A Scolding Too Real
"So why the sweater in the middle of summer? You look hot."
"A thousand-year-old fox spirit who’s lost all sense of seasons;;"
"lololol"
"Aren’t you hot?"
"lololololol"
"You look like you’re sweating?"
"Ah, there’s a bit of a story behind this."
"…C-Can I say it?"
Yeon-a spoke calmly, ready to tell the story. I grabbed her sleeve and asked again if it was really okay.
She gave an awkward smile and patted my head.
"I got caught smoking."
"Oh…"
"Sob, I used to be such a pure girl… Don’t hate me, okay?"
"Ah, I don’t hate youuu…"
The chat exploded with noise. I looked at it awkwardly and asked again.
"D-Does everyone know that Gyul-i smokes?"
"What are you guys saying? I’m right here."
Yeon-a held up a V-sign to the camera as she spoke. I smiled softly beside her.
"Anyway, back to the sweater story."
Yeon-a tugged at her orange sweater.
"I was wearing another orange sweater, but it got soaked with cigarette smell, so I bought this new one. It was the one that absorbed the least smoke……"
"Ugh… I-I didn’t know cigarette smell was a trigger too… I don’t know why. Maybe because of all the hard labor back then?"
"Ah, that’s… I-I really like the Kits style… and I didn’t want to make you change the clothes you like because of me… Yep, that’s why."
"Sweet, right? Cute, right? Pretty, right?"
"Right?"
"Ahaha…"
I laughed awkwardly and put a spoonful of beef stew in my mouth, chewing the meat slowly.
Delicious……
Maybe because it was stew, it went down smoothly without making me feel too full.
Of course, while Yeon-a was on her second bowl, I was still on my first.
The Jireongis started posting more comments, saying how proud they were to see me eating well.
"…U-Usually it’s not easy to eat delicious food… I eat ramen, but only boil half the portion… in case I throw up."
"L-Later, once I get an editor and stuff, should I upload it as content……"
People already praised me, saying I was acting like a real broadcaster.
I grinned at them and scooped up more beef stew.
It was delicious.
Really delicious.
I couldn’t stop smiling.
The chat giggled, probably hearing my laughing through the mic.
Yeon-a wiped the stew from around my mouth.
I felt happy.
That thought wouldn’t leave my mind.
Just then—
A familiar username called out to us.
"Ah, D-Dog, DogDog, DogWitch-nim… Welcome."
"You’re here! FoxRain-nim already used her wish coupon."
Yeon-a confirmed it was real and welcomed DogWitch-nim.
What kind of wish it would be was obvious.
…Well, she’ll probably ask to be scolded, I’m not confident though……
She was definitely going to ask for scolding. After all, she was the type who always sang about wanting to be scolded.
I was nervous.
Honestly, I had no confidence. I’d cursed at myself in the mirror before, but I’d never said anything like that out loud to someone else.
I couldn’t even curse my dad and mom to their faces in this life, so there was no way I could do it to DogWitch-nim, one of my precious viewers.
"Uuuu……"
The Jireongis just kept calling me cute without understanding how I felt.
I tried to flip them off with my hand.
"…I can’t even do this."
"Were you just trying to flip them off? Why are you giving a thumbs-up now?"
"I can’t doooo it……"
My pronunciation got all mushy as I covered my face with both hands.
When I looked at the chat right after, it was full of laughing comments.
I was seriously about to die from stress.
"You can do it, SnakeSnake. Think of your dad…!"
"I-Is that even encouragement?"
"S-Sorry!"
"No, it’s okay… I-I know you were just trying to cheer me up."
"Sorry… Don’t hate me."
Yeon-a clung to me as she said that.
I hugged her tightly and asked DogWitch-nim in a determined voice what her wish was.
"D-DogWitch-nim, what’s your wish…?"
"I-I’m not crying…! I’m just gathering strength."
People worried that I was trembling.
I quickly explained and took a deep breath.
"…I’m going in."
"You’re really doing it? Without a demo? I can go first if you want."
"Y-Yeah… It’s a wish, after all."
Cursing at someone else was extremely rare for me.
But she really wanted it.
I gathered all the irritation inside me and spoke with contempt.
"…F-Fuck, you d-disgusting… bastard… U-Ugh. J-Just… thinking about it… makes me sick."
I made a disgusted face as I spoke, but the chat praised me instead of reacting how I expected.
"H-Huh… Was that enough…?"
I asked while breathing roughly and sweating coldly from the discomfort of cursing. DogWitch-nim said it was good.
I looked up at Gyul-Gyul with an expectant expression.
She smiled softly and patted my head.
"I-It’s really okay if I do it? It might be a bit harsh."
Yeon-a asked the viewers for understanding as she spoke.
People who didn’t know Yeon-a well started saying things like that.
Feeling a bit superior because I knew her better, I didn’t mentally prepare myself.
The moment Yeon-a brought her mouth close to the mic—
Her ticklish voice directly pierced my left ear through the earphones.
"…Hey, you fucking bitch."
"…!!"
"Hiding uselessly at home, begging to be scolded… I can’t even look at you, you’re so disgusting……"
Yeon-a’s cursing continued for two full minutes.
I could only flinch and tremble with my mouth covered.
Tears started pouring out.
"Hic…!"
"Huh…?! Suhyun?!"
"Hic…! Yeon-a… Stop, please stop……"
In the end, Yeon-a’s scolding caused a massive broadcast accident.
Crying on stream plus revealing both of our real names.
What the hell……
"That’s too much…!! I-I wasn’t mentally prepared at all!"
"Sorry, I’m sorry…! W-What do we do."
But we didn’t have time to worry about the huge accident.
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Scolding Suhyun
