208 Chapter 209 - Impossible (1/2)

”Allow me to see your face.”

Even Flying Fish herself didn’t know what emotions she was feeling when she sent this request.

After he told her that he would still stream exclusively for her, she felt an inexplicable frustration in her chest, followed by the feeling that he was probably just being polite.

If she accepted it just like this, then it was quite possible that…

She didn’t want that. She wanted to do something with this chance which was perhaps her final chance.

She had previously decided to not inquire about his real identity, and not pursue the matter any further, but that was in order to not change the status quo.

And now, the status quo was about to change.

If things continued like this, they would only be normal internet friends… although it wasn’t impossible for things to develop further, Flying Fish instinctively felt that if she didn’t do something right now, then… that was all they would be in the end.

She didn’t want for them to only be internet friends.

That was why she decided to go against her previous decision and make such a request.

Her heart was now beating rapidly.

Would he accept?

If he really did accept and showed her his face… would she recognize who he was?

Flying Fish was very nervous.

To be honest, if he was just a stranger… that would be the best result.

If he was some boy plotting against her… she felt that there was almost zero possibility of this now. After all, if that was the case, he wouldn’t voluntarily bring up the fact that he was going to stop streaming.

And if she actually knew him… who might he be?

There was no answer to her request for quite a while.

Flying Fish felt her nervousness continuing to increase.

Just as she wanted to send another message, she saw a reply in the conversation window.

”Do you really want to see?”

There were no added emoticons this time. The sentence seemed quite ordinary.

But Flying Fish was so nervous that she even swallowed her saliva.

She slowly moved her hand on the keyboard…

Meanwhile, on Seiji’s side.

He currently was battling with complex emotions.

He didn’t expect that she would request to see his face.

He treated her as an internet friend and believed that she saw him as the same. He previously believed she had no intention to deepen this friendship any further.

They would just stay on the internet, a certain distance apart from each other, and get along.

Seiji thought that this would continue.

Perhaps something would change in the future, but that would be much later, due to some type of unforeseen development.

However, he never expected that she would take this step of her own volition right here and now!

This was a step to dispel the fog.

She must have realized… no, as smart as she was, she definitely should have thought of it.

The two of them most likely knew each other.

If she wanted to see him, that meant she wanted to confirm the truth.

Should he block her hand?

Push her away now that she had grown closer and keep the status quo by being casual internet friends who could relax with each other… that was what Seiji wanted.

But he felt that he was unable to refuse this request of hers. After all, he did lie to her in a certain fashion and wanted to make it up to her somehow.

Another way of putting it was that Seiji felt he owed her and was obliged to pay her back.

Of course, he, too, desired to confirm the truth.

Which was why he ended up agreeing.

He asked for a final confirmation before he did it.

Letting her see his real face—to see the truth—might end their casual and relaxing internet friend relationship.

She didn’t reply for a long while.

And then, finally, he saw a ”Yes.”

It was just a one-word reply.

Seiji could sense her determination from this simplest of all responses.

'So be it.'

”Okay, I’ll let you see me. Don’t be scared of how handsome I am~” He followed that up with a brilliantly smiling emoticon.