Ch 1 - The Day before the Big Day

~February 28, 2021 9:00 AM~

~~Ayame's POV~~

"Yatta!" I shouted while smiling.

I looked at the little box that I was holding after that little shout of excitement.

"Vanilla flavor!" I said.

"Cream puffs are the best!" Fubuki said.

"I can't wait to get to the park, you know?" Subaru said.

"Now now. Have patience, you three. We have aaaall the time in the world." Mio said.

"Hai hai..." We all replied.

"Still can't believe the cashier couldn't see Ayame." Subaru bursted into her usual loud laughter.

"Shut up! Just because I'm that short doesn't mean you can tease me!"

"Hahaha! Gomennasai! It's just that it's so ridiculous, I just can't.....AHAHAHA!!" Subaru kept laughing while wrapping her arms around her stomach.

"Gotta admit, that was kinda funny when I think back to it." Fubuki giggled as she covered her mouth with her hand.

"Hey, don't bully Ayame-chan. She's gonna get angry, you know?~" Mio said.

"I'm not sensitive about my height!-Oof!"

I coughed a bit, stepped back, and what I think might be Subaru and Fubuki caught my back.

'J-Jeez, that tobacco smell is really stinky...!' I thought.

The guy I bumped into giggled, along with 4 other guys.

"My my my, shouldn't you apologize for walking into us?"

"Grr....!" I stared at them like they were bugs, and clenched my fists like I was holding tight to a rock.

"Oi! YOU walked into us!" Subaru said.

"H-Hey! What are you guys doing?" Mio asked while going in front of us.

"L-L-L-Leave us alone, please!" Fubuki said.

The guys circled us immediately, leaving us no easy exits. They looked at us with their self-indulgent grins as a few of them also licked their lips in such a gross way.

"Oh? This tomboy looks yummy. Look at that ass." Guy 2 licked his lips.

"Nah nah, onee-san shota play is better. Take a look at this black haired girl." Guy 3 said.

"Nah, shorties are cute." Guy 4 said.

"Girls with short black shorts are underrated, you fools." Guy 5 said.

"How about we take all of them instead? No arguments would happen then." Guy 1, the leader, said.

The other guys giggled in response.

I raised my fists, ready to kick some major ass!

I could see some spectators. Some of them even recorded the incident. We're sooo gonna be popular, aren't we? I mean, attention outside of Hololive is gonna be "not" troublesome, am I right?

'....I hope Yagoo will give us mercy when he sees this....' I sweated profusely in my mind.

Mio got her hands out too, so did Subaru. Fubuki hesitantly put her hands in a claw motion.

"K-Kon!" Fubuki said with her usual shy voice.

"I'm not gonna go down without a fight!" Subaru shouted.

"I don't wanna do this, you know...?" Mio said while slightly frowning.

"Well, what're you waiting for? Let's go get these bitches-"

Before Guy 1 could finish his sentence, I heard 2 taps behind him.

A guy with a black mask, white hair, red eyes, black zip up hoodie with a white undershirt, and blue jeans.

'W-Who is he....?'

~~Shiro's POV~~

"Hey, I think you're disturbing these girls. Mind staying away before the cops come?" I said.

"Huh? Who the fuck do you think you are to judge me?"

He grabbed my collar with both hands, and "tried" to raise me up in the air.

'These guys are flimsy as fucking hell.' I thought and deadpanned at them.

"Heh, who the hell are you? These girls' boyfriend?" Guy 1 giggled.

The other guys laughed.

"Heh....No, I'm not their boyfriend...." I said while looking at him in the eyes with a sharp glare.

I grabbed his hands, and put my thumb against the bony part of his wrist and twisted it as his arms made him lean back while also staying in an awkward position.

"A-ARGH...!!" He groaned.

"I'm just a guy that actually has a brain, unlike you limp-dicks!" I said as I twisted his arms more and raised my right foot as I kicked his solar plexus straight on, letting go of his arms and ultimately sending him backwards.

