Ch 14 - The Talk of the Community

~~Shiro's POV~~

I got my takeout from the eatery I usually buy from, and then finally rode back to the school.

As I started walking towards the Holohouse, I got some sort of question in mind.

'...What if Noel and Flare's job is open 24/7...? If that's the case, I can do it right now...!' I thought to myself, and ran towards the Holohouse, hoping that Noel and Flare aren't streaming right now.

I know for a fact that most Vtubers stream by the hour, but ESPECIALLY at 8 PM JST. Right now, it's not even 8 PM yet, but if we can do this quickly, then I won't have to worry about anything tomorrow.

'Ah...today has really been a tiring day, huh? Welp, guess I'm gonna have a good night's rest tonight.'

Strangely, I feel like there's an extra factor to me having a good night's rest tonight, and I don't know why. Probably just my imagination.

I finally arrived at the Holohouse, and looked everywhere, seeing a bunch of Hololivers watching TV, looking at their phones, chatting, and whatnot. However, I did not see a dark elf or a cow knight here.

"Fuck. I guess they're upstairs." I said to myself as I rushed to my room to put my food in the fridge, and went out immediately.

I went up to the 2nd floor and scanned the rooms. Turns out, Noel and Flare's rooms were here. I knocked on Noel's door 3 times, and said "Noel? You there?"

"Ah, coming!" I heard Noel say through the door. In the next few seconds, she finally opened it.

"Um...what might be the problem?"

"I need to ask you a few questions right now." I said as I intruded her room immediately, seeing Flare standing near Noel's bed.

"Sorry for the disturbance, by the way." I said as I went to the middle of the room.

"Ah, don't worry about it." Noel said as she closed and locked the door.

"So, I'll get straight to the point." I said as Noel and Flare got close to me.

"Yeah?" They both said.

"Is your workplace open 24/7?"

"Y-Yeah? Why?" Noel asked.

"Can you two retire anytime?"

"Yeah. That's why we said you can accompany us when we're free."

"Is your boss still up at this time?"

"Yes."

"Do you have any streams tonight?"

"Mine's at 20:00." Noel said.

"I have none right now...wait, are you saying that we should go right now-" I cut Flare off.

"Alright. You think we could go right now?"

"E-Eh? Wait, seriously? I mean, it's still far from 8 PM, but I mean..." Noel said.

"You girls don't need to take a shower. We just need to hurry."

"B-But Shiro, why are you trying to rush us?" Flare asked.

"Y-Yeah. I mean, can't we do it tomorrow-"

"It's better if I have nothing to worry about tomorrow. Plus, don't you two want to get out as soon as possible?"

"Y-Yeah, but-"

"Then get dressed now."

"S-Shiro-kun...!" Noel groaned a bit.

"What? What excuse do you have right now?"

"A-Are you serious? Like we should go now?" Noel said.

"Yes. So that we have nothing to worry about tomorrow."

"B-But..."

"Noel, I think we should do what Shiro-kun told us to do."

"...Okay, but please protect us all the way, okay?" Noel said to me.

I chuckled.

"Of course."

"Now, Flare, go to your room now, and dress up. I'm giving you two, at most, 15 minutes, okay? Your workplace isn't that far, right?" I continued.

"Y-Yeah. It usually takes about 10 minutes to get there, assuming the traffic is normal." Noel said.

"Though, 15 minutes? That's too quick for us, you know?" Flare said.

"No need for a shower. Just dress up, put a bit of makeup on, get the flashiest clothing you two have, and just go, okay? I'll be downstairs."

"Hai!" They said.

I chuckled.

"Oh, damn. Guess there's a 2nd wave, huh? Well, this is exciting." I said to myself as I went downstairs and towards my room.

I got my bag that I used when I first came to this school, and opened a drawer of mine where I keep a stock of cash on the ready. It's all 10,000 yen bills stacked into one band to form a total of 100,000 yen. I did this in case there are emergencies where I need to bring real cash in big amounts. Guess that came in handy, huh...?

"1...2...4...6...9...12...15...20!" I said I got 20 bands into my bag, and zipped it up.

"Alright, let's go!" I said to myself as I went to the kitchen, and sat there. I was the only one in the table I sat on. The others were filling the other tables up. I just looked through social media and liked some fanart, and whatnot. Even answering some tweets, and stuff.

After a while, I saw Flare and Noel going down the stairs, and I stood up, putting my phone in my bag.

I went to them, and I said "Alright, let's go."

"W-What's this bag for...?" Noel asked as I went out of the Holohouse.

I did a quick hand gesture to signal them to hurry up and follow me. They did so, and ran a bit towards me before they finally walked at the same pace as me.

