The Camera Loves You! [Yumi]

"Mmm... true, true." She muttered about his comments on the underwear lines for men and women. Really she even tried picturing what sexy male underwear would be like and just nothing came to mind. Plus it'd probably be hard to get a sexy, intricate design that worked for guys regardless of size. Like, imagine having to get a guy who bought underwear and on the label it had to specify the size of his- okay. She burned that train of thought before it got out of hand. She felt it had valid points but with slightly rosey cheeks she'd admit it wasn't one she should be on right now.

She didn't go for a grab though she was kinda surprise by how freely he offered it. A stereotypical assumption popped into her mind for a moment but she dismissed it for now as the bigger ass thing did have her attention a bit, so when Shinme directed her to the full body mirror she was hardly resistant, coming along with him and getting up to the mirror so they could both have a look, idly continuing their conversation. "Well I mean maybe. I kinda did the same thing for a while. I used to just use my quirk now and then because it toned my muscles and helped burn fat. It was all... aesthetics though? Like i looked fit but I didn't have stamina or anything. Plus I can tell ya from 3 years at UA almost that nothing beats the results of a proper workout. Hey, power to ya if whatever you're doing is workin' out for ya though.~"

She'd stand where he suggested, comparing their asses and having the faintest smug smile as she seemed to win out in his eyes. Still, it was definitely a close call and if he had a more feminine physique she might have called him the winner, but, with glee, she still managed to pull off a small victory with a proud smile, giggling a little at his suggestion they not be caught in their little ass competition. "Sure sure. Just wantin' to cover the victorious ass up so ya don't gotta look at it huh?~" She teased playfully, grabbing the clothes she'd chosen off the rack and starting to get dressed.

"Ya know after this-mmf!" She began, hopping briefly to get into the torn up jeans without using one of the seats in the room, wiggling them up her hips. It was a little loose in the hips but she could fix that easily with a belt. "We should exchange details? Dosn't have to be like, numbers or anything, but if you have a website or a twitter account I'd love to keep an eye on it?" It was a pretty tame offer to keep in touch and honestly she hoped Shinme was up for it, though she wouldn't even be surprised if he was. He seemed like a very open person who might be pretty eager for a similar opportunity himself.

Unlike Shinme during their little competition, while Yumi had gotten swept up in it while it was just the two of them she imagined she’d at least get a little flustered if someone managed to pick now of all times to walk in on them. Sure, they were models. Their bodies were basically their livelihood and Yumi could justify this weird level of interest and competition between them… but she definitely wouldn’t know how to explain it on the spot if a third party decided to insert themselves into things.

“Yeah I have a quirk. Nothing too impressive on it’s own in my opinion, but UA gave me the resources to make something of it.~” She chimed somewhat proudly. On UA a lot of people could tell her she was being too humble and she had an amazing quirk, but outside the walls where everyone just saw the results of what happened when her gear got put together and she could sustain her quirk, it felt a little easier to say her quirk ‘wasn’t all that’ to someone who may not know what she could pull off. She quirked a brow as he talked about his own quirk. Given what she wanted to teach one day the intricacies of other quirks easily fascinated her. “Oh? And what is your quirk exactly? I mean you said it keeps you fit and moving… some super speed quirk perhaps?” He probably wouldn’t be able to zip around the city without a special license of some kind though… “Maybe… flight?” Again, license issues, but people could do whatever they wanted in their own homes afterall.

Grabbing her phone Yumi was glad to hear there’d be a way the two could stay in touch however small, typing in Shinme’s details, chuckling briefly at the X in place of the SH… actually, she’d never asked. WAS that how his name was spelled? “Oh is that how it’s actually spelled?” She asked (assuming he did spell it of course). Either way she’d find his accounts and send some quick follow and friend requests before rising out of the seat she’d been filling, slipping her phone back into her bag so it didn’t mess with the outfit by giving it a bulge in the pocket or anything. Her eyes flaired with some excitement though as he mentioned UA.

“Oh you will! That’s awesome! Oh absolutely I’ll help. Trust me if you wanna keep up the exercise, UA studies, and some idol and model work? It’s gonna be a balancing act. I have a few tricks to get a nice balance going so maybe I can help you get settled hm?~” She nodded again at his mental calculation. “Mhm~ Three years of experience too~ So ya best listen to my advice newbie.~”

Of course, their alone time couldn’t last forever and finally one of the men from the interview room came in to get their attention, simply asking if they were ready. Playfully, Yumi pulled a leg back and offered her arm out for Shinme to hook, having felt she’d formed a quick bond with him. Something she wished she could do with so many more people. “Shall we?~”

“Mhm~” She quickly chimed back at the question to her gear, quirk and sponsors. “Both the gear and the sponsors, though they don’t mix or anything. I took those ASTA sponsorships and got a pretty nice deal out of it too when I started showing more and more interest in it ya know?” She gave a casual shrug and smiled, feeling it was pretty natural that the more interest she showed in the company, the more interest they’d show in her. Of course… that was more just interest she was showing in Sonya, finding her quite interesting at the time, so her interest in ASTA as a whole had waned a bit. “Ehehehe, yeah I guess so. I mean, with no offense to them people with much less impressive quirks than me and my gear are graduating too. I think once they put us through the training it’s mostly just slapping a ‘certified’ sticker on us and throwing us out there.~” She hoped her chuckles would show clearly enough that had been meant as a joke.

