Sharing the Room
“Noona, I’m back.”
“Welcome back. Siyeon noona.”
“Okay.”
When we arrived home, noona greeted us warmly.
As soon as Mina arrived home, she started unpacking her luggage.
Mina was wondering which room she would stay in.
Our house has three rooms that aren't being used: the guest room, noona's room, and my room.
After our parents passed away, we left the room with their memories as it was.
In my memory, I was too young to have memories of my parents, but noona would have clear memories.
I thought noona might not move even if she earns money and stays in this house.
That's why I thought she kept the guest room empty.
Noona is an adult and needs her own space, so it makes sense for Mina to stay in my room.
If I were still a man, sharing a room with Mina would be awkward, but now that I'm a woman, it should be fine.
“Mina, then I'll stay in my room?”
“Really? It's okay for Ji-young to stay in my room?”
“Eh? Yeah. There's no other choice, so if Mina wants to, I do too.”
“Wow. I'm really happy. I can sleep with Ji-young.”
“From now on, please take care of me.”
“Yeah. Ji-young.”
Mina and I went into my room and helped unpack her luggage.
The bra Mina was wearing was definitely larger than mine.
Comparing it to my shabby chest, it was striking.
But I had no desire to have a big chest like Mina.
I've lived as a man for 15 years, and I don't wish for my chest to grow just because I'm now a woman.
Besides, I'm quite short, and if I grew taller, it might cause inconvenience in daily life.
“Everything's unpacked. Thanks, Ji-young.”
“Mina always helps me. I'll always help Mina too.”
“Hehe, Ji-young. You're so nice.”
“Yeah.”
Mina hugged me and stroked my hair.
I leaned into Mina and hugged her tightly.
Being hugged and stroked by Mina made me feel at ease.
That aside, there was a feeling like something was forgotten—what was it?
Ah, thinking about it, I hadn't bathed since returning.
It's impossible to go a day without bathing at least once.
“By the way, I haven't bathed since returning. What do you want to do? Bath first?”
“Let’s do it together. Since we did it once, doing it twice shouldn’t be hard, right?”
“Together?”
“Yeah. It would be even better if we do it together from now on.”
“Yeah. Okay.”
Doing the bath with Mina again, as Mina said, the first time was difficult, but the second wasn't.
Honestly, bathing with Mina was nice.
It was a bit embarrassing to do it together from now on, but I decided to endure it.
However, having a bathtub would have been even better, but our house doesn't have one.
“If there was a bathtub, it would be great. It's a bit of a pity.”
“Me too. I was thinking the same thing.”
“Eh? What do you mean?”
“I've earned a lot of money, and I've been thinking about installing a bathtub.”
“Wow, that sounds great. How about buying one tomorrow?”
“Really? What kind should I buy?”
“Let’s choose together tomorrow. For now, let’s take a bath.”
“Yeah.”
Mina and I entered the bathroom, and Mina washed my hair.
I washed Mina's hair and helped her back.
I felt anew that we cherish each other.
A smile filled my lips thinking that happy times would continue every day.
“Ah, I'm happy. Now I can be with Ji-young every day.”
“Mm-hmm.”
“Let’s be together from now on.”
“Yeah.”
Since there was no bathtub, the bath time was shorter than before.
I thought it was really a pity that there was no bathtub.
I should order one right now.
“What kind of bathtub should I buy?”
“The water temperature shouldn't cool down quickly. Even if it's expensive, I have to research properly to have a warm bath in winter.”
“I heard there are built-in and portable ones. Portable might be better.”
“If it's portable, it should arrive by Monday if ordered now.”
“That makes sense. Let's order it right away.”
Mina and I searched the internet and ordered a large bathtub that doesn't let water cool down easily.
I told noona about ordering the bathtub, and we decided to clear space for it in advance.
The price was quite high, but the feeling of happiness came over me knowing I could use the bathtub in the future.
“Fufu, from Monday I can finally use the bathtub.”
“Are you that happy? How happy you would have been if we went to a public bath?”
“I don't like that there's no private space there. I prefer a personal bathtub.”
“Me too. There's no reason for me to go if Ji-young doesn't.”
“Still, I want to go to a jjimjilbang once.”
“Then let's go together next time?”
