Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 121

Hyung, Am I Cute? (1)

Opening the door on the second floor, a special seating area came into view.

It wasn’t overly spacious, but it was the perfect spot for a family outing.

We sat down and looked below.

Seung-jun and Hana were looking around with fascination.

“Wow! It’s amazing!”

“Siha hyung! I can see everything!”

“I know.”

We could see all the people and the stage below.

It felt like we were getting special treatment, which was pretty cool.

It was true that only team officials were allowed up here.

“Alright! Let’s take our seats before anyone else comes.”

Everyone readily agreed and sat down in a row on the plush chairs.

Seung-jun grabbed Siha’s hand.

“Siha, sit next to me!”

“Ah ah!”

As they were settling in, Siha looked at me.

“Hyung!”

He signaled for me to sit next to him, banging on the armrest of the chair.

Who am I to refuse an order?

I quickly took the seat next to him.

Then, Alisa sat down next to me.

Hana quietly came in front of me and said,

“Hana wants to sit in front of Siha oppa [older brother/term of endearment for older male]!”

“Huh?”

“Siha oppa!”

Hana opened her arms, and I instinctively caught her and placed her on my lap.

Alisa covered her mouth and laughed at the sight.

“Why are you laughing like that?”

“Pfft. It’s nothing. Are your legs okay?”

“Well, I guess I’ll just have to deal with the numbness.”

“Really? Pfft. It doesn’t seem like Siha will let you have it any other way, though?”

“Huh?”

I looked to my side, and Siha had a shocked expression on his face.

I wondered if it was written all over his face: ‘I’ve been robbed of my hyung [older brother/term of endearment for older male]…’

“Hyung… Siha too…”

“Huh? What?”

Siha pointed at my legs with his hand.

He must have wanted to sit on my lap too, after seeing Hana.

But his shocked expression was so cute.

I couldn’t refuse Siha’s request.

My legs might be burning up today.

Perhaps hot blood would rush through them, causing them to go numb.

I could foresee this future.

But sometimes, you need to be able to accept things as they are.

“Alright. Siha can sit in front of Hyung too.”

“Ah ah.”

Hana on my left thigh.

Siha on my right thigh.

That’s how they ended up sitting.

“Aren’t you guys uncomfortable? Just sit on the chairs.”

“No, I’m not uncomfortable!”

“Ah ah!”

I adjusted my posture to make the kids more comfortable.

Just then, Seung-jun suddenly moved to the seat next to me.

“Siha hyung! Me too!”

“Sorry, but there’s no more room!”

“No, Siha hyung can do it.”

“No, I don’t think I can.”

“My uncle told me before that if you can’t do it, you have to make it happen~”

“Huh?”

Your uncle must have served in the military, right?

That’s something you often hear in the army…

I never thought I’d hear those words from a kid.

“Ahem. Well… Ah! It’s starting!”

Just in time, the Guns domestic tournament began.

The large screen in front of us showed the stage and introduced the players.

Flashy effects and battles.

Today was the day for the quarter-finals.

Would Bell’s team make it to the semi-finals?

Everyone probably expected them to win the whole thing.

‘I’m glad everyone’s attention is diverted.’

I felt the cool breeze and shook my legs.

‘I can endure this somehow, right?’

I gently hugged the two children.

***

The matches were spectacular.

Why is it so fun to watch other people play?

The fun of cheering, the fun of predicting when you see strategies, and the fun of unexpected twists and turns that show plays you never imagined.

It was amazing that you could feel that kind of fun, like watching a sports game, in a game.

That must be why they call it ‘e-sports’.

I enjoyed the cool air conditioning in this hot summer while watching the matches.

No matter how much time passed.

That passion must be why people come to watch in person.

But the kids probably don’t have that kind of passion yet.

“Ah! That was good. Let’s go now!”

“Hana wants to do something else now too!”

“Ah ah!”

There were other teams’ matches left, but it didn’t seem necessary to watch them all.

I nodded, put Hana and Siha down, and tried to get up from my seat.

“Ouch!”

My legs were so numb that I couldn’t get up.

“Should we stay a little longer?”

“Why?”

“Hyung just had an important thought. Ah! Yeah. Let’s play a game like hide-and-seek in this room.”

“Huh?”

The kids nodded in agreement, happy to play.

I didn’t want Siha to know that my legs were numb.

Because I was worried he might worry.