"W-Wah!" The girls shouted as they stepped back a bit.

"Well, anybody wanna go chicken? Or do any of you have the balls of a man? C'mon, what are you guys? Gay? Wanna play Barbie or something?" I snickered, earning a growl from these 4 remaining guys.

"Y-You fucking.....!!!" Guy 4 shouted.

He came charging at me with an obviously retracted right hand.

He threw it, but I knelt, and I elbowed Guy 4's balls.

"OOH....." He held his family jewels tightly.

I saw Guy 5 charging at me, exactly like how Guy 4 did.

'You guys are unbelievably retarded...even a toddler would know how to ACTUALLY punch.' I thought.

I threw a left straight at Guy 5's stomach, then I punched it once more with a right uppercut, and I made sure to "twerk" my butt back a bit to add more force in the punch, resulting to him being thrown back to the short girl and the blue-eyed white-haired girl.

"You girls take care of that!"

They nodded.

'Now time for these guys....'

~~Ayame's POV~~

I raised my right foot, and stomped Guy 5 in the chest.

Fubuki got on top of him afterwards, and retracted her right fist.

"Hiiiyaaa!" She said as she punched him right in the face.

"Yeah! That's it, Fubuki-chan!" I said.

"E-Eh?! We're not gonna send him to the hospital, right?"

"I don't know..."

I turned my head to my left and a bit more behind and watched the masked guy.

'H-He's....amazing....'

~~Mio's POV~~

"Hehehe....YOU'RE COMING WITH ME...!" Guy 2 said.

"N-No...!" I said.

It was too late. I got the advantage on Guy 2 when I charged at him as that masked guy distracted them all, but I was flipped from the top to the bottom, and now my back is against the ground, and I grabbed his wrists that were currently against my throat.

"Hrrnngghh.....!!!" I groaned.

I can feel myself getting light-headed by the second, and I breathed in through my nose as much as I could despite the choking. My vision felt like it was going dark slowly.

"Heh, time to-"

He was suddenly soccer-kicked to the left side of the head by the masked guy, resulting to Guy 2 collapsing on top of me.

"D-D-D-Disgusting!" I pushed him off of me hard and used my feet to crawl backwards.

The masked guy got some sort of metal wire from his pocket, and went to Subaru.

I looked at Guy 1, the leader. The same direction where the masked guy came from before he came to save me.

"H-He was already taken out? I didn't even see that...!"

This guy is amazing!

~~Subaru's POV~~

"Need a hand?" The masked guy asked.

"P-Please...!" I said with all the strength I could muster up.

Guy 3 pushed my boobs to get off of me, and locked his eyes onto his new target, the masked guy.

"Oh no, you're not...!" Guy 3 shouted as he ran towards him.

"H-HIYAAAAA!!!" I wrapped my arm around my chest.

'This bastard, seriously...!!' I blushed while gritting my teeth.

I looked at the masked guy, and I could see him kicking Guy 3 in the stomach as he leaned back and kicked forward, resulting to Guy 3 getting the wind knocked out of him, and staying in an awkward position, before finally collapsing to the ground.

He finally stomped him in the face 3 times, really letting him stay down.

'This guy is merciless....' I sweat dropped.

"Welp, the wire was a bit useless, but eh." He said.

He made his way towards Ayame and Fubuki while going over Guy 3's body.

"A-Arigatou...." I mumbled.

~~Shiro's POV~~

I made a few noises and did a little hand motion to get the 2 girls out of the way. Once they did get out of the way, I put my hands together, and bowed.

"Itadakimasu..."

I raised my right foot and stomped Guy 5's balls HARD. Like when you kick-start an engine.

"YOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

He collapsed on the ground, finally, and I did a little giggle as I saw him foaming at the mouth.

"Man, it's been a while since I did a street fight." I said as I hopped a bit, doing the boxer's skip.

"L-LOOK OUT!" The girls shouted.

"Huh?"