“Yeah. If there's a chance later.”
Even if I don't know when, thinking about going to the jjimjilbang next time made me look forward to it.
I had only seen videos or photos, never actually gone.
Mina hadn't gone either because of me, and this was the chance.
“It’s a bit early, but let’s sleep.”
“Yeah. The bed is a bit narrow for two, but it’s okay, right?”
“Of course. I rather like it.”
Mina and I lay down on the bed right away.
We didn't need to prepare an extra pillow because we often took naps in my room at home.
When I wake up tomorrow, the one I like most, Mina, will be sleeping next to me?
Thinking about happy thoughts, I fell asleep.
The next morning, I woke up, but Mina's figure wasn't on the bed.
I thought Mina would wake up first, but it seemed Mina woke up before me.
But thinking about it, Mina shouldn't have slept more than me.
She came to our house early in the morning to visit, made breakfast, ate dinner, and went back, but now she's probably still preparing breakfast.
Looking at the clock, it was 7 o'clock, and when I opened the door, a delicious smell greeted me.
“You’re awake.”
“Yeah. Noona.”
“Mina made breakfast. Let’s wash up and eat.”
“Yeah.”
As expected, Mina got up early and prepared breakfast.
I couldn't see Mina sleeping when I woke up, but the feeling of eating the breakfast Mina made made me happy.
I ate the breakfast Mina prepared lightly and went back to the room, turned on the computer, and sat on the bed.
There was no TV in my room, but since there was a computer, when watching WeTube or WeTV videos, I sat on the bed to watch.
When Mina came to visit our house, we would sit on the bed together to watch the broadcast or watch Mina playing games.
I think there's no place more comfortable than the bed to watch videos.
For searching, I used a wireless keyboard, and otherwise, a wireless mouse.
Mina entered the room and sat next to me.
“As expected, it's too comfortable to watch broadcasts while clicking the mouse on the bed.”
“The screen is seen on the computer monitor, and if there's urgent chatting, connect with smartphone to type, so it's definitely comfortable.”
“WeTube is the most comfortable. It seems wireless makes it easy.”
“Is there any interesting broadcast? Let’s look for someone playing Animal Kingdom.”
“The number of streamers has increased a lot. It hasn't been long since it started, but already talking about arena competitions, so the popularity is real.”
It broke 1 million downloads in just 1 day, and now it says over 2 million.
We showed the hunting and Mina's arena on our broadcast, and the reactions were good.
Still, since it's my game, watching others' broadcasts is fun.
The Animal Kingdom record remained in the WeTV auto search, so I clicked and looked for the broadcast.
The top broadcast was a pick-up apocalypse with about 10,000 viewers.
As expected, pick-up broadcasts seemed popular with viewers.
Besides that, there were raid broadcasts, story Mina broadcasts, arena matching broadcasts, and I decided to watch the arena broadcast.
The broadcast I entered had about 20 viewers, and it was a broadcast without cam or mic.
Even if skill is good, without cam or at least mic, it seems hard to get many viewers, but the broadcast I'm about to watch was using only chat to interact with viewers without using either.
Siyeon greeted the viewers with “Welcome. Lee Ji-Zero-nim.”
It seemed like the viewer entrance message was set because the broadcast had few viewers.
It automatically disables when there are over 100 viewers.
Otherwise, the chat window might be flooded with entrance messages.
I didn't want viewers to aggro me, so I planned to watch quietly, but should I respond to the greeting?
For this person, each viewer is precious, so it would be good for me to greet.
Actually, the number of viewers is about 20, but the number of chatting viewers might be less than half.
If I didn't have friends or cam and mic, I wouldn't have gathered even this many viewers now.
Without a cam, I can't do mukbang, and without game skill, was there anyone who would watch?
In the end, I accepted the greeting.
I wonder if there are only 20 viewers, they probably don't know who I am?
Lee Ji-Zero: Hello.
Siyeon: Yes, hello.
If I just greet and don't chat anymore, no one will know.
Fortunately, the streamer and viewers didn't recognize me.
It was fortunate, but on the other hand, I felt like I was too arrogant.
It was arrogant to think that after a few broadcasts, they would recognize me.
I was confident and arrogant, but now I felt a bit embarrassed.