Striving to Become the Ideal Man in a World of Reversed Chastity - Chapter 49: Playing Games With Shironeko-san ①

The night after my after-school date with Sakurai-san.As usual, I was about to play an FPS game at home and checked the online status of my gaming friends.

“Oh! Shironeko-san is logged in!”

I noticed that Shironeko-san, a female friend I had made recently, was online. So I decided to send her a chat message.

“Good evening~” 

“Ah, good evening!”

“I was thinking of playing an FPS game now. Would you like to join me if you’re free?” 

“Yes, I’d love to!”

“Great, would it be okay to voice chat now?”

“Yes, that’s fine!”

Since Shironeko-san was free, I immediately called her. She answered right away.

“Good evening~!” 

“Ah, yes, good evening! Nice to see you~” 

“Nice to see you too~ So, shall we jump into ranked matches? Also, what should we do about the third person? Should we go with a random player? Or should we invite someone we know?” 

“Ah, right. Hmm, what should we do…”

This FPS game was a 3-person team battle game. Of course, we could start with just two people and a random player would fill in, so there was no problem. But it was generally easier to coordinate with a fixed team of three, so playing with three regular members was recommended for this game.

“From my side… Ah, nobody else is online today. If you have someone you can invite, please feel free to!” 

“Oh, really? Please wait a moment…” 

“Okay, sure~”

As Shironeko-san began checking her friends list, I waited. Hmm, I wondered if I might make another female friend through Shironeko-san.

“…Ah, sorry. There’s one friend online, but they’re currently streaming a game so I can’t invite them…” 

“I see, then let’s go with one random player! …Wait, what?? You have a friend who streams games? That’s really amazing!” 

“Haha, her streams are quite popular and entertaining. I think she has over 100,000 subscribers and received the Silver Play Button.” 

“Seriously?! That person is truly incredible! Is she your real-life friend or an internet friend?” 

“Oh, she’s a real-life friend. She’s a girl from my class at school.” 

“Oh, really! Does she mainly stream FPS games?”

“Yes, that’s her main content, but she does various other things too.” 

“I see! Being able to do various things means she’s really talented as a streamer!”

Hmm, interesting. I guess there were many kids these days who were YouTubers or TikTokers. Come to think of it, that landmine girl I became friends with at school recently also said she did streaming.

(Oh, I wonder if Kirishima also streams FPS games?)

It seemed like there were many girls who streamed games in this world, so maybe I’d check out various people’s streams during the next break. Maybe I should even start supporting a favorite streamer?

“By the way, do you stream games or do commentary videos, Shironeko-san?” 

“Me?? No, not at all! I’m quite socially awkward, so I could never energetically talk in front of an unspecified audience!!”

When I asked that, Shironeko-san denied it loudly.

“Really?? Haha, Shironeko-san, you’re not socially awkward. I mean, you’re having a fun conversation with me right now.” 

“No, no! I’m seriously socially awkward!! It only seems fine now because we’re voice chatting, but if we were to meet in person, you’d see how truly awkward I am.”

“Haha, that can’t possibly be true! Well, to confirm whether Shironeko-san is really socially awkward or not… I’d like to meet up with you sometime!” 

“Eh?! M-meet up??”

And so, I threw that suggestion at Shironeko-san.

“By the way, maybe it’s a bit late to ask it now, but have you ever done meetups before, Shironeko-san?” 

“Eh? Well, I’ve met up with really close internet friends a few times.” 

“Oh, I see! I’ve never done a meetup before so I’m a bit curious, what kind of things do you do for fun at these meetups?”

Since I had never done a meetup in my original world either, I was curious and decided to ask.

“Oh, Aoi-san hasn’t done meetups before. Hmm, what do we do… Well, we usually meet up and hold mini tournaments at arcades, go out to eat, or do escape room games and things like that.” 

“Wow, that sounds really fun!”

I felt genuinely envious of those meetups since I really loved escape room games.

“By the way, what’s the gender ratio like? Are there more women?” 

“It’s not just more, basically everyone is female. It’s obviously a higher hurdle to make online friends of the opposite gender, haha.” 

“Oh, I see! I understand now.”

So in this world, it seemed difficult to make male internet friends.

“By the way, if you were to meet up with me, what would you want to do, Shironeko-san?” 

“Eh? With you, Aoi-san? W-well… I guess we could eat together?” 

“What, just that??” 

“Eh!? W-what do you mean by ‘just that’??” 

“What do I mean… Well, I meant that I’ll go along with whatever Shironeko-san wants to do.” 

“D-does that mean… are you suggesting something more… intimate?” 

“Haha, of course! So why don’t we start with meeting face-to-face? Maybe we could talk at a café first, and if we both feel comfortable… you know?” 

“…! Y-yes… Let’s start with… meeting face-to-face!”

So I suggested that we start with meeting in person. This worked out well for me because if we hit it off, we could head to a hotel, and if not, we could just hang out at a game center or something. It was basically a win-win for me.

“Ah, but…” 

“Hmm? But what?”

After I suggested meeting face-to-face first, Shironeko-san spoke in a slightly hesitant voice.

“Um, well… this isn’t one of those things where you ask for money afterward… is it?” 

“Eh? What do you mean?” 

“Oh, you know… those trending things lately? Like a ‘sugar mommy-baby’ thing where you exchange money at the meetup…” 

“Eh? Ah, I see.”

It seemed Shironeko-san thought I might have financial motives. So in this world, instead of sugar daddies, sugar mommies were more popular? I was a bit curious, so maybe I’d look into it later.

“No, no, I don’t have any financial motives. And I’ll pay for my own expenses, so don’t worry! I genuinely just want to meet you, Shironeko-san.” 

“R-really…! T-then I’d love to meet up!”

And just like that, meeting with Shironeko-san was easily decided. This world really was conveniently nice!

“By the way, Aoi-san, do you have any preferred women’s clothing styles? Since we’re meeting, I can wear whatever style you’d like!” 

“Really? That makes me happy!”

And then Shironeko-san made an unexpected offer. Just meeting a girl would be exciting enough for me, but I could even specify what she’d wear?? Now then, what kind of outfit should I request??