Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 328

Hyung, am I cute? Episode 328

The teacher had to admit they had miscalculated the program’s design.

A candlelight romance after dinner and a movie proved too passive.

People tend to get emotional at night.

They had planned a stimulating program, but instead of using up the children’s energy, it seemed to conserve it.

Hence, this situation.

The 1st Annual Pillow Fight at Gangin Kindergarten had commenced.

With that in mind, the teachers decided to let it play out.

Allowing them to enjoy themselves without serious injury would tire them out.

Then the kids would naturally crash.

Of course, the teacher was also starting to feel weary.

“Siha, let’s attack!”

Seungjun took the initiative, swinging his pillow at Jongsu’s head.

Thwack!

Jongsu didn’t just stand there. He raised an arm to block and retaliated.

Thwack.

They exchanged blows, with no clear victor in sight.

“Seungjun, I’ll help you!”

Siha joined the fray as backup.

Jongsu kept an eye on Siha while attacking Seungjun.

“Here I come!”

Siha crawled on all fours and poked Jongsu’s legs with the pillow.

Of course, the impact was minimal.

Frankly, Jongsu wondered what he was doing.

Seungjun exclaimed in admiration and pressed his attack.

“As expected, Siha! Attacking the lower body!”

“???”

That? You really think that’s amazing? Do you really think so?

“Yes! Jongsu, your energy is greatly reduced!”

“Huh? This was a game?”

“What are you talking about? Of course. We can’t actually knock each other down. You’ve lost a lot!”

“Hey! Suddenly, there are rules. Ugh!”

Seungjun’s pillow struck Jongsu’s face directly.

He had no choice but to stop talking.

“Hoi, hoi. Hoi, hoi.”

Siha, down low, was dealing damage over time.

What gamers often call ‘chip damage’ [small, incremental damage].

It’s a cheap tactic, but it slowly drains energy.

“Ahaha. Jongsu, your energy is greatly reduced. It’s in the red now .”

“Hey, don’t just make that up.”

“Siha, let’s try harder.”

Siha kept targeting his legs, saying, “Jongsu is very hurt!”

Jaehwi, who was watching, trembled, saying, “Ugh! Jongsu is in big trouble.”

“Hana will help too!”

Hana, who had been hit by Jongsu’s pillow earlier, joined the battle.

Jaehwi felt he couldn’t let this continue, so he blocked Hana’s path with a pillow.

“Ah!”

But Hana’s pillow was a cat pillow she slept with.

It was long, giving her an overwhelming advantage in this chaotic fight.

Beep, beep, beep.

Like a general wielding a spear, she began to poke with the cat’s head.

“Ugh!”

Jaehwi could only block with his pillow like a trembling shield-bearer.

Then Eunwoo stepped forward.

“Jaehwi, I’ll help you! Take this!”

The pillow flew quickly, like an arrow shot by a soldier.

But the projectile fell short of Hana.

“Huh?!”

“Ahem.”

Yeonju immediately launched a pillow after it, hitting it mid-air.

A feat of intercepting a flying arrow with another arrow.

And there was one more pillow.

“Eat this!”

“Puhaha. You’re going to get hit!”

Pat.

Yundong caught the pillow with one hand.

It felt like catching a flying arrow barehanded.

It was just a pillow fight, but it resembled a battlefield.

“Puhaha. I caught it with one hand.”

Yeonju realized that throwing was no longer effective, so she quickly grabbed a pillow and attacked Jaehwi.

“Ah. Yeonju.”

“Jaehwi. Fall quickly.”

“That’s too much, Yeonju.”

“I can’t help it. This is a game.”

Yeonju, distinguishing between play and reality, was ruthless.

Thwack. Thwack. Thwack.

Eunwoo approached to help.

“Here I come!”

That’s how they exchanged blows and ran around in an endless match.

“Hey! Help me too! Don’t just help Jaehwi!”

In the meantime, only Jongsu was screaming.

***

When the bedding became a mess and the children were exhausted,

A peaceful night arrived.

