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 - Exposed Secret, a Stream Going Up in Flames
Friday morning.
Kanade Hill High School in Hibarigaoka City was wrapped in a restless atmosphere with the weekend approaching. In Class 2-3, ten 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.
*(Yesterday, I practiced streaming with Shirayuki-kun...)*
She murmured quietly in her heart. After school, just the two of them at her house. They practiced reading comments, and Reid had laughed. That time had been so happy it felt like a dream.
But at the same time, she was scared.
*(The streaming battle with Shirogane-san...)*
The Stellacast streaming battle "Duel Cast" that Shirogane Luna had thrust upon her on Monday. Mio had ended up accepting. To stay by Reid's side.
*(Can someone like me really pull this off?)*
Anxiety swirled endlessly in her chest.
That was when it happened.
"Oi oi, you serious?!"
Suddenly, a loud voice tore through the classroom air.
Mio flinched, her shoulders trembling. The voice belonged to a male student with spiky reddish-brown hair and a small scar on his right cheek. Saegusa Takeru. The self-proclaimed branch leader of Shirogane's fan club, and the class troublemaker.
Saegusa was laughing in the center of the classroom with a few hangers-on. In his hand was a smartphone. He was showing the screen off to the surrounding students.
"What, what? What happened?"
"Check this out. I got my hands on some insane info."
Saegusa grinned. A nasty smile with only one corner of his mouth raised.
"So, Shiranui-san, apparently you've been secretly recording Reid's voice?"
His voice echoed throughout the classroom.
Mio's heart froze in an instant.
*(Huh?)*
Her mind went blank. Her hands trembled. The blood drained from her fingertips.
Every gaze in the classroom pierced into Mio at once.
"What? What's that?" "Recording?" "Seriously?" "Gross..."
Whispered voices, but clearly audible. Eyes full of curiosity and contempt.
Mio couldn't breathe.
*(Why, how, how did it get out?)*
The hidden folder on her computer. Two hundred thirty-eight files. She'd never told anyone. Never shown anyone.
"And apparently she listens every night. Over two hundred files."
Saegusa laughed. His hangers-on laughed along.
"Ugh, that's creepy." "She's a stalker." "Shirayuki-kun's got it rough."
Voices deliberately loud enough to be heard stabbed into Mio's ears.
Mio hung her head. Behind her bangs, her pale lavender eyes wavered. Her lips trembled. She had to say something. She had to say it wasn't true.
But no voice came out.
Because it was the truth. Because it was real.
"Oi, Saegusa."
A low voice resounded through the classroom.
Mio looked up. From the window-side back row seat, Shirayuki Reid had stood up. His silver-white hair shimmered in the morning light, and his sky-blue eyes gleamed sharply. His usual bright smile was gone.
"What did you just say?"
Reid slowly approached Saegusa.
The classroom air went taut in an instant.
"Wh-what? It's the truth, right? I heard it from Luna-sama. That woman's been secretly recording your voice."
Saegusa flinched for a moment, but quickly doubled down.
"She listens to your voice every night, you know? Isn't that disgusting?"
"You bastard."
Reid's voice dropped the temperature of the room.
A genuine anger unimaginable from his usual prince persona.
"Shirayuki-kun, stop it." "Reid, calm down."
The surrounding students tried to intervene. But Reid didn't stop.
"I don't know what the hell Luna's been feeding you, but do you have any idea how low it is to expose someone's secret at the top of your lungs in the classroom?"
"Huh? Secret? So you knew too?"
Saegusa looked surprised.
Reid was momentarily at a loss for words.
Mio's chest tightened painfully.
*(Shirayuki-kun... knows?)*
*(He knows my secret...)*
Terror slowly spread through her entire body.
"...Mio."
Reid turned around. His sky-blue eyes stared straight at Mio.
Mio couldn't take it anymore and stood up.
The sound of her chair falling echoed through the classroom.
"I-I'm sorry..."
With just those words, Mio fled from the classroom.
