Chapter 487: Hana Homura – [Just Chatting] Say hi to my Friend E~! |
[Play stream cafe - boba date ♥ (1 hour) : cute music (youtube.com)]
No transitions, no cuts. Just straight into the stream.
One moment, the stream was a mysterious black thumbnail. And the next...
"Ohana yo! Hana da yo! Morning afternoon evening, everyone!"
...Hana showed up on stream, hugging a nervous-looking beauty with black hair who was hiding her face with a medical face mask.
> @yellowbird HANAAAAAAAAAAAAA
> @hanas_imouto🌟 Hana nee-chan's back!
> @hana_kaigainiki BEST LITTLE SISTER RETURNS!
> @randoporko Who's the new girl?
> @ohanadayo FRIEEEEEND!
> @peepinglily Hana-chan finally has friends! T_T
Hana laughed and said, "Nice to see everyone again! But sheesh, you're acting like I haven't streamed in years."
> @scribblehub_reader1 IT HAS BEEN YEARS
> @scribblehub_reader134 THE STREAMS! THEY RETURN AT LONG LAST!
> @webnovel_reader555 WAIT I HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP ON THE VODS
> @royalroad_reader999 THESE STREAMS EXIST?!?!
> @wonkywillow true true
> @shippers_r_us DO YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND YET
> @sensiblecat Bro, we don't ask the underaged girl about her lovelife...
> @erstwhile_ergomite ban that guy, Mira-chan
> @Mira-Chan🔧 @shippers_r_us has been MAC banned for: 9999 years
> @numberphile GET WREKT
> @fbi_wannabe No lewding the minors! Bad!
> @newbiehana_fan✨ Wait, so Hana is ACTUALLY a JK?
> @Mira-Chan🔧 Hana-chan is a real high schooler~ She's working with permission, but bad guys WILL be bonked... and reported to authorities~
The young woman standing next to Hana blinked and then tilted her head, reading the chat. As she did, she let out a nervous laugh and said, "S-Senpai, is chat always this hectic?"
> @ideaman !!!
> @saiyan_enthusiast SENPAI?!
> @onigirifoxu HANA IS A SENPAI?!
> @loophole_breaker New gen confirmed?
> @uglydastard I knew our imouto always had senpai vibes!
> @numbcat Hi Friend E!
Hana giggled and said, "You'll get used to it! The ohana are energetic, but they're all good people! Right?"
> @ohanadayo🌟 100%
> @hanafan_en🌟 No bad behavior around our cute imouto!
> @stitch_lilo🌟 Ohana means family~
Hana read the chat and gasped. With a bright smile, she clapped her hands and said, "The membership icons are working! Some of you became stars!"
> @hana_appreciator🌟 It's been that long already?!
> @hanas_bestie🌟 It feels like you just debuted yesterday... T_T
> @scribblehub_reader497🌟 It feels like it's been five years for me since this all started...
> @killerorca So who's the friend?
> @gossipgoliath Imouto, introduce your friend!
> @friendlyspiderman Yeah, imouto! Who's the cutie?
Hana laughed and said, "Everyone!" She moved the masked young woman closer to the screen and said, "This is Friend E! She's a new friend I made recently! Say hi!"
> @jumpingtiger Hello there!
> @wailingtree Friend E! Hello!
> @happypengin Hi hi~
Friend E let out a nervous laugh and waved back. "Um... hello?"
Hana smiled and said, "Don't be shy, Friend! They already like you, I'm sure!"
> @monsterrider DEFINITELY like already~
> @purpledurple Nice to meet you!
> @emptycoffin How did you two meet?
Friend E shifted in place, fiddling with the hem of her shirt. "W-W-Well... Um. Through... a friend of a friend...?"
Hana nodded. "Yep! A friend of a friend... kind of!"
"Kind of...?"
Hana giggled. "Kind of! We'll just leave it there!"
> @inquisitiveigloo Kind of...?
> @octoliter Where's @loreowl when you need him?
> @loreowl🔧 Working. Got hired.
> @hungryhippo OH MY GOD HE'S OFFICIAL NOW
> @unclerodger FUIYOH! Nephew Owl became staff-san?!
> @redranger Does that mean we're getting official lore books?!
Hana glanced at the chat and tilted her head. "Huh? Mister Lore? Aren't you supposed to be helping Onee-chan and Aneue at the convention?"
> @loreowl🔧 I am. They're on lunchbreak. Also, Friend E? The looooore... T_T
> @killaqueen Ayo, yo. Ohanayo is not daijobu yo...
> @wonkywillow rip lorebooks
> @quint_essence Wait, so is Friend E really Hana's friend?
> @luckylucy Are we doing guest appearances now?!
> @enter-tainment Mon amie, does this mean we can finally meet Meggie?
