Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 336

“Hyung, aren’t I cute?” 336

Somehow, we finished playing and got into the program.

Honestly, time was tight.

Well, it’s not like this affects my grades or anything.

Still, it’s a kind of promise, so I have to keep it.

Yeah. Since we’re already late, let’s be even later! I don’t want to teach them that.

Of course, it would be comfortable. Sometimes, that’s a necessary feeling.

But unless there’s a traffic jam or someone’s sick, I hope they keep to the schedule.

It could be a matter of trust, or it could be about valuing time.

Anyway, I’m glad we weren’t late.

“We made it just in time.”

“Hyung, to be continued next time.”

“Huh?”

Seung-jun nods at Si-ha’s words.

It seems like there’s a ‘To be continued’ caption like in a cartoon.

The superpower game isn’t over yet?!

But kids quickly become interested in other things, so there’s no need to worry.

“Then let’s do it next time.”

“Next time.”

As we were talking, Yes-ssaem [teacher] came in.

She brought a piece of art: a tiger painted on a mannequin’s body.

It wasn’t the front part, but only the back.

Am I the only one who’s reminded of gangster tattoos?

There were other pieces, and this one only had the front of the upper body.

It was painted in colorful colors, so it looked like graffiti or a profound expression of inner thoughts.

“You can freely express and draw like this. There are several parts you can have, so choose one. Ah! And you don’t have to paint the whole body here. Feel free. Do whatever you want. Got it?”

“Yes!”

The program itself is quite free.

It’s not like, ‘Do it this way!’ but rather, ‘There are works like this and works like that.’

That’s what she was saying.

I thought they would teach us some kind of formal framework, but it seems that’s not the case.

“Si-ha, which one do you want to do?”

The human fragments in front of us.

It feels a bit eerie.

Upper body front and back. Lower body front and back, only arms, only legs and feet.

It’s not a robot, but it’s all separated.

Mostly, people chose the upper body.

“Hana wants to do the face! What about oppa [older brother]?”

I guessed he would choose the one with legs and feet. Because soccer means kicking.

“I’ll take this body!”

Surprisingly, he chose the front of the upper body.

Yeah. Trapping with the chest is also soccer, so it’s possible!

You have to use your whole body for soccer.

“Hyung, Si-ha will do the legs.”

Surprisingly, Si-ha chose the legs.

I’m curious as to why.

“Why the legs?”

“Pepe. Pepe.”

“???”

Could there be a Pepe [popular internet meme character] that I can’t see on the leg?

I can’t see it no matter how hard I look.

Perhaps Si-ha was imagining drawing Pepe there?

It seems like a sketch has already formed in her head.

I don’t have talent in art, so I don’t know what kind of ability that is.

Ah, is it like that? Like an architect looking at the ground and thinking, ‘Hmm, it would be good to build it like that?’

When we moved, we thought, ‘Ah, putting the desk and wardrobe there would be perfect.’

Is it that kind of feeling?

Thinking like this, I felt like I knew what kind of feeling it was.

“Should we film a video?”

“Huh?”

“I don’t think I’ve uploaded anything lately, so it would be good to film a video of this.”

“Si-ha likes it.”

Well, we can film it and not upload it if it’s not good.

This kind of opportunity is rare.

I’m also looking forward to what Si-ha will do.

Yes-ssaem says to start over there.

She squeezes paint onto the palette. As expected, blue and white are placed.

Anyone can tell she’s going to draw Pepe.

She picks up the brush and quickly paints it.

‘Hmm. Straight to painting.’

I’ve been feeling this since a while ago, but it feels like she’s painting and then drawing the lines slightly.

Pepe is born near the calf when viewed from the side.

I didn’t think she would use the whole leg.

‘Nice.’

She doesn’t pay any attention to the foot part at all.

She only focuses on Pepe. I watched Si-ha’s painting through the lens.

Pepe is always cute, so it seems like he’s popular.

