Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 120

Hyung, Am I Cute? 120

The next day.

The sun still shines, and cicadas chirp and then stop.

Cicadas spend a long time becoming adults, but their lifespan is only about a month.

They finally spread their wings and sing passionately about life.

For some reason, it sounds to me not like a beautiful life, but like a cry of sadness for their remaining fate.

Why?

Because I actually feel like crying a little today.

‘It would be nice if the kids came, but.’

Experiences you have when you don’t know better give you courage.

But after experiencing it, you realize how difficult it is.

I don’t have the energy to handle three children.

So what I needed today was an energy conservation game.

‘Let’s pull myself together.’

To be clear, I don’t dislike children.

If I did, I would have disliked Siha too.

But playing with three is a different story.

The stamina of a child that doesn’t falter even with the energy of someone in their 20s.

Even!

They recover their stamina by taking naps.

It’s like drinking a stamina potion in a game.

But I, as an adult, can’t take naps.

Because I have to work in between.

These days, even if I take a nap, I just feel tired.

“Hyung.”

“Yeah, Siha.”

Siha stuck to my leg.

He woke up early today because Seungjun and Hana were coming.

Of course, I wake up early even if they don’t come.

“Hyung. Hyung.”

“Yeah. Yeah. Seungjun and Hana will be here soon.”

“Ah.”

“But isn’t it cool now?”

The living room was very cool now because I had turned on the air conditioner 30 minutes ago.

I had to close the door to the room and the bathroom, but I couldn’t.

Because the children would be running around and playing everywhere.

So it had to be cool overall.

“Hyung. Hyung.”

“Why? Do you like Hyung that much?”

“Like!”

“It’s not because your friends are coming, is it?”

I still couldn’t shake off a piece of doubt that remained in my mind.

Siha gestured and then closed his hand.

As Siha wanted, I put my ear close.

“Whoosh.”

“Pfft! Ah, if you blow air in my ear…….”

“Hyung!”

“Okay. You’re not done talking yet, are you?”

When I put my ear close again, Siha started talking.

“Whoosh.”

“Hiss.”

I don’t know why he keeps blowing air in my ear.

“Seungjun. Hana. Like.”

“Yeah.”

“Hyung more like.”

“What? You like Hyung more?”

“Ah ah.”

Siha hugged me shyly.

I see.

The reason he made me bend my knees was to get into my arms.

You sly little brother.

Anyway, Siha is cute.

All doubts turned to dust and flew into the sky.

Like the cicada crying outside, I vowed to burn my life today.

Ding-dong!

“Seungjun and Hana must be here. Siha, will you greet them?”

“Ah ah.”

Siha ran to the shoe rack and put on his slippers.

Then he stuck to the front door.

I smiled at the sight, finding it cute again.

When I opened the door, Seungjun and Hana greeted me cheerfully.

“Siha! Hello! Si-hyuk hyung! Hello!”

“Siha! Hello! Si-hyuk oppa [older brother]! Hello!”

“Ah ah! Seungjun! Hana! Hello!”

Seungjun’s mom, who was behind them, also greeted me.

“Haha. Hello, Si-hyuk. Please take good care of the kids today too.”

“Haha. It’s really nice that the kids are so close.”

“I know.”

“Aren’t you too happy?”

“I never thought the day would come when I could date my husband so soon. I feel like I’m back in college.”

“Looking at what you’re wearing today, you could pass for a college student. You look so young.”

Seungjun’s mom playfully hit my arm, telling me not to flatter her.

But she didn’t seem to dislike it.

“Please take good care of the kids today.”

“Yes. Have a good time.”

“…We need to have a very passionate time.”

“Pardon? What did you say?”

“Nothing. Be sure to bring Siha to our house sometime. He liked it when he came before.”

“Yes, I will.”

After seeing them off, I closed the door.

Seungjun and Hana greeted their mom before coming into the house.

Seungjun said.

“What should we play?”

As expected, the first topic was that.

The three of them pondered and then looked at me.

It seemed like they wanted me to decide.

I chuckled.

I worried a lot in my dreams yesterday.

Knowing this situation would happen.

I even prepared in the morning.

Today was the day to show it off.

“The game we’re going to play today is hide-and-seek.”

One of the games that children really like.

That was hide-and-seek.

With this game, I could play with them anytime and conserve my energy comfortably.

“I’ll be it first [the seeker]. I’ll count to 30, so hide. Got it?”

“Yes.”

“Yes!”

“Ah ah!”

Siha nodded as if he understood well.

I faced the wall and covered my eyes.

