Chapter 126: Undisclosed Promotion
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 126: Undisclosed Promotion
“Sigh… Just know your place. Okay?”
With a short sigh, I stared straight ahead with arrogant eyes.
“Think about who you are before you act. You can’t even get a single word out properly, so why do you keep getting on my nerves?”
“Oh…”
Clap clap clap.
A cute clapping sound erupted from her dainty palms.
“You’re good at that. Surprisingly.”
“You’re not kidding?”
Doah nodded her head vigorously, as if to show she was serious.
“Yeah. For real.”
Snatching my phone from my hand, Doah scanned my parts from top to bottom.
“Like you said, there really aren’t that many lines.”
“Yeah. Exactly fifteen.”
Feeling the pressure, I had already counted every single one of my lines.
“But how can every single line be so obnoxious?”
“What can I do? That’s just the character.”
Kim Eojin, the leader of the school bullies, was a strange character who barely showed his face, only appearing when the main characters got into trouble.
“If you just do it like you just did, they’ll probably say it’s fine.”
“You think so?”
“Yeah. It’s a bit weird to say this, but Oppa, you looked like a total jerk.”
It was an ambiguous response, somewhere between a compliment and an insult, but I decided to take it positively.
“Then I guess I’ll say I’ll do it…?”
“Well, if you’re okay with it, then you should do it. Why do you care about my opinion?”
“I’m asking because if it looks really bad to other people, it might be worse than not doing it at all.”
“Didn’t they say they really wanted you to do it?”
Doah tilted her head, looking puzzled.
“Hmm… I think the director did, but the company seems to have more of a ‘it’d be nice if you did, but whatever if you don’t’ kind of vibe.”
“Then I’ll cast my vote in favor.”
Doah, sitting in front of the computer, spun her chair around.
“I mean, I don’t know anything about that industry, but I doubt there are many easy roles with that few lines.”
“You think so?”
“Still, you should be the one to decide. It’s your career, your debut.”
Her words left me feeling even more conflicted, but I hardened my resolve to do it anyway.
“Alright then. I’ll call them tomorrow and tell them I’ll do it.”
I leaned down and kissed Doah on the forehead.
As expected, whenever I was indecisive, all I had to do was go to Doah.
“…Not there.”
Dissatisfied with the kiss on her forehead, Doah pouted her lips.
Smiling, I kissed her on the lips once more, then swept her up in my arms and carried her to the bed.
“…I have to stream later.”
Doah, who had crawled under the covers, started muttering things I hadn’t even asked about.
“And?”
“So, that means, um…”
An arm shot out from under the covers and hit my forearm.
“You can’t…”
I wondered for a moment what she meant, but soon understood and gave a sly grin.
Haa… Kim Doah…
She probably had no idea.
Just how much of a seductive pheromone that Luka-tan sprays to entice the Pink Army.
A wicked instinct to tease Luka mercilessly took over my body.
An army of ten fingers infiltrated the space under the covers.
The destination: Doah’s belly.
“…Oppa?”
Doah’s surprised voice came out, as if she thought I was just going to caress her, but I had no intention of stopping.
Locating the hem of Doah’s t-shirt, I slipped my hand right under it.
“Ah… I told you, you can’t!”
Perhaps because she still couldn’t see my face, Doah seemed to think I was serious.
I caressed her belly button with my thumb, then gradually advanced upwards.
Startled, she threw off the covers and looked at my face.
Me, smiling playfully.
Doah, glaring at me resentfully.
“…What the heck. You didn’t even mean it, and you’re teasing me like this?”
“And what kind of ‘meaning it’ might that be?”
When I tried to play dumb and slip away like an eel, Doah bit my wrist like an angry puppy.
“Grrr! I’ll kill you, Han Taemin!”
Doah’s repertoire of aegyo was gradually expanding.
I pulled out the hand that had been wandering inside her t-shirt and held her face.
“Aigoo… really…”
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Why isn’t there a chat window in real life!
If life were a stream, I would have gladly spammed the chat, ready to be banned.
“You’re always playing around… Oppa, you must have experience. As a bully.”
“No way. I was just an otaku who watched anime in the corner with my hood up.”
