Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 356

“Hyung, aren’t I cute?”

Let’s raise the level a bit.

Going up or down by jumping is easy now.

To upgrade from here, we need to block the up and down.

In other words, I have to approach while waving my arms up and down.

Like clearing a stage in a game.

One thing to be careful of at this time is the speed.

It makes you think, ‘If I run at the timing of raising my arm, can I get through?’

“You can’t get out now. It’s all blocked!”

I gradually approach Siha.

I can feel him hesitating in front of me. I can tell without looking.

“There’s nowhere to run now.”

Dodo do.

I hear the sound of him running, and his body brushes against my arm.

The important thing here is to sense his presence and pretend to grab Siha.

“Here it is!”

“Aah!”

A miss.

The Hollywood action of missing and falling.

The children enjoy this and feel satisfied.

“Hyung! Siha is here! You missed!”

“Too bad! I almost caught you!”

“Siha almost got caught for real!”

This is where the thrill makes your heart pound.

Almost catching but not catching makes the game more fun.

But you can’t fail to catch him for too long.

You have to adjust it so it’s not boring.

“I have no choice. I’ll use my special move.”

“!!!”

I wave my arms up and down quickly.

It’s a different speed than before.

But the children think, ‘If I run a little faster, can I get through even if I brush against him?’

It’s the confidence that comes from having escaped once.

And they are in a state of having a challenging spirit.

“Iyap!”

Siha tries to escape, but he gets caught on my arm.

“Caught you!”

“I’m caught!”

Siha hugs my face covered in the blanket tightly.

He doesn’t let go, saying, ‘Hyung. Hyung. I’m caught.’

I can’t tell if I caught you or you caught me.

Siha didn’t let go, so we hugged like that for a while.

“Now it’s Siha’s turn, right?”

“Siha is a ghost.”

Siha pulled the blanket over himself.

Everything is good, but why is only your face sticking out?

It feels like a young lady from a noble family in the Joseon Dynasty [Korean dynasty from 1392 to 1897].

He’s staring at me with his clear eyes.

“You have to cover your face too. Why are you sticking out your round face?”

“Siha is a ghost with only a face.”

“You can’t do that! It’s not allowed even if you’re cute!”

“Can’t I? Can’t Siha’s face float around?”

“No. No. You have to be invisible.”

“Okay. Siha will be invisible.”

Now he’s properly covered in the blanket.

Unlike me, he’s a small ghost, so he’s just cute.

“Kao! Kao!”

He’s raising both hands and shouting like that, so I wonder if he’s a wolf ghost.

“Kao! Kao!”

It’s not scary at all.

I just end up watching him with a happy smile.

“Kao. Hyung. Where are you?”

“Hyung. I’m here?”

“Where is here?”

“I’m stuck to the wall.”

“Siha is going to catch you right away. Got it?”

“Yeah.”

Siha spreads his arms and flaps them like I did.

But because they are short, there were many gaps to escape.

I slipped out.

“Hyung came behind Siha!”

“!!!”

Siha turned around quickly.

He used the same special move as me from the start, but he must have realized that there were many gaps to escape.

I’m curious to see how he will overcome this difficulty.

Slightly.

The blanket was lifted.

“Siha. You’re not supposed to look.”

“No. Siha is hot, so I’m flapping it.”

“The air conditioner is on?”

“It’s hot because the blanket is warm.”

“I see. Then shall we stop?”

“No. It’s okay to be hot.”

So it’s okay to be hot?

Then Siha had a good idea and reached out his arms.

“Hyung. Hold Siha.”

“Then Hyung will get caught.”

“No. Siha just wants to hold Hyung.”

“But Hyung won’t be fooled!”

“!!!”

That’s definitely a good method.

To use such a cute method. But my patience is not that easily swayed.

“Hyung, where are you?”

“I’m here?”

Siha moves towards the sound.

It seems like he can’t think of a good method, so he’s going to confront me head-on.

I quickly dodged.