I looked back and saw Guy 4 shooting at me, but I leaned to my right, raised my left leg and contracted my knee, and when he got close enough, I kicked him in the head with my heel, resulting to him stopping and falling to the ground.

'Yup. His brain is fucked now.' I thought and deadpanned at him.

"Jesus...WHEN. WILL YOU LEARN. THAT I'M. MORE SUPERIOR. THAN YOU...?!" I said while kicking him in the sides for each pause I did.

'I mean, I would've just stopped at the brain part, but bro, sexual harassment? I hope you drop the soap in prison.' I thought.

I giggled, and wiped the sweat off my forehead with the back of my right hand.

"Nice exercise." I said.

After that, I heard loud applause all around us. Claps, and screams. Probably a few whistles too.

"H-Huh...?" I said to myself.

I looked everywhere, and saw a big crowd gathering around and clapping. Even a lot of them recorded the incident.

"Arigatou-gozaimasu!" The girls said and bowed.

I shifted my stare from the crowd to the girls.

'Oh shit.'

Welp, I'm gonna be popular in Twitter, Tiktok, and other social media platforms, aren't I? Fuck.

My smile from triumph was short-lived. I sighed, knowing what I just got myself into.

"Yeah yeah, I didn't save you girls just cause you're girls. I just hate troublemakers. Anyway, see ya." I waved bye to them as I turned my back against them, and I went into the crowd.

"Wha-" The short white-haired girl said.

~~Ayame's POV~~

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?! COME BACK HERE!" I shouted as he went along the side of the street and the crowd made way for him, getting out of my vision.

Despite my attempt to go after him while flailing my arms in a circle as I was filled with anger, Subaru did her best to hold me back as she looped her arms around my shoulder.

"AYAME! CALM DOWN!"

"Hah...hah...hah...." I finally relaxed after that little fit I threw.

"Well, let's just be thankful that that guy saved us." Mio said.

"B-But still!" I said.

Subaru finally lets go of my arms, and I stood straight while facing Mio.

"We gave him thanks, and he didn't even bother to say 'welcome' or anything?!"

I looked around, seeing the crowd finally break up, and people continued whatever they were originally going to do. Some of them still looked back at us though, doing their little chit-chat.

"Sigh....He did look kind of cute though..." I mumbled while playing with my right foot on the ground.

Even though I didn't see under his mask, he did look rather..."attractive" from just the eyes and hair alone.

I clenched my fists afterwards, still recalling how he treated us after saying his goodbye.

"An evil kind of cute, that is. He is soooo not my type."

The girls backed away a bit and sweat dropped.

"Ayame, are you okay?" Subaru asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I sighed.

I went to the dropped cream puffs, and picked up the box.

"Luckily our creampuffs are still good! I would've been more pissed if it was a mess!"

I looked at the 3.

"Shall we go now?" I asked them.

"Un!"

And so we did. We made our way to the park. Although we were stopped by the policemen to answer a few questions, and probably send those 5 guys to the hospital, we finally stopped at the park.

"Goodie goodie goodie!" I smiled as I got one out from the box.

"Time to get mine!" Subaru said.

"I can't wait!" Fubuki said.

"Aaand time to get mine!~" Mio said.

"To think 5 of them would come to us. Jeez, never knew cliche moments in anime could happen in real life." I pouted.

Well, that doesn't change the fact that there are some actual people like that. There are literal creeps in every corner of the world. Not to mention, molestation is kind of a problem here in Japan. I'm lucky I never encountered a "chikan" in my life....well, until now, that is. Though they never groped me, they were gross.

"Well, it was nice that the masked guy helped us." Fubuki giggled.

"Honestly, I have never seen somebody that good at fighting, other than Korone and Temma-kun." Fubuki said.

"I wish he'd hold back though.....I feel bad for their family jewels." Mio giggled and sweat dropped.

I held my cream puff, looking around it to find the best angle to bite.

"Still, can't he like...take off the mask? You can't really breathe properly in a mask, can you?" I asked.

