34 Ch 32 - A Bit of History

"Hah...finally done with that shit." I sighed.

'Hmm...yeah, screw it. I'm up for a fucking song.'

"What song should I create though...Eh, I'll listen to some Japanese songs or something-"

"Shiro-kun...? A-Are you busy? It seems you're done streaming...?" I heard a voice outside the door.

"Oh? Coming!" I said as I grabbed my mask off the hook and opened the door.

"Oh. It's Roboco."

"Ah...a-are you busy?" She asked.

"No. Come in, please. You might have some business with me or so, so lemme go get a chair so you can sit beside me."

"A-Ah…okay…"

And so, I did. While I was getting a chair, I glanced at her a few times. She was a bit amazed at my room.

"What is it?" I asked her.

"Nothing...I just thought your room was more organized than I thought. Not to mention, you really are a musician…" She said as she looked at my instruments stacked in a line, and especially the stuff I have on my desk.

"Well, maybe my computer isn't AS organized, but hey, I hate having to have a day where I need to waste time on cleaning shit, so I need to do it beforehand so I have more time to play and work instead of working at something that doesn't help my career as much, even though cleaning is quite helpful and essential." I sighed as I sat down on my chair.

"So? Have a seat." I said.

"Ah, thank you!" She said.

I got rid of my headphones and changed it with my earphones.

"Here, wanna listen to some music as I play some games and hope I can get inspired to make a song?"

"That's oddly specific...but sure!" She said as she put the right earbud on her right ear.

I played a playlist in Spotify that I call "Nihonjin songs" cause I'm a Nihonggo. And yes, I butchered it cause I'm funny. Shut up.

"Oh? What're you playing?" She asked.

"I'm just playing a game called EDOPro. It's a popular Yu-Gi-Oh app that people use to play Yu-Gi-Oh online."

"Yu-Gi-Oh? I thought you weren't that into it. I did hear you mention it in your debut, but I thought you were just getting into it."

"Oh, please. As much of a meathead I am, I love games that involve my brain more. That includes Chess, Shogi, Yu-Gi-Oh, Counter-Strike, Strategy games, and many more that require you to use your brain a lot."

"Eh…? Then again, I guess I'm not surprised since you're very good at freestyle rapping. Not to mention, you're a polyglot." She giggled.

"I-I guess…" I chuckled nervously.

I picked the deck that I called "Kobayashi-san" which is a Dragonmaid deck in Yu-Gi-Oh, and the music that just played was called "Natsu no Maboroshi" by Omoinotake.

"Oh? This song! I love it!" Roboco said.

"Yeah...me too." I chuckled.

Always reminds me of my girlfriends and crushes...sigh, I hate and love sad songs.

"...Oh?" I said as I felt something soft on my left arm.

I looked to my left, and saw Roboco's right boob touching my arm as I also felt her head resting on my left arm. Her hair smelt really nice too...it smelled like roses.

"W-What are you doing?" I sweat dropped and blushed a bit.

'Gotta admit. Her boobs are hella big, and it's soft...no, keep your horniness intact, Shiro. You haven't fapped since last week, for fuck's sake.' I thought.

"Is it okay if I rest on your arm for a bit? Or am I too heavy?" She asked.

"N-No...I don't mind, but...don't do anything more than that." I groaned a bit as I continued playing.

"Hehe. Thank you.~" She said as she pressed her boobs against my arm even more as I blushed and my Uncle Richard Jr. started standing up.

'The curse of a man...why, Uncle Richard Jr...?' I thought.

And so, I played more, but after the first chorus of "Natsu no Maboroshi" ended and it went to the 2nd verse, that's when an idea hit me in the head.

"..." I said as my hand froze in place while humming very quietly to the melody.

"...Oh? What's wrong?"

"Nothing...I just got hit with a new song idea to my head."

"Oh? Are you gonna compose now?"

"...I'll do it after this match." I said as I continued playing Yu-Gi-Oh.

"...Are you gonna stick around for it?" I sweat dropped while looking at her.

"Oh, you don't like it...?"

"I don't mind, but you might get bored."

"Eh?! No, I won't!" She pouted.

"You will."

"I won't!"

"You don't understand my thought process."

"I do understand your thought process!"

"I'm autistic."

