CH 61

Supporting High School Student Does a Photoshoot

“Hurry up, we have to start soon! If we don’t finish this before it starts raining we will catch a cold you know!” (Suzuka)

“Coming!…..wait, isn’t there a lot of people watching us today?”

“It does feel like that when you say it but it’s been a while since we shoot outside so maybe you are imagining it?”

“Hmm….maybe they are here for you, Suzuka?”

If I remember it correctly, I was alone on my last outdoor shoot and I wasn’t that popular yet back then so there were not that many onlookers.

“What do you mean?”

“Nn? Suzuka is cute so you are very popular right. I think they are here just to sneak a glance at you……see, most of them are men right?”

“If you put it like that then isn’t Seiya-kun cool and popular yourself? Besides, I can see a lot of women too so I think they are here for both of us right?”

“Guess so.”

Well, this is also proof that we have become popular. Maybe this many people might be normal. But well, I’m not so used to being stared at like this so I prefer indoor shoots though.

“Hey, you two! We will start soon! If you want to chitchat then you can wear those outfits and go to a pool together later okay!”

“Ah, Yes! I’m coming!”

“Come on, we got scolded because of you, Seiya! Well, that’s a good idea though.”

I lined up next to Suzuka and the shoot finally started. We are wearing outfits designed for sea and pool outings but neither I nor Suzuka wears swimsuits underneath.

Rather, Both I and Suzuka have never done a swimsuit shoot or a shoot with other clothes with high exposure before. We normally model for casual and everyday outfits so swimwear is not our specialty.

The onlookers seem to understand and there’s no complaint coming from them. Well, I wouldn’t know what to say to them if they start complaining when they just came to observe us themselves though.

The staff did tell them to refrain from taking pictures of the shoot but I guess there will be some that will take it anyway. The number of onlookers also gradually increased as we proceeded with the shoot too.

“Alright! Next! This one is not for the magazines, it might be a little difficult to put them on so we will start after a short break okay! You two please change into the new outfits!”

“Next?…….Did we have another shooting planned today?”

“It was written in the latter half of the message, right? They want us to model for a poster.”

“Seriously……I only read the part that they moved up the schedule…..”

“Well, it’s nothing strange so it’s fine right?”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s yukata you know.”

Just like with the magazines, a model like us may receive special requests for a poster from stores or companies’ promotional content.

We have an ad for high schoolers modeling service on the back of the newspaper after all.

Apparently, we were requested to make a poster promoting yukata this time.

“Oh, was the shoot over already? I have the yukata ready in the changing room so change into that okay.”

“Understood.”

“…..ah, come to think of it, do you know how to tie the Obi?”

“……I will try doing it myself.”

I put on the gray yukata and tried to tie the obi around my waist but I couldn’t get it done at all. Rather, the only time that I ever used an obi was in judo class I think.

This is unrelated but I think that those judo club members who wear the black belt are pretty cool.

“Excuse me, I couldn’t do it. Can you help me?”

“Ahahaha! As I thought, you couldn’t tie it at all. Good thing you have me here.”

“I’ve only used one in my judo class, you know.”

“…..eh? You can mostly tie it as you do for Judogi though…….you only need to pass one end underneath and tie it you know?”

I never thought that the method would be the same as judo. This is a miscalculation. If that’s the case then I know how to do it. Well, let’s think of it as learning something new.

The request this time came from a store that offers yukatas rental service in the city. The photo taken here will probably be used as promotional material for the rental yukata this summer.

It seems that the number of people who attend the summer festival in plain clothes has been increasing so this might be a countermeasure to combat that. By the way, I always go to these festivals in plain clothes myself too.

“Alright! Are you two ready?”

“Hmm, that yukata looks nice on you, Suzuka…….”

“Eh, wh, what? So sudden……Se, Seiya-kun too, you are looking good yourself right?”

“Oh, thanks. Well, let’s finish our shoot first.”

“S, somehow I feel like I just lost…..

With the sounds of the camera shutter, the shoot started. We had to change into new yukatas multiple times during the shoot as well.

“Alright, nice. That’s it, we are done for today.”

“Ahh, I’m tired……well, I guess I will change out of this first……”

“I also want to change but uh, we have to return these yukatas right?”

We retreated into a tent and finally away from the eyes of the onlookers. Though at this point, most of them already headed back.

Normally, we usually keep the clothes we used for shooting but when it’s a request like this we normally return the clothes to the store/company as they were borrowed.

“Right, I guess we have to return these.”

“Ahh, the festival will be here soon……I wonder if the yukata at my house still fits me……..”

“Well, let’s get dressed for the time being.”

“Alright!”