028. Drinking Stream in a Miniature Garden
028. Drinking Stream in a Miniature Garden
The room was dark.
In front of a monitor casting a faint glow, a woman who had been sitting in nothing but a single pair of underwear leapt to her feet in a panic.
‘Crazy! Why the hell was he suddenly demanding I send my number?’
Her real name was Yu A-yeon.
She was the woman using the nickname 'Reformed Guburi'.
‘If I didn't send my number, he'd probably ban me...’
Yu A-yeon was in a major crisis.
While she was watching an internet broadcast,
her fingers slipped, and a streamer named Gye Se-hun demanded her number.
‘If I didn't send my number, he'd probably ban me...’
She decided to send the number for now.
But she needed to prepare first.
She couldn't talk to a man while stark naked.
Because having a phone conversation with a man while virtually nude was no different from a perverted act.
‘Get dressed, fast...!’
Yu A-yeon hurriedly grabbed and pulled on the sweatsuit lying scattered on the floor.
Even though he wouldn't be able to see, it was a matter of conscience.
If you were a person and not a beast,
you had to maintain a certain level of decorum even during a phone call.
She hadn't given up on being human yet.
‘Honestly, I sometimes did that while watching the stream... but there was a difference between watching one-sidedly and actually calling to talk directly.’
Yu A-yeon's choice turned out to be the right one.
Because after she sent her phone number via whisper,
a video call, not a regular voice call, came through.
‘Fucking lunatic! Why a video call? Thank god I'd instinctively grabbed my clothes, I almost got into huge trouble.’
Yu A-yeon picked up her phone and hesitated for a moment.
Should she answer this or not?
‘If I hit reject, he was going to ban me without even giving me a chance to make an excuse, right?’
If she didn't pick up,
Gye Se-hun would probably ban her mercilessly.
And not just ban her.
He was a cold-blooded bastard who knew no mercy.
There was no way he'd go easy on her just because she had been a viewer who showed up faithfully since day one.
‘Ugh... I shouldn't have run my mouth in chat...’
She had no choice to begin with.
Since she didn't want to get banned, she had no option but to muster her courage and answer.
‘...Didn't trip over my own tongue out of nervousness.’
Yu A-yeon cautiously answered Gye Se-hun's call.
***
Guburi answered the call.
Whether she had flipped the phone over or was covering the camera with her hand, all I could see was a black screen.
"Why did it take you so long to answer?"
[Uh... Sorry...]
A youthful voice came from the other side of the smartphone.
It felt like an elementary school boy whose voice hadn't broken yet.
【Dick Lover】─Lol what's up with that voice?
【Yoho】─Guburi. Your voice is cute.
【Qkrnfl892】─Are you a kid?
【Se-hun Defense Force】─Was she a brat?
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya!
【BigGirl】─Did you make the account under your parents' name? You sound like a minor.
【Min-ji】─She said earlier she commissioned an illegal site to make it.
【Hottie Licker】─Guburi, just leave. Lol
The chat window was going nuts.
It was because Guburi's voice was excessively youthful.
"Guburi. Are you actually an adult?"
I asked just in case.
I planned to ban her immediately if she wasn't an adult.
At other times, maybe not,
but this was a Drinking Stream with alcohol.
[I, I'm an adult! I told you I've been discharged from the military?]
Guburi answered in a trembling voice.
Well, the probability was high that she was an adult.
She had said she bought and was drinking alcohol, and she seemed fairly knowledgeable about the military.
I quickly dismissed my doubts.
If she said she was an adult, what could I do but believe her.
There were plenty of people whose voices sounded young, so I decided to put aside pointless suspicion.
Of course, the viewers were still suspicious.
【Yoho】─Didn't you just go to a military experience camp?
【Min-ji】─Reasonable doubt.
【Dick Lover】─Lololol
【Hottie Licker】─Guburi. Use formal speech with us from now on.
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya! A kid's watching an adult stream!
[Sh, shut up, you fucking bitches! I said I'm an adult!]
Guburi shouted in an angry voice.
She seemed to be watching the chat window.
【Yoho】─You're an aduuult~ Heh, she's cute.
【Qkrnfl892】─Shutting her mouth, as commanded.
【Se-hun Defense Force】─For real lol. She shut her mouth and only typed in chat.
【BigGirl】─Her voice is feisty.
【Dick Lover】─Originally she was so obnoxious I wanted to kill her, but hearing her voice changed my mind. Seriously, it's cute.
【Hottie Licker】─Agreed lol. Lick.
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya! Prove you're an adult!
【Min-ji】─Guburi. Got an ID?
She was reaping what she had sown.
She should have toned down her antics.
Since she'd strutted around so much, she was bound to have lots of enemies.
[I'm an adult, I said... fuck...]
The trembling in her voice got worse.
I wondered if she might actually start crying at this rate.
I decided to calm the chat down.
After all, teasing that crossed the line turned into harassment.
"Enough, guys. She says she's an adult. What's there to prove or not prove? Starting now, no more chats telling her to prove she's an adult."
【Yoho】─Yes.
【Min-ji】─We'll believe you. Heh.
【Hottie Licker】─Lol. Lick.
【Dick Lover】─Believing you, just this once. Lol.
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya. The viewers here are totally obedient.
Next, I spoke to Guburi.
"And Guburi. Why did you cover the screen?"
[My face shows up...]
"Only I'll see it, so don't worry. I won't put it on the stream."
[No... why do you need to see my face, anyway.]
