Chapter 64: Utaite Scarlett Debuts, Part 3

Tubbuk.

Tubbuk.

Their footsteps overlapped.

Hayoon and Hong Seo-hyun were walking in the same direction, maintaining a subtle distance.

And what awaited them was an apartment complex located in Yongsan District.

Amidst the awkward silence, the repetitive engine sounds and music, typical of the city, asserted their presence.

As they headed towards their respective homes, seemingly conscious yet unconscious of each other.

“Do you live here, senior?”

“Uh, yes… Why?”

“Huh?”

“Ah, I-I misspoke. I was so surprised that I blurted it out….”

Hayoon, unable to hold back any longer, spoke first and then immediately apologized.

Honestly, she was a bit surprised.

She had lived in this apartment complex her whole life, but due to her incredibly bad luck, none of her few friends lived in the same complex.

So, she naturally assumed it would be the same this time, but she never imagined that Hong Seo-hyun would live in the same apartment complex.

“So, you live here?”

“Yes…?”

“I live this way….”

Their apartment numbers were even close.

Almost identical, actually.

Hayoon lived in lines 1-2, while Hong Seo-hyun lived in lines 3-4.

They practically lived in the same building.

“We live really close, huh?”

“Yeah, how can this be?”

As Hayoon clicked her tongue in surprise, Hong Seo-hyun nodded in agreement.

After that, the two parted ways, promising to see each other again, and returned to their respective homes.

And Hayoon, after returning home.

“Haaa….”

Immediately went to her room and lay down on her bed.

She felt exhausted.

She went to the recording studio like it was her workplace from Saturday morning, focused on the voice actors’ performances, gave them minor advice for hours, and then watched Hong Seo-hyun’s recording without a proper break.

She tried her best not to show it, but once she got home, all her defenses crumbled.

“I want to sleep….”

Hayoon lay down on the neatly made bed and unbuttoned her blouse.

The white shell that had been covering Hayoon’s naked body disappeared, revealing the black bra underneath.

-click

Hayoon reached behind her back and easily unhooked the black bra, tossing it under the bed.

This was a life lesson Hayoon learned while living as a woman: Don’t wear a bra to bed.

Sleeping with a bra on is just uncomfortable.

The issue of sagging breasts would be taken care of by her perfect development, so it wouldn’t be a big problem.

-click

After taking off her pleated skirt, which was fastened at the waist with snap buttons, Hayoon, wearing only her panties that matched the bra she had just thrown off, slipped under the cool summer blanket.

“Haa, so cool….”

The pleasant feeling of her skin against the blanket.

Hayoon smiled contentedly and closed her eyes, sleeping soundly for 10 hours straight.

 

***

 

Hayoon’s weekends varied, but her weekday schedule followed a fixed pattern.

She would wake up to the alarm around 6:30 AM and leave the house by 7:00 AM.

“That’s interesting….”

Hayoon, almost ready to leave, sat in front of the mirror and lightly tossed her long hair.

She had heard that women’s hair is difficult to manage, but somehow, her hair was always shiny and never felt dry.

She didn’t even use any special products.

“Is this also thanks to the perfect development? Hair growth is also development, right?”

Or is it thanks to the 6-hour sleep reward of boundless energy?

She didn’t know the exact reason, but not having to put constant effort into managing her appearance was a good sign.

Hayoon could just focus on her work.

“I’m leaving.”

“Okay, fighting today too.”

She left the house, leaving behind Min Jungyun, who was still working from home, with a grin.

Then, she took the elevator down, passed through the apartment’s ground parking lot, and was about to head to the bus stop when.

“Hmm….”

he paused for a moment at lines 3-4.

Should I wait and go with her?

She briefly entertained the thought that any high school student would have.

“Nah, why would I wait?”

She decided against it and turned around.

Honestly, it had only been a month since she got to know Hong Seo-hyun, and they barely had any personal interactions.

Thinking it was too much, she was about to head to the bus stop when.

“Where are you going?”

Hong Seo-hyun, who suddenly appeared behind her, naturally linked arms with Hayoon.

She felt something wrap around her arm, the timing was perfect.

“T-to school?”

Hayoon gasped at Hong Seo-hyun’s sudden appearance, and Hong Seo-hyun, watching her, chuckled and rested her cheek on Hayoon’s shoulder.

