Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 201

Hyung, Aren’t I Cute? 201

The children had eaten their fill and drank all their water.

Now, all that remained was for the world to return to normal.

However, they were troubled because the Well Spirit’s anger had not yet subsided.

The teacher looked at the children and said,

“What do we do now? The water still hasn’t returned to normal. If this continues, we won’t be able to shower.”

Seung-jun looked shocked at those words.

“Ah, no! I have to shower because I’m sweaty.”

“Aaaah! Shower!”

Siha made a scrubbing motion as if agreeing.

The other children also fell into serious contemplation.

Hana said,

“Hing. Water is needed in so many places. It’s inconvenient without it.”

“Siha know. Can sowve!”

“Huh? How does Siha know?”

“Hyung towd me. Cwoud. Make cwoud and make wain.”

Siha’s words made the children realize there was such a method.

Hadn’t he already mentioned it this morning?

That Hyung had told him about it.

Perhaps because they realized a truly realistic method, they looked at the person who could help.

The teacher smiled and nodded.

She was so proud that the children had worked hard to come up with a solution.

“Then I’ll bring the hairspray I bought before.”

However, the children overlooked one fact.

No one had any water right now.

They needed warm water to make clouds.

Jong-su looked troubled.

“Ugh. There’s no water. Hot water. What do we do?”

“No. Is dere. Wed water. Wed water.”

“Huh? Can we use that?”

“Yes. Yes.”

The teacher looked at Siha in disbelief.

Siha, what makes you say it’s okay?

Jong-su was also curious and asked, but the answer he received was absurd.

“Wed. Wed.”

“What does that mean?”

“Wed okay. Wed wight. Wed good.”

“No. What kind of.”

The teacher felt the same way.

Does being red automatically make it okay? Is red as omnipotent as Hyung?

Anyway, since the only thing they could use was red water, the children decided to try it.

The red water bubbled in the pot.

It emitted white steam, but somehow it was too peaceful for an apocalyptic situation.

Thus, they prepared warm red water.

Siha and the children sprayed it with hairspray and waited for a while.

Soon, flimsy clouds began to form.

“Aaaah! Fwimsy!”

“Ooh! Clouds are being made.”

They had seen it once before, but the children were still amazed.

If other people saw them, they would think they were doing some kind of chemical experiment.

When they removed the lid covering the cup, the clouds rose into the sky.

“Fwimsy! Fwimsy!”

“But how long does it take for the clouds to rain?”

“Huh?”

Siha didn’t know either, so they all looked at Jong-su.

Jong-su struck a pose, pushing up his glasses.

Of course, Jong-su didn’t have glasses on his face.

“I don’t know everything either. But I think this won’t be enough, right?”

“No. Fwimsy geder fwiends. Go to sky and say. Geder. Geder.”

“That’s not possible.”

“No. Is wight.”

Siha reached out to the sky.

As he muttered, ‘Gather. Gather,’ the twins also raised their hands and followed suit.

Watching them, the teacher thought of a certain cartoon.

All the clouds in the earth. To me…. Give me a little of your moisture!

As such nonsense echoed in her head, the teacher waved her hand.

“Hahaha. Let’s all play soccer!”

“Make sure to come to the concert.”

“Ugh. I don’t think that will work. Go make some rain!”

“Jong-su, didn’t you say it wouldn’t work earlier?”

“Jaehwi, be quiet. We have to do something.”

Could it be that the children’s hearts reached the sky?

Suddenly, a distorted voice was heard.

「You guys!」

A serious and low voice.

The children looked around, wondering where the sound was coming from, but couldn’t find it.

It was the director’s voice coming from the speaker on the ceiling, but no one noticed.

The director never imagined that the speaker, which was installed to be used in really urgent situations, would be used in this way.

“Huh? What’s that sound?”

“What is it?”

The director said,

「I am the Well Spirit. Your friend Fwimsy told me to give you some water.」

“Fwimsy!”

「Yes. Do you now know how precious water is?」

“Fwimsy!”