“Then I’ll count. One! Two! Three! Four!”

“Ah! Hide quickly!”

“Quickly! Quickly!”

“Ah ah!”

I could hear the children moving around and hiding.

Because the house was small, I felt like I knew where they were going just by the sound of their footsteps.

Before I knew it, I had quickly counted to 30.

‘Do the kids know what 30 seconds is?’

I checked just in case.

“Is everyone hidden!”

When I said this, I heard Siha’s answer from the next room.

“Ah ah!”

I burst out laughing at the answer.

I could hear Seungjun’s flustered voice, as if he had hidden with him.

“Siha, you’re not supposed to answer when they ask.”

Seungjun, I can hear your voice too…….

“Si-hyuk oppa! Not yet~!”

Hana’s hurried footsteps could be heard, as if she hadn’t found a place to hide yet.

I chuckled and said I would count one more time.

“One. Two.”

I heard the sound of running.

Then the house became quiet.

“Thirty! Is everyone hidden!”

“Ah ah!”

“Si-hyuk oppa! All hidden!”

“You fools! You’ll get caught!”

Even if they didn’t say that, they would be caught quickly in this small house.

Then where should I look?

I took a light step and looked around.

First, I opened the closet door to make it easy to hide, and I also laid out blankets to prevent them from getting hurt.

They probably won’t get hurt.

“Where are they?”

I already knew roughly which room they were in, but I pretended not to know and made some noise.

I went into the room and made my presence known once more.

“Where are they?”

“Hiss!”

I heard the sound of holding their breath.

To the children, hide-and-seek was a fun game and a thriller.

It was the first thriller experience they learned from childhood.

“Oh. Where could they be?”

The closet door for storing blankets was slightly closed.

I suddenly opened the closet door.

“Are you here?!”

Looking closely, two children were lying down and covering themselves with blankets.

I guess they think the folded blankets are on top of them if they do that.

Fools. Their shapes are all showing.

“Oh? They’re not here?”

I closed the closet door slightly.

So they could open and close it whenever they wanted.

I also left this open on purpose so the kids could open it.

I quietly left the room.

“Phew~”

I can hear the sound of relief from behind. Seungjun.

I stealthily moved to the next place.

Right, the kitchen.

I took out all the pots and dishes from the drawers under the sink.

Because this is a good place to hide.

“That’s strange? I heard a sound here?”

“Hiss!”

“Oh? I can hear breathing too!”

“Hiss!”

I quietly approached and opened the door.

Hana was hiding under the sink.

“Found you!”

“Ah! I got caught by Si-hyuk oppa!”

“Welcome.”

“Si-hyuk oppa. Hand.”

“Okay.”

I escorted Hana while holding her hand.

It was like letting a woman out of a car.

Was this such a dangerous space that I had to hold her hand like this?

I don’t know, but let’s 맞춰주자 [match it up/go along with it] to Hana.

“Si-hyuk oppa. Did you find me first?”

“Yeah. I found Hana first!”

“Yay!”

“Huh?”

Was this a good game to find?

“Then shall we look for Siha and Seungjun now? Where are they?”

“Hana know.”

Yeah, Hana. You’re not supposed to tell me that.

Hana said in a small voice.

“Two 가치 [together] hide.”

“Yeah. Thank you. Then I’ll look for them alone now. The hint is shh now.”

“Okay.”

I went back into the room.

“Shall we look here one more time!”

The sound of holding their breath can be heard again.

I deliberately made noise, bumped the closet, and opened the drawer next to it.

“They’re not here? Shall we look somewhere else again?”

As I pretended to leave the door again, I ran and opened the closet and lifted the blanket.

“You thought I wouldn’t find you!”

“Ahhh!”

“Hyung!”

The reactions were contrasting.

Seungjun screamed because he was really surprised, and Siha widened his eyes and 벌려 [asked] me to hug him.

Siha. Aren’t you surprised?

I directed it like a thriller, but Siha didn’t seem surprised at all.

As expected, Lee Siha.

He was a brave man.

I picked up Siha and took him out of the closet.

So was Seungjun.

“Okay! Then Hana, who was found first, is now it!”

“Ah. That’s right! Hana! You! Gave Si-hyuk hyung a hint!”

“Not 져써 [I didn’t lose]!”

“I heard everything!”

“Not 져써 [I didn’t lose]!”

Oh dear. Oh no.

I guess she spoke quietly, but I heard everything.

“Okay! Okay! No more giving hints now. Is this okay? A rule has been added.”

“Ah ah. Hyung!”

I turned my head towards the sound.

