Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 378

Hyung, aren’t I cute? Episode 378

The children’s drawings fill two square frames.

Two grip toks [phone grips] to give to Mom and Dad.

When the children asked if they couldn’t make their own, I said, of course, they could draw something for themselves.

There’s no reason not to.

We can give Mom and Dad the same ones.

Or I told them that if someone wants to draw three, they can draw three.

“Okay, everyone. Are you all done?”

“Yes!”

“Then, would you like to show what you drew? Who wants to show their friends first?”

Presenting in front of friends.

There aren’t many opportunities to present elsewhere.

But even talking in front of friends like this opens up various opportunities.

Even children who didn’t adapt well at first now speak very well, as if they are used to these presentations.

The important thing is not to speak eloquently.

Anything is fine. Even just one sentence is important to say in front of everyone.

The experience of taking such courage accumulates, and later, you can summon even greater courage.

Even if you are shy or can’t do well now, you will definitely be able to do better later.

Whether your personality is introverted or extroverted, in this society where you form relationships, you will eventually have to express your opinion, and such situations will inevitably arise.

Gangin Kindergarten educates children who will lead the future.

The Gangin Foundation also supports the kindergarten for this reason.

Hoping for the day when these children will be active in society.

“Me!”

Today, Seung-joon raised his hand first again.

A confident gait.

Like Seung-joon, who dreams of being a striker, he aggressively comes forward first.

“I also prepared a drawing as a birthday present for Si-hyuk hyung. Look. This is the drawing.”

There is one soccer ball in the center and three lightning bolts around it.

The background color is painted sky blue.

“Only Thunder Three Soccer Club members can have it.”

A soccer club logo!

The members are Seung-joon, Si-ha, and Si-hyuk.

It was a drawing for that.

“Can Si-ha have it too?”

“Yes. Because Si-ha is also a member of the Thunder Three Soccer Club. You have to have one.”

“!!!”

“Next to it is a drawing to give to Dad.”

It was a drawing of just a large face, with a pig’s nose and a tongue curling out of its open mouth.

It resembled the strange expression Seung-joon makes when taking pictures.

“It’s a funny face. Mom and Dad always laugh when I make weird faces when they take pictures of me. They like it a lot.”

Hana refuted that.

“I saw Mom shaking her head because you always make weird faces, Oppa [older brother/male friend].”

“No. They like it.”

“Mom always tells you to pose normally.”

“Then it’s not fun!”

Seung-joon was confident.

Hana picked up her drawing and stood up.

“Oppa is done, so it’s Hana’s turn now. I’m going to show my drawing.”

“Okay!”

Hana showed her drawing.

“Hana also drew a present for Si-hyuk oppa.”

Hana pointed to the first drawing.

There are three candles on the birthday cake.

It has nothing to do with Si-hyuk’s age.

Only Si-ha responded with ‘Seoi!’ [sound of blowing out candles].

“Hana is going to give Si-hyuk oppa a cake. And this is for Mom.”

A heart is drawn all over it. A microphone in the middle is a bonus.

“Hehe. Hana will have this too.”

Next is Yeon-ju.

This time, it was also a present for Si-hyuk. It turned out that all the children drew a present for Si-hyuk.

The drawing Yeon-ju will give as a present was a book.

“Si-hyuk oppa reads a lot of books. So he’s smart, so I drew this.”

“That’s right! Hyung is smart!”

“This is a drawing of a puppy. It looks just like Jae-hwi, right?”

Jae-hwi’s eyes widened.

A puppy with drooping ears. Somehow, it looked similar to Jae-hwi.

Yeon-ju smiles slightly as she looks at Jae-hwi.

Jae-hwi is embarrassed by that.

“T, then me too. I’ll show my drawing too.”

The present drawing was a cool black shirt.

The second was a drawing of a cat.

“This is a cat drawing that looks like Yeon-ju.”

“Cute, right?”

“Huh? Huh? Yeah.”

Yeon-ju narrowed her eyes and smiled.

Jae-hwi was flustered by Yeon-ju’s words.

He felt like he had drawn a cat that resembled Yeon-ju.

It was too embarrassing because it was like publicly saying that Yeon-ju looked cute!

