[How many of them is this, really?]
[It’s hilarious how every time I pick one up to show off, it gets taken away, hahaha.]
[I told you not to show the cat to Kayak, right?]
[Nicang clearly lacks learning ability.]
[It’s absurd how every single one that comes over is enchanted, haha.]
[The host is in a daze, lol.]
[At this point, there must be some kind of animal-attracting pheromone flowing from Kayak.]
[Not only is Kayak incredible with people, but she also mesmerizes animals.]
[There’s a saying that once an animal goes to Kayak, it never returns to Nicang.]
[I really like this story.]
“Don’t! Kkulook! Are you going to abandon me too? We were fine together! Don’t go!”
Nicang’s broadcast, which is steadily rising in viewership.
In her broadcast, where the most viewers are currently gathered, a rather bizarre scene was unfolding.
Nicang and Kayak were in a place filled with cats. It looked like a typical cat café.
Kayak was comfortably petting a cat while relaxing, and Nicang, the host of the broadcast, was busy moving around.
Eventually, while Nicang was wandering, she brought a cat from somewhere. And that cat got snatched away by Kayak.
The fun point of the broadcast was that Kayak wasn’t exactly intentional about it. She was just sitting still, watching Nicang and petting the cat beside her.
Whenever Nicang proudly showed off a cat she had brought from somewhere, before she knew it, that cat would stick to Kayak’s side and wouldn’t think of leaving.
[Dogs are better, haha.]
[I just got here, what’s happening now?]
[Of course, dogs are better than those damn cats.]
[But if you raise a dog, you have to walk it all the time, right?]
[Just don’t raise any, Nicang. How can you manage animals when you’re already lazy?]
[Nicang’s mother is planning to raise them diligently, apparently~]
[Cats can be pretty demanding too if they’re fussy.]
[Dogs go crazy if you don’t walk them, making a mess of the house.]
[It’s better than raising a cat and having it taken by Kayak, right?]
[Why is Kayak taking perfectly fine cats away, hahahaha?]
[Can’t you see all the cats getting stolen by Kayak?]
[But why do all the cats go only to Kayak?]
[Kayak understands the mother’s heart, you know.]
[Overwhelming ‘maternal’ instinct.]
[Ah-ha….]
[The clip of her kneading in the food bowl just got uploaded already.]
[Even if I were a cat… hmm.]
Another cat was just taken away. Its name was Kkulook, a charming creature with colorful patterns, who also got stolen by Kayak after getting along well with Seolha.
“Mun Ah.”
“Yeah?”
Nicang called out to the woman sitting across from her with a gloomy face. Kayak, seemingly oblivious to Nicang’s feelings, appeared to be enjoying a happy moment surrounded by cats.
At first, she tended to overreact on purpose to save the broadcast, but that was no longer the case.
It was pure 100% sadness. While spending time as Kayak’s friend, Nicang had felt inferior one too many times, but this time it hit the hardest.
No matter how you look at it, being ignored by animals too! Kayak didn’t even seem to like animals that much!
“I even watch cat and dog videos regularly!”
Nicang, who was well-versed in the behavior patterns and meanings of children when cats and dogs were petted, found that knowledge meaningless.
To be precise, that knowledge only mattered before the animals met Kayak. Nicang quickly became friends with the cats using the knowledge she had studied in advance, but after meeting Kayak, it was as if the animals turned towards Kayak, entranced.
In front of overwhelming charm, knowledge and strategy meant nothing. Nicang, with a disheartening sentiment, couldn’t help but remark on Kayak’s greatness.
“L-Let’s go see the puppies. We should get going.”
“Already? We’ve been here for… wait, it’s been an hour and a half already!”
“Right. We need to hurry if we want to stop by the dog café. Just so you know, I’m not suggesting we go because I’m flustered or miserable about you stealing all the cats from me; I’m just saying we need to move based on the time, so don’t misunderstand—”
“…Alright.”
[Oh, Nicang, how pathetic….]
[Nicang hates Kayak.]
[Why did the heavens give birth to me, Nicang, and Kayak!]
[You say that and then admit it so shamelessly, lololol.]
[But we do need to move if we want to get to the dog café.]
[We’re going to the dog café and then have dinner together, right?]
[What a fulfilling broadcast, indeed.]
“Hmph, I’m going to see cute puppies. I don’t need any of you…!”
As she left, Nicang bid farewell to the cats, who continued to gaze solely at Kayak.
*
[Hehe… this is something….]
[Complete defeat, total loss.]
[I thought you were confident about the puppies, Nicang.]
[What even is Kayak, jumping around like that?]
[Her stamina is insane, lol. How many laps is she running?]
[The boss is surprised, lol.]
[Kayak pretended not to care, but she’s having the most fun, lol.]
[The puppies are cute, lol.]
[Wow, that figure!]