"You're not!"

"My point is, I have a lot of fun when composing and sometimes, I think of certain ideas, making me act like a crazy mental patient when I do it. Are you sure you'd like to stick around?"

"I don't mind." She pouted more.

"Sigh...fine. But you won't hear anything since I'll be using my monitor headphones, thank you." I said as I unplugged the earphones.

"EH?! WHY?!"

"I'll let you listen to it when I'm done with certain parts, don't worry." I deadpanned at her.

'Roboco as a girlfriend is a hassle...in exchange for a cute and clingy girlfriend, you get pestered.' I deadpanned my screen.

Well, it's not like she's my girlfriend anyway, so whatever.

And so, I started making it. I got my electric guitar beside me in case I need it, and I played chords on my keyboard. Roboco was just looking at me from the side as I bopped my head to the beat.

'...Remember when I loved you. Remember all those times I would kiss and I would hug you.' I thought in my head for the lyrics as I began to smile widely, making my mask rise up a bit.

"Oh? What's happening?" Roboco said as she smiled a bit.

"Oh, nothing...I just love it when a song just comes together." I giggled.

"It's almost done that quick?!" She asked.

"Nah...but it's a simple piece, so it's more or less sort of done. I just need to add a bit more sounds and instruments that I need for this." I giggled.

"Wanna listen to it? I made up the main melody and drums for it."

"Oh? Sure…"

She wore the headphones on, and I played the music.

"...This sounds like Natsu no Maboroshi!" She said.

"Yeah. But I will change it so it only sounds similar, but not the same." I said as I got my headphones back.

"...Oh? Now that I think about it...what's your microphone model?"

"Oh? It's a studio mic. The Brauner VM1."

" Ah, that one...WAIT, THAT ONE?!"

"Yup."

"HOW DID YOU AFFORD IT EVER IN YOUR LIFETIME AND STILL SPEND YOUR MONEY LIKE IT'S NOTHING?!"

"Oh? Well...if you heard about the recent event about Rushia's father in the hospital, then it might not be as surprising."

"I-I already watched a clip about it, but how?! Isn't that like 1 million yen?!"

"Well, around 1 million and 200 thousand."

"That's still a lot! Are you a rich boy or something?!"

"Nah, some of my money actually came from when I was White T. Not only that, I was paid a lot from a lot of operations back in the base, not to mention my monthly salary, despite Japan's fucked up economy. But hey, around half of my money is from overseas anyway, so no biggie."

"Huh...I guess rapping is really expensive, huh?" She said as I felt her grab my arm and leaned on it again.

"Yeah...as much as it might not be as expensive as you streamers, it does require very good mixing and equipment, and if I need a perfect studio mic for it, then so be it. I'll spend a couple millions even just to get that mic that I need."

"I'm sure your 'equipment' is already worth more than what we have as of now, even if some of us have the KU 100 mic…" She sweat dropped.

"Well, you get it. I spend a lot of money on stuff like this…" I said as I continued making music.

"..."

"...hmm...maybe if I add just a teeny tiny bit of delay." I mumbled in English while still not moving as Roboco just kept clinging on me.

"..."

"Huh...needs to be a bit more spacy, if you get what I mean...maybe I'll stereoize it...or maybe I'll just add a bit of reverb and increase the room, but make it mostly dry...fuck it, I'll just stereoize it…" I mumbled again in English.

"...Are you not gonna hold me as close as you want? I'm a girl, you know? It's a once-in-a-lifetime for a man to do it to any girl." She said as she giggled.

I widened my eyes and blushed as I looked at her.

"E-Eh? What the hell?!" I said in Japanese.

"Hehe. C'mon...nobody would know...it's only us." She said as she slowly went from a talking voice to almost a whisper.

"..." I blushed more and looked back at the screen. I also took a peek at the time.

'It's around 2:30...no wonder.'

A theory I made is that women are usually hornier as it approaches nighttime. Not the horniest. Just that they're usually in heat at nighttime.

"You're probably just horny." I said.

"Maybe?" She said as she giggled.

"I mean...you're like the only guy I've ever done this with, other than my ex...You're the only lucky Holostars member, you know?"

I widened my eyes a bit, not from what she said, but from the 'Holostars' word.

