Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 288

Am I not cute, hyung? (288/500)

Chickens at least lay eggs, but I don’t know why the animal we raise at our house only poops.

This morning, Siha is diligently cleaning up Ppiyak’s poop.

“Did you poop a lot? You did?”

Of course, there was no answer. Ppiyak was just flapping its wings on the screen.

But maybe he gave it some food, because unlike yesterday, Ppiyak’s belly was slightly bigger.

Should I see that as it’s growing?

Eventually, it will become a chicken and lay eggs, right?

I don’t know when it will fully grow, but Siha seems satisfied with raising Ppiyak.

“Hyung. Ppiyak is full. But it wants food.”

“That’s not full, it’s getting fat.”

“!!!”

Siha looked back and forth between Ppiyak and me with a shocked expression.

“Does it need to go on a diet?”

“Pfft. No. It just means Ppiyak is growing up.”

“Only Ppiyak’s belly is getting bigger.”

“That’s a question for me too… Originally, you gain weight first during the growth period. It will have a growth spurt later.”

I feel like I’m saying some old wives’ tale.

All the weight you’re gaining now will go to your height!

It feels like I’m saying that kind of line.

“It will get skinny later.”

You’ll lose all the weight when you go to college. You’ll start dressing up.

It also feels like I’m telling that kind of lie?

“Really?”

“Of course.”

But this is a game, so it must be really growing.

Who made this game! Why only make the belly bigger!

Of course, I understand that it does that because the screen is small.

“Siha knows too. Hyung. All right. Pipi also lost weight.”

Siha nodded as if he understood my words from experience.

Yeah. Pipi also lost weight…

“Wait a minute. Pipi lost weight?”

“It went on a diet. But it didn’t get bigger. Ah?”

Siha tilted his head, wondering why.

“Whoa!”

I quickly grabbed a small cup and ran to the fish tank.

Pipi is female, and her belly was full.

That means she’s pregnant. I need to separate them quickly.

Because the guppies will see the babies and think they’re food and eat them.

It’s too cruel, but that’s the unavoidable reality.

“It should be here. Did they all disappear?”

I can’t watch the fish tank all day, so it can’t be helped. Still, just in case, I opened my eyes wide and looked into the fish tank.

“Oh! There they are.”

“What is it?”

“Just a moment.”

I found two hiding diligently in the artificial grass.

I held a net in my left hand and a cup of water in my right hand.

I captured the two at once with the net.

Fortunately, they weren’t that fast.

I quickly put them in a small cup and carefully started taking them out.

The babies are so small that this is quite a task.

“Whew.”

“What what!”

“Siha. Pipi had babies.”

“Pipi babies?! Siha wants to see too!”

I gave Siha the cup.

He looked inside with wide eyes, and something small was wriggling.

“Hyung. It’s moving.”

“It’s very small, right?”

“Only eyes.”

“Pfft! It’s funny.”

Actually, the eyes look the biggest.

Siha was curious about the newborn babies, so he put the cup next to the fish tank and quietly observed.

I looked at the fish tank, wondering if there were any babies left.

But no matter how much I looked, there were only two.

It seems the other babies…

I can’t bring myself to say it due to censorship regulations. Let’s not tell Siha. He’ll be shocked.

This is a shock that I can’t even joke about.

It’s so cruel that it should be rated 19+.

“Hyung. Amazing!”

“Should we name them too?”

“Sampi. Sapi.”

“It’s so easy to name them.”

It seems like I just need to increase the numbers for the babies that will be born in the future.

“But who is Sampi?”

“This one!”

I covered Siha’s eyes.

Then I took them off again.

“Who is Sampi?”

“This one!”

Uh, no. That’s Sapi. It’s also a secret that Siha can’t distinguish between Ilpi and Ipi [Korean words for one and two, used in names].

Actually, I don’t know either.

“Amazing. Babies were born.”

It seemed like he was moved by the birth of life.

Well, he saw Chacha the puppy’s babies too late.

This must be the first time he’s seen something this young.

“Hyung!”

“Yeah?”

“Food, give?”

“Oh, right! We should only give a little since they’re babies. Okay?”

“Ah ah.”

Siha took out the guppy food from the drawer.

The guppies in the fish tank noticed the food and all three of them gathered towards Siha.

“Ah?”

“They have a ghost-like sense for the smell of food.”

“They ate. This is Sampi and Sapi’s food.”

