Kikirara Vivi's Love Revolution! ~I Never Said Makeup Could Save the World~
Kikirara Vivi, the makeup specialist of hololive DEV_IS FLOW GLOW, is a Kansai-dialect-speaking gal VTuber. One day during a stream, a viewer asks for advice: she wants to confess to her crush but lacks confidence. Vivi uses her makeup skills to give the girl a stunning transformation, and the confession succeeds.
The clip goes viral. Suddenly Vivi is flooded with love advice requests. Together with her heart-shaped AI robot partner Kokoron, she starts solving listeners' romance problems on str
Kikirara Vivi's Love Revolution! ~I Never Said Makeup Could Save the World~ - The Ice Queen Isabella Challenges to a Public Makeup Battle! ~Okayu's Tears, an Unfading Love~
The sky outside the window was a pale watercolor blue, just before dusk. The streets of Shibuya were wrapped in a quiet stillness, not yet awake.
Vivi sat at her dresser, clutching her phone.
On the screen was a message she'd reread countless times since yesterday.
*"I'm going to get Yuto-san's hair cut soon. A salon in Shimokitazawa. Vivi-chan, why don't you come too?"*
A casual line from Okayu.
But there was no longer any doubt about who this "Yuto-san" was.
That hairstylist she'd admired since childhood.
Yuto-san, who worked at Kazenone in Shimokitazawa.
Okayu-chan's crush was... her...
"...Hah."
Her sigh dissolved into the air of her streaming room.
A wall covered in cosmetics shelves. Eight hundred thousand yen's worth of colorful makeup glittered in the evening light.
"Vivi. Your heart rate has been 1.3 times normal for a while now, koro. Your complexion is bad too, koro."
Kokoron floated up softly from the charging dock on the desk. A fifteen-centimeter heart-shaped body. Large black eyes stared at her with worry.
"...I'm fine. Just thinking about something."
"That's a lie, koro. When Vivi says 'I'm fine,' she's usually not fine, koro. It's been proven with data, koro."
"You're so annoying with your data, data, data! I said I'm fine, didn't I?!"
The moment she raised her voice, she noticed her hands were trembling.
In front of the cosmetics shelves, her fingertips twitched faintly.
*(This is bad. I'm not fine at all.)*
Vivi clenched her fists tightly.
She had supported the love lives of dozens of listeners up until now.
Girls who couldn't find the courage to confess to the person they liked. Girls who couldn't recover from heartbreak. Girls suffering from unrequited love.
She'd pushed them all forward with makeup and the words "It'll be okay."
And yet.
She couldn't take a single step in her own love life.
Opening the reservation page, closing it. Opening it, closing it.
That was all.
"I decided I'd support Okayu-chan's love."
"Vivi..."
"So this is fine. If Okayu-chan is happy, that's enough."
"Those words contradict your heart rate, koro. Vivi's heart looks like it's about to cry, koro."
"...Like a robot could understand the heart."
Vivi traced her finger over the star sticker on her shoulder.
Today it was silver.
Proof that she still couldn't be honest with her own feelings.
*Ping.*
Her phone chimed.
Looking at the screen, there was a notification in the FLOW GLOW group chat.
*"Vivi-chan! Emergency! Check SNS right now!"*
It was a message from Okayu.
"Eh, what is it..."
Vivi opened her SNS app.
What flowed into her timeline was a single video.
In the thumbnail was a woman with dark brown hair tied up high.
Sharp gray eyes with a bluish tint.
A single platinum bud-shaped earring in her left ear.
Elegance and intimidation, recognizable at a glance.
The video's title was—
*"Unqualified Amateurs Should Not Meddle in Love"*
"...What is this?"
With trembling fingers, she pressed play.
On the screen, the woman began to speak calmly.
"Nice to meet you. I am Isabella Feliche, owner of La Feliche."
Her voice was cold as ice.
"I recently heard that a certain VTuber has been offering love advice on her streams. Transforming people with makeup, helping them achieve romance. ...Utterly laughable."
Isabella lowered her eyes to the documents in her hands.
"Kikirara Vivi-san. I have watched your streams. Your makeup technique is passable for an amateur. However, you treat romantic feelings far too lightly. 'Makeup gives you confidence'? 'It will make the person you like notice you'? Do you truly believe such shallow words can move a person's heart?"
