“Well then, that wraps up today’s broadcast. Have a good day, get some sweet sleep… Love you, bye!”
Leaning in close to the mic, she makes a loud smooching sound on purpose. If she had to give it a meaning, she’d call it a goodbye kiss or something.
She definitely never thought she’d be bold enough for this kind of stuff. When did she become so daring?
Honestly, it’s not like she was really kissing anyone; it’s just making a smoochy sound into the mic. Not exactly groundbreaking.
As she continues, expected reactions from the viewers start pouring in.
“I love you!” “Have a good night too, Haryeong!” “That goodbye kiss was too stimulating!” “Was that meant for me?”… these were becoming her familiar repertoire.
After watching those reactions for a moment, she ends the broadcast. Haryeong stretches while looking at the turned-off screen.
“Umm…”
Even though it was a short broadcast, she felt surprisingly tired. She used to sit in front of the computer for hours gaming and broadcasting without feeling tired at all.
Looking at it this way, Haryeong thought, time is definitely not something you can fool. Maybe it’s time she started her long-neglected gym routine again.
Anyway, right now, she desperately needed a break. She was piled up with fatigue from broadcasting. It would be wise to hop off the computer chair and plunge into her fluffy bed with a cozy blanket.
But Haryeong didn’t get off the computer. She sat there typing away, searching for something.
“Hehe…”
Then she pulled up the replay edit of Kayak’s broadcast. The full version of last night’s live stream was up on VTube.
Haryeong, having completely forgotten her fatigue, started watching the video.
“Wow, she’s amazing. Of course, it’s Kayak! The developer even showed up? Awesome.”
Talking to herself, she diligently watched the replay.
Yes, lately, Haryeong’s routine had been like this. Watching Kayak’s broadcasts or replays became her way to unwind.
It was somewhat similar to office workers diligently catching Kayak’s broadcast after work. For Haryeong, broadcasting was her job, and after it ended, she watched Kayak’s stream – it all made sense.
And if she felt a little snackish, she could grab some chips and pop open a cold beer, and there was no greater happiness than that. Watching her gradually more prominent belly made her want to cry, though.
It was a mess. Every time she saw the gradually emerging belly fat, her face would involuntarily turn into a frown.
“I saw everything.”
As she was enjoying that happy moment, the replay unexpectedly ended. Originally, Kayak’s broadcast from yesterday was just too short.
However, even after the replay ended, Haryeong’s activities didn’t stop.
She logged into a community. It was a place where stories related to internet broadcasting, specifically Twi’s, were shared.
At one point, Haryeong was so terrified of the community’s malicious users that she couldn’t even enter. But now, she had completely overcome it.
This was also thanks to Kayak. Hearing news about Kayak and searching her name made accessing the community pretty easy, and before she knew it, she had become familiar with it.
“Hmm hmm.”
After logging in and skimming through the concept posts, Haryeong nodded with satisfaction. More than half of the posts were about Kayak’s broadcast from today.
In summary, it was all about Kayak causing another stir.
“A lonely Kayak room? Is that a thing? I must be in it…”
After diligently reading those posts, Haryeong began to comment on a post she liked.
– Kayaklove♥
I went to the Kayak café yesterday.
Not that a Kayak café opened, though.
I just thought about Kayak at a café.
I didn’t even go to a café.
I just drank coffee at home.
Actually, I didn’t even drink coffee.
I’m just in a Kayak state.
“Here comes this person again.”
“Ah, Sang Tae lol.”
The nickname Kayaklove was a community account that Haryeong created herself.
At first, she mostly lurked, just reading posts and hitting like or dislike, but soon realized that writing posts or comments was way more fun. Of course, only about Kayak.
Soon, a notification pinged from the corner of the screen. It was people reacting to the comment she had made.
[Kayak<<< Honestly, isn’t she overrated?]
“What?”
In the midst of that, she stumbled upon a bothersome post, huffing indignantly as she clicked it. In her mind, all sorts of swear words bubbled up, ready to jump into a keyboard battle if necessary.
With the determination to do so.
“Kayak is unbelievably ‘bubble’ haha!”
