A Sweet Vtuber Nightmare

Cross Attack

"No way, you must be kidding!" Niko shouts to me while laughing, we are walking under the streetlights on a settling night of the cold January, a year has passed by, this time I haven't sent any messages wondering why they haven't contacted me before December would end, Kizuna sent me a text explaining that the next turn will be taking it's time because she's stuffed with personal work, it takes me no time to notice the next one taking her turn is Kaguya, as she streams advances of her events at cons and special lives. "I'm telling you the truth, Matsuda is probably the dumbest of the group, he really did that," We are going to my apartment to talk and have some drinks, I've found an unexpected friendship with Niko, even though we haven't told each other all our secrets, she feels like an open book to me, college is almost over, and I'm probably not going to graduate, but I couldn't care less, I'm just hanging in college to have a cover-up for my secret life.

"Is that the building? Living fancy aren't we?" She chuckles while pointing at my residence; it's nice to have a normal conversation for a while, part-time jobs are going well and the last "clients" paid extremely well for the extra services, I moved to a better place and enjoyed a daily life mildly above the average. "Go ahead, I have to check my mailbox, my door is the 133 on the second floor," I explain to Niko as she nods, I walk to the mailroom at the corner of the PB, nothing new, just a bunch of pizza pamphlets, I walk up the stairs to the second floor and find Niko, oddly peeking from one of the doors. "Hey, eavesdropping on people's places is nasty," I say while getting closer, but then, I notice, "Wait a minute, that is my door, why is my door open?" I poke her shoulder and she jumps like a startled cat, "Hey, you didn't tell me you had other girls waiting, did you were planning to get dirty with me?" She says. raising an elbow and pointing inside the apartment with her finger. Confused, I'm unable to answer her, I get close and insert my ear in the peephole, I can hear girly voices, laughing, talking, a chill goes down my spine the moment I realize what is happening, I have to get Niko out of here.

"I'm sorry, Niko, but we'll have to leave the drinks for another time!" I bow and pray to her, she crosses her arms, angry, "You're kidding, it's freaking cold out here, I want to take some hot tea at least!" She's not giving in, "Is just, you know, that girl we talked the other time? I haven't seen her in a while and she's just there waiting for me..." She just gets angrier, blows some hot air from her cheeks, and smacks my head, "Fine, but at least invite me a drink," I give her some money for an expending machine and for the bus pass, I apologize one more time to her, she leaves, still angry, it really is cold outside, I feel bad, I thought this kind of things would stop happening, I was wrong.

I walk inside the apartment and close the door, locking it angrily; take off my jacket, scarf, and gloves, the winters are just getting colder in this country. Taking a deep breath I remove my shoes and walk into the living room, trying to be ready for whatever I find, and still what I see surprises me, on a side, Kizuna is lying on my sofa, checking on her phone, and in one of the corners, Siro is checking the records on the stand. I want to be mad, I really want to, then, why am I this happy? Why does it feel like my face is going to explode from the smile coming out of my lips? I want to tell them so many things, but I can't, "Happy new year, thanks for coming over, give me a moment to make some snacks," yeah, that is what I say, they look at me, then at each other, truly confused, I guess they really were expecting that I would shout and jump, yes, I do wonder how did they get my direction even though I moved without telling anyone, but the answer may make me incredibly uncomfortable, so I pass.

I thought of making tea and bringing out a box of crackers, but I remember they aren't just regular friends, and I wouldn't have given that to Niko either, which reminds me, I bought cheese, chocolate, grapes, and pepperoni for our evening of drinks, I can't believe I'm going to use what I was going to share with a friend, with them, the thought of her having a can of black coffee while waiting for the bus doesn't make it better, I'll have to apologize again to her later. I open a bottle of red wine, decant it, and heat it, I bring the crystal, the glasses, and the sliced snacks and put them in the center of the table, once again, they look at me, then at each other, confused, are they children? I guess they really were expecting me to be angry and surprised; they sit on the floor and get close to the table. I pour the wine into their glasses; Kizuna takes a sip, without stopping tapping on her phone, Siro gets close and leans on my shoulder, clinks my glass, and has a sip, "Happy new year Nanashi, let's have lots of sex this year too, hehe," her smile is sweet, her words aren't, she kisses me on the cheek and picks some of the cheese, I can notice Kizuna peeping on us with the corner of her eyes.