Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 453

Hyung, am I cute? Hyung, am I cute? Extra Story – Episode 28 (453/500)

Extra Story 28: It’s Dark Under the Lamp (4)

Today, the elementary school teacher gave out homework.

“Okay, everyone. Today’s homework is…”

“Aww…”

The children sighed.

Basically, whether they are adults or children, they don’t like homework.

“But don’t worry, it’s not like it’s a difficult math problem or anything.”

The teacher reassured the children.

“Does anyone know what day the last Wednesday of every month is?”

No one raised their hand.

The teacher asked again, “Does nobody know?”

Then Siha raised his hand.

“It’s Culture Day!”

“Oh! Siha, that’s right. You know it well?”

“I know everything.”

Culture Day.

If Seo Su-hyun hadn’t said she was going to paint on a used piano, Siha would never have known about that day.

Jongsu’s eyes widened at Siha’s words.

To think he even knows about that day. I need to study even harder from now on.

Unaware that he had ignited Jongsu’s academic spirit, Siha sat down with a confident look on his face.

“We created Culture Day so that people can easily experience culture. There are discounts at movie theaters and stadiums. We also have various performances like the Youth Microphone where people sing, and cultural playgrounds. We also collaborate with private organizations.”

The teacher enthusiastically explained Culture Day.

Today’s homework is exactly this: experiencing culture.

“If Wednesday is difficult, there are programs on Saturdays and Sundays too, so watch something and write a picture diary about it. Got it?”

“Yes!”

“You don’t necessarily have to see a performance; it’s good to go see anything. Libraries also have programs, so look for places that offer free or discounted admission. Got it?”

“Yes~!”

“Then, we’ll finish here for today. Everyone, clean up and go eat lunch.”

The children rushed out to eat lunch.

After eating a delicious meal, they chatted in the classroom.

The stories you share with friends during lunchtime are always fun.

Seungjun asked Siha.

“Siha, what are you going to go see?”

“I’m going to draw a picture, why?”

“Oh! Really?”

“Yeah. I’m going to draw on a piano.”

“Wow! Then can I come watch?”

“Yeah, you can. Come.”

“Where are you drawing?”

“In front of Hyuni noona’s [older sister/female friend] cafe.”

“Ah! There.”

“The piano was sick, but it’s newly healed and super shiny. I’m going to draw on it.”

“Ooh! Then I should go watch it.”

Hana and Yeonju, who heard Seungjun and Siha’s words from the side, also said they wanted to go together.

Of course, the Jongsu family was the same.

Suddenly, the number of group viewers was decided.

“But when is it?”

“On Wednesday. We’re going to draw after school.”

Even after elementary school students finish, it’s still a sunny afternoon.

“Ah. Then I can’t go to Taekwondo.”

“Yeah. Hyung [older brother/male friend] said you don’t have to go.”

“Then I have to tell my mom I’m not going either.”

Other children also declared that they wouldn’t go.

If their mothers heard them, wouldn’t they be grabbing the back of their necks [scolding them]?

***

“So, you’re all going together?”

“Yeah!”

I felt a slight dizziness at Siha’s bright words.

Right. Well, I’m used to it now.

What’s a group visit? It’s not a big deal.

It’s just, “Again?” is all I’m thinking.

I even went to elementary school, but what about making new friends? Do they still stick together like that?

Originally, shouldn’t factions be divided little by little?

What’s with them? Nothing has changed from daycare to elementary school.

You’ve seen each other so much, aren’t you tired of it?

“Did you all get permission from your parents? No. Are your parents coming?”

“Yeah. They’re all coming. It’s homework.”

“Right. It’s homework to write a picture diary.”

It seems like they decided to go together this time.

To get rid of homework, too.

And it doesn’t cost any money, either.

If they get bored watching, they can stop by the cafe in front and sit down.

Thinking about it, the location is very good.

You can enjoy culture and watch it while sitting in a cafe.

I wonder if they thought of all this.

Amazing.

“It’s going to be a group viewing.”

It wasn’t intentional, but it already created a crowd from the beginning.

If there are some spectators, won’t it gradually grow?

If no one is watching, it would be a little awkward to stand and watch.

Is this going to become a big deal?

I feel slightly uneasy.

Should I have had the painting done by a painting company?

Actually, Seo Su-hyun is a YouTuber, so she insisted on filming a video.

The title is [I went to art school and saw a piano, so I drew a picture on it.] That’s the video title.

Siha seems to be interested in YouTubers these days and wants to do it too.

No. You’re already doing YouTube. You’re posting drawing videos well.

Since YouTuber is in the top 3 of the jobs that children want, Siha may have wanted to make his face known.

But the video will be uploaded to Seo Su-hyun’s channel, so I don’t know what Siha is thinking.

“Then will your face be shown?”

“No. Only the back. Showing a little bit of my face is okay.”

So, he wants me to take pictures of his back while he’s drawing and the picture?

A director with great mystique.

An faceless artist, huh?

Well, how popular would that kind of video be?

It will probably only be watched a little on Seo Su-hyun’s channel.

“Has my camera finally come into play?”

Uncle said, diligently wiping the camera lens.

I don’t know when he brought that out.

“You brought an expensive one when you graduated from daycare, and this one looks like it’s going to cost quite a bit too?”

“Of course, it’s the latest. People can’t be the latest, but machines can be anytime!”

“Are you worried about your age a lot these days?”

“I’m always at my peak right now!”

Is that the same context as saying that now is the youngest you’ll ever be?

“But why are there two?”

“You’re going to film a video, right? Then you need a setup. Of course, there should be two.”

“We’re only going to film it once that day, so why bother with that? Su-hyun has one too, so why bother?”

“That’s for Su-hyun to film with. We’re going to film Siha, so it’s okay.”