I mean, I do wear a mask sometimes, but if I were him, I'd take it off. It's not like he's sick, since he clearly has a lot of strength and can move around a lot.

'I just can't wrap my head around this guy. He's really getting on my nerves....!'

I shook my head after thinking about nothing for 2 seconds.

"Well, leave him be, Ayame-chan. I mean, he's a trained fighter. Didn't you see those moves? He even dominated the leader!" Mio said.

I smiled, and giggled.

"I guess so..."

I guess I'm worrying over nothing.

I took a bite, and tasted the definition of "sweet" in my mouth. The vanilla aftertaste gives shivers down my spine, and gives such pleasurable signals to my brain. I'm in pure ecstasy, honestly.

The others also took a bite of their creampuff, and we all shouted the expected line.

"Oishi!!!"

~~Shiro's POV~~

After that little street fight, I went into the mall, and went through the entrance.

"Oh?" The guard noticed the metal wire in my pocket.

"Sir, may I safekeep this for now?" The guard asked.

I nodded, then finally took a step in the mall as I was hit with the chatters of people and the aircon of the mall.

I bought myself a few things, like guitar strings for my acoustic and electric guitar, and also for my bass.

I then went to the 3rd floor. I thought that the best thing I could have right now, after sweating a bit and wanting to relax, would be iced tea. So I went to a stand near the food court that has that.

"Thank you for ordering, sir!" The guy behind the stand said.

I bowed my head a bit, and turned to my back with the iced tea at hand, but I didn't realize that there was a woman in front of me, so you can guess what happened. I bumped into her. She was rather a bit "big" though...

"Holy fuck-" I blurted.

I stepped back once, fearing I might hit the stand with my left foot if I stepped back once more.

The girl covered her chest and widened her eyes as she looked at me while wrapping her arms around her chest.

"W-Woah!" She said as she turned her body to her left.

"S-Sorry! That's my fault!" I said in English too, and bowed down to a 90-degree angle.

"That's an oddly familiar voice..."

I looked up after bowing. The girl had pink hair, and red eyes. She was rather beautiful, I thought she might be taken or something....

"...Wait a minute, she looks like Calli's real identity....oh, hell nah, I ain't gonna go to conclusions, since this could be a doppelganger."

I also saw 4 other girls near her. One with orange and blue hair with pink-ish eyes, one with yellow hair and blue eyes, one with black and yellow hair with dark eyes, and one with white and blue hair with blue eyes.

"Okay, two of them are oddly familiar too, but uh...like this "Calli", these could be doppelgangers too. What a coincidence. I hope they're not from Hololive."

The orange-haired girl stood in front of her, and I stood upright.

"You don't have any ill intentions, do you?" She asked in English.

"What the-NO! Listen, I didn't look where I was going, okay? It's an accident!"

"Hmm....Well, as long as you know your mistake, it's fine, I guess!" She smiled.

I sighed relief.

'Good thing it ain't gonna be an argument. I would've also been pissed-offerson like Eminem.'

"Okay....Thank you." I said.

I walked off to the right, and I held my iced tea with me as I went to my "usual" area.

In order for me to eat or drink in public areas, I need to find a private space within the area, and then I do my business...it really affects me though.

'Sigh....I seriously can't believe I gotta do this everyday now...'

"Well...it's not too bad...."

Just that I'm in an area where fecal matter exists, hygiene might not be practiced well, I can hear people pissing and shitting on the bowls, I'm taking a place that should be somebody else's, and most of all, THIS IS A BATHROOM FOR GOD'S SAKE! WHO, IN THEIR RIGHT MIND, WOULD DRINK OR EAT WITH FECAL MATTER RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER?! I SURE AS HELL DON'T, BUT I'M FORCED INTO THIS. I'M LITERALLY DRINKING SHIT RIGHT NOW.

"Dammit, mom....!!" I sipped on my straw just a bit harder.

I sighed, knowing that I will have to do this every time now, and finished my business.

Honestly, this isn't the only method, but face it, you would look weird as hell if you were sitting somewhere in the mall and you didn't wear your hoodie the way it's meant to be worn.

