Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 132

Am I Cute, Hyung? 132

Movies.

A place where exciting stories of about 2 hours are contained within a wide screen.

The more you know, the more new aspects and interpretations you see, and you can even see through the director’s intentions.

Acting, directing, screenplay.

There are tons of enjoyable elements, and the feelings of appreciation vary.

The same goes for genres.

Thriller, mystery, romantic comedy, romance, drama, horror, comedy, etc.

Just as life is diverse, the stories we create are also abundant.

My first movie was like that too.

The day I went to the movie theater holding my father’s hand.

Even though the genre was animation, the excitement of that day remains an unforgettable memory.

Grumbling about why waste money on useless things.

He told me to just watch a video, but my father just smiled and said he wanted to see it.

It was also funny how excited he was after watching the movie.

I guess I thought that even a grown-up like my dad liked animation.

But I only found out later.

It wasn’t that my father liked animation that much, but that he pretended to.

He didn’t dislike it, but he wouldn’t go out of his way to watch it.

I realized that belatedly.

It’s the same if you look at the parenting diary my father wrote here.

-Si-hyuk’s Parenting Diary.

[Today, I prepared to watch a movie with Si-hyuk.

I bought the movie tickets in advance because I knew he would nag me about wasting money on useless things.

Writing this, I felt a little wronged.

Why does it look like a husband making excuses to his wife when I don’t even have one?

Anyway, I tempted my stubborn son with movie tickets.

It wasn’t easy.

He told me not to waste expensive money on him and just watch what Dad wanted to see.

Was he telling me not to spend money on him?

My heart ached at every word.

I didn’t want to raise Si-hyuk like this, but the child’s personality was already forming like this.

“Dad wants to watch an animated movie! Adults watch it a lot too!”

I had no choice but to say this.

Still, he’s a child, so he seems interested in the movie.

He looked at the movie tickets, fidgeting, saying that there was nothing he could do since I had already bought them, which made me laugh.

I sat Si-hyuk on my lap and told him stories about the animation.

Si-hyuk must have been happy.

That joy is the driving force of my life.

The child didn’t seem to know that.

When will you know that if you’re happy, I’m happy too?

In fact, being nagged is also subtly addictive.

There were many times when I did it on purpose.

“Now, let’s go to the movie theater with Dad.”

That’s how we went to the movie theater, but could we just go in?

When I tried to buy popcorn to take in, we started bickering again.

He said we were going to eat later, so popcorn didn’t make sense.

But as a father, I wanted Si-hyuk to enjoy his first movie theater experience. So I couldn’t give up on the popcorn.

In the end, I couldn’t buy popcorn, but the movie was still fun.

When I deliberately spoke with excitement, spitting, Si-hyuk’s face turned red and he told me to be quiet and hurried me along.

Was he embarrassed of me?

Still, I was proud to hear him say in a small voice from behind, “It was really fun.”

This is why I’m a dad, and this is why I spend money.

“Shall we come again next time?”

“No way!”

He was happy with an excited expression, but he was very firm.

I’m not the kind of father who would listen even if he said that.

Why do they say that men never grow up even when they get older?

I want to give you a wonderful memory, even if I become a childish father to my son.

I should secretly buy movie tickets next time too.

No, I should say that I won it in an event.

That way, Si-hyuk will have no choice but to follow me.

You little rascal. You don’t know.

That I’m always thinking of excuses just for you.

+Additional) Now that he’s older, it doesn’t work anymore.

I got it from an event.

I got it from someone who works at the movie theater.

I got it as a gift from a classmate I met after a long time.

I even said I picked it up on the street.

The publishing company sent it as a gift.

I made a lot of different excuses.

But it doesn’t work anymore.

He asks me to submit evidence.

He tried to check my phone messages, so I quickly ran away.

You little rascal. You’re just getting smarter.]

***

A package arrived.

A complete collection of dinosaur books and movie tickets.

The reason I thought of my father’s parenting diary is here.

That is, we can go see a dinosaur movie.

It says 2 people per ticket, and there are 4 tickets, so 8 people can enter.

“Siha.”

“Hyung!”

Siha seems to care more about the books in the box than the movie tickets right now.

He must be really happy to have so many dinosaur books.

