My Virtual Lover

Live 3: The Idol Livestream

Entering the spacious mall, the sparkling glass glitters in beauty. The sparkling city lights are reflected on the mall wall. A circular building, almost shaped like a globe stands proudly next to the apartment Jury lives in. Julius heads inside, whilst his daughter follows him obediently like a lost child.

Julius isn’t exactly a fan of trendy clothes, but he’s following his wife’s taste since his wife is peculiar with branded clothes. He likes the Camel swatch, he finds it sporty and modern-looking everything he looks at the Camel watch shop next to the entrance of the mall. The sparkling white ceramic on the ground reflects Jury’s exhausted features.

Eyebags and dried-up lips, she’s not the brightest girl among her peers. She only wears light makeup, a lotion and a powder are all she needs since her skin is already pale as it is. However, the reflection on the ground shows how she lacks sleep, perhaps an eye concealer would be nice.

Her father still browses the watch store, Jury leans on a plastic palm tree inside the mall. The decoration that she uses to lean on her exhausted shoulder. She checks the watch on her wrist, it’s getting more late for the Livestream. The petite young woman walks to her busybody father, telling him to focus on the matters at hand.

“Father, didn’t we need to buy the necessary supplies and clothes for our daily lives? Why are you here?” Jury puffed her cheeks whilst she waves her hair. “Please, don’t do anything unnecessary, we’re behind schedules”

Julius nods sadly as he bids his farewell to the blonde-haired store clerk, the architect man then delves his eyes toward the mall architecture. Mesmerizing the artworks of whoever built Galaxy Center Mall. The ceiling is curved like the tip of an egg, wonderful and unique as he expected. Next to the egg-shaped building is a normal architecture type of mall, rectangular shaped.

However, the connecting bridge connects one building to another. It connects above the busy metropolitan city, the vehicles’ light shines the dark mysterious busy city, showing its liveliness amidst the times. Countless vehicles’ made noises under the bridge, Jury walks next to the glassy wall as he looks down.

Her reddish orbs lost her spark when he looks at the bustling city, she can guess that this city won’t be her favorite. The lights are reflected in her eyes, but it lacks the liveliness in her hollow eyes. Her orange-ish eyes flicker from the light in the mall, her father walks ahead of her as he walks swiftly.

She wears her pink hoodie, putting up her hoodie while listening to her favorite anime soundtracks. Stores lined up on her right, showing various merchandise from skincare to cosmetics. Her mother would love to see the prices in the store, it’s far cheaper than the one in London.

Various templates and promotion posters are plastered on the store’s wall. Either on the wall or using a creative stand with the canvas stand. It shows the artistry of the store owner, particularly the store that promotes skincare with nature composition. Jury pays no mind to the store, she doesn’t care about skincare.

Her skin is already fair as it is, she doesn’t consider her beauty to be something she needs to elevate further. She swirls the tip of her hair as she walks past the strangers who gaze at her petite body, she’s quite short for a young adult. Everyone would surmise her as a

middle-schooler if she doesn’t say a word.

She also doesn’t mind the fact her body is petite, she has no intention to appeal herself to anyone. Jury coldly gazes at the passerby who walks nonchalantly around her, their fashion style is on point. Unlike her, who only wears a pink hoodie with a headphone, her baggy pants also don’t support her feminineness at all.

They lost their way at some point, dazed with the neverending stores in every nook and cranny. However, they don’t see any sight of a convenience store to buy their food. Her father nudges her, pointing the young woman at a clothes store nearby. He winks at her while looking at the beautiful clothes on display.

It’s not that branded but Jury’s father knows his daughter’s taste is something that closes to semi-formal clothes. She likes sleeves and fabric that makes her feel professional, the store’s light brimmed in beige colors. Pattern clothes especially are the young woman’s favorites, because she looks organized and neat.

Even though Jury knows well that she’s not exactly the cleanest person ever, she’s the opposite of tidy.

“Fancy any clothes Jury? I can buy you one” her father looks at her daughter in concern. “You barely buy any clothes, you used all your money for your PC games”.

“I’m not interested in clothes” Jury answers honestly. “You know that father, besides I have no interest in wasting my time outside the house”.

A true answer of an anti-social introvert, Jury is similar to one of those edgy teenage girls who hates socializing in her true core. She doesn’t particularly think about her surroundings that much, after all, she doesn’t see what’s outside her home. The glasses young woman doesn’t care about her looks, money is all she needs to survive.

“Do you want to do some shopping while I take a look at the convenience store? I know what I want to buy” Julius check the list on his digital notes in his tab. “You need to buy clothes honey, explorer this new city”.

“Fine, if that’s what you want father” Jury rolls her eyes. “I will then”.

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Jury carries two shopping bags, she buys several clothes from the store with her father’s money pocket. She bought quite a lot, a checkered shirt, another pattern of clothes, and also another sailor suit-styled clothes. Jury is proud of her selection of clothes, she thinks her debut will succeed if she wears clean-looking clothes.

Their apartment is across the street, but she decides to walk on her own despite using their rented car. Julius rented a car from his classmate, one could say it’s his way to apologize for the booking mistakes. It was rented for free, Julius borrows his jeep from his dear friend. She carries the spare key for the apartment.

Jury goes straight to the elevator, her feet tapping through the luxury marble floor. As soon as the elevator hits the twentieth floor, a beep sound could be heard from the gold elevator. Since barely anyone stays on the twentieth floor, the hallway is nothing but silent. She unlocks the furnished wooden door in haste, opening it as soon as possible then locking it.

Her father could carry all the groceries alone, that’s what he told her anyway. She goes to her bedroom and unpacks her bags. She puts a game face on as she faces the laptop screen, she’s not going to be her true self, but her persona. She sets the recording equipment along with her favorite gaming headphone. 

Blue lights emitted from the gaming mouse she took out from her bag, she doesn’t carry lots of clothes thus she probably needs to buy more in Surabaya. She sacrifices the space in her bag for her gaming equipment. After preparing some of the equipment on the table, she decides to take a shower.

She ransacks the room towel, hoping she can find a default towel in the wardrobe of her bedroom. Jury’s lips formed into a slight smile when she lands her pretty gaze on a common white towel. The young woman returns to her bag, taking her frilly pajamas out of her sports bag. 

The bathroom is located outside, thus she exits her bedroom to land a wonderful sight on a luxury bathtub. Her gazes are in awe when he scans the interior of the black-themed bathroom. Black pattern with golden cracks that reminds her of Japanese pottery, the beauty of imperfection.

Remembering that she had a schedule to attend to, she quicked her bath by taking a shower instead of dipping in the circular bathtub. She throws the clothes on top of the marble sink, switching on the hot water tab along with the cold water to measure the right temperature for her skin.

“Ah! So cold” the cold water glaze through her fair skin, hence she decides to turn up the notch. 

She washes her hair along with her body quickly, she dresses after drying her hair and body. Rushing over to her bedroom quickly, her frilly pink dress gets stuck in the bathroom handle. However, luckily she manages to release her stuck dress from the handle. She checks all her equipment set up before she Livestream into her other persona.

“Mic is here, the headphone is here, and the game is alright” she sighs in relief. “No bug at all, at least”.

She prepares to dive in her Livestream as her other persona, the perfect Idol Livestream which is Rhapsody.