Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 177

Hyung, Aren’t I Cute? 177

Wai-Pad.

It’s a product of Waffle Inc. and is a popular tablet PC worldwide.

Illustrators love using it.

Especially, the colors on the screen are exceptional, and many appreciate its unique aesthetic.

“Siha, there’s more than just the Wai-Pad, you know?”

“Ah?”

Siha throws off the blanket and jumps out of bed.

He rushes over and peers into the box.

“Ah! Rice Tree!”

“It’s a bag for the Wai-Pad. There’s a Rice Tree character that Siha drew on it? Amazing.”

“Ah!”

It seems the provider engraved Siha’s drawing on the bag.

That’s pretty impressive.

They can do this in just one day?

Ah, of course, if they just print the drawing on a blank bag, it makes sense.

While I was pondering that, Siha patted my thigh.

“Hyung. This. This.”

“Huh? Yeah, I got it. Let’s try it out.”

I turned on the Wai-Pad, completed the setup, and installed the app.

Meanwhile, Siha admired the bag with his character on it.

“Hyung. Pepe?”

“Pepe isn’t here. Why would Pepe be on that bag?”

“No. Can do.”

“Not everything is possible, you know? Or we could ask Alisa to put Pepe on a bag.”

“Ah. Not this. Pepe.”

“If Pepe was on it, would you throw that one away?”

“No. Inside box.”

“Ah. You’d keep it in the box.”

Isn’t that the same as throwing it away?

Huhuhu. Rice Tree. You’re just rice to Siha. Farewell. I’ll see you off.

“Okay, it’s all set. You can draw with the Procreate app and color with Clip Studio. Just do whatever you want, Siha. Do you know how to use them?”

“Ah. Know. Siha know.”

Hmm. Well, he’ll figure it out. He’ll probably do really well.

I put the pen in Siha’s hand and let him play as he pleased.

He’ll probably play with this and fall asleep tonight.

“Siha, do it on the desk.”

“Hyung.”

“Yeah, I just need to hold you, right?”

Only after putting Siha on the desk could I relax.

Baek Donghwan is working out in the hotel gym.

He skipped yesterday’s workout, so he has to do it today, or so he says.

Now that I’m free, I’m bored, so I poked Siha’s side.

He flinches, ticklish.

“Hyung. Siha busy.”

“Oh. Okay. Sorry.”

“Siha work.”

“Oh. I shouldn’t disturb you while you’re working. Sorry.”

The time has come for Siha to scold me.

I was a little sad. I played with him all day today!

Tsk. Instead of this, I should work next to him.

That’s why I brought my laptop.

I should work a little and then sleep.

Of course, after saying thank you first.

“Keep drawing. Hyung is going to make a call for a bit.”

“Ah.”

I took out my phone and called the Nine Hearts secretary.

The dial tone rang for a moment, and then they answered right away.

「Yes. Mr. Sihyuk.」

「Hello. Is it a good time to talk?」

「Yes, of course.」

「I hope I’m not interrupting your break.」

「Haha. How could that be?」

「I received the gift. You sent it, right, Secretary?」

「Pardon? What are you talking about?」

「Hey. You don’t have to react like that.」

「Hahaha.」

I just threw it out there, but judging by the reaction, my guess seems right.

Yeah, there’s no way it would arrive this fast.

Was the person I bumped into today from Nine Hearts?

It was strange how often I saw him.

I mean, why would a guy come to the Science Museum alone?

I wondered if someone was waiting outside when I came out.

Maybe he came with his family. He could have left first.

‘His eyes were a bit strange.’

He didn’t seem like a tourist, and the way he looked at me was a little odd.

It felt like I was being watched?

Of course, he could have just been looking, so I dismissed the thought.

I started thinking about it again when the Wai-Pad arrived.

「Anyway, thank you. And for the car too.」

「Haha. I don’t know what you’re talking about. The car isn’t a big deal. It’s a company car anyway.」

「Still, you gave it to me even though I’m not an employee. Do you think I don’t know that?」

「No. Mr. Lee Janghyuk helped the vice president a lot. He received less than he deserved for the work he did.」

「Is that so?」

「Yes. Originally, you should have been working with our company with a high salary, but you left so suddenly that we couldn’t work together.」

「That’s right.」

「Did you know that?」

「Roughly. I didn’t know the company was Nine Hearts, though.」

「I see. How about talking with the vice president sometime? It’ll be fun.」

「Yes, I will.」

But I felt like I knew, even if I didn’t.

