Suspiciously Close Siblings (Going Up)

⋯ Mmm.

Hot.

My body felt sticky and I opened my eyelids.

It wasn't too dark, thanks to the faint sunlight.

Using the light to illuminate her, he focused on her nose, and his sleeping brother's face came into view.

"⋯Uhhh⋯."

⋯.

A shady desire to bully him crept up in a corner of his heart.

I barely restrained myself from trying to pinch my cheek, and as I hugged her tighter, she rubbed her head against my shoulder with a faint sound of pain.

⋯.

Driving me crazy.

Is he a high school senior?

It seems to fit just by looking at the height, but⋯.

It's a little bit if you only look at it when you're drunk.

Very cute

She released her right arm and placed all five fingers on the top of her head.

As it went down to his back, he could feel the texture of his hair.

He held the back of his head and gently stroked it with his thumb.

Don't wake up

He stretched out his bent hand and grabbed his forearm past the shoulder blade.

I shook it lightly with the intention of waking it up, but the more I did, the more my head burrowed into my arms.

"⋯Winter."

"⋯Ugh⋯yes."

"⋯ Wake up."

"⋯Sir⋯."

⋯.

I couldn't get rid of my brother who was mumbling and shaking his head on his chest.

⋯What can I do?

I guess it's morning.

No matter what, I can't keep going like this.

I tried to get my arms out of my head, but it was not easy because they were so tightly attached.

I had no choice but to cover my body and listen gently.

I lay it straight on the pillow and tried to adjust the position by grabbing the shoulder.

Her brother opened his eyes.

"Ah… ⋯Brother."

"⋯Good morning."

"Yes."

It wasn't awkward to say good-bye in the morning while facing each other in a position that covered the light.

⋯I came here because I didn't want to be awkward.

Her younger brother was also rolling her eyes, blinking as if she was embarrassed.

"Because the sun is rising. I'll go back to my room."

"Yes."

"If you're sleepy, sleep more."

"⋯Brother too."

I got out of bed, gently opened the door, and went back to my room.

⋯I forgot to bring my pillow.

***

I've had an embarrassing night.

⋯When I came back to my room and organized my thoughts for a while, shame rose to the top of my neck.

What did you do because your mental breakdown was because your younger brother treated you coldly for a while, really?

Her face flushed.

But honestly, I can't help it.

Seeing her lying down hugging her, she felt a little warm and soft.

So it's not my fault.

Wasn't it your younger brother who asked for a hug in the first place?

As an older brother, I just couldn't refuse my younger brother's request.

Well, whatever the reason,

I feel like I slept soundly for the first time in a long time.

He made me skip school on the pretext of having a fever.

After breakfast, I went back to my room after asking Shinsin to take a rest and not study for today.

I can't go anywhere anyway, so I'm going to have a good mind for the first time in a while. I studied English.

⋯ Sounds like you watched an English movie.

While I was lying on my side with the tablet standing in the corner of the bed and enjoying the beauty of the video,

One of the earphones in her left ear fell out.

"⋯What is it?"

"By Bored."

"Because you can rest."

"I'm not sleepy because I sleep too much."

"Rest is not all about sleeping."

"I hate my room because it smells like paper."

When I covered the tablet and turned my head, the identity of the thief was my younger brother.

Wearing the locartier dolphin pants he always wore.

He put the stolen earphone into his ear and placed his face on my forearm.

I shook my body slightly to shake it off, but this time I put my upper body on mine as if crushing it.

"Why."

"What were you watching?"

"Movie."

"Which movie?"

"A time travel piece."

"Sci-fi, what is it?"

"No, just a normal romance movie."

"⋯From morning?"

"Isn't there a law against watching a romance movie in the morning?"

"Even if you say you won't get married or something?"

"I'm not going to do it, so I'll have to get some vicarious satisfaction."

If I continued to press it, I thought I would get numb again, so I tried to get up after shaking it off.

However, as soon as I fell down, it failed because it climbed on top of me.

"⋯It's heavy."

"It's called heavy."

My arms and legs were overlapped and sprawled, so I leaned slightly and slid down to the corner of the bed.

As if I didn't like the fact that I fell, he kept harassing me with his feet and tying me up so I couldn't move.

After struggling for a while, he finally gave up, probably recognizing the difference in strength, and gently pressed my arm with his jawbone.

"⋯Winter."

"Why."

