Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 475

외전 50화 방학 (4)

The blue swimming pool.

The water slide and various floating toys bobbing on the surface.

Spraying fountains of water.

It looked like a place kids would love, and it was fun to watch.

Siha, in her swimsuit, met Seung-jun and Hana and greeted them.

“Seung-jun! Hana! Hi!”

“Siha! Hi!”

“Siha! Hi!”

The three of them waved, greeting each other as if they hadn’t seen each other in ages.

Then they were hugging again.

Seriously? Even if you don’t see each other at school because it’s vacation, you still see each other at taekwondo.

I wonder if they really need to be so excited when they see each other almost every day.

I guess even a trio like that will eventually drift apart.

Siha ran to me and took my hand.

“Hyung [older brother/male friend], let’s go quickly, okay?”

“Okay, let’s go.”

The water games with the kids began.

Bae Sang-hyun entered the pool with a determined look on his face.

Did he really need to look so serious?

That’s what I thought.

“You guys, prepare yourselves!”

Bae Sang-hyun splashed water at the kids.

The children shrieked, “Ah!” at the sudden attack and dodged.

Splash!

Not wanting to be defenseless, they started splashing back.

Splashing each other.

Splash. Splash.

It was a war where no one got hurt, but it was still a simple and fun game.

“Take this!”

Siha splashed water enthusiastically.

When she got too much water in her face, she turned around to wash it off.

Bae Sang-hyun saw this and raised his arm.

“If I catch you, I’ll throw you in the water!”

“Waaah!”

The kids started running away.

I watched them and smiled.

He wouldn’t really throw them, it was just a game to get the kids excited.

I watched the chase, where they splashed water at each other, with a pleased smile.

Bae Sang-hyun was following my instructions well.

I was just standing there watching when I felt a warm hand in mine.

“Oppa [term for older brother or boyfriend used by females].”

“Oh? You’re here?”

Seo Soo-hyun smiled and held my hand tightly.

She was wearing a pretty swimsuit.

“How do I look?”

“Beautiful.”

“What? Without even hesitating.”

“Is there any reason to hesitate? You’re just pretty.”

Seo Soo-hyun grinned.

She lowered her eyes and looked at my swimsuit.

“Oppa, you and Siha have matching swimsuits?”

“Haha, well, yeah.”

“I don’t even have couple shirts, but I’m always matching with Siha. It’s so unfair.”

“Should we get couple shirts?”

Seo Soo-hyun’s eyes sparkled at my words.

“Yes! We need to make it obvious that we’re a couple. That way, other girls won’t look at you.”

“You were the one who wanted to keep our relationship a secret.”

“That was just a fantasy… Ah, anyway, we couldn’t even do it properly, and everyone found out. What was that about?”

“We were too obvious. Both of us.”

“That’s true. What secret? Everyone noticed.”

Seo Soo-hyun’s lips pouted.

Well, it couldn’t be helped.

Once you start dating, you can’t help but be different from usual. I can’t help but smile foolishly.

I gently flicked Seo Soo-hyun’s lips with my finger.

“I liked it when everyone found out.”

“Well, I liked it too.”

Seo Soo-hyun’s face flushed slightly.

That’s when it happened.

A stream of water hit me in the head.

“Ah, cold.”

I turned my head and saw my uncle grinning as he shot a water gun.

Where did he even borrow that from?

“Uncle…”

“Oops. I shot you to cool you down. I was getting a little hot. Why is it so hot in a swimming pool?”

“Why are you shooting me to cool down?”

“You know why I’m asking, don’t you?”

“Ahem. But why did you borrow that water gun?”

“Why did I borrow it? Can’t you see the kids riding that thing over there?”

They were having fun on the water slide.

“You have to shoot them when their faces are exposed like that.”

“Why?”

“This is all to help them develop caution so they don’t get sniped later in life.”

Korea isn’t a country where you can own guns, so I don’t know why that’s necessary.

Why would they even need to prepare for being sniped?

“You’re just trying to mess with the kids, aren’t you?”

“Ahem. No, I’m not.”

He’s just trying to play pranks on the kids, but his excuse is so grand.

My uncle pumped the water gun and approached Siha.

He’s so enthusiastic when it comes to messing around.