When she heard his quirk, there was a moment of blissful ignorance before she remembered who that sounded like. She didn’t let the sourness of that thought show on her face and… if anything, hopefully Shinme would un-ruin wind quirks for her. “Heh, well that’s fairly interesting. Hopefully you’re not flying about all over the place without a license at least.” She smirked as his comments seemed to confirm that, and she wasn’t the ‘quirk police’ yet, she wasn’t gonna hold him to those private uses of his quirk or anything.

Not as much of a ‘language nerd’ as it may have required to find the unique nature of Shinme’s name interesting (she named herself ‘curved lightning’ of all things afterall) She did at least hold attention to him so as not to be rude, but she was in no illusion she was gonna forget that the moment they parted ways. Not in a rude purposeful way of course, she just struggled to retain information unless she reinforced it, and… well, she tended to only reinforce information if it really interested her, or, like just knowing someone’s name generally, if it’d be plain rude not to. Shinme’s name? Check, the intricacies of it? They just got a falsely intrigued- “Huh…cool.~”

As they got ready to go out to the main room they were holding interviews in, Yumi had the hairtie she’d came with wrapped around her wrist for when she needed it, her hair still flowing down naturally for now. “Oh don’t worry about it. So long as you don’t hound me like a lost puppy for info I’m happy to help.~ I’d maybe at least say you should consider laying roots in the school the first month? Put the model stuff on hold? But at the end of the day it’s up to you if you can handle both. I mean you’re keeping up with me pretty well so far.~” She teased with a poke out of her tongue.

When a man came for them, Shinme nodded, that they were indeed ready. Upon seeing Yumi hold her arm out, Shinme only took a moment to consider it, then hooked his arm with hers right away. “Yes! Let’s go and floor them!”

As they came into the audition room Yumi sent the two previous a peace-V, making a mental note she should probably invite them for a cup of coffee or something if they stuck around after the audition. Shinme gave her a little nudge to go first and she gave a light dip of her head to confirm she was happy to, unlinking his arm and striding out, one hand behind her back and the other giving a playful wave. Every motion she made was just slightly exaggerated and ‘spunky’, like she was playing a character of herself rather than being perfectly natural, but not so far off the deep end it seemed forced. “Hi.~ Pleasure to meet you fine ladies and gents. I’m Yumi Tasukai.~” She bowed her head a little with a hand to her chest. “I hope you all had fun looking through my portfolio.~ I’ve done spring shoots before but I know every catalogue’s different so I’m happy to work with what you guys nieed.~”

They looked between eachother for a moment, examining the portfolio Yumi had left them with to examine when she got changed. They seemed… interested? Not impressed for sure, but they hardly ever did for some reason. As if showing any ‘hope’ in a candidate was illegal or something. “Alright Yumi, we’re going to be advertising this line to a young audience so if you could just step aside with the photographer and let your instincts flow a bit there? We have plenty of referances for you in this field so…” He tapped the table a little, unsure where to finish the sentence but Yumi understood well enough.

“Loud and clear.~” She stepped aside, pulling the hairtie off her wrist and doing her hair up in a ponytail. It wasn’t a BIG difference but it was surprising how simple changes like that could shift someone’s assumptions from say, early twenties to late teens. She positioned herself with the photographer, just taking some instinctive poses with the camera flashes. The group turned to Shinme, and while he had an idol career-

“Shinme right. First time modelling?”

Yumi glanced over to Shinme here and there between her poses, making sure not to take her eyes off the camera, or staring off into the ‘correct’ corner of the room at any point to match the poses she was making. He seemed a slither anxious but nothing he wasn’t powering through. Honestly the only reason she’d even think he might be a little anxious was because, even after so much experience and times doing this, even she was. It was never nice to feel rejected, and while it was always a learning experience and there were some auditions you were right for and some you just weren’t… it could still sting a bit to figure out which parts you weren’t right for.

Ah well, he seemed to do just fine introducing himself, and she’d step off to the side with a flourish of her arms to present the ‘floor’ to him for him to take his own shots. She was careful not to lean against the wall or anything as might be natural for her incase she creased or ruffled the outfit up or anything. They still might want a few more snapshots afterall. Her attention was mostly on Shinme, enjoying watching him as he put on a more youthful look for his own pictures. Honestly with all his energy he kinda came off like a sugared up teen to some extent anyway but he seemed to have the professionalism to show some range if he wanted, so she assumed this was a conscious choice.

