Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 99

Hyung, Am I Cute? 99

Nod, nod.

If you play hard, you’re bound to get sleepy.

But sleeping under the shade in this summer heat only leaves you feeling sticky.

In that case, it’s best to give the kids a quick wash.

Knowing this would happen, I came back to the accommodation and washed Siha and the kids when they were less tired.

“Hyung… Ahem~”

I don’t know if he’s calling me or yawning.

Seeing his small mouth opening wide makes me want to poke it with my finger.

Anyway, Siha is cute.

That’s not the point.

“Siha, are you tired?”

“Ah ah.”

Siha rubbed his eyes and nodded.

I picked up Siha and laid him on the bed.

“Let’s go eat dinner when you wake up, okay?”

I gently patted Siha’s belly to put him to sleep.

When I heard his soft breathing, drowsiness also washed over me.

Playing with the kids was not easy.

The physical exertion was so extreme that I felt like I needed to take a nap too.

I got up, washed quickly, and lay down next to Siha.

I watched Siha’s belly rising and falling, gently held his hand, and fell asleep.

A few hours later.

It was 6 o’clock.

Still, the sun sets late, so the sky was still bright.

The scenery of the sea as the sun gradually sets was also worth seeing.

“Hyung.”

Siha rubbed his eyes and woke up.

“Siha, come here and look at the sea.”

“Ah ah.”

Siha grabbed my leg and looked at the sea.

The view was quite good.

The slightly dark sea looked like it had gently half-opened its eyes.

“How is it?”

“Sea. Sleepy.”

“Ahahaha. The sea must be tired from playing so much too.”

“Ah ah. Zzz!”

“It looks like the sea is trying to zzz.”

“Ah ah.”

I stroked Siha’s head.

I need to go out for dinner before the sea covers itself with a black blanket.

“Siha, do you know what we’re going to eat today?”

“Moya?” [What? (cute pronunciation)]

“We’re going to eat something you can only eat at the sea. Aren’t you excited?”

“Ah ah.”

Siha nodded.

I simply washed my face and went outside with Siha.

I had already contacted the others.

It seemed like the mealtime would be a lively one.

“Siha, it’s right over there.”

The place we chose was a seafood restaurant.

They sold sashimi, shellfish, shrimp, and grilled dishes.

This was Siha’s first time in a place like this, so I didn’t know if he would like it.

‘But they do have things for the kids to eat.’

As a last resort, I could order steamed eggs and sausage.

I saw sausage on the menu for children.

It seemed like they had included it because there were kids who didn’t like seafood.

‘There’s no way there are kids who don’t like sausage.’

Eggs and sausage were almost universal side dishes.

“Ah! Oppa! [Older brother/term of endearment] Over here!”

Seo Su-hyeon waved her hand towards us.

Everyone had arrived first and was sitting at the table.

Seung-jun found Siha and waved his hand.

“Siha~”

“Ah ah~”

I burst into laughter watching the two of them greeting each other as if they were meeting for the first time today.

Does a new meeting begin after waking up?

Thinking that, I sat down.

Seo Su-hyeon handed me a wet towel and said.

“Oppa, you weren’t coming quickly, so we ordered in advance. Is that okay?”

“Yeah, it’s fine.”

The menu here is pretty much set anyway.

It wasn’t a restaurant with a lot of special dishes, so it was easy to choose.

“Ah! Did you order steamed eggs?”

“Of course. The kids like it. But we ordered some for us too. It looks delicious with cheese on top of the steamed eggs.”

“Really? That sounds really good.”

Just hearing it made my mouth water.

Before I knew it, the food arrived, and the meal began.

A cheese fondue also came out, which you could dip the shellfish in.

The cheese would make it easier for the kids to eat.

“Siha, here’s a shrimp.”

I peeled a shrimp and put it in Siha’s mouth, and he started munching on it.

He wiggled his legs up and down as if it was delicious.

“Hyung! Mashiseo!” [Delicious! (cute pronunciation)]

“Yeah, it’s delicious, right? Let’s eat the grilled clams here too.”

“Ah ah.”

Fortunately, Siha didn’t dislike seafood.

Seeing him eat so heartily made me feel good.

I gently touched his chubby cheeks that popped out.

“Ah?”

Siha looked at me as if asking why.

“It’s nothing. Eat a lot.”

“Ah ah.”

And so, a delicious meal began.

Seo Su-hyeon dipped an abalone deliciously in the cheese fondue and said.

