Shirayuki Reid Abducted: Seven Secret Days with My Prince
Shirayuki Reid, a second-year high school student, is the most popular boy in school. White hair, dazzling smile—girls can't leave him alone. But he's a weirdo who only talks about his dream of becoming a prince-themed VTuber. One day, he says to his plain classmate Mio, 'Your voice is amazing. Wanna stream together?'
Mio's heart nearly stops. She's secretly liked him for two years. But her sad personality won't let her agree. 'N-no, I'd get murdered by fans, so it's impossible!' she refuses. Y
Shirayuki Reid Abducted: Seven Secret Days with My Prince - The Silver Queen Declares War on the Plain Girl
Monday morning. Kanade Hill High School in Hibarigaoka City was wrapped in the kind of commotion befitting the start of a new week.
In Class 2-3, only a few minutes remained until morning homeroom. The May sunlight streaming through the windows slowly crept across the desks. Shiranui Mio sat at her seat, gazing at the corner of the classroom from behind her bangs as always.
(*Another week begins...*)
She murmured quietly in her heart. Last week, she had practiced streaming with Shirayuki Reid. That time had been so happy it felt like a dream. But reality was the same as always. Reid was surrounded by several girls in the middle of the classroom again today.
"Morning, Mio!"
Suddenly, a voice fell from behind her.
"Hyah!?"
Mio literally jumped. Turning around, Shirayuki Reid stood there, his silver-white hair translucent in the morning light. His sky-blue eyes looked down at Mio with amusement. The silver earring in his right ear glinted sharply.
"You're energetic from the morning, huh. Nice reaction."
"U-um, good morning... Shirayuki-kun."
Her voice trembled. Her heart was loud. Because hearing Reid's voice first thing in the morning—just that alone made her feel like she could survive the whole day.
"Let's practice streaming after school again today. Your comment reading's gotten a lot better, you know."
"Eh, ah, yes... but, someone like me..."
"There you go again. Your voice is good, so have some confidence."
Reid laughed. That smile was too dazzling to look at directly. Mio hung her head. Behind her bangs, her pale lavender eyes wavered.
(*My voice... just having Shirayuki-kun say that to me—*)
The depths of her chest grew warm.
That was when it happened.
The hallway suddenly grew noisy.
Not just murmuring—it was closer to an uproar. Girls' shrill voices, boys' surprised shouts, footsteps. Something was approaching the classroom.
"What's that?"
Reid turned around. Every gaze in the classroom converged on the hallway door at once.
And then, the door opened.
What appeared was a single girl.
Silver long hair reaching down to her waist. Perfectly maintained hair that shone like the moon when it caught the light. Deep violet eyes slowly surveyed the classroom. A small beauty mark beneath her left eye. Pale lips against white skin.
More than anything, her presence was extraordinary.
Even wearing a school uniform, she seemed to float like a person from another world. A beauty with a transparent wall around her, as if getting close would chill you.
"It's Shirogane Luna."
Someone murmured.
"Eh, *that* Shirogane Luna? The one with 420,000 subscribers?"
"The real one!? Seriously!?"
The classroom buzzed. Shirogane Luna. A super-popular VTuber with overwhelming popularity on Stella Cast. With her silver-haired, long-haired beautiful girl avatar, she was perfect at singing, gaming, and talking—a living legend. That very person was now standing in Class 2-3's classroom.
Mio froze.
(*Shirogane Luna... the real one.*)
Her heart began to beat with an unpleasant sound.
Shirogane walked into the classroom with unhesitating steps. The students naturally parted to make way. Her violet eyes stared fixedly at a single point.
Shirayuki Reid.
"Reid-kun. Good morning."
Her voice was sweet, elegant, and yet somehow cold.
"Luna? Why are you here?"
Reid wore a rare expression of surprise.
"I came to see you. Of course, you."
Shirogane smiled. That smile was perfectly manufactured.
"I have something I want to talk to you about."
Saying that, Shirogane stood directly in front of Reid. The distance between them was less than a meter.
The air in the classroom grew taut.