And by the way, it's not like I'll do this forever, but my scar is still healing, and it's still not blended in well with my skin, so I have to do this for as long as I can until my scar blends in enough.

I drank the whole tea, put it in a nearby garbage can, and went out of the bathroom as I finally stood near the edge of the 3rd floor, and I looked down for a while, recalling the things I needed to do.

"So I bought guitar strings, another black mask, another USB....Oh yeah, I need another shirt."

My mom provided me with enough shirts, but I want another cotton shirt. I have more dri-fit shirts than I have cotton shirts. Why? Ask my workout routine, bro.

"...It's so peaceful..." I mumbled as I kept looking down from the 3rd floor.

I had a few flashbacks from those times I was in the battlefield. Rescuing and eliminating targets. A few of the usual stuff I got into with my squad.

I sighed after shutting my mind off for now.

"This was my decision anyway, so I gotta make the most of it before I die."

I stood straight, and decided to hit the department store to go to the shirt section. It was in-between the women's section, and the men's section, so I could encounter a couple girls there.

"Alright....what should I pick....?" I said to myself.

"W-W-Where's Reine?!" I heard behind me.

I checked it. A girl with red and white hair got in my vision. Judging from the looks, I'm guessing she's either a Filipino or an Indonesian.

"Hmm...I'll go here with Risu and Iofi. You two go there." A girl with purple hair said.

They nodded, and went opposite directions.

'...Heh, funny. Never knew real people had the same names as Vtubers...'

"That's not my business though, so I don't care. I just wanna go home and kill time...especially to get my dose of Nakirium..."

Ah...Ayame....my one and oni girl...~ I wuv you UwU.

After some searching, I found a certain shirt that formed a heart on both of my eyes. A T-shirt with a simple design. Red on top, white on middle, and dark blue for bottom.

I giggled.

"Mine! Reject Ayame, Return to shirts!"

I checked the neck of the shirt and grabbed its tag.

"About 1k yen...eh, it's good enough for me."

I earned a lot of money from doing commissions for making beats the past couple years anyway, along with my salary. I earned 4k yen for each commission, so I have money for miscellaneous. Adding the ones from before, leftover 100,000 yen from the amount that mom gave me for the apartment's rent, the equipment that I need for streaming like my custom-built PC, microphone, and other stuff, and my salary, I have more than 22,000,000 yen in my bank account.

I grabbed the shirt and went to the counter, but at the same time, a girl with white hair came up, so we stopped for a bit, leaving us with a bit of distance from the counter itself.

"Uh...you go first!" She said shyly in Japanese.

"No, please go ahead." I said.

"R-Really?"

I nodded quickly and said "Yeah."

"O-Okay..."

She finally approached the counter, but when she did, I could see a couple girls in the distance. Especially that red and white haired girl.

~~Ollie's POV~~

"Reine! There you are!"

"Where were you?!" Anya asked.

"Sorry! I just found a blouse earlier that I liked, so..."

"Huh?" Risu-senpai asked herself as she looked at the masked man from head to toe.

We all looked at him, and he seemed a bit...tense...for some reason.

"Reine, who's this man?" I asked.

"He's just waiting for his turn."

"Here's your blouse, miss." The girl at the counter said, handing Reine the white blouse with black stripes that go vertical.

"Ah! Arigatou-gozaimasu!" Reine said.

~~Shiro's POV~~

The Reine girl finally got her blouse, and the girls went away, making me sigh relief and finally taking her spot.

"Good." I mumbled under my breath.

'I was nervous as hell. Good thing they just looked at me up and down.' I thought and sweat dropped.

Though, that language was oddly familiar. Some Tagalog words in there but used differently means that they must be speaking Indonesian. At least one of the signs. I did study a bit of Indonesian before.

I bought the shirt, went out of the mall at the same area where I entered, got my metal wire, and I breathed in the fresh air from the outside, feeling the heat of the sun once more, and hearing the lively traffic of Japan.

