It’s a best-friend V-log, but we’re not actually best friends - Chapter 21
The reaction in the community had been good, but even Eun-Sol didn’t know how the stream itself would go.
Like when he did his study streams, people could come in just to say nasty things. Or the chat might explode bringing up Min Baek-Ha’s days as a child actor.
After thinking for a moment, Eun-Sol motioned to Baek-Ha.
“Baek-Ha, come over here.”
“You already want to be next to me? We’re only this far apart.”
“……?”
‘Is he insane?’
With exactly those words written all over his face, Eun-Sol stared at him blankly. As if reading his mind perfectly, Baek-Ha got up and walked over to the window.
“Didn’t work, huh.”
“Don’t say that kind of nonsense. Especially not on the stream. Got it?”
Eun-Sol stared at Baek-Ha, who just smiled and slowly nodded. Then Eun-Sol brought up a Matthew feature he himself hadn’t even used yet.
There was no harm in being careful.
“If… just in case… if weird comments come up, we can delete them. Other platforms don’t let you do that, but MET U does.”
Baek-Ha’s eyes widened slightly. Eun-Sol continued,
“Well… they’ll still stay in the raw recording. But other people won’t be able to see them. So it won’t spiral into some public opinion mess. It’s a good feature. So…”
“Ah, so they stay in the raw.”
“If something nasty comes up, flip them off.”
“…Why did that become your conclusion?”
Eun-Sol’s expression turned unexpectedly serious. He raised his middle finger and growled at the screen.
“Because it’s annoying. If they start bringing up your child actor days and stuff, delete the comment and quietly flip them off from underneath. Like this. Got it?”
“Don’t worry. It’s not like they’re standing right in front of me, so it probably won’t hit that hard.”
“Ah, damn. I’m getting even more nervous. Okay, I’m doing it.”
His expression turning grim, Eun-Sol tapped the MET U app.
He had already set things up before starting the announcement livestream. With practiced ease, Eun-Sol pressed the “Live on” button.
Next, the thumbnail capture screen appeared, and he paused the 10-second countdown for a moment.
“How do you want to take the thumbnail?”
“Since we’re friends, wouldn’t it be better if we looked close?”
Baek-Ha answered lightly, meeting Eun-Sol’s eyes and easing the corners of his mouth up.
Yeah, looking close would be better.
Eun-Sol accepted that readily, nodded, and restarted the paused timer. Because he was nervous, he unconsciously swallowed. And since the classroom was so quiet, it seemed even louder.
Baek-Ha let out a breathy laugh and teased him.
“What’s a creator with 50,000 subscribers so scared for?”
“…Why am I this nervous, seriously? Five seconds left.”
He had only said one sentence, but the merciless timer was already down to five seconds. His eyes darted around.
Should we do a V sign? What do we do?
As Eun-Sol chattered nervously, Baek-Ha glanced down at him, and a strange smile slowly spread across his face.
“Sol.”
“…Ah, what do I do—huh?”
Eun-Sol’s words cut off.
A large hand shot out and gripped the back of his slender neck. Baek-Ha pulled him in, and his soft cheek pressed against Eun-Sol’s. Eun-Sol’s brain was so startled by the situation that it couldn’t even process it, when a low voice whispered by his ear.
“There. Smile pretty, Princess.”
As Baek-Ha tilted his head slightly, his light breath brushed against the fine hairs of Eun-Sol’s skin. A shiver ran over him, and his body trembled.
Then the whisper came again.
“You look really ugly right now.”
In Eun-Sol’s field of view, he could see the number 2 and his own face on the screen. Yeah, he admitted it. He did look kind of ugly.
Since it only showed their upper bodies pressed close together, the atmosphere actually wasn’t bad—but they were too close.
Staring at his face on the screen, Eun-Sol saw the number change from 2 to 1 and, in that instant, remembered his professionalism. The warm hand on the back of his neck slowly moved up and settled on top of his head.
Though neither of them knew it, Min Baek-Ha and Eun-Sol shared one strangely similar trait.
With almost identical smiling faces, they looked into the camera.
Still grinding his teeth, Eun-Sol muttered through clenched teeth like ventriloquism,
“You… when this stream ends, I’m rolling you down the stairs like a soccer ball.”
Ah, if he’d known it would turn out like this, he wouldn’t have started right away. Eun-Sol sighed inwardly.
Just as Baek-Ha’s playful gaze landed on him—
Ding.
The thumbnail capture finished, and the livestream started.
[LIVE] Friend / High schoolers / Friends / Short announcement / Channel name change / Please look kindly on us / LIVE / Real-time
Currently 204 viewers │ Live started: 1 min ago
#Friend #Friends #Announcement #vlog #EunSol #MinBaekHa
Eun-Sol immediately put some distance between them and moved to the chair Baek-Ha had been sitting in. He cleared his throat.
He watched Baek-Ha, who seemed fascinated by the chat window.
Eun-Sol steadied his breathing.
“Hello! Today’s just a short announcement live.”
Baek-Ha followed Eun-Sol and waved at the screen too. From the start, the viewer count was completely different from his study streams.
The chat started flying.
ㄴ holy shit finally!!
ㄴ wow.. I seriously waited like a dog for this I’m so happy it came sooner than expectedㅠㅠㅠㅠ
ㄴ is this the moment… the moment I die?
ㄴ I just got off work and this is the first thing I see?? totally lucky today
ㄴ I came right after school endedㅠㅠㅠ is that your friend, oppa?
ㄴ ah I’m jealous.. I have night study todayㅜ why only us??
ㄴ huh? people still have night study? what era is this
ㄴ doesn’t Sol oppa’s school not have it? he always streams from the classroom
ㄴ nope I’m a miserable senior and we don’t have it eitherㅇㅇ
ㄴ wow so many students here;;;; am I an old lady here
ㄴ seriously I’m cryingㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ
ㄴ it’s okay aunties come inㅋㅋ
Eun-Sol and Baek-Ha’s eyes chased the chat. They were supposed to announce something, but even Eun-Sol found it fascinating.
“Whoa… the viewers keep increasing?”
“Ri…ght?”
204 → 642.
The growth was insane. Baek-Ha blinked.
ㄴ what’s the announcement?!
ㄴ teachers… our kids aren’t talking…
ㄴ I’m 17 too ><♥ perfect timing after school
ㄴ seriously just say itㅠㅠ
ㄴ this grandma is happy just watching◠‿◠
ㄴ people said they’re super pretty so I came… wow they ARE
ㄴ but are they really just friends?
Seeing the last comment, Eun-Sol snapped back to reality.
He’s live. He’s a professional.
He was about to speak—
But Baek-Ha spoke first.
“We could be friends.”
‘What?’
“But Sol and I care about each other a lot. We’re really close. Curious, right?”
…Here he goes again. Is he crazy?
“For details, please check the upcoming vlog and livestream.”
Eun-Sol stared at him in shock.
“I did well, right?”
Baek-Ha looked like he wanted praise.
Yeah. He definitely got possessed.
Eun-Sol was about to fix it—
ㄴ are they going on a dating show??
ㄴ KYAAA what are these two doing???
ㄴ looks like they’re filming a dating show
ㄴ Sol just stay frozen like that
…Even if they explained, no one would believe them anyway.