"Will you listen?"
"...What is it, so formal?"
Shirogane looked up at Reid with her deep violet eyes. Her silver eyelashes trembled just slightly.
"Reid-kun. Won't you become my partner?"
The classroom fell silent in an instant.
Everyone held their breath. As if time had stopped, all sound vanished.
Mio's heart was squeezed tight.
(*Eh?*)
Her mind went blank. Partner. For streaming. For VTubing. The place Reid dreamed of.
"If you team up with me, your channel will become famous overnight. My fans—the Lunatics—number 15,000. They'll all come to know about you."
Shirogane's voice was as sweet as sugar candy.
"I'm the one who can make your dream come true from the closest place."
Reid looked at Shirogane with a blank expression.
And then, he said:
"I'm doing it with Mio."
It was an immediate answer.
No hesitation, no wavering, nothing.
The air in the classroom froze solid.
Mio thought her heart had stopped.
(*Just now, Shirayuki-kun said my name...*)
Something pounded violently in the depths of her chest. She was happy. She couldn't believe it. Reid had chosen her over Shirogane Luna.
But more than that, she was terrified.
Shirogane's smile deepened.
"...I see."
Just one word. But that voice was cold as ice.
Shirogane's violet eyes moved slowly. From Reid, to the corner of the classroom.
She looked at Mio.
That gaze was sharp as a blade. The smile remained pasted on. But her eyes alone were not smiling at all.
(*Scary.*)
Something cold ran down Mio's back. From the nape of her neck to her waist, as if ice had been pressed against her.
"So that girl is your partner."
Shirogane spoke without taking her eyes off Mio.
"Yeah. She's Mio. My most important partner."
Reid's voice was clear.
(*Most important...*)
Mio's chest tightened painfully. She was happy, yet it hurt.
"I see. Then I'll have to see whether that girl is truly worthy of you."
Shirogane smiled as she said that. A beautiful smile with thorns.
The chime rang.
The sound announcing the start of morning homeroom. Shirogane slowly left the classroom. Her silver hair melted into the hallway light.
A heavy silence remained in the classroom.
Mio sat back down at her desk. Her fingertips were trembling.
(*I... something terrible has happened.*)
Black anxiety spread through her chest.
Lunch break.
Mio sat small in the corner of the classroom. She couldn't even bring herself to eat her lunch. The morning's events wouldn't leave her head.
"Shiranui-san."
Suddenly, someone called out to her. Looking up, a female classmate stood there.
"Ah, yes..."
"Shirogane Luna-san wants you to come to the back of the school building."
Her heart leaped violently.
"Eh, um..."
"I've told you, okay."
The girl said just that and walked away.
Mio couldn't move for a while.
(*I have to go. I can't run away.*)
She told herself. But her legs wouldn't move.
In the end, Mio stood up. Running away was even scarier.
The courtyard behind the school building.
The noise of lunch break sounded distant. This place alone was quiet and still.
Silver hair swayed in the wind.
Shirogane Luna sat on a bench in the courtyard. Her figure was beautiful, like a painting.
"You came."
Shirogane smiled.
"U-um... what do you want with me..."
Mio's voice was as small as a mosquito's buzz.
"I'll be direct."
Shirogane stood up. The distance between her and Mio was about three meters. But the pressure felt much, much closer.
"Do you know about Stella Cast's Duel Cast?"
"Duel... Cast."
"It's an official battle feature. Two streamers broadcast simultaneously, and the winner is decided by viewer votes, total super chat amount, and comment count. The winner receives ranking points."
Shirogane's voice was matter-of-fact.
"Let's have a streaming battle, you and I."
"Eh...?"
"Prove to me whether you have the right to stand beside Reid-kun."
Shirogane's violet eyes pierced straight through Mio.
"I-I can't... streaming, I..."
Mio's voice trembled.
"Oh? Running away?"
That was when it happened.
"Running away? Even though all you do is drag Reid down?"
Several students emerged from the shadows of the courtyard. Female classmates. All of them were probably Shirogane's fans. They looked at Mio with cold eyes.
