From 0 years old to Superstar Chapter 5
The effect of Seo Jun's video didn't end with just one viewing.
A week later, Seo Eun-hye's Bananatalk was flooded with messages. They were messages from mothers praising Seo Jun's video.
- Wow! Ji-yoon ate every meal without missing one!
- It seems like the twins' weight has doubled!
The twin mom's comment was a joke, but it prompted other moms to weigh their children. Especially, Ji-yoon's weight had increased so much that it made his parents cry.
"Seo Jun is really growing so fast, isn't he?"
Lee Min-joon looked at the photo sent by Seo Eun-hye.
A photo of Seo Jun taken just now, sitting on a scale while holding an orc with green skin, was sent through Bananatalk. He was smiling brightly.
And she sent the weight from last week and this week.
Lee Min-joon was amazed at the significant weight gain. After all, his son was a child who ate well, slept well, and pooped well. It would have been more worrying if he hadn't gained weight.
Kim Hee-sung came in and glanced at Lee Min-joon's phone.
"An orc? Did I send that? He still likes it?"
Lee Min-joon sighed. Kim Hee-sung laughed awkwardly, scratching the back of his neck, and cold sweat trickled down his back.
"No, I didn't know he would really like it."
He wanted to tease Seo Jun, who always smiled. Kim Hee-sung, who wanted to see Seo Jun cry out of fear, jokingly brought a large box full of monster dolls from his home to Lee Min-joon's house.
He planned to take them away if Seo Jun cried...
"Who knew he would like it so much..."
Lee Min-joon rubbed his face.
His son, who screamed in a high-pitched voice as soon as the box was opened, hit the box and Lee Min-joon's arm with both hands in excitement when he quickly closed it.
It hurt. It seemed like he was shouting, "Open it! Open it!" so Lee Min-joon had no choice but to open the box.
"He's completely attached to it now..."
Seo Jun crawled into the box, buried himself in the dolls, and laughed. Kim Hee-sung was surprised by Seo Jun's reaction and didn't know what to do.
At that moment, Seo Eun-hye stood there helplessly, holding the rabbit doll, Todor, which Seo Jun had abandoned.
"But, Seo Jun really has a unique taste."
"Are you in a position to say that...?"
Kim Hee-sung, who had been scolded by Lee Min-joon and Seo Eun-hye for about a week for giving such dolls to a baby, raised his hands.
"Ha, it's okay. I've given up."
Even though he said he had given up, Lee Min-joon opened the gallery on his smartphone and showed Seo Jun's photos.
Seo Jun holding an orc, Seo Jun laughing with slime in both hands, Seo Jun squishing a dragon, Seo Jun sleeping with a werewolf, Seo Jun with a twin-headed ogre...
Kim Hee-sung bowed his head.
Seo Jun, who was smiling cutely, was adorable, but the dolls he was holding were terrifying. It made them doubt the parents' tastes. The imbalance made Kim Hee-sung apologize.
Lee Min-joon nodded. Kim Hee-sung's apologies would never be enough until Seo Jun's taste changed.
Lee Min-joon didn't know. He didn't expect to hear Kim Hee-sung's apologies for a lifetime...
Kim Hee-sung sat down. Thanks to working until Saturday to finish his work, he could take it easy today. Maybe he should have just worked today...
Lee Min-joon showed Kim Hee-sung a video. Kim Hee-sung expected it. It would be a video of Seo Jun, Seo Eun-hye, or both.
"Our Seo Jun eats so well too!"
But Kim Hee-sung also thought Seo Jun was very, very cute. He was so adorable, as if he had been born to bring out the best in his parents.
Kim Hee-sung, who was watching the video of Seo Jun eating baby food, opened his mouth. He saw Seo Jun shaking his arms while eating.
"But why is he shaking his hands?"
Lee Min-joon shook his head, not knowing the answer. Seo Jun didn't shake his hands when he ate baby food this morning. Why was he doing it now?
"Is he particularly excited?"
"About eating? Does he do this every time he eats?"
Lee Min-joon shook his head, saying it wasn't the case. Kim Hee-sung thought deeply. What was different from usual...
Kim Hee-sung's words made Lee Min-joon look at the video again. Seo Jun was shaking his arms and smiling brightly.
"Does he like the camera? That's why he's excited and shaking his arms."
"Hey, Seo Jun is totally cut out to be an actor, isn't he?"
Kim Hee-sung's words made Lee Min-joon watch the video again. A loud laugh from Seo Jun could be heard.
"Wow, really... Ji-yoon and I got praised at the hospital."
Seo Eun-hye smiled at Ji-yoon's mom's words.
It had been two weeks since she sent the video of Seo Jun eating. The five babies ate well without any fuss.