His face turned red, and he didn’t have the energy to present anymore.

He quickly returned to his seat.

“Then it’s my turn.”

Jong-su jumped up.

He prepared a drawing that Si-hyuk hyung would like the most.

He worked hard on the drawing today.

“I drew what Si-hyuk hyung likes the most. Everyone didn’t draw this. Look! Si-ha!”

“Si-ha is looking.”

“No! This drawing is Si-ha!”

“Huh? No. Not Si-ha.”

“Yes, it is. It looks just like you, right?”

“Si-ha hyung is handsome because he looks like hyung! But Jong-su’s drawing is not Si-ha. It’s ugly.”

“Hey!”

Lee Si-ha hit the facts very hard.

In fact, Jong-su knew it too.

That he doesn’t draw very well.

But he didn’t expect him to deny it so openly.

“A, anyway! This is Si-ha! Let’s move on to the next one!”

Jong-su quickly moved on to the next drawing.

The second drawing was a teddy bear, and surprisingly, he was praised for being cute.

He went back to his seat with a strange feeling.

What is it? Why can’t I get praise for a drawing that I worked hard on, but I get praise for a teddy bear that I just drew roughly?

Such questions swirled in Jong-su’s eyes.

The teacher smiled bitterly as she watched the scene.

Sometimes, when you put too much effort into it, it doesn’t work out.

“Okay. So there are three people left?”

Next came Eun-woo.

Two drawings were the same headphones.

The only difference was that one was red and the other was blue.

“Puhaha. Red is Si-hyuk hyung’s because he’s Red Hyung Pepe [referring to a character or nickname]. Blue is mine. Red Light! Blue Light! Bboo bboo! [sound of a siren]”

As he said that, Eun-woo spun his arms around.

The teacher wondered where the presents for their moms and dads went.

But she didn’t ask.

She thought they would give them something they made!

Next is Yoon-dong.

“This. It’s a puppy. A present for Si-hyuk hyung.”

“???”

An alien standing on two feet.

It seemed far from a puppy, but if you looked at it roughly, you might say it was a puppy.

Yoon-dong still couldn’t draw well.

“And this is mine. Me doing a windmill.”

“???”

If you had to say, it was a figure with his back bent backward, his feet on the ground.

His hands are also on the ground.

A ghost with very dynamic movements that would appear in a horror movie.

But no one said it out loud.

It’s the children’s great consideration.

“Next is Si-ha!”

“Okay! Si-ha, let’s do Si-ha now!”

The teacher quickly changed the subject.

Si-ha confidently came out and fluttered the paper.

“Si-ha drew Pepe.”

It was Pepe holding a large bandage big enough to cover his body.

There were angel wings on his back.

The grip tok didn’t actually heal with bandages, but this time, he put a bandage in the picture to make it heal all the time.

“Now you won’t get hurt even if you fall. Put on a bandage in advance.”

It wasn’t a vaccine, and putting on a bandage in advance didn’t prevent it, but Si-ha thought it would prevent it.

He was still young, so he could think that way.

“And here is the next drawing. This is for Uncle.”

Pepe had devil’s wings and a tail.

The teacher laughed.

When she saw him before, the foreign uncle was playing too many mischievous pranks, so it seemed that Si-ha saw him as a prankster.

“Is Uncle a devil?”

“Uncle is a prankster. Si-ha doesn’t play pranks like that, but Uncle is an adult and always plays pranks.”

“Hahaha.”

The children’s drawing presentations were over.

Everyone looked at the teacher.

“Hmm. I can’t make them right now. I’ll order grip toks later, or put the drawings in and stick them on. Ah! Everyone, please tell me how many you want to make.”

The teacher was initially planning to make four per person.

And because she was going to buy them through someone she knew, the unit price itself was cheap.

If she did well, she could solve it for less than 10,000 won [~8 USD].

It was very cheap to do such good education.

So it didn’t matter if they made a lot.

“Si-ha wants. Hyung, Uncle, Si-ha, Moon-do Uncle, Baek-dong Hyung, Gaegul Nuna [older sister/female friend], Alisa, Sam, Eonjang Teacher.”

“Si-ha. Isn’t that too much, even if it’s you?”

“Huh?”