Saegusa's laughter chased after her from behind.
"She ran! That's basically an admission!"
"Oi, wait!"
She could hear Reid's voice too. But Mio couldn't stop.
She ran down the hallway. Raced down the stairs.
*(It's over.)*
*(Everything is over.)*
Tears overflowed, and she couldn't see ahead.
Mio crouched down in the corner of the entranceway.
Her body trembled. Her breathing was ragged. Her fingertips were cold.
*(Shirayuki-kun thinks I'm disgusting.)*
*(Everyone in class called me a stalker.)*
*(I can't stay at school anymore.)*
Mio buried her face in her knees.
Lunch break.
Mio was hiding in the shadow of a storage shed behind the stairs to the rooftop, where no one ever passed.
She hadn't been able to return to the classroom since morning. She couldn't bring herself to eat her lunch either.
On her smartphone screen, messages from classmates lined up.
*"Shiranui-san, is it true you've been recording Shirayuki-kun's voice?"*
*"That's seriously gross."*
*"Stay away from Shirayuki-kun."*
Mio closed the screen.
*(I can't do this anymore.)*
That was when she heard footsteps.
Click, click—regular, measured footsteps.
Mio looked up.
Standing there was a girl with flowing silver long hair. Deep violet eyes. A small beauty mark beneath her left eye.
Shirogane Luna.
"Oh my, so you were here. Shiranui-san."
Shirogane smiled elegantly. But that smile was cold as ice.
"Wh-why..."
"I was looking for you. There's something I need to tell you."
Shirogane took a step closer to Mio.
"Tonight, we will execute the Duel Cast."
Mio's body went rigid.
"T-tonight..."
"Yes. Friday night. The time slot with the most viewers. If you want to run, now's your chance."
Shirogane looked down at Mio.
"But if you run now, Reid-kun's position will only get worse. If word gets out that Shiranui-san fled, Reid-kun will be mocked for choosing you."
Mio's heart made an ugly sound.
"And your secret too. Everyone already knows about the recordings. If you run now, it'll all be for nothing."
Shirogane's words pierced Mio's heart one by one.
"I-I..."
Her voice trembled. Tears welled up.
"The choice isn't yours to make. If you want to stay by Reid-kun's side, appear on the stream tonight. And show what you're capable of. Show what you can do."
With that, Shirogane turned her back.
Her silver hair swayed softly.
"Do your best, Shiranui-san."
Leaving those words behind, Shirogane walked away.
Mio collapsed to the ground.
*(Tonight...)*
*(The streaming battle...)*
*(I can't run away...)*
Fear clogged her chest like a black, viscous mass.
*(Reid-kun's position will get worse.)*
*(Because of me, even Reid-kun will...)*
The tears wouldn't stop.
After school.
Mio's house.
A six-tatami room on the second floor. On the desk sat dual monitors and a condenser microphone. On the walls were anime posters and a hanger with five earphones.
Mio was sitting on the floor of her room.
"Mio, are you okay?"
Reid sat down beside her.
"...Shirayuki-kun, why did you come?"
Mio didn't look up.
"What do you mean, why? We're doing the streaming battle, right? Of course I'm doing it with you."
"But because of me, even Shirayuki-kun will be looked at strangely... and I'm seen as disgusting for recording your voice..."
Mio's voice trembled.
"Mio."
Reid peered into Mio's face.
His sky-blue eyes stared straight at her.
"Is it true? That you've been recording my voice?"
Mio's heart leaped.
*(He asked.)*
*(The one thing I never wanted him to ask.)*
"...I'm sorry."
Mio apologized in a voice so faint it nearly disappeared.
"It's disgusting, right? I love Shirayuki-kun's voice, and I listen to it every night... I'm sorry. I'm really sorry."
Tears spilled down her cheeks.
Reid was silent for a while.
Then he let out a small laugh.
"So that's how it was after all."
"Huh?"
Mio looked up.
Reid had a happy expression on his face.
