Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 372

“Hyung, aren’t I cute?” Episode 372

A hamburger arrived.

Siha takes a big bite. Munch, munch.

“Mashisuh!” (Delicious!)

“It is delicious, right!”

He takes another big bite.

Later, he tries some of my hamburger too.

I watch him eat with a happy smile.

He doesn’t stuff his cheeks like a squirrel, but they still puff out, making him look adorable.

It’s nice to see his face covered in sauce.

“You’re getting it all over. It’s all over your face.”

I wipe his mouth with a tissue.

He’ll probably get it dirty again, but I still wanted to wipe it.

“Hyung. You not mawguh?” (You not eating?)

“I will eat.”

I took a bite and felt the soft bun and the texture of the patty.

The crisp vegetables and the stickiness of the bulgogi [Korean marinated beef] sauce lingered in my mouth.

Just the familiar taste of a hamburger.

As I was eating, Uncle was also diligently eating his hamburger.

Siha is surprised and looks at him.

“Samchun. Reawy big mouf!” (Really big mouth!)

“Mmmph mmmph mmmph.”

“Samchun! Yaw supposed to tawlk after you eat!” (You’re supposed to talk after you eat!)

“Mmmph mmmph mmmph.”

“Siha knows Samchun has a big mouf now.” (Siha knows Samchun has a big mouth now.)

I don’t know what he’s saying, but Siha seems to understand everything.

How are they communicating? It’s amazing.

“Try the fries too.”

I dipped a fry in ketchup and put it in Siha’s mouth.

Siha seemed to like it, dipping the fries in ketchup several times.

Fries and ketchup are a legendary combination.

I like these fries more than the hamburger.

Personally, I think it’s better to make them at home so they’re less salty.

“Hyung. Reawy mashisuh! Hyung too!” (Really delicious! Hyung too!)

Siha pokes a fry and puts it in my mouth.

“It’s even more delicious because Siha is feeding me?!”

“Siha keep feedin’ you?” (Siha keep feeding you?)

“Pfft. You don’t have to go that far.”

Uncle says from across the table.

“What about me? Won’t you feed me?”

“Samchun no hands, no feet. Samchun eat by self.” (Samchun no hands, no feet. Samchun eat by self.)

“WOW! Is this what they call discrimination? You’re going to be in big trouble if you do that somewhere else.”

“Discrimina-shun what? Car and star there? Good thing?” (Discrimina-shun what? Car and star there? Good thing?)

“I don’t know.”

“Samchun sad?”

Usually, if you tell a sulking person that they’re sulking, they get even more upset.

He doesn’t say anything and just eats his hamburger diligently.

“Siha give you fwy. Here!” (Siha give you fry. Here!)

“I don’t want it!”

“Den Siha eat!” (Then Siha eat!)

Uncle looks at Siha with a ‘what is this kid even’ expression.

Uncle got one back this time.

“Hyung. Ah~”

“Weren’t you going to eat it?”

“Give to hyung.”

I took what Siha gave me.

Uncle smiles as he watches.

“I’ll eat with my own hands!”

He grabs a large handful of fries in front of Siha and shoves them into his mouth.

Siha makes a shocked expression.

“Siha fwy!” (Siha fry!)

“Mmmph mmmph mmmph.”

“Samchun sweary! Sweary!” (Samchun sweary! Sweary!)

“Mmmph mmmph mmmph.”

Siha, he’s not a sweary, he’s greedy. Don’t leave out a syllable. It has a completely different meaning.

And Uncle is way too serious about teasing Siha.

“Siha fwy gone.” (Siha fry gone.)

“I’ll give you some of mine. Don’t worry too much.”

Well, Siha probably won’t eat that many fries anyway.

It’s not like that much can fit in that small stomach.

Uncle takes a long sip of cola with his food and says.

“Hahaha. The fries Siha gives me are really delicious!”

“Waaah!”

To be honest, I couldn’t stop Uncle from the beginning because Siha was so cute.

Sorry.

I couldn’t help you quickly because Siha was too cute.

Anyway, we all ate our hamburgers together.

***

Kyung Trio’s sales figures came out.

Starting with a good upward curve, it was judged within two weeks, and the downward curve fell nicely.

Perhaps because many people were waiting for the release, the expected profits were sufficient, and we were able to obtain a trickle-down effect of selling Season 1 together.

They say that there will be almost no deficit in book publication because of the advertising.

It’s not an explosive surplus, but it’s reasonably good.

Since this is a decent result, the publisher didn’t seem to have any complaints.

Rather, they thought they had made a good investment by reducing the risk, so I was satisfied in my own way.

Looking at the long term, Season 3 will be developed and released as a game, so I think it will be okay to sell the book again in the meantime.

