Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 303

“Hyung, aren’t I cute?” Siha asked, tilting his head. 303

Let’s take a closer look at the picture. Pepe [a cartoon frog character] is still there.

But there’s one difference from usual, and that’s the black pattern on his belly.

I honestly don’t know what it’s supposed to be.

Should I just think of it as a strange black spot?

“Siha, what’s this?”

“This. This.”

Siha grabbed the tablet and quickly showed me other pictures.

Pepe was positioned in the same way, facing forward.

There were four in total, and I could see different black patterns drawn on their bellies.

I still don’t get it.

“Eung?” [a Korean interjection, like ‘huh?’]

“Hyung. Look. Made fwiends.”

“Friends?”

“Fwower fwiends.”

Siha drew dotted lines vertically and horizontally on one of the Pepes, dividing it into four equal parts.

He did the same for the other Pepes.

When I pieced together the puzzles in the order they were drawn, clockwise:

“Huh?”

The four pieces of the patterns from each Pepe combined to reveal a flower.

The black spots were a way to hide the secret of how this flower shape appears.

“Wow.”

How did he even think of this?

A flower that only appears when you combine four characters.

So that’s why Siha said he made friends…….

The inspiration probably came from coating the flowers yesterday.

I don’t know where he got the hint to hide it with these black spots, though.

“Siha, that’s amazing. You’re a genius!”

“Siha took after Hyung.”

“Took after? You mean ‘resembles’.”

“Ah. Hyung, took after, so smart!”

Siha kept saying he took after me.

Anyway, if I upload this as a video, everyone will go crazy.

I can already picture the reactions.

“Siyeok hyung, I finished drawing too!”

“Hana too! Hana too!”

Seungjun seems to have drawn the hideout, but it doesn’t look like a tent; it feels more like an igloo.

Isn’t this just a cave entrance, not even an igloo?

“Wow, Seungjun, you drew it really well! It looks exactly like the hideout! No, it’s upgraded!”

“Hehehe!”

I heard Baek Donghwan, who had come up behind me, say, “Isn’t that a downgrade?” but I silenced him by playfully slapping his leg.

Next was Hana, and as expected, there were lots of flowers on the tree.

Instead of small petals like cherry blossoms, there were several large flowers.

“Wow, Hana! The flowers are really big! You emphasized them so well! As expected of Hana!”

“Hehehe!”

Baek Donghwan muttered from behind, “Looks more like a bouquet than a tree?”

Be quiet! In drawings, you deliberately make what you want to emphasize bigger!

It’s a drawing technique that’s been used since ancient times!

“Then I’ll show you mine. It’s the sky and clouds!”

“Huh?”

“Ah! Siyeok hyung, why does the cloud look like a castle?”

“Is it a cloud where a prince lives?”

When Baek Donghwan started to say, “Howl’s Moving…,” I covered his mouth with my hand.

“You be quiet.”

“Yes, sir!”

“Well, clouds aren’t always round and bubbly. I thought there might be clouds like castles, so I drew it that way.”

Actually, I was just going to draw clouds, but it seemed like there would be too much to color, so I just drew the outline of a big castle and colored it in.

Honestly, I realized in advance that coloring is more annoying than drawing, so that’s how I drew it!

Of course, I’m just putting a fancy spin on it.

“Hyung, amazing! A cloud castle!”

“As expected of Siyeok hyung. But who lives there?”

“Hana will guess! A pwince and a pwincess!”

“Correct! A prince and a princess live there. And below them are their subordinates, the servants.”

Saying servants are subordinates is a bit much. But anyway, in the eyes of the kids, they are subordinates.

Actually, they’re praising me so much that my conscience is pricking me.

Kids, I actually just wanted to draw quickly and get it over with. I’m sorry.

“Hyung. Put this here.”

Siha tapped the tablet.

Come to think of it, I said I’d make it the wallpaper.

He still remembers. It seems like Siha really liked my drawing.

“Then I’ll take a picture and send it to you. Okay?”

“Ah ah.”

I set it as the wallpaper on the tablet.

I should have drawn it more carefully. Now that I’m trying to use it as a wallpaper, the quality is too embarrassing!