“Well if you guys need any-“ She was cut off from trying to start a polite end to the audition (they didn’t seem to need to ask too many more questions for a lower end shoot like this) but was quickly interrupted by Shinme excitedly asking if they could take some group shots together. Caught off guard Yumi’s cheeks turned a little red, and while Shinme’s eyes were off here she mouthed a ‘sorry’ to the people running the shoot. They were a little shocked too… but indulged the request, telling the photographer to give them another round together. Yumi, propping her elbow up atop Shinme’s shoulder, whispered with just a playful hint of venom in her voice.

“Sooooo got any poses in mind for this on the fly improvisation there genius?” She wasn’t truly angry… but she was a smidge embaressed by his antics there.

Yumi let out a scoff of disbelief as Shinme started talking about his intentions in dragging her back in for a few shots. Sure they’d been pulled out as a pair so she’d kind of assumed he was making a hail mary impression by trying to show they’d be a good pair to get hired together or something, which she could appreciate but… no. He was literally just in this for a laugh and she couldn’t believe it. Ah well… in for a penny in for a pound. When he crossed his arms she’d shift her position, tipping her hip to the side and resting her hand upon it, giving off a playful, friendly pose with a bit more maturity than the more ‘young teen’ look she’d tried to aim for prior.

When he shifted into the back to back pose, she’d link her elbow with his and hold out a peace sign with the arm furthest from the camera, a wink and a bright smile pointed at the camera in turn and just generally trying to make sure they got a good few shots in before she lightly bumped her ass against his to get him to back off a bit, before turning around and sliding her arms over his shoulders, making sure they were still side on to the camera so both their outfits could be seen, whispering between shots. “Ooooh you are so lucky you got someone like me and not one of the bitchy models doing this with you. They woulda torn you a new one for this.”

She’d let him take her hand, rolling her eyes, both at him and for the camera itself as she turned her head away from him, but generally she seemed okay to play along, and she was serious. She didn’t mind this at all, but she definitely knew a few more uptight girls who woulda torn him to shreds for something like this. When he offered the piggyback ride, she almost burst out giggling for a moment, her cheeks a little red. She’d glance to the people running the show who seemed to actually be a little amused by this, and almost like it was a full on show she’d gesture to Shinme while asking the ‘audience’- “Shall I indulge him?”

They were quick to nod, and she sighed dramatically, walking up to him and placing her hands on his shoulders. “You better have UA level muscles cause if you drop me-~” There was clearly a chuckle in her voice even as she said this, but a hint of nerves. Even if she was durable enough for it she didn’t much like the idea of a bruised ass. Especially if she had to explain how she got that ‘at an audition’. With a press against the back of his shoulders she hooked her legs up and around his waist, helping as she clung to his clothes, but as her position settled and he (hopefully) managed her weight, she’d stick out her legs straighter and shoot a bright grin towards the camera.

When the singing began, Yumi nearly lost it. She tried her best to maintain a strong face for the photos but one or two would definitely consist of her shoving her face into his hair just to suppress the wave of chuckles bubbling up in her gut, trying incredibly hard not to let a single one slip out, a few giggles escaping through her teeth. She managed to get a feel for the use of his quirk, and while at first it just seemed like a curious sensation, especially when she felt it under his thighs thinking he might be moving his hands somewhere creepy, it soon became clear and the pieces added up. She took a breath, let herself feel at ease, and shot the camera a warm smile as she… endured the remained of the show, a light blush constantly on her cheeks for the last few shots.

Hey, nothing photoshop couldn’t fix if they wanted to use that for anything.

Easing off of his back she’d take a long exhale just to let her nerves settle, crossing her arms over her chest and muttering for him only- “You’re lucky I likely won’t be at UA by the time you get in there.~” It was clearly just a tease but a rather pointed one at the very least, sticking out her tongue playfully as she backed up and let him take his bow. In turn, she turned on her heels and gave a flourishing bow of her own to the people running the shoot, one arm across her chest, the other extended out to her side like a fun videogame had once taught her to do. “Thank you for indulging him.”

“Its quite alright. We got a few… unique shots.” One of the men behind the desk pointed a pen between them. “You can keep the outfits, or get changed, up to you.” Ahhhh. Yumi’s favourite perk of the job. When they let you keep the early batches. With a smile she nudged Shime’s side with her elbow, just enough to maybe throw off his balance a little without being harmful, and moved to go get her stuff, deciding she was fine walking home in what she had on rather than wasting anyone’s time getting changed.

“I’m not kidding by the way you owe me like, a smoothie or something on my way home now.~” She winked, effectively giving him an ‘out’ of her just joking if he wanted to, but she wouldn’t be too opposed to an excuse to spend a little more time with him before she called it a day. All the same, whether he wanted to get changed or not she’d head back out, collect her portfolio from the guys running the show, and start to head out, waiting by the door