“Oppa, let’s go play with the kids too.”

“Yeah, should we?”

Seo Soo-hyun and I slowly walked towards the kids.

In the distance, my uncle was shooting water guns at the kids’ faces.

“I can’t let this happen. Let’s borrow some water guns and give them to the kids.”

“Oh, okay.”

We turned back around to borrow water guns.

My uncle didn’t know this and was aiming his water gun at Siha’s face.

“Hahaha. You have to be careful of headshots.”

“Ah! Uncle!”

Siha came down the water slide.

“Oops. Why are you coming down? You’ll get shot in such an open space. You should have hidden up there.”

“Ugh, really!”

Siha turned her face away and flailed.

She moved her arms and legs to run away.

But my uncle kept shooting water at the back of Siha’s head.

Seung-jun saw this and stepped forward.

“Siha, I’ll help you!”

Seung-jun came down the water slide and sprayed water at my uncle from behind.

But that wasn’t enough to faze him.

My uncle grinned and turned around.

Ppoo-ppoo.

He pumped the water gun and shot Seung-jun.

“Eek!”

“It was good to attack from behind, but your firepower is lacking. Is that all you’ve got?”

“Aaaah!”

In the end, Seung-jun also ran away like Siha.

Hana, who was watching from above, said,

“Siha, Oppa, get out of the way! Quickly!”

My uncle aimed at Hana this time.

“If you show your face like that, you’ll get hit.”

“Kyaa!”

Hana quickly ducked to avoid getting hit by the water.

My uncle, who was smiling as he watched, was the villain himself.

Bae Sang-hyun watched my uncle playing with the kids and was impressed.

He thought that was how you should play with kids.

Of course, you don’t necessarily have to play like that.

In reality, my uncle wasn’t playing with them, he was just messing with them.

“Hahaha. Ah, cold!”

As my uncle was laughing, a stream of water flew at the back of his head.

“Huh? Si-hyuk [my name], when did you get a water gun?”

I responded to my uncle’s reaction.

“I’ve come to end this war.”

The kids received water guns from Seo Soo-hyun and were pumping them enthusiastically.

All the guns were aimed at my uncle.

My uncle said as he looked at them.

“oh. oh.”

Splash.

The water streams were fired all at once, heading towards one person.

The price of playing pranks was isolation.

Tsk, tsk. He should have known when to stop.

***

After enjoying the water to our hearts’ content, we went down to the sauna.

There was a snack bar here, so it was a good place to get something to eat.

I sat on a chair at the snack bar, enjoying the temperature that wasn’t too hot or too cold.

“Anyone want cup ramen?”

The three kids raised their hands.

Seung-jun’s mom and the professor chuckled as they watched.

It felt like a big family moving around whenever we went somewhere, but it wasn’t so bad.

Anyway, cup ramen after playing in the pool is the best.

Siha looked at Bae Sang-hyun.

“Art Teacher, eat a lot.”

“Okay, you eat a lot too.”

“But Art Teacher, how many ramen can you eat?”

“I usually just eat one? And then maybe some rice in the leftover broth?”

“My uncle eats four at once.”

“That’s amazing. How many do you eat, Siha?”

“I eat one. And then I put a little rice in the broth. I can’t eat too much.”

“Really? But you’ve already finished one ramen?”

“I’m that hyung’s sister.”

Seo Soo-hyun, who was next to me, burst out laughing.

I guess it was because her answer was that she was that hyung’s sister.

Well, I’m used to that answer.

Originally, the amount you eat is subtly influenced by the amount the people around you eat.

If people around you eat a lot, you unknowingly eat more too.

In that sense, I was eating a moderate portion for one person.

My uncle seemed to be eating more than two portions, though.

Bae Sang-hyun looked around.

“Where did your uncle go?”

“I saw him go to the massage chair earlier.”

“Really?”

Siha must have seen where my uncle went.

Seriously, that uncle always looks for the massage chair whenever he goes to the sauna.

I don’t know if he should just go get a massage at this point.

He’s probably sleeping comfortably right now.

Well, he worked hard playing with the kids today, so I understand that he’s tired.

“Art Teacher, what are we going to do after we finish eating this?”

“Hmm. You can’t run around in the sauna, so shouldn’t we just relax in the sauna?”

