Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 368

“Hyung, aren’t I cute?” Episode 368 (368/500)

Ding-dong.

Siha rushes to the door.

“Who is it!” he shouts, but no answer comes.

When I open the door, there’s a delivery box in front of me.

Checking the contents, it’s a blanket.

“Siha, the blanket is here!”

“Really?! Let me see! Let me see!”

“Okay. Just a moment.”

I opened the box. One, two, three blankets wrapped in plastic.

One is a gift for Grandma, and Siha and I will have two.

“Shall we unfold them?”

“Yeah!”

When I unfold the blanket, Pepe appears with a flourish.

This is the blanket that opens the door to the past.

It’s like an item reminiscent of Doraemon [a popular Japanese manga and anime series featuring a time-traveling robotic cat].

Siha seems to like it, jumping up and down in place.

“Pepe! Pepe!”

“This is Siha’s.”

“Hyung, Siha make cape. Cape.”

“Huh? Oh, okay.”

I grab both ends and tie it around Siha’s neck.

Why do kids like capes so much?

“Going! It’s Sihapepe!”

Pepe and Siha combined to become Sihapepe.

Isn’t that your channel name? Aren’t you already Sihapepe without doing that?

“Siha can fly now.”

That, where did the ability to go back to the past go, and now you can fly!

Well, it’s natural to fly if you have a cape.

“Hyung, make cape too. Cape!”

“Huh? Me, a little…”

It’s too embarrassing to wear a cape at this age!

Siha grabs my pants and shakes them.

“Hyung, do it with Siha. Together. Hyung is *setu* with Siha. *Setu* [aegyo; acting cute or charming].”

“That’s true, but…”

“Siha begs like this. No?”

He puts his hands together and looks up, tilting his head slightly to the side.

Ah, that’s cheating. Where did you learn to be so… cute. Ahem.

“Ah, then shall we put on a cape?”

Unfortunately, because I’m tall, the cape didn’t flutter down in a cool way.

Isn’t that how it usually goes?

“Hyung. Cape did!”

“Yeah. That’s right. You put on a cape.”

No! I have to play with a cape at this age! So embarrassing!

But it’s a relief that it’s at home; if it were outside, I would have immediately put on a mask and sunglasses.

At least don’t show my face.

“Hyung, let’s fly away now.”

“Huh? Where to?”

“Now go to Grandma’s.”

“Can’t you give me a break on that?”

Two brothers wearing capes giving a gift to Grandma.

That’s weird! Really weird!

“Ahem, ahem. Siha, there’s something we have to do before playing with the cape.”

“What is it?”

“It’s wrapping Grandma’s gift!”

“!!!”

“Hyung bought wrapping paper. We’re going to wrap it with this. Siha, will you write a letter?”

“Siha write letter! Siha can write well now. Can even write name!”

“Amazing!”

Couldn’t you write your name before?

Even ‘Siha’ is easy to write. There are no consonants, and it’s easy to say.

“Then Hyung will wrap the present, and Siha, instead of eating rice cake, write a letter.”

“Okay. Siha will write hard.”

“Yeah. Yeah.”

Actually, wrapping is easy.

Just roll the item in wrapping paper and tape it.

Then you have to seal both sides, and you just fold it like you’re wrapping a box and tape it.

But I left one side open for now.

I need to put it in when Siha writes the letter.

“Woong. Grandma. Grandma. Siha made this. Use this to get better soon!”

Um, um. He wrote it simply like that.

Checking it out.

[Hamu Hamu. Siha made mandu. Apupu bli nausa!] (Grandma Grandma. Siha made dumpling. Get well soon!)

What. This code.

It seems like Siha has turned into a dumpling? Is Apupu hurting? It feels like washing your face.

Nausa! feels like get well soon.

But there’s progress in the letter!

Anyway, yeah!

“Siha. Are you done writing?”

“No. Need to draw picture.”

“Even a picture!”

Siha drew Pepe holding a heart and then finished.

Should I write an interpretation of this? It was written so largely that there wasn’t much space to write.

It would be better to just tell her verbally, right?

I picked up the postcard and put it in the wrapping paper.

I hope this gift doesn’t cure Grandma, but I hope my heart is conveyed.

Even if she forgets, I hope she covers herself with a warm blanket on a cold day.

I finished wrapping it with that in mind.

“Shall we go then?”

