Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 477

Extracurricular 52: Vacation (6)

The water park trip was over.

Since returning, Siha had been diligently working on his summer vacation homework.

He was drawing about his experience at the water park, and I wondered if the quality of his homework was too good.

“Hyung, I’m done!”

I was amazed by the picture Siha showed me.

The assignment was to draw a picture on the theme of summer vacation.

Children were submerged in cool water, riding down slides.

It wasn’t just outside the water, but a slide inside the water, as if they were diving.

The children were wearing goggles and oxygen masks.

What was unique was that they were holding onto tubes that looked like desks while riding the slide.

It was a picture that seemed to have a lot of imagination, but it also felt like, ‘What is this supposed to be?’

“Siha, what is this picture about?”

“Look at this.”

Siha pointed to the desk with his finger.

“My friends go to school even during vacation. So, I took them to the water park.”

“Ah.”

He was taking friends who couldn’t go to the water park there in his picture.

Now I think I see the intention of the picture.

Since people who are studying can’t go, he’s taking them there like this.

The slide looked exactly like the ones I saw at the water park.

But one thing I was curious about.

“Then why did you submerge them in the water?”

“Because it’s cool. And because they can’t actually go?”

“Huh?”

“Because it feels like being in the water when you dream.”

“Ah.”

In short, is he saying that diving into the water and riding the slide like this is a dream?

He’s not actually taking them to the water park, but taking them in a dream.

Thinking about it that way, it feels a bit poignant.

It’s really amazing that Siha is doing this kind of directing.

How should I put it, it’s a picture that feels warm in some ways and sad in others.

“You can meet everyone here in your dreams.”

“I see.”

Gather in your dreams, friends who want to play at the water park.

I guess that’s the feeling he drew it with.

But isn’t this picture too much for a summer vacation assignment? Is this okay? Is it okay to put so much effort into it?

Of course, it’s not that summer vacation homework isn’t important.

“Siha, you did a great job.”

I stroked Siha’s head.

Because he really did a good job.

Children’s imaginations are better than we think.

And Siha’s warm heart was still in the picture.

No one taught him to put warm intentions into his paintings, but Siha was doing it naturally.

Then Uncle suddenly appeared.

“Let’s see. Oh, you drew well. But there’s something missing. Why isn’t there any cup ramen? When you go to the swimming pool, you should definitely add cup ramen.”

“Uncle, there’s cup ramen in the desk.”

“No. What cup ramen are you talking about if it’s not visible in the picture? And it doesn’t all fit inside the desk anyway?”

“Yes, it all fits.”

“No, it doesn’t fit?”

Again. Again. The two were bickering over something trivial.

It seemed like Uncle brought up cup ramen to tease Siha, but Siha couldn’t stand it and got caught up in it.

Uncle shook the pad for a while and handed it back to Siha.

“You can meet your friends at the water park even if it’s not really a dream.”

“How?”

“Through VR game consoles!”

“VR game console?”

“Yeah. There’s a map here, and you can meet with characters.”

“But it’s not real water.”

“But you can still spray water. It doesn’t feel like it, though.”

Siha’s curiosity was piqued by those words.

“Uncle, how do you play VR games?”

“You need a VR device.”

Siha tilted his head at that.

Uncle said.

“Why?”

“Uncle, if you don’t have a VR device, you can’t meet.”

“Ahem.”

That’s right.

You need friends to meet.

Uncle retorted.

“Still, where else can you meet at home? You can even go on trips.”

“It’s not real.”

“Your picture isn’t real either.”

“!!!”

That’s also true.

Today’s argument is very profound.

It’s ambiguous to say who won.

They were having a fight where neither of them would give in.

“In that sense, I bought a VR device!”

This time, a question mark popped up in my head.

What? What did you buy?

“Come on. I bought Sihyuk’s and Siha’s too. But it doesn’t seem like Siha needs it, so I should return this one.”

“Uncle, why are you returning it? Give it to Siha.”

“No. None of your friends have VR devices, so what are you going to do with it even if you have it?”

“No. Everyone will get one later. Give it to me quickly.”

“Hahaha. Can’t do that~”

Uncle teased Siha, waving his arms loosely.

This time I asked.

“Uncle, how much is it?”

“Oh, this? It was in the 300,000 won range.”