Noel was wearing a normal white top that's tucked in her black plaid skirt with black socks on and black shoes with a brown sling bag. Flare, on the other hand, was wearing a brown top, similar to what Subaru wore this morning, except Flare's was less exposing, and she also wore a skirt that's black. She wore shoes without socks on.

For their hair though, they both let it down without any fancy hairstyle. Perfect for flashy appearance.

"So, to answer your question earlier, Noel. This bag contains cash."

"Cash? How much?" Noel asked.

"2 million."

"2 MIL-" Noel and Flare cut themselves off.

"W-Wait, why'd you bring so much?!"

"Just in case the situation calls for it. Who knows? This whole 2 million yen can disappear in a flash, but what's important is that, in case we need a lot of cash, I got this much on me."

"S-Still, that's too ridiculous!" Noel said.

"It's not too ridiculous for me."

I looked at Flare.

"Flare, you take care of the taxi, okay? Tell the driver where we should head to."

"Got it!" Flare said.

We went across the bridge, and called for a taxi. When we did call for it, it pulled up near us, we got inside, and Flare told the driver where we should head to.

Just at the first few seconds of the taxi taking us to their destination, I looked at Noel and Flare to see what they're doing.

Noel is scratching her left hand with her index finger quite fast, and I can see her stomach go back and forth a bit faster than expected. I can even hear her breathes a bit, and it sounds a bit too fast for the usual breathing pace. As for Flare, she was letting her right leg go up and down continuously as she gripped her left hand tight.

"Hmm…" I said to myself as I grabbed both of their hands.

In my peripheral view, they both looked at my hand, but surprisingly weren't surprised. I held it...and their hands were cold as hell.

'They're nervous, huh?' I thought as I first leaned towards Flare, and whispered something into her ear.

"Flare, count from 1-15, but take a deep breath in-between the counting. Also, try to stop moving your legs." I said as I then changed to Noel.

"Noel, count from 1-15, but take a deep breath in-between the counting. Also, stop scratching your hand." I then went back to my usual sitting position, and saw the two of them doing what I ordered them to do. Their fidgeting slowed down a bit, before finally, Flare stopped moving her leg, and Noel stopped scratching her hand.

I looked at both of them and nodded. They also nodded back.

'Good. They're prolly not anxious anymore.' I said as I held their hand again. Of course it was gonna be cold, but at least it's not as cold as before.

When we finally arrived near their workplace, I put my hood up.

"Alright, are you two ready?"

"Y-Yeah…" They said.

"What's the stutter all about?" I asked them.

"S-Shiro-kun, are you sure nothing bad will happen?" Flare said.

"Most probably not. If it will, there's always my fists that can help me." I looked at Flare.

I looked at Noel.

"Just relax, girls. I'm here to third-wheel." I chuckled.

They giggled a bit from the joke, despite the tense mood right now.

"Anyway, lead the way."

"Y-Yeah." They said as they started walking ahead of me, and I followed right behind them.

We entered this dark alleyway where it looks really dark with dim lights that serve as a guide as it shines over the doorways. We heard the traffic at our back, and it started to get quieter and quieter the more we entered this alleyway.

We finally stopped at a door, and Noel knocked on it 4 times.

The door finally opened, and I saw some sort of guy in some plain old clothes. It looked like he wore it for a good 3 years, seeing that the colors have faded a bit. It looks like what people in slums would wear if they had some money to afford better clothes.

"Oh? Noel-san, Flare-san. Kukuku. What's your purpose here? ...Oh?"

The guy looked at me in the eyes.

"Who's this guy?"

"W-We'd like to talk with the boss. This guy is just here to accompany us." Noel said.

"I see...Ey, boss! We got Noel-san and Flare-san here, along with a new guest!"

"...Let them in." I heard a faint deep voice inside the room.

The guy looked at Noel and Flare and smirked.

"Kuku. Come in, please." The guy said as he opened the door wide and got out of the way.

Noel and Flare went in first, and then once Flare stepped inside the room, I followed them shortly.

I looked at the whole room. So many setups here, like lights, tissues, wooden frames supporting some sort of scenery, which I'm guessing is the background for porn stuff, and uh...yeah, it stinks of cum here. It's clean, but it has that scent.

"Huh. So this is the workplace." I mumbled.

I looked at one certain guy sitting on some sort of chair with his legs crossed and he looked at me in the eyes. I looked back and instantly looked from his head to his feet. Looks rather solid for a guy, and he's really stoic. His facial expression is unwavering.

"Hey, get some chairs for these 3." He said to the ones at his back.

"Got it!" They said as the ones behind him got some chairs that are stacked at a corner in this room.

They finally got the chairs, placed it in front of him, and we sat down.

Flare at the left, me in the middle, and Noel at the right. I just kept looking at his feet.

"Alright. So, what's your business here, and why is this guy with you two?" He asked.

"Well, he's just here to accompany us." Flare said.