“Wearing capes?”

“No. Take off the capes.”

“Why?”

“People are staring too much, and Hyung is embarrassed!”

“Siha is okay because Hyung is cool. Siha brag about Hyung! Cool!”

Siha sticks out his belly.

Can you stop bragging? Huh? I think it’s enough now?

Or are you going to hold a press conference and brag extensively?

Anyway, I took off the cape.

***

I got the address from the police in advance.

Of course, I asked for permission to visit first.

So I went to her house with Siha.

Grandma lived in a villa, which was close enough to walk to.

It’s amazing that I’ve never seen her before.

Well, it’s not easy to see the faces of people who live in the same apartment.

Ding-dong.

The door opened when the bell rang.

“Who is it?”

“Ah, it’s Si Hyuk who contacted you before. The one who returned the sweet jellies and envelope.”

“Ah. Come in.”

Only Grandma was in the house, and no family members living with her were visible.

I heard her son was taking care of her, but he must have gone out to work.

“Hello.”

“Hello!”

Grandma smiled gently.

She patted the sofa with her hand and told us to sit down.

You didn’t have to do that.

“Would you like something to drink? Milk?”

“Ah, I’m fine.”

“Siha give chocolate milk.”

Grandma nodded.

I didn’t expect her to have chocolate milk at home.

She brought a few sweet jellies, chocolate milk, and water.

She was a kind person.

“I was out of my mind back then. Were you very surprised?”

“No. I just thought someone had lost it because there was money and sweet jellies.”

“I’ve been like that lately. That’s how it is when you get old. Well.”

“Ah……”

“I couldn’t do much for my daughter when I was young. I only took care of my son every day. Maybe that’s why. I kept giving her pocket money and snacks. I don’t remember, but they said I did.”

“Ah……”

“At first, I was shocked and so sad, but now I’m comfortable. I accepted it. Oh my. There’s nothing I can’t say in front of the kids.”

I honestly don’t know what to say.

I really can’t imagine it. How scary would it be to know that I’m doing something that’s not in my memory?

What if my mental age gets even younger here?

“Halmuhni [Grandma in Korean].”

“Huh?”

“This! If have this, all better. With this, okay.”

“Is this a gift?”

“Yeah!”

Grandma unwrapped the gift.

“A blanket? What character is this? I don’t know the cartoons that kids watch these days.”

“Siha drew that.”

“Really? A genius? Drawing such pretty pictures.”

Grandma looked at Siha.

Siha seemed proud of the words and stuck out his belly while sitting.

“Halmuhni. That door to past. Can go to past with key.”

“Oh. Is that so?”

“Halmuhni came from past. Siha know all. Now go to past and get better soon.”

“Huh? Ah! That’s right. Grandma is from the past… Hahaha. That’s a funny expression. It’s not what I did, but what the past me did. Maybe that’s true. Thinking like that makes me feel a little better.”

Did these words unexpectedly comfort her?

Grandma stroked the blanket with her hand. She looked at the blanket covering her lap with warm eyes.

“Thank you. Grandma will cherish it.”

“Halmuhni. Cover face with that and *jya jyan* then go to past [sound effect].”

“Really? Amazing.”

“Daughter worry Halmuhni so need to go fast.”

“Puhup. That’s right. Really.”

“Give sweet jellies too.”

“Yeah. I have to give them. Your name is Siha?”

“Siha.”

“Siha, would you like to try some sweet jelly? It’s delicious.”

Siha took the sweet jelly that was poked with a fork and ate it.

“*Mashisuh!* [delicious]”

“Hehe.”

She stared at Siha, who was eating well, for a moment.

Then she took out the postcard.

“Is this a letter?”

“Ah, yes. Siha wrote it.”

“Hamu?”

“Ah, that’s written as Grandma. He can’t write Korean well yet.”

“This is really well written.”

When I roughly told her the contents of the letter, she chuckled softly.

Anyway, things like dumplings were written, so she probably didn’t know it would be about that.

“But a younger brother?”

“Ah, yes.”

“Parents?”

I answered by shaking my head.

Grandma seemed to understand and stroked Siha’s head.

Siha just tilted his head with questioning eyes.

“You’ll do well, but treat him preciously, really preciously.”

“Yes.”

“I feel so sorry that I couldn’t do that for my daughter when she was young. That’s why I looked for that red car so much when I went back to the past.”