Because I know where the knowledge about Singapore in my head came from.

The amount of studying makes me feel my father’s influence.

And it makes me feel solemn.

He passed away without ever using it properly.

Of course, it was used for translation work, but maybe my father used this knowledge…

「Hello? Mr. Sihyuk?」

「Ah. Yes! Sorry. What did you say?」

「Haha. You must be very tired.」

「Yes. As you know, I had a lot of fun today.」

「I know you’re leaving tomorrow, so if you need any souvenirs, please tell me. I’ll take care of it.」

「Haha. It’s okay. This is enough.」

「I’m glad to hear that.」

The Wai-Pad costs over a million won [Korean currency, roughly $800 USD], so that’s enough.

What more should I ask for?

Of course, I’d take it if they gave it to me, but receiving more than this is too much of a burden.

Did my father really do something so great that they’re taking care of me this much?

‘It’s possible. Singapore has no choice but to thrive by trading with other countries.’

It wasn’t just limited to interpretation; he must have closed a deal in sales as well.

Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense.

And he must have pushed for that compensation with a good contract.

I can roughly picture the situation.

「Then I’ll see you again next time.」

「Yes, I understand.」

I ended the call and sat in front of my laptop.

The reason I can be like this is thanks to my father.

I’m always grateful.

The problem is that there’s no one in the world to convey this gratitude to.

That always makes me sad.

Maybe that’s why I take care of Siha even more.

Maybe I’m returning that grateful heart to Siha.

Even if the situation has to be like this.

“Hyung?”

“Yeah? Why? Did you finish drawing?”

“Ah. Hyung. This. Pepe.”

“You drew Pepe again?”

My feelings for Siha are so complex that they can’t be expressed in one word.

But I know this one thing.

Siha is my family and always motivates me.

If you weren’t here, I would have collapsed.

I might not have known how to get through college life either.

“This is a glass wall? You drew what you saw here?”

“Ah.”

“We can upload this, right?”

“Upload this!”

Maybe there was a glass wall between my father and me.

I mistakenly thought I knew everything because I could see everything transparently.

In fact, I didn’t know what was beyond it.

Thinking about my father, wasn’t I the only one who knew?

It’s late now, but now I feel like the glass wall with my father has become thinner.

I got to know my father better belatedly.

Maybe everyone is like that?

Like not knowing a mother’s heart before becoming a mother.

Like not knowing the weight of being a head of household before becoming one.

Maybe parents hoped we wouldn’t know.

Sometimes they wanted to be understood, but they wanted that understanding to come later.

To have a conversation saying, ‘Now you know how I felt back then.’

Maybe everyone is drawing that kind of future.

“Siha.”

“Ah?”

“What do you want to be when you grow up?”

“Siha. Want to be Hyung.”

“What? Hahaha. Siha, become more amazing than Hyung. Got it?”

“Why?”

“Well? I just hope so. I hope Siha becomes happier. More than Hyung.”

“Hyung is?”

“Hyung?”

“Ah.”

“Hyung will naturally be happy if Siha is happy.”

Siha smiled brightly at my words.

“Siha. Happy!”

“Oh! Really?! 잠깐 포토 타임 [Jjamkkan photo time – Korean for ‘wait, photo time’]. 포토 타임 [Photo time]!”

“Ah?”

Siha turned his head and drew a V on the Wai-Pad with his pen.

Is he drawing a V on the pad now?

Siha never understands my heart.

I want to take a picture of him smiling brightly!

I wish he would understand my heart. I absolutely don’t want him not to understand.

“Hyung!”

“Yeah. Are you ready to be photographed?”

“Ah.”

Siha held up the pad.

A V-shaped finger is drawn on it.

And he’s smiling brightly.

“Huh?!”

Click. Click. Click.

I pressed the burst mode, afraid of missing it.

“Hyung also 가치 [Gachi – Korean for ‘together’].”