"And as for our business here…" Noel said.

I kept sitting in a straight position, but Flare and Noel bowed a bit.

"We'd like to resign from this work." They said.

"...Heh. I see...well, it's not like I'll miss you two anyway. I got more sluts up my sleeve that can help me make more money." He said as he stood up.

"So, you two want to resign from this job, huh...?" He said while stretching his neck.

"Yes."

"Well…" He chuckled and smirked.

"Pay me 1 million, then I can send you off."

I looked up at him immediately, while Flare and Noel widened their eyes.

"E-Eh?!" They said.

"1 million yen?! No fair!"

"I paid you so much. How would you not be able to pay that much back?" He grinned and chuckled.

"Y-You...!" Flare clenched her fists and her teeth.

"Hey." I said.

The room's attention turned from Noel and Flare to me.

"You want 1 million yen? Heh. Wait for a sec." I said as I got my bag from my back, and unzipped it to get 10 bands inside it.

"S-Shiro-kun…" Noel and Flare said.

"...Here you go." I said as I got 10 bands inside my bag.

The guy called "boss" widened his eyes, and so did the guys behind him. I bet the ones behind me also saw this.

"One...One million yen…" He said as he took it.

"So? Noel and Flare can finally get out now, right?"

"...Heh. Well, despite my slyness, I am a man of my words...well, they can leave now."

He looked at the two girls.

"Go on. We won't do anything shady. I got my damn money now anyways."

Flare and Noel took a moment to smile widely and look at each other.

"Yes...!" They clapped each other and then wrapped their arms around each other. It made me chuckle and smile.

"Alright, you two go out first. I'll be right behind ya." I said.

"Un!" They said.

"Let's go, Noel!" Flare said as she grabbed Noel's hand and went towards the door. Noel nodded, and followed Flare.

I looked at their now ex-boss as I walked backwards to see if he would do anything, and then I looked at Noel and Flare as I stopped walking backwards and started walking behind them. I made sure to take a couple glances to make sure these guys actually kept their words and won't do anything shady.

When we finally got out of the door, the guy said "Welp, it was nice working with you, Noel-san, Flare-san. Kukuku." before he slammed the door shut.

"Phew...we're finally done with that-" I got cut off as I suddenly felt impact from my front.

"Woah!"

I felt some soft and warm squishy things against my stomach and blushed a bit.

"Thank you so much, Shiro-kun...!" They both said.

"A-Ah…"

I sighed and giggled, just putting my hand on top of their head.

"Yeah, yeah. Don't mention it."

I looked at the two of them, and I imagined back when Rushia hugged me. Their scent wasn't the same as Rushia's, but they did give off a girly scent.

It kinda made me smile.

"Well, I stink, so it's better if you stop hugging me. You're gonna have to take another shower, you know?"

"Yeah, yeah." They giggled.

"Hey, Shiro-kun. You're actually a good guy, aren't you?" Flare said.

"Hmm...?"

"Yeah, I mean...you went this far for us, and we've been...doing a lot of physical contact right now. Yet, you don't seem like you'd want to attack us or something." Noel said.

I looked away and frowned a bit.

"Not totally a good guy…"

"Eh? But you helped us." Flare said.

"Well, you know...you heard from Rushia about my past occupation, right?"

They nodded.

"Well, that's kinda why. I guess it's just my personality to just help people in need, regardless of their gender." I chuckled.

"Still…" Flare said as she held my hand and raised it.

"F-Flare?"

"We won't forget this day that you helped us." Flare said while blushing a bit and smiling widely with her eyes looking at mine like she was extremely touched by what I did for her and Noel.

"Yeah...I agree with Flare." Noel looked at me the same.

I widened my eyes a bit and blushed a bit.

"W-Well...just think of it as charity, okay?" I looked away and scratched my head while getting my hand free from Flare.

They both giggled.

"Okay!"

I sighed and chuckled as I smiled.

"Well, you two go first. I'll be at your back.

"Un...!" They both said as we went back to where we came from in this alleyway.

We took a taxi, and it started driving us back to the school. At this moment, I was thinking of other things. Maybe some other Hololivers I could help?

When I did, it seemed that everything was fine. I can just go to sleep without any worry. Everybody is doing well, living normal lives, and I can just continue my preparation for my debut.

'Ah...maybe a bit of takotime BGM can calm my nerves...ooh, speaking of Takos…'

I can make a pun about Ina actually...Alright, I'm going to Photoshop, and I'm gonna edit stuff!

~~Marine's POV~~

"Eh? Really?" I said to Rushia with wide eyes.

"Yeah...! Like...Shiro-niichan just ducked immediately and wrestled with that guy with a knife! That other guy was trying so hard like 'Hrrngh...! Grr...!' but Shiro-niichan just used his right hand, and in just a few punches, the other guy passed out!"

