Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 57

Aren’t I Cute, Hyung? 57

-Seung-jun and Hana’s House.

Seung-jun and Hana returned home after giving carnations to their mom for Parents’ Day.

“Hing. I couldn’t give it to Siha oppa [older brother/male friend].”

“Siha oppa is coming late today, so you can give it to him tomorrow.”

“Okay.”

Seung-jun held up the carnation on his neck and said,

“This is mine.”

“Seung-jun’s is prettier than Mom’s, isn’t it?”

“Yeah!”

Seung-jun’s mom smiled gently.

The kids were still young, so Parents’ Day carnations were just like a game to them.

Still, it was so lovely when they both said, ‘Thank you for giving birth to me.’

“Do we have to say ‘Thank you’ when we give it to Dad too?”

“Okay!”

“Yeah!”

They waited for their dad to come home.

Soon, their dad, Professor Oh Sang-hwan, came home.

“Dad!”

“Dad!”

They ran up holding a carnation each.

“Thank you for giving birth to me!”

“Tank ou for gibing birth to me!”

Oh Sang-hwan hadn’t given birth to them, nor had he found them, but the meaning was roughly conveyed.

Oh Sang-hwan hugged them both and rubbed his cheeks against theirs.

“Thank you both!”

“Dad, carnation!”

“I’m going to wear it around my neck! Hurry!”

Oh Sang-hwan lowered his head.

They hung the carnations around their dad’s neck with their tiny hands.

“I love you, Dad!”

“I love you too, Hana!”

Oh Sang-hwan looked like he had the whole world.

All the tough research from today seemed to fly away.

“Seung-jun also has a carnation around his neck?”

“Yeah. This is mine. I’m the coolest.”

“Really? You’re cool. Cool. Did you give Mom hers?”

“Yeah. I gave her the one I made. Hana made Dad’s.”

“Oh! Really?! Hana made Dad’s?”

“Yeah!”

Oh Sang-hwan carefully stroked the carnation.

“Thank you.”

“Yeah.”

“But Hana also has a carnation around her neck?”

“Yeah. It’s for Siha oppa.”

“Huh? Did you get it from Siha oppa?”

“No. Hana made it for Siha oppa!”

“Ah…….”

Oh Sang-hwan’s fist clenched.

The fatigue that had flown away settled back on his shoulders.

He vividly remembered Hana saying she would marry Dad just a few months ago.

But now she likes a college student, not even a kid her age.

He wouldn’t be so jealous if she liked an idol instead.

“Okay. What’s so good about Siha oppa?”

“Siha oppa is good at everything. He understands everything Siha says~”

“Yeah. I see.”

“And. And.”

“Yeah. Yeah.”

Hana put her hand on her cheek.

“He’s handsome! He’s Hana’s style~”

Oh Sang-hwan twitched his nose.

It was something Seung-jun’s mom often said to Oh Sang-hwan.

-You’re my style.

The two mothers and daughters were very similar.

***

-Daycare.

Today, Siha brought a toy Carnimal [Carnival Animal] in his penguin bag.

He thought it would be fun to play with Seung-jun and Hana.

“Ah, Seung-jun. Hana.”

“Wow, Siha. What’s this?”

“Wow! Toys!”

Other kids were also curious about Siha’s toys and peeked around.

“Ah ah.”

Siha picked up the penguin, giraffe, and lion and activated them.

They were wind-up cars that moved by winding the spring.

The car zoomed and then stopped.

Then it transformed into an animal and started waddling.

The kids who saw it sparkled their eyes.

“Wow!”

“Cool!”

“Awesome!”

Siha played with the penguin and gave the lion and giraffe to Seung-jun and Hana.

Seung-jun held the lion and puffed out his chest.

“I am a lion! Roar!”

“Hana is a giraffe. Giraffee~~”

“Siha is Pepe. Pepe!”

Then one kid, Jong-su, scoffed jealously.

“Penguins don’t cry Pepe. They don’t cry like that? And giraffes don’t cry Giraffee~~.”

“Ah ah?”

Siha tilted his head.

Clearly, the Emperor Penguin in Penguin Monster cried, ‘Peeeng!’

“Peng!”

“They don’t cry like that either. Haven’t you been to the zoo?”

“Ah ah?”

Siha had never been to the zoo.

So he nodded.

“Haha. He’s never been to the zoo~”

Jong-su teased Siha.