"...Roboco, I got a question." I said as I put my headphones around my nape and looked at her.

"Oh? What is it?"

"How close are the Holostars to any of the girls? Just even one you can think of as far as you know. They don't have to be hanging out, but who here at least converses once in a while?"

"Hmm...somebody like Oga-kun and Iofi-chan, or Fubuki-chan and other Holostars, but...they won't actively chat unless something happens, usually streams or if they're beside each other in the studio recording room."

"...I see." I said as I put my headphones back on and put my right hand on my mouse.

"Why do you ask?"

"Nothing." I chuckled.

'Damn...since about 2 years ago, they have made very little progress, huh? At least Roberu got to talk with Sora...that's a huge achievement already.'

Still...that's rather passive. I thought they must've at least broken the boundary and consider each other close enough like family, but it seems that's what we all are here apparently...family in the Holohouse, long-distance relatives at heart…

"...Are you still gonna wrap your arm around me?-"

"No."

"Hmmph...!" She pouted.

"I mean...I don't really want things to happen between us that we'll both regret, you know? I care about you, Roboco. I love you platonically. I don't want us to have another 'ex-boyfriend' incident, you know...?"

"...Heh. Even in moments like this, and despite not liking girls, you care a lot about us, don't you? Even me."

"Yeah...I am a soldier at heart, after all."

Sacrificing myself for others has always been a part of me, even when I was young.

"But when you say you love me, you don't mean anything else, right?~"

"Of course not. I love you guys, but not like that. Only like a friend. I'd rather eat Haachama's cooking than to make one of you my girlfriend."

"Hmm?~ Really?~ I could be the best girlfriend you could ever ask for.~"

"Nah, I think I'll pass the chance." I chuckled.

"Hmmph! You're no fun!" She said as she released me and pouted while crossing her arms.

"Yeah, yeah. At least you were able to induce a boner. I'll praise you for that." I patted her head.

"EURGH!-" She yelped as I patted her head.

"You fell for me, right? That's why you're doing this? Enjoy this pat while you still can, Roboco."

As much as I hate manipulating others for my benefit, sometimes I just wanna tease others a lot, especially girls…'cause girls have the best reactions when it comes to these moments.

"...Yeah...I-I like you, Shiro...a-as the opposite sex…P-Please keep patting me..."

"Not wuv?~ I thought ywou wuved me.~"

She blushed more and steam was visibly popping out of her ears.

"Y-Yeah...I-I do…"

"Oh?~ Where's your tweasing demweanor now?~ Did Shwiro do thwat?~"

"..." She was blushing too hard to answer.

I finally got my hand off and looked at the screen.

"Hehe. I guess I had enough fun. I hope you liked the pat, Ms. I-have-a-crush-on-Shiro-chan." I chuckled.

"...I did...could you pat me more, please?" She asked, still red from a while ago.

"Sigh...one more, okay?" I said.

"T-Thank you...I love you, Shiro." She said as I put my hand on her head while patting her.

"You've got some guts to call me by my first name without any honorific, but hey, I don't really give a damn about that since I address all my senpais without an honorific." I chuckled.

"Oh...and I hate you too." I giggled.

"...I still love you." She said.

"I get it, I get it. You have such a huge crush on me. Now shut up and just accept the pat. It's a once-in-a-lifetime that a girl can get from a man."

"H-Hai…" She said as I continued patting her.

'This girl, seriously...whatever, it's not like I have feelings for her anyway.' I thought as I smiled.

After making the whole song, I led Roboco out of the room.

"Alright, I guess I'll see you later as I kill time until I have to sleep."

"Un! See you later, Shiro!"

"Yeah, yeah-" I said as I was suddenly pulled at my collar, and felt something soft against my cheek.

"Chu.~"

I widened my eyes as I looked at her who had a wide smile.

"Hihi.~" She said as she made her way to the stairs.

I slowly turned to my right to see some Hololivers blushing as they looked at me with wide eyes and a few Holostars with their jaw dropped and blinking twice.

"...I'm the victim here…" I said as I slowly closed the door.

I sighed.

"Man...I guess that kiss to the cheek wasn't so bad…"

I thought of Roboco as Subaru, and all of a sudden, my shorts tightened around a certain spot.

