Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 128

Hyung, Am I Cute? (1)

I really don’t know who it is.

Because I couldn’t see their face.

The person in front of me was wearing a cute dinosaur mascot and talking to me.

“Um. Who are you?”

“…….”

Silence follows.

Perhaps unable to bear it, Seungjun stepped on the dinosaur’s foot.

“Ahaha! It’s a dinosaur! Its weakness is its feet!”

Seungjun, isn’t doing that on purpose a foul in soccer?

“Si-hyeoki oppa [older brother/male friend, from a female perspective]. Dinosaur is cute~”

“It is. Siha, isn’t the dinosaur cute?”

“Ah. Cute~”

I think Siha is cuter.

But that dinosaur still isn’t talking.

It seemed to know my name exactly…….

Could it have seen me in a video?

I wasn’t a famous celebrity, but I think it’s possible.

“Did you perhaps see me in a video?”

Nod nod.

Instead of speaking, it just nods.

“Then can I take a picture with you? The kids seem to like it.”

“Si-hyeoki hyung [older brother/male friend, from a male perspective]! I like it!”

“Hana will grab the tail and take a picture!”

“Siha too! Head. Ride!”

Siha, if you ride on that dinosaur’s head, that man’s neck bones will break.

Thinking that, I tried to stop him, but he lifted Siha up and put him next to his head.

Although he wasn’t on top of his head, Siha patted his face, saying he liked it.

Doo doo doo doo. Swish!

The mascot’s face turned.

“Ah. I’m sorry.”

I immediately fixed the mascot’s head.

“We’ll take it quickly.”

Seungjun climbed onto the dinosaur’s foot, and Hana grabbed its tail.

After taking two pictures like that, the kids came to me.

“Did it come out well?”

“Hana wants to see too!”

“Ah. Siha too!”

While looking at the pictures.

“Let’s stop now and leave. The other friends are already up ahead.”

We decided to leave.

Seungjun waved his hand at the dinosaur mascot.

“Goodbye, dinosaur!”

“Goodbye, dinosaur!”

Siha also waved his hand.

“Moon-do bye-bye.”

“Huh? Siha, what do you mean Moon-do?”

“Ah. Moon-do!”

“Huh?”

I looked at the dinosaur mascot again.

As if he heard Siha’s words, he was waving his hand but then froze.

“Could it be Do-hwan hyung [older brother/male friend, from a male perspective]?”

He denied it in a thick voice.

“It’s not.”

“Huh? I think it’s right? Hyung. What are you doing here?”

“You’ve mistaken me for someone else.”

“Can’t you take off your face [mascot head]?”

“I can’t take off my face because I’m a dinosaur.”

Saying that, he runs away hastily.

What is it? That hyung. He was the one who acted like he knew me first.

But I don’t know what he’s doing here.

“Siha, how did you know? That it was Moon Do-hwan.”

“Moon-do. Moon-do.”

“Huh?”

“Moon-do smell.”

“You even know Do-hwan hyung’s smell?”

“Ah.”

What kind of smell does Moon Do-hwan have?

Come to think of it, how did he smell it when it’s a mascot?

Could Siha have been a puppy in his past life?

“What kind of smell is it?”

“Ah?”

Siha pondered hard and then clapped his hands.

Clap.

“Sparkle. Smell!”

“I see.”

I don’t understand what he’s saying at all.

Let’s go. I think we’re too far away from the kids.

We chose one entrance and started.

***

One thing I learned while looking around.

That the dinosaurs are very elaborately decorated.

There were dinosaur bones hanging from wires, and there were many sculptures decorated like real ones.

The various types captivated the children’s eyes, and the viewing began with sparkling eyes.

First, Seungjun mischievously stuck his head into the dinosaur’s mouth.

“Si-hyeoki hyung! Take a picture!”

He put his hands on his cheeks like Munch’s Scream and made a screaming expression.

He stuck his head in the mouth himself, but he has a scary expression.

It wasn’t boring to be with him.

“Heeik!”

Jaehwi, who I met at some point, hid behind the teacher because he was scared of the dinosaur’s head.

“The background isn’t good, so the clothes don’t stand out.”

It’s a background that seems to suit you better than anyone else?

Jaehwi, who is dressed like an explorer, suits this place more than anyone else.

Looking at him trembling, I could feel that he was a timid child.

I guess he’s scared of dinosaurs.

“Si-hyeoki oppa!”