Hong Seo-hyun was short, so her cheek perfectly aligned with Hayoon’s shoulder height.

But….

“What’s gotten into you?”

Why was this person suddenly acting so close?

Was she even the same person who was trembling yesterday?

It was a bit perplexing for Hayoon.

“Why? Isn’t this normal?”

“Normal?”

“Yeah, girls do this all the time. What’s the big deal?”

Hong Seo-hyun confidently leaned against Hayoon in the hot summer weather.

It was a surprising development for Hayoon, who had just stopped at the entrance of lines 3-4 before heading out, but it wasn’t strange for Hong Seo-hyun.

What did Hayoon do yesterday?

She skillfully led Hong Seo-hyun, who was fumbling because it was her first recording, and when Hong Seo-hyun became dazed after relaxing, she held her shoulder and took her to the bus stop.

While holding shoulders isn’t a particularly strange form of skinship between girls, the two had no other point of contact except for discussing Scarlet’s debut.

Then, Hayoon approached her first, and the very next day, after confirming they lived in the same apartment complex, Hong Seo-hyun saw Hayoon lingering in front of her building before turning away.

From Hong Seo-hyun’s perspective, this was a clear signal.

A sign that she wanted to become closer.

Normally, she wouldn’t become friends with just anyone, even if they showed interest.

Hong Seo-hyun had her own vision.

But, even someone with a vision.

No, because she had a vision.

She couldn’t miss the signal from Hayoon.

‘I should become as close as possible to her.’

Hayoon is the mother who provides the daily illustrations to grow Utaite Scarlet’s channel and the Mama who provides the original art for Vtuber Scarlet.

There’s nothing wrong with a daughter being close to her mother, right?

Hong Seo-hyun, who had already planned to leech off of her, thought that Hayoon was showing interest in becoming closer, so she threw away all caution and initiated physical contact.

“What shampoo do you use? Your hair smells nice.”

“Th-that’s….”

However, Hayoon was quite unaccustomed to this kind of skinship between girls.

She had become used to sharing snacks and chatting with Choi Arin, and occasionally holding shoulders, but the reverse rarely happened.

“Is the scent coffee? I’m really drawn to it, your hair is soft too.”

“Th-that’s….”

Her mind was completely captivated by Hong Seo-hyun, who was boldly initiating physical contact for illustrations, and she ended up going to school without even realizing what she was doing.

“Haaa….”

-The pictures turned out really pretty, right?

By the time she finally came to her senses in the classroom, she had already received dozens of selfies taken with Hong Seo-hyun on the way to school.

“Why is she acting like that all of a sudden…….”

Hayoon, feeling drained, slumped down on her desk and groaned.

“Huh…?”

Something..

Something……

Felt tight………

‘Did they grow again…?‘

It seemed like the perfect development was diligently working without her knowing.

A few days later.

Hayoon continued going to school with Hong Seo-hyun.

“Wh-why are you touching there….”

“It’s soft and nice, so what? All girls do this.”

“Why are you touching my stomach…….”

Whenever they were alone in the club room, Hong Seo-hyun would make Hayoon sit on her lap and put her hand inside Hayoon’s blouse, kneading her stomach.

She said girls’ bellies are soft and nice.

She said she had no one to touch because she had been alone, but now that she’s close to Hayoon, she feels like she has a stuffed animal.

‘Boys freak out if their hands even touch, calling each other gay…’

It seems like she doesn’t mind skinship between girls at all.

Was she the strange one?

Or was Hong Seo-hyun trying to close the distance for some reason?

Hayoon, feeling a bit dizzy, spent her days getting closer to Hong Seo-hyun.

Then..

“I finished the music video yesterday, want to see?”

She removed the hand that was touching Hayoon’s stomach and played the music video on her phone.

There, Utaite Scarlet, wearing a neat women’s suit for the “Love” music video, was illuminated with various effects.

“Her tone is truly irreplaceable. The music video is also quite stereotypical.”

“Right? I did a good job, didn’t I? Then I’ll upload it?”

Hong Seo-hyun smiled faintly as if she had been waiting for Hayoon’s confirmation and immediately uploaded the video.

And it took only two weeks for this video to properly hit the algorithm.