Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 500

Hyung, aren’t I cute? Hyung, aren’t I cute? Extra Story- Episode 75 (500/500)

Extra Story 75: Drawing Hearts

Since Siha was born in December, I have to worry about gifts twice.

Once for his birthday.

And once for Christmas.

It’s like finishing an exam and having another one soon after.

If there were some time in between, he might want something or be interested in something.

That’s why I was worried.

What kind of gift should I get Siha?

I stood in the living room, staring blankly into space.

“Why are you worrying so much? Just give him something. Anything.”

“I can’t do that.”

A Christmas gift.

It’s very important to a child.

Eventually, when he grows up, we won’t be giving gifts anymore, but that’s a story for then.

While we can give them, I think we should definitely take care of them.

Kids of this age might not believe in Santa, but they still want their parents, as Santa, to give them gifts.

“How about throwing a big party?”

“That’s a bit much.”

I’d rather worry about gifts than throw a party, which would be even more chaotic.

“Not at home, but somewhere outside. Like a restaurant.”

“Oh…….”

That seemed like a good idea.

Then the company [restaurant/venue] would take care of the cleanup.

We could just enjoy ourselves.

But it would cost quite a bit of money, right?

“Should I look into it for you?”

“It’s nice that you have so much money, Uncle.”

“Of course. Haha. It’s not like I spend the money I have anyway.”

“That’s true.”

His hobby is watching TV, so where would he spend money?

“But a party is a party, and a gift is a gift. Hmm.”

“Okay. Worry a lot about the gift. I’ve already decided.”

“Oh? What are you going to give him?”

“You know the bamboo steamer for putting dumplings in?”

“What would Siha do with that?”

I thought he was going to bring something useless again.

Uncle chuckled.

“The dumplings inside are soft and good for playing with. Haha!”

Uncle held up his phone and sent me a picture.

When I checked the picture, I saw round dumplings in a small bamboo steamer.

They weren’t real dumplings, but character dumplings with eyes and a mouth drawn on them.

They looked good to hold and play with.

“That seems like a very useless gift?”

“That’s the point.”

A very useless gift.

I don’t know where he finds these things to buy.

“And where am I supposed to put this?”

“This is small, so it’s okay!”

“It does seem that way.”

No matter how I thought about it, I couldn’t deny that it seemed useless.

Uncle abruptly stood up from the sofa.

“So what amazing gift are you going to give him!”

His eyes seemed to be watching to see how good of a gift I would give.

Cough.

There was nothing as difficult to choose as a gift.

Of course, Siha would like anything I gave him.

“I have no choice. I’ll give him a doll too.”

“Huh? Isn’t that useless?”

“No. It’s very useful. Because it’s a Pepe doll. I’m going to make a 10cm doll. It’s a kind of merchandise.”

“But can you use a sewing machine and stuff like that?”

“You can do anything if you learn. And what if the finished product is weird? The thought is what matters.”

Right. Only the thought matters.

Sincerity is the best, rather than the price of the gift.

There wasn’t much time left, but I could definitely do it.

I had learned art with Siha from the art teacher, and I had been watching him draw since he was little.

There was someone who would help me make the design.

That’s right, the grandfather who helped me make the Pepe plastic model before!

I was going to go to him today and seriously try it out.

There were no problems.

Because the Pepe character is a picture that can be found anywhere.

“Then I’ll be out for a while.”

“Si혁, you’re serious?”

“Of course.”

“Okay. Then I’ll be serious about the party. Leave the reservation to me.”

Uncle thumped his chest.

But even though there was still time until Christmas, I didn’t know if there would be any places available.

Where is he trying to make a reservation?

Well, he’ll take care of it.

“Then I’ll leave it to you.”

“Okay!”

I left it to Uncle and went outside.

***

December 25th.

Christmas Day.

It was very easy to rent a place and prepare for a party.

Of course, we had to order the food and set it up separately, but that wasn’t a problem.

It looked like it would be a lively party.

Today, I invited not only Siha’s friends but also Bae Sang-hyun, Moon Do-hwan Hyung [older brother/friend], and Yoo Da-hee Teacher.

With so many people, we had to order quite a lot of food.

“Hyung. There’s so much food!”

“Yeah. There is.”

Siha was helping me put the food down next to me.

The cake was placed in the center, and chicken, pizza, spaghetti, and sushi were set up.

We’d probably eat all of this and still have leftovers.

It was as good as any buffet.

“But Siha. What’s the box you brought?”

“It’s a secret!”

Siha hid two shopping bags behind his back.

“Hyung. You can’t look at this.”

“Okay. Okay.”

Would I even look?

It was obviously a gift box with shiny wrapping, but I was curious about what it was.

Did he think I wouldn’t notice it was a gift if he brought it like that?

Still, it was touching.

Because it looked like it was a gift for me and Uncle.

But where did Siha get the money to buy a gift?

Did he take the nose off his piggy bank?

Every month, Siha takes money out of his bank account and feeds it to the piggy bank.

It would be fine if he just gave him the leftover coins, but it was funny to see him do that.

“You two. Don’t play around and get to work.”

Uncle was lying on the sofa, taking a rest.

I looked at Uncle in disbelief.