“Per one?”

“Yeah. Isn’t it?”

“Are you crazy?”

He ordered three, so it was like he spent a million won just buying VR devices.

“Return it. Return it.”

Siha came next to me at those words.

“That’s right. Uncle. Return it. Return it.”

Uncle looked at Siha with a betrayed face.

“Hey. You were asking for it until just now!”

“Hyung told me to return it.”

“Wow. Isn’t that a quick change of attitude?”

“I have to listen to Hyung. That’s how I get food.”

Siha, where did you learn those words?

Anyway.

“Ahem. Uncle. It’s too much of a waste of money. And where else is there room to put three of them? They’re all luggage. Luggage.”

“No. Listen, Sihyuk. I bought this not to play games, but to exercise in a fun way. They say you sweat a lot when you play fighting games.”

“Anyway, you don’t need three.”

“Siha, don’t you want to do it too? Right?”

Siha put his hands on his hips and said.

“You can just return everything except mine.”

“No. I bought it to do it, so why are you.”

“Uncle. I’ll lend you mine sometimes.”

“Are you kidding me?”

Well, it’s Uncle’s money that he bought this with.

No matter how much money Uncle has, this is a waste. A waste.

I have to say it firmly.

“Anyway, return it.”

“Okay! Then let’s do this. Let’s try it once and then think about it.”

“???”

“Then your mind might change. Let’s decide after trying it once.”

“Um. Okay.”

Whether we do it once or twice, the result doesn’t seem like it will change.

That’s why I’m saying, do we really need three?

Uncle brought a VR game console.

He did some manipulation and put it on my head.

“Okay. Okay. This is a sword-fighting game. Yeah. It’s like a rhythm game. You cut objects.”

“I’m going to do this?”

“Yeah. Yeah. Try it.”

I tried the game first.

A song came out and a box came towards me.

The sensation in my hand was holding the game console, but the screen reflected in the goggles showed me holding two swords.

I swung hard and cut down all the boxes.

I was a little surprised because it was more fun than I thought.

But after doing this once, I felt a little hot.

“This. I feel tired from moving my body a little.”

“Right? I told you it’s exercise.”

“Um.”

Rather than being exercise, it’s just tiring.

I looked at Siha.

“Siha, do you want to try it?”

“I want to try it!”

Siha grabbed the controllers in both hands.

He waved his arms around diligently.

When I saw the game screen, the character’s sword was cutting well and looked cool, but when I saw the person playing, I felt like I would have looked like that too, so I felt a little embarrassed.

“How is it? Amazing, right?”

“Uncle. This is fun!”

“I told you. How about you, Sihyuk?”

“Return all but one.”

“No. If we have three, we can meet and play!”

“We meet every day, so why do we have to meet in VR?”

Uncle chose silence because he had nothing to say to my words.

I can’t help it either.

Even if we have that, we won’t use it much.

Especially mine.

Siha patted Uncle’s butt from the side.

“Siha. Are you comforting Uncle?”

“No. I’m telling him to return it quickly.”

It wasn’t comfort, it was urging.

Uncle had a look on his face like, ‘What kind of kid is this?’

I just burst out laughing at that sight.

***

One of the summer vacation assignments was to watch an educational broadcast and take a proof shot [a photo as proof of completion].

Siha says he’s going to do all his summer vacation homework, but I don’t know if he’ll be able to do it all.

Anyway, today’s assignment was to watch an educational broadcast.

The problem is that there’s a villain blocking it in the house.

That’s Uncle, the sofa ghost.

A person who shows what it’s like to become one with the sofa.

I don’t know if it’s Uncle or the sofa.

Today, as usual, he was focusing on watching dramas.

Siha approached Uncle and stood in front of his face.

This is also a scene that is no different from usual.

“Hey. I can’t see.”

“Uncle. I have something to watch.”

“Watch it later. Later. This is an important scene.”

“You’ve seen this before. I’m going to watch what I want to watch.”

“Ah. Just watch this.”

Somehow, Uncle’s excuse felt like he was saying that his son would watch this and go study.

Siha shook his head.

“Uncle. You watch it every day. You’re going to watch something else when this is over.”

“No. Really, just this.”

“You’ve seen it.”

“Ugh. What do you know? Even if you’ve seen it before, it’s different when you see it again. It’s like books look different when you read them again.”