“Then I’m going to the bathhouse.”

“Oh, the bathhouse is good. Good.”

I watched the two of them talking with a pleased smile.

Yeah, this is how you become friends.

They might seem like trivial, useless words, but I think they’re important.

Originally, you don’t remember everything you talk about with your friends, right?

You don’t know what you talked about, but later you’re just left with the emotional memory of having fun with your friends there.

Bae Sang-hyun’s efforts for today were definitely meaningful.

I think it was well conveyed to Siha.

***

Because they played so much, everyone quickly washed up and went to the hotel to take a nap.

It’s strange, but I always feel like taking a nap when I go on a trip.

I feel so refreshed when I wake up.

I stretched and woke up all the cells in my body.

“Haaam.”

A yawn came out naturally, and I blinked my eyes open.

I looked next to the bed, but Siha wasn’t there.

‘Where did she go?’

I turned my head and saw Siha sitting on the sofa chair, holding a tablet and drawing.

When did she get up and start drawing?

Seriously, is drawing the first thing she does when she wakes up?

“Siha, what are you doing?”

“Huh? Hyung, you’re awake?”

“Yeah, I’m awake. What are you drawing?”

“I haven’t drawn anything yet. I’m thinking about what to draw.”

“Really?”

“Yeah!”

“But that’s your summer vacation homework, right?”

“Yeah, so I’m worried.”

“You can just draw what happened today.”

“I did so much today that I don’t know what to draw.”

I nodded.

When there’s too much to draw, you don’t know what to draw.

It’s also a big deal to decide what to eat at an ice cream store.

Choice paralysis comes even in drawing.

But if you have money, you can just choose everything, and you won’t have choice paralysis, right?

Of course, it’s a waste of money.

I must still be drowsy from my nap because that thought popped out of my mouth.

“Then you can just draw everything.”

“!!!”

“Ah. Would that be too much?”

“No, Hyung is right. I put all the opinions in when I decorated the bulletin board too.”

“That’s true.”

“I can put everything in!”

“Yeah, right? But if you put everything in, won’t there be too many pictures?”

“It’s okay. It’s okay.”

Siha had a good idea and started drawing quickly.

I blankly watched her and suddenly started to wonder.

But can you draw summer vacation homework on a tablet?

That kind of fundamental question.

Well, she can just print it out.

The answer came quickly.

“Then Siha, I’m going to wash my hair. It’s a mess after sleeping.”

“Okay!”

I washed my hair and thought about what to do today.

I ate and slept, so I won’t be as hungry, so let’s postpone dinner.

And what should I do after dinner?

I wonder if I can go to the bar with Seo Soo-hyun tonight?

I took a nap, so the kids probably won’t go to sleep early.

Those questions arose as I dried my hair.

If Seo Soo-hyun hadn’t come, I probably would have just worn a hat when I went out because I was lazy.

‘I wonder if Soo-hyun is awake?’

With that question in mind, I went back to the bed.

Siha was focused on drawing, and I took my phone off the charger and sent a text.

-Are you awake?

I waited a bit, but there was no reply.

Is she still sleeping?

Then I should send a text to my uncle.

-Uncle, can you take care of Siha tonight? Can you grab her attention with fun games?

-Uncle: ???

-Uncle: No. Why are you texting me when I’m right next to you?

-Siha can’t know.

-Uncle: So why at night? Are you going somewhere?

-I’m going to go to the bar with Soo-hyun.

-Uncle: Oooo.. No!!! No!!!

-???

-Uncle: Take me too! Sang-hyun can take care of Siha.

-That’s awkward.

-Uncle: No. It was so friendly when I was talking to him today.

-That’s because we were with you. Anyway, why are you trying to come along!

-Uncle: I have to join in on those places!

Seriously, this uncle.

-Uncle: This uncle is a ppakkippakki!!!

What’s ppakkippakki?

It means you’re butting in when you should be backing off? [낄끼빠빠 (kkilkkibappa) is a Korean slang term that is short for “낄 때 끼고 빠질 때 빠져라” (kkil ttae kkigo ppajil ttae ppajeora), which translates to “know when to join in and when to back off.”]

Ha. Seriously…….

He was trying to mess with Siha all day, and he’s still trying to mess with me?