Bokkeumbap and Heart-Melting Moments
The chat was buzzing with excitement as viewers chatted away during the stream.
Jiyoung replied with a light laugh, “Paid subscription will be possible in about three months. Hehe.”
Jiyoung chuckled softly. “First-year middle schooler? You're younger than me.”
A child who had been an elementary student until last year came to watch my broadcast. Even so, it was a bit sorry to receive support from students eating school meals. For school meal students, 10,000 won was a big amount. With 10,000 won, you could play at an internet cafe for at least five hours.
Jiyoung shook his head. “Noona? You have to call me oppa. I'm a real man.”
Something about hearing “noona” from the viewers made my body tingle. If it had been “unnie,” it would have been a little different, but “noona” I wasn't ready to accept yet. Couldn't I just call her oppa?
Thinking about it, the viewers had already broken 5,000. Yesterday the highest viewer count had been 4,000, and now it was 1,000 more. While chatting with the viewers about various things, the savory smell of shrimp bokkeumbap drifted into the room. Thinking about eating shrimp bokkeumbap, my mouth started watering.
“Sluggishly, it seems Mina's cooking is almost done, so I think I should wrap up.”
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The chat was flooded with “me” messages very quickly. I wanted to go out and eat comfortably, but I couldn't help it. Since Shinye noona wanted it too, I had to do a mukbang.
“I see. If I don't go out, Mina will bring it to the broadcast by herself.”
The word “mom” appeared infinitely in the chat. Mom... I wanted to see it, but now I couldn't see it anymore. I didn't remember childhood memories well, but after my parents passed away, I couldn't leave the house for a long time. Noona must have been very sad and comforted me a lot. Mina and her parents also helped us a lot while living next door, as we struggled to live as just the two of us. Even if I got hit on the butt or scolded, I just wanted to see my parents once. I lowered my head and couldn't say anything. A bit of tears welled up in the corners of my eyes, but it wouldn't be seen by the viewers.
I hurriedly wiped my tears. I couldn't let the viewers know I cried. It could ruin the broadcast atmosphere.
“Yawn, suddenly a yawn came out.”
“Yes. I can't sleep at this time.”
The sound of opening the door was heard, and Mina finally brought the shrimp bokkeumbap. She went out again and brought coffee. Probably while cooking, she had been watching the broadcast on her smartphone.
“Thank you. I needed coffee.”
“No problem. I made it with sweet mocha.”
I was so grateful to Mina that I stood up and hugged her tightly. I could hide the fact that I cried, and I wanted to drink coffee too. Mina was the best at understanding my heart. She gently stroked my hair. As my head was stroked in Mina's arms, my heart gradually became more at ease.
“Then I'll start the bokkeumbap mukbang.”
I scooped up the shrimp bokkeumbap Mina made with a spoon as much as one mouthful and put it in my mouth. The combination of egg, cheese spam, and shrimp was perfect, not greasy and savory, and it was really delicious. I had cocktail shrimp at home, but to make bokkeumbap in such a short time, it was really amazing.
“Mmm. Delicious.”
“Do you want more?”
“The rice is enough for now.”
Honestly, I was worried if I could eat normally since I hadn't seen a mukbang before, but it was fortunate that the viewers' reactions to both tteokbokki and bokkeumbap were good. Whether Mina, her friends, the viewers, or I, when we eat something, we look at it with a happy expression, I guess it's the same.
“What kind of bokkeumbap do you all like?”
They were all menus that looked delicious. Especially the bokkeumbap that Shinye noona suggested, which I like, with all the ingredients pounded in, looked delicious. It seemed the most important thing to make bokkeumbap was not to make it greasy.
“Thank you for eating. It was delicious.”
“Then I'll bring dessert, let's eat together.”
“Yeah. Thank you.”
Before Mina brought the dessert, I waited while drinking coffee. The slightly bitter and sweet chocolate taste captivated me, and I smiled unconsciously.
Just smiling made the viewers go crazy. Now I should eat the dessert and wrap up.
“Here is the cheesecake.”
“Thank you.”
I habitually stood up and hugged Mina. Then sat down and picked up the cheesecake. Mina had cut it nicely beforehand, so it was a size that went down in one bite.
“Mina cut it so I can eat it easily. She ate the edge while I ate the good parts.”
I ate a bite of the cheesecake and took a sip of coffee, and it went perfectly together.
“The cheesecake and coffee combination is good.”
I put the last piece of cheesecake in my mouth and drank all the remaining coffee. Now it was time to wrap up.
“Thank you everyone. I'll wrap up now.”
“Everyone, bye bye.”
I pressed the end broadcast button and stood up and hugged Mina tightly. Mina hugged me back and stroked my head.
“Thank you for today too, Mina.”
“No problem. Let's keep doing this together.”
“Yeah. Good.”
I thought I should raise the money I give to Mina even more. I decided to use Mina's talent in personal broadcast, it was a bit wasteful. To do that, I need to be more successful, so I have to work hard.