Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 478

Hyung, aren’t I cute? Hyung, aren’t I cute? Extra Story – Episode 53 (478/500)

Extra Story 53: Vacation (7)

Vacation felt both short and long at the same time.

But unlike how I felt, it must have felt very short for Siha.

Siha held up the calendar and showed it to me.

The X marks were increasing, and a pretty flower was drawn on the day of school reopening.

“Hyung! Vacation is almost over!”

“I know. How did it pass so quickly?”

“This is a disaster!”

“Why? Do you want to enjoy the vacation more?”

“Yeah!”

Siha must be a full-fledged student now.

Seeing how much he wants to enjoy the vacation.

“Still, it’s good to meet friends when you go to school.”

“That’s true!”

He wants to rest, but he also likes meeting his friends.

It’s such a contradictory feeling.

Not wanting to study but wanting to meet friends must be the usual feeling for kids.

Of course, if you ask Siha if he hates studying, he would tilt his head.

‘Considering that, Siha does a lot of vacation homework.’

Since he decided on it himself, it was kind of his own fault.

Still, it’s a relief that he did it happily.

No one probably did as much vacation homework as Siha.

Of course, I haven’t seen other kids’ homework though.

Siha clenched his fist as if he had made a decision and said.

“Hyung. There’s not much time left, so we have to play even harder.”

“I see.”

We’ve been playing our best so far, but we have to play even harder from now on?

If we play like that, my body won’t be able to handle it.

I stroked Siha’s head.

“What should we play?”

“I’m going to a cafe today.”

“Huh?”

“They say you’re supposed to study at a cafe.”

“Who says that?”

“I saw everyone else.”

He must have seen middle and high school students in the cafe.

Well, they sometimes study at cafes like that.

There are even study cafes specifically for that.

Siha said that and went into his room.

I wondered what he was doing, but he packed his math workbook and pencil case in his bag.

“I’m going to the cafe. Let’s go to Hyunyi noona’s [older sister figure] place. Hyung, pack your study stuff too.”

“Weren’t we supposed to play hard today?”

“I’m going to do what I have to do today and then play.”

“Okay. Let’s go to the cafe then.”

“Yeah!”

Siha put on his bag and ran to his uncle.

“Uncle. Let’s go, Uncle.”

Do we have to go to the cafe as a whole family like this?

My uncle must have had the same thought as me, as he looked listless.

“Why me? I don’t need to go, do I?”

“No. Uncle has to go too.”

“I don’t have to study. I don’t have any work like Sihyuk.”

“Ah. Uncle. You’re unemployed.”

“That’s right! I’m unemployed, so I don’t have to go.”

“I’ll buy you coffee. Hurry up.”

“It’s not that I’m not going because I don’t have money!”

I smiled as I watched the two of them.

So, are we going to the cafe today?

Siha shook his index finger from side to side.

“Uncle. You’re supposed to go together at times like this. You have to pretend you can’t win,” he said.

“Who on earth? Who says that?”

“Uncle. Get up quickly while I’m still being nice.”

My uncle looked at Siha in disbelief.

“Where did you learn such things?”

“I learned it all from dramas [Korean TV shows].”

“Are you saying it’s my fault now?”

“Ah~ Uncle. Hurry!”

Siha shook his uncle’s body.

My uncle reluctantly got up.

He scratched his neck and said.

“Are you buying me dessert too?”

“Yeah! I’ll buy it for you. I have to buy it for you since Uncle can’t make money and I’m earning money.”

“You don’t get much money anymore, do you?”

“I’m going to make emoticons again and upload them.”

“You’re busy with vacation homework, what are you talking about?”

“I’m going to release the Pepe series again.”

“Yeah. Yeah. Work hard.”

Finally, everyone got up.

I looked at the two of them and said.

“Can we leave now?”

Let’s please leave.

We’re going to spend all our time like this.

***

We arrived at the cafe.

Seo Suhyun was diligently making coffee, and her eyes widened when she saw us.

I waved my hand.

The ring on my finger felt unfamiliar.

It felt like the first time I had worn a ring for so long.

Seo Suhyun also waved back, happy to see us.

She had a ring on her finger as well, and it felt strange.

I guess it was because I didn’t see couple rings often.

