Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 126

Hyung, Aren’t I Cute? (1)

It was when Siha was deeply engrossed in playing cards at home.

“Ah! Dde Dde! Go away!”

He must really think the cards are penguin monsters, as he slaps them down on the floor.

I don’t know why, but it reminds me of Hwatu [Korean card game using flower cards].

Is it because the sound is so satisfying?

Anyway, I was playing the role of Siha’s opponent.

“Ha! It’s no use. Your monster can’t win against me! Because your monster uses fire, but I use water! Go!”

Slap!

I threw the card down on the floor.

I wonder what I’m doing.

But I can’t help it. To play with Siha, I have to become childish.

“Ah…….”

“Haha! I won again this time!”

I didn’t let him win even once and achieved two consecutive wins.

Now, Siha only has Pepe left as his monster.

Siha puffed up his cheeks as if he was upset.

He has to bet everything on the only penguin he has left.

“Ah! Pepe! All! Everything!”

Translated, it means, “I’ll bet everything on this Pepe!”

Siha put Pepe down.

He put his hands together and desperately prayed that he would win this time.

As his Hyung [older brother or male friend], I have no choice but to grant this wish.

This whole story was created for the catharsis of this moment.

“Bring it on!”

“Ah.”

“Ugh! I lost!”

Finally, Siha’s first victory.

Hope began to fill Siha’s eyes.

He took out the next monster card and said.

“But this time, I’ve prepared a tremendous monster. Your Pepe has already lost some strength, so I’m more advantageous! Be prepared!”

Then he put down the next card.

Siha looked nervous at my lengthy explanation.

He knows.

That his stamina has already decreased a little.

That was roughly the setting.

As if there were real monsters.

“Ah! Pepe!”

“Iyah!”

Even though it’s just a card game, the two of us stretched out our hands and gave it our all.

As if transferring energy.

“Keuk. I lost. As expected, Pepe. You’re the main character!”

“Ah!”

“But you must also know that you’re very tired from fighting two monsters. This is my last and strongest monster!”

“Ah!”

I spun the monster card around in a fancy windmill motion and threw it down.

Siha’s eyes became cautious at what was happening.

“Be prepared. Even Baek Dong-hwan from next door was defeated by this technique!”

Comparing it to the strongest person next door made Siha’s eyes widen.

He seemed to have a tremendous sense of crisis.

He held the penguin card tightly and prayed really desperately.

I held the card and put it against Siha’s penguin card.

“Take this.”

“Ah! Pepe!”

A power struggle where fists collide.

Perhaps because we were actually using strength, a truly fierce battle unfolded.

I gently bent my arm and pretended to be pushed back.

“Keuk! Ha!”

I used my strength again and pushed Siha’s fist back a little.

Siha shouted “Yap!” again and used his strength.

A tense battle ensued, and I fell.

“No!!!”

“Ah!”

It was Siha’s victory.

He overcame hardships by putting on a tremendous game.

Perhaps that’s why Siha’s cheeks were very flushed.

He hugged the penguin card and jumped up and down in place.

I had a moment of clarity and collapsed into my seat with dead eyes.

‘It’s okay as long as Siha is happy…….’

Maybe if someone saw this, I would have been so embarrassed that I would have wanted to die.

Fortunately, Seo Soo-hyun, Alisa, and Baek Dong-hwan are not here.

If Moon Do-hwan saw it, he would have laughed and teased me 100% for sure.

Damn it.

It’s terrible just thinking about it.

“Ah. Hyung!”

“Uh-huh?”

Siha comes up on top of me with a satisfied face.

Now that I’ve satisfied him this much today, I don’t think he’ll be playing cards for a while.

“Seungjun. Hana.”

“Ah…. That’s right…….”

I was very embarrassed when he talked on the phone yesterday.

When he asked if I could make a soccer ball.

So I just said I could.

Because I can make a model, not an actual ball.

‘Why did I do that?’

I wonder if I answered without thinking too much.

But I couldn’t take it back.

Because I heard that Seungjun’s father scolds him if he lies.

“Ahem. Shall we go see Seungjun and Hana?”

“Ah.”

I took a day off from daycare today to play with Siha, but I ended up going for a while in the afternoon.

Well, I can’t help it.