However, what faced her was an all-too-common troll post. It was then that Haryeong realized she had been tricked and promptly gave the post a thumbs up.
As she began commenting on the threads beneath the post and writing new comments on other posts, Haryeong eventually turned off the screen and shut down her computer.
Having wrapped up her daily routine, she felt she could sleep peacefully.
Soon after preparing for bed, Haryeong sank into her mattress and fell straight asleep, completely unaware of what awaited her the next day.
*
When broadcasting, all sorts of things can happen. Not just during broadcasts, but in life as well. Unexpected events and surprises tend to occur frequently.
“Do you know the identity of Kayaklove♥, active in the Teacher’s community?”
“Kayaklove? I’ve heard that somewhere.”
This post was made while exploring cafes during a broadcast.
Kayaklove. That nickname seemed familiar. It felt like something she had seen once before, and her fingers instinctively wandered towards the post.
“That is none other than streamer Haryeong! According to our Kayak Special Intelligence Unit’s investigation, Haryeong’s broadcast account ID is ‘dlgkfud0921,’ and…
Then a multitude of evidence followed.
From similarities in IDs to screenshots Haryeong had shared during broadcasts, intertwining with the community, and so on.
With all this varied evidence laid out, there was no room to deny.
“Haryeong, you say?”
[OMG]
[What the heck;;]
[Oh come on lol, it’s you guys from the Kayak Intelligence Unit again?]
[So Haryeong was a Kayak fan too? LOL]
[What an unexpected identity ㄴㅇㄱ]
[Kayak fans are everywhere….]
[The whole world is Kayak]
[Haryeong deserves it; the broadcast host treats her so well]
[Wow, I saw that person often, and it was Haryeong?]
[Kayaklove is always posting reverent threads in the community when there’s a chance, lol.]
It felt as if a scene from just a while ago was being replayed. It was when they’d caught a merch reseller. Back then, one of the viewers had managed to uncover the reseller through investigation. I may be an internet ghost myself after all these years, but I could never fathom how they find these things out. How do they even manage to uncover it?
It felt like forever. It was when we caught the goods reseller. Back then, one of the viewers had also figured out through their investigation that someone was a reseller. I’ve been an internet ghost for many years, but I could never bring myself to follow their methods. How do they even find these things out?
The difference between then and now is that resellers were bad people who deserved to be punished, but Haryeong is not.
The atmosphere alone was different from back then.
[Haryeong had a snobby image, but now she’s just breaking down, lol.]
[I relate so much to other kayakers, thumbs up! Starting with me, of course.]
[I’d been showing my love for the broadcast host even during the live stream, but I didn’t expect it to be this level.]
[Seeing these fan posts, this isn’t a situation for OneTwoDay.]
[Ah, how can a kayaker not worship Kayak?]
Honestly, I was surprised too, but right now, I was more concerned about something else.
‘What should I even say…’
It must be awkward to suddenly get caught while sneaking around in communities, and how should I wrap this up? I really didn’t want to turn it into another type of public execution like with the reseller.
“Um, you’re cute, Haryeong’s fan heart. I’ll remember this.”
I left a word for the viewer who wrote that post.
“It’d be nice if you could refrain from this kind of thing from now on. See, broadcasters also have their own lives, and if we find out something like the secondary accounts, it could get rather complicated, right? You catch my drift, right? You, spy unit?”
[True, now Haryeong has to make a new account.]
[Go investigate bad guys like resellers, lol.]
[Do teachers use alt accounts for community interactions too?]
“Of course, I watch broadcasts and write posts with different IDs. If I did it with my original account, you guys would cause a stir. I could find you if I wanted to… no, don’t find me. Yes, respect my privacy. I don’t want you prying into what I do after the broadcast. You get what I mean?”
[Phobos donated 1,000 won!]
– KayakLove’s account was disabled, lol, you killed it!
[Uh…]
[The Kayak Spy Unit sends sincere apologies to Haryeong…]
[Haryeong’s happy community life…!]
Well, she can just create a new account.
Though it was something the viewers started, I still felt bad for causing trouble for Haryeong.
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