"Just curious. If you don't want to, then don't."
[If I say no and don't show you, you'll ban me.]
"What. How did you know?"
[...You lunatic.]
Only then did the shape of a human face slowly begin to appear.
Unexpectedly, Guburi was complying and showing her face without much resistance.
Though it was dark, so I couldn't see it clearly.
"Did you turn off the lights in your room? Why is it so dark?"
[I haven't showered, so turning on the light is kind of...]
【Yoho】─Please go shower.
【Hottie Licker】─Gross lol. Ptui.
I decided not to force her to turn on the light.
I could see the face even if it was blurry.
"More importantly, your face is cute, just like your voice."
[Heh-hum...!]
It wasn't an empty compliment.
It was a face that definitely fell on the pretty side.
It was almost unbelievable that she typed vulgar chats with a face like that.
【Yoho】─Gasp. Really? I want to see too!
【Hottie Licker】─Her face is cute? Lol
【Min-ji】─Just hearing her voice, she does sound like she'd be cute.
【Dick Lover】─Can't you show us?
【Qkrnfl892】─Face reveal, go.
【Se-hun Defense Force】─Se-hun's eyes might be weird. We'll judge for you, so show us the screen.
【BigGirl】─I am curious about it.
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya! Show your face!
Checking the chat window, the viewers were clamoring for Guburi's face to be revealed.
I had no intention of showing it.
Because I had promised I wouldn't put it on the stream.
[Don't show them.]
"I won't show them. But why have you been using casual speech with me since earlier?"
[Huh?]
"Chat is chat, but you should use formal speech during a call. Brat has no manners. Wanna die?"
[Aren't you 22? I'm 24, you know?]
"..."
She was considerably older than expected.
Come to think of it, she'd said she served in the military, right?
Her face and voice had unconsciously made me assume she was younger than me.
I decided to let this one slide naturally.
"Hmph. Anyway, now tell me your first love story."
[You should be using formal speech with me...]
"You bitch. Don't change the subject, tell me your first love story."
[Y, yeah.]
In the chat window, Guburi was practically a tyrant, but once she was actually on a call, she turned into a docile lamb.
A textbook Keyboard Warrior.
"You just answered, why so quiet? I told you to tell me your first love story?"
[...Now that I think about it, I don't have a first love.]
"Don't give me that bullshit."
[No, I really don't.]
"You're banned."
[W-wait! Let me think again!]
"I'll give you three minutes."
【Hottie Licker】─Lol, cute. Lick.
【Yoho】─Her flustered voice is cute, too.
【Se-hun Defense Force】─Honestly, I have zero interest or curiosity in hearing a woman's first love story, but Guburi's first love sparks a little curiosity. Lol. I'm curious what poor guy it was.
【Dick Lover】─If I were that guy, I'd kill myself.
【Qkrnfl892】─For real lol. A girl like Guburi has a crush on me? That's grounds for a lawsuit immediately.
【BigGirl】─Didn't he say her face was cute?
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya. He probably just said it to be polite!
The viewers were misunderstanding something.
"Huh? I didn't say that to be polite. I don't know what your faces look like, but someone like Guburi is probably the prettiest out of everyone here."
I didn't call her cute out of courtesy.
I meant it genuinely.
【Yoho】─???
【Min-ji】─That's a bit... Heh.
【Se-hun Defense Force】─Guburi is at that level?
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya?
【Dick Lover】─K. Those words would disappear if you saw my face.
【Hottie Licker】─Lol. If I saw Dick's face, my dick would disappear and hide instead. Lick.
【Dick Lover】─Where do you live.
"At the very least, Guburi is better than Eight-Nine-Two or Hottie. I've seen those two's faces, after all."
【Hottie Licker】─Lick...
【Qkrnfl892】─You remember my face? You've got dementia but you remember stuff like that.
I had run into those two by chance.
I saw Hottie at the driver's license test center.
She was pretty, but how should I put it—kind of plain.
By personal taste, I thought Guburi was better.
I met Eight-Nine-Two while driving.
She was the cadre officer leading the soldiers on a march from the very front.
Of course, I didn't remember her face accurately.
Since she was wearing a combat helmet, after all.
Still, the reason I mentioned her while pretending to remember was purely to talk Guburi up.
I had to boost her like that at least.
It was pitiful how she'd been getting mob lynched.
"Anyway, Guburi. Your three minutes are up."
[Is it okay if I tell you about a boy I liked in kindergarten?]
"Are you crazy?"
[I really don't have any other than that time...]
"Hoo. Fine, just tell me that story for now."
Guburi's first love story that followed was neither interesting nor touching.
When she was in kindergarten,
she showed interest in a boy she had a crush on, and the boy told her not to talk to him and cried.
After that, she was so shocked that she gave up on crushes.
That was the end of the story.
"Nothing else? This doesn't even work as drinking talk."
[I don't have any.]
"...Forget it, hang up. You get a 10-minute Chat Restriction."
I ended the call.
Then, I downed the bowl of makgeolli I'd poured.
"So, who should I pick next."
I scanned the viewer list.
It was time to choose the next target after Guburi.
【Yoho】─??
【Dick Lover】─???
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya...
【Min-ji】─'Who should you pick' for what?
【Se-hun Defense Force】─?
【Reformed Guburi】─Sex.
『User 'Reformed Guburi' has been muted. Time remaining 00:10:00』
I decided to use this opportunity to see the viewers' faces.