Vivi's breath stopped.
"Do you know the VTuber Ethics Guidelines? Refrain from excessive advice in fields requiring professional qualifications, such as medicine or law. Love advice is not officially covered, but your streams are clearly overstepping your authority. An unqualified person like you has no right to move people's hearts."
"Beauty is born from technique. The heart is irrelevant. Do not think you can make people happy with that level of play."
The video ended.
The room fell into complete silence.
"...What is this?"
The same words escaped her lips again.
"Isabella Feliche. Owner of La Feliche, a high-end beauty salon in Omotesando, koro. In the beauty industry, she is feared as the pinnacle of technique, koro."
"...Did I do something to this person?"
"You didn't, koro. But your streams caught her attention, koro. And she didn't like them, koro."
Her phone vibrated again and again.
SNS notifications wouldn't stop.
*"I knew an amateur couldn't do it"*
*"But there are people who were saved by Vivi-chan's advice"*
*"An unqualified person giving advice to others is laughable"*
*"Vivi-chan didn't do anything wrong!"*
Comments of praise and criticism flooded in like a tidal wave.
"...Everyone's saying things."
"Don't look, koro. Don't look right now."
"But..."
"Don't look, koro!"
Kokoron's voice grew firm for the first time.
Vivi turned her phone face down.
Her fingertips were still trembling.
*Ding-dong.*
The intercom at the front door rang.
"...Who is it?"
"It's Okayu, koro. She's downstairs at the apartment building right now, koro."
Vivi stood up unsteadily and headed to the door.
When she opened it, a girl with silvery bobbed hair stood there.
"Vivi-chan! Are you okay?! Did you see that video, nya?!"
Okayu's eyes were brimming with tears.
"...I saw it. I saw it."
"That woman, Isabella Feliche. She's the owner of La Feliche, and she's called the pinnacle of technique in the beauty industry, nya. She's so terrifying that some people can't survive in the industry once she sets her sights on them, nya."
"...She's that amazing?"
"Amazing doesn't even begin to cover it, nya. There's a beauty organization called BCA, and she's received their highest Platinum Artist certification, nya. Only twelve people in the entire country have it, nya."
Okayu's voice was trembling.
"Okayu-chan, how do you know so much about her?"
"...Because I used to be a client of La Feliche, nya."
"Eh?"
"I went there once, a long time ago, nya. I received her treatment, nya. ...Her technique was truly incredible, nya. But her words... they freeze your heart, nya."
Okayu unconsciously touched the bell necklace at her throat.
"Vivi-chan, can you win against her...?"
"...I don't know."
It was an honest answer.
Vivi's makeup was self-taught.
She had no qualifications.
In terms of technique alone, there was no way she could match Isabella.
But.
"My makeup isn't about technique. It's about heart."
"Vivi-chan..."
"If it's just technique, I might not be able to beat her. But makeup is something that makes people happy. I believe that."
Vivi's voice was still trembling.
But her eyes were steady.
That night.
Vivi started a stream.
It wasn't Friday. It was an emergency stream.
"Sorry for streaming so suddenly today. But there's something I want to tell everyone."
Comments flowed by.
*"Vivi-chan, are you okay?"*
*"I saw that video"*
*"Don't lose!"*
"My makeup isn't a game. It's serious. It's serious makeup for making people happy."
At that moment.
A golden Super Chat flowed across the screen.
*"100,000 yen"*
The comment section froze instantly.
"Eh... one hundred thousand yen...?"
The Super Chat comment displayed on screen.
*"Your makeup is nothing but play. —Isabella Feliche"*
"...!"
The atmosphere froze.
The comment section erupted all at once.
*"Wait, the real person?!"*
*"This is bad bad bad"*
*"Isabella-sama has arrived!"*
*"Vivi-chan, run!"*
"Kikirara Vivi-san. I am watching your stream at this very moment."
Another Super Chat flowed by.
*"50,000 yen"*
*"Let me personally verify just how much your makeup is worth."*
*"30,000 yen"*
*"I challenge you to a public makeup battle. Accept, or run. Choose."*
Vivi's hands trembled.
"...A public makeup battle."