More than that, it feels like my conscience will be pricked every time I see it!

“Hyung.”

“Yeah?”

“It’s time to go.”

“What? Weren’t we doing 2 nights and 3 days? Do we have to clean up now?”

“No. I’m not saying let’s go home. Do you think Hyung is Siha? Don’t misunderstand.”

“Hey! If you cut off half your words, how am I supposed to understand?”

“Then I’ll give you a hint.”

Suddenly it became a quiz.

The kids’ eyes lit up as they sat next to me, waiting for Baek Donghwan’s words.

“This place wasn’t really made for people who go camping.”

“Well, that’s true.”

“To be precise, it was made with families in mind.”

Seeing the camper vans fixed to the ground, I had somewhat expected it.

“So?”

“The surroundings are all cherry trees, right? Business might not be so good after spring ends.”

“That could be true.”

“And if families come and just see the cherry blossoms, it’s too boring.”

“We also eat barbecue, right?”

“That’s basic. Now, here’s the question. What other facility might there be here?”

I should have booked the camper van myself.

Thanks to Baek Donghwan doing everything, I came comfortably.

He just told me to send the money.

Saying it would be troublesome for each family to book separately.

“Me! Me!”

Seungjun raised his hand and said he would answer.

Baek Donghwan nodded as if to say, “Go ahead.”

“Soccer field!”

“Wrong! A soccer field…… Of course, it would be nice to have one here.”

That was a very Seungjun-like answer.

“Hana will guess! The answer is, there’s a stage for singing! Idols come too!”

“Wouldn’t this place always be losing money then? Well, it might be good for practicing singing?”

“Huh?”

If they call idols and have performances every day, the event costs would be…….

Huh? It would be good for practicing singing?

“Siha knows.”

“Huh? What does Siha know?”

Siha stood up confidently.

I’m really curious what he’ll answer.

“Here, many fwowers.”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“So make shampoo. Shampoo. Siha saw. Fwower picture on shampoo.”

There is a flower picture on our shampoo at home. But surely that’s not the answer?

“Ooh, close.”

“Close?!”

“Maybe?”

“Hmm, close. Oh? Could it be? A bathhouse?”

“That’s right! Not only is there a bathhouse here, but there’s also a sauna! It’s practically a course!”

Baek Donghwan, you sly guy!

You thought about families as well as the camping vibe!

I’ll cancel what I said about killing you someday!

***

In that spirit, we arrived at the sauna.

Dressing them in children’s sauna clothes was so cute. What? Were these clothes always this cute and adorable?

“Hyung, short sleeves, short pants. Siha knows all.”

“Yeah. You’re smart.”

“This is a key. If you beep it, the door opens.”

“Of course! Siha knows everything!”

Everyone else knows that too.

Still, he’s so cute showing off like this.

Seungjun and Hana came running, having changed too.

“Siyeok hyung!”

“Siyeoki oppa!” [Oppa is a Korean term used by girls to address older brothers or male friends.]

“If you both run like that, you’ll fall?”

The twins giggled. I don’t know why they’re laughing, though.

Well, since we’ve come to the sauna, should I act like a senior?

“Siha, there’s something you absolutely have to do when you come to the sauna. Do you know what it is?”

“Siha knows.”

“!!!”

“Wear a sheep’s head!”

“Oh, how did you know?!”

“Siha heard on the way. Someone said, ‘You have to wear a sheep’s head~’.”

I see. Someone’s family must have already told him.

“Then do you know how to make one?”

“No.”

“Then let’s make one together.”

I gave each of the kids a towel.

Like origami, fold it into thirds and then start rolling up the ends.

“Tada! Sheep’s head complete!”

“Hyung, Siha finished too!”

“Ooh! Good job!”

“How do you use this?”

“Pfft.”

He’s reached the most fundamental question.

That’s right. He doesn’t know how to wear it yet.

“You open it up like this and put it on Siha’s head.”

I slipped it onto Siha’s head, and the sheep’s head landed on his ears. Ugh! So cute!

“Siyeok hyung, me too!”

“Hana too! Hana too!”

“Siha too!”

“???”

