The Guy Who Messed Up Is Gradually Doing His Best - Chapter 23

“Oh, it’s inside the building.”

Today, I’m going to visit the Makeup Yuu Channel. It was supposed to be Yuu-san coming to my house, but since Yuu-san lives in the neighboring Omura Prefecture, I’m the one going over. I can teleport back home, after all.

By the way, it’s the opposite neighboring prefecture of Sawakaze-kun.

So today, I took the train early in the morning. After about three hours, I arrived in the neighboring prefecture, and from there, I took a taxi to Masaka Corporation, where Makeup Yuu Channel is affiliated. It was a splendid building.

It’s amazing to be affiliated with a corporation.

I left with plenty of time to spare, so I arrived a little before the scheduled time, but there was a person claiming to be the manager waiting in front of the building. She was a woman in her late twenties wearing a suit. I wonder how long she had been waiting.

“Gouda-sama, I presume? I am Morita, Yuu’s manager. It’s a pleasure to meet you today.”

When I returned the greeting, she immediately thanked me for coming from afar and guided me inside.

——Oh…

Passing through the beautifully clean entrance like a hotel, I walk past the guard standing by and get into the elevator with Morita-san.

“Here we go.”

Morita-san got off on the 7th floor. From there, she walked down the carpeted corridor to a certain room.

“Oh, it’s Taketo-kun.”

“Wow, it’s the real thing.”

“Wow wow.”

“He really came.”

In a room that looked like a waiting room, there were four girls, and I found it strange, but one of them looked like Yuu-san.

“Oh, Taketo-kun, it’s me, Yuu!”

It was definitely Yuu-san. But it’s strange. In the video, she looked like a woman in her twenties, but when I actually met her, she looked like a middle schooler. The other three looked the same way too.

——Hmm.

If I calm down and think about it, those were the kids that Yuu-san was doing makeup on. Yuu-san was putting makeup on their faces and her own.

“Nice to meet you, I’m Gouda Taketo. Um, Yuu-san, thank you for today.”

Yuu-san has been wearing a happy smile since we met, but since it’s our first meeting, using polite language might be safer.

Besides, just because someone looks like she is in middle school doesn’t mean she is actually younger.

“Yes. Likewise. But since we are one year younger, please don’t use honorifics. Of course, you can call me Yuu without any honorifics.”

The person named Yuu, who smiled at me, was just as young as she looked.

Well, I wonder what that video is about, but she probably just used makeup to make it work.

“Y-Yeah, I understand, Yuu…”

Calling someone without honorifics feels a bit embarrassing. I might find it easier to use polite language.

“Ah, that’s unfair, Yuu. Taketo-kun, call me Ai.”

“Taketo-kun. I am Miine.”

“I am Shii.”

“Everyone… um, Ai-ni, Mii-ni, and Shii, right? Nice to meet you.”

Three people seem to be happily excited, though.

——Scary.

I was about to say “everyone,” but I felt a lot of pressure from the three of them, so I ended up correcting myself. But since they’re happy, I guess it was the right choice.

After that, I talked a bit with them, oh, Morita-san, thank you for the tea. The four of them were an idol group called “January.”

Then the four of them were uploading videos to netTube to make a name for themselves.

Of course, there are proper January Channel, and it seems that Ai, Mii, and Shii, besides Yuu, also have their own channels and are uploading videos. Building a name for themselves is quite tough, isn’t it?

By the way, it seems that there are 11 other idol groups affiliated with Makasa Corporation. Hmm, I have no knowledge of this industry at all, so I can’t tell if that’s a lot or a little.

“Taketo-kun, look closely. It says in the description that this is one of the channels for the idol group ‘January’.”

Shii shows me the screen of her smartphone. No, it’s dangerous for an idol to get too close to ordinary people. Huh, Taketo-kun is different from ordinary people? He’s an ordinary person.

“You released three songs?”

“Hehe. That’s right.”

“Isn’t it amazing?” Yuu said, a bit smugly. “Oh, they’re selling the song here too? Well then, I’ll buy it on my way home.”

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“It’s Yuu. I’m going to do a simple makeup today as well… but before that, actually, we have an amazing guest with us today.

Who do you think it is? Hehe, everyone is really amazing… yes. I’m sorry for keeping you in suspense, so let’s bring out our guest right away. Gouda-san!”

“Hello, I’m Gouda Taketo, and I’m not amazing at all. Yuu-san, you’re overdoing it.”

Wow, women are amazing. Just a little makeup and Yuu-san looks so much more mature. Her tone has become a bit more polite too, making her look even more grown-up.

“It’s not flattery; it’s the truth. Right, everyone?”

Everyone (Ai, Mii, and Shii) nodded in agreement, but I was the only one who gave a wry smile.

“Since Gouda-san has kindly come today, I would like to try doing his makeup.”

“I kind of had a feeling about that. It’s fine, but I’ve never done makeup before, so please go easy on me, Yuu-san.”

The other day, when I was modeling, I had light makeup done, but I felt it would be better to say it that way in the video.

After that, I sat down on the makeup chair as Yuu-san told me to, and for some reason, I ended up closing my eyes.

It seems like they want to see my reaction to the finished product. Wow, Yuu-san really raises the bar. But it’s my own face, so no matter how much makeup I put on, it won’t change that much, right?

Well, when I was modeling, I looked just like a real model, it was amazing, but huh? Now that I think about it, maybe there has been some change.

Then they pinned my bangs back, trimmed my eyebrows, patted and dabbed my face all over… I dozed off, oh no, I fell asleep without realizing it. Phew, good thing the makeup wasn’t finished yet.

I could hear giggles from around me, but it was my fault for sleeping. Ah, we’re filming, and I’m getting anxious about the video.

“Yes. It’s done. Gouda-san, you can open your eyes now. Everyone, look at Gouda-san. He was already cool, but this time he’s ten times cooler.”

No way, no way. There’s no way it’s ten times that. Everyone’s going to be shocked. Are they okay?

“Huh!? Who?”

There’s this super handsome guy who looks cool even to me as a man. Makeup is amazing.