Hana posed with a flower 받침 [flower 받침, flower support – a pose where one cups their hand under their chin] in her hand, whether the dinosaur was opening its mouth or not.

I guess she always wants to leave a pretty picture, no matter what the background is.

Her courage is like a female lead.

“Did Hana come out pretty?”

“Yes. It came out really pretty.”

“Hehe.”

Looking at the picture, she’s so innocent that you wouldn’t know a dinosaur was there.

“Hyung!”

Siha pointed to the top of the dinosaur’s head.

“Siha, you can’t ride there. And this isn’t a head-butting dinosaur.”

“Ah? Ah.”

“Would you like to try a different pose?”

“Ah.”

Siha made a V sign.

He put his arm between the dinosaur’s teeth.

A V pose that he can’t give up.

It was amazing.

I quickly took a picture and moved on to the next one.

We quickly passed the place with dinosaur fossils.

Fossils were something that children were not interested in.

After going around three places like that, a road leading outside came out.

From here, dinosaur models were also displayed outside.

To get to the event location, you had to go through this road.

“Si-hyeoki hyung, hurry!”

“Si-hyeoki oppa, hurry!”

Everyone is pushing forward.

It’s something that kids would like.

It was a little hot, but the weather was not bad.

“Hyung. Head-butting?”

“Yes. Did you see the head-butting dinosaur too?”

“Ah. Head-butting!”

Siha lowered his head forward.

And ran doddodo [onomatopoeia for running].

I followed Siha in case he fell.

Siha is very active today.

Although he couldn’t go as far as the dinosaur’s stride and moved his short legs diligently.

I think that’s why it’s even better.

If he ran with a large stride like a dinosaur and I couldn’t keep up, I wouldn’t be able to catch Siha even if he fell.

If Siha ever goes so far that I can’t catch him…….

‘I’d be sad. And proud too.’

Siha was tilting and about to fall forward.

Knowing that, I grabbed his waist.

When I lifted him up like that, Siha started flying like a pterodactyl.

“Look! Siha has become a flying dinosaur, not a head-butting dinosaur. Did you see it earlier?”

“Ah!”

Siha stretched out his arms.

I put Siha in my side and ran forward.

I want to let him fly like this forever if I could.

Passing by the children who are walking.

Passing by Seungjun and Hana who are running.

Yes. Like this. Like flying like this.

I wish I could make Siha fly.

But a small bird will one day leave its parents’ arms and fly on its own.

If not, it will fall and die without finding food.

Someday, Siha will gradually become independent.

“Si-hyeoki hyung! Me too! Me too!”

“Si-hyeoki oppa! Hana too!”

Cancel the sadness.

It is important to be independent.

“Seungjun, get on my neck. You have to hold on tight?”

“Yes!”

Seungjun is strong because he is good at sports.

His weight was heavier than Siha’s.

I put Hana and Siha in my side and Seungjun on my back.

“Si-hyeok Dinosaur. Is dispatched.”

“Ah!”

“Let’s go!”

“Si-hyeoki oppa, run!”

I ran with a moderate speed.

The children who watched it ask.

“Dad, me too! Dad, dinosaur!”

“Dad! Me too! Like that!”

“Me too, me too!”

I can feel the resentful gazes of the fathers pouring down.

Hey. Fathers. Still, it’s one person.

I have three. Three.

I thought so, but my heart was not conveyed.

The warm sunlight felt hot and heated my body.

I’m sweating even though I don’t have to.

Still, if it’s the fun of the children that I exchanged for sweat, wouldn’t it be quite rewarding?

Thinking that, I entered the event hall.

***

The event is in progress in real time.

The children take clay and make dinosaurs.

The adults sit in the cafe attached to the event hall and admire the children’s works.

It seems to be full of business acumen, but it can’t be helped.

‘In a way, you could say the strategy is excellent.’

Putting cafe tables and chairs close to the event space was definitely a groundbreaking idea.

This can only be said to have been aimed at.

Just like when building a department store, the building is designed so that customers spin around, the same was true here.

Dividing the space in this way made it impossible not to rest at the cafe and buy drinks.

Adults could soothe their bored mouths while watching their children’s work.

The kids will buy drinks because it’s hot.

‘Good head [business sense].’

I came to see the dinosaurs, but I was quietly looking at the strategy of how to do business.

I think this is more fun than dinosaurs.

“Hyung!”

“Si-hyeoki hyung. Let’s go to the event quickly.”

“Hana wants to go quickly too!”

Okay. Let’s go. Go.

