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https://kakuyomu.jp/works/16818093085137406727/episodes/16818093086058519427
After that stream, Mio immediately followed the account of Kiritani Kou.
Looking at his profile, it seems that he usually streams as well.
(Kou san……I bet he helped me that time.)
Until now, Mio had the impression that the viewer named Kiritani Kou was quiet and listened to the stream with few comments.
However, whenever Mio talked to viewers or told them about herself, he always gave feedback and kind words.
Surprisingly, even if there is not even a single comment, the liver can feel lonely and think that no one is interested in what they have to say. However, thanks to Kou’s comments, she rarely had such thoughts during the stream.
That is why she wanted to express her gratitude to him for everything he has done for her.
Mio set up a notification to be notified when Kou’s stream started, so that she could enter immediately.
That night, Mio received a notification on her smartphone.
[Kiritani Kou has started streaming.]
Seeing the text, Mio immediately opened the application. Without hesitation, she entered Kiritani Kou’s channel. Perhaps because she entered so soon, Mio was the only one watching the streaming.
[Konatsu san, good evening. Thanks for coming.]
(Eh, he has a really nice voice…..and he seems to be as kind as I imagined.)
＜Asahina Konatsu> Good evening ! Thank you so much for helping me out today.
As Konatsu types her comment, Kou reads it out and replies.
[Not at all ! I didn’t do much.
If it’s about the gift, it’s a thank you for always letting me listen to your fun stream….I really think you have the potential to become a top streamer, so I’m just showing my support for you.]
＜Asahina Konatsu> I’m embarrassed to be praised like that !
Since Mio is the only one in the frame right now, it’s like having a one-on-one conversation. After that, as they talked about various things, she realized that she and Kou had similar ways of thinking and hobbies, and she found herself enjoying talking to him.
But as time goes by, his viewers gradually come into the frame. Kohus viewers were all nice people, and she felt very comfortable with them. However, it was true that she felt lonely because she could no longer talk alone with him.
After Kou’s stream, Mio followed his social media and sent him a DM on the spur of the moment.
[Kou san, thank you so much for today ! I really enjoyed your stream.]
(Ugh~, I guess it was weird to send him a DM out of the blue……)
Mio opened the social media again and again to see if the message had been read. After a few minutes, a reply came back.
[I’m so glad you came to visit ! Thanks to you, I had a lot of fun.]
Just by looking at his reply, Mio feels her cheeks naturally flush and her heart burns. It was a feeling she had never felt before when chatting with her schoolmates.
Mio may have subconsciously felt attracted to Kou as the opposite sex.
(But if I reply any more, he will indeed pull away…I should just put a stamp on it and be done with it.)
Just when she was thinking that, he sent her an additional message.
[There’s something I forgot to talk about in today’s stream, but if you don’t mind, can we talk via chat or call?]
Mio felt her heart race. Mio replied while suppressing her emotions and decided to talk to Kou on the phone.
[I forgot to tell you that the app has a block function if you get a strange viewer on your stream ! Tap the viewer’s icon and the screen will come up.]
“I see～, I’ll give it a try…..oh, it’s true. You know…..thanks for helping me out today. I was so happy.”
On the call with Kou, she was able to be herself differently than she was in real life, just as she was when she was commenting and talking on the stream.
From that day on, Kou and Mio became like friends who often talked on the calls. On the days before our mutual holidays, they sometimes talked all night until morning.
This led Mio to gradually become more outgoing, and in her third year of junior high school, she was able to graduate without incident, partly because there were no students in the same class who had bullied her.
For high school, she chose a school far away where she did not know anyone from junior high school and started living alone within commuting distance.
At the same time, Mio had become the highest-ranked top streamer on the app, and she was also scouted by a VTuber agency.
(When I was allowed to visit Kou san’s stream for the first time, he told me……I can become a top driver, and it was true.)
Mio officially became a VTuber affiliated with the office, and for the first time her life was starting to go well when……it happened.
The day before the entrance ceremony, when Mio happened to go shopping at a convenience store,……she ran into the students who had bullied her at junior high school.
As soon as they found Mio, they threw ridiculing words at her. The fear brought back her trauma, and her breathing became labored.
(Why…..I already come this far. If we were in the same high school….)
Thinking of this, Mio couldn’t even go outside and once again began to escape into the virtual world all day long.
But then one day, a classmate named Arazaki Kosuke arrived. He was undoubtedly Kiritani Kou.
Mio was happy to see him in real life, but at the same time, she did not want him to know how weak she was.
But then, Mio saw Kou’s video stream.
He had linked all the accounts he had been active in, and his ranking had skyrocketed.
(Kou san said in the streaming that he was afraid to expose his true self to everyone who was watching his other activities.)
But even so, he finished that stream by exposing everything.
Mio was moved by his appearance. The way he exposed so many sides of himself without hiding them, and the way he stood up for himself in a fair manner.
It was as if he was pushing her back, saying that it was her turn now.
(That’s why I……I should show him the real me. It’s my turn to be prepared.)
“Um, Konatsu san? Are you sure I can come in?”
“Please come in. There’s something I want you to see…”
Mio invited Kosuke, who came to deliver the printouts again today, into her house.
“I’m Asahina Konatsu. I’ve been afraid to tell you because I was afraid that you would know who I am in real life……but I won’t run away anymore. That’s what I decided……”
She then showed him the screen of her computer, which showed her virtual self.
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