Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 125

Hyung, Am I Cute? Episode 125 (125/500)

“Siha, hurry and put your hand out!”

“Ah ah.”

Clink. Clink. Clink.

The medals started falling into Siha’s hand.

If you get 20 *꽝* [failure] medals, you get two candies.

In other words, 200 won worth. I put in 100 won and got 200 won worth, so it was a profit.

“Huh?”

But when the last medal fell into Siha’s hand, I couldn’t help but be surprised.

Because a gold medal came out.

He’s really lucky.

“Wow! Siha, it’s a gold medal!”

“Ah ah!”

“You’re really amazing. Wow!”

The mouth of the middle-aged woman watching widened.

She looked like she never thought a gold medal would come out.

She must have only put one in to make it difficult to get a gold medal.

Otherwise, there’s no reason for her to be so surprised.

The middle-aged woman said in a soulless voice.

“Amazing.”

“Right? Our Siha is very lucky. He got 19 *꽝* [failure] medals and a gold medal.”

“Whatever, come in. You can choose which card pack to pick.”

“Okay. Siha, let’s go.”

We confidently re-entered the stationery store.

I left 4 medals in my hand and handed over the gold medal as well.

“Do you keep the remaining medals?”

“That’s right. Why?”

“Then you must have a lot of medals you haven’t received?”

“That doesn’t matter. I have a lot of silver medals. Actually, I put that game machine there for fun, not to make money.”

“Ah…….”

Indeed. There are so many fun games these days that there’s no need to put such a machine there.

It was a modern age with many things to enjoy.

But wouldn’t there be adults like me who occasionally pass by and play it out of nostalgia?

“There are also many people who just take the medals as a souvenir after seeing the sign there because it’s a medal that reminds them of the old days.”

“I guess so.”

It might be good to have it as a souvenir.

Maybe the middle-aged woman put the game machine there for someone’s memories?

The middle-aged woman put the card pack box in front of Siha.

“Okay, pick any box here.”

“Ah ah!”

Siha looked at the box with sparkling eyes.

Come to think of it, this is the first time Siha is seeing a card pack.

He probably doesn’t even know how to play with it.

“Hyung! This.”

“Huh? Let’s see. Oh! Do you want the Penguin Monster card pack?”

“Ah ah.”

Siha chose the Penguin Monster card pack.

I guess this is popular these days.

Seeing that even a card pack came out.

The middle-aged woman smirked as if she expected him to pick that card pack.

“Let’s open this later and pick snacks first. Okay?”

“Ah ah.”

I took Siha’s hand and went to the candy section first.

“Siha is still far from drinking beer, so I’ll give you blue paint candy [candy that turns your tongue blue].”

“Ah ah. Hyung too!”

“Yeah. Hyung too, the same one.”

I smiled mischievously, thinking of teasing Siha.

If you eat this candy, your tongue turns blue.

I immediately unwrapped it and put it in my mouth.

“Okay. Then shall we pick out Hyung’s favorite snack?”

“Ah ah.”

I sucked on the candy and looked at the junk food.

I picked up [It’s Very Sour] and handed it to Siha.

It was literally a sour-tasting jelly.

Of course, after the sour taste goes away, the sweet taste follows.

My mouth was already watering.

“Auntie, can we eat it first?”

“Sure!”

“Okay. Siha, this is Hyung’s favorite snack.”

“Ah?”

Siha tilted his chin and stared at the snack, curious.

I was curious about Siha’s reaction, so I tore open the bag and put it in my mouth.

“Um. It’s delicious. Siha too. Ah~”

“Ah~”

Innocent Siha put [It’s Very Sour] in his mouth without knowing anything.

He squinted his eyes as if he felt the sour taste.

“Ah ah!”

He grabbed his cheeks with both hands.

Does that make the sour taste not felt?

“Ah?”

After that, he opens his eyes wide as if he feels the sweet taste.

“Hyung. More.”

“Huh? Do you want to eat more?”

“Ah ah.”

I handed [It’s Very Sour] to Siha and looked around elsewhere.

“I was kidding earlier, but Hyung ate a lot of this. Let’s take this.”

I took out two [Giant Worm Jelly].