"...Oh man…"

I grabbed my dick out of instinct, and tried to even rub it up and down.

'Subaru...oh man, I wonder what her boobs look like?'

All of a sudden, my thoughts were filled with Subaru. Specifically, her being naked.

Her nice butt, her mid-sized boobs, her white skin, her perfect curves, her thighs, the outline of her private part between her legs...my dick is raging to put it inside her. I just want to smother my lips all over her body as I claim it as my property to make sure nobody else could have her.

I can even imagine all the hickies on her neck caused by me.

"Hah…hah...oh fuck, I think it's about time I should let off now...!" I said as I got on my computer and searched through my computer.

I went from Storage D > Hololive > Duccling > Unseiso, and looked at every Subaru pic.

I instantly pulled my shorts down, popping my now-raging wood, and I did what was second nature to me.

"Hah...Hmm...damn, I really wanna fuck her…"

Dammit, I need to release quick to get rid of the horniness…

"Hah...Subaru...you're so cute...I love you…" I said as I leaned on the table and kept touching the wood furiously, like a cruel guy choking a chicken's neck with all his might.

I kept doing it, even though it would take a few minutes for me to start feeling a certain way. At that time, I imagined doing so many things to Subaru. Unimaginable things that I would like to do with her if we ever did the deed.

I wanna slap that ass, I wanna choke her, I wanna stick it up inside her till her mind breaks. I wanna kiss her deeply from day till night. I just…was thirsty as hell for Subaru.

"Hah...hah...oh fuck, I'm gonna cum right now." I said as I ran towards the bathroom, and immediately slid on the floor with my knees.

'S-Subaru...!' I imagined a scene in my mind where she was panting on the bed, and I was about to release it all on her body. Her precious, pale white-skinned body.

"G-Grr...!" I said as I slightly widened my eyes from all the stuff that released.

I felt a dopamine rush to my head, and my mind felt foggy for a while as I looked at all the white stuff that got out of my body.

"...Holy shit, that was a fucking missile."

I've abstained a lot in my life because of soldier duty, and there are loads of times I only do it for once a week, but holy shit, throughout my whole life, never have I ever came so hard for one person...and that was just my imagination used. If that was the real Subaru...my cum could go flying for 1 kilometer. Jesus...

'...aaand the thought of it made me horny again.'

I don't wanna fap again though...ah, fuck it, I'll distract myself with music. I need to control my libido!

"Eurgh...it's gonna be hard though, but…" I said as I used water to get rid of the white stuff on the floor and the wall.

"Anything to control myself, I guess…"

'Damn, I guess my heart finally fell for Subaru, huh...?'

...

...

'Don't ever take any signs for granted. Most probably, you're just gonna end up as best friends.' A flashback popped back up in my head.

"...Ah, I forgot…"

I can't forget that girls have a tendency to be deceitful. Besides, I can't forget the reason why me and my other 2 ex girlfriends broke up, as well as why I didn't end up catching too many feelings for my other crushes.

I need to observe Subaru more...as much as I think I fell in love with her, I also gotta make sure that she could be the one for me...who knows? She might've actually fell for somebody else.

"Ah, shit. I also need to mix my songs and complete it all." I said as I got my USB and plugged it into my computer.

"Alright...time to finish this."

And so, I did. I mixed the songs, listened to it a couple times, and everything was perfect. It seemed good enough as my EP.

And I am aware that this is not my best work. Matter of fact, I could've done better, but...this will serve as the "attention grabber" if that makes sense. This EP is just enough to catch somebody's attention and become my listener to let them see what I offer, and boom, after that, my next albums will be my obra maestras...well, that's an exaggeration, but it is true that my next albums will do better since I'll be putting in more effort in it. Not to say I didn't put any effort in my General EP though.

"Alright, guess I'll go to Shinove...oh wait."

I went to my fridge and checked the shelves at the door.

"...Ah yeah, I gotta buy some coffee real quick."

And so I got my USB, went to the building, left it to Shinove who was still in the office, and he said that he'd take care of it all but told me he'll finally distribute it once the cover was finally finished. That was my cue to finally go to the convenience store.

I walked since I wanted to at least get some exercise, and while walking, I thought about relationships hard. Really hard.