"Eh...?! That's so cool! So he really is an ex-soldier, huh...?" I smiled widely.

"Un! Like really...! He's also kind if you just get to know him better...!" Rushia said.

I looked at the others, conversing with each other happily, and also watching TV. The others? They were doing stuff in their rooms.

"...Oh? Hey, Rushia, look! It's Noel, Flare, and Shiro-kun!"

"A-Ah...! Shiro-niichan...!" Rushia said as she stood up and got out of the table. In turn, I also got out, and went with Rushia near the entrance.

"Konbanwa!" We said.

"Konbanwa...!" The other Hololivers said.

"Konbanwa!" Noel and Flare said.

"Yo." Shiro said in a plain tone.

"D-Don't you think that's too plain?" Flare giggled.

"S-Say konbanwa too, Shiro-kun!" Noel said.

"Ah, sorry." Shiro said as we all laughed. Only us 3rd gen.

"Konbanwa." He said in a plain tone.

"Yay!" We said.

"Say, I was actually gonna ask you…" Rushia said.

"Hmm? Hit me." Shiro said.

"Why did you go with Flare and Noel...?" Rushia said in her usual tone...but I could feel something inside her.

"U-Um...Rushia...?" I said.

"R-Rushia, calm down." Noel said as she put her hands up.

"It's okay, Noel. I'm not angry or anything. I'm just asking Shiro-niichan a question." Rushia giggled 'innocently'.

"E-Ergh...Shiro-kun, it's best if you just go to your room now-" Flare got cut off.

"Are you Shiro-niichan, Flare?" Rushia finally started emitting a dark aura and tilted her head while still keeping up with her smile as she looked at Flare.

"A-A-A-Ah, Rushia-" Flare got cut off once more, but this time, Shiro intervened.

"Rushia." He said in a tone that didn't sound too strong like he was angry, nor did it sound too casual like he was talking normally.

"Y-Yeah...?" Rushia snapped out of her trance and looked at Shiro.

"Don't worry. We didn't do anything." He said as he put a hand on top of Rushia's head.

"A-Ah…" Rushia blushed a bit as he rubbed her head for a few seconds.

"It was something important. I don't care if you girls will discuss it or something, but I know for a fact that I had to accompany Flare and Noel for something important. So please, don't hate them, okay?" Shiro said.

"O-Okay…" Rushia said as she got her hands together and rubbed it.

Shiro finally went towards his room before he got interrupted again, but this time, by the 5th gen, except for Nene. Me and the other 3rd gen, except for Pekora, looked at him.

"W-Woah...Shiro-kun knows how to control Rushia…" I said.

"He's quite a mature man, huh?" Flare giggled.

"Like Shiro-kun said, Rushia. Nothing's going on between us. He's just a friend." Noel said.

"I-I see…" Rushia giggled and smiled.

I kept looking at Shiro, seeing how, despite him saying that he's misogynistic, he's rather...tame.

'He's cool…' I thought in my mind.

~~Shiro's POV~~

"Hey, Shiro-kun! I got something to say!" Lamy said in one of the dining tables where she and her genmates, except Nene, were sitting at.

"Hmm? What?"

"It's Nene's birthday stream tonight! Make sure to visit her stream, okay?"

"Yup. Of course." I chuckled.

"By the way, are you busy, Shiro-kun?" Botan asked.

"Nope. I'll be going back to a working mood tomorrow." I said as I started walking towards my room.

"Hey, don't miss out, okay?" Lamy shouted.

"Give her a strong impression, Shiro-kun!" Polka said.

"Yup! What Polka said!" Aloe said.

I chuckled.

"Well, guess it's a husband's duty to take care of his wife, huh?" I said to myself and smirked.

I put back the spare 1 million back to the drawer, put my clothes in the laundry, and put on new clothes as I sit on my chair.

"Whoo...! Man, guess we're still on a mental sprint, huh...?"

Time to go make that Ina meme I had in mind.

I went to photoshop, searched for some Ina photos, and I saved it, and edited it. The result?

The top pic was two Ina's together. Both having text above their head saying "wah!" with text on the very top saying "How normal people see it:"

The bottom pic was the same, but the left Ina said "Dala", and the right Ina said "Wah!" with text in the middle of the two pictures saying "How Filipinos see it:"

I exported the pic, then I went to Twitter, and put the following text as the caption:

"Para ito sa mga madlang people (o sa mga bisaya, depende lang)"

Translation of that: This is for the Filipino people (Or the Visayans, it depends)

And not long before that, instantly, so many Filipino pride memes came in, and a lot of people actually commented weird stuff. Here are the following tweets:

"Wtf? YOU REALLY ARE MULTILINGUAL?!"

"MGA KABABAYAN, STAND UP!"