“Oh, what’s this? What brings you here at this hour?”

Seo Suhyun’s voice was excited.

The emotion in it seemed to welcome me, and it made me feel good.

“Siha said he wanted to study at a cafe.”

“Really? Wow. Siha. You’re already studying at a cafe?”

“Yeah! I’m going to study where Hyunyi noona is.”

“That’s great. Really.”

“I’m going to do it with Hyung. Hyung. Let’s go over there quickly.”

“We have to order coffee first.”

“I’ll order that. Uncle and Hyung, go sit down quickly.”

“Really?”

“Yeah!”

He must want to order coffee.

First, my uncle and I took a seat at a table.

“Hyung is getting a grapefruitade.”

“Hyung is getting a grapefruitade. Uncle?”

“I’ll have a cheesecake and an almond cookie. And a hot Americano.”

“Okay. I’ll order quickly and come back.”

Siha approached Seo Suhyun.

Seo Suhyun looked at Siha with a smile.

He was just coming to order, but he looked so cute for no reason.

“May I take your order?”

“Yeah!”

“Yes. I’ll take your order.”

“First, Hyung is getting a grapefruitade. And I’m getting chocolate. Uh. Uncle is getting.”

Siha recalled his uncle’s order.

What did he say?

“Cheesecake.”

“Yes. Cheesecake.”

“Um!”

At that time, the song ‘I’m on the Next Level!’ rang out in the store.

“Ah! Almond Next!”

Seo Suhyun didn’t know what that meant, but she roughly understood.

“You mean an almond cookie.”

“Yeah!”

“Anything else?”

Siha wondered what he hadn’t done and looked outside.

Because it was summer, the cafe was cool, and the hot sun was shining outside.

Siha suddenly remembered.

“That! Hot iced Americano.”

“Yes. Hot iced Americano. Um? What did you say?”

How could there be a hot iced Americano in the world?

Seo Suhyun checked again.

“Is it a hot iced Americano?”

“Yeah! It was a hot iced Americano.”

Seo Suhyun was at a loss for words.

And she thought of her uncle. The uncle who always played pranks on Siha.

This order seemed to be part of a prank as well. No. It was clear that Uncle was trying to tease Siha again.

She didn’t want to tell Siha that there was no such menu.

Then there was only one answer.

She had no choice but to make a hot iced Americano.

Siha continued to speak.

“Hyunyi noona. Uncle is going crazy over it.”

“If he goes crazy, that’s a big problem. You mean he’s obsessed.”

“Ah. Obsessed like in ‘obsessed combination’ [a popular slang term for a surprisingly good pairing].”

“That’s a fantastic combination, Siha.”

But since it’s a hot iced Americano, an obsessed combination is right.

It didn’t seem wrong.

“Then the payment.”

“With this!”

Siha took out his wallet.

Seo Suhyun smiled and took the money from the wallet.

It felt like she was playing house with Siha.

“Should I give you a cash receipt?”

“No!”

“Okay. Here’s your change. Siha ordered everything.”

“Yeah!”

“Here’s your buzzer. Go wait over there.”

“Yeah!”

Siha took the buzzer and went back to his seat.

He bragged to his hyung and uncle that he had ordered well.

“Hyung. Hyung. I ordered everything.”

“You did really well.”

“Uncle. I ordered everything you wanted to eat.”

“Okay. But this isn’t the end. I’m going to order more later after I eat everything.”

“Uncle is a pig.”

“A pig! How much do I move my body!”

Siha shook his head.

“Uncle. You’re a complete tree at home. You don’t move at all.”

“You just haven’t seen it, but Uncle really moves a lot.”

“Lie.”

“Really? I’m the busiest at home, you know!”

“Lie.”

“It’s true? I! I do the laundry and dry the clothes and everything.”

“The machine does all that.”

“Ahem. Still, people put them in.”

Siha stared at his uncle and took out his homework from his bag.

“I’m going to do my homework, so don’t bother me.”

“What do you mean bother? I’m going to do my homework too.”

“What homework do you have, Uncle?”

“I have to watch the YouTube videos I’ve been putting off. I subscribed and forgot.”

“What kind of homework is that?”

“This is homework for me.”

I watched the two of them and wondered if my uncle should really be like that.