> @imouto_enthusiast DOES THIS MEAN WE GET IMOUTO'S IMOUTO?!
Friend E read the chat, her blue eyes spinning a bit at the speed. "U-U-Um...!"
Hana giggled and said, "It's okay if you miss some, Friend! Chat's going too fast anyway for anyone to read it!"
> @humanweapon But you're reading it...?
> @sasuga_sugoi As expected of the strongest imouto...!
> @sus_pidgeon The theory of Hana being a secret super soldier grows more likely...
> @i_ronnie I mean, Aoko is a dragon queen, Alfi is a combat automaton, Hana is OBVIOUSLY a Yuusha.
> @meta_enthusiast Have you used Hana in
> @Kahns_percy WAIT. Is THAT why they're Prototype? Prototype weapons?!?!?!
Hana rolled her eyes and twirled. "Enough lore chatting! That's Mister Lore's job! Right now... we're going to have fun! And we'll start by having Friend sing!"
"H-Huh?!" Friend E's eyes widened. "Y-Y-You want me to sing? Now?"
"Yep!" Hana nodded. "It's tradition! When you're on a stream with me, you have to sing a song!"
> @gas_lit Since when is that a tradition?
> @laughingloon Shhhh, don't tell her
> @omni-tricks Sing for the moment~
Friend E blinked. "B-But I'm not that good at singing? Um. I practiced some Japanese songs, but..."
Hana gave a thumbs up and said, "That's okay! Sing whatever you want?"
"Wh-Whatever? Any song?"
Hana nodded. "Yep! Mira-chan will pull up any song you need! Oh! Here!" She ran off screen and returned with a microphone before pressing it into Friend E's hands.
Friend E hesitated. Then she said, "Okay. Then um..." She took a deep breath and closed her eyes.
> @musiclover241 Oooh!
> @unexpected_maker Friend E has a nice voice, so it should be good!
> @luckypetal Not a Japanese song... so an English song?
> @techguru143 Wait. But the stream's already in English...?
> @wizardtek @techguru143 Check your settings. You probably have autodub on.
> @ebonystrider WE HAVE AUTODUB NOW?!
Friend E nodded. "Okay. Then... I'll do this one." After taking another breath, she started singing.
[Play: Eminem - Stan ft. Dido]
*My tea's gone cold I'm wondering why...*
> @m+n_fan OH MY GOD! M+N?!?!?
> @r+b_fan HELL NAH.
> @sakamoto_ryuuji FOR REAL?!
Hana gasped. "Friend?!" Her orange eyes glittered with excitement. "Mira-chan! Play it! The instrumental! And the mood!"
'Got it, Hana-chan~'
The room blurred before being replaced with a rainy backdrop. A ruined city with an overcast sky.
Friend E closed her eyes and kept singing. And as the song reached the rap verse...
> @righteousottar Is she gonna do it?
> @wonkywillow Is Friend E gonna rap? For real?
> @purpleurple I dunno about this...
Friend E's vibe suddenly shifted and she held the mic up before starting the verse. "Dear Slim..."
> @jumboshrimp NO WAAAAAAY
> @waterloo2 THE FLOOOOW?!
> @electric2 WE HAVE A RAPPER?!?!?!?!?!
> @bugaloo2 JOHN! JOHN! JOOOOOHN!
> @pole_ice Bro. BRO. BROOOOOO!
> @m+n_official She stole my flow, word for word, bar for bar... respect
> @m+n_fan M?!?!?!?!?!?
Hana gasped. Especially as Friend E committed to the WHOLE song singing EVERY part without stuttering, flinching, or even hesitating. And as she did, Hana looked at the screen and laughed. "If you wanna save this, you should do it now! We're DEFINITELY going to need to unarchive this later..."
> @archivelord DOWNLOADING NOW
> @lostmedia_lover GUYS! PLZ PLZ PLZ
> @ironic_knight RIP people who missed the stream...
> @once_inalife I HAVE TO LEAVE THOUGH
Friend E finished the song, her face a beet red. She lowered her microphone, trembling a bit. "W-Was that good?"
"WAS THAT GOOD?!" Hana ran forward and pulled Friend E into a hug. "YOU DID AMAZING!" She stepped back and then grabbed Friend E's hand, raising the mic up again. "Sing again! Another song! Any song!"
Friend E blushed. "W-Well... O-Okay? I'll do a Japanese song then. Um, technically it's translated, but..." She took a deep breath. "...Here's 'Hated by life itself.'"
*Don't you ever say that you wanna die.*
*Don't you ever think that you cannot try.*
*So now hearing all those words I... can't help but think they're lies*
*Inside, all these words that I say about*
*How I'd keep living on not caring at all*
*Suppose that's just my ego, saying it means nothing to me...*