"*insert smug Ina pic*"

"Welp, Filipinos are gonna raid his debut soon. Good luck boi."

"Okay, this guy really has so much potential. Jokes aside, I'm really looking forward to his debut."

...And what do you know? Even my senpai, Ninomae Ina'nis, commented on it.

"Wah!"

I commented below with "Wah!" and liked it.

I looked at the rest of the comments, and I tried to keep up with it. After a while, I just had to eat dinner, so I got my food from the fridge, heated it up, then I got my spoon and fork, and I dug in.

Usual thing. I savored the taste of the beef with the sauce, ate the vegetables, and made sure to chew my food properly. It never gets old. I'm glad I discovered that eatery a long time ago.

When I finally finished eating my dinner and washed the dishes, I brushed my teeth, and went back to doing stuff on my computer. I wasn't in the mood for making music or rapping, so I guess I'll just prepare to watch Nene's birthday stream.

I played Tetris for the meantime.

When I finally got the notification from Nene's channel that she's streaming now, I instantly clicked it, and checked her stream out.

I waited for a while, just playing some Tetris in Jstris, and when I heard just a bit of audio from the background, I instantly closed the tab, and it switched quickly to her stream.

"Oh...! Nene's streaming now!"

Welp, guess I'm gonna be sleeping at 9. Don't care. Anything for a wife.

"Oh...! She's perfect...! Her singing voice is fucking immaculate, bruh...!" I smiled widely.

Her vocals really fit the songs, not just Kirameki Rider, but even the other songs after that.

There was a moment though where after she sang TOMORROW - Mayo Okamoto, it took quite a while until she sang the next song, I wanted to take this chance to send a superchat. Even though she won't read it now, at least I'll be able to send it so that she could do a superchat reading, if she ever does it.

My red superchat read: "Happy Birthday, Nene! I mean, wife! Your live is really amazing! Keep doing what you're doing, and I hope you're gonna have a good time tonight! Your voice is amazing by the way!"

I made that in Japanese.

Not long after, Nene instantly called it. Welp, I mean, that wasn't part of the plan, but I ain't complaining.

"Ah, Shiro-kun, thank you for coming to the stream! I'm so happy! Ah, yeah. Did you guys know that the Hololivers sent me so many presents? A few of the Holostars too! One of them was Shiro-kun! Right now, I'm wearing a shirt that he gave me as a present. It's a...a gyoza shirt! Un!"

I giggled a bit, and sent another red superchat. It read: "Shut up. It's embarrassing. Yamero (Stop it)."

Nene saw it again, and she also laughed while also clapping a bit.

"Eh...?~ Why is it embarrassing? Shiro-kun, are you tsundere?~ Also, why'd you send another red superchat! Yamete! (Stop!) Your money will run out!"

I smirked and chuckled.

"Welp, that's enough back and forth. Tonight, it's Nene's time to shine. So I'mma just stop and let her have her time." I giggled.

I continued watching the live, from start 'till end, and just after she stopped the song, I put on the glowsticks and typed "LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

And yes, I'm in Nene's membership. Why else would I proclaim to be Nene's husband?

Not the real life version though. Just the Hololive version.

The stream ended, and I sighed, but in a good way.

"Man, that was a nice stream...!" I stretched.

I closed Google, turned my computer off, and I turned the lights off as I lied in bed and breathed out once more.

"Okay...time to sleep."

I got my phone, alarmed for 5:20 AM, and I put it back into place as I slept on my back.

~March 03, 2021 00:00 AM~

~~Rushia's POV~~

"Hmm…" I looked through Twitter, seeing multiple Vtubers talk about Shiro, and also a couple more Shiro fanarts, and whatnot.

"Jeez. He's still going on strong, huh...?" I smiled and giggled.

I turned the phone off for a bit, and put it on my stomach as I breathed out and looked at the ceiling.

"...He's loved by so many, huh...?" I giggled once more.

Thinking about that, I also recalled what happened when I met Marine and the others when me and Shiro were at the pier.

....

"A-Ah...b-boys? Mind giving us girls our own private time here, please...?" Marine said.

"A-Ah, sure." The boys said.

We went to somewhere else at the entrance of the pier, and us girls started talking.

"So uh...you see, Rushia...I wanted us to go back to being friends, because...I feel like we may have rushed this relationship too much." Marine said.

"Eh..?"

"Y-Yeah. I think I must've rushed our relationship a bit too fast."

"Hmm...so you two are a real couple, like Noel and Flare?" Pekora asked Marine.

"Yeah....well, now, we're not a couple anymore." Marine giggled nervously.

"I-I see…" I looked down and bit my bottom lip.

'I-I should've let her talk back in the arcade...If only I just listened to her instead of letting my emotions get in the way, we would've been fine...I'm such an idiot.' I thought to myself.