“Are you going to give everyone devil drawings because the angel is for Hyung?”

“Woong [cute affirmation sound]. No. Devil no.”

“Right?”

“Then Si-ha will draw one more.”

“Are you going to give it to everyone like that?!”

Four-year-old Lee Si-ha. His hands were bigger than expected.

***

Today, Si-hyuk was working late, so Uncle came to pick up Si-ha.

Usually, Si-hyuk would come in and call out, “Si-ha!”, but Uncle was a little different.

“Oh my. Si-ha’s uncle.”

The teacher found Uncle first and called out to him.

Uncle made a shush! sound and put his index finger to his lips.

He peeked into the room where Si-ha was, and he could see the children playing well together.

He took out his phone and opened a recording file.

He played it at the highest volume.

[Si-ha!]

Si-hyuk’s voice echoed.

Si-ha’s ears perked up like a rabbit.

He hurriedly got up and ran out of the room.

“Hyung!”

[Si-ha!]

“Hyung!”

He looked at the front door with a happy expression, but Uncle, who was squatting behind the door, was shaking his phone.

The voice [Si-ha!] flowed out.

Smirk.

Uncle showed a smile that he had teased Si-ha again.

Si-ha pounded Uncle’s shoulder with both fists, thinking he had been tricked.

“Eeing! [whining sound]”

“Puhaha. You were completely tricked! I told you Uncle was coming to pick you up today. Puhaha.”

“Uncle! Pretended to be Hyung!”

“No? Uncle was just holding a recording of Si-hyuk’s voice?”

“Uncle is bad. Devil. Devil!”

“Huh?! What?! Si-ha! What did you just say!”

Uncle was startled and grabbed Si-ha’s shoulders.

Si-ha was also startled because he asked in a very serious voice.

“Devil?”

“How did you know that? Uncle is actually a real devil. Who did you hear it from?!”

“Si-ha thought it?”

“What?! This is really a secret, but Uncle came to Korea as a devil. You’re in real trouble now because you found out Uncle’s secret. Now Hyung is in danger too.”

“!!!”

Uncle slightly moved only his eyes from side to side.

And he covered Si-ha’s mouth with his hand and hugged him.

He leaned his back against the wall and stood still.

In a quiet voice.

“There are two people watching here now.”

“!!!”

“Okay. Si-ha. Now you have to be careful. Nod twice if you understand.”

Nod nod.

It was a very serious situation.

The teacher blinked as if wondering what was going on.

The expression was so realistic that she wondered if it was real.

“The people watching are talking now. Si-ha can’t hear what they’re saying, right?”

Nod nod.

“What they’re saying is…….”

“…….”

“Si-ha. It’s all a lie, they say.”

Uncle took his hand off Si-ha’s mouth.

Si-ha patted Uncle’s arm with both fists again.

“Eeing!”

“Oh my. That’s refreshing.”

“Uncle lied again!”

“Hahaha! How is it? Realistic, right? Hahaha!”

“If Uncle keeps lying, Santa Claus won’t give you a present!”

“It’s okay. Uncle can buy a present if he wants it!”

“!!!”

“And Santa Claus only gives presents to children!”

“No. Santa Claus granted Si-ha’s wish before. Hyung also got a present.”

“Oh ho. Really? Still, Uncle is okay because he has a lot of money.”

“Because Uncle is unemployed?”

“Yes. Uncle is a rich unemployed person! Hahaha!”

“Devil unemployed.”

The teacher smiled awkwardly.

Still, Si-ha and Uncle seemed strangely close.

Why is that? There are some people who fight often but are close to each other.

Otherwise, Si-ha wouldn’t have taken care of Uncle’s grip tok drawing separately.

Even though the drawing is a devil.

“Let’s go now. Uncle will buy you something delicious.”

“Uncle. You lied to Si-ha, so you have to buy three ice creams.”

“No. Why three?”

“Because Si-ha likes three ice creams.”

Uncle looked at Si-ha as if he was dumbfounded.

“Okay. I’ll buy you three ice creams. But you have to eat them all?”

“I’ll wrap it up and take it if there’s any left.”

“Who did you take after to be so smart?”

“Hyung!”

“Your answer is at the vending machine level!”