“Do you like having a lot of books?”

“Ah!”

“Wow. There are a lot of pictures, right?”

“Gong-lyong [dinosaur].”

“There are many dinosaurs that I saw in the museum.”

“Ah.”

Siha got up from his seat and imitated the dinosaurs, as if he remembered them.

He spread three fingers and imitated the sound of crying, “Kuaaa.”

I joined in and said, “Kuaaa.”

“Kua! Hyung!”

Siha poked my arm.

“Siha. Hyungie [term of endearment] hurts. Your nails are sharp.”

“Ah?”

When I acted exaggeratedly, Siha was surprised and stroked my arm.

He even cast a spell, “Heal. Heal,” which he learned from somewhere.

If Siha did this when I was really hurt, I don’t think it would hurt at all.

“Oh! It seems like it’s all healed?”

“Hyungie. Okay?”

“Yeah. Hyungie is okay.”

I stroked Siha’s head once and took out the movie tickets.

Now that his attention has moved away from the books.

“Here! This is a ticket to see dinosaurs. Two people can enter with one ticket. Do you understand?”

“Ah?”

“You don’t understand?”

“No. This. Two people!”

“Yeah. That’s right. If you give this one, it will allow two people to see dinosaurs. You have to give it to a place called a movie theater.”

“Ah.”

I handed Siha three movie tickets.

“Give it secretly to your favorite friends. Secretly. Got it?”

“Ah.”

Siha dragged his penguin bag and took out a tissue box from it.

Then he put the movie tickets in the tissue box and put them back in his bag.

No. Siha. Why are you putting the movie tickets in there?

Anyway, he was unpredictable.

But it’s gotten better than before.

In the past, he used to carry a rectangle, but these days he carries a square.

It seems like he prefers things that are small in size.

“Hyungie. Tissue!”

“Yeah. Did you put it in the tissue?”

“Ah.”

“Are you confident you won’t lose it?”

“Ah.”

Siha nodded.

I smiled.

Maybe those movie tickets will go to Seung-joon and Hana.

And he’ll give the remaining ticket to Jong-soo.

He might give it to Jae-hui, but he knows he’s afraid of dinosaurs, so he probably won’t try to give it to him.

“Don’t forget to give it. Got it?”

“Ah.”

“Secretly. Secretly. You know?”

“Ah.”

Lee Si-ha with a determined expression.

Will he be able to carry out the mission successfully?

We’ll see if we watch.

***

-Daycare.

Siha, who was assigned the mission today, looked around.

Since Hyung told him to give it secretly, he put his bag in the corner.

Seung-joon tilted his head, looking at Siha.

“Siha. What are you doing?”

“Ah? Shh!”

Siha raised his index finger to his lips.

Seung-joon noticed that he was playing another game and did the same thing.

Hana didn’t know what it was, but she followed her brother and Siha’s actions.

Because she wanted to join in too.

That’s how silence flowed with each other’s index fingers.

The first to move was Siha.

Slowly.

The twins follow behind him.

“What are you three doing?”

The teacher asked, seeing them like that.

Siha raised his index finger instead of answering.

The teacher also felt like she had to participate, so she sat quietly.

That’s how the time of silence permeated the daycare.

Before she knew it, Jong-soo and Jae-hui also followed, raising their index fingers.

The director was watching, wondering what this was all about.

Jae-hui said.

“But what are we doing?”

The answer came from Seung-joon.

“Shh. You get punished if you make noise.”

There was no such rule, but the children covered their mouths even more after hearing that.

That’s how everyone watched Siha’s movements.

Siha was embarrassed.

Why is everyone looking at me?

I have to give the movie tickets secretly?

Thinking that, he pondered over and over again.

A different method was needed.

A way to give it secretly.

Then Siha’s eyes fell on the blanket.

The thought was immediately put into action, and the blanket covered the penguin bag.

Finally, a secret place was prepared.

Siha put his face in there.

With only his butt sticking out.

Siha gestured to Seung-joon.

Seung-joon said in a quiet voice.

“Can I go?”

“Ah.”

Seung-joon didn’t know what it was and went inside.

That’s how two butts came out from under the blanket.

But Siha didn’t know.

That this behavior was fueling the children’s curiosity even more.

