"Hanako!? What are you doing here!?" I'm shocked by the presence of Hanako, a woman who is obsessed with me. I didn't expect her to come here at all, mostly because I forgot.
"Hi, Kai-kun~! How could you? I'm your number one fan, remember?Hihihihi~!" She IS my number one fan as she was the one who watched my streams when I was still new to the field.
"Um, sir, I don't want to interrupt your time with her but there are a lot more people waiting in line, eager to meet you, sir." The boy reminds me. I take a quick look behind her and many people are waiting. Then, I look at her and hold her hands.
"Hana, we talk later, okay? I still have a job to do. You can go anywhere but please don't disturb me. Do you understand?" I say. People behind are waiting and I don't want to make them mad, so I tell her to meet later after I'm done with this.
"Ok-kay~! Don't make me wait too long. Bye!" And she goes. *Sigh* Now, I have to deal with her. My day starts getting worse. The next person comes in and the same process continues until the session is end.
The fan meeting has come to the end, staffs tell us to go have tea at the back. The boy who was standing beside me is packing up the place where I sit with his members. I got no time to talk with him again.
I don't have time for tea as I need to talk with Hanako who I don't know where she is. I need to find her and ask her why she didn't tell me anything. Now, where is she? I told her that she can go anywhere but this is basically lost. I have to go around to find her, this feels like searching for a lost child. *Sigh*
Rena's POV: I get up to go to the back where they serve us tea, I look around to find Kai but he's nowhere to be seen. I walk with other streamers but then I notice he's at a vending machine, searching for something around it. I'm just about to call him out but he has gone away.
He acts unusual today as if he tries to find and hide his fault. I'm worried, so I try to follow him to see what's making him act like this. I'm afraid that he might be in trouble. Then, I change my plan and go to him. Amber and Hiro who is with me surprised and, "Rena-san, where are you going?" They ask. I have to ignore them and focus on my objective. I'm sorry, guys.
Kai's POV: Where is she? I've searched for her in almost all places yet I found nothing! Well, there's one more place that I didn't check yet because the place is a female toilet and I can't go in there. I'm a man! Maybe, I have to look from the start again to fully see everything because I probably miss one place or two.
I turn around and, "Gah! R-Rena? Uh, what're you doing behind me?" I see Rena standing behind me while crossing her arms. Isn't she supposed to go to the back to have tea with others? Wait... did she know what happen at my booth regarding Hanako? No, don't jump to a conclusions, yet. She may have other reasons, let me just ask her. ...Oh, wait, I already did.
She looks at me suspiciously. "...Kai, what're you doing? We're supposed to have tea at the back, remember? I saw you wandering around like you were looking for something or someone. What're you looking for?" I knew it. Anyone who saw me acts like a lost person surely will ask the same question. How do I do this? Should I tell her or lie to her? But, she hates liars and I don't want her to hate me. If I tell her, she may be mad but if I don't, she'll be mad too. Aaagghh, God help me!
"Uh, how about we talk about this later? After tea time, I'll answer everything. Now, we go to the back and enjoy our tea time, okay?" That's the least good thing I can do right now by delaying the 'session'. I still have to find her, wherever she is.
I walk with her to the back and when we're just about to arrive, I hear something inside the room like they're having fun talking with someone in particular. It should be three people inside but I hear a fourth voice like a woman that I might know who she is. But, I can't confirm it because the wall reduces the sound and make the voices a bit unclear and indescribable. So, want it or not, I have to go in and check it myself.
I open the door and what I see inside is not what I expected but my intuition is correct. Hanako is sitting on the chair and talking with people, especially Amber and Hiro. They're the most nosy people here, keep asking her question after question and judge from the way they're having fun, they look like are talking about me.
I go in and confront them, her specifically. "Hanako, what're you doing in here? I told you to wait for me and can she come in here? I thought this place is for VIPs and staff only."
"Kai-kun~! But, I did what you ask, you didn't say where I should wait, hihihi! Hey, hey, people here are so nice! And they say they're your friend! I recognize these people. She's Amber and he's Hiro and... the other one." Wow, it must feel hurt to be called 'the other one' like you don't have a name but what's your name, actually? I don't think I see you before.
I get closer to them. "Hey, Kai, she's funny, you know! She said that she's your number one fan and has been watching your streams since the beginning. You got a loyal one, man! As expected of the man who has more female subs than male." Hiro teases me. Is that what she told them? If so then, I'm still safe.
No, I probably won't because Rena is standing behind me and is probably mad at me. Farewell, myself, you did a good job. In a second now...
"...Hana? Is that you? It's been so long!" Rena goes to hug her. ... ...Eh? She knows her? "Hmm? Rena-chan! Long time no see! How are you?" Hanako hugs her back. They're embraced in a warm hug and Rena's crying with joy because she's able to meet her old friend. I assume she's her old friend.
This is not what I anticipate but I guess I'm safe, for now. I ask her about all of this and she tells me that Hanako is her best friend when she was in middle school but Hana had to move to other cities where she's staying right now. She always protect her when she got bullied by other students by 'threatening' them but after she moved, no one can protect her anymore, and she has to stand by herself against these people who always bullied her.
Since then, they haven't met each other again because of limited communication at that time. Even if the mobile phone already existed, they weren't able to buy them because of the lack of money their family had at that time. Now, they have money but no information about each other, making them unable to communicate. But, what makes me wonder is how can Hanako knew about me but not her. She's a streamer too even more famous than me, but she still knows nothing about her. Isn't that weird?
"Kai, is she who you were looking for?" She suddenly asks me. I thought I was already safe but I guess I was wrong again. "...Yes, she is but how do you know that I was looking for a person? I didn't give off any hint." I ask.
"Hmph, the way you act is the only thing I need to find out what were you doing before. You were searching but the way you do it didn't give off that you were searching for something instead you were searching for someone." Wow, she can do that? I don't know if she has that kind of knowledge. If she was in the group, she'll surely be a fearful interrogator and has a success rate of 100 percent.
She asks to give her space to talk with Hanako alone, so we all get out of the room to give them space. I close the door and let them be. "Look at you! Two women at the same time and they both happened to be old friends, what a coincidence!" Hiro teases me again.
"Shut up." I tell him to shut his mouth. We're not in relationship, yet but I hope that I am with both of them at the same time or even more. I don't know if I can achieve something like this, I'm not like I was before when I was in the group. That old me has die a long time ago.