Siha only looked for Fwimsy.

The director was truly flustered but observed the reactions of the other children.

First, Seung-jun.

“I’ll only drink a little water after playing soccer.”

「You can drink a lot of that.」

“Hana will sing and only drink a little.”

「You can drink a lot of that… Haa…….」

“I know! I’ll measure it with a measuring cup and drink it.”

「That much?!」

Jaehwi said in a small voice, “I’ll conserve water.”

His shoulders shrank as if he was scared of the voice.

Yoon-dong and Eun-woo.

“We’ll shower with cold water after dancing.”

「You have to shower with warm water.」

“Ahaha. I just won’t shower.”

「Don’t do that…….」

Everyone had unique answers.

But it was a time when everyone felt the importance of water.

At this point, the director was thinking of wrapping things up.

「Ahem. Now that you know the importance of water, I will make sure the water flows well again. Don’t forget. Water is precious.」

“Aaaah. Tank you Fwimsy~ Tank you Well Spiwit~”

Siha waved his hand diligently towards the sky.

The director suddenly had a question.

Did they really understand? The direction of their gratitude is a bit strange?

「Ahem. Then I’ll be going now.」

After the Well Spirit’s voice disappeared, the teacher turned on the water.

Swaaaash.

The children were so happy to see the water flowing vigorously.

“Wow! Water’s coming out now!”

“Hana wants to see too!”

The twins jumped up and down.

Siha also jumped up and down after them.

The teacher held up the hose in the kitchen so the children could see well.

“Okay. Can you see it well now?”

“Yes!”

“This is how water comes out.”

In any case, it was a perfect lesson today.

Then Siha said,

“Teacha. Save wawa!”

“Oh…. Oh, right. Sorry. I let it flow too much.”

“Aaaah.”

It seems like the lesson was too effective?

It seems to have really worked on Siha, unexpectedly.

***

I went to the daycare center to pick up Siha.

Everyone was holding red water in pretty bottles.

What is that?

I wondered, but the teacher smiled and said that she had written everything down in the communication book [a notebook used to communicate between parents and daycare teachers].

It seems like so many things happened that it’s hard to explain.

“Siha, shall we go now?”

“Hyung. Let’s go.”

He held the red water tightly and put on his shoes.

I helped him put on his shoes because he couldn’t put them on well with the bottle in both hands.

“Okay. All done.”

“Tank you, Hyung.”

“Haha. Okay. But what’s that red water in the bottle?”

“Dis?”

“Yeah.”

“Wed wawa.”

“No. Hyung knows it’s red water?”

“Dis make fwimsy. Well Spiwit come out.”

“Huh?”

If you make clouds with this, the Well Spirit comes out?

I wondered what they had learned to make him say such things.

I got in the car, opened the communication book, and nodded.

A lot really happened.

Also, that the teacher, following in my footsteps, taught them the importance of water.

“Wow. Red water is really amazing.”

“Amazing~”

Siha held up the mysterious red water that he couldn’t drink.

His sparkling eyes were filled with all sorts of mysteries.

The wonderful world of imagination that children can have.

I wondered if I had my own world when I was young and looked back on the past.

“Ah. Right. Siha, you have to draw a picture about water shortage. Do you have anything in mind? If not, that’s okay.”

“No.”

“Really? Then let’s draw what Siha wants to draw.”

“Hyung.”

“Yeah?”

“Wawa showtage what?”

“Ah. Like today, when the water disappeared, we call that a water shortage. It was very inconvenient because there was no water, right?”

“Save wawa.”

“Haha. That’s right. They’re telling you to draw with that feeling.”

Siha sat in his chair and wiggled his feet, as if he understood.

I decided to leave Siha alone.

It was enough that he knew the importance of water today.

If he sees that red water later, won’t he remember what happened today again?

To Siha, red water is now a magic potion.

The Well Spirit gave it to him, so he can’t get it anywhere else.

It’s different from juice.

Well, the contents are actually no different from juice.

“Siha. We’re here.”

