My Favorite Has Started A Live Broadcast!

“Yaaaawn…”

After moving my body to its limits with this new form, I felt my whole body grow drowsy.
When I shifted my gaze slightly to the side, I saw Chocoa sitting with her earphones in, looking at her phone.

“Are you sleepy?”

“Well… yeah, kind of…”

I truly was sleepy. Even for a regular person, moving around like that and walking all day would be exhausting, and I had done just that.
But I blinked my heavy eyelids and managed to keep them open.

“…Did you do well on the test?”

“Better than you did.”

“…”

Right in front of me was a scene more entertaining than Lesik.
By the window, Min-young was glaring and frowning in irritation, while Si-ha sat awkwardly nearby, tapping his knees nervously, clearly struggling to start a conversation.

The train began moving, and with seats scarce, Seol-hwa had settled separately, wearing an eye mask and leaning her head back.

Even Min-young, who usually didn’t use earphones, had taken them out, along with her phone.
As I watched this scene contentedly, Chocoa leaned in close to my ear and whispered.

“Hey…”

“Ahhh!”

Someone whispering in my ear always startled me.
And since it was the voice of the person I liked the most, I jumped in surprise, letting out a strange sound.
Thankfully, it wasn’t loud, so only the two of us noticed.

“Oh my, sorry about that.”

Chocoa withdrew briefly, then leaned back in to whisper again.

“Don’t they seem to have a bad relationship? Min-young seems to really dislike him…”

“No, that’s not it. If Min-young dislikes someone, She won’t even pay attention to them.
She wouldn’t even care who’s sitting next to her. Look how much attention she’s giving him now.”

My sister had always been bad at expressing herself.
When asked about food, she’d say “It’s good” at most, and if it was bad, she’d awkwardly smile and still say it was good.
This was especially common when it came to vegetables.

“She is terrible at lying.”

I hoped to see some heartwarming moments between the two and kept watching them for a long while, but nothing special happened.

“Yaaaawn…”

On the contrary, after sitting still and observing for about an hour, my eyelids grew heavy again.
I leaned my head against the seat and let my eyelids fall shut for a moment.

***
Choi Ga-young POV

“…”

After a while of listening to music with my eyes closed, I opened them to check the time.
That’s when I spotted an amusing sight up front.

Min-young had fallen asleep with her head resting on Si-ha’s shoulder, clutching her phone tightly as an online lecture played softly through the loose earphones.
Si-ha, also fast asleep, remained perfectly still, his head leaning against the chair rather than Min-young.
Had their heads been touching, Su-yeon probably would’ve freaked out upon waking.

Thinking of these trivial thoughts, I turned my gaze to the left.

“…”

The first thing that came to mind when I shifted my gaze was: beautiful.
Eyes usually wide and round were now gently closed, giving the impression of a doll.
Golden sunlight reflected off her hair, while her small, slightly pouting lips looked adorable.
I reached out to move a strand of hair from her face, and she let out a soft “mmph…” before relaxing into a peaceful expression again.

Without saying a word, I pulled the curtain by the window closed and leaned back into my seat.

Thump.

“…”

I didn’t bother changing my now-darkened view.
Instead, I let myself relax, leaning into the soft sensation against my cheek, enjoying the pleasant scent.

***
Lee Su-yeon POV

The long journey finally came to an end.
Every day had felt so long yet so enjoyable.
Though it was just a one-night, two-day trip, it was our first trip together, and… well, it was somewhat successful.
We even won first place in the competition and got the prize money. Apart from the dress, it had been truly fun.

After the trip ended, everyone was busy for the next week.
Aro spent days editing the footage, while Eunah unnie and Aro managed the sudden surge in viewers.
Chocoa also struggled with the influx of viewers.
Meanwhile, Min-young, perhaps influenced by the trip, tried buying me women’s clothes and underwear, all of which I firmly refused.
Even after a week, there was no sign of the viewers decreasing.

“How’s my hair? I went downtown with my sister after work and got it cut.”

-Looks so good!

-Have you thought about going short? I think it’d suit you…

-Nunaaaaaaa!

“I don’t like short hair. Long hair feels nice when I brush it.”

-I want to brush it too!

CoffeeIsBeer: You guys can’t, right?

-You ever tried?

-I could do it.

“Nope! My hair is only for me, my sister, and Chocoa to touch!”

I had always enjoyed brushing Min-young’s long hair.
Since she didn’t particularly dislike it, I’d grown accustomed to long hair.
I knew various styles and the quickest, neatest way to brush it.

“I just like long hair.”

Chocoa: What about me? Don’t you like me?

“Ah… no!! I love it—um, I mean you! I just… uh… short hair suits you too… so it’s great…”

-Clippers!!!!

-Aw, too cute.

-Hahahahahahaha!