Maybe when it’s exhibited here, there will be kids pointing and saying, ‘Isn’t that an emoticon drawing?’

No, well, it’s not that famous, but you never know.

Maybe even elementary school students use Pepe-ticons [Pepe emoticons] on their phones.

Of course, it seems like they like very funny or quirky emoticons a lot.

Still, it might be popular!

Who am I asking? Just as I was falling into such pathetic thoughts.

“Huh?”

Si-ha didn’t just finish drawing Pepe, but started painting white upwards.

I honestly thought she was painting an iceberg as a background.

Because it was white.

But it was different.

Suddenly, the apex of a huge triangle appears, pointing at Pepe.

What on earth is that?

“Like this. Like this.”

She fearlessly invades the area up to her thigh, and only then does her mouth open slightly.

I knew what Si-ha had drawn as a background. No, this isn’t a background!

Honestly, it’s an area of imagination that I couldn’t have thought of.

Rather, I wonder if my imagination wasn’t enough.

If you look at the mannequin’s legs wearing stockings, you can see that the thighs are slightly bent.

Diagonally upwards.

Si-ha drew another huge penguin in that area.

“Wow.”

The white color that I thought was painting an ice rink was the belly of a large Pepe, and the triangle pointing to the small Pepe was the hand of a large penguin.

The back and part of the torso could not be fully expressed on the leg canvas.

But Si-ha’s imagination was stretching far beyond this leg.

‘Crazy.’

What if this was a live-action penguin painting?

I got goosebumps for a moment.

Only the face is revealed on the thigh, but the huge Pepe is already raising its head and looking at the sky.

Si-ha says.

“Baby Pepe.”

“Yeah.”

“Hyung Pepe.”

“!!!”

You’re drawing Hyung Pepe [older brother Pepe] here too? How much did you want to draw Hyung Pepe!

Anyway, it’s like the hyung [older brother] and dongsaeng [younger sibling] are together.

They’re both looking at the sky, but what are they looking at?

Anyway, the mannequin’s legs are like that, so Pepe has no choice but to look at the sky.

Si-ha starts finishing the little bit left on the mannequin’s thigh.

She draws a black sky. She draws stars in between, and there are two colors.

Pink stars and blue stars.

The two Pepe brothers are looking at the stars in the sky.

“All done!”

It’s a really wonderful picture.

“But what are the feet?”

“Ice. Ice.”

“Ah, ice. It’s an ice rink?”

“Ah ah. Bingbing.”

“I see.”

Bingbing is the name of the ice rink. I don’t know why I’m thinking of ice cream there.

“Wow. Si-ha drew it really cool.”

I stroked her head and praised her like crazy.

Isn’t this good enough to see at an exhibition?

Then Yes-ssaem saw it and her eyes widened.

“Wow. You drew it really well. Amazing! The way you utilize this is amazing.”

“Hahaha.”

“This should definitely be exhibited in a visible place. Wow. Amazing.”

“Oh, really?”

“Of course. You’re in the top tier of the kids participating in the program right now. Top tier.”

“Not that much.”

“No. I’m serious. Maybe there’s a kid who’s a little better in that class over there. But still, this is top tier.”

“A kid who’s a little better?”

“Yes. They participate in this program often. They’re a kid who likes to smash things.”

“Ah.”

Oh? I think I saw that during the Christmas event?

Could it be the child from that piece?

Well, it doesn’t matter.

What would we do competing with such a painting?

It’s enough to enjoy drawing this kind of picture right now.

Si-ha also has a happy and satisfied expression.

“Hyung. Aren’t you going to take a picture of this?”

“Oh, right. Right. I have to take a picture. Just a moment.”

I filmed the video I was taking so that it could be seen well.

And I took a picture with the angle adjusted well.

Click.

“Did Si-ha do well?”