“Uncle, this is the tenth time.”

“Hey. It’s not that much. No matter what. You’re exaggerating too much.”

“Anyway, give me the remote.”

Siha climbed onto the sofa and reached for the remote in Uncle’s hand.

But Uncle wasn’t someone who would easily give it up.

He lifted his arm while lying down.

“Iyap!”

“Eek. Uncle!”

“This is not allowed!”

“Give it to me quickly.”

Siha reached out, but Uncle blocked his movement by tying Siha’s body with his legs.

It was a really fierce remote control battle.

Uncle asked.

“So what are you going to watch?”

“I’m going to watch an educational broadcast. I’m going to do my summer vacation homework.”

“Ugh. Why watch educational broadcasts that aren’t fun? Do your summer vacation homework with something else.”

“I have to take a proof shot while watching this.”

“Then I’ll turn on the educational broadcast for a moment, and you can take a proof shot and turn it on somewhere else?”

“No. The teacher might ask.”

“Just say it roughly.”

“No. Give me the remote quickly.”

Siha was struggling in Uncle’s arms.

But it is impossible to beat Uncle with the strength of an 8-year-old.

Well, Uncle’s body is also a trained body, so even if he grew up more here, he wouldn’t be able to win.

“Wait a minute!”

Uncle made a serious expression.

“If it’s an educational broadcast, you can watch it on your phone.”

“Uncle. Then what about the picture?”

“Of course, you can take a picture with another phone.”

“No. I’m going to take a proof shot on this big TV. Uncle can watch it on his phone.”

“I also have fun watching this drama on a big TV.”

Well, in the end, the conclusion is that they can’t give up the TV to each other.

This is not just a remote control fight.

The one who holds the remote control is the highest power holder in the house, and the victory or defeat is decided.

It was that kind of fight.

Well, that’s a joke, and when I saw Uncle fighting with Siha, he looked a little pathetic.

I know that he’s playing with Siha.

Is he really playing with him? Let’s just say that.

Uncle suggested to Siha.

“Then let’s decide like this.”

“How?”

“Rock, paper, scissors. The winner watches on TV. How about it?”

“Okay.”

Siha got out of Uncle’s arms and stood in front of the sofa.

Then he turned his head and gestured to me.

“Hyung. Come quickly!”

“Why me?”

“Hyung has to decide what to watch on TV too.”

“???”

Then Uncle grabbed Siha’s wrist.

“Siha, I knew it since you played Thief Catching [a traditional Korean game], but is this a trick from the beginning!”

Siha tilted his head with an expression that he didn’t know anything.

“What?”

“Don’t pretend you don’t know. You’re thinking of bringing in Sihyuk to increase your chances of winning. Because even if Sihyuk wins, he’ll turn on the educational broadcast. That’s so sneaky.”

Siha’s eyes widened.

“Uncle. You’re a genius.”

“Don’t pretend you don’t know. You really called Sihyuk because you thought so.”

“No. I really didn’t think that.”

“You’re lying. Anyway, take Sihyuk out.”

“No. Hyung might have a program he wants to watch.”

“Is that so?”

Hmm. I think Siha used his head a little?

Our Siha is smart too.

I raised my hand and applied to participate.

“I also have something I want to watch. I’ll also participate in rock, paper, scissors.”

Uncle ruffled his hair.

“Argh! Really. Sibling scammer.”

No. Who is the scammer?

Of course, if I win, I’ll turn on the educational broadcast that Siha wants to watch.

Siha smiled brightly and held out his fist.

“Rock, paper, scissors!”

In the end, we played rock, paper, scissors.

The victory is Lee Si-hyuk.

“Ah. I won.”

I shook the remote control in my hand.

“Suddenly I want to watch an educational broadcast.”

At those words, Uncle pointed his finger.

“I knew it. You sibling scammers!”

Scam? We won fairly by fighting 2 to 1.

‘It will be a little helpful for Siha to do his summer vacation homework.’

I ignored Uncle’s reaction and turned on an educational broadcast that Siha would like.

And after a while.

Uncle was sitting on the sofa and watching the educational broadcast with Siha very well.

If we were going to watch it with that ‘Surprisingly fun?’ expression, why did we make such a fuss?

The question did not go away.