The worm-like jelly was really delicious when I was young.

I always ate the giant worm later.

“Then Dad’s is *Maatdongsan*! And Mom’s is…….”

“Hyung! This! Mom!”

“Huh?”

I looked at where Siha was pointing.

There was puffed rice.

I chuckled and picked up the puffed rice.

That’s it for what to buy.

I went to the *계산대* [cash register] and laid out the items.

While the middle-aged woman was putting them in a bag, I took out the candy I was holding in my mouth.

“Siha.”

“Ah?”

“Hyung will show you magic. Tongue, change!”

I showed my tongue that had turned blue.

Siha’s eyes widened as if he was surprised.

“Ah? Hyung…. Does your tongue hurt?”

“Huh?”

“Your tongue is weird. Go to the hospital.”

Thud.

Siha stuck to my leg.

He must think my tongue is blue and hurts.

I’m very embarrassed by the reaction that is different from what I expected.

“Siha, my tongue doesn’t hurt. Actually, this candy makes your tongue blue.”

“Not hurt?”

“Yeah. It doesn’t hurt. It doesn’t hurt.”

I failed to tease him.

The middle-aged woman who saw me smirked.

“Tsk tsk. You have to tease him moderately, even if it’s cute.”

“Ahem.”

“I knew it from when you gave him [It’s Very Sour].”

“Ahem.”

I won’t do color changes next time.

This is out.

I made that decision and packed the snacks I bought.

***

-Daycare.

The children’s snack party began.

The teacher clapped her hands and said.

“Okay! Everyone brought delicious snacks, right?”

“Yes~!”

“Then everyone take them out.”

The children took out what they had brought.

One snack that their parents like.

Siha had three, including Hyung’s.

Hana, who was watching from the side, asked.

“What does Si-hyuk *oppa* [older brother/term of endearment] like?”

“Ah ah. This.”

Siha held up [It’s Very Sour] instead of [Giant Worm Jelly].

Because Siha had eaten it all yesterday.

Si-hyuk realized it, but it was already all in Siha’s stomach.

He had no choice but to give Siha [It’s Very Sour].

But Hana, who didn’t know the situation, firmly believed Siha’s words.

“This is jelly?”

“Ah ah.”

“Is it delicious?”

Siha pondered whether it was delicious.

The first taste was sour and the aftertaste was sweet.

“No. It’s delicious.”

“Huh? Are you saying it’s not delicious? Or are you saying it’s delicious?”

“Delicious.”

Hana nodded.

Friends around him were also curious about what Siha had brought.

The teacher saw that they were curious and got up from her seat.

Now is the time to proceed.

“Okay! Then let’s have time to introduce the snacks today. Who wants to try first?”

“Me!”

Jong-su raised his hand.

In his hand was a foreign snack.

It was in a luxurious *통* [container].

“Dad said it’s a snack he used to eat secretly one by one when he was young! He said it was expensive back then, so he saved it to eat! It’s a *고급* [high-end] snack!”

As expected, he selected a snack that was excellent for self-promotion.

Then Seung-jun raised his hand from his seat.

“Next is me!”

“Okay. Seung-jun, go ahead.”

“What I brought is a snack that Dad likes. It’s soccer ball jelly! Dad likes anything I like! So he likes soccer ball jelly the most!”

Jong-su said, “What’s that?” and the teacher also had an expression that anything good is good.

Of course, the inside was a little different.

Seung-jun. That’s just a snack you like.

But sometimes parents also enjoyed their children’s snacks together.

Next, Jae-hui got up.

“I brought *반나나킥* [Half Banana Kick]! Mom liked it the most.”

“Really? The teacher likes it too.”

“Mom gave me two in my hand when I was a baby and ate the rest all by herself. So I’m a little scared. I’m afraid Mom will eat all the snacks.”

Oh my, mother.

How can you give two to your child and eat them all by yourself?

It was the moment when I learned a new fact about Jae-hui’s mother.

Next, Hana got up.

“Hana. Hana. It’s gum that Mom likes!”

“Huh? Gum?”

“Yes. Because she liked the *만화* [cartoon] in this gum. Ta-da!”

