Provocative-Style Game Streamer (20 years old) Accidentally Reveals His Kind Personality Due To Forgetting To End The Stream. - Chapter 10: The Day Before The Appointment.

The Day Before The Appointment.

“Hmm…”

The evening after exchanging DMs with Ayaya, at 7:00 p.m.

Haruto, who was working at the book cafe again, took a light meal during his one-hour break and glanced through women’s magazines inside the store.

“It seems this kind of fashion is popular now… Hmm, I wonder if this would suit Yuu.”

Muttering to himself, he activated his smartphone and started searching for similar fashion styles on the internet.

There was one thing on Haruto’s mind—to invite his younger sister to go shopping together after he finished his shift.

“I found something like this… How about it? Would you like to look for clothes together next time?” he planned to ask her.

Yuno, Haruto’s sister, worked part-time on her days off, and she saved all her earnings for the future. She only bought the essentials and had fewer clothes compared to typical high school girls, and she had no intention of owning more.

“I hope this will help her relax a bit… I’ll take care of the money part,” Haruto thought, as he occasionally devised strategies like this to ensure she could live freely without hesitation.

Lost in his thoughts about his sister, he spent 10 or 20 minutes completely immersed in his own world, when suddenly:

“Hmm hmm. This black dress is cute.”

A sweet voice accompanied by milk tea-colored hair, pink nails on a delicate index finger, entered his sight and ears.

“Hmm, it is certainly cute, but it feels like the model’s style is what makes it work.”

“The model isn’t wearing heels, but maybe it would look totally fine with heels? Also, wearing a hat that creates an illusion of height might be nice.”

“I see. That combination might work well. Let’s look into this one too.”

“Yeah~”

“…”

“…”

“Hm?”

It was at this moment that Haruto realized something unusual—they were having a conversation.

Blinking his eyes rapidly, he turned his head to look at the person beside him. There, with a creamy matcha latte in hand, was Shirayuki Aya, smiling brightly.

“O-Oh…”

It wasn’t surprising that he replied awkwardly to her sudden appearance. The odds of this happening were astronomically low.

He recalled their conversation from yesterday and thought that maybe she was interested in him.

“Did your university end for the day too, Shirayuki-san?”

“Mhm! By the way, Haruto-san, do guys normally read women’s magazines so seriously? This is the first time I’ve seen a guy doing that.”

“Ah, haha… Well, this is a bit embarrassing to be seen doing. I was actually looking for something for my sister. Anyway, shall we sit here?”

“Sure! Actually, I was planning to ask you something. Thank you!”

Placing the matcha latte on the table with a soft “pon,” Aya pulled the chair gently and sat in front of him.

“W-Well, it’s surprising, but Haruto-san has a younger sister.”

“There was no need to bring it up before. She’s currently in high school, but she likes cute clothes, so I thought of using this as a reference and going shopping together sometime.”

“T-That’s being a good big brother, isn’t it?!”

With her pink eyes widened and her glossy lips forming a circle, Aya expressed her admiration.

“W-Well, I’ve always wanted to be that kind of brother…”

“Hmm. I envy Haruto-san’s sister.”

“Envy?”

“Yeah. I’m an only child, so I want an older brother or sister.”

“Not a younger sibling?”

“You can’t depend on younger siblings, right…?”

“I-I see.”

Haruto’s words got caught in his throat as Aya tilted her slender neck and sought his agreement with an upward gaze. He was captivated by her girlish gestures.

“Anyway, speaking of which, you might resemble Oni-chan, you know?”

“Huh?”

“You’ve heard of that name, right? The ‘Trash-Talking Oni-chan’?”

“Huh? No, I haven’t…? Yeah, that streamer. Yeah, I don’t know him…”

“No, you do know! You’re just pretending not to! Your way of deflecting is the same!”

“I-I really don’t know… I genuinely don’t.”

“Huh? He’s my favorite streamer, though.”

“S-Sorry about that.”

Haruto apologized with his hands clasped together, but his heart was pounding so loudly that it seemed audible to those around him. He never expected that name to come up. Moreover, due to the controversy caused by their provocative streams, he made sure to keep his identity hidden.

“If you don’t know, I’ll tell you! I want you to take an interest.”

“Well, it’s not like I…”

“—That Oni-chan, they cleverly provoke people and increase his anti-fans, but do you know why he does that?”

“Um, maybe he just enjoys provoking people? There are people like that too.”

He listed a seemingly plausible reason with a contorted face, but he wanted to quickly change the topic.

“That’s not it! It’s to send his sister to college! You see, if the views and playback numbers increase, the ad revenue increases too!”

“O-Oh…”

“He wants to send their sister to university, even if it means portraying gimself as the bad guy! Isn’t that super cool!?”

“Is it… cool, though?”

“It’s super cool!”

Aya clenched her fists and leaned forward to convey her excitement. Her eyes sparkled brightly.

“…Y-Yeah, I guess so.”

“Hmm? Haruto-san, are you getting embarrassed… about Oni-chan’s topic?”

“Well, I know it’s about that. But, I guess I might give it a try and watch it.”

“I’ll be waiting for your thoughts!”

“Y-Yeah…”

Under this pressure, Oni-chan felt obliged to watch his own video and give his thoughts. But thanks to this, one topic came to an end, just as Haruto had hoped for, shifting the conversation towards “streamers.”

“Hey, can I ask you something about you, Shirayuki-san?”

“Sure, go ahead.”

“Well, it’s a weird question, but are you friends with the streamer Ayaya-san?”

“W-Why… would you think that?”

“Well, it’s just a hunch? Ahaha… Shirayuki-san probably knows, but you both speak the same dialect.”

Haruto’s probe was aimed at yesterday’s discussion.

However, she was equally savvy when it came to internet literacy.

“S-Sorry, but I don’t know Ayaya-san!”

“Huh, she has over 300,000 subscribers on her channel!”

“Umm… Judging from the name, she’s probably a woman, I think!”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“I don’t watch female streamers!”

“Oh, really?”

“Yes! Ah, this matcha latte is delicious! Do you want some, Haruto-san?”

“Well, if you offer it like that, it puts me in a difficult position, right?”

“Ah, s-sorry. Just kidding, just kidding…!!”

Quickly trying to change the subject, Aya drinks more of her drink to moisten her throat.

Both of them were determined not to reveal anything about themselves, so they stuck to the “I don’t know” stance.

And Haruto started to think that maybe yesterday’s conversation was indeed about someone else.

With both of them maintaining their strong defenses, they planned to collaborate tomorrow using their alternate accounts.

Concealing their top-tier predator strategies and abilities was no easy task.

And that collaboration would be the turning point for them both.