Anyway, they are children who don’t let me think about anything else for a moment.

I’ll be able to rest when I’m doing clay.

I have no choice but to fall for the museum’s tricks, even though I know it.

“Look! Here’s clay, and there are so many colors, right?”

“Ah.”

“Choose your favorite color and make a dinosaur and submit it. After you’ve made it, write an explanation of what kind of dinosaur it is on this paper, and that’s it!”

“Wow, that sounds fun!”

“Right? Let’s all have fun making fun dinosaurs.”

“Yes!”

Finally, a honey-like break came to the teachers and me.

The children received clay and worked hard to make dinosaurs.

The teachers and I took a seat at one of the tables and sipped Americano.

The director said.

“I can rest assured.”

“Director, are you already tired?”

“The kids are so energetic…….”

The director’s eyes look tired, perhaps because she’s been through a lot.

Teacher Yoo Da-hee is drinking a mango smoothie energetically.

She even ordered a cheesecake and ate it diligently.

As if this is the only time she can replenish her energy.

“That looks delicious.”

“Si-hyeok ssi [Mr./Ms.].…….”

“Yes?”

Teacher Yoo Da-hee looked at me with a shocked expression.

What is it? Did I do something wrong?

“You’re not going to ask for a bite, are you? Ugh. I really hate that.”

“Yes? Ahaha. No way. I’m not that kind of person who asks for a bite.”

“I thought so…. Yes? What did you say?”

“I’m kidding. Would I ever steal a bite? Eat a lot.”

I made a joke and she made a face like she had lost her country, so I corrected it.

Still suspicious, Yoo Da-hee gently pulled the cheesecake towards her.

She quickly wielded her fork while looking at me.

The director looked at the sight with a pathetic look.

The director said.

“She still has a childlike innocence. She’s such a kid. A kid.”

“Why are you doing this? If you match the children’s level, you’ll end up like this. You know that well, director.”

“Have you ever thought that you’re eccentric?”

“Eccentric? Please say I’m full of creativity. What are you going to do if I become a great fairy tale writer later?”

“Uh…. Well? I don’t know? Why does it still feel like a story from a faraway country to me?”

“You know that my fairy tales are popular with children.”

Yoo Da-hee winked, and the director turned her eyes away with an expression that she had seen something she shouldn’t have.

I also turned my eyes away slightly.

Not because of Teacher Yoo Da-hee’s words, but because I had to see if Siha was doing well.

“Uh-huh? Why is everyone avoiding my eyes? What’s wrong with my fairy tales?”

I smiled bitterly.

“To be honest, I think you write well.”

“Right?”

“Yes. Except for the aftertaste that is bitter.”

“What is it? What do you mean?”

“I wonder what it means… uh?”

“Why?”

“Da-hee ssaem [teacher]. Could you watch Siha for a while? I have somewhere to go for a while.”

“Where are you going?”

“To see someone I know for a while.”

I got up from my seat and went to where the dinosaur mascot was.

Got you. You rascal.

No. Got you. Moon-do!

“Do-hwan hyung.”

I grabbed Moon Do-hwan’s arm so he couldn’t run away.

“What are you doing here?”

“Ahem. I, you’ve mistaken me for some…….”

“Ah, hyung. Why are you doing this? You’ve been caught. Why did you call my name if you were going to do this?”

“Ahem. Tch. I got caught?”

“Completely. But what’s going on here? What is this 탈 [tal, mask]? Ah, could it be that you came to see Siha? Hyung, you pretend you’re not, but you secretly follow us.”

“It’s not!”

I can’t see his face because of the dinosaur’s head, but I can imagine Do-hwan hyung getting angry.

“Then what is it?”

“Actually, I found out about this event not by looking it up, but because I was asked if I could help.”

“Ah. Could it be this dinosaur 탈 [tal, mask] [referring to the mascot head]?”

“Yeah. Originally, it’s done by a younger sibling I know, but this guy has something to do, so he’s looking for someone.”

“Ah. But you’re doing this for just that?”

At that time, a staff member passed by and said.

“Do-hwan ssi [Mr./Ms.]. Don’t forget to judge the event when it’s all over.”

I glanced at the staff and looked at Moon Do-hwan.

“Ah…. This, this. That’s right. That’s what it was.”

“What? It’s not! It’s not what you think! I’m going to get something expensive to eat later!”

“Okay. Okay. I’ll do it that way.”

“I’m really not! I’m going to eat a 100,000 won buffet.”

Okay. Let’s just say it’s not.