I didn’t forget to brush past Siha’s blanket.

Siha flails and tries to catch me, but it’s no use.

Well, I should do this moderately and get caught.

Isn’t losing the most frustrating thing in a game?

You’re trying to relieve stress, but it’s not good if you get more stressed.

“Woong.”

“Siha, Hyung is very fast, so I’ll walk on one foot. How about that?”

“!!!”

“From now on, I’m walking on one foot. Catch me quickly.”

“Okay!”

It’s no fun to just get caught.

How quick-witted are the kids these days? Instead, I have to give them this kind of handicap.

By limiting the speed of movement on one foot, I have to give them the feeling that they can catch me this time.

“Siha is coming!”

“Okay!”

I ran hard on one foot.

Let’s be grateful that this house is on the first floor.

“Hyung. You’re fast!”

“Of course, Hyung is a Red Hyung, so I’m fast even on one foot.”

“Siha can catch you.”

“Yeah. Huff huff.”

Pretending to be tired on purpose.

If I do this, Siha quickly puts in effort as if it’s an opportunity.

Thud.

My leg was caught.

Siha took off the blanket and checked.

“Hyung. I caught you!”

“Puhuhu. Are you happy?”

I touched Siha’s soft cheeks with both hands.

His mochi-like cheeks feel so good.

“I’m happy! I’m even happier because Hyung is Siha’s Hyung. It’s more fun to play with.”

“Keuheuk.”

I covered my mouth with my hand.

Where did you learn those lines? Don’t just listen to online lectures alone, let’s listen together.

“If Siha’s Hyung was Jongsu, it wouldn’t be fun.”

“That’s right.”

Jongsu? Wouldn’t he try to win even though he’s the older brother?

Wouldn’t he tease me by saying, ‘Hahaha. Try harder,’ while watching his younger sibling lose?

He would have been a mischievous older brother.

“Are you hot?”

I stroked the sweat on Siha’s head.

It’s natural to be hot if you run this much, even if the air conditioner is on.

“Shall we eat something cool?”

“What?”

“Peach juice with ice floating in it.”

“!!!”

You can’t resist juice with ice.

Siha also says it’s good. It was so cute to see him following me to the refrigerator.

We gulped down the juice together and shared a satisfied smile.

How is it? Hyung ghost is better than Pepe ghost, right?

***

Meanwhile, at Yeonju’s house.

Even the haughty Yeonju is just a child to her mom and dad.

Today, she told them about the smoke ghost she made at daycare.

A smoke ghost that doesn’t stop smoking.

In fact, this was created through what her dad told her.

“Dad told me before.”

“Huh?”

“If you get too into acting, you have to go to the hospital after it’s all over.”

“That’s right.”

“This ghost makes you not stop acting, so you become like someone else.”

“Ooh. Scary.”

It’s a ghost that makes you so immersed in the role that you can’t find your original self.

“So the kids were worried about how to defeat this ghost.”

“Hmm. How would you defeat it?”

Yeonju’s dad, Simon Smith, pondered.

It was a more interesting topic than he thought. Do they do this kind of creative play at daycare?

There was also admiration for that.

Even though it’s a daycare at a university, this is the teacher’s ability, and the idea is really good.

But Yeonju’s ghost was really scary too.

“My friends said a lot of things.”

“Oh! There were many ways?”

“Yeah. They said you can go to the hospital.”

“Puhaha. That’s true too.”

“And they said you can wake up if you say ‘Cut!’”

“Puhaha. That seems right too.”

“Lastly, Jaehui said something good.”

“Huh?”

“He asked if he could act as himself.”

“Ooh!”

Acting as yourself.

I don’t know if that’s definitely yourself, but it was a good way to prevent the ghost from changing you into someone else.

“Jaehui is sometimes smart. Isn’t he a bit cool?”

“Do you like Jaehui?”

“Yeah. I like Jaehui. He’s kind of cute.”