"I-I'm sorry…"

My genmates looked at me and went "Hmm...?"

"M-Marine, I'm sorry for snapping like that." I said as I looked at her.

"A-Ah, Rushia...hey, don't feel bad about it. Sometimes, we tend to let our emotions get the best of us, you know? I can understand why you would run off like that." Marine said as she put her hand on my shoulder.

"T-Though, next time, please don't run off like that, Rushia." Noel said.

"Yeah. You got us very worried, you know?" Flare said.

"Yeah, I mean, you're not like Shiro-kun who just seems so buff! You're just as weak as I am!" Pekora said as she went and grabbed my hands.

"Everybody…"

I went from a sad expression to then putting on a slight smile and almost crying again, but I didn't want to let it out.

"...Yeah...I'll keep that in mind." I said.

"W-Well...Rushia…" Marine said as she got her hands together and looked away.

"Y-Yeah...?" I said as I looked at her, which, in turn, also made my genmates look at Marine.

"Y-You think we can go back to being friends, and take it slow from now on...?" Marine scratched her head.

I looked at her for a second, and then giggled from how embarrassed she was in asking that question.

"Of course!" I said.

"R-Really...? Yes...!" Marine said as she elbowed downwards with her right elbow and grinned.

I kept on with the smile and looked at the others.

"A-Also, guys…" I said.

"Hmm...?"

"I uh..got something to confess." I scratched my head and looked away.

"Hmm? What is it?" They all asked.

....

....

....

....

"...Wow...I'm speechless." Pekora said.

"H-Honestly...I don't really know what to say, Rushia." Marine said.

"I'm sad to hear that you had to do something you're not comfortable with, but I'm especially sad to hear that your dad is in a very bad state too." Flare said.

"R-Rushia, if you want to, we can help contribute too. We can't let Shiro-kun do all the help...!" Noel said.

"Well...just let Shiro-kun do it. He's uh...well, he's strong-headed alright. I doubt you can talk him out of it. That's kind of why I just surrendered and let him do his 'charity'." I giggled nervously.

"S-Still...Are you sure? Won't Shiro-kun feel bothered by it?"

"Well...he volunteered to help me, so maybe...just maybe, he might be able to help me get out of this job too."

Pekora held my hands and raised it.

"No. I'm sure of it...!"

"P-Pekora…" I said.

"He was kind enough to listen to your problems. He was also kind enough to offer a lot of money. Surely, he's kind enough to help you get out of your job too...!" Pekora said.

I smiled and chuckled.

"Maybe...I'll ask him later, but I'll keep that in mind, Pekora."

Pekora smiled back.

"Yup! I just hope he won't regret his actions though." Pekora said.

"Well, he does seem strong about it though. Like uh...he was persistent with the money."

We all laughed a bit from it.

"So. How about we all go to Shiro-kun and the others? I guess it's a good time to stop the hangout and go home, right?" Marine said.

"Un!" We replied.

...

...

...and that was as far as my memory recalling went, before I went back to the present time.

"...Yeah. Loved by so many...."

"...Ah!~" I moaned as I covered my mouth immediately and widened my eyes.

"W-Why did I just…" I looked down at my body to see my right hand immediately touching my sensitive spot that's in-between my thighs.

"W-Why did my hand go there...?" I blushed.

I started thinking of Shiro, headpatting me, and also when we were hugging each other, especially in the taxis.

"N-No...he's just...he's just a big brother figure...yeah. Nothing else...Ah!~" I moaned more and covered my mouth with my left hand.

'N-No...! He's just...no, we're not like that. I can't allow myself to have those feelings...!' I thought as my eyes started to have hearts in it.

No matter my thoughts though, no matter how much I try to fight it, my right hand just couldn't stop moving my fingers that are inserted inside my sensitive hole.

"Ah...!~ Ahn...!~ Ahn!~ Hrrngh...!~" I felt my fingers getting covered in a wet sticky liquid the more my fingers kept going inside, and I could also feel more liquid oozing out from the hole.

'N-No...! H-He's just a big brother figure...! It's not like I like him more than that, right...?' I thought in my head as I breathed a bit heavier while also moaning in regular intervals.

"Hah...hah...HAH...HAH...!~ A-AH!~" I covered my mouth.

I stood up quickly, and took off my shirt, short, and my panties, then quickly ran to the bathroom.

"Hah..hah...HAH...!~ HAH!~ F-Fuck...!~" I panted more as I put my fingers back to where it was originally, and I stuck my tongue out as the hearts in my eyes intensified.

'T-Though...his scent is really strong. I feel comfort when he's near. He's...quite handsome. And plus, I love him...! Shiro-niichan...!~' I thought.