Siha, you already have a sheep’s head on?

First, I put sheep’s heads on Hana and Seungjun too.

“Hyung, wear what Siha made.”

“Okay. Thanks.”

But what Siha made was fitted to his own head, so it didn’t fit me, and I had to make another one.

Anyway, the four of us ended up wearing sheep’s heads.

“Let’s take a picture!”

I definitely have to keep this as a memento.

The kids’ sheep’s heads are precious! We each took individual pictures and then a group photo.

My tension rose without me realizing it, and Seungjun’s mom and Professor Oh Sanghwan watched the scene leisurely.

Professor? Your tension dropped drastically as soon as we came to the sauna?!

Maybe it’s because it’s a space without the camping vibe.

“Hyung, where are we going now?”

“Is there anywhere you want to go?”

“There!”

I looked where Siha was pointing, and it said [Hell’s Kiln!] [A very hot sauna room].

It looks really hot…… Will they be okay?

“It’s supposed to be really hot there. It’s hell. Hell.”

“Hell what?”

“Huh? It’s a place with r-really hot fire.”

“Playing with fire is dangerous! You have to be careful.”

“Yeah. But there’s no real fire…….”

“Huh?”

“Want to go anyway? It’s where a really hot summer lives.”

“Summer?!”

That word seemed to stimulate the kids’ curiosity instead.

I won’t be responsible if you regret it.

I think they’ll probably run away as soon as I open the door.

“Opening the door.”

“Hyung, Siha is weady.”

“Me too. Me too.”

“Hana is mentally prepared too!”

Do you really have to go that far?!

Siha’s preparation was holding the sheep’s heads on both sides of his ears.

Seungjun had a challenging look on his face with clenched fists.

Lastly, Hana was holding the end of her top tightly.

It’s not like they’re actually going to hell, is it?

With that question in mind, I opened the door.

Hot, hot.

The hot air hit my face.

The kids’ eyes widened in surprise.

“Should we go in?”

“Huh?”

Siha’s pupils trembled.

I guess he’s scared to go in.

“Summer wants to be alone. We have to protect that.”

“Suddenly?!”

“Summer hot, so can’t stick. So have to be alone. Siha go somewhere else.”

“That’s quite logical!”

Since when did you become able to use that kind of logic?

It does get hotter if you stick to someone in the summer.

Then Seungjun bravely went in.

He put his foot in slightly but quickly backed away.

“Eek! It’s so hot!”

“Eek! Hana is scawed! Hot!”

Hana fluttered the end of her clothes.

I wanted to play around a little more here.

Because the reactions are so funny.

“Then Hyung will go in and come back. Donghwan, take good care of the kids.”

“Leave it to me.”

I slipped inside.

Siha muttered with a dumbfounded look.

“Hyung?”

The door closes.

I looked down through the round window where I could barely see my face, but I couldn’t see Siha.

I bet he’s stuck to the door.

“Hot.”

The door is a bit hot too. But not unbearable.

Baek Donghwan opened the door again.

“Hyung! Come out quickly. Summer wants to be alone.”

“No. I’m talking to Summer.”

“Huh? No. Talk to Siha. Hyung talk to Siha.”

“Pfft. Okay. Want to come into Hyung’s arms and come in for a bit?”

I hugged Siha and went inside just a little bit.

Siha hugged my neck tightly.

“Hyung. Summer too hot.”

“Pfft. Should we go back out?”

“Ah ah.”

That’s how the Hell’s Kiln experience ended.

It was too hot, so there wasn’t anyone inside.

I wonder if anyone ever goes in here?

“Donghwan, go in here.”

“I’ll lose muscle mass.”

“Really?”

Baek Donghwan slightly avoided my gaze.

Even for you, Hell’s Kiln is too much?

“Hyung. Let’s go somewhere else.”

“Okay. This time, shall we go to a place that’s just a little warm?”

The kids nodded.

Well, I can’t help it, let’s go into a warm place that the kids can enjoy too.

We went into the place with the lowest temperature.

“Siha, do you know what?”

“Ah?”

“You can’t leave here until the hourglass runs out?”

“!!!”

I’m doomed! I can’t stop joking around!