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Whether to take this or not. When Lee Yeonwoo hesitated, Kim Haseon added more words.
“I asked everything on the internet and you won’t die from drinking tap water.”
“…Still, it smells fishy. At least boil it.”
He never dreamed he would be giving such advice to someone else.
“I usually boil it to drink, but I just couldn’t boil it today. And what’s this fishy smell? Hey, where doesn’t it smell salty?”
“That’s not funny.”
He looked serious at Kim Haseon who was making light of their deep-sea fishing boat days.
“I lived with the sea for years, what’s a fishy smell?”
“I did it for 1 year.”
“You lived for 12 months!”
Inflating numbers… After doing internet broadcasting, his way with words had improved.
Lee Yeonwoo eventually filled up with tap water and sat down to eat his ramen, blowing on it.
“It must have cooled down more by now?”
“It’s a habit.”
“…You?”
I know you well, you have such a habit? You who burns your mouth every single time when eating ramen?
Kim Haseon made a mysterious expression at the scene before his eyes.
“Dojun hyung told me to let it cool down before eating.”
“I’ve said that to you hundreds of times though?”
“Are you and hyung the same?”
“…We’re different.”
Kim Haseon was convinced by Lee Yeonwoo’s persuasion. A tier 1, no, tier 0 actor and himself, just an internet broadcaster, couldn’t be the same.
Lee Yeonwoo rummaged through his bowl and frowned.
“Where’s the egg?”
“Ah, the yolk burst so I just ate it myself.”
“…Selfish bastard.”
‘If it were hyung, he would have given me even the burst one.’
No, Kang Dojun would have put in a new egg altogether. Being careful not to break it.
After finishing the ramen, he touched his full stomach.
‘What is he doing right now?’
He hadn’t been here long but was already curious about his whereabouts. How did he endure the past 4 months?
Suddenly depressed, Lee Yeonwoo took out medicine and chocolate from the front pocket of the backpack he had brought.
“Are you sick somewhere?”
“Psychiatric medication.”
He answered curtly to Kim Haseon’s question and swallowed the medicine with tap water.
“…Because of Ber?”
“Ber?”
“That crazy bastard who went all the way to the countryside.”
“Ah.”
He unwrapped the chocolate, took a bite, then nodded.
“That’s part of it, but I don’t know. It’s complicated to explain.”
Kim Haseon asked worriedly.
“Is it really serious?”
“No, I’m all better now. I’m also receiving counseling.”
Kim Haseon still didn’t withdraw his worried gaze. Lee Yeonwoo nonchalantly pointed to the closed room and asked.
“Is that the bedroom?”
“Yeah.”
“Can I take a nap?”
“You came to hang out?”
“This makes me sleepy.”
It wasn’t a sleeping pill, but the medication he was taking had some drowsiness side effects. After hearing the explanation, Kim Haseon got up.
“I’ll turn on the air conditioner. Sleep well. I’ll just be doing a broadcast or something.”
“Internet broadcast?”
“Yeah. It’s almost time to do it.”
When Lee Yeonwoo frowned at those words, Kim Haseon flicked his forehead.
“I won’t ask you to appear, so just sleep.”
“Oh, thanks.”
* * *
Lee Yeonwoo got up groggily. The drowsiness hadn’t worn off yet.
‘Hyung is… Ah, this is Kim Haseon’s house.’
It was partly the medication, but with blackout curtains and dry but cool air conditioning breeze, it was the optimal environment for sleeping, making it hard to wake up easily.
However, he hadn’t slept with blackout curtains drawn, but everything was pitch black, probably because Kim Haseon had been considerate.
Suddenly feeling stuffy, he opened the door with staggering steps and saw Kim Haseon’s back as he was playing games.
“Ah, this hero’s control isn’t great…”
Kim Haseon was so focused that he was muttering to himself, so Lee Yeonwoo rubbed his eyes and approached.
“I want to play too.”
“…Uh…, you’re awake?”
“Yeah, move over now. I want to try playing too.”
He pushed the wheeled chair aside and stared at the screen. Kim Haseon looked at Lee Yeonwoo with a sour expression. He seemed a bit flustered too.
