“Ah, it seems like it’s all as expected…”
The next morning.
Last night’s stream had been clipped, picked up by social networking and summary sites, and the number of views and subscribers had increased again.
I’m glad to hear that.
No doubt we are grateful.
However, it sucks that the buzz went in the direction of a couple getting it on during the feed. …From now on, I will definitely stop giving Haku san alcohol while streaming.
“So it’s coming from Nekomiya san’s place too……I see…….”
I often see Nekomiya san’s name in videos and comments on social media.
It seems that the photo of Haku san taken yesterday has been well received and people are subscribing to the channel.
Thanks to her efforts, the number of subscribers to my channel is about to exceed 200,000.
Normally, I should start streaming today to take advantage of this momentum.
……But let’s wait and see.
This is not a good way to raise the topic.
The reason yesterday’s stream went viral was due to alcohol, and none of it is reproducible.
But the viewers who came in from that clipping will surely want to see the same scene again and will encourage Haku san to drink. Since Haku san is also an honest person, she must wonder if she should drink. It would not be fun to have dinner in such a situation.
“……Will she settle down if I wait a week or so? In the meantime, I have to do this one…….”
Nowadays, there is a considerable demand for short videos of one or two minutes.
So, I decided to edit the recipe explanation videos that already exist and put them together in a shorter format.
As I was tapping my keyboard, I suddenly felt a shiver.
It’s strangely cold…….
I looked at the thermometer and saw that it was 16 degrees Celsius.
I’ve had the heater on since I woke up, so why is it so low?
“Uwaa, it’s cold.”
When I put my hand on the air blowing from the air conditioner, it was really cold even though it was supposed to be heating.
I tried everything, but there was no warm air at all. ……This is not good, it must be broken.
This air conditioner was left behind by a previous resident and is a very old model number.
I knew it could break at any time, but I didn’t expect it to break in the middle of winter. Very bad timing.
“Repair is……no need. I’m moving anyway. I’ll just take the heater out and…..ah ! Oh, that reminds me, there’s that one too.”
I pulled out the heater from the closet, then reached for it.
I got a kotatsu futon and a kotatsu heater last winter from a lottery at a shopping district, but ended up not using them.
I set them up on the table I have…..and voila. It’s done.
“It’s warm……”
I turned it on and put my feet into the kotatsu.
The warmth of the kotatsu, combined with the comfortable feel of the futon and its moderate weight, made me feel very comfortable.
I really like kotatsu.
It feels like Japan at its best.
“……”
Oh, no.
I was out of it for a moment.
Kotatsu is dangerous. It has a magical power to ruin people.
I should go shopping before Haku san comes.
If there are tangerines, ice cream, and other goodies for the kotatsu, Haku san will be happy.
“…..Hmm? Nekomiya san?”
There was a message on my phone from Nekomiya san.
I check the content and wonder what’s wrong.
“……Oh, for real?”
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In the evening.
The intercom rings at the usual time.
When I opened the door, there stood Haku san in a familiar suit. ……With a huge backpack on her back.
“E-wrm……good evening, Haku san.”
“Good evening ! I’m sorry to bother you !”
With a voice full of motivation, she entered the doorway and set down her backpack with a thump.
What’s with this big baggage? Did she seriously want to kill me and even brought a machine to dispose a corpse?
She looked extremely excited, and it seemed normal.
…It would be troublesome to die suddenly. I don’t know what to do.
“Inami…..I was thinking. I thought maybe I wasn’t trying hard enough.”
“Y-yes……?”
“I’m always slacking off. I thought I couldn’t do it.”
Her eyes are shining brightly.
Do it? Slacking off?
Wait a minute. Did she just remember she’s an assassin? Is she seriously here to kill me?
“I…I-I think you’re just fine the way you are, right? You don’t have to try so hard…”
“Not good ! !”
I tried to calm her down with a polite tone of voice so as not to offend her, but it was drowned out by her rebuke.
“I wanna move on ! I don’t wanna stay where I am, I wanna…..do better, I wanna do it properly ! !”
By [properly] do you mean [as an assassin]?
That’s not good. That’s very troubling.
“Do you need to do it properly? I feel like you don’t-“
“Why’d you say that !? Inami, you idiot ! !”
Because I don’t want to die, that’s why.
There’s no other reason than that.