Is he really a good influence on the children’s education?

Even if there’s a saying that you can learn from others’ mistakes.

In fact, isn’t that the dream life that anyone would want to have?

Siha took out his pencil case and picked up a pencil.

He opened his workbook and did his homework.

He didn’t seem to care that his uncle was acting like that.

Um. Everyone here is just living their own lives.

“Siha. If you don’t know something, ask Hyung.”

“Yeah!”

I watched the two of them and took out my laptop to start working.

After some time, the buzzer rang.

“I’ll go.”

Siha grabbed the buzzer.

I was troubled and got up.

“Siha can’t carry it alone.”

“No. I can do it. I’m 8 years old.”

Is 8 years old the age when you can bring cafe drinks?

“Then let’s go together.”

“Yeah!”

Going together must be okay.

Since there’s only one tray anyway, I just have to carry it.

“Here’s everything.”

“Thank you.”

“Hehe. Oppa [term used by younger women to address older men]. This is a service from your girlfriend.”

Seo Suhyun pointed to the chocolate cookie.

She didn’t have to give me this.

“I’ll have to give you a boyfriend service later? I’ll come pick you up.”

“Wow. Then I’ll wait for you?”

“I’ll be there before you wait.”

I smiled gently and picked up the tray.

Then Siha said.

“I’ll wait with you too.”

Seo Suhyun smiled brightly at Siha.

“Really? Wow. I’d feel so good if two people waited for me?”

“Yeah!”

I was grateful that Seo Suhyun accepted it so well.

Anyway, there was something strange, so I pointed to one of the drinks with my finger.

“But what is this?”

There were three ice cubes floating in a steaming cup.

Seo Suhyun said with an awkward smile.

“Hot iced Americano?”

“???”

“Siha ordered it like that?”

“???”

I looked at Siha.

Siha tilted his head with innocent eyes.

Well, it could happen.

I picked up the tray and put it on the table.

“Uncle. Your hot iced Americano is here.”

“???”

“I ordered a hot Americano?”

“Just drink it.”

My uncle had a serious expression on his face.

“Did I do something wrong to Suhyun?”

I burst out laughing at that.

I didn’t expect him to care about that.

Well, it’s understandable since there’s ice floating on a steaming Americano.

Then Siha said.

“Uncle. You ordered a hot iced Americano.”

My uncle realized what the situation was at Siha’s words.

“Was it because of you!”

“Why?”

“No. I ordered a hot Americano?”

“No. Uncle ordered a hot iced Americano. Uncle, that’s an obsessed combination.”

“Yeah. It’s really an obsessed combination. Obsessed.”

“Ah. It’s a fantastic combination.”

“What are we even talking about?”

I’m confused by that conversation too.

Well, wouldn’t it be wrong to order a warm Americano in this hot summer?

“Just drink it.”

I drank the grapefruitade.

The refreshing and cool taste went down my throat.

I gently broke off a piece of the chocolate cookie and put it in my mouth.

Sweetness filled my mouth.

My uncle had a dissatisfied look on his face.

“Okay. So it’s okay as long as it’s not you?”

“Isn’t it important that it’s not too hot?”

“That’s not the point!”

Then what is the point?

***

It wasn’t just the children who were getting anxious as the vacation was coming to an end.

Bae Sanghyeon was also getting a little anxious.

He thought it was really good that he went to play with Siha last time.

He was hoping that he had become somewhat closer this time.

But there was nothing after that.

He knew that getting anxious over this kind of thing wouldn’t lead to anything, but he couldn’t help but wonder if his time with Siha would only be art class once Siha was fully engaged in school life.

He couldn’t help but think that.

So, he thought it would be nice to spend more time together while Siha had the free time of vacation.

However, he had no idea what to do.

All he had was drawing, but couldn’t he play together with that?

‘He said he likes playing games together, too, right?’

Bae Sanghyeon recalled his friend’s advice.

The games that kids play these days.

The problem was that he didn’t know much about those games.

“Games these days.”

Bae Sanghyeon typed ‘elementary school games’ into the search bar.

He was surprised by the amount of information that came up and took out a pen and notebook to record it.

He was planning to study hard and prepare games with Siha.

He vowed not to fail this time.