“No? I’ve figured it out, Oppa. The truth is, your portrayal of Kim Eojin is so realistic it’s like you’re just breathing.”
Nonsense has to be at least a little plausible for me to argue with it.
But this was just a completely baseless lie, so it was hard to even touch.
“Fine. I am experienced. So I have to bully you.”
Putting on my most villainous smile, I kissed Doah once again.
*
[Luka-nim, what do you do in your free time these days?]
It was a chill stream, just like any other.
I was reading the chat and talking about this and that, only answering the questions that caught my eye.
The chat moved so fast these days that, in reality, I couldn’t read everything even if I wanted to.
[When I’m resting. Hmm… these days I think I just watch the other members’ streams or watch movies by myself.]
As soon as I threw them that little tidbit, the viewers, like carnivores spotting prey, started listing all the movies they’d seen recently.
[Oh… right. That one’s fun too.]
As I was spotting titles of movies I’d enjoyed and reacting appropriately, one chat message stood out.
[There seem to be a lot of fun web dramas out these days too.]
I knew my facial expressions were being tracked, but I still hesitated for a moment.
Ssssp… A web drama topic coming up on a VTuber stream?
If I ran with this, I could probably bring up Oppa’s drama.
Having been forced to cheer on Oppa’s new challenge from the sidelines, I really wanted to help him in some way.
When I first debuted with CLOSER, Oppa helped me so much with my group project.
Now that I was his girlfriend, I felt it wasn’t right to just keep my mouth shut.
[Ah… I saw that one recently.]
[What was the name… it’s a recent one…]
Even though I knew the name perfectly well, I pretended to search for it, scrolling my mouse, and then acted as if I’d just remembered it.
[Ah! This is it! Love Rides the Waves. This one.]
But, as expected.
The chat was filled with question marks.
There were tons of reactions saying they’d never heard of it.
[Is it fun, Luka-nim?]
[It looks super unpopular.ㄷ]
[Luka-tan watching dramas is cuteee]
Praising Oppa outright by saying he was handsome or a good actor was out of the question.
I had to praise the drama itself, no matter what.
[Ah… this one. It’s kind of like an American teen drama, but the Korean version, so it has that kind of vibe that makes it fun to watch.]
Even as I said it, I wondered what kind of nonsense I was spouting.
Sorry, American teen dramas.
[It’s only up to episode 4, but I’m planning to binge-watch it once it’s finished!]
Of course, for me, just watching the parts Oppa was in would probably be enough.
[Hrmmm… if Luka-tan says so, maybe I’ll check it out.]
[But I seriously don’t know a single one of the actors in these web dramas lolololololol]
[They’re usually low-budget, so it’s rare to see a familiar face.]
Right. I figured this was probably the realistic limit of my promotion and was about to move on to another topic when…
[Guys, don’t watch that. It’s boring as hell and you can’t focus on the actors’ performances at all.]
One malicious comment made my blood pressure shoot up.
I usually didn’t react to every little thing like this, but thinking it was aimed at Oppa and not me, I couldn’t calm my irritation.
[Hey! The person who said it’s boring as hell! Hey! I said I enjoyed it!]
When I shot back a sharp remark, the viewers, who seemed to be on my side, all backed me up.
[If Luka says it’s fun, then it’s fun!]
[You can leave~]
[Luka-nim! But the ratings for this are pretty bad, aren’t they?]
One loyal subject. One person who just likes to stir the pot. One who takes things too seriously.
A perfect sample collection of the Pink Army’s typical members, I thought.
[But really, everyone, it’s not something I’d say you have to watch, but if you have time~ and you enjoy this genre~ it’s not bad~]
My stream was way too big to get into a fight over some weird nitpicking.
[Ah. I’m just going to get a glass of water, I’ll be right back, okay?]
I felt a sense of accomplishment, having made a small effort for Oppa.
Mmm~ I really am a good girlfriend~
A guy like Taemin Oppa is so lucky to have me as his girlfriend~
-Bzzzzzt
What? I didn’t put my phone on silent?
Switching my phone to silent, I checked the message that had just come in.
[…Did I do something wrong?]
It seemed Oppa wasn’t happy with my undisclosed promotion.