“That’s fine, but right now I’m broad… cast… ing…”
Only then did he fully wake up. Lee Yeonwoo, who belatedly grasped the situation, quickly moved away from the camera lens. But it was already spilled milk.
The chat window was already completely filled with talk about Lee Yeonwoo instead of the game.
〉〉? Who?
〉〉Wonseon-nim is with someone?
〉〉Holy shit!!! It’s Lee Yeonwoo!
〉〉Wasn’t that just Lee Yeonwoo? They’re close friends
〉〉Wonseon-nim that guy is low HP. Kill him quickly.
〉〉Yeonwoo ã… ã… ã… are you okay? Fuck Ber that bastard!
〉〉Wonseon flustered ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ but really who?
〉〉Lee Yeonwoo. Lee Yeonwoo came to Seoul?
〉〉Seeing this here.
〉〉222222
After checking the chat window, Kim Haseon tried to somehow handle the situation, but the excited viewers didn’t calm down easily.
〉〉Show us Lee Yeonwoo.
〉〉Quit the game ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
〉〉Hamster come out quickly.
〉〉No don’t, protect our god (((((Lee Yeonwoo))))) you don’t have to come out if you don’t want to.
〉〉You didn’t call him to broadcast, did you?
With the chat window not calming down, both Kim Haseon and Lee Yeonwoo, who was scanning the screen from outside the camera lens, broke into a cold sweat.
Lee Yeonwoo mouthed silently.
Sorry.
Kim Haseon also took on a sense of mission and tried to somehow defuse the situation by completely ignoring all chats about Lee Yeonwoo and calmly turning the direction to game talk.
The viewers also began to notice one by one that he wouldn’t respond, and eventually, though awkward, chats about the game increased.
Finally, after finishing the broadcast with a subtly tense atmosphere, Kim Haseon breathed a sigh of relief.
Lee Yeonwoo, who had been quietly sitting in a corner waiting for the broadcast to end, got up awkwardly.
“…Sorry.”
“Do you know what the difference between a pro and an amateur is?”
Kim Haseon suddenly asked an out-of-the-blue question. Normally Lee Yeonwoo would have ignored it, but since he had committed a sin, he kindly answered.
“I don’t know.”
“A professional broadcaster leads the flow, and an amateur gets led by the flow of the chat. Like the difference between a captain and a crew member?”
Kim Haseon made a gun shape with his hands in a cringey way and aimed at Lee Yeonwoo. A bullet was fired along with a proud voice.
“You should be grateful to have a professional broadcaster as a friend.”
“Dojun hyung is more amazing than you.”
“…That’s the heavenly realm. Make a proper comparison.”
Lee Yeonwoo silenced the triumphant Kim Haseon with one sentence and settled in front of the computer. Wanting to play a game, he logged into his game ID on the monitor where the broadcast had ended.
“Don’t you have another chair?”
While Kim Haseon got up from the gaming chair and went into the bedroom to get a small chair that was there, Lee Yeonwoo had already plopped down in the vacant gaming chair.
“That’s my seat. You sit here.”
“You always sit here. Share a little. Wow, this is really comfortable. Isn’t this a bed?”
Lee Yeonwoo leaned back against the backrest that reclined endlessly. It seemed like he was experimenting to see how far it would go. Eventually, Kim Haseon, who couldn’t stand watching, lifted the backrest for him.
“You’ll fall over like that. Do you want to go to the hospital?”
“……”
At those words, Lee Yeonwoo straightened his posture and opened the game window. Kim Haseon scanned the game screen and made a bizarre expression.
“PC lover? Do you want to ride a deep-sea fishing boat one more time?”
“I made that name a long time ago. More importantly, don’t you have a headset?”
Since it was a game where you needed to hear gunshots from all directions, a headset was essential.
“Don’t hog it so I can listen too. I’ll tell you about the sounds.”
“You can’t distinguish between right and left.”
“I know. Hey hey, it’s starting.”
After getting off the plane, it was a game about surviving as the last person within a shrinking area. The game could form teams of up to 4 people, and Lee Yeonwoo chose duo for 2 people.
Soon the voice of a randomly selected teammate was heard.
Hello, PC lover-nim.
“Yes, hello.”
A female voice came through the speaker.
Where should we go first?
“Let’s go here.”