Not just me possibly ending up with Subaru, but also the relationships in Hololive.

Like...how did Noel and Flare really end up together? Yes, they were originally shipped by staff members, but why did they decide to commit to each other? Why did Matsuri cry for Hoshikawa? Was Matsuri really in love with Luna? Are Mel and Choco girlfriend and girlfriend? Are Botan and Lamy together? Do any of the boys have at least a thing for one of the girls? A lot of things popped up in my mind. Even my time back when I was a teen when I was horny for a lot of girls and got two girlfriends…

When I snapped back to reality, I realized I was already at the convenience store.

"Ah...I forgot I had to buy coffee." I said as I went to one of the aisles that had coffee in it.

"Alright…black coffee...what else do I need...?" I mumbled.

"...Oh? Shiro-kun." I heard to my right.

"...Ah, Matsuri. Ey." I said as I looked at her and two girls behind her.

Fubuki and Luna...what a coincidence.

"Don't mind me. Your local caffeine addict just needs some sticks for himself." I said as I made my way to the bread section of the aisles.

"Ah yeah...I need some bread too." I mumbled in English.

I then got two pieces, and I put it in my basket.

"Aight, I think that's all I need."

I heard another noise in the store aside from Matsuri, Fubuki, and Luna talking, and that was a mom and a boy.

"Mama! Can we buy some chocolate for the house?"

"Hai hai. What chocolate do you want?"

"Hmm...let's see…!"

As I was about to make my way to the counter, A guy with his hood up suddenly went inside the convenience store and I heard a cock of a gun.

"Hands up." The guy with the dark blue hoodie said as he put the gun up and pointed it to my face.

"Woah...calm down, dude." I said as I put the basket down and slowly backed off.

'Well, fucking hell. I wish I could break his bones, but...I guess it's not good to do it infront of the Hololivers that know me as a person, not to mention there's a kid here…'

…Ah fuck, there's a kid here. This is bad...guess I'll just have to get this over with quickly.

"Get down on the ground...and you! Don't try to act like a hero and call for the police!" He said as he pointed the gun at the cashier.

"A-Ah! P-Please don't hurt me!" She said as she jumped and put her hands up.

"Don't scream, you bitch! I'll fucking pull the trigger if you do it!"

I looked at my side and saw the mom and kid and the three Hololivers finally standing still here.

"...And you all! Crouch and put your hands up on your head! Don't you try to play hero and call the cops neither!" He said.

'It took him a couple seconds to notice they were there...this should be easy to do.' I thought.

"...So give me everything inside that now!" He said as he looked at the cash register.

"H-H-H-Hai! P-P-Please don't k-k-kill me!-"

"Say that one more time, and I'll PUT a bullet on your head!"

'Alright, I guess this is my cue now.' I thought as I instantly stood up with my left leg doing the work, and I grabbed his right wrist with my right arm.

"Huh?-ARGH!-" He grunted, and before anybody could blink and see anything, I instantly repositioned my hand on his neck, raised him up, and slammed him to the ground.

"..." I kept a blank expression as the others widened their eyes at what happened.

"I-I didn't even see him move...!" Fubuki said.

"S-Shiro...kun...?" Matsuri said.

"W-How did you...?" Luna said.

"...Ah fuck." I said in English.

"G-Gomennasai. It seems I threw him too hard to the floor and caused a crack in the tiles...I'll pay for the damages. Once again, Gomennasai." I bowed at a 90-degree angle.

"O-Oh...T-Thank you for saving us."

"...W-White-haired onii-chan! Arigatou!" The kid said.

"Oh? Ah, don't mention it! Say, you might want to stay away from this guy. He might grab you, you know?"

"Ah! Sorry!" He said as she stepped back.

"Y-You don't need to pay for the damages, sir! I'll take care of it! Thank you so much for stopping him!" The cashier said.

"O-Oh...really? But I think I gotta do it if I was the one who did it...oh yeah, Matsuri, go call the police please. We need this guy arrested." I said as I put my foot on the gun the guy used and kicked it away.

"A-Ah...hai!" She said.

"T-Thank you so much for saving us and my child!" The mom said.

"Don't mention it. I just knocked the guy out. Anybody could've done it."

"Still, you're a rather strong man. What may I offer as a reward?" She asked.