“Oppa, what comes to mind when you think of the night sea?”

“Yeosu Night Sea?” [Famous song in Korea]

“No, not that.”

A night sea is a night sea.

However, a night sea without lights can be so pitch black that it gives a creepy feeling.

“I don’t know?”

“Fireworks, of course.”

“Ah…….”

“Let’s buy a fireworks set and play together. Siha will like it too, right?”

“Isn’t it dangerous?”

“Hey. Oppa, you can watch over him well. Or we can hold hands together.”

“Okay, let’s do it.”

“Awesome.”

It’s been a while since I’ve done fireworks.

I remember doing it with my father at the school playground before.

I remember how much fun it was back then.

It was just pretty sparks flying, but it was so much fun.

It felt like my dad and I had rented a wide, empty playground just to do fireworks.

‘Will Siha feel like he owns the whole night sea?’

Whatever happens, it seems like it will be fun.

“Oppa.”

Seo Su-hyeon’s questions didn’t end.

“Yeah?”

“Fireworks make you think of fire, right?”

“Uh.”

“We’re college students.”

“Don’t beat around the bush and just say it.”

“Okay. You know how there’s something like a college student’s romance? Gathering around a bonfire in a circle, holding an acoustic guitar and singing.”

“Isn’t that your romance, not college students’?”

“That’s right.”

Seo Su-hyeon’s eyes sparkled.

Alisa, who was next to her, putting a handful of lettuce wraps into her mouth, said.

“Oop oop!”

“Alisa, speak after you eat.”

Alisa barely swallowed what was in her mouth.

“I also want to hang out with my friends by the night sea, playing the acoustic guitar.”

“You don’t want to do some kind of candlelight ceremony like a retreat, do you?”

“What’s a candlelight ceremony? Do you do that in Korea too?”

“Well, when you go to a retreat during school, you sometimes do things like that. Small candles gather to shine brightly, or you think about your friends and parents.”

“That’s a good ceremony.”

“Right. How did this come up?”

Seo Su-hyeon said as if she had seized an opportunity.

“Oppa. That’s the kind of memory you can only make at that time. In that sense, how about making a memory that you can only make as a college student? Like lighting a bonfire.”

“You really want to light a bonfire. Where are you going to get a bonfire?”

“I brought it. And a guitar too.”

“What?”

You brought a bonfire?

I was so dumbfounded that I let out a hollow laugh.

“Aren’t we going to get caught for lighting a bonfire?”

“I didn’t bring firewood or anything like that, it’s a model. It’s a fire that runs on batteries.”

“Can you even call that a bonfire?”

“Of course. The key is the atmosphere. The atmosphere.”

“Um. Okay. If you want to do it, you have to do it.”

“In that sense, you’ll film my singing video, right?”

“You’re actually saying all this to film a video, aren’t you?”

“No?”

The way she talks resembles someone.

Did you learn it from me?

“It’s a two-for-one deal.”

“I’m not going to film for an hour.”

“Geez. I can’t sing that much either.”

“And the person who’s going to film is the person next to you.”

“Huh?”

Alisa blinked her eyes.

I shrugged my shoulders.

“There’s no need for me to film, right? I have to watch Siha.”

“Th… That’s right.”

Seo Su-hyeon had a look that said, ‘This isn’t what I wanted?’

Trying to take advantage of me.

Nice try, but I’m not that easily fooled.

Seo Su-hyeon still has a long way to go.

I took a spoonful of steamed eggs and put it in my mouth.

‘Delicious.’

***

We finished eating and bought a fireworks set.

It was quite a waste of money to buy it as a disposable item.

But that might be cheap compared to the happy memories.

It depends on what you place important value on.

I’m satisfied if Siha likes it.

“Siha, if you light the fire here, the fireworks will fly away.”

“Ah ah.”

I handed Siha a 20-shot firecracker.

Seung-jun next to him also grabbed the firecracker together.

The adults put their hands on top in case of an accident.

“Shall we do it then?”

Nod.

The fire was lit, and the wick burned down.

Following that, a whooshing sound was heard, and the fireworks flew up into the sky and exploded with a bang.

Small but pretty fireworks sparkled and disappeared.

“Hyung!”

Siha peeked up at my face, surprised.

In the meantime, the fireworks flew into the sky once more.

“Pretty, right?”

“Ah ah.”

Seung-jun next to him was completely excited.

“Wow! Siha! Mine flies further!”