"Ah....fresh air."

Now, the last thing I gotta get is more books and pens for writing lyrics. Gotta have a separate book for my work, right?

"Jesus, I write way too much, don't I?"

I switch from digital to ink whenever I write lyrics. Whenever I feel like it, I'll write. Same goes for typing. But if I'm gonna be in school, I need to write the lyrics, so I'm gonna need paper. Old Man did say we don't go by tablets, but by paper like any other school would, so I'm gonna have to be stacked with paper....literally. I don't know if I'll be free most of the time, but at least I'll have a book where I can instantly write lines that come off the top of my head.

I walked for about 2 minutes, and went to a school supplies store to look at all the notebooks they have.

As I was looking at the notebooks, I heard another language outside of Japanese, English, Filipino, and Cebuano. It wasn't Russian, cause I didn't here something like "vot" or an "h" with a dying sound, but it had tones. It was the 7th language I learned that I still suck in, and remember struggling on the pronunciation alone.

"They're Chinese, ey?"

Not to mention, they're girls. Of course it had to be girls, cause I'm a harem protagonist, right? Ahahaha....I'm being sarcastic, in case you couldn't tell.

"Is this the most girls I've encountered in a day though? Sweet Lord." I sweat dropped.

I looked for other big notebooks, and I found one of my favorites. A spiral big notebook. It's also a good one too. It's thick, and the pages are nice. I even smelled the paper, cause who doesn't love smelling paper in a book?

I picked 5 of those bad boys up, and I got some HBV and Panda pens, cause I love how the ink is so black, yet it's not as messy as a signing pen.

I made my way to the counter with the books and pen in hand, and laid it on the counter. While the cashier was scanning it, I felt 2 light taps on my back. I had to check who it was.

I looked at my back and then looked down, and I saw a girl with purple eyes. She was a bit blonde, and she had a flower-shaped hair accessory. Kinda pretty if you ask me.

"Anata wa eigo ga dekimasu ka? (Can you speak(do) English?)" She asked.

I nodded.

'Just get this done quick. I got some business to do at home.'

And damn, her voice sounds familiar too for some reason.

"I got a question. It's not much. Just one." She said in English while keeping up the smile.

"What is it?"

"Are you buying pens for yourself?"

I nodded.

She took something from her white handbag that was rather decorated...enough to tell that this girl is a "woman", and got out some sort of pen. I could feel my pupils dilating a bit when she took it out like a shiny gold rod.

"Here, take mine."

"Um...okay? Wait, why?" I said as I took it nonetheless.

The pen had a flower design on it, but I don't care. It does look very girly. As expected of a girl. But what really attracted me to this pen was the fact that I was familiar with this pen, and I remember this pen being stupidly good in writing.

"I have way too many pens. Besides, judging from your items, you might be a writer of some sort." She smiled.

I sweated a bit.

"Um...well, thanks for the pen...I guess. Really." I scratched my head.

She giggled.

"I do calligraphy, by the way, in case you're wondering. Bye bye!" She waved.

I raised my right hand a bit, just enough to be at a "waving" standard, and slightly waved back as I slightly lowered my eyebrows.

'She's not a thot, is she?' I deadpanned.

She is kind though, I will give her that. I'll remember your face for a long time, little girl.

I could see her talking to what seems like her friends again, but I'm sure it had something to do with me. I picked up a few words here and there. She even giggled, so I'm guessing she was testing me for something and got a nice result...probably my attitude.

A girl with red hair, and surprisingly a good aura despite the look of a delinquent, said something and shivered afterwards. Again, I think it's me they're talking about. She must've been scared about something.

'If it's about me being evil, woman, then you're correct. I'd rather you stay away.' I thought to myself

"That'll be 1767 yen, sir." The cashier lady said.

"Ah, hai." I said as I got my wallet from my pocket, and got 2000.

I got my change of 233, and walked out the store, seeing the girls next in line.

'See ya, girls.' I thought as I deadpanned at the exit.

