Chapter 40: Daughter pervert, Part 1

-Wouldn’t it be better to secure a filming location in advance?

-I heard that even variety shows are canceling filming and movies are postponing their releases because of COVID-19, so shouldn’t we be able to get a good deal?

Choi Arin analyzed the situation and suggested that they might be able to get a cheap photo studio now.

It was a plausible analysis.

Min Hayoon didn’t know much about it, but due to the current situation, there are hardly any people who want to rent a photo studio.

In times like this, it’s common to have price reduction events to attract customers.

If they take advantage of this COVID-19, they will surely be able to find a photo studio and editing team on good terms.

However…

“I do know a good photo studio…”

Min Hayoon knows.

She knows the name of a studio that would take pictures for free if she said she wanted to.

-Oh, really? Where is it? Is it in Seoul?

“Yes, well… it’s in Seoul.”

However, visiting that studio required considerable courage from Min Hayoon.

The idea of making money as a cosplay model probably wouldn’t be viewed favorably by her parents’ generation.

Moreover, considering Yoon Suhee’s strong protectiveness of Min Hayoon after the AGC incident…

‘I don’t think I’ll hear anything good…?’

Still, it seemed like a good idea to talk to Yoon Suhee at least once before looking for another photo studio.

Eventually, as Min Hayoon continues to build her presence, her parents will find out.

It would be a little strange to keep silent, especially since cosplay involves her face being exposed online.

“It’s called Studio Yoon, in the Hongdae area.”

-Studio Yoon? Can I find it if I search for it?

“Yes, it should come up. If you want to find out more information, you can check out their website.”

She planned to tell Choi Arin about Yoon Suhee’s studio first and then try to accommodate her as much as possible if she wanted to do the shoot there later…

-But how did you come to know about this kind of photo studio? Do you usually take pictures at studios like this?

“Ah, that’s…”

Choi Ahrin stepped on a landmine.

“My mom runs it. That studio.”

-What…?

However, Choi Arin probably didn’t expect this answer either, as her voice was absent from the speaker for a while…

“It’s not like you made a mistake or anything. It’s just that my mom’s workplace is there.”

Min Hayoon added a word for Arin, who seemed obviously flustered.

After a moment of silence, Choi Arin spoke again.

-Do your parents know? About you cosplaying and stuff? I mean, I know vaguely…

“I don’t know. How do I even say this? Honestly.”

-Then how are you going to take pictures at the studio your mom runs…?

“Honestly, I don’t know either. I think I need to go talk to my mom first and figure it out…?”

-Uh, um…

This is…

It’s not right to meddle in someone else’s family affairs, and it’s awkward to change the subject now…

-Good luck…? I, I’ll get going first. I’ll be thinking about cosplay ideas until the studio is booked, so don’t worry too much…

“Yes, go ahead.”

She ended the call as if running away, using cosplay ideas as an excuse.

And so, Min Hayoon, left alone in her room again…

“I’m going crazy…”

Honestly, she wasn’t confident.

The thought that Yoon Suhee wouldn’t look favorably on cosplay was sincere without a single lie.

However…

“I still have to do it.”

The COVID-19 season.

Yoon Suhee’s studio couldn’t withstand the expensive rent unique to Hongdae and closed down under the name of ‘Studio Relocation Planned’.

Since then, until Min Hayoon turned 22, Yoon Su-hee’s studio never took any clients…

“If not me, who will take care of my mom?”

Min Hayoon thought it was right to bring it up, no matter what Yoon Suhee said to her.

At first, she thought she should talk to her because Yoon Suhee might feel betrayed later if she did the shoot at another studio without telling her…

But as her mind gradually cleared up, more reasons to shoot at Yoon Suhee’s studio were added.

To prevent the closure of Studio Yoon, and so that Yoon Suhee could continue to do her work, just as Min Hayoon does what she wants to do.

“Let’s go.”

Hayoon, swallowing hard, headed to the master bedroom.

Fortunately, Min Jungyun went to the gym, so now was the chance to talk openly with Yoon Suhee.

“Can I come in?”

“Hayoon?”

“Yes.”

“Yes, come in.”

Right after a short knock, the door opened without even a sound, and Min Hayoon and Yoon Suhee’s eyes met in the air.

“What is it?”

“Haha, it’s not like I need a reason to come.”

“Really? But you haven’t been coming out of your room lately.”

“Uh, that’s…”

Min Hayoon bit her tongue, feeling breathless.

She felt like she would lose her mind if she didn’t do this.

“Should I just say it simply?”

“It can be long or simple. We haven’t talked much lately.”

However, it was easy to guess why Yoon Suhee was acting this way despite the cold atmosphere.