"I'm glad. That you love my voice. That you even recorded it. As a prince, there's no greater honor."
"...Huh?"
Mio couldn't comprehend Reid's words.
"Your voice knows my voice better than anyone. So today's stream will be fine. I'm with you."
Reid patted Mio's head gently.
"Now, let's do this! My subject, let us show them a prince's stream!"
Reid stood up and booted up the computer.
Mio stared blankly at his back.
*(Shirayuki-kun... even after learning my secret, he laughed.)*
*(He didn't call me disgusting.)*
A warmth spread deep in her chest.
But at the same time, the anxiety didn't disappear.
*(Tonight... can I really do this?)*
Seven PM.
The Stellacast Duel Cast began.
On the screen, Shirogane Luna's stream was displayed. A beautiful avatar with long silver hair smiled elegantly. The viewer count had already surpassed five thousand within moments of starting.
Meanwhile, Mio's stream screen showed a plain avatar. Mio was so nervous she couldn't read comments properly.
"Um, ah, good evening... I'm Shiranui Mio..."
Her voice trembled.
"It's okay. Take your time."
Reid's voice came from beside her.
Mio took a deep breath.
*(It's okay. Shirayuki-kun is here.)*
"Today, I'll be doing a game stream..."
Mio gripped the mouse.
The game began.
But her fingers trembled, and her controls were unsteady.
"Ah, huh..."
Her character bumped into a wall.
"Calm down. Take it slow."
Reid backed her up.
But the comment section began to turn ugly.
*"So bad." "Plain girl getting cocky." "Get away from Reid-kun."*
Comments streamed past.
Mio's heart pounded violently.
"S-sorry... ah, huh..."
A control mistake. Her character fell off a cliff.
*"Ugh, the worst." "Can't watch this." "Disappear."*
The comments grew harsher and harsher.
"Everyone, calm down. She's still a beginner."
Reid tried to soothe the comments.
But the flames wouldn't stop.
*"Reid-kun, why are you teaming up with someone like this?" "Luna-sama is a million times better."*
The viewer count surged.
Shirogane's fans were coming to attack Mio.
"Um, I'm sorry, I can't..."
Mio's voice choked with tears.
*"Is she crying? Annoying." "Does she think crying will make it okay?"*
The comments wouldn't stop.
Reid took Mio's hand.
"It's okay. I'm here."
But to Mio, the comment text now looked like nothing but weapons.
The stream ended.
The result was a crushing defeat.
Shirogane's stream had peaked at twelve thousand concurrent viewers. Super Chat total: 180,000 yen.
Mio's stream had peaked at 8,400 concurrent viewers. Super Chats: zero.
And two hours after the stream ended.
Saegusa's friends clipped Mio's failure scenes and spread them across social media.
*"Plain-girl VTuber fails miserably next to Reid-kun."*
*"Shiranui Mio breaks down crying in streaming battle."*
The videos spread in no time.
Negative comments: 1,200 in two hours.
*"Gross." "Disappear." "Stay away from Reid-kun." "Drop out of school."*
Notifications on Mio's phone wouldn't stop ringing.
Mio dropped her phone to the floor.
"...It's my fault."
Mio's voice was hoarse.
"I damaged Shirayuki-kun's reputation too. Because I appeared on the stream. Because I failed."
"Mio, no. It's not your fault."
Reid placed a hand on Mio's shoulder.
"It is. It's my fault. Because I was next to Shirayuki-kun. Because I'm a disgusting person who records Shirayuki-kun's voice."
The tears wouldn't stop.
Mio stood up, clutching her computer.
"I can't be near Shirayuki-kun anymore. I'll disappear. I'll disappear from in front of Shirayuki-kun."
Mio tried to bolt from the room.
Reid grabbed her wrist.
"Don't run."
A low voice.
Mio's body flinched.
"...Let go."
"I won't."
Reid's grip tightened.
"You listened to my voice more than anyone, right? You recorded over two hundred files and listen
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