“Then let’s pack some supplies. Siha.”

“Ah.”

So we packed our supplies.

***

We arrived at the daycare center.

Hana and Seungjun welcomed Siha.

They hugged each other and jumped around, saying they hadn’t seen each other in the morning.

Saying it’s been a long time.

Kids? It hasn’t even been a day since you last saw each other…….

Watching those kids, I opened my bag and took out the supplies.

“Okay! Shall we all make a soccer ball together?”

At those words, Seungjun was the most enthusiastic.

“Me! Me! Me too! Siha hyung. Me too!”

“Okay. Here, these are the materials to make a soccer ball.”

I handed out pentagonal and hexagonal papers.

To be exact, it’s a hard paper like cardboard.

Seungjun looked around curiously.

“Then let’s all make a soccer ball together. This is what a pentagon looks like. You know the black part of the soccer ball, right?”

“Yeah! I know!”

“Okay. If you attach this to a hexagon…. like this!”

When I attached it with paper tape, the bottom of the soccer ball was made round.

Seungjun also attached it neatly.

Siha is also diligently attaching tape.

“Then attach the pentagon again…….”

That’s how making a soccer ball was in full swing.

The kids were happy when they finished making it.

“I’m done! It’s a soccer ball!”

“Haha. Seungjun, it’s very different from the soccer ball you have, right?”

“Yeah! But this is cute too!”

“Really? But it’s not over yet. We’re going to color it there.”

“Ah!”

That’s how coloring with the kids began.

Seungjun diligently drew black on the pentagon.

As expected, he showed the basics of soccer.

‘Then Hana…….’

Hana stuck right next to me like Siha and colored the soccer ball with colorful colors.

She knew how to use various colors.

‘Then Siha…….’

Siha was drawing eyes, nose, and mouth on the soccer ball.

As expected, Lee Siha.

He was a man who refused to be ordinary.

“Siha. Whose face is it?”

“Ah?”

“Whose face are you drawing?”

“Moondo!”

“Ah, Do-hwan hyung [older brother or male friend]?”

“Ah.”

Siha put his heart and soul into drawing Moondo, no, Moon Do-hwan’s face.

Thinking about Moon Do-hwan’s face being kicked around made him look a little pitiful.

“Are you going to play soccer with this?”

“No.”

“Then?”

“Moondo.”

“Are you going to give it to Do-hwan hyung?”

“Ah.”

Nod nod.

Fortunately, it seems like there will be no kicking of the Moondo soccer ball.

But why did he think of giving the ball to Moondo?

“Don’t you have one for Hyung?”

“Ah.”

“Is, is that so?”

Is this how love fades?

I played with him so much today, but it was all useless?

Then what was I doing today for…….

“Hyung. Round round.”

“Uh-huh?”

“This not round.”

“Oh…. That’s right. This soccer ball isn’t round.”

What? So you’re saying you can’t give it to me because it’s not round?

I regained my energy.

I knew it. I’m sorry to Moon Do-hwan, but there’s no way Siha wouldn’t give me the ball.

I shouldn’t tell him this.

“Now that you’ve all made it, everyone can take the ball home.”

“As expected, Siha hyung is amazing! He even knows how to make soccer balls!”

“As expected, Siha oppa [term used by younger girls to refer to older brothers or male friends] is amazing. He’s different from my dad.”

“Ah!”

I received the children’s praise.

“Now that everyone knows how to make soccer balls, you have to teach your dad. Got it?”

Everyone said it was amazing.

I don’t know if they understood what I meant.

“Then Siha, shall we go deliver the soccer ball now?”

“Ah.”

I took Siha’s hand and headed to where Moon Do-hwan was.

***

Moon Do-hwan, whom I saw after a long time, had a relaxed face.

“Hyung. It’s been a while.”

“Huh? What’s wrong? You’re coming here.”

“It’s not like I can’t come here.”

“No. I mean, you don’t usually come here during vacation.”

“Is work manageable?”

“I want to say it’s manageable because there are no students, but actually, it’s starting to get busy.”

“Because the school is about to start?”

“That’s right. But are you here for counseling?”

“No. Siha said he has something to give to Hyung. Siha.”

Siha held up his hand to Moon Do-hwan, carrying a penguin bag.