“So how much is it?”

“Here. Siha, how is it? We’re going to film with this. Isn’t it amazing?”

Uncle subtly changed the subject.

It looks incredibly expensive. The maker is also stamped on it.

Since he says it’s the latest, it’s definitely not a cheap price.

To buy two of those unnecessary things.

It’s his money, so I won’t say anything, but isn’t his spending habit too severe?

No. He doesn’t usually spend much money, but sometimes he buys things on a large scale without any plan.

“It’s not going to end up in the warehouse, is it?”

“No! If I really don’t use it, I’ll sell it used.”

“Tsk.”

Siha was holding the camera and filming a video.

“Hyung. This films really well. It’s super clear.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. Hyung. I can even see your nostrils.”

Well, I can’t help but look up because of my height.

“But I’ll look ugly if you do that.”

“No. Hyung, you’re handsome.”

“Really?”

“Yeah.”

Siha held the camera and showed Uncle.

Uncle smiled and stroked his chin.

It looks like he’s taking a cool pose, but I don’t think he needs to do that since he’s not filming an advertisement.

“I look cool because you can see my nostrils too, right?”

“Uncle, you’re ugly.”

“Hey. Give me that camera.”

“Ah! The camera comes out super clear. Uncle. Because the camera is good, Uncle looks cool too.”

“Tsk. Does that sound like an insult? It feels like you’re reverse-insulting me.”

“No.”

Siha said that while filming videos here and there.

Siha likes it more than the uncle who bought the camera.

He must have gotten a fun toy.

Now he turns it to his own face and films a video.

“Hello. It’s Siha. Today, I filmed Uncle and Hyung. Hyung is handsome. Of course, I, who look like Hyung, am also handsome. Uncle is also handsome.”

He said that and whispered in a quiet voice.

“Actually, Uncle is ugly, but I lied that he looks handsome.”

“Hey, Lee Siha. I heard everything! Bring it here.”

“Something terrible happened! Devil Uncle is coming to catch me. If you see this video, please report it to 119 [emergency services]! Devil Uncle’s head is on fire, so you have to cool it down.”

“Give it to me!”

Uncle goes to take the camera from Siha.

Siha is surprised and runs away there.

The video quickly passes through shaky backgrounds.

***

Culture Day. The day of.

A used piano is placed on the street.

Pretty decorated yellow piano and pink piano.

Just being in the gray street gives a refreshing feeling.

Flower paintings are also drawn as if to represent the perfect spring.

A street in a cafe.

A black piano is placed.

It was the piano I had been waiting for.

Two cameras were set up on one side.

The concept is that I suddenly found a piano while walking down the street, but in fact, I didn’t find it.

Of course, the people watching the video know it too.

The important thing is how well you play the piano and what kind of reaction the people around you will have.

But today, before playing the piano, a child draws a picture first.

That was the role Siha had to play today.

“Don’t be nervous. Just think of it as drawing a picture.”

“Yeah. I’m not nervous. Hyung. I’ve filmed a movie too.”

“Yeah. You did.”

“And I’m just going to draw a picture.”

“Yeah. That’s right. If you just do that, there’s no problem.”

“Then I’ll go.”

“Yeah. Go!”

Siha put on a newsboy cap with the cap straight.

He also wore overalls.

So he seemed cuter.

He was carrying a handbag, and it contained drawing tools.

“I’ll go.”

“Yeah. Go!”

Siha walked towards the piano.

It’s a weekday afternoon, but quite a few people are passing by.

Everyone is interested in the piano, but they just go their way.

That’s usually the case.

“Huh? A piano?”

Siha looks around.

There’s another piano far away. That was a decorated piano.

He looks at the black piano again.

Nothing is decorated.

He quietly goes to the right side of the piano and sits down with a thud.

He takes out pigments and brushes from his bag.

The first thing he grabs is white.

He puts it on the palette, puts it on the brush, and starts painting right away.

A picture without a sketch.

But smoothly and quickly, one is completed.

It was a lamp.

I didn’t know why he left a space in the upper left corner, but Siha started painting quickly.

As if it should be here, of course.

Many lamps continue to be drawn, and it seems to be an irregular arrangement, but it also seems to have some regularity.

But I couldn’t know what Siha was intending.

I just watched.

“Wow! Awesome!”

“Look over there. A kid is drawing a picture.”

“The newsboy cap is cute.”

Before I knew it, people started gathering one by one.

Seungjun and his friends had already arrived.

Some were watching Siha through the cafe window, and some were out watching.

Since people are watching like this, as expected, some people are gradually standing up from their seats.

“Siha is really good.”

“Si-hyeok oppa [term of endearment for older brother/male friend]. Is that a lamp?”

“Yeah. It’s a lamp.”

Siha drew a lot of lamps behind the piano.

At this rate, the lamp will be filled.

Next, he goes to the left and draws a picture.

Seungjun and Hana tried to move their seats, but I stopped them.

People were watching because they were curious, but if they left their seats here, they wouldn’t be able to come back later.

“Hoo.”

Siha took off his hat and put it back on, as if he had finished all the lamps.

And this time, he chose yellow and red.

The lights of the lamps began to turn on one by one from Siha’s hands.

Light is coming into the black background piano.

Even though it’s really the same repetitive work, people are watching and waiting for all the lamps to light up.

The lamps are very densely arranged in small sizes.

And the bottom line is also spaced, so it was a picture with dense and empty space.

The black background also served as a kind of line.

People opened their mouths while watching the picture drawn by an 8-year-old child.

It was just the work of drawing the lights of the lamps.

Watching the lights turn on was a spectacular sight.

And as the light illuminates the darkness, the outline is formed by what objects are blocking it.

I and the people realize.

That’s a lamp stand.

The lamp was showing the lamp stand.