But the guppies were opening their mouths as if to say they didn’t know anything about that.

Siha’s heart weakened, and he sprinkled a little bit into the fish tank.

Then he put food in for the babies too.

“All done! Hyung. Raise babies here?”

“Yeah. We need to raise them separately from the others. We can put them together when they grow up a bit more.”

“Why?”

I pondered that question for a while.

“It’s too small and dangerous. The babies might get hit in the tail by them.”

“Dangerous!”

I’m glad this worked.

Sometimes there are truths you don’t need to know.

***

Siha bragged at daycare that guppy babies were born.

“Fish were born. Big eyes. Only eyes are showing~”

“Wow! Awesome! I want to see too.”

“Hana too. Hana too.”

The twins were making a fuss, saying it was amazing, and Yeonju next to them listened intently to Siha’s words.

“Their names are Sampi and Sapi. They eat a little bit too.”

Siha took something else out of his pocket.

He had something else he wanted to brag about.

“This is Ppiyak. Ppiyak. Ppiyak.”

“Oh? This is what Siha got for winning first place at the Folk Village!”

“Hana wanted to get first place too…”

“…Cute.”

Everyone watched Siha click to feed or clean.

The four of them huddled together, heads together, watching the Tamagotchi [a handheld digital pet], finding Ppiyak cute.

The teacher watched the scene cutely and coughed.

“Ahem. Everyone. Do you want to raise something?”

“!!!”

The children’s eyes widened at the teacher’s words.

“So, the teacher has prepared a prize!”

There was a game to play today anyway, and it turned out to be about raising animals.

Still, they couldn’t actually bring a dog or cat and offer it as a prize.

That would be very difficult.

“It’s a snail!”

She showed the children a transparent ice cup sold at convenience stores.

Inside were soil, carrots, and a snail.

The children gathered at the teacher’s feet with sparkling eyes.

They wanted to watch, but the teacher covered it with a black cloth.

“Hehehe. If you want to see it in detail, you have to answer the quiz correctly! I’ll give this prize to that person!”

The children started to concentrate with their eyes wide open.

“Today’s quiz is for each person to come out and imitate an animal. But you can’t talk. You have to imitate it with your body. Got it?”

“Yes!”

“If you talk, the question is wrong. Raise your hand if you want to ask a question first!”

The first to raise his hand was Seungjun.

He confidently came out and explained with his body.

He scratched his chin and head with both hands. It was a mischievous look.

“Hana knows! Monkey! Oppa [older brother] always makes that face when taking pictures!”

“Hey! Not always!”

“Then every day except one!”

“No, I don’t!”

Seungjun was wronged, but Hana got the answer right, so he went in.

It was a great start.

He showed a good example of explaining with his body without needing a separate explanation.

In the future, children will also express the characteristics of animals with their bodies.

This is a good game for children, but it also stimulates their brains, so it’s also educational.

“Next, Hana will do it!”

“Siha knows! Ppiyak!”

“Hana hasn’t done it yet?”

Siha was so eager that he said the answer without even looking.

“Siha knows the heart. It’s heard in the head.”

“No, I don’t?”

“No?”

“Oh my! Wrongly heard! Mistake! Mistake!”

Siha slapped his forehead.

Hana now asked a question. She perked up her ears and hopped around.

Jongsu raised his hand and got it right right away.

Next, Yeonju asked a question.

“I’ll do it.”

She gently put her neck in and then slowly pulled it out. She looked around and put her hands politely down.

The teacher knew right away what she was talking about, but it seemed a little difficult for the children.

“Siha knows!”

“Oh!”

“Giraffe!”

“Wrong!”

“Giiiiraaffe?”

“Wrong!”

Siha, it’s not that the name is wrong…

Jongsu chuckled next to him and confidently stood up.

Jongsu? Do you have to stand up to get it right?

“Hey. Lee Siha. Don’t you even know that animal? Hahaha. That’s a meerkat. A meerkat!”

“Meerkat? Why Meer? Cat is a cat. Jongsu cat Meer?”

“That’s not it!”

The teacher chuckled.

When you combine the words you know, it becomes [Hate Cat]. The compound word seems so cute.

Jongsu was frustrated and hit his chest.

He got the answer right, but why does it feel like he was defeated?

“Next, I’m going to ask a question! Be prepared. I’m going to ask a really difficult one.”