Everyone snuggled under their blankets and slept soundly.

The earlier storm had passed, and all was quiet.

The teacher watched the scene, tidied up a bit, and drifted off to sleep.

That’s how the moonlight faintly touched the children’s faces through the curtains, and just as it was fading, the warm sun gently woke them.

Siha opened his eyes.

“Hyung?”

He looked around, but his hyung wasn’t there.

Only then did he remember that his hyung had left on a plane.

He had expected to see his hyung when he woke up, but instead, he saw Seungjun scratching his stomach.

The sun was high in the sky, but Siha didn’t look at it.

Siha’s sun wasn’t here yet.

“Woong.”

He got up and grabbed the head of the Pepe doll costume [a popular internet meme].

Fortunately, Pepe was by his side.

He positioned it upside down in the corner and leaned his head against the wall.

He closed his eyes.

He fell back into a light sleep inside Pepe’s doll costume, where his hyung’s head used to rest.

“Ugh?”

The teacher rubbed their eyes and got up.

They stretched, smoothing their messy hair.

And when they opened their eyes, they saw a strange sight.

“Pfft.”

They covered their mouth with their hand.

Siha was curled up in the corner, sleeping with his head leaning against the wall inside the Pepe doll costume.

When did he go in there to sleep?

He was definitely tucked into his blanket when they went to bed.

They felt it was too precious to keep to themselves, so they took out their phone and snapped a quick picture.

Just one picture, worried that the sound of multiple shots would wake the kids.

It was too precious not to capture.

“What is he doing here?”

The teacher picked up Siha, placed him back on the bedding, and covered him with a blanket.

They put Pepe’s face on Siha’s stomach.

They hoped he wouldn’t feel so lonely when he woke up.

‘Great job. Great job.’

All the children here did a great job.

Because they spent the night without their mom and dad.

Although friends were with them, it didn’t completely fill the void left by their parents.

However, being with friends helps them become independent.

Someday, the child will break away from his mom and dad’s arms, have time alone, get lost in his own thoughts, and have his own room.

Enough to not have to sleep by their side.

As they get older, they will no longer constantly seek out their mom and dad.

Instead, they will often say, “I’m going out to play with my friends!”

“I hope they still look for me, Teacher, Teacher, when they grow up.”

They know that the children will eventually forget about them or not come to see them, but they still dream.

It’s natural to long for their mom, dad, and hyung, whom they see every day, but they still hope the children remember their teacher a little bit in their hearts.

Wouldn’t it be too sad if they were the only one who cherished these memories?

Like any other school teacher, they hope to be a student who just passes through, but also a student who remains in their memory, a student who comes to visit on Teacher’s Day.

The teacher pulled back the curtains.

“The weather is nice.”

The sky with the sun was so blue.

Like the teacher’s small wish, like a dream.

***

The contract was over, and there was some time left before the flight.

It wasn’t much time to wander around, but enough to browse the souvenir shop.

Since they came all this way, they should buy some gifts before heading back.

Park Hansoo, who had accompanied me, was looking around the souvenir shop.

“I think you can look around somewhere else.”

“Can I? I have to see our ace off properly.”

“But is it really okay to go back late?”

“I’ll be home on Sunday.”

“I think you’ll be tired if you go to work on Monday.”

“Hahaha. No way. It’s more tiring to be at home.”

“!!!”

Maybe he just doesn’t want to go home?

Maybe he wants to escape from home and enjoy a little freedom.

What is married life anyway?

“Proud ace of Korea!”

“Please stop.”

It’s too embarrassing. Doesn’t the president have any shame?

Now he’s bringing up Korea, not just praising me.

What if there are Koreans here!

“It’s okay. No one here can understand.”

“If there was someone who understood, I would have run away immediately.”

“As expected! You’re good at hitting and running! Even during the contract at that time, kyaa. I didn’t know I had such a weapon.”

“I just played a card that I knew would work because things were slow.”

“If we win this project, I’ll definitely take care of you.”

“Please do.”