“Seung-joon.”

“Yeah.”

“This.”

Siha handed over the movie ticket taken out of the tissue box.

“Secretly.”

“Secretly?”

“Ah. Take it.”

“Ah. So, we’re giving this secretly?”

“Ah.”

Seung-joon, who cleverly understood Siha’s way of speaking, nodded.

He came out of the blanket and crumpled the movie ticket and put it in his pocket.

Next is Oh Hana.

Hana came in and looked at Siha.

“Hana. This. Secretly.”

“Yeah! Si-hyeoki oppa [older brother/male friend] told me to give it secretly for me, right?”

Siha looked at Hana with a surprised face.

An expression asking how she knew.

Of course, Hana couldn’t read Siha’s expression.

And Hana’s meaning was different from what Siha was thinking.

“Hehe. I’m playing with Si-hyeoki oppa!”

Hana had a happy face and crumpled it up and put it in her pocket.

Now Siha had only one movie ticket left.

He wondered who to give this to.

But no matter how much he thought about it, there was no one to give it to.

“Ah!”

Siha wriggled out of the blanket and called the teacher.

“Teacher!”

“Huh? Me?”

“Ah.”

The teacher went into the blanket with a bewildered expression at Siha’s call.

It was a natural step to receive a movie ticket there.

When Siha used the word secretly and gave a warning, the teacher understood perfectly.

She carefully folded it and gently put it in her pocket.

Now Siha, who had finished all his missions, came out of the blanket.

“Ah.”

It was natural for the children to have questions about Siha’s reaction.

Jong-soo asked.

“Is it over now?”

“Ah.”

“???”

Jong-soo looked at Seung-joon because he didn’t know what kind of game it was.

“Seung-joon. What kind of game is this?”

“You don’t even know that? I thought Jong-soo knew everything.”

“Humph!”

Fire spewed from Jong-soo’s eyes at Seung-joon’s words.

A word that touched his pride.

He couldn’t allow himself to not guess it like this.

He could feel the children’s eyes. He quickly rolled his head and sent out the answer.

“Okay. I get it. This is a Mafia game!”

The children were bewildered because they didn’t know what a Mafia game was.

Seung-joon, who had told him to guess it in reverse, also didn’t know the Mafia game.

Jong-soo’s nose became taller [idiom for being proud].

“The Mafia game is, like, you go to a dark place like that and receive secret orders!”

Seung-joon flinched.

Because he roughly guessed it.

Of course, Jong-soo was just saying it and it just happened to be right.

But he looked at Siha with a confident expression.

“Siha. Right? You taught me the secret!”

“Ah?”

“Why not?”

“No. Not a secret. Secretly.”

“Secretly and secret are the same thing.”

“Secret?”

If that’s the case, Siha nodded, saying it was right.

Jong-soo made an expression that he knew it.

“Then what is that secret order?”

“Ah. Secretly. Give.”

“I knew it!”

The teacher opened her mouth.

Would there have been any meaning in giving it secretly if she said that?

“What did you give?”

But Seung-joon, who was quick to notice, said.

“That’s a secret! Only me, Hana, and Teacher know!”

“Tsk! How stingy.”

Then Hana said with a shocked expression.

“What! Weren’t we just playing with Si-hyeoki oppa? I thought we were watching a movie together.”

Hana had a crumpled movie ticket in her hand.

Jong-soo confirmed what was in Hana’s hand with a fairly quick eye.

Smart Jong-soo could read a little bit.

“Di, dinosaur? Movie?!”

The children went wild at that word.

Because that was what the children really wanted to see, the dinosaur movie that was released this time.

“You guys are going alone, how stingy! Two people can go with that one!”

It was knowledge that Jong-soo could get because he had seen this kind of movie ticket before.

The teacher covered her face, saying, “Oh my.”

Currently, there are three people who have received tickets.

So there are three tickets.

Jong-soo’s head was working closely after a long time.

“Then you can pair up two people with those tickets and go!”

Jae-hui, who was behind him, murmured, “I don’t want to see it,” but no one heard him.

“Ah?”

Siha only tilted his head at the sudden situation.

Anyway, the mission was completed.

“Hyung.”

Siha was just filled with the thought of being praised by Hyung, regardless of this matter.