If he found out, Siha might not sit on my lap…

‘I don’t want that.’

So, the method I came up with was to play a game for a little while until my legs recovered.

“Okay, I’ll explain. This isn’t about hiding here. Look, there’s nowhere to hide, right?”

“Yeah, there isn’t.”

“No, Hana can hide under the chair.”

“Ah ah.”

Everyone was having a fun reaction.

Alisa was also listening intently to what I was saying.

Until now, she hadn’t seemed very interested.

Well, she might not find this fun.

In the first place, Alisa came here to meet Steve Baek.

“So? What kind of game are we going to play? Can you explain it quickly?”

“Is Alisa going to play too?”

“I can’t be left out.”

With that, Alisa poked my leg.

I flinched and held back a groan.

This woman, she definitely knows what she’s doing.

She chuckled at my reaction from the side.

“Cough. Okay. I’ll explain. Okay! For 10 seconds, no one moves. After that, when I close my eyes, you change something. It could be your clothes or a strange action. And I have to guess what it is. Got it?”

Everyone looked puzzled, as if the explanation was difficult.

I couldn’t help but try it out as a demonstration.

Actually, this game is just to relieve the numbness in my legs, so it doesn’t really matter if we don’t do it properly.

“Okay! Everyone freeze for 10 seconds! One, two, three… ten! Okay, I’ll close my eyes.”

As I closed my eyes, I could hear the rustling sounds of the kids and Alisa.

“Tell me when you’re done.”

After some time passed.

“We’re done!”

I opened my eyes.

Everyone was standing there just like before.

I couldn’t tell what had changed.

I narrowed my eyes and watched them one by one.

First, Alisa.

“Alisa. You’re resting your chin on your hand. That’s easy.”

“That’s right. I did something easy.”

Next was Seung-jun.

His arms and legs hadn’t changed.

As I slowly looked up at his face, I couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

“Pfft.”

He was artificially flaring his nostrils, insisting on a different action.

They got bigger and smaller.

Anyway, seeing him make strange faces when taking pictures, he was a complete prankster.

I don’t know why he ruins his face like that.

It was fun and amusing.

“Seung-jun’s nostrils!”

“Correct!”

“Then Siha…”

Nothing had changed.

No. Really, nothing had changed.

What is it? No. No, there must be something different.

The time we’ve spent together isn’t so shallow that I wouldn’t notice this.

It might seem like it’s not that big of a deal, but it was very important to me.

“Okay. Siha…”

His eyes are cute, his nose is cute, and his mouth is cute.

His slightly protruding belly too.

His cheeks with two candy balls in them.

His short arms and legs too.

Everything was cute.

‘That’s not it. I can’t tell no matter how much I look?’

I pondered for a moment and nodded.

“Okay! Your shoulders are different!”

“No…”

Dejected.

Siha immediately made a disappointed face.

“Oh, no? Then nothing has changed?”

“No.”

“Huh? No?”

“Ah ah.”

Siha raised his right hand.

He gestured with his hand, flipping it over and over, as if it were sparkling.

“Here. Hyung.”

“Huh.”

“Again, here!”

This time, he struck a sparkling pose with his left hand.

What on earth is that?

I remember Siha’s hand pose as it was.

There’s no way I wouldn’t notice it to this extent.

But I must be wrong.

Maybe his hand moved even by 0.1mm.

“I see. Your hand was different! Right?”

“Ah ah!”

I guess my guess is right.

As expected of Lee Siha.

To deceive his hyung with such an inconspicuous movement.

He must be a genius.

Alisa, who was next to me, asked a question.

“Isn’t the answer that nothing changed?”

Seung-jun also tilted his head, not knowing what was going on.

Actually, I couldn’t even tell with my own eyes.

“No, something definitely changed.”

“Really? Why don’t I know…”

It’s normal not to know.

Because this is a change that only a super hyung can notice.

I guess I need to train a little more as a hyung.

“Ah ah! Lisa. Sparkling. Here. Here.”

“Huh? O-oh, I see…”

Alisa didn’t seem to understand, but she accepted it.

Now, there was only one left.

“Now we just need to find Hana.”

“Yeah!”

“Hana tucked her side bangs behind her ear.”

I gently pulled out Hana’s side hair.

Then Hana rubbed her cheek against me.

“Hehe. Right.”

Alisa, who was next to me, looked at me in amazement.

“How did you know?”