What was unexpected was that foreigners who played the game bought the book.

Kyung Trio was a hot topic on Talk [online forum/chat platform].

-Ahn Kyung-ho: Yeah! As expected! I knew there would be a fan base! Congrats to everyone!!!

-Park Kyung-joon: Well, there are side stories in the novel that are omitted in the game, so if you’re a fan, you’ll want to buy the book!

-Shin Kyung-hwan: ㅇㅇ [Korean slang for ‘okay’ or ‘yes’]

-Park Kyung-joon: Wow! Then I should buy a few and give them to my friends!

-Shin Kyung-hwan: Your friends will throw the book away?

-Park Kyung-joon: Why???

-Shin Kyung-hwan: Think about it. Would you want to read a novel written in English? It would feel like studying???

-Park Kyung-joon: Why??

-Ahn Kyung-ho: LOL, he’s doing that on purpose LOL

Everyone is excited and talking.

They’re funny guys. It’s amazing how they bicker over such trivial things and still make amazing games.

Or is that why they made it so well?

Well, I think so too.

The story flowed like that, and then it changed to a strange flow.

-Si-hyuk: I moved.

-Ahn Kyung-ho: ???

-Park Kyung-joon: Wow! Did you make a lot of money from publishing?! Enough to move already?!

-Shin Kyung-hwan: You crazy bastards….

-Si-hyuk: No, well. An uncle I know bought a house and told me to come in… There are some circumstances…

-Park Kyung-joon: Wow! Both of Si-hyuk’s chaebol [conglomerate] uncles told him to come into their house and told Si-hyuk to work at the company?! He was initially criticized as a parachute, but his performance was recognized and he is now a deputy!

-Si-hyuk: ???

-Ahn Kyung-ho: Kyung-joon… Have you been watching web novels lately???

-Park Kyung-joon: lol, company stuff is so fun lol

The conversation led to talk about having a housewarming party.

-Ahn Kyung-ho: Then let’s have a party at Si-hyuk’s house to celebrate the publication and the game sales.

-Si-hyuk: ???

-Park Kyung-joon: Oh! Awesome! That would be great. Let’s do it at Si-hyuk’s house!

-Shin Kyung-hwan: Calm down… You crazy bastards!

[Lee Si-hyuk has left the chat room.]

[Ahn Kyung-ho invited Lee Si-hyuk.]

-Si-hyuk: ;;;

Somehow, I ended up having a housewarming party.

As I was talking, I realized that I hadn’t told other people, so I told them about the move.

Baek Dong-hwan.

“Hyungnim!” [Term of respect for an older male friend or brother]

“Ah, why!”

“Why didn’t you tell me right away! I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t been to your house, but you moved!”

“I moved so suddenly that I couldn’t tell you. I’m telling you now.”

“So when are we having the housewarming party! We have to have a housewarming party!”

That damn housewarming party.

Why is everyone so serious about housewarming parties?!

Somehow, I ended up saying that I was having a celebration party with Kyung Trio, and Baek Dong-hwan said he would definitely attend.

It seems like the number of people is increasing, and I wondered if I could do it at home.

When I told Moon Do-an, no, Moon Do-hwan hyung, he congratulated me. When I asked if he would come to the housewarming party.

“Me? It’s a bit much if I go with so many people. I’ll go separately and give you a gift. And ahem. I have something to do that day.”

“A date?”

“Ah, no, well. Ahem, ahem.”

I don’t know why he’s so embarrassed to say it’s a date when they’ve been dating for quite a while.

I guess he’s a little embarrassed to tell others.

When I told Alisa that I had moved, I got the same answer as Do-hwan hyung.

I told Seo Soo-hyun too.

“Oppa. [Term for older brother or male friend] I’ve already been invited.”

“???”

“Didn’t you know?”

“By whom?”

“I was in that room?”

“Huh? Which room?”

“The Talk room. Oppa, didn’t you know?”

When I checked, Seo Soo-hyun was in the Kyung Trio room.

I didn’t know because she didn’t say anything.

No, why is she even here?

As I sent her that look, she noticed and said this.

“I participated again by making the OST [original sound track] here. I have a stake in this game too.”

“That’s not what I wanted to say?”

“Huh? Weren’t you looking at me like, ‘Why are you here?’ That’s exactly how I felt.”

“No. If you were here, you should have immediately sent a message saying ‘Ribbit ribbit.’ You should have made it obvious that I was here.”

“This oppa, really!”

Anyway, people started gathering one by one.

It didn’t seem bad to have time to see my friends after a long time.

Most of all, we’re seeing each other without going out.

I can be with Siha too.

Siha will like it too. They’re not strangers.

***

In the morning, Siha heard from Hyung that he would have a housewarming party later.

