The First Appearance of the Big Spender BlackCard
Day three of streaming.
Hidden behind the lights, the tips of my fingers trembled ever so slightly.
...Why isn't anyone coming in?
The thrilling rush of yesterday's Star Candies had barely faded when cold reality came crashing back down. Twenty minutes after going live, the viewer count still hovered stubbornly around ten. Neither Wolf King, who had raised such a ruckus the day before, nor any of the silent lurkers had shown their faces yet. Anxiety left my lips bone-dry.
"Aren't the other oppas coming to see Cherry today? The energy feels way weaker than yesterday... Hing..."
I forced a nasal little whine toward the camera and tried to play cute, but the reaction was lukewarm at best.
Reading their digs made my insides boil.
Who the hell is slacking? You have to pay me if you want clothes coming off or flesh getting squeezed!
My heart was blackening with rage, yet the face on screen kept performing the shy smile of a demure girl.
Right then, a flashy entrance effect exploded across the chat and bold text slammed into the window.
The top-tier emblem glittering beside the nickname made my heart hammer against my ribs.
The moment he typed, the entire room froze solid.
Instinct screamed that I had to seize this chance. I rose at once, both hands lightly gathering the plunging neckline of my white cardigan where the cleavage cut deepest.
"Oh my... BlackCard oppa, welcome to Cherry's room...!"
My voice already carried a more practiced, coquettish lilt than yesterday's.
"Yeees, newbie girl streamer Cherry... If you like what you see, will you be nice to me...?"
I cast a soft eye-smile at the camera and twisted my body in a little squirm.
The instant those words landed, a donation alert unlike any I had ever heard detonated through the room.
"Kyaaah...! A thousand...!"
I barely managed to choke down the male ego that nearly burst free and let out a proper scream instead. I had been one breath away from yelling, Oh! Fuck! In a single sitting, a hundred thousand won had just exploded.
"BlackCard oppa! I'm truly moved...!"
"Um... well, if the oppas tell me what they want, Cherry will do everything..."
I let the words trail off while casually toying with a cardigan button. Passing Dog jumped in.
Right on cue, yesterday's big spender, Wolf King, entered the room.
The moment Wolf King—who had ruled the room from day one—spotted BlackCard, he bristled like a drawn blade. His arrival sent the chat's heat soaring.
Wolf King had played king in my room yesterday and had a blast doing it, so the sudden appearance of a heavyweight like BlackCard clearly rubbed him the wrong way. I refused to let this delicious undercurrent slip by. I gave the edge of my cardigan a little tug and painted a troubled look across my face.
"Oh my... Wolf King oppa is here...? Do you two know each other somehow...?"
I pretended complete ignorance and gently stirred the pot. BlackCard tossed out a chat that practically sneered.
Even though Wolf King was right there in the same chat, BlackCard brushed him off like he was talking about someone who didn't exist.
BlackCard had thrown the first punch. Pride properly wounded, Wolf King immediately started firing Star Candies.
Five hundred candies—about fifty thousand won. The sudden fortune made the corners of my mouth twitch, so I covered them with my hand.
"Waaah...! Wolf King oppa! Five hundred the second you arrive...! Cherry's so moved she might cry..."
BlackCard seemed to find the amount laughable and planted a fresh line of open mockery.
The moment I saw the number 5,000 blazing at the top of the screen with its screaming effects, every brake in my skull felt like it had been ripped out. Five hundred thousand won in one shot. My brain, thoroughly pickled in the taste of money, no longer remembered a single scrap of male pride.
Two buttons for five hundred thousand?! I'd strip the whole thing open and it still wouldn't be enough!
Breathing hard, I offered the camera a soft eye-smile.
"Ah... BlackCard oppa, five thousand is a total shock... Cherry's heart is pounding so hard..."
Even as I spoke, my trembling fingers began slowly undoing the topmost button of the cardigan. The pure white fabric parted just enough to reveal the pale line of my collarbones and, beneath them, the deep valley of my full cleavage. The chat went absolutely feral at the tantalizing stretch of skin filling the frame.
The fiercer the pride duel between those two suckers grew, the faster the money piled up in front of me—at a speed I could never have imagined. I could practically see Wolf King beyond the screen, huffing and chain-lighting cigarettes. A properly scratched Wolf King was never going to back down.
Just as expected, the chat flashed red like a warning light and a fresh donation alert flooded the screen.
Six thousand. Another six hundred thousand won detonated in an instant and the heat in the room turned into a blast furnace.
The dopamine surging through my chest left me dizzy.
Two buttons and a shoulder reveal for six hundred thousand...? Khhh! This is why people do girl streaming!
I bit my lip lightly and deliberately put on a troubled face.
"Ah... Wolf King oppa... Six thousand is so incredible Cherry's hands are shaking..."
Pretending to breathe hard, I undid the third and fourth buttons in quick succession. The fabric fell completely open, laying bare the curves of my chest, and just as Wolf King ordered I caught one side of the cardigan and let it slide smoothly down off my shoulder. Smooth, pale shoulder lines and collarbones caught the studio lights and gleamed dazzlingly. The viewers lost their minds.
At that exact moment BlackCard, as if he had been waiting, casually dropped a lethal finishing blow.
The second I saw it, my breath locked in my throat.
Is this a bug? Some kind of scam? Fuck, how is this even possible?
The number 10,000 stamped crystal-clear in the alert window made my heart plummet straight through the floor. One single donation had just detonated a full million won. The moment cold hard cash for a million won flashed in front of my eyes, every last defensive line inside me—male pride and all the rest—collapsed completely.
Whoa... a real million won?!
At that amount, tossing the cardigan wasn't even a question. If he ordered me to strip naked and do a handstand right now I probably would have. For a moment I stared at the screen with a completely vacant expression, then broke into a seductive smile that said I owned the whole world.
"Kyaaaah...! B-BlackCard oppa...! Ten thousand...! Thank you so, so much!"
After the thank-you I immediately stripped off the cardigan and flung it behind the chair. A tank top that left my cleavage fully exposed filled the camera. Now I was supposed to make a cute face, but the inspiration just wouldn't come, so I stared hard at the monitor.
"Oppa... how is it? Does Cherry look pretty...?"
The chat detonated into pure chaos.
The chat was rapidly being swallowed by talk of BlackCard's massive donations. Then—
I watched the two of them thrash at each other with pure delight and wore a secret smile of triumph. Thanks to those suckers blasting Star Candies, money was piling up in fat stacks. At this rate I had a strong feeling they would pay whatever number I named.
Should I just throw one out there?
After a brief hesitation I decided I had nothing to lose and went for it.
"Oppas, if you give me just a hundred thousand, Cherry can show you her chest... How about it...?"
I tossed the line out and got ready for the next mission.