That single comment stayed on the screen long enough for her to read it twice.
"…Dating?"
Kousaki laughed awkwardly.
"Haha… of course not."
She waved both hands in front of the camera immediately.
"I'm only here because of the promise, okay?"
The comments instantly flooded even faster.
"SUREEEEE"
"THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY"
"YOU'RE LITERALLY IN HER HOUSE"
"EXPLAIN THE SHOWER SOUNDS THEN 😭"
Kousaki nearly dropped the camera.
"T-The shower thing was just bad timing!"
Then another comment appeared.
"Why are you blushing then?"
Kousaki's entire face immediately heated up.
"I-I'm not blushing!"
Unfortunately for her—
the chat completely disagreed.
"LMAO SHE'S RED"
"SCREENSHOT"
"KOUSAKI.EXE STOPPED WORKING"
"AHAHAHAHA"
Kousaki buried her face into her hands.
"Why are all of you bullying me today…?"
Then—
from behind her—
a calm voice suddenly spoke.
"…What are you doing?"
Kousaki jumped so hard she almost screamed.
"WAHH—?!"
She quickly turned around.
Rai stood there behind the couch, holding a bottled drink in one hand while lazily drying her damp hair with a towel using the other.
The livestream chat exploded instantly.
"RAIIIIII"
"SHE APPEARED"
"OH MY GOD"
"THE WET HAIR"
"I'M DYING"
Kousaki panicked immediately.
"R-Rai! You're suddenly behind me!"
Rai blinked slowly.
"…You're loud."
Then she glanced toward the livestream comments flying endlessly across the screen.
"…Why are they screaming?"
"Because you suddenly appeared!" Kousaki replied.
"…Hm."
Rai didn't seem to understand the chaos at all.
She casually sat down on the couch beside Kousaki.
The viewer count jumped again.
Kousaki stared at the numbers in disbelief.
"…They increased again."
Rai opened her drink calmly.
"Scary."
The comments somehow became even louder after hearing that.
"SHE CALLED US SCARY 😭"
"RAI PLEASE LOOK AT THE CAMERA"
"SHE'S SO CALM"
"KOUSAKI LOOKS LIKE SHE'S ABOUT TO DIE"
Honestly—
that last comment wasn't wrong.
Kousaki sat there stiffly while Rai casually drank beside her like this was completely normal.
Then Rai suddenly glanced at the camera.
"…So what do we even do in this livestream?"
The comments flooded instantly.
"TALK"
"Q&A"
"SHOW US YOUR ROOM"
"PLAY GAMES"
"DATE EACH OTHER"
Kousaki immediately pointed at the screen.
"IGNORE THAT LAST ONE!"
Rai tilted her head slightly.
"…Why?"
Kousaki froze completely.
"…Eh?"
Rai looked genuinely confused.
"You said we're not dating."
"…Y-Yeah?!"
"Then there's nothing to react to."
Kousaki opened her mouth—
then closed it again.
The comments absolutely exploded.
"RAI DESTROYED HER 😭"
"SHE'S TOO STRONG"
"KOUSAKI PLEASE SURVIVE"
"THIS STREAM IS LEGENDARY"