I lowered my voice slightly and answered.

“She was slightly tucking her side hair back and forth when the game started. She’s probably doing it unconsciously because she’s bothered by it.”

“Ah ha.”

This is a piece of cake.

I got up from my seat.

Now that my legs were okay, it seemed like I could go out.

Seung-jun said.

“Then it’s my turn now!”

“Seung-jun, aren’t we leaving now?”

“No? This was just a test.”

Did I say that…

I sat down quietly.

It seemed like I wouldn’t be able to escape until this game was over.

***

The game was over, but the Guns matches continued.

But the kids were bored, so we just went outside.

I felt sorry for Bell, who had arranged the seats for us, but he would understand.

“Doesn’t Alisa have to keep watching?”

“I’m going to take a break too. Are you thinking of going to the cafe?”

“That’s right. I need to introduce you to Bell anyway.”

“Then let’s go together. I really want something sweet. I should eat a cheesecake or something.”

The kids’ eyes lit up at the word cheesecake.

“Cheesecake!”

“Hana too! Hana too!”

“Ah ah! Siha too!”

It seemed like it was cheesecake day today.

“Siha, do you even know what you want to eat?”

“Ah ah.”

“Okay. It’s almost dinner time, so let’s share one.”

“Ah ah.”

I don’t know if we’ll eat dinner after eating this.

The matches will be over in a little while.

Alisa, who was next to me, had a shocked expression on her face.

“How can you share one?”

“Because we have to eat dinner.”

“We can eat dinner after eating this.”

“Huh?”

“Huh?”

I had forgotten.

That Alisa’s stomach is not ordinary.

“Even so, that’s a bit…”

“Ahem.”

“Let’s go into the cafe first.”

“Okay.”

Alisa went to the cafe with a bouncy, childlike step.

The children excitedly chased after Alisa.

It was fortunate that there was a cafe inside the stadium.

It was much better than going outside and coming back.

So, we bought coffee and cheesecake.

“Okay. Siha, ah!”

“Ah!”

Chew chew.

Siha ate the cheesecake deliciously.

I watched him and held my mug, drinking coffee.

The warm coffee relieved my fatigue.

I took a nap today, but my eyes were closing again.

“Um.”

As I pressed my forehead, Alisa asked.

“Are you tired?”

I glanced at Siha.

“No.”

“You’re tired…”

“I’m a hyung, so I’m not tired.”

“Is Hyung Superman?”

“If necessary, I have to be Superman. Right, Siha?”

“Huh?”

Ah. Siha doesn’t know Superman.

“Hyung. Sleepy?”

“No. I’m not sleepy. Okay, Siha. Should Hyung show you something cool?”

“Huh?”

“I can turn this mug around and drink it with my left hand~”

“Ah ah!”

“And ouch, it’s hot.”

“Hot?”

“Yeah. But Hyung’s hands are so hot that it doesn’t matter if I hold it with both hands.”

I wrapped the mug with both hands.

The warm energy wrapped around my hands.

It felt a little hot, so I took my hands off after 3 seconds.

“Okay, hold Hyung’s hand. It’s warm, right?”

“Ah ah. Hot.”

Siha looked at the mug.

He seemed curious about how hot it was.

“Do you want to touch it just a little bit?”

“Ah ah.”

I held Siha’s hand and let him touch it lightly before letting go.

It was so fast that I don’t know if he felt it.

“Hot…”

“Hahaha. It’s hot, right?”

“Ah ah.”

“Okay. They say that if you put this hot heat on your eyes, it relieves fatigue?”

“Fatigue?”

“You can resist sleep more.”

I gently put my hand on Siha’s eyes.

Siha nodded with his eyes closed, feeling the warmth.

My hand shook up and down with him.

“Amazing, right?”

“Ah ah.”

Seung-jun and Hana said.

“Me too! Me too!”

“Hana too! Hana too!”

Everyone put their hands on the mug and then put it on their eyes.

I don’t know what they’re doing.

Alisa, who was next to me, said.

“Is that amazing?”

“Alisa. Take your hand off your eyes and talk.”

“Pfft. I know. I followed along without realizing it.”

Then Siha pulled my arm.

“Hyung.”

“Yeah?”

“Over there. Eyes hot~”

“Huh?”

I saw a person wearing a mask and sunglasses where Siha was pointing.

It seemed like the person I bumped into before entering.

‘What is it?’

I became slightly wary.