“Are you the one saying that, Uncle?”

“I’m the one who rented this space. I can rest.”

“You just want to rest.”

“No. It was very difficult. Do you think it’s easy to find a room on a day when Christmas is just around the corner? I had no choice but to use fabrication and agitation to cancel it, ruin human relationships, and then cancel the room so I could get it.”

What kind of tactics are those for getting a room, like something out of a spy movie?

You must be joking.

Even so, this isn’t right.

What did the people who were doing well do wrong!

Siha said.

“Uncle! You’re lying!”

“I’m telling the truth. You don’t believe me.”

“You’re always watching TV!”

“I took care of it when you went to school. Okay?”

“You watch it all the time when you go to school. I saw a lot of videos in your YouTube viewing history! It’s not the amount you can watch when you watch TV.”

“You saw that too?!”

Lee Siha. Amazing deduction.

No. But how much do you watch?

At that rate, shouldn’t your eyes be getting worse?

While we were bickering, we heard the sound of the door opening.

It seemed like people had arrived.

“Hyung. I’ll go see!”

Siha ran quickly.

From far away, I could hear the sound of ‘Hello,’ so it must be Seung-jun and Hana.

Obviously.

I could clearly picture them hugging each other.

I should get up and greet them too.

I should also greet the mother who brought Seung-jun and Hana.

“Welcome.”

“Si혁, thank you for inviting me to the party like this.”

“Haha. It’s nothing. My uncle is paying for it.”

“Then I should say thank you to him.”

The twins run to me.

“Si혁 Hyung! Hello!”

“Si혁 Oppa [older brother]! Hello!”

“Yeah. Hello!”

The two people laughed gleefully as I held them in my arms.

Then they took Siha’s hand and went inside.

Starting with the twins, other people started arriving one by one.

Jong-su, Jae-hui, Yeon-ju, Yun-dong, Eun-woo.

All the kids from the daycare entered.

And Bae Sang-hyun also arrived and exchanged greetings.

After that, Moon Do-hwan and Yoo Da-hee Teacher, who I hadn’t seen in a while, came last.

“Hyung. Long time no see. How have you been?”

“Hahaha. I’ve been doing okay.”

“Da-hee Teacher, it’s been a while.”

“Yes. Thank you for inviting me today. I’m so happy to see the kids after a long time.”

The other kids would definitely like it too.

As the three of them went inside, the children’s eyes widened as if they had found Yoo Da-hee Teacher.

“Da-hee Teacher!”

“Wow! It’s Da-hee Teacher!”

The children crowded around and hugged Yoo Da-hee Teacher.

Da-hee Teacher smiled brightly and hugged them.

Moon Do-hwan Hyung was standing behind them, rubbing his nose.

But there was someone who welcomed him.

“Moon-do Uncle!”

“Call me Moon-do Hyung, Siha.”

“No. You’re Moon-do Uncle.”

Do-hwan Hyung. Do you still want to be called Hyung by Siha?

You have to think about the age difference!

Of course, there’s a big age difference between me and Siha too.

Moon Do-hwan stroked Siha’s head.

“Wow. Siha, you’ve grown a lot?”

“Yeah!”

I reacted without realizing it.

“Right? He’s grown a lot, right? It won’t be long before he catches up to my height, right?”

“It’s not that much.”

“No, he grew 0.01mm more than yesterday. He’s growing up quickly.”

“Can you even measure that?”

Moon Do-hwan looked at me with a ridiculous face.

Why is he doing that? Can’t that happen?

I pride myself on having a good eye.

Our Siha is growing taller every day.

It seems like he’s the smallest when others look at him, so they can’t tell, but I can tell.

Siha will be taller tomorrow than today.

“You’re still the same. Still the same.”

Moon Do-hwan shook his head.

Then he held out the shopping bag in his hand.

“This is a Christmas present.”

“Huh? No. You don’t have to give me something like this.”

“It’s really nothing.”

“Thank you. For such a precious thing.”

“How do you know it’s precious without even looking at it?”

“Anyway, go over there and eat something. I don’t know if it’ll be fun…….”

“Eating delicious food is fun.”

Moon Do-hwan smiled and went to where the food was.

Yoo Da-hee was already being dragged away by the children and was eating something and chatting.

The mothers were talking to each other.

Only Bae Sang-hyun was standing there awkwardly, smiling awkwardly.

No. Uncle should be next to him at times like this.

He was just eating pizza voraciously over there.

I guess I should go next to Bae Sang-hyun.

“It’s too chaotic, right?”

“Hahaha. No. It’s nice and lively. What.”

Just as I was about to say something, Siha appeared.

“Hyung!”

“Yeah?”

“Merry Christmas!”

Siha dragged the shopping bag and handed over the gift inside.

“Wow. Thank you.”

“Were you surprised?”

It was obvious that it was a gift, so I wasn’t that surprised.

I just nodded.

“I was very surprised. I didn’t expect it to be a gift for Hyung. Shall we open it?”

“Yeah!”

I opened the wrapping paper.

I could feel the eyes of other people.

I wonder if they’re curious about what kind of gifts they gave?

Cough. I’m nervous for no reason.

When I opened the wrapping paper, a box came out.

“???