"Hah..hah...Shiro-niichan, I love you...~"

'C-Crap...! No, I don't want to think of him like a lover, or something, because...I feel like if I don't stop thinking about it like that, I won't hold back, and it'll become real!'

"B-But...ah...!~ Shiro-niichan, I love you...!~ I really love you!~ I want to hug you everyday!~ I want you to be near me and give me headpats and kisses everyday...!~ HAH...!~ HAH...!~"

My sensitive part started getting wetter by the minute, and matter of fact, I felt a funny sensation. Like I was about to pee, but it was different. It felt really good, and it made me arch my back and slightly curl my toes as I panted more and I thought more of hugging Shiro. Even kissing him with our tongues twirling with each other, even though I don't know what his actual face is like.

"HAH...!~ Shiro-niichan, I'm about to cum...!~ I'm cumming for you...!~ Hah...!~ Hah!~"

I rubbed myself a bit harder and faster, and I even let go of my left hand where my forehead was resting at just to play with my nipples that are rock hard right now, making my head rest on the wall.

"Shiro-niichan, I love you!~ Shiro-niichan, I love you!!~ Shiro-niichan!~ SHIRO-NIICHAN!~ SHIRO-NIICHAN...!~"

My hole finally couldn't take it. The tension has built up, it was time for it to release everything. My thing squirted out as much as it could, and it even shot out very strong. I kept thrusting my fingers inside me, hoping there was more to come out. I wanted to feel more pleasure coming out of me.

"HAH...Hah...hah....hah....Hah, Shiro-niichan…" I swallowed my saliva back in, and panted again after that intense session of letting off.

I smiled and looked at my hand.

"Ah, Shiro-niichan. It's all your fault you made me cum this much.~" I said to myself as I looked at the sticky liquid that's on my right hand.

"...I love you, Shiro-niichan....Teehee.~" I giggled and smiled.

~March 03, 2021 5:20 PM~

~~Shiro's POV~~

"BZZZZ. BZZZZ."

"E-Eurgh…" I said as I got my phone and turned it off immediately.

"Hah...get up." I said to myself as I instantly got up and turned the lights on.

"Hoo...gotta get that blue light." I said as I went to the kitchen and drank some water.

"Hah...okay, water done, let's get some breakfast." I said as I got bread from my fridge, and got one stick of black coffee.

I heated up the water, and as I was waiting for the water, I looked at Youtube, seeing if someone is memeing me, or something.

"Hmm hm hmm...oh? Ah, of course that was clipped." I giggled.

It was the part where Nene noticed my superchat during her birthday live. I looked at the comments. They were really wholesome. Well, as expected, the ones who would fuck with me are mostly those that are looking forward to me. The rest are either just real gachikois, or fake fans.

The comments were:

"Damn, what a chad. Not even debuting yet, and he gave our wife a gyoza shirt for a present, and even doing 2 red superchats. Jokes aside though, I'm really looking forward to his debut."

"I don't get how people could actually hate this guy. Look, Nene is as happy as she can be. For real though, this guy seems chill, and I can definitely see him being a fun guy to watch. Reminds me of Kuzuha lol"

"What a chad, outright saying that Nene is his wife LMAO"

"My man was noticed in the middle of all those superchats. How can one learn this power...?"

I chuckled and replied to a couple comments. Starting with the top all the way to the one I last read.

"You better bring popcorn, dude."

"It's a husband's duty to make his waif happy."

"It's not my wife only, bro. It's OUR WIFE

*USSR ANTHEM INTENSIFIES*"

"Step one: get a job

Jk, don't hate me pls Q-Q"

I then looked at more clips...and one clip caught my attention.

"....Hmm? Rushia?" I said to myself as I saw the thumbnail and title.

Thumbnail: Thank you guys for your support...

Title: Rushia thanks the fandead for their support

"Oh, she streamed about an hour ago, I'm guessing...okay, let's watch it." I said as I clicked on it, and the video started playing.

It showed context in the description that Rushia cried, and also finished a song but had to pause a lot because of crying a lot.

My water was almost done heating, but I didn't put it in my mug yet.

In the middle of singing when she finally noticed she got 1 million subs, I was quite touched to see the later part. I didn't cry, but it really made me let out a small "Aww."

It touched me even more when I saw more of the clip, and I let out more "Aww"'s, but even longer ones. She really seemed happy at this time. I wish I was awake, however, I can't afford to fuck up my internal clock just yet.

I also realized that I was also smiling a lot, lowkey grinning. I was genuinely happy for Rushia, not just because of what we had done recently, and for me to act like a big brother that's proud of his little sister's achievements, but also as a Holofan that simps for her.

"Aww...when I meet her, I don't care who'll see me, I'll give her the greatest hug she'll ever want." I giggled and ate more slices of bread.

I finished the clip...and I saw another clip. The title was "Rushia talks about fandead, his dad and Shiro".

