Chapter 575 (1/2)
“I’m home.”
“You’re late. How about dinner?”
“I ate already with a seonbae of mine.”
“What did you eat?”
“Strawberry milk.”
You should eat properly - seeing her mother worried about her, Yuna smiled and said that she was okay.
“I’m fine since I ate a lot for lunch. Where’s Bitna?”
“She should be sleeping right now. She said she was tired after we came back from the studio.”
Her mother pointed at the bedroom. Yuna quietly opened the door to the room. She could hear regular breathing. She tiptoed so she wouldn’t make any noise with her feet and approached Bitna who was sleeping on the bed.
“Bitna, your unni’s here.”
She whispered and waved her hand, and just then, Bitna opened her eyes. As Yuna didn’t have any intentions of waking her up, she quickly apologized.
“Unni, you’re here.”
“Sorry. Looks like I woke you up. Go back to sleep.”
Bitna, who sat up while rubbing her eyes, yawned before standing up.
“I’m going to watch TV.”
“Do you want me to carry you?”
After thinking for a while, Bitna nodded. Yuna quickly piggybacked Bitna and went to the living room. Some metal sounds could be heard from the kitchen. It seemed that her mother was putting some fruits in a bowl.
“Bitna, did you wake up?”
“I think I woke her up.”
After replying, she put Bitna down on the sofa. Bitna, who was still sleepy, looked at the powered off TV in a daze before looking for the remote.
“Bitna, what do you want to watch?”
“A drama.”
Yuna turned to a Sunday drama channel. Bitna got herself together and started watching TV.
“Have some fruits.”
Her mother put down a large bowl on the living room table. Yuna forked a chopped banana before giving it to Bitna. She subconsciously smiled when she looked at Bitna, who ate the banana with her small hands.
“You’re going to cry even more than I will when Bitna gets married in the future, aren’t you?”
“Of course. Bitna, even if you get married, you must come and see your sister, okay?”
Bitna’s small head nodded.
“You should eat as well, mom.”
“You should eat first. Also, are you going to keep coming home around this time in the future?”
“We’re in our busiest period right now. The characters have been decided, and we’re also making the props. It won’t always end this late though. I find myself lacking no matter how much I practice, so I want to do about an hour more, but the seonbaes told me that it’s important to rest as well.”
“They’re right. Staying in your top condition is also important.”
Yuna looked at Bitna who was watching TV before turning around to look at her mother.
“What did Bitna shoot today?”
“An acquaintance of mine opened a studio. It was really well-decorated too. She said she needed a photo to display at the counter, so I had Bitna do that.”
“Are the photos good?”
“Of course they are. Who do you think the model is?”
“Did you take photos of them with your phone?”
“I thought you’d ask that, so I did.”
Her mother went to the room and came back out with her phone.
“Here. Don’t they look good?”
Bitna was standing in a beige-colored background. She was wearing a light blue one-piece dress and was sitting on a chair that was larger than herself. It was way too cute.
“She’s even prettier if you see the actual photos.”
“Bitna, these look so good,” Yuna said as she showed Bitna the photos.
Bitna smiled faintly before looking at the TV again.
“If this place does well, it’ll be all thanks to Bitna.”
Yuna looked at the photos in satisfaction before giving the phone back to her mother.
“What happened to the audition she took last time?”
“We didn’t hear anything back, so I don’t think she made it.”
“Where can you find a girl prettier than Bitna, huh? They just don’t know their stuff.”
“There are many girls who are just as pretty as Bitna.”
Her mother waved her hand and stood up. Yuna followed her to the kitchen.
“Did you decide on what to do about the acting school?”
Her mother sat down in the kitchen and crossed her arms. When she made a posture like that, the manager side of hers would surface. Yuna organized her thoughts before speaking,
“I want to focus on the acting club for the first year.”
“Is that because the acting club is fun for you? Or because it’s helpful to you.”
“It is both fun and helpful.”
“Yuna.”
“Yes, mom.”
“As you know, we live in an era where only those that have been preparing steadily since youth can grab the opportunity. Mom thinks that both you and Bitna are very pretty and talented, to the point that I can’t believe you two are my daughters. That’s also why I think you’re at a very important moment right now. Think about it carefully. There is a right time for learning. Hanging out with your friends at your age is very important, yes. It’s not like mom doesn’t understand that. Also Yuna, you must remember that the successful actors and actresses all gave up some things to reach their level. It’s not just actors. You can apply that logic to every other job. Achieving something is the same as giving up just as much. Yuna is smart, so you know what mom is saying, right?”
“Yes, I do.”
“And you still want to reduce the number of acting school lessons that you took during middle school and focus on the acting club?”
“Yes, I do.”
Her mother closed her eyes. Yuna waited patiently. Her mother was making her decision right now. If she said no, Yuna was planning to act stubborn, which she hadn’t done in a long time.
“Are you doing the acting club in order to play around?” she asked.
Yuna immediately shook her head.
“No. If the acting club really just played around, I wouldn’t have joined in the first place. Mom, I want to become an actress. I’m not lying about that. And, just as you said, I know that there are things I have to give up in order to become one. That’s why I want to take a break from acting school for a while. Actually, the acting I do at the club is much harder than what I do at the academy. At the academy, I do exactly what the instructor tells me to do, but in the acting club, I have to be more proactive. I liked that feeling. It’s unlike anything I have done until now.”
“Do you really think so?”