"You don't even want to help Reid-kun's dream?"
"You can't even stream, yet you have the nerve to call yourself his partner?"
"A plain girl like you, getting carried away?"
Voices rained down from all directions.
Mio's body shrank. Her legs wouldn't move. She wanted to run, but she couldn't move a single finger.
Students passing by also stopped. Curious gazes stabbed into Mio.
"Hey, isn't that Shiranui-san?"
"Did she do something?"
"Getting called out by Shirogane Luna, isn't that bad?"
The crowd of onlookers grew.
Mio hung her head. Behind her bangs, her vision blurred.
(*I haven't done anything. I just... love Shirayuki-kun's voice.*)
She couldn't say it out loud.
Shirogane took a step closer to Mio.
"Your answer?"
A cold voice.
"...I'm sorry."
That was all Mio could manage to say.
After school.
Mio fled from the school.
Her legs carried her home on their own. Her heart was still pounding.
She arrived home and rushed into her room. She locked the door. Closed the curtains.
She opened her phone.
The Stella Cast app. Mio's account had 0 followers. An account created solely to watch Reid's streams, one that no one should have known about.
Notifications had arrived.
One, two, three...
"Who do you think you are?"
"Give Reid-kun back."
"Don't get cocky, plain girl."
Over thirty direct messages.
Mio's hands trembled.
(*Why. How. I never told anyone about my account.*)
She scrolled through the screen. Words of jealousy, words of malice, attacks from strangers.
"The plain girl from Kanade Hill is monopolizing the genius prince Reid?"
"Don't get in Shirogane-sama's way."
Her phone nearly slipped from her hands.
(*These are Shirogane-san's fans... the Lunatics.*)
The fan community of Shirogane Luna that she'd read about in the lore settings. 15,000 members. Those people were starting to identify Mio's account.
Mio closed her phone with trembling hands.
And then, she looked at her computer.
A hidden folder on the desktop. "R."
Two hundred thirty-eight files.
Recording data of Reid's voice.
(*If this ever gets out—*)
Her chest grew cold.
(*That I've been secretly recording Shirayuki-kun's voice.*)
(*That I'm like a stalker, that it's creepy.*)
(*That Shirayuki-kun will hate me.*)
The terror became real.
Mio collapsed onto her bed.
(*What should I do?*)
Tears spilled over.
At that moment, her phone vibrated.
Incoming call. Shirayuki Reid.
Mio frantically looked at the screen.
"Hello...?"
Her voice trembled.
"Mio. Are you home right now?"
Reid's voice. Not his usual bright voice. A slightly serious voice.
"Y-yes..."
"I'm coming over now. I'll be there in five minutes."
"Eh, wait, Shirayuki-kun..."
The call ended.
Five minutes later.
The intercom rang.
Mio sluggishly headed to the front door. She opened it.
Shirayuki Reid stood there.
"Yo."
"...Why?"
"You got called out by Luna during lunch, right? And it seems like you've been getting weird DMs too."
Reid's sky-blue eyes stared straight at Mio.
"...You knew?"
"The class was making a fuss about it. And I can tell just by looking at your face."
Reid took off his shoes and stepped inside. Boldly, as always.
"W-wait, Shirayuki-kun..."
"Tell me what happened."
Mio led Reid to her room.
They sat on the floor together.
"What did Luna say to you?"
"...She challenged me to a streaming battle. A Duel Cast."
Mio spoke with her head still lowered.
"I said I couldn't do it and refused... but the people around me said all sorts of things..."
"I see."
Reid let out a small sigh.
"Luna is my childhood friend."
"Eh?"
"When we were little, we lived in the same apartment building. We played together a lot. The reason she started VTubing was because I got interested in streaming."
Reid looked out the window. The sunset dyed the residential streets of Hibarigaoka City orange.
"But this time, she's gone too far."
Reid's voice lowered.
"I won't forgive anything that hurts you."
Mio's chest tightened.
"...Shirayuki-kun."
"Mio. If you don't want to do it, I'll refuse the streaming battle with everything I've got."
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