[Wakya pyapypypyapyapyap!]
[Seriously, exercise… physics… gravity….]
[God exists, and she takes the form of Kayak.]
[How can a person’s chest be like that? I can only express admiration now.]
“I can’t go out anymore!”
“Did you change your job to cameraman?”
“Nicang, hurry up and run!”
“Let’s play with the doggos and get some likes, what are you doing?”
“Hek, hek… Hek… I can’t do this anymore. It’s too hard…”
Nicang muttered as she plopped down carelessly in a corner of the spacious park.
How many laps had it already been? She was out of breath and her legs felt numb. If she kept playing like this, she wouldn’t be able to get up tomorrow.
It was about an hour ago that Nicang and Kayak visited the wide dog café with a yard.
Since then, they had been running around non-stop. At first, they would throw dog toys for the pups, but at some point, they started to run after them. Running alongside the dogs brought out much better reactions from them.
“Is that person an athlete or something?”
“Um… Probably not? I haven’t heard anything about that, but I don’t really know.”
“That’s impressive. Usually, no one comes to play with the pups like that.”
Running around with the dogs, they could only last about 10 to 20 minutes. Most of the time was spent sitting down, petting the pups and giving them treats, just relaxing.
“Only kids can play that long with them—like kindergarteners or elementary school kids. The pups aren’t exactly weaklings either.”
“I guess that’s true…”
“Nothing can outlast the dogs except for kids.”
“For real, my dog’s stamina is awful; it got tired after being grabbed by my cousin for just two hours!”
“Is Kayak not tired?”
“Does Kayak look like he lifts 3000 pounds?”
“In the end, the host lost to Kayak when it came to playing with the dogs.”
“How can Nicang beat Kayak, who’s even taking down kids?”
“Eeeeek… But the match isn’t over yet!”
The original purpose of visiting the dog and cat café to see which pet suited Nicang best had long since faded away.
Nicang was in a ‘scratched’ state, so to speak. She wanted to gain some advantage over Kayak in bonding with the animals.
“Even if my stamina is lacking, I’ve made my impression on the pups, you know? Let’s see who they come to when I call them and Kayak calls them.”
Unlike cats, dogs often come running when you call their name. Of course, there are cases where they don’t respond due to being shy or inactive, but at least all the dogs here were trained to come when called, as the boss had mentioned.
“It’s a showdown, Kayak! Stop running and face me in this competition!”
“Um… no thanks.”
“What’s up with that? Are you scared of the ‘I’ll call my dog’ competition? Are you chicken?”
[Nicang, damn it, I’m so embarrassed.]
[Why is this person so cringey?]
[Is this a cringey concept? Just tell me you’re going for a concept.]
[For today, I’ll be a Kayak fan, not a Nicang fan….]
[Today’s broadcast is ridiculously funny, holy crap, LOL.]
[Nicang, I’m sorry for slandering you all this time. You’re just purely fun.]
[I think I’ve stacked up from the cat cafe and lost my mind, LOL.]
[Let’s be real, there’s no reason for Kayak to compete.]
[What are you gonna do if you lose, LOL?]
“Are you scared? Are you scared? Afraid I’ll steal your dogs?”
“Hey, this was fun. Sure, let’s do it. What was it again? Calling the dog’s name? How does that work?”
“Hehe… here’s how it goes.”
Under Nicang’s persuasion, Kayak couldn’t refuse and the competition began.
The rules are simple. The two of them created a certain distance from the dog and stood apart.
Then, when the boss gives the signal, both call out the dog’s name. The one the dog chooses after hearing its name is the final winner.
The match began with the boss’s words echoing the enthusiasm of the game.
“Alright then. On your mark… get set… go!”
“Cream, over here! Here! Our Cream is so pretty with her fluffy white fur that looks just like whipped cream! Go, Cream, go, go, go!”
“Cream, Cream, come here!”
[The host’s voice is going to give out, LOL.]
[Look at those veins in their neck!]
[Kayak looks so uninterested, LOL.]
[Kayak has nothing to lose from losing, anyway.]
[For stuff like this, losing is whatever… LOL.]
Nicang enthusiastically raised her voice, even clapping to guide the dog’s path, while Kayak just stared and called the dog’s name.
By sheer effort alone, it seemed the dog should head towards Nicang.
“C’mon, Cream! Cream, where are you going! Cream, your sister played Dungadunga with you earlier! Creammmm!”
The world is inherently unfair.
The cute, white Pomeranian, clueless about what was happening, panted and jumped right into Kayak’s arms.
“Oh, come here, Cream.”
Kayak hugged the panting Pomeranian, who was licking her face, and smiled slyly while looking at Nicang. In a reverse thumbs-down, she pointed her thumb down to the ground.
“Ahhhhhh!”
For a while, only Nicang’s wails echoed across the empty field.
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