The thumbnail read "If it wasn't for Shiro, my dad would still be on his bed".

I tapped the clip, and I listened closely to what Rushia was about to say.

"Y-You see...I think I'll tell you guys something I've been keeping secret for a while...A few months ago, my dad collapsed in our home so suddenly when he came back from work. M-Me and the rest of my family were really scared, so we sent him to the hospital suddenly, and then...sniff....H-He was diagnosed with pneumonia, and they also found that he got lung cancer..."

"The doctor said that he'd be back to normal, but only if he got a lung transplant. Currently, he's still resting on his bed in the hospital, and during those months when my father was in the hospital, I was feeling down so much...like, I didn't feel motivated to do anything, and it felt like the whole world was collapsing. Yeah, yeah, like that...and yesterday...you see, I won't talk about the details, but...I was sitting in a bench, crying..."

"I just wanted to cry 'till the next morning, because I was going through a lot. It was a lot of factors. A huge factor that played in it was my dad, but another was also about my life. You see, back when me and my family heard about my dad's transplant, I had to do a lot of jobs to see if I could make more money. I was like 'GASP! If I do this, I could get 100,000 yen per week!'...which turned to be futile, because I worked so hard, and saw that I wasn't getting the money that I expected..."

"We did manage to pay off a lot, but there was still a lot that needed to be paid...I won't tell the amount though, but just know that it was a lot of money that we still needed to pay...rewind back to when I was still crying on the bench, there was a guy that approached me...and that guy was Shiro. Un."

"He approached me, and was willing to listen to my problems. He was like 'Rushia, I'll be your shoulder to cry on from now on. Now please, tell me what's been bothering you.'...yeah, and after that, I explained everything to him. In the back of my mind, I felt like the best he could do is just to support me at the side, but..."

"He offered to pay the rest of the amount. He offered 'Rushia, please let me pay the remaining amount needed to finally let the doctors operate on your dad.' Yeah...can you believe it, guys? Lung transplants are very expensive, and he offered to pay the rest like he had no problem with it...I even tried to fight against him." Rushia giggled.

"In the end, he won the argument though...Yeah, Shiro-kun is very kind....well, yesterday, after he gave me money, we also told each other that we should act like brother and sister, so I should probably call him Shiro-niichan from now on." Rushia laughed.

"Yeah...though, despite a big burden has been lifted off of my shoulders, I was still having some problems inside...cause it felt like I wasn't loved the past couple weeks. Like...I felt so down, pushing myself too hard for my dad just to see that my efforts were in vain, and it felt like nobody cared what was happening to me...If someone asked me 'Rushia, what's wrong?', I would just reply 'Nah, I'm doing fine' just to not let them worry."

"...I felt like I was just in this hellhole of depression. But then, when I saw the tweets, the support, the fandead cheering me on, excited to see me reach 1 million, and especially the Hololivers and Holostars...i-it really touched me...It's thanks to you guys, and it's thanks to everybody who has given me support that I'm able to be here and reach 1 million subscribers..."

"I also want to thank Shiro-niichan for being able to give me enough money to pay off my dad's lung transplant surgery. I-I don't know if you're watching this, but, from the bottom of my heart, thank you! Seriously, I can't thank you enough for helping me so much! We've only just met 2 days ago, but thank you, for real!" Rushia giggled.

"If it wasn't for Shiro-niichan, my dad would still be on his bed! Everybody, please look forward to his debut!"

This made me put my hand on my chest, and it did make my eyes a bit watery. I didn't cry though, but I did wipe off the tears that made my eyes a bit wetter than it's supposed to be.

"Aww, Rushia, you don't have to do that." I giggled.

'Yeah, I'm gonna give her a good hug when I meet her.'

I took a shower, put on some clothes, and got some money. Why? Because I gotta buy myself some groceries before Miyabi and the others wake up for Miyabi's birthday.

I got my phone, and was about to make a tweet about a Tagalog pun, but...one trend caught my eye.

"...Oh? #Shiro?"

Literally, the trend is going viral, even now.

The tweets are as follows:

"We may not know him personally, and he hasn't debuted yet, but damn, he's a real chad for helping our necromancer."

"Congrats to Rushia for 1 million subs, and thank you Shiro for helping our poor necromancer in her darkest times."

"Alright, twitter people, you have no more reasons to cancel Shiro anymore. We going on a crusade, boys!"

"Congratulations for 1 million, Rushia! Thank you too, Shiro!"

Even a couple Vtubers talked about me. It wasn't about Rushia's 1 million though. These were past tweets.

"Shiro can speak multiple languages?!"

"Can't wait for Shiro and Calli's collab wwww"

I chuckled.

"Wow...it seems I'm the talk of the town, ey? ...Nah..."

I'm the talk of the community right now. Heh.