Seung-jun, who was next to him, pushed Jong-su.

“Don’t tease Siha!”

“Yeah! And giraffes cry Giraffee~~.”

Jong-su turned his head away, feeling angry.

“You three haven’t been to the zoo. Giraffes cry Moo!”

Seung-jun shook his head.

“No, they cry Jireeon!!”

“No, they don’t!”

It became a competition of how giraffes cry.

Siha also joined in.

“Peng! Pepe. Peng!”

Siha put his hand on the ground.

The appearance of Emperor Penguin Gear Two.

“Peeeng-”

“It’s the Emperor Penguin!”

“It was fun yesterday.”

Everyone had seen the Emperor Penguin [a character from a show], and a different conversation started.

Jong-su looked at Siha again.

“Your mom doesn’t even take you to the zoo?”

Then Hana, feeling angry, kicked him in the shin.

“Ouch! You little thing!”

“Siha has Siha oppa! He’s super handsome!”

“You!”

As Jong-su tried to grab Hana’s hair, Siha jumped.

Not to Hana, but to Jong-su.

They rolled around together.

The teacher was comforting another child and saw the scene, so she quickly ran over.

“No. You shouldn’t fight with friends!”

Hana shouted.

“Jong-su started it first!”

“Jong-su, is that true?”

“No, I didn’t.”

Seung-jun huffed and got angry.

“You did it first.”

“Wow! Everyone is lying!”

The teacher scratched her head as if she was in trouble.

So she asked Siha.

“Siha, is that true?”

“Siha. Pepe. Peng. Right.”

“Huh?”

Siha didn’t need anything else and insisted that the penguin’s cry was correct.

***

I heard that there was a fight while picking up Siha from daycare.

At first, I checked Siha’s face to see if he was hurt anywhere.

I breathed a sigh of relief when I found out it was just a verbal fight.

If Siha had a scratch on his face, I would have had to teach him boxing that day.

“Siha.”

“Ah ah.”

“Do you want to go to the zoo?”

“Ah?”

“The zoo is a place with a lot of animals. There are giraffes and lions.”

“Ah ah.”

Nod nod.

Siha looked at me with expectant eyes, as if he wanted to go.

It seems like there is subtle bullying among the kids, both with the clothes incident and the zoo.

What would the kids know?

Sometimes, innocence comes more painfully than any malice.

“Then shall we go to the zoo with Hyung [older brother/male friend]?”

“Ah ah!”

“Okay. Then let’s buy pretty clothes and dress up to go to the zoo.”

“Ah ah. Pepe.”

“No. You can’t wear the penguin suit anymore because it’s too hot.”

Glum.

I found Siha so cute that I caressed his cheeks.

Touching his soft cheeks seems to make today’s fatigue disappear.

“Then we’re going to buy clothes from tomorrow. I had to buy summer clothes anyway.”

“Ah ah.”

It seems like Siha will pick out the clothes he likes.

But there was a little trouble.

I don’t know much about fashion.

Since I’m buying it anyway, I wanted to pick out some nice clothes.

‘Hmm. Should I ask Alisa to go with me?’

As I was thinking that, someone tapped my back.

“Siha! Siha!”

“Huh? Alisa. What brings you here?”

“Of course, I’m on my way home after school.”

That was a silly question.

We go to the same school, so there will be many chances to run into each other.

“That’s good. Can you pick out some clothes for Siha? I’m not good at picking them out.”

“Then let’s go right now.”

“Now?”

“Why? Are you busy?”

“No. I’m not busy.”

“Instead, Siha will treat me to dinner. Siha, I’ll pick out pretty clothes for you.”

Siha grabbed Alisa’s hand.

“Ah ah. Lisa!”

“Yeah. I’m Alisa from the Fashion Design Department.”

Then let’s get help from Alisa from the Fashion Design Department.

“I’ll pay in advance. What should I buy you for dinner?”

“Buy it at the nearby market. They have cup rice [rice with toppings in a cup], shall we go there?”

“Cup rice is good. But will that be enough?”

“You have to buy market food too.”

“Okay. Siha, shall we go to the market?”

“Ah ah.”

We headed straight to the market.

It seemed like today would be the day Siha ate cup rice for the first time.

“Siha, what do you want to eat?”

“…….”

Siha started to worry, grabbing his chin.

There were various cup rice dishes on the menu.