Lee Yeonwoo pinged the place he wanted to go on the game map.
That place seems like it’ll have a lot of people. How about here?
“We can go quickly, farm, and kill everyone.”
The teammate’s opinion was lightly dismissed.
Oh, you must be good.
“Wouldn’t it be better to go somewhere else?”
Kim Haseon also expressed concern from the side.
“No, this is the middle of the map and it’s good for claiming territory.”
Is someone there with you?
“A friend. I’m jumping now.”
Already?
Lee Yeonwoo, who fell from the plane, opened his parachute and headed to the pinged location.
“Yeonwoo, turn a bit more.”
“I’ll go myself.”
Though grumbling at Kim Haseon’s interference, his mouse was already turning more according to his instructions.
PC-nim, I’ve arrived. Where are you?
“…Coming soon.”
I’ll be farming around here.
Lee Yeonwoo, who had jumped early from the plane and opened his parachute early, ended up landing in a random place. Still, it was close to the pinged location, so he could farm while running there.
While carefully picking up guns, helmets, first aid kits, etc. and heading to the destination, Kim Haseon shouted urgently.
“Gunshots on the right.”
“Where?”
“Behind the tree, behind the tree!”
PC-nim, where are you? Should I come support?
“It’s okay. I’ll handle it alone.”
Contrary to his words, every shot he fired missed. Lee Yeonwoo uttered words of admiration.
“Wow, look at that guy’s movement. Isn’t that hacking? How does he dodge all of this?”
“…Your aim is the hack. Just try throwing a grenade.”
Following Kim Haseon’s advice, when he threw a grenade, a window appeared saying the opponent was knocked down. He needed to go get the kill and finish it, but Lee Yeonwoo’s character was also badly damaged.
“Hey hey, Yeonwoo. Heal first.”
Still, unable to resist the temptation of low HP, he moved to finish without healing. But the opponent’s teammate appeared, making that impossible too.
Bullets flew around Lee Yeonwoo and he quickly took cover behind a tree, but it was his limit. The enemy he had knocked down with the grenade was revived by his teammate’s healing. They were surrounding Lee Yeonwoo from all sides.
“Fuck, we’re screwed. What do we do, Seungseon.”
“Ugh, that’s why I told you to heal first!”
“No, I had to get the kill first.”
As the two bickered and just waited for death in the closing encirclement,
Bang bang bang-
Gunshots were heard from another direction.
1 kill. One knocked.
A voice of support echoed through the speaker. The person teamed up with Lee Yeonwoo eliminated enemies and ran over to give first aid. Then they handed over all the healing items they had farmed to Lee Yeonwoo.
Recover for now. I’ll finish up and come back.
“…Wow fuck, so cool.”
Kim Haseon showed admiration toward the teammate who left leisurely.
“There’s one at 130 too.”
Confirmed.
Like that, the teammate eliminated several enemies alone while occasionally handing recovery items to Lee Yeonwoo and leading the duo.
One person on the left at 250. I’ve pinged it.
While doing so, they also showed generous spirit by occasionally giving kills to Lee Yeonwoo.
After the game ended, Lee Yeonwoo couldn’t hide his excitement and muttered in a trembling voice.
“Kim Seungseon. I… I won. It’s really been months.”
His gentle, innocent eyes widened as he looked at Kim Haseon.
“Oh, congratulations. To think you won with your skills… I’m surprised too.”
Good work. If it’s okay with you, would you like to play one more round together?
At the voice coming through the speaker, Lee Yeonwoo reluctantly declined. He realized that compared to the opponent’s high-level skills, he was too much of a burden.
“No. I’m going to stop now. Good work.”
That’s a shame. Well then, enjoy your game.
When the teammate left the room, Kim Haseon expressed his anger.
“Why! Isn’t it my turn next?”
“Yeah, you do it. Here.”
Lee Yeonwoo graciously got up from the gaming chair and yielded his seat. Kim Haseon shouted in a trembling voice.
“I want to try playing with that person too!”
It was Kim Haseon’s resentful cry, wanting to experience a bus ride, no, almost KTX-level comfortable ride, being carried by the scruff. Lee Yeonwoo quietly blinked at his appearance.
“Uh…, sorry?”
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