“Yeah. Let’s take a picture together.”

I switched to selfie mode and took a picture with Siha.

This smile is a gift to me today.

This one photo is harder to get than any souvenir.

We were able to finish our Singapore trip like that.

***

-Siha’s drawing. Pixiv upload.

[Title: wall of glass]

1. The sea seen through the airplane window.

A part of the airplane wing is drawn in one corner.

2. There is a glass wall in the middle, and there are two penguins on both sides.

The left penguin is hot in the sunlight, and the right penguin is enjoying the cool breeze.

3. The glass wall in the middle is broken, and the two penguins are collapsed.

4. A dome is set up in the form of a net in the sky. There are two penguins inside.

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-Sihapepe♡♡♡

-I’ve been waiting!!

-But today’s drawing is difficult?

-Going by plane~

-Aren’t they being experimented on?

-It doesn’t seem like that?

Everyone was not grasping the 4-cut cartoon.

That’s because this cartoon was drawn about what happened to Siha today.

Sihyuk just uploaded those four.

There was another purpose.

Just uploading it randomly to prevent strange interpreters from interpreting it!

There was no commonality other than the glass wall in this series of drawings!

A very unfriendly picture!

It was natural that no one could predict it.

But people interpreted what they knew.

-I don’t know why number 1 came out, but roughly the conclusion is a happy ending, right?

-???

-In the 2nd and 3rd pictures, the two penguins are struggling by breaking the glass wall. But in the 4th picture, they both repair the glass wall and have a happy ending.

-Ah! I think that’s really it!

-As expected, Sihapepe!!

-That’s right. Sihapepe always delivers warm pictures.

-But the left penguin is bad. He broke the glass window because he was hot.

-I guess he thought he would cool down if he broke the glass window. But it turned out to be hotter.

People accurately inferred the story that happened to Siha and Sihyuk.

The 4th picture is about what happened in the Forest Dome.

That’s when it happened.

An interpreter appeared again.

-An interpreter has appeared!!

-That person is here!

The interpreter was embarrassed and commented.

-??? I haven’t appeared yet?!

-I knew it, so I made a preemptive strike. Say it quickly.

-…Ah… Yes… Ahem.

-Okay! What does the first picture mean?!

The interpreter didn’t want to write because he was unnecessarily setting the stage, but he had no choice but to start writing since he had already come out.

-This is one story. That’s right. It’s a love story.

-Suddenly???

-The 1st picture represents travel. And the two people met in the 2nd picture.

-?! I was so busy thinking about the meaning that I forgot to think about the story!

A plausible story began.

-But the 2nd picture is a very meaningful picture! It expresses different feelings on a transparent glass wall. One side is struggling, and the other side is not. What that means is that the left is outside, and the right is inside. It expresses the situation of being frustrated because you can’t see the inner thoughts of the person you love!

-?!?! That’s what it meant?!

That’s not it; it’s just that it’s hot outside in Singapore, and it’s cool inside with air conditioning.

-Usually, when you look at a glass wall, you can see outside from the inside, but you can’t see inside from the outside, right?

-That’s right!

Surprisingly, the explanation was working.

-The 3rd picture is that they ended up forcibly breaking the wall of hearts and both got hurt! That’s why the two penguins had no choice but to collapse! It’s not because they’re both hot!

-That’s what it meant?!

No. It’s true that they both collapsed because they were hot.

-Then the last picture is predictable, right? The two lovers complement and fix each other’s hearts, so there are parts that they share together. Of course, it’s not completely sealed like that net, and there are holes all over. An expression that embraces even the wounds in a hemispherical shape!

-It represents the clashes that lovers often experience! Fighting, making up, and understanding!

-That’s exactly it! That’s how love is achieved. So this picture is a love story!

No. It’s just a picture about a trip to Singapore.

-Wow. I feel refreshed! I forgot this was a 4-cut cartoon! Yes, there has to be a story. Thank you again today! Interpreter!

-Haha! Don’t think too one-dimensionally, everyone! Sihapepe is always a writer who thinks about people’s ‘hearts.’

Today, the comments were not divided in half but showed a lot of agreement with the interpreter.