Whenever Baraa showed a flustered or amusing expression, viewers filled the chat, and the number of viewers kept increasing.

Even though it had only been about ten minutes since the broadcast started, the viewers continued to grow until the count eventually surpassed ten thousand.

“Isn’t this a bit too much today…?”

– Wow, is this going to hit rank 1?

– The current first place has 30,000 viewers. It’s the tournament broadcast.

– What’s happening in just 10 minutes?

– It’s worth gathering for.

The recent surge in Baraa’s viewers could be attributed to several factors.

First, there was the Lesik Glare event. The photos taken there were circulating endlessly on social media and internet communities.

Additionally, many people were drawn in by the extravagant performance displayed during the cosplay competition, something they hadn’t expected at such an event.

– The thing uploaded to NewTube this time was super fun!

“Oh, it’s been uploaded?”

– Yeah, yesterday.

– How come you don’t know that? LOL.

“The broadcast and NewTube are mostly managed by Eunah unnie… I haven’t watched it yet. Want to watch it together?”

– Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!

When I opened NewTube with my spinning mouse, the algorithm greeted me with clips filled with Chocoa’s highlights.

-? That was a thing?

– It appeared recently because of the increased traffic.

“If anyone who uploads this is here, please keep posting diligently.”

I opened the search bar to check my subscriber count and searched for “Baraa.”

-? Something appeared there.

“What are you talking about? There was nothing.”

– There were definitely dozens of clips like ‘Congratulatios.’

“…I’m not showing that.”

– Ah, sorry, my bad!

– Who said Baraa lied? Purge them!!!

“I’m joking.”

When I shifted my gaze from the chat to the screen, I saw my profile, hugging Strawberry, with the subscriber count and video count displayed.

There were only five videos, a very small number.

However, despite the low number of videos, the subscriber count and view count were far from lacking.

The subscribers slightly exceeded 200,000, and the view count easily surpassed several times that number.

“…Why do I have so many subscribers?”

– Because you’re pretty?

“…Instead of subscribing and watching my videos, please go watch Chocoa.”

The video started playing.

With peaceful, jazz-style background music, the dark screen gradually became clearer.

The video quality was amazing.

Despite being a nearly hour-long video, there wasn’t a single mistake in subtitles, timing, background music, or transitions. Everything was flawless.

There were many moments when the camera captured me unknowingly, but thankfully, there were no overly embarrassing or dress-related scenes.

Satisfied, I clicked the like button.

– Wow, how has an hour already passed?

– This is so freaking fun!

– Who’s the editor? They’re insanely professional.

“This… Aro edited it.”

CoffeeIsBeer – That guy spent the whole week grinding on the edits for this. Pay him a salary.

“Really? I’ll contact him later.”

– Play the tournament scene one more time!

“Ah… That fighting scene? Is that okay? I was terrible, though…”

-?

In the video, as soon as I dropped my handgun with crimson eyes glowing, I pushed off the ground to create distance.

Debris from the barricade scattered across the floor, and soon, we rushed toward each other at high speed.

Si-ha avoided large, sweeping hammer blows and instead used quick, precise movements to strike upwards with the hammer’s handle.

But when I reacted by stepping on the handle with my foot to press it down, cheers erupted from the surroundings.

Pressing the long handle down firmly with my military boots, I disrupted Si-ha’s stance, then swung my remaining leg toward his face.

With controlled strength and speed, Si-ha managed to block my kick with his arm, but he was pushed aside.

Since the heavy hammer was practically useless, I kicked it aside with my foot.

“This… hurt a bit. If not for the boots, I’d have injured my foot. Just regular shoes would’ve been dangerous…”

It was true. My foot and leg had hurt when I kicked Si-ha, and my foot had throbbed when I shoved the hammer aside.

From that point onward, it became one-sided.

Si-ha tried to counterattack, but I dodged and landed counters of my own.

When I attacked moderately, Si-ha was sent sprawling.

– Poor Si-ha, crying face emojis.

– But why are they so good at fighting??

– Seriously, the military uniform fits so well, and the posture looks just like a special forces soldier.

– I overheard at a café once; that someone was talking about the army stuff with their friends.

– LOL military vibes from 21-year-old Baraa queen.

“Well… I just did my best. Si-ha went easy on me.”

– No matter how I see it, you both looked serious. LOL.

“The… last part was a bit…?”

Toward the end of the video, after tumbling on the ground one last time, Si-ha staggered slowly toward me.

I stood still, watching Si-ha intently, then approached and landed a punch on his stomach.

With only a loud sound, the controlled-force punch caused Si-ha to clutch his stomach and collapse.

– Oh…

Sighs of disbelief echoed around in the video.

“I mean… I was getting tired, and it wouldn’t end…”

For some reason, it felt like I could hear Si-ha’s groans from that moment.