“I’m Park Hansoo! I’m a man of my word!”

“Yes. I understand, so please lower your voice. The clerk over there is staring because they’re wondering what’s going on.”

“It’s okay. There’s no one here who can understand our language.”

“Is that important?!”

President Park Hansoo seems to be enjoying his freedom in a foreign country.

We’ll win the contract. Now all we have to do is prepare to support the conclusion of Mugunghwa [Korean national flower] in Korea.

In fact, it seemed likely to work out.

“I’m going to look for something Siha will like, so please buy some souvenirs too, President.”

“Shall I buy it for you?”

“It’s okay. What kind of gift would it be if the president bought it?”

“Then let’s look together. I’m not good at picking out these kinds of gifts.”

This is bad. I was going to leave him alone, but he’s sticking to me, which is a problem.

I can’t help it. I’ll just have to look around and pick something quickly.

‘Oh!’

Looking at the souvenirs, there were many things that captured the essence of Sweden.

First, a soccer uniform.

Seungjun would really like this.

He gets along well with Siha, so I thought it would be nice to give him a gift.

This is a good choice.

“Huh? Does Siha like soccer uniforms?”

“No. I’m thinking of giving this to Siha’s friend. As a thank you for spending the night with Siha at this pajama party.”

“Oh. You’re taking care of your friends’ gifts too?”

“I’m just grateful in many ways.”

I’m really grateful that he gets along well with Siha.

Seungjun has been friendly with Siha since the first time they met.

If it weren’t for Seungjun, it would have taken Siha a long time to adjust to the daycare center.

‘What kind of gift would be good for Siha and Hana?’

There were Viking character figures and scary old fairy figures.

The glasses were also Viking-themed.

“Wow, this is good.”

“It would be really nice to drink beer from here?”

I saw a beer glass shaped like an oak barrel.

A wooden beer glass that I’ve only seen in pirate cartoons.

Reindeer or Stockholm buildings were painted on the front.

“I think this would be good?”

“I should get one too. It’s nice to pour beer and drink at home.”

I’m buying it because I think it would be good for Siha to drink juice or something.

It would be fun to play with as a toy.

Like playing pirates.

Of course, Siha has never played that game, but he might play it later.

Is this the only gift left for Hana?

“But President, don’t you have a gift for your wife? That reindeer mood light over there looks good too.”

“Hmm. I think she’ll say I bought something useless…….”

“She’ll like it even if she says that.”

“Hmm. Is that so? You seem to know better than I do?”

“I don’t know. What do I know? I’ve never even met her.”

“No. I think it’s not bad to give a mood light as a gift after a long time.”

“Take some wine with you too. I think she’ll like it more if you do.”

“Oh! Should I? I think she’ll hate it if I only bring a mood light, but it’s okay if I bring it with wine.”

President Park Hansoo liked it and exclaimed ‘Oh’ several times.

I also picked out a ship model smaller than my palm, and a magnet with a Stockholm theme as a gift for Hana.

I think this is enough.

The image of the children liking it is clear in my mind.

I want to see Siha soon.

“Yeah. I bought everything. Thanks to you, I bought some good souvenirs. My wife will like it.”

“What about the kids?”

“Ah, kids? I guess they’ll figure it out themselves. I guess I’ll just send them a postcard each.”

“Pfft. But they might like those small wooden boats. They’re nice to put on a study desk.”

“Ah, should I buy that too?”

Unexpectedly, he was easily swayed when it came to gifts.

Maybe it’s because the kids are students, so he thought they wouldn’t like toys anymore, so he didn’t think it was worth picking anything out.

But he can’t give a glass as a gift because they’re not adults.

“Wait outside for a second. I’ll buy it soon.”

“Take your time. I still have time for my flight.”

“Okay.”

I came outside.

Looking at the sky, the weather is clear.

It’s probably night in Korea? I’m looking at the sun, but Siha might be seeing the moon in dreamland.

But the moon shines by reflecting the sun, so maybe the light I’m seeing has reached Siha.

While the moonlight caresses him.