I belatedly realized that Siha was no longer around.

I chuckled when I saw where Siha was.

‘Siha. It hasn’t started yet…….’

Before I knew it, Siha was calling me, saying that he had hidden himself.

‘And you don’t have to say you’ve hidden yourself…….’

I guess Siha was too honest.

Anyway, he’s so cute.

“Then shall we start again?”

And so, hide-and-seek started again.

Siha, Seungjun, and I hid behind the curtain together and got caught at once.

I don’t understand why we have to hide together, but the kids seem to find it fun.

They giggle even when they get caught, and they giggle even when they find someone.

It was a satisfying game of hide-and-seek.

And there’s one thing I overlooked.

I belatedly realized that this game not only saves my energy but also saves the children’s energy.

***

I woke up after taking a nap with the kids.

Looking at the time, I had to get up and go to the stadium.

Today is the day of the Guns domestic tournament.

It would be nice to take the kids and show them.

Last time, I only took Siha, and Seungjun and Hana were very envious.

‘Actually, I’m going to introduce Bell to Steve Baek.’

I have to get him an autograph and take a picture as promised.

He’ll probably be very happy.

I told Bell in advance, and he readily agreed.

Instead, we made a deal to go to the PC cafe [internet cafe] together next time.

I wish Steve Baek could go with us, but the situation wasn’t right.

‘But do the players go to the PC cafe?’

I guess there’s a world of difference between doing it at home and doing it in the training room.

“Kids. Are you all ready?”

“Ah ah.”

“Yes.”

“Yes!”

Everyone is very energetic, as if they have recovered their energy.

I’m glad I just didn’t work and took a nap.

Originally, I had to organize the timeline to write Steve Baek’s autobiography, but…….

‘I couldn’t help it…….’

It’s really unavoidable.

My stamina couldn’t handle it.

It’s because I’ve been 신경을 [nerves/stressed] a lot preparing here and there these days.

“Then let’s go.”

“Yes!”

We left the house.

We got into the red car and moved to the stadium.

“Let’s all listen to exciting songs too.”

I played music and drove carefully with the children’s sweet singing as accompaniment.

Because the children are precious.

Before I knew it, we arrived at the stadium and met Alisa and Steve Baek.

First, Siha called Alisa.

“Ah ah. Lisa!”

“Hello, Siha. Seungjun and Hana came too?”

“Hi!”

Seungjun and Hana greeted Alisa excitedly.

Steve Baek, who was watching the scene with a satisfied smile, approached.

“There are a lot of kids.”

“Haha. Yes. The kids like games too. But did you say hello to Alisa?”

“Haha. Yes. She’s a very energetic person. I didn’t know a foreigner was the representative.”

“Ah! You couldn’t have expected that.”

“Yes. I just assumed she was Korean.”

“But I told you it was Alisa, so you really didn’t expect it?”

“I just thought you were teaching me an English name to match my name. Because I’ll be introducing her and working with her in the United States.”

“You might have thought that too.”

I guess no one would have known that the representative was Alisa.

Steve Baek said.

“Let’s go in now. My seat is fixed, so…. Let’s meet in front of there after the game.”

“Let’s do that. We’re going up to the second floor, so…….”

“Kuh. I’m really looking forward to it.”

“Haha. Are you that happy?”

“Of course.”

Steve Baek’s eyes shone like a child’s.

I was amazed that there were people like this.

Maybe it’s because I’ve seen more of his businessman side.

“Then I’ll see you later.”

“Okay.”

We waved our hands and parted ways.

I looked at Alisa.

“Alisa. Let’s go up to the second floor now too. I’ve reserved a VIP seat. It’s okay if the kids make noise.”

“How did you get it?”

“Ah ha. Bell 선수 [player] got it for me? They don’t usually have an audience there, but they sometimes give it to close friends.”

“Wow!”

A place with a few chairs in a deep dent near the second floor.

We headed there.

I talked to Alisa about work while walking.

About how the atmosphere is among the people at Parang Mall.

I didn’t talk about confidential matters.

It was then.

Thud.

Someone brushed past, bumping into my shoulder.

“I’m sorry.”

“I’m sorry too.”

The man wearing a mask bowed his head.

I tilted my head, feeling strange.

‘A mask in the summer?’

Of course, the air conditioner is on because it’s indoors, but I don’t know if it’s enough to wear a mask.

Maybe he has a cold.

I grabbed Siha’s hand and walked without thinking much.

“Kids, it’ll be fun, right?”

“Yes!”

Okay. Let’s burn our energy today.