“Ah ah!”

“Siha, you won’t get it right!”

Jongsu was burning with competitive spirit. It was a game where he could beat Siha for the first time in a while.

Of course, winning meant getting a lot of answers right, but he also thought that asking a question that Siha couldn’t answer was also winning.

“Here I go!”

“Ah ah! Cheer up!”

“Why are you cheering me on! Cheering!”

“Ah? Should I patting you?”

“That’s not what I mean!”

After Jongsu calmed down a bit, he asked a question.

Seeing him flapping his hands, it seems like he’s talking about wings.

He makes something like a jar and pokes his beak into it.

The teacher saw the expression and remembered what it was.

It’s the story of the crane and the fox [Aesop’s fable].

Jongsu was confident.

Of course, it’s not a very difficult question, but it’s not an easy question either.

If you’ve read the crane and the fox, you’ll probably get it right.

But the other children also tilted their heads.

They have no idea.

“Siha knows!”

“What is it?”

“Dak [Korean word for chicken]!”

“Wrong! Wrong! It’s not a chicken!”

“Dak head?”

“Hey!”

Siha just used a word he had heard somewhere.

But Jongsu knows what he’s saying, so he’s frustrated.

Jaehui raised his hand.

“Ah! Crane!”

“Ding dong daeng [sound effect for correct answer]! Jaehui is right. Lee Siha, you’re… sigh.”

“Ah ah. Stir-fried spicy pork! Know! [Imo’s Restaurant] is delicious!”

“It’s not stir-fried spicy pork!”

Jongsu was already tired, so he covered his head and went back to his seat.

This time, Jaehui asked a question, scratching his nails and imitating a cat.

Yeonju got it right right away, and Jaehui was so moved that he covered his mouth.

“Next is me! Hehehe. I have to ask a question with rap.”

“Eunwoo. You’ll be disqualified if you talk.”

“Tch!”

Eunwoo had no choice but to stretch his neck out and express that he had eaten something.

Munch munch.

“Siha knows! Giraffe!”

“Correct!”

Siha finally got the answer right.

Next is Yoon-dong’s turn.

He hopped around on all fours and licked his tongue.

“Frog!”

“Siha is correct.”

With this, Siha and Jongsu are leading 2 to 2.

But unfortunately, it was Siha’s turn to ask the question.

If Jongsu got it right here, he could take the victory.

“Siha will ask.”

“Ask quickly! I’ll get it right.”

Siha put his hands together and wriggled.

“Meat. Meat.”

“Siha, wrong! You have to ask a different question. I said you’ll be disqualified if you talk, right?”

“Oh my! Mistake! Mistake!”

Siha slapped his forehead.

He asked the question again.

This time, he lay down on the floor and wriggled.

He covered his mouth with both hands so that no sound came out.

Jongsu raised his hand.

“Jongsu!”

“Wrong!”

“No! This is a slogan. I didn’t say the answer!”

“Ah? Is that so?”

“That’s right! Sigh. Anyway.”

“Wrong!”

“I haven’t said the answer yet!”

“Time passed. Time.”

Siha tapped his left wrist with his index finger.

Jongsu was speechless at the unexpectedly strict rules.

He was defeated! He couldn’t help but think that Lee Siha had tricked him.

It was clear that Lee Siha was trying to prevent him from getting it right.

Of course, Siha didn’t have that thought and just said that there was no time because Jongsu was dragging on for too long.

Seungjun chuckled and raised his hand.

“Caterpillar!”

“Correct!”

“Yes! I got two right now!”

“Ah?”

The teacher sorted it out. Seungjun got one right.

“Ahem. I can’t help it. Siha and Jongsu are tied 2 to 2, so I can’t give this to anyone. Hehehe.”

The children were disappointed.

Because they wanted to see the snail.

“Then I have no choice but to have the daycare raise this together in common. Got it?”

“Wow-”

That was the plan from the beginning anyway.

If they gave it as a gift, the parents wouldn’t like it.

That’s because no matter how little work snails take, they still had to be managed.

So, what parent would like that?

“Okay. Everyone, it’s a snail.”

Siha stared blankly and said.

“Teacher. Snail poops orange poop!”

“Hahaha. Poop. Poop!”

“Why is the poop orange?”

“Eww. Disgusting.”

The teacher couldn’t tell whether everyone was happy to be raising snails or happy to see the strange orange poop.