Chapter 118: Style Completion 2
The rice he thought was too much was completely finished. Seo Juhui and Han Soo-ah marveled at how delicious it was and promised to practice cooking. Seo Juhwan decided he should avoid seeing these two for a while.
Han Soo-ah washed the dishes while a girl named Jung Sora cleaned the house.
After finishing the cleaning, Jung Sora spoke energetically.
"Let's go quickly!"
"Where?"
"Obviously to Hongdae. We promised to buy you clothes today."
That was why Seo Juhui and Han Soo-ah had come. They wanted to thank him for helping with the last broadcast by buying him clothes. He'd refused, but they wouldn't give up and were still insisting.
"Haven't you monetized on YouTube yet?"
YouTube had separate standards for monetization based on subscriber counts. The streaming platform Trickey had no such requirements, but the settlement date probably hadn't arrived yet.
Han Soo-ah pulled out a wallet with a bear drawing on it. "Hehe. I saved up this month's allowance to buy you clothes. Plus, I have leftover allowance from last month."
"I broke open my piggy bank too."
Seo Juhwan felt conflicted about buying clothes with his younger sisters' money.
However, the next words immediately resolved his doubt.
"Older brother, if you go to university tomorrow dressed like usual, you'll definitely become an outcast."
"That's right. Older brother, it's sad if you have no friends at university."
It wasn't teasing—it was a sincere expression, which made him angrier.
"You two..."
"Come on. Don't get mad. We're really worried about you."
"Honestly, the way you dress is a bit..."
"What? What's wrong with how I dress?"
Shake, shake.
The two just shook their heads silently.
"Sigh. Fine, let's go."
He decided to accept their generosity without guilt.
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He came out to buy clothes but didn't go to Hongdae. Today was the opening day of "Style Completion," which he'd planned to visit before meeting Choi Mi-hwa.
Walking down 1st Street, Seo Juhui and Han Soo-ah couldn't take their eyes off him.
Seo Juhui blinked repeatedly as if something was odd. "Why does the outfit look okay? Did you buy that yourself?"
"Yeah, I did."
"That's weird. There's no way you could dress decently..."
Seo Juhwan was wearing clothes picked out by the fashion gallery. He felt a sting at his younger sister's comment but shamelessly insisted he'd chosen them himself.
'...I won't buy clothes myself anymore.'
He'd thought the gallery users were exaggerating, but seeing that even his own sister and Han Soo-ah said no meant he definitely had no fashion sense. He decided to become a regular at Swan, who was known for picking out good clothes.
As they approached the area, Han Soo-ah tugged at his sleeve.
"Older brother."
"Hmm?"
"You seem to have gotten taller."
"Oh? You can tell? I'm 177 now. It won't be long before I hit 180."
Seo Juhwan laughed with satisfaction. He'd grown 1cm recently thanks to an item, and since only his legs got longer, his proportions improved. If he exceeded his goal of 180, he might achieve an 8-head body ratio.
"Is this the place you were talking about?"
"Yeah."
"There are barely any people here...? Can't we go somewhere else? There are so many places in Hongdae."
Seo Juhui was disappointed they couldn't go to Hongdae. Perhaps the perception that fashion meant Hongdae was strong. Though he somewhat agreed, that area's style was too unique for his taste.
"Let's just go in first."
He opened the door and entered.
Ding.
"Welcome!"
A woman came rushing out at the sound of the bell. Seo Juhwan took a step back.
'...Should I go somewhere else?'
To him, the woman's outfit was quite bold. Her top revealed her collarbones down to her chest. Over it was a leather jacket. Below, she wore ripped black jeans with fishnet mesh visible through the holes, extending down to her exposed stomach. And her hair had a greenish tint.
What kind of crazy fashion was this?
Even to him, who knew nothing about fashion, this didn't seem right.
'Is this really Swan?'
The shop logo on the wall clearly showed "Style Completion," which matched what he'd heard. He wasn't in the wrong place.
But his younger sisters' reactions were strange.
"Wow. That unnie's fashion is amazing."
"Yeah! She looks so cool."
The two whispered to each other, and he sensed they had a reason for choosing this place. Their sparkling eyes as they looked at him felt burdensome.
'What's going on? Am I the weird one?'
Just as that thought crossed his mind, the woman who had approached right in front of him spoke.
"Come this way, sir. What kind of style do you want? I'll coordinate everything for you from head to toe. Oh, since you're my first customer, if you buy three or more outfits, I'll give you accessories worth 10,000 won or less as a service. I have rings and necklaces."
She was his first customer. The woman rattled off words like a machine gun with a bright face. She spoke faster than most rappers but with such good diction that he caught everything.
As she spoke, she scanned all three of them briefly before grabbing Seo Juhwan's hand. She must have thought he was the one paying.
"Wow. You're so handsome, sir. And you dress well too. But I think you'd look even better if I recommended something. You have long legs, so anything would suit you anyway."
"Ha ha... Thank you."
He wished she'd keep some distance since she made him uncomfortable. This reminded him why he preferred to shop alone.
But Seo Juhui and Han Soo-ah seemed to find the woman trustworthy.
"Unnie, can you help style my older brother? We were planning to pick out clothes for him, but I think you'd be better at it."
He wasn't sure when they'd met, but the woman didn't hesitate to accept. She even smiled happily while responding. She'd apparently changed her target and let go of Seo Juhwan's hand.
"Oh, you have pretty younger sisters? How old are you?"
"We're seniors in high school."
"Wow. Seniors? You have such good skin."
"Feel free to be informal. I think I'll become a regular here anyway."
"Is that so?"
The conversation was too fast. He wondered if that's how trendy people were these days. Brother and sister after just minutes of meeting.
"And the gentleman... whose boyfriend is he?"
"Oh. It's not like that. This one is my brother, and she's... um."
"I'm, I'm also like their younger sister."
"Hmm~."
"Anyway, older brother needs to go to university tomorrow, so please take good care of him. We can't let him become an outcast!"
"What? Pffft. Oh, sorry."
She didn't look sorry at all. Perhaps she realized that the decision-maker wasn't her concern. The woman had already won over the two younger sisters.
Seo Juhui responded to Han Soo-ah's comment. "Then maybe something that looks a bit bold would be good? Looking at what unnie's wearing, leather seems fine too. As long as he stands out, he won't be an outcast, right?"
"..."
Seo Juhwan thought:
He hoped everyone would just disappear. He wanted to go home.
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