He dozed off on the way, probably tired from today.

Still, he was holding the bottle in his arms, so it didn’t fall anywhere.

“Are you very tired?”

“No. Hyung. Pway.”

“Huh?”

“Pwomised. Today.”

“Ah…. You remembered that promise?”

“Aaaah. Siha sweep. Pway.”

“You still seem tired? Your eyes are half-closed.”

“No.”

Then he rubs his eyes.

Looking at him, it seems like he’ll eat and then sleep.

What if he doesn’t sleep later at night?

I’m a little worried about that, but maybe he’ll sleep well again when the time comes.

“Let’s get out and eat first.”

“Aaaah.”

As we were going home, we ran into Baek Dong-hwan coming in front of the door.

He was sweating profusely, probably from running.

“Hoo. Hoo. Hello, Hyung.”

“Oh. Yeah. It looks like work ended early today? Already exercising.”

“I ran all the way home from work today. Hoo, it’s hot.”

I can feel the heat from here.

Siha stared at Baek Dong with a blank look.

He was still sleepy and handed over the red water with half-open eyes.

Looking at him, it seems like he’s going to explain it to Baek Dong too.

“Baek Dong.”

“Huh? Siha.”

“Wed wawa.”

“Oh. Water?”

Before he could explain, Baek Dong grabbed the bottle.

“I’ll drink it well.”

The red water disappeared in an instant.

I was pressing the password for the door lock, so I couldn’t stop him properly.

“Hey. Wait…….”

“Huh?”

“Yes? Hyung. What’s wrong?”

Siha’s eyes widened.

The red water, already emptied, disappeared without a trace in an instant.

A few remaining drops were all that remained in the bottle.

“Wow. But what flavor is this? Is it cherry?”

“Eum.”

“Hyung. Why do you look like that?”

“Eum.”

Siha’s eyes widened as he looked at Baek Dong-hwan.

Sleep was already gone.

I never thought he would wake up like that.

While I was wondering how to resolve this situation, Siha’s mouth opened.

“Baek Dong…. All dwink?”

“Huh? Yeah. Didn’t you give it to me to drink all of it?”

“Okay?”

“Huh? What?”

As expected of Siha.

He’s more worried about Baek Dong-hwan’s well-being than the precious red water.

I smiled at his kind appearance.

“That’s red water.”

“Oh. It tasted like cherry. Red. But it seems like something else was mixed in.”

“Baek Dong wawa showtage. No pee.”

“Huh?”

I, who knew the situation, couldn’t help but laugh.

“Hehe. Oh really.”

“Hyung, what are you talking about? Was this a strange drink?!”

“Ah. That? It’s water you can’t drink. You could say it’s magic that makes you short on water?”

“Yes?”

Sometimes the world of imagination reaches unexpected destinations.

Baek Dong’s stomach must be like that.

“Okay. First, give me the bottle and take a shower. We’ll be going now.”

“No. You have to tell me what kind of drink it is before you go.”

“Ah. I don’t know. Think about it yourself. You won’t die.”

“No. If you do that, I’ll be too scared?!”

Siha came into the door and kindly told him.

“Baek Dong. Make fwimsy. Caw Well Spiwit and say. Save wawa~”

“What are you saying.”

“Hey. Don’t grab the door. You’ll hurt your hand.”

Baek Dong-hwan pleaded as if he was wronged, but I slapped his hand away and made him let go of the door.

Anyway, he’s such a drama queen.

“Hyung. Gone.”

Siha held out the empty bottle from the shoe rack.

It seems like he’s sad that it’s gone.

I stroked Siha’s head, met his eyes, and sat down.

“Siha, then let’s fill this with something else.”

“Ah? Someding else?”

“Yeah. Anything Siha wants to put in.”

It may not be a magic potion, but it could be a magic potion in Siha’s world.

I stroked his head with that in mind.

Siha put his chin in the empty bottle opening as if he understood.

“Aaaah.”

No. Why are you putting your chin in there?

Anyway, Siha is cute.