“Housewarmin’? Housewarmin’ what? Ah! Hyung Siha know.” (Housewarming? Housewarming what? Ah! Hyung Siha know.)

“You knew even though Hyung didn’t tell you?”

“Housewarmin’ gather and meet. Meet. Look at this house and why you square like me again? Then that house say, ‘Uh, I am apartment so I am. You apartment too?’” (Housewarming gather and meet. Meet. Look at this house and why you square like me again? Then that house say, ‘Uh, I am apartment so I am. You apartment too?’)

“Oh? Apartments all look the same on the outside.”

“Maja [Korean for ‘right’]. So other housewarmin’ we draw picture on body! And show off.” (Maja. So other housewarmin’ we draw picture on body! And show off.)

“Oh. They do paint on the walls of the apartment.”

It seems like Siha thinks of housewarming as a majority of houses.

But Siha, that’s not it.

What is this, a meeting of apartments?

“Housewarming isn’t that, it’s ‘I moved to a new house! Let’s all have a party!’ That’s what a housewarming party is. If you come to my house, you’ll get a gift for moving.”

“Why? Why gift?”

“Oh? It’s a gift to wish you well in your new home. They give you things like toilet paper or tissues. It means, ‘Live long until you use all of this!’”

“Reawy?!” (Really?)

I don’t really know. I just came up with it now.

“Den when use all tissue and toilet paper, move again? This time Siha buy house for hyung.” (Then when use all tissue and toilet paper, move again? This time Siha buy house for hyung.)

“Pfft. Okay. Siha has to make a lot of money until you use all the toilet paper.”

“Siha collect money now. Can buy house now.” (Siha collect money now. Can buy house now.)

Siha, you can’t buy a house with that money in reality.

To be exact, it’s quite difficult to live in the metropolitan area. Uncle heard that and stepped in.

“To buy a bigger house than this one, you need a lot more money than Siha has in his account!”

“!!!”

“Let’s see. Uncle uses a lot of toilet paper! He uses more than three tissues when he blows his nose!”

“Twee?” (Three?)

“So I’m going to use it up really quickly, so will Siha be able to save money by then!”

Again. Again. Uncle was starting to tease Siha.

“Samchun! Use less!” (Samchun! Use less!)

“Then Siha can use less. Uncle will use a lot. Siha can use half a square of toilet paper when he wipes his butt, not even one square.”

Uncle tore off one square of toilet paper, folded it in half, and tore it.

Siha looked at it and.

“Samchun.”

“Yeah?”

“No wipe, wash wit water. Lululu lallala.” (No wipe, wash wit water. Lululu lallala.)

“Pfft. Our house doesn’t have a bidet? You have to use toilet paper!”

“!!!”

“Now what are you going to do? Huh?”

“Hyuu. Samchun. Siha buy toilet paper. No wash wit Siha toilet paper. Okay.” (Hyuu. Samchun. Siha buy toilet paper. No wash wit Siha toilet paper. Okay.)

A battle of spear and shield.

It seems like Siha defended well.

I nodded without realizing it at the answer he came up with after much thought.

How will the spear, Uncle, react?

“Huh? What you say? Hangoogmal [Korean language] too hard! I don’t know!” (Huh? What you say? Hangoogmal too hard! I don’t know!)

“Siha toilet paper! Samchun toilet paper! Use like dis!” (Siha toilet paper! Samchun toilet paper! Use like dis!)

“You, too hard! I don’t know!”

“Waaah!”

I stroked Siha’s head.

“Siha. It’s okay. Hyung will watch to see if Uncle uses a lot of toilet paper or not.”

“Reawy?!” (Really?)

“Yeah. If Uncle uses a lot, Hyung will say, ‘You bad!’ and scold him.”

“Den toilet paper not go away quick.” (Den toilet paper not go away quick.)

“Yeah. That’s right.”

Siha stroked his chest as if he was relieved.

It seems like he thinks that if he leaves it to Hyung, he’ll be relieved!

Uncle is just chuckling next to me.

Seriously, he’s so mischievous.

It seems like a very childish fight, but it also looks fun.

“Ah, but Si-hyuk.”

“Yes?”

“Should I leave on the day of the housewarming party?”

“No. You don’t have to.”

“No, I was just wondering if your friends would be uncomfortable.”

“What if the homeowner leaves? I wanted to introduce Uncle to my friends too. And my friends are so crazy that they won’t care.”

“Oh? Really?”

“Yes. They’re all very friendly.”

Uncle put his arm around my shoulder.

“That’s a relief.”

“Yes? What is?”

Uncle smiled.

“I almost spent time in the sauna. Hahaha!”

“Eek!”

“Or go to a PC cafe! Ah! I want to go to a Korean PC cafe after a long time!”

Seriously. Really.