“Ah. Moondo!”

“Yeah. Siha. Hello.”

“Hello!”

“You said you have something to give me today?”

“Ah. This.”

Siha gave the soccer ball in his hand to Moon Do-hwan.

“Wow! What is this?”

“Ah. Moondo.”

I gave a supplementary explanation from the side.

“He said it’s a soccer ball with Hyung’s face drawn on it.”

“Oh~ Awesome! You’re even giving me something like this as a gift. Thank you so much? Siha. Thank you.”

“Ah.”

I threw a joke.

“Hyung. You can play soccer with that from now on. Join the early morning soccer club.”

“Huh? Oh…. Hmm. That’s right.”

Moon Do-hwan glanced at Siha’s face and nodded.

It would be a bit strange to kick a ball with his face drawn on it.

Seeing that expression makes me laugh.

“You said that on purpose to tease me, right?”

“No? Really not.”

“Anyway. Oh, right. Seeing this soccer ball reminds me of something.”

“Huh?”

“There’s an event at the Dinosaur Museum this time.”

“Oh~ Dinosaur Museum?”

“Yeah. I was wondering if Siha would be interested.”

“I don’t think he’s interested in dinosaurs yet…. Tell me about it first.”

Moon Do-hwan took out his phone and sent a link.

“Oh? Clay Dinosaur Event?”

“Yeah. Seeing this soccer ball just reminded me of it.”

“Why do you have this, Hyung?”

“I just saved it because I thought Siha might like it.”

“Wow.”

At this point, he should start an event company instead of job counseling.

“As expected, you’re the only one. Thank you for thinking of our Siha like this.”

“Of course.”

“It would have been better if it was a penguin event.”

“Just take a plane and go see the penguins.”

“I’m just kidding. Anyway, thank you. I should go if Siha likes it.”

“The prize for winning is amazing too. Look.”

“Huh?”

I looked at the prize in the link.

1st place: Dinosaur Complete Collection + New dinosaur movie 4D movie ticket (4 tickets).

2nd place: Dinosaur card + Thirty-One Robbins pint [ice cream].

3rd place: SIHA illustration wearing a dinosaur costume.

‘What is the 3rd place prize? I don’t know what it is, but I want it.’

But the 1st place prize is definitely tempting.

A whopping dinosaur complete collection.

When I checked, it was a collection of all dinosaur books.

40 books.

Wouldn’t that be about 200,000 to 300,000 won [Korean currency]?

I don’t know exactly.

“Wow. I want it.”

“Right? If it’s Siha’s skill, I think he can aim for 1st place, right? I think he’ll definitely be in the top 3?”

“It’s worth aiming for.”

Our Siha is a genius, so if he goes to an event like this, he’ll sweep all the awards.

Also, I think Siha would like to go to the Dinosaur Museum.

“Siha. How about it? Do you want to go too?”

“Ah?”

“It’s the Dinosaur Museum. Dinosaur.”

I showed him the dinosaur.

I was worried that he might be scared, but there was no sign of it at all.

“How about it? They’re doing an event like this. You make a dinosaur out of clay, just like Siha made out of dirt at the beach before. Do you want to go?”

“Hyung also gochi [baby talk for ‘go together’]?”

“Yeah. Of course, Hyung will go too.”

“Ah.”

Nod nod.

Siha grabbed my phone and stared at the dinosaur, wanting to go.

As expected, children and dinosaurs are inseparable!

I have to thank Moon Do-hwan a lot for this.

“Hyung. Siha says he likes it too. You can take him.”

“Okay. Go and have fun. You go around to various places under the pretext of this event. Play with him as much as possible before school starts. Of course, I’ll play with him after school starts too. The leisure is different, right?”

“That’s true…….”

I don’t think I played with him much during the vacation because of the field training.

Various things overlapped too.

Let’s play with him even more now.

I have to have time to play with him all day like today.

“But Hyung. A lot of parents will come there, right?”

“Yeah. That’s right.”

“Then what if Siha sees those people again? He needs to be surrounded by people so he doesn’t get anxious…….”

“Get out, you bastard!”

“Hyung. Think about it. You’re going to make this cute Siha cry…….”

“I said get out!”

Tch. It doesn’t work.