“It’s a white car now.”

“That’s right. It’s a white car now. She’s married too.”

“What about your son?”

“My son couldn’t even get married. I took care of him like this, but he’s living as a bachelor.”

“Hahaha.”

“He was so proud of himself, saying that if he had gotten married, he might not have been able to take care of me like this. I said, ‘I’m fine!’”

“You have a very good relationship.”

“I’m tired of it now. How is he going to live alone when I leave? That’s what I’m worried about.”

“Hey. Don’t say that.”

Grandma lowered her eyes.

“Halmuhni.”

“Uh-huh?”

“When go?”

“Huh?”

“Daughter worry. Hyung also worry a lot if Siha not there. So need to be together for long long time. Siha want to play with Hyung every day.”

“Hehe. I see. That’s right. Um! I want to be together for a long time. Really, I said something unnecessary in front of the child.”

“Need to go fast.”

“Yeah. I know.”

I got up from my seat.

“Then we’ll leave.”

“Ah, are you going?”

Grandma had a somewhat regretful expression.

We opened the door, saying, ‘We’ll come again.’

“Eek!”

“Ah! You scared me!”

I was very surprised to run into an auntie in front.

I hear Grandma’s voice from behind.

“Oh? What brings you here?”

“Ah! I wanted to see Mom! I was so worried when Oppa [older brother] told me that Mom had something like that!”

She seems to be the daughter.

I think it’s good that there’s a daughter running like this.

Because she didn’t reach the daughter of the past, but she reached the daughter of the present.

I hope that longing, regret, and disappointment are sent away.

“But who are these people?”

“Ah! The red car owner.”

“Ah! Ah! That person.”

“I wanted to give some gifts to my younger brother here.”

“Ah! Thank you. Thank you for taking care of her like this.”

“Haha. No. Siha said he wanted to give a gift, so I did.”

“Really? Wow. Hello! Siha? Thank you. You’re much better than me, the daughter.”

Siha hides behind my legs and looks at the daughter with a wary expression.

Why is he doing that?

“Di, did I do something? Do I look scary?”

“White car.”

“Huh?”

“Red car threw away. Betrayal. Betrayal.”

“Puhup.”

Who would have known such an answer would come back?

You’re still so shocked that you changed from a red car to a white car?!

***

On the way home with Siha.

I thought I’d take a walk, so we walked around together.

Siha was holding my hand and had a happy expression.

Actually, I have a lot of thoughts today.

There’s sadness, but there’s also envy. I wondered if it wasn’t the form of parents that I should have experienced too.

“Hyung. Let’s go wearing capes later.”

“That’s a bit…”

Also, when the daughter came, I felt a sense of relief that it was fortunate, but envious feelings also arose.

I can go to see someone I miss.

I can’t go even if I miss them.

It’s like Grandma can’t find her past daughter.

Rather, I want to wear that cape and go to the past. So I want to tell Dad then.

Can’t we go to my aunt’s house later?

I want you to be with me today.

Even though I’m all grown up, I want to act like that and prevent him from going that day…….

“Hyung? Okay?”

“Huh? I’m okay. Why? Does my face look weird?”

“Just.”

“Hyung, I’m really, really okay because I’m with Siha. I’m happy.”

“Siha happy too! Because Siha is Hyung’s *dongsaeng* [younger brother].”

“Kuhuk. Hyung too. Because Siha is Hyung’s.”

Yeah. I’m Siha’s Hyung. So. I can’t do this.

I can’t leave Siha and go to the past.

“Shall we go home now?”

“Let’s go!”

I turned my steps toward home.

I walk while looking at Siha. I walk while looking at the steps moving busily.

Whenever our eyes meet, he asks, ‘Why?’

“I wanted to go home looking at Siha today.”

“Siha look ahead.”

“Huh? Not looking at Hyung?”

“Because Hyung looking at Siha. Siha look ahead well and protect Hyung.”

“Kuhuk.”

I learn a lesson like this.

As I was thinking that, Siha points at someone with his finger.

“Patriot. Patriot.”

“It must be a foreigner. Foreigner!”

“Foreigner.”

I took my eyes off Siha and looked at the foreigner.

And I had no choice but to stop in that spot.

“Hyung?”

The foreigner comes closer and says.

“I missed you. Si Hyuk.”

“Uncle……”