……Oh no, I don’t want to lose the fun time with Haku- an.
I hate it next to dying.
“Anyway, I’ve made up my mind ! I’ll do my best ! Because I’ve made up my mind !”
“Wait, wait, wait ! Whoaaaaah ! !”
She released the contents of her backpack.
I screamed to see what kind of terrible weapon would come out, but what I saw was something completely different from what I had imagined.
“…………….. ……Ah, uh. What’s that?”
“It’s a camera.”
“…..C-camera?”
Even if you don’t tell me, I know it when I see it.
It’s a brand-new camera. And it’s the one I was thinking about buying for filming and streaming, but it was too expensive and I gave up on it.
D-don’t tell me she’s gonna use it to film me getting hurt?
I bet so. That’s a very assassin-like use.
“When I was changing clothes with Nekomiya yesterday, she said, [You should use better filming equipment, Inami san.] So I decided to buy some ! I can only do so much to help Inami with his work, and this is all I can do !”
It was completely different.
It was a very normal, very peaceful way to use the equipment.
“And there’s—“
“Y-you bought something else?”
“I asked the shopkeeper and got everything I needed. I don’t really understand, so Inami, can you check with me later?”
The total value of the equipment was well into the three-digit millions of yen.
I can’t accept this. I’ll have them return it.
I was about to say that, but she looked like a dog waiting to be praised. ……If I don’t accept this, the worst that can happen is that she’ll cry.
“W-wow, I’m soooo happy. Thank you !”
“Right ! I know, right ! Hehehehe !”
……She’s really happy.
If I got a Siberian Husky or something, it would probably be like this.
But I didn’t realize that this is what it’s about when she was talking about “trying her best”.
I wonder if Hak -san had a lot of thoughts after streaming by herself.
“Today’s stream will be perfect ! I’ll do my best, so just ask me anything !”
“Ah. No, today–“
“I’ll even go shopping ! If you write down the ingredients, I’ll be a great kid who can do the errands properly !”
“Sorry. There will be no streaming today.”
“Eh……?”
“Well, I’m thinking of taking a break for a while. I’ll make sure to learn how to use the equipment before I start again.”
“…Are you taking the day off because of me? B-because I got drunk and said something strange…?”
The sparkling expression on her face just now changed and Haku san started shaking with a face that looked as if she was about to cry.
Haku san is the reason I’m taking a break, but it’s not necessarily her fault.
It is simply that I’m worried about her.
But there is a possibility that she would not understand my explanation. What should I do?
“Thanks to Haku san, I have a lot of viewers, and they are very helpful. So I thought I’d try some things to make it more enjoyable for everyone. Streaming isn’t my only job.”
I’m not lying.
I’ve been making short videos during the day, and that’s just what I’ve been doing.
I have a lot of other things I need to do, like splitting up the channels, editing the French toast stream for video, and moving the social media around.
“I genuinely hope you go home today with a full stomach. I’ll make you something delicious.”
“….Y-yeah? But then, in what way am I supposed to work hard?”
“In the first place, why should you work hard?”
“……I-I wanted to be special for Inami……”
“? I’m pretty sure Haku san is already special enough for me.”
“Hyaa !?”
What’s with that reaction?
That’s special.
No one else comes to kill me every day. And more importantly, she’s a very dear friend.
“I’ve got the kotatsu out, so please make yourself at home. I’ll be making dinner.”
“……Kotatsu?”
“Don’t you know? Look, there it is.”
I let Haku san through to the living room and showed her the kotatsu. and her customary mysterious know-it-all attitude began. I always wondered what this was all about.
“…..Can I really relax? Does that count as hard work?”
“Well, if I need you, I’ll call you then. I’m counting on you, Haku san.”
“O-okay ! Call me anytime ! I’ll fly over !”
The distance from the kotatsu to the kitchen is less than three meters.
I left her in the living room and started to prepare dinner.
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“Haku san.”
“……”
“Haku san, come here for a minute.”
“Nn-uh-uh-…… ah-i……”
“……Haku san?”
“Haku san is hey ……, hehe, she’s melted……”
“……”
An hour has passed since then.
When Haku san’s turn finally came, I called out to her, but the response I received was a deadpan one.
When I went to the living room, I found Haku san lying in a kotatsu.
……Ah, she’s fallen.
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