Hana tore open the gum and took out the cartoon.

Then she quickly flipped through the paper.

The drawn character moved as the *장* [pages] were turned.

A *열심히* [hard] running athlete was seen.

“Wow! It’s amazing. Right?”

“Yes!”

Hana stretched out her chest at the thought of being *주목받았다* [in the spotlight].

Jong-su, who saw that, had an expression that he had lost.

The teacher smiled bitterly.

Hey. Jong-su. This is not a *대결* [competition].

Somehow, today’s winner seemed to be Hana.

“Then Siha. You brought three today. Would you like to explain?”

“Ah ah.”

The teacher was a little worried.

Could Siha really explain it well?

“Dad!”

The first thing he took out was a snack called [*Maatdongsan*].

[*Maatdongsan*] fell down.

It goes over simply without explanation.

No. You have to give an explanation.

“Mom!”

What Siha took out was puffed rice.

Again, he looked at Siha’s mouth to see if he would explain it.

“Puff! Puff! Like this. Like this.”

He was explaining how to make puffed rice.

There was no explanation as to why Mom liked it.

“Delicious.”

The teacher nodded.

Yeah. Okay. It’s good if it’s delicious.

“Hyung!”

“Oh! Finally, it’s Hyung!”

“Ah ah. This is delicious.”

“Yeah. It’s delicious. Okay…….”

Siha thought about something and added an explanation.

“Confusing. Sweet.”

“Huh? Confusing?”

“Ah ah. Confusing. Sweet. Medal! Pow! Card!”

“…….”

The teacher opened her mouth.

I think he explained well that it was a confusing *맛* [taste] because it had a sour and sweet *맛* [taste].

But what is the medal and what kind of *맛* [taste] explanation is the card?

Is it a *맛* [taste] that is worth giving a gold medal?

Buy food with a card?

I was *열심히* [hard] racking my brain to interpret it, and Siha took something out of his penguin *가방* [bag].

“Ah ah! Card!”

Du-du-du-du!

The children’s eyes widened.

That’s because it was a Penguin Monster card pack *상자* [box].

They looked at Siha’s hand as if they were *홀린* [possessed].

He took the card pack out of the *상자* [box] and *나눠주었다* [distributed] it to the children.

The children *얼떨결에* [in a daze] tilted their heads.

“Together.”

Siha *뜯었다* [tore] the card pack.

The children *신나게* [excitedly] *까다* [opened] the card pack instead of snacks.

The teacher had an expression of ‘This is not it’.

The snack party *순식간에* [in an instant] turned into a card party.

The children’s *관심사* [interests] *순식간에* [in an instant] *옮겨졌다* [shifted].

“Ah~ Penguinmon didn’t come out!”

“Ah! It’s a *꽝* [failure]. *꽝* [failure]!”

Seung-jun *히죽* [smirked].

“Yes! Shootdori Mon!”

Jong-su *울상을 지었다* [frowned].

“Ah…. It’s *근력몬* [muscle monster]…. Siha, what did you get.”

“Ah ah. Pepe!”

Siha *척* [showed off] and showed the main character, Penguinmon.

He bought the children’s *부러움* [envy].

Jong-su again had an expression of ‘lost’.

The teacher *고민하다* [worried] about how to *정리할까* [organize] this situation and clapped her hands.

“Okay! Shall we all eat our favorite snacks? Everyone *나눠* [share] and eat them!”

The children, who were *겨우* [barely] *진정된* [calmed down], started *뜯어서* [tearing] and *먹기* [eating] the snacks.

They *나눠주며* [shared] with other children and *공유했다* [shared] their snacks.

Hana ate Si-hyuk’s favorite snack with *반짝이며* [sparkling] eyes.

In fact, everyone was *빠져서* [absorbed] in Siha, so they ate Si-hyuk’s snack first.

All the children put [It’s Very Sour] in their mouths and *찡긋거렸다* [squinted].

Some children were *부르르 떠는* [shivering] next to them.

The teacher *웃으며* [smiled] and *찍었다* [took] the scene with her *폰* [phone].

Click. Click. Click.

Everyone’s *부르르 떠는* [shivering] *모습* [appearance] was *웃겼다* [funny].

