya] - Before sleep and
[Ellin_Esteya] - Before the kiss this morning too
"Wha?! I said that in my sleep too...?! Liar!"
No way even I'd do that asleep!
That's some manga cliché!
She's probably trying to bully me while she's got the chance.
I'm not falling for—
[Ellin_Esteya] - Want me to play the recording on Discord?
[Ellin_Esteya] - Was gonna respect our promise and not on stream
[Ellin_Esteya] - Cherries want it right?
- YES!!!!!
- Goddess we beg
- Pleeeease pleeeease pleeeease
- How to resist this lol
...or so I thought.
But the moment she mentioned the recording, proving it was real.
I could only...
"Nooooooo!"
Scream my lungs out.
*Sniff.*
Ra-hee unnie, now Ji-ah unnie too...
No one I can trust anymore.