I can't stop thinking about AsuRobe. They go out, have some drinks together and Roberu kisses Astel's cheeks jokingly. Astel feels flustered because he's not used to Roberu being touchy feely towards him, but also doesn't want Robery to notice his embarrassment so he kisses Roberu's cheeks too and just flirts back at him casually "Oremo Robechan no koto aishiteru yo chu-chu~"
Then Roberu starts praising Astel's new covers, his new dance choreo and all the recent effort he put into networking...Roberu tells Astel that he also understands how it's difficult to balance one's own vision of being an idol vtuber with others' expectations, and putting up with management faggotry.
"Omae hontou ni erai yo Leda chan~~"
Roberu says that he might not agree with everything, but still respects Astel's choices and will cheer for him from afar.
Astel knows Roberu well enough to realise that he would never say these things if he's sober, so that just makes his words seem even more earnest. Astel feels himself blushing bright red like G-Penguin, but ïs also wistful because he wants to collab with Roberu more. Nowadays their schedules are all packed and rarely have timeslots that seem to work out. They even rarely have the chance to meet each other offline like this, despite it being so common just a year or two ago.
Astel is aware that he loves, admires and is jealous of Roberu in so many ways, but his pride and ego would never allow him to show it. So Astel just laughs awkwardly after thanking him, and pretends that nothing happened.