"Onii-chan! Here!" The boy said as he gave me a piece of candy wrapped in a wrapper.

"Oh? Ah, thank you." I said as I patted his head and he giggled.

"Well, I guess this piece of candy can suffice, ma'am." I said.

"Really?"

"Mhmm. As long as the kid is happy and I can finally pay for the bread and coffee I picked up." I said as I got my basket.

I paid for everything, and me, Matsuri, Fubuki, and Luna walked along the streets.

"So uh...why is Shiro-kun walking along with us again...?" Luna asked.

"Because if I leave you girls alone, some fuck can mug you, kill you, and worse, rape you. So I'm here to act as your quote unquote 'boyfriend' so they can't lay a finger on y'all."

"T-That's a really harsh wording, but I guess it makes sense…" Fubuki sweat dropped.

"Still...Shiro-kun, you were too fast that I didn't even see you standing up. By the time I blinked, you already grabbed him by the neck."

"That's why I'm an ex-general, baby." I chuckled.

"...A-Are you an actual…?"

"Well...I'd like if you keep it a secret, you three, but yes."

"Oh? Really? Show me proof-" Matsuri said as I instantly turned around and hovered my left hand around her neck while putting the loops of the plastic bag on my elbow and put my right hand on her back.

The girls froze into place, and even some that were near us also paused for a bit from the swiftness of my movements.

Matsuri widened her eyes and panted while keeping her lips closed.

"...I could've killed you in 10 different ways if I had an actual knife, Matsuri...and you're not even moving 'cause of fear. Those are qualities a civilian possesses, Matsuri. A soldier could not only counter what I did, but even move like he anticipated danger." I said as I let go.

"Well, that's enough playing around. You get it. I'm an actual retired General of the Army." I said as I put the loops back on my left hand and continued walking.

After a few seconds of not hearing their footsteps behind me, I looked back at them and asked, "C'mon. You don't wanna be left behind, right?"

"...A-Ah! Coming!" Matsuri and the others said.

We finally walked back to the Holohouse, and got greeted by Hololivers. I did my usual "Yo." of course.

I put my stuff inside the fridge, and then I threw the plastic bag into the garbage bin.

"Alright...sigh...I guess I'll record a random Youtube short and edit it to give tips to my Privates for rapping."

And so, I did. I made a video, and this was basically it.

"Privates! I have a tip for y'all in rhyming."

"So basically, we all know 'bastard' and 'sky' don't rhyme whatsoever, right? However! If you do multisyllabic rhyming on it, and make words like 'bastard sword' and 'sky (ska), he soared', it suddenly rhymes, doesn't it?"

"You could say stuff like: 'I used my bastard sword, and into the sky, he soared.'"

"Privates, try to take it as a tip in rhyming that, if two words don't seem to rhyme normally, make it a multisyllabic rhyme, and it might just rhyme if you enunciate it a certain way. Just like the words 'Style' and 'Down'. They don't rhyme normally, but make it multisyllabic, and you can say something like:"

"I'm a gorilla. I got the strong style."

"I'm peeling banana tracks and the walls down."

"That'll be all from Ishijin Shiro's tips in rapping! See y'all next time!"

And so, that ended that. I then just tried to kill time until I had to sleep and stream again tomorrow.

~~Matsuri's POV~~

"Hmm hmm hmm...wonder what's up in Twitter?"

'...It's just somewhat filled with Shiro-kun…'

"Well, at least it died down a bit after the huge uproar from when he was first introduced…"

…

'Well, that's enough playing around. You get it. I'm an actual retired General of the Army.'

"...An actual retired General, huh...?"

…If that has some sort of connection to his PTSD...then I guess he's not really joking...no wonder he was able to get that guy knocked out quickly.

"...Though...he's like the same age as us, right...? How young was he when he enlisted...?"

I tried to think of when he could've done it. If I remember correctly, the General rank is like the highest rank, right? Not a mere 2 years could cut it. 5 years? Maybe? 10 years? But if it was, and he's like 21...did he enlist when he was 11 years old? That's so young!

"...Well, I guess I'll just continue scrolling in Twitter…"

But no matter how much I scrolled...the thought of his past lingered in my mind...and by lingered, I mean it really hung there at the front of my mind.