Smoked duck, Tteokgalbi [grilled short rib patties], Jeyuk Deopbap [spicy pork rice bowl], Bulgogi [Korean BBQ beef], etc.

“Hyung will recommend one. Excluding spicy ones, how about Tteokgalbi cup rice?”

“Hyung and gether [together].”

“Same as Hyung? Then Hyung will eat Tteokgalbi too. What about Alisa?”

“I’ll have smoked duck with cheese! And eggs!”

“Okay. You’re greedy.”

“Hehe~”

The cup rice came out quickly, and we sat down and ate.

“Siha. Ah~”

“Ah~”

Siha and I shared one cup rice.

Alisa saw the scene and asked.

“Why did you only order one?”

“We have to share like this and eat market foods one by one.”

“?”

“Why?”

“You can eat this and eat everything else.”

“How can you eat all that?”

“I eat it all? Dessert is ice cream!”

Does all that food go into that thin waist?

It seems like an unbelievable appetite.

“I used to eat 3kg of pork belly, and I gained 3kg, right?”

“?”

“It came right off as soon as I digested it.”

“Uh…. Don’t say that to other girlfriends.”

“Why?”

“It’s how to become Korean.”

“Ah. Really?”

“You can naturally become Korean.”

“I hear that I speak Korean well. Um…. But I’ve never heard that I’ve become Korean.”

“Then shall I teach you one?”

“What?”

“What time did you decide to meet tomorrow? If you ask like this, you should say, ‘I don’t know. 1 o’clock?’ You say ‘I don’t know’ first and then say the approximate time you expect.”

“??”

Alisa tilted her head.

“If you don’t know, you don’t know. Why do you say it later?”

“If you do that, you’ll hear that you’ve become Korean.”

“That’s weird.”

It’s weird, but that’s how it is.

It’s so funny to teach like this.

“Then is there anything related to clothes?”

“Ah! There is. You have to think about height for clothes.”

“Yes.”

“There is no 169 and 179cm for Koreans. You have to say 170, 180.”

“Yes? Why?”

“That’s Korean culture.”

I taught the good culture of rounding up to the nearest ten instead of decimal rounding in Korea and looked at Siha.

“Siha. Right?”

“Ah ah. Hyung. Bap [rice].”

“Yeah. Is rice important to you? Sorry.”

I cut Tteokgalbi and put it in Siha’s mouth.

Chew chew.

It’s so cute to see him eating with rice grains on his cheeks.

I gently took off the rice grains and put them in my mouth.

“Hyung. My bap.”

“The one on your cheek?”

“Ah ah.”

“Hyung’s is Siha’s?”

“No. Hyung Siha’s.”

I found that cute again and poked Siha’s cheek.

We talked like that, finished the cup rice, and went to pick out clothes.

“If you go straight here, there are pretty children’s clothes.”

As Alisa said, there was a really pretty children’s clothing store.

“There was a place like this?”

“I’ve looked at several places. I was wondering if I should sell my clothes designs here too.”

“You’re really interested in children’s fashion?”

“Yes!”

I don’t know if Alisa will open a store in Korea later.

When I went into the store, there were really a lot of clothes.

“First, please give me a zoo-going fashion.”

“Okay. How about this?”

Banding denim shorts with pleats at the waist.

A slightly oversized short-sleeved tee.

Alisa tucked her top into her pants.

“If you put it in like this, it’s easy to style. I think it would suit Siha too.”

“Wow.”

“Or how about this? Button cotton shorts. It’ll be easy to move around in?”

“Cotton is good.”

“And wouldn’t it be cute to wear this bear straw hat?”

“It would be cute.”

It would be good to wear a hat to avoid the sun.

We dressed Siha and bought several outfits.

“Hyung! This!”

“Huh? Siha. Is there anything you like?”

“Ah ah.”

Siha pointed to some clothes.

It wasn’t clothes.

A raincoat.

There was a penguin-shaped raincoat hanging there.

“Penguins are the best for Siha after all.”

“Ah ah!”

“Okay. Let’s buy that too.”

I bought Siha the penguin raincoat he wanted.

He can wear that when it rains.

‘Did he aim for it?’

Wasn’t it a trick to wear a penguin no matter what?

‘Eh. It’s just a thought.’

We finished buying clothes like that.

And before we knew it, the day to go to the zoo had arrived.