I checked my phone's clock, and it was 11 AM.

"Guess I'll go hit up the convenience store and buy some eggs and vegetables."

'My eyes are green, I eat my vegetables.~' I randomly rapped in my head, thinking of Tyler, the Creator.

I remembered I had hotdogs in the freezer. I'mma eat a simple lunch for today.

I rode a taxi to the convenience store, and then walked to my apartment, which was about 5-6 minutes away in walking distance.

I went up to the 7th floor of my apartment, got my key, inserted it in the doorknob of my room, and opened it as I saw the relaxing scenery of my room, knowing I finally accomplished what I had to do outside and can finally rest, which means I can then watch some more Hololive!

"Phew! Goddamn, I should've known to bring a cap with me."

Sorry, Akina-neechan. I should've taken your dermatology advice into account today. But at least I got shade here and there, so it's okay. It's not like I'm a vampire anyway.

I closed the door behind me and took off my mask, knowing that I'm now exposing my mouth. My now-different mouth. I could only sigh as I could imagine what a stranger would think if they saw this.

It made me wanna touch it for a bit, just to feel the texture, and see how much it healed these 3 months.

"...Mom..." I mumbled.

I shook my head, and sighed, knowing what's done is done, and can't be reversed.

"No time to think about the past. Tomorrow is the big day! The orientation for 2nd year college!"

It's also gonna be my 1st time taking classes with people around. Can't wait to make friends. I don't know about female friends though...I can definitely say I might get a bit anxious knowing they're around.

"Welp, at least I'm gonna have male buddies. All the men there are Holostars, according to Old Man, so I have somebody to hang out and collab with!"

I went to the preparing area of my kitchen, got my cutting board, garlic, onion, and then I got my recently-sharpened kitchen knife, forming the ultimate RuShiAnyAqua collab. and started cutting the seasonings.

Beforehand though, I had an XXL Freestyle playlist play. I do know I'm gonna hear some Lil Mosey and some other rappers that I would like to not hear, but damn, I don't care.

"Alright....let's start with Jack Harlow, mah boi."

I played the Jack Harlow, Polo G, and Lil Keed freestyle.

As I was cutting the onions, I started rapping Jack's part.

"...I'm that man."

"I can't trip cause it's way off brand."

"I had plans for the playoffs, damn."

"City used to hate, but I made y'all fans."

"Aw man....I hit 'em both way, ain't y'all friends?"

"She know how to cook and take off pants."

"Flow relaxed, but I ain't on Xan."

"I'm T'd up like Jake Austin."

"If you got an issue, then say something."

"Used to do shows, I ain't make nothing."

"Now I got bread, but I ain't content."

"Y'all so street, nah, I ain't convinced."

"That's just somethin' that you came up with."

"I just want someone to lay up with."

"I call her babe, but-."

"She know I can't marry."

"Ciroc cranberry. My shit classic. Tom & Jеrry."

"Lot of commentary. Shit seem cool, but it's gotten scary."

"Fuck the game up, I'm poppin' cherries."

"At the mall, they stop and staring."

"I got birds, but they not canary."

"WHOO! Damn, Jack Harlow just keeps spitting fire no matter how many times I listen to him!" I laughed.

I kept listening to so many freestyles from so many rappers, and especially some that I didn't want to listen to, but hey, I dried my hands faster than Dash from The Incredibles and skipped that shit quick.

After cooking lunch, I set up everything, and put my hands together.

"Itadakimasu!"

I grabbed my spoon and fork, and ate my hotdog, fried egg, and carrot and squash soup. Amidst the eating, I thought about my Old Man's school.

"Tomorrow, I'm gonna be in the orientation, and I'll be presented with the Hololivers on stage...and I'd be there too with the Holostars..." I chuckled.

2 weeks in since falling into the Hololive rabbit hole, I heard about Holostars, and I thought I could join, just to be in the same company as my favorite girls and boys, especially my winning son, Roberu. So I asked if I could audition and just get straight into it, but my Old Man insisted that I'll join immediately, so that happened. At least I ain't hassled and I can troll everybody now, especially the war criminal rabbit.