For the past two months, Min Hayoon had been in crunch mode, and apart from meal times, the time she spent with her family had almost disappeared.

Here.

‘I should emphasize that I want to do it together…’

Lick.

Min Hayoon lightly ran her tongue over her dry lips and started again.

“Mom, what would you do if I said I wanted to be a model?”

“Model? What kind of model?”

“Just, you know… a pictorial model. You often do pictorial shoots, so you know a lot about it, right?”

However, it’s always nerve-wracking to talk about what you want to do in front of your parents.

Especially in a situation like now, where opposition is expected.

But.

“I’d like it.”

“Yes?”

“Did you forget because you were too young? When you were a baby, I took pictures of you and submitted them to a contest, and you became a baby formula cover model.”

“Ah, really…?”

“Yes, really. Would it be fake?”

Yoon Su-hee was quite favorable to the idea of ‘modeling’ itself.

“It’s so much fun to take pretty pictures of my daughter, whom I gave birth to, and make her even prettier with a program. Ah, right. When you were four…”

After that.

Yoon Suhee talked about Min Hayoon’s childhood, saying that she was a billboard model for children’s shoes when she was four, and that she participated in a sofa advertisement as a kid model when she was seven.

Of course, to Min Hayoon, whose memories began around the age of 16, it felt like a story from a distant world…

Anyway, the important thing is that Yoon Suhee is quite favorable to Min Hayoon being a model and her taking the photos.

‘But she didn’t take many pictures of me before…’

Min Hayoon felt like pouting at Yoon Suhee’s actions, which clearly showed that she preferred daughters over sons, but she managed to hold back and get back to the point.

“Then, what about me now?”

“Huh?”

“Not a baby formula model or a kid model, but how is 17-year-old Min Hayoon as a model? Is she usable?”

And Yoon Suhee, staring at Min Hayoon who was asking for an evaluation.

“Do you even need to ask?”

“I’m asking because I don’t know.”

“I always wanted to raise you as a model. Your dad said to let you do what you want, and you were too busy with your own things to come out of your room. Do you know how anxious I was? At your age, you grow every day. Even now.”

“Uh, um…”

She got up from the bed, approached her with big strides, and lifted Min Hayoon’s underbust over her silk pajamas.

“Wh, why the sudden boob grab…”

“It got bigger, right?”

“Th, yes…?”

“Be honest, your boobs got bigger. It was definitely an A last year, but now it looks like a solid B? You’re growing so fast because you’re in your growth period?”

“Th, that’s…”

She was startled by Yoon Suhee’s sudden approach.

[Exquisite growth spurt in progress!]

There has been a noticeable change in breast size.

We inform you that they have grown from an A cup to B cup.

The status window, that damn thing, tells her that it has arbitrarily increased someone else’s breast size.

No wonder her chest felt a bit stuffy these days…

“I did feel like my bra was a bit tight recently…”

“Yeah, that’s what I mean. Kids grow up so fast these days.”

Having grasped the situation, Min Hayoon was overwhelmed by Yoon Suhee’s charisma and reluctantly avoided eye contact.

And she realized.

When she was going around and persuading people, this is how she must have looked to others.

Like mother, like daughter.

“Since we don’t talk often, you’re still wearing the same underwear even though it doesn’t fit. You’re going to go buy underwear with me this weekend.”

“Yes…”

Min Hayoon could only nod at Yoon Suhee’s words.

However…

“…..”

“Wh, what?”

She can’t just be pushed around.

“About the modeling…”

“Why are you asking so persistently? I’m even bummed that I couldn’t take pictures of you when you were an A-cup with my equipment set up. I’ll set it up quickly and take pictures, so don’t grow your boobs for a few days. Don’t grow.”

“Y, yes…”

She wanted a definite answer…

Now she felt like she couldn’t back out even if she wanted to.

‘But does this include being a cosplay model…?’

Moreover, she hasn’t even mentioned that she wants to take cosplay model shots yet…

“Sigh, what clothes should I put on her…”

Honestly, she was a little scared to say it.

‘My mom… she’s not just a doting mother…’

At this point, she’s not a doting mother, but a daughter pervert.

A daughter pervert.

What mother in the world is sad that she couldn’t take pictures of her daughter’s breast size changes.

Are photographers normally this sensitive to changes in their subjects?

‘I think I know where my personality comes from…’

“Geez.”

Min Hayoon shuddered, covering her face with her hands, feeling like she was undergoing mirror therapy, and Yoon Suhee, thinking that Hayoon had a hard time bringing it up, hugged her daughter out of affection.

She was a cute daughter who had grown up so much that they were now almost the same height.

‘She’s this responsive just to wanting to be a model, how should I tell her that I want to do cosplay…’

Hayoon’s suffering.

The biggest hurdle is yet to come.