“You did so well. Maybe this will be sold for a lot of money. There’s something like that. A rich person comes and says, ‘I’ll buy this piece!'”

“How much is it? I’ll give you a discount!”

“You shouldn’t give a discount on this no matter what.”

“Why?”

“You could say it’s more valuable the more expensive it is?”

“Then I’ll make it expensive!”

“Pfft. Okay.”

“Hyung. How much is this?”

“Huh? Hyung can set the price?”

“Ah ah.”

Hmm. I’ve never actually bought a painting or artwork.

And I don’t know how much to price it.

Then shouldn’t I just set it as I please?

“The price is as much as the universe?”

“!!!”

Si-ha’s eyes widened.

It was more of a bewildered expression than a surprised one.

“Big problem!”

“Why?”

“The universe doesn’t fit in Si-ha’s pocket. Big problem!”

“Pfft!”

You just need to be able to put the money in your pocket, right?

Anyway, you’re cute.

But Si-ha, even if you take all the money out of your bank account, you can’t put it in your pocket.

Of course, you can put your bankbook or card in.

“Hyung. I have to go to grandpa.”

“Huh?”

“Put it all in with magic. Then you can put the universe in.”

There’s no way that’s possible.

What an amazing imagination. Everything is possible with magic.

What kind of existence is Grandpa the magician to you? To the point where he can put the universe in his pocket.

It seems like he’s more than the superpower person we played with earlier.

***

Seung-jun and Hana were also finished before I knew it.

Hana, who chose the face first, drew a pretty butterfly in yellow.

A simple drawing with two 3-shaped wings attached.

A unique point is that she drew flowers in the eyes.

The eyelids became petals and bloomed.

But the mannequin’s eyes themselves were oval like a person’s, so it wasn’t a pretty circle with flowers blooming.

Still, it seems like a good idea to see the butterfly flying towards the flower.

She only used one side, not the entire face.

Well, it would take a long time to do it all.

“Si-hyeok oppa [older brother]. How’s Hana’s?”

“It’s a very pretty flower? I also like that the butterfly is flying towards the flower.”

“Isn’t the butterfly cute?”

“Yeah. The butterfly is very cute.”

“Hehehe.”

Hana also shows a considerable amount of imagination.

Is it because she’s with Si-ha?

Well, we did go to see flowers a few times.

“Si-hyeok hyung. Look at mine too.”

“Yeah.”

Seung-jun showed his torso.

To be honest, it could be said to be like Seung-jun, and it could be said to be bizarre.

What’s so bizarre about it?

“There’s a soccer goal on your abs?”

“Yeah! It’s a soccer goal.”

“There are six of them?”

“Yeah. A lot.”

Six squares on his abs.

In other words, there were goals gathered. Gee. How on earth did you come up with this?

“There’s a soccer ball here too.”

“I see? There are two of them?”

It’s hard to express the exact location, but there were two soccer balls in such a place.

Did you do that on purpose?!

“Ah, it’s fun!”

“Hana is also having fun.”

“Si-ha too!”

Still, I was grateful that the kids enjoyed it.

In a way, it’s just drawing, so it can be boring, but everyone is seriously working hard.

Anyone would think they’re making a serious piece.

But when you actually open it up, a cheerful piece is completed.

I find the difference amazing and fun.

“Si-hyeok hyung. Are you going to take this now?”

“Huh? Ah, I don’t think so? They said they’re going to exhibit it here?”

“Really?! Tomorrow?”

“No. When the exhibition here is over and the theme changes?”

“Aww. What a bummer.”

“It’ll change soon.”

It’s not like they’re changing the entire art museum at once, but rather changing one area?

Surprisingly, the building here is big, so they can’t just exhibit this.

And current artists also exhibit.

Then Si-ha said.

“It’s okay. It’s okay. Take a picture.”

All that’s left is a picture!

Si-ha already knows that truth.

“Then shall we all take a picture in front of the artwork?”

I picked up my phone.