And so, tomorrow, I need to be present for the orientation, cause that's where all of us will present our output, and let all the students see what we offer, especially mine. I think mine is gonna be more anticipated, since they already know what the others offer. They don't know what I myself offer. I'll show everybody what I bring to the table!

"I just hope everybody there will understand though..."

I just hope they'll really look at my lyrics, and understand why I'm like that. I won't blame them if they can't catch up though. I made sure my lyrics are like those usual lyric videos that give enough time for viewers to read everything before it goes to the next bars. I even added Japanese translations cause I know if none of them can understand English, then hey, they can still see my message.

I went through the whole day practicing Tetris, more guitar practice, making beats, exercising in my room, singing, rapping, and especially watching Hololive clips. I also applied some OBS knowledge to use, since I'm going to be a streamer. I can't ask and hassle my peers, cause that's embarrassing.

I was also getting a lot of notifications on my phone amidst the OBS knowledge application session, and I checked it.

"...#Blackmask...?"

...Oh no, it's me, isn't it...?

I tapped the notification, entered "122205" for the password, and I checked it.

"...Ah, yep. It's me...bullshit."

I wonder how my mom, my friends, her friends, and especially my Old Man will react to it? Actually, I hope the Hololivers don't know it's me just yet.

"Well, it's useless. Shut up, phone." I said as I pressed the "mute" button on my phone.

"Now...let's review once more on how to stream in OBS...." I said as I put my left index and middle finger on my left temple.

I went to my clock app and alarmed 7:00 AM after I was done with the session, so that I can get to school early. The orientation starts at 8:00 AM, if I remember correctly.

I kept on doing my hobbies until nighttime. The time that, unironically, most people will be more active in. And is also the time the Hololivers will stream. Though, I did see in Twitter about their schedule that everybody will be streaming until 11 PM, so they'll be able to catch some sleep until tomorrow....however, knowing the Hololivers themselves, and knowing people nowadays, you're gonna stay up at night looking at your phones, scrolling on social media and shit, aren't you?

I looked out the window of my room, feeling the cold wind against my face, and my hair slightly waving in the air as I saw the buildings across the street with a couple lights on, and traffic is still lively as ever.

I looked up at the night sky. The moon was shining like an idol in the spotlight, and I could see the dark night sky with the illuminated clouds...the stars glistening and floating in the air. The sky was very black...just like a certain someone's eye color...

"....You're as beautiful as ever...night sky..."

Damn, I'm really gonna become a Virtual Youtuber tomorrow. Like...I'm actually gonna meet the Hololivers. They're not my idols, but they're people I looked up to prior to joining Holostars, and now...I'm actually a part of Hololive now. I'm a member that will work beside them. One that will have to actually make music, stream, train, dance, and most importantly, be the one in the spotlight.....just like the moon right now.

"Sigh...what's the time right now...?" I shook my head, bringing my mind back into the present time.

I put my head back in the room, closing the windows, and I got my phone on my desk.

"It's....9:37 PM now."

I better sleep early. It'll be nice to have more sleep time until I get up and going.

I went to my bed, and slowly lay down, thinking how it'll go. Will they hate it? Will I have no friends? Will I not grow at all when I debut in my channel and suffer the same fate as my Holostar boys? Who knows? Only God knows how much hate and love I'll get.

"Well, I got the channel part down...I'll see where fate takes me when I finally stream." I said as I looked at the ceiling. Surprisingly bright from the moonlight that seeped in through the window.

"'Pavolia Reine', huh...?" I chuckled.

"There's no way they're the same person." I added, thinking back to those Indonesian-looking girls.

I'm probably being dense, but Subaru is also the name of my old pal back in the military...well, back when he was still alive, at least....

...But the point is, there are a lot of names like that, so I'm not gonna assume things.

"Oyasumi." I said to nobody.