Parsed with an automated reader. The content accuracy is not guranteed.
Masaki cut his overtime work short that day since Nagara decided to come to his home.
Being late means Nagara would go home late, so he finished his work and they went to his home just like that. They also decided to have dinner at his place.
\n
「Shopping with senpai～♪ Gonna shop with senpai～♪」
「Don’t sing such a bizarre song……」
\n
Masaki bought some ingredients on sale here and there. Nagara seems to be buying the food that she wants to eat. She also bought a can of Chu-Hi.
\n
The two quickly paid and walked for approximately 10 minutes.
\n
「Is that the apartment where senpai lives?」
「I think it’s a bit shabby. It’s not a place a girl can be happy with……」
「It’s fine! I’m actually glad that my senpai isn’t someone pretentious living in an expensive place」
「But I want to show off since I’m a guy too」
\n
The two climbed up the creaking stairs and walked to the room at the end of the third floor.
\n
It’s a one room apartment.
\n
「It’s a little disorderly in here but move some stuff and sit down」
「…………」
「Nn? What’s wrong?」
「Senpai……isn’t this room too dirty?」
「…………」
\n
Having that told to him, Masaki also took a look at his room.
\n
In terms of kitchen waste and scraps, there are no sanitary problems.
But, clothes on hangers covered every inch of the room, the wires around his desk are in a discombobulating mess, and the books are stacked on top of each other like mountains.
\n
「I mean……is it?」
「Anyone would think so. I’ll clean it up so please take care of the dinner, senpai!」
「Sorry……for making my guest do something like cleaning」
「No worries, I like these kind of things!」
\n
While preparing the ingredients in the kitchen beside the front door, Masaki watched over Nagara’s cleaning.
She continued to tidy the room up at a brisk pace.
\n
「But I didn’t know senpai could cook～. Is it a regular thing?」
「No. I don’t have that much time so I usually eat packed rice with side dishes bought from the supermarket. I also buy stuff like bento from convenience stores. I learned cooking from my time as a college student」
「That’s how it is when you have a second job～. Ah, please somehow sort out the wires yourself! I don’t know anything about these」
「Thanks」
\n
Masaki plated the fried rice he made and carried it towards Nagara.
\n
He took out the round table under his closet and had his meal with Nagara around it.
\n
「Uwaah, so good! As expected of senpai……!」
「It tastes like every other fried rice. But, the ingredients taste better when you eat it with someone」
「You get that feeling when you live by yourself～. I’m also enjoying this to the max right now」
\n
Nagara limply smiled and Masaki, feeling pulled in by it, smiled as well.
\n
「Y’know, doing this makes it feel like we’re newly-weds～」
「Bufu!! Th, that came out of nowhere!」
「I’m just joking with you. Come on, please use this to wipe」
\n
If one looked at the scene right now, it’s possible to mistake them as a married couple like she said.
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
「So this tracks your facial movements, and you stream like that」
\n
After dinner, Masaki taught her about the Vtuber line of business like he promised.
\n
「This is amazing! I have no idea how it works」
「I don’t know either since I’m not a professional」
\n
Within the cramped room, the two looked at the computer.
\n
Nagara is sitting in the chair and Masaki is teaching her from behind.
\n
「So while playing the game on this screen, you use this other one to read the comments」
\n
Masaki explains as he points here and there towards his two monitors.
\n
「How do you choose which comments to read? You often read comments out during streams」
「The ones your eyes land on. There are basically no rules. Just keeping away from the crazy ones is about it」
\n
Teaching her like this, Masaki recalled the time when Nagara first joined the company.
\n
Whether it was how to write an email or how to do her work, Masaki was always there to guide her. But since Nagara had an excellent memory, that period was short-lived.
\n
「……Senpai, are you listening?」
「Aah, sorry about that. I was thinking」
「What the heeeck. Please listen to me properly!」
「My bad」
\n
With puffed up cheeks, Nagara chided Masaki who had a wry smile.
\n
「But senpai……I’ve had a question for a while, is it fine to ask?」
「What is it?」
「Senpai, you stream with a ratio of once every two days on regular days, don’t you?」
「You even thought about that part……?」
\n
There’s a lot of people who watch videos in the archive but the number of people who check the date and time of the stream is likely small.
\n
「And, what about it?」
「Umm, it’s a simple question……when does senpai stream?」
「Like you said, once every two days on regular days……」
\n
Masaki doesn’t understand the motive behind the questioning so that’s all he could say.
\n
In response, Nagara took a pen and paper from around the room and started drawing a pie chart.
\n
She then drew lines to divide the circle.
\n
「You always go to work at seven. After that, you work overtime, leave at eight o’clock in the evening, and get home at nine……Looking at that, where do you find the time to stream?」
「Starting from ten in the evening?」
「And you stream one to two hours, right?」
「Right」
\n
Towards Masaki’s honest answer, Nagara made a 「Haa」, a heavy sigh, an obvious attempt to indicate that there’s a problem.
\n
「W, what」
「Geez senpai……I’ll say it now due to the current situation, you’re working too much」
「Working too much?」
「Yes. How much do you sleep in a day, senpai?」
「About four hours?」
「Haa……」
\n
Nagara sighed again.
She then spelled out what she wanted to say.
\n
「How about you resign from the company……isn’t it better to focus on one job?」
「Me, resign……?」
「Cause senpai, you’re earning from your work as a Vtuber, right? So you should quit. You won’t have to endure the chief’s complaints and scoldings either」
\n
Masaki didn’t think Nagara would tell him to focus on being a Vtuber. If she told him to resign, he thought it would be the Vtuber job.
\n
But for Nagara, the feeling of wanting him to live happily was stronger than her desire to have him stay.
And when she asked herself which job he would be happier with, she knew the answer immediately.
\n
「Well, I’ll still be an inconvenience even after you resign!」
\n
Being encouraged by Nagara, Masaki broke through his indecisiveness.
\n
「……I guess so. I’ll try discussing it with the department chief」
「The resignation will probably be rejected immediately since he’s a small-minded person anyway!」
「That’s for sure」
\n
The two laughed and talked about the resignation letter together.