"Vivi, stop, koro! Vivi can't make sound judgments right now, koro!"
"Kokoron..."
"Your heart rate has reached dangerous levels, koro! Your emotional values are erratic, koro! Don't accept a challenge at a time like this, koro!"
"But..."
"Vivi!"
Kokoron's voice echoed through the stream.
But.
Vivi could feel Isabella's presence beyond the screen.
Those cold eyes were watching her.
Testing her.
"...I accept."
"Vivi?!"
"I'll prove that my makeup isn't a game. My makeup is about heart. It's not just technique. It's makeup that makes people's hearts happy."
The comment section exploded.
*"WHOOOOO!"*
*"Vivi-chan, so cool!"*
*"But your opponent is THAT Isabella, you know?!"*
*"This is way too reckless!"*
*"100,000 yen"*
Another Super Chat from Isabella flowed by.
*"Very well. You will regret this."*
"I won't regret anything."
The stream ended.
In the quiet room, only Kokoron's warning sounds echoed.
"Vivi, this is reckless, koro. That Isabella is a BCA top-tier Platinum Artist, koro. She runs a salon with annual revenue of twelve million yen, koro. She's not an opponent you can beat with technique, koro."
"...I know."
"You don't know, koro! Vivi is too driven by emotion, koro! Trust the data more, koro!"
"Data can't measure the heart."
"..."
"I don't intend to compete on technique. I'll compete with heart. ...If I lose, then that means my makeup was never the real thing."
Vivi stood up quietly.
At that moment.
"Vivi-chan."
Okayu was standing in the corner of the room.
She had been watching over her the entire stream.
"Okayu-chan... thank you for staying with me."
"...Vivi-chan, there's something I want to talk about, nya."
Okayu's voice was trembling.
"What's wrong?"
"I've met Yuto-san before."
Her heart jumped.
"Ever since he cut my hair at that salon in Shimokitazawa, he's stayed in my heart. ...I might like him."
Tears spilled from Okayu's eyes.
"Vivi-chan, I... I think I've fallen for Yuto-san, nya."
Vivi's mind went completely blank.
*(Okayu-chan... likes Yuto-san...)*
*(My... Yuto-san...)*
*(She likes him...)*
Deep in her chest, something tightened.
She couldn't breathe.
But.
Vivi smiled.
"...I see. So Okayu-chan likes Yuto-san."
"Yeah... sorry, nya, Vivi-chan. Bringing this up so suddenly."
"There's nothing to apologize for. Love happens on its own. I'm happy about Okayu-chan's feelings."
"Vivi-chan..."
"I'll support Okayu-chan's love. I'll help you, so you can definitely find happiness."
"Thank you... Vivi-chan..."
Okayu smiled through her tears.
That smile was so beautiful.
Vivi felt her own heart shatter with an audible sound.
*(I just lied.)*
*(Saying I'd support Okayu-chan's love...)*
*(I like Yuto-san too.)*
But there was no way she could say it.
Not in front of her best friend's tears. She couldn't confess her own love.
"Vivi, your heart rate has recorded its highest value ever, koro."
Kokoron's voice sounded small.
After Okayu left.
Vivi searched Isabella's background on her phone.
BCA top-tier, Platinum Artist.
One of only twelve certified individuals in the country.
Salon owner with annual revenue of twelve million yen.
The pinnacle of the beauty industry, with a shop in prime Omotesando real estate.
"...There's no way I can beat someone like this."
Her hands trembled.
But.
"My makeup isn't about technique. It's about heart. ...That's the one thing I absolutely won't lose at."
"Vivi, it's impossible, koro. Vivi's heart rate is exceeding dangerous levels right now, koro. There's no way you can win a battle in this state, koro."
"Kokoron, shut up. I've decided I'm doing this."
"Vivi!"
"...But right now, for Okayu-chan's smile, I have to forget my feelings for Yuto-san."
Tears fell.
"I decided to support Okayu-chan's love. So I have to put my own feelings away."
"Vivi..."
"I want to see Okayu-chan's smile. My best friend's smile is the most important thing. ...I'll forget about Yuto-san."
Kokoron quietly nestled against Vivi's shoulder.
"Kokoron will keep recording Vivi's feelings, koro. Even if
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