“Ah! Sour! It’s not delicious?! Ah, no? It becomes delicious later?”

Everyone had the same reaction.

That’s how the *말도 많고 탈도 많은* [eventful] snack party *마무리됐다* [ended].

***

-Seung-jun and Hana’s house.

Seung-jun and Hana *쫑알쫑알* [chattered] to their mom about what happened today.

“Siha gave it to me today! Card!”

“Really? It’s a very *멋진* [cool] card like Seung-jun?”

“Yes!”

Hana *잡아당겼다* [pulled] her mom’s hand.

“Hana too. Hana too. Now I’m going to buy [It’s Very Sour] and give it to Si-hyuk *oppa* [older brother/term of endearment]. Si-hyuk *oppa* [older brother/term of endearment] likes that!”

“Oh my? He likes [It’s Very Sour]?”

“Yes.”

“Then shall I make *신* [sour] lemon tea and give it to him later? He’ll probably like it?”

“Lemon tea?”

“Yes. Mom will teach you how to make it.”

“Yes! Lemon tea!”

“Si-hyuk *oppa* [older brother/term of endearment] will really like it if Hana makes it.”

“Yes.”

Seung-jun’s mom *속으로* [inwardly] *지었다* [smiled] a *성공했다* [successful] *미소* [smile].

Because she was able to make lemon tea by making the children pay attention to *놀이* [play].

She was thinking of making lemon tea for Seung-jun’s dad for the first time in a long time.

Seung-jun said.

“Mom, I’m going to make a soccer ball!”

“Huh? Wouldn’t that be difficult to make?”

“No. Dad will be able to make it. Dad does making things.”

“Yeah. That’s right.”

The *반도체 설계* [semiconductor design] of a *공대* [engineering] professor is something that makes things.

But it was difficult to explain to the children, so I *대충* [roughly] said that he was good at making things.

He’s actually good at using *공구* [tools] too.

“But you can’t just make a soccer ball.”

“No. Dad can do it!”

Hana *거들었다* [chimed in].

“Right. Dad can do it.”

Seung-jun’s mom had a *곤란하다* [troubled] expression.

‘What should I do?’

As time *흘러* [passed] like that.

Seung-jun’s dad came home.

Seung-jun and Hana *뛰어서* [ran] and *안겼다* [hugged] in Dad’s *품* [arms].

“Dad!”

“Dad!”

“Oh my! Did you have fun playing today too?”

Both of them *대답* [answered] “Yes!” and *신나게* [excitedly] *끄덕였다* [nodded].

Seung-jun asked.

“Dad, can you make a *사커공* [soccer ball]?”

“Huh? Ah, no. I can’t make a soccer ball?”

“Heeing.”

Seung-jun’s dad couldn’t *거짓말* [lie].

Still, it *가슴이 아팠다* [hurt] to see the two of them *실망하는* [disappointed].

Then Seung-jun said.

“Si-hyuk *hyung* [older brother] might be able to make it! He’s a *히어로* [hero]!”

“Right.”

Seung-jun’s dad *코웃음을 쳤다* [scoffed].

No matter what, even Si-hyuk *hyung*, *오빠* [older brother] who you like, won’t be able to make it.

“Then shall we *전화* [call] him? To see if he can make it?”

“Yes!”

That’s how the *통화* [call] went to Si-hyuk…….

“Si-hyuk *hyung* [older brother]. Can you make a *사커공* [soccer ball]?”

“Si-hyuk *oppa* [older brother/term of endearment]. Can you make a *축구공* [soccer ball]?”

「어 [Uh]. I have.」

He can make it? No way!

“Si-hyuk *hyung* [older brother]. You’re the best!”

“Si-hyuk *oppa* [older brother/term of endearment]. You’re the best!”

Seung-jun’s dad *말했다* [said] to Si-hyuk on the *전화* [phone].

In *순화한* [euphemistic] words for the sake of the children.

“You! You’ll be *혼나요* [scolded] if you *거짓말* [lie]!”

What was the *표현* [expression] that was not *순화하지* [euphemistic]?

Only Seung-jun’s dad will know that.