"These days, Seo Jun's video isn't even necessary for them to eat well."
Mina's mom's words made the twin mom nod.
"For a few days, I thought they wouldn't eat without Seo Jun's video, but now they eat well even without it when it's mealtime."
"Well... there was a bit of a struggle in between..."
"That's nothing. It's fine!"
Seo Eun-hye was happy to hear the three moms. She cut the cake Mina's mom had brought and served it.
A strawberry cream cake, as if celebrating the resolution of the moms' worries.
It seemed everyone had the same thought, and the room fell silent.
Seo Eun-hye looked at the three moms. Even without makeup, the faces of the three moms, who had resolved their worries, shone brightly.
Seo Eun-hye felt a lump in her throat. The other moms felt the same.
The sensitive Ji-yoon's mom had tears in her eyes.
"Really, thank you, Eun-hye..."
"Really, really... thank you..."
Someone might say it was just about feeding babies, but for parents, it was more painful than starving themselves.
"Because they eat well, they play well, sleep well... and don't get sick..."
"It's only been two weeks."
"Those two weeks were really happy."
Mina's mom also spoke. She was very grateful for Mina, who ate without fuss, and for Seo Jun.
"Our sons have become more resilient, haven't they?"
Everyone laughed and wiped away their tears at the twin mom's joke. The babies also laughed at the moms' laughter.
Seo Jun was surprised to hear the moms' conversation.
'The [Fairy Sparkle] worked even through the video?'
He thought the ability wouldn't work through a video, as it was his first time using it that way. But from the moms' words, it seemed to have worked.
It was a good story, even though he hadn't expected it.
'If the [Fairy Sparkle] works through videos... becoming a superstar will be easier.'
Seo Jun laughed and hugged the doll Kim Hee-sung had given him a few days ago. It was a doll of the necromancer king that Kim Hee-sung had made by hand.
Seo Eun-hye was shocked by the skull doll with a crown and green cubic eyes, but Seo Jun loved it so much that he hugged it tightly for a week.
The babies moved a bit away from Seo Jun, who was laughing. The green eyes of the necromancer king seemed to be staring at them.
While eating cake and talking, Mina's mom spoke cautiously.
"If it's okay, what about uploading Seo Jun's video to Nertube?"
Mina's mom nodded at Seo Eun-hye's question.
"I post vlogs on Nertube."
"I've been posting Mina's videos little by little. Like, Mina ate well today or didn't eat well. Then, many comments from other moms say their kids don't eat well."
Seo Eun-hye and the moms nodded. Seo Jun, who was drawing a magic circle on a cloud-patterned mat with the necromancer king's hand, also nodded. There must be more than just four kids who don't eat well.
"But, for the past two weeks, I've been saying, 'Mina ate well today' or 'I gave her new baby food, and she ate it really well' without realizing it."
Mina's mom looked at Seo Eun-hye apologetically. Ji-yoon's mom and the twin mom flinched. They had also boasted to their in-laws and parents that their kids were eating well recently.
"It's okay. I didn't mention Seo Jun."
Seo Eun-hye shook her head.
"So, in the comments, people asked for tips on how to make babies eat well. And there were comments saying their kids don't eat well... even going to the hospital..."
Everyone looked at Ji-yoon's mom when the hospital was mentioned. Ji-yoon's mom shrugged. Now, Ji-yoon was a good eater, so she had no worries.
"I didn't mention Seo Jun's video. I just posted the brand of milk Mina drinks and the baby food recipes. Eun-hye, if you're okay with it, I'd like to upload Seo Jun's video to Nertube to help other moms."
Seo Eun-hye thought about it. The moms waited quietly for her to finish thinking.
Would it be good to upload Seo Jun's video? Or not? Seo Eun-hye thought deeply.
It was about Seo Jun's face appearing in a video. His opinion was needed more than anyone else's, but he was only a 7-month-old baby who could just crawl and say "ah-boo-boo-boo." The decision had to be made by his parents.
'First, the good thing is... it will help babies who don't eat well. It will also help their parents resolve their worries. The bad thing is that Seo Jun's face will be known...'
There could be other pros and cons, but since it was about Seo Jun, she couldn't decide alone.
After thinking, Seo Eun-hye spoke.
"First, I'll discuss it with my husband."
"Sure. You don't have to do it if you don't want to! Think about it and decide."
Seo Eun-hye nodded at Mina's mom's words.
'If Seo Jun could speak, I would ask him...'
Seo Eun-hye looked at her son, who was wiping the mat with the skull doll's hand.
The black and white skeleton. Her thoughts about Nertube were interrupted, and she sighed at the skull doll given by Kim Hee-sung.