“Aninde? Hana-rang tto gachi nara ganeunde?” [No? It’s flying with Hana again? (cute pronunciation)]

“Attack! Attack!”

It seems Seung-jun is already lost in his own world.

Hana seems to be enjoying it too, saying, ‘Pretty!’

The sight of the mom and dad holding their hands behind the two of them looks so harmonious.

Originally, Siha would have been holding his mom’s or dad’s hand instead of mine and launching fireworks.

Was that opportunity taken away from Siha too quickly?

I felt so bad about that.

At least I had a dad.

‘Am I as reliable to you as your parents?’

I had that thought as I watched the fireworks flying far away.

Don’t go so far into the sky.

The light of the sky that flared up like fireworks and then went out came to me with a very different meaning.

It didn’t just look pretty.

“Hyung?”

“Yeah?”

“Ippeo!” [Pretty! (cute pronunciation)]

“Yeah. It’s pretty.”

No. It was pretty enough for me.

‘I’m sorry. For having these thoughts even though we’re together.’

I stroked Siha’s head.

Before I knew it, the fireworks had fallen, and no more were coming out.

When I let go of his hand, Siha shook it around to see if there really weren’t any more.

“Siha, do you want to try something else?”

“Ah ah.”

“This is something very amazing. Watch carefully.”

It was a typical sparkler firework.

If you just hold it in your hand, the wick burns down and sparks come out.

I enjoyed this more than anything else.

Ttick. Ttick. [Sound of sparkler]

“Tada. Pretty, right?”

“Ah ah.”

“You have to keep your hands away. That way you won’t get hurt.”

“Ah ah.”

I put the firecracker in Siha’s hand.

Siha looked at the fireworks with one arm stretched out.

Anyone who saw him would think he was being punished.

“Ahahaha.”

I laugh because he’s so cute.

Looking to the side, Seung-jun was shaking the fireworks wildly.

“Siha, look at this! A sword is being drawn.”

It seems Seung-jun’s firecracker has already become a fire sword.

It seemed like the children’s tendencies came out well in how they played with it.

“Si-hyeoki oppa! Look!” [Si-hyeoki older brother (cute pronunciation)]

Hana was drawing a small heart.

“Wow, it’s a heart.”

“Yeah!”

Was she happy that I recognized it?

Hana seems to be a very cheerful child.

“Hyung! Siha too!”

“Uh-huh?”

Siha drew a heart very quickly.

Swish, swish.

“Siha, it’s dangerous to swing it so fast.”

“Aniya. Hyung. Siha too.” [No. Hyung. Siha too. (cute pronunciation)]

“Uh-huh?”

Siha drew a heart diligently.

Um. Does he mean he wants me to praise him too?

“Wow! That’s really amazing! The heart is huge!”

From then on, Hana and Siha’s heart competition began.

Saying that they would draw bigger ones.

Seung-jun seemed to find it fun and joined in.

He ran on the sand to draw a big heart.

“I’m going to make it bigger!”

In conclusion, Seung-jun could only make half a heart.

Because the fireworks went out.

“Ah! It’s off!”

“The heart has become half a heart.”

“Tch!”

Everyone chuckled at that reaction.

I really didn’t know how I would act if I was with the kids.

Then Moon Do-hwan said.

“Okay. It’s done!”

“What?”

“Heart Fountain Fireworks!”

He lit each one at the place Moon Do-hwan had set up.

Fireworks rose from the sand floor.

They rose in order and drew a heart.

The children exclaimed as they watched the scene.

“Wow!”

“Daedanae! Big heart!” [Amazing! Big heart! (cute pronunciation)]

“Ah ah! Hatu!” [Heart! (cute pronunciation)]

Moon Do-hwan rubbed his nose and said.

“It’s a very big heart, right? I won, right?”

To that, I said.

“I’m not happy to receive a heart from my hyung [older brother/close male friend].”

“Ya!” [Hey!]

Everyone burst into laughter at that.

I’m really glad I bought the fireworks.

“Oppa! I brought it!”

Then Seo Su-hyeon, who had disappeared for a while to play with fireworks, appeared with an acoustic guitar.

Alisa, who had followed her, was carrying a large box.

What is that box?

“You have a lot of luggage?”

“Of course. And I found something amazing while coming here!”

Everyone gathered, curious about what Seo Su-hyeon had brought.

Seo Su-hyeon gestured, and Alisa opened the box.

“Tada!”

The rough and vivid texture was visible.

“Huh? Is this real?”

How did you get this?