“Hahaha. That Jaehui. Hahaha.”

Simon was no different from any other father.

I was grateful that he helped me when I first met Jaehui, but that’s that, and this is this.

Where are you aiming for my daughter?

“He’s cute when he’s scared too? But he said he would protect me. That’s even cuter.”

Simon looked at his daughter.

Does she like children who stimulate her protective instincts?

“I see. Be close friends.”

“Yeah! We’re very close now!”

“Not too close.”

“Huh?”

“Originally, if you’re too close, you’ll fight!”

Slap.

“Ouch!”

“What are you teaching the child?”

“Ahem.”

In the end, Simon was hit on the arm by his wife.

But he didn’t change his mind. Originally, even couples fight if they’re too close.

You need time to be a little apart.

No, isn’t it better to fight!

“I’m kidding. Yeonju. Be close friends. Very, very close!”

“What are you thinking again?”

“What are you talking about? I’m always saying things thinking about Yeonju.”

“Okay, tell me about what happened today. Yeonju will be very happy.”

At her mom’s words, Yeonju looked at her dad, wondering what was going on.

Simon cleared his throat and opened his mouth.

“Yeonju. Do you like acting?”

“Yeah!”

“Then would you like to go see a movie shoot?”

“Really?!”

“Yeah. A director who is friends with Dad is filming a movie. We’re going to that filming site.”

“Wow! That sounds fun! Dad is the best!”

Yeonju hugged Simon’s neck.

And even kissed him.

Simon makes a face like he’s about to die of happiness.

“Dad. But can’t Jaehui come with us too?”

Crack.

His face hardens. Go with that rascal?! No! That can’t happen!

“Hehehe.”

“Can’t he?”

“Aren’t you close with Hana too? What about Hana?”

“Can Hana come too?”

“Yeah. Hana can come too. Of course, she can. Then shall we all go together when we have time?”

Simon wanted to prevent Jaehui from going alone with her at all costs.

His wife shook her head, knowing what he was thinking.

“Who will take care of the children?”

“It’s okay. It’s okay. So we’re only taking the kids who have time.”

“Isn’t that a nuisance?”

“It’s okay as long as it doesn’t interfere with the filming. That friend has a very broad mind. Well, I have to ask him.”

As soon as he contacted him, the director said it was okay.

He’s a director who pays a lot of attention to mise-en-scène [the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a play], when filming, but he’s not that sensitive.

Rather, he was a laid-back friend.

“He said it’s okay?”

“Ugh. Really.”

“Anyway, there are kids who come to visit sometimes.”

“Those are adults.”

“Kids can go too if they have a parent with them. Surprisingly, kids listen well.”

“That’s true.”

There probably won’t be many kids who can go with their parents.

Moreover, they set the place and time to be the best when filming on weekdays.

Originally, movies have a lot of dawn filming and late-night filming.

It’s necessary to have fewer people.

“First, ask your friends.”

“Yeah!”

Simon thought to himself.

Jaehui. Please don’t be able to go! Please don’t be able to go!

Simon felt like he was getting younger as he raised his daughter.

***

The next day at daycare.

Yeonju said she was going to see a movie shoot.

She also asked if they could go.

Actually, they should ask their parents, not their friends.

“Siha wants to go too!”

“Me too!”

“Hana too! Hana too!”

All the other children wanted to go too.

The teacher who was listening thought that she should ask their parents.

Jaehui looked at Yeonju with a determined expression.

“Yeonju. I’ll definitely go!”

“Huh? Yeah! Let’s go together.”

Is that what someone going to the battlefield looks like?

Jaehui clenched his fist.

I could feel his enthusiasm to go no matter what, even if he died.

“But it’s on Wednesday.”

The teacher muttered, “Wednesday……”

The director said.

“Then shall we go together and guide them?”

“!!!”

That’s how the parents who could come decided to come, and all the daycare children were mobilized.

Simon had received a reply from the director that it was okay, but he didn’t expect that they would all really come.