"It hurts if you do it with your jawbone."

"Then release your feet."

"If you loosen it, they will hit you again."

"⋯Because I will stay still."

"Really?"

"Huh."

As I slowly relaxed my legs, he got up halfway and put me on my back again.

Then I rubbed my face on the pillow I was sleeping on.

"⋯What should I do?"

"⋯Let's see each other. Movie."

"⋯ In this position?"

"No?"

"It's heavy."

"Then I'll just cut it like this."

"You said you weren't sleepy."

"If you lie down, you will be sleepy."

Even after arguing, she knew she couldn't win, so she gave up and moved her tablet to her bedside.

When she unlocked the screen and lightly touched the screen, lines flowed from her right ear.

It was a foreign language, so I didn't understand what he was talking about.

***

As the credits roll, she removes her earphones from her ears.

It was definitely a famous movie, so my heart was pounding.

Well done.

"⋯ Is it?"

"I didn't cry."

"Your voice is shaking."

"I was only slightly moved."

No, it wasn't a sad story that touched me.

The essence is romance, and there is a family story as a side bridge.

Is not it?

After marriage, it is a family, so in a sense, it seems to be a family story.

"What makes you so sad?"

"That, in the middle. The scene that Dad sends is a bit…"

"⋯Why are you so sensitive?"

"Your brother is lacking."

Hearing his trembling voice, he strangely wanted to torment him.

When I changed my gaze and looked at the slightly moistened eyes, an infinite number of scenarios to make fun of came to mind.

While contemplating which one to choose, she turned her head before she knew it.

"⋯Brother."

"Huh."

"If you could turn back time, when would he want to go?"

"⋯Me?"

"Huh."

"⋯I don't want to go back."

"Why?"

"You have to go to the army twice."

Actually, I want to go to the point before my grandmother passed away and say my last goodbye.

If I said that here, I'm already crying, but I feel like I'm really going to cry.

"⋯I was two weeks ago."

"Why?"

"I want to go back then and pretend that I didn't get caught by my friends."

"⋯Is that so traumatic?"

"If you put yourself in my position, you will understand. How hard it is for friends to look at you with pity."

Well, it's not that I can't get a feel for it…

If my friends suddenly start worrying about me with serious expressions, I think my five organs will be twisted.

"Well, won't it disappear after a while?"

"⋯I wish I had."

"Thank you for your concern. Whatever it is, it's what you think."

"It's not that they care about me, it's that they don't know what to do."

"If that's your concern, why don't you just say it calmly? It's because you're so close to me."

"It's crazy?"

"Are you going to stick to my back right now?"

In common sense, what would the kids who saw it say if they saw it again now? Doubts will become certain.

Yesterday too, I went to talk, not to hug her and go to sleep.

⋯That's not to say I don't like it.

Family love, brother and sister love, things that only connect with us, but things like that.

To be honest, it looks suspicious to other people.

"⋯You can just refuse."

"I don't want to be awkward with you?"

"⋯Then don't say anything embarrassing. A little."

I thought I was going to get hit, but I didn't get hit today.

To be honest, I was a little disappointed.

***

After lunch, I sat on the sofa and watched TV when the phone rang.

To my surprise, the call came from a friend rather than a family member.

"Communication security, civilian Kim Ga-eul. How can I help you?"

"Yes, I am Park Man-seok, scheduled to be a trainee."

"Aigoo, Piilseuuuuu!"

"Do you want to go back?"

He was a friend who had only a few days left to enlist.

Come to think of it, I should eat with him.

"Why did you apply for the Air Force?"

"Katusa away."

"When exactly do you enlist?"

"Next Tuesday."

"All over?"

"June next year."

"It sucks."

"It sucks."

I couldn't hold back my laughter, but I was able to stand the sound of laughter, so I didn't get cursed at.

Oh, it's so much fun.

Is this the mindset of a military pencil?

"But how the fuck can you not be seen for a month after being discharged?"

"I was busy."

"You must have been busy dating, motherfucker."

"What date is it? No, it seems like an absurd rumor is spreading, but I don't have a girlfriend?"

"Why do bastards who don't have a girlfriend cancel every time they make an appointment? Do you want to go back?"

"Because of my brother."

"Yes, if the girlfriend is also younger, the younger sister will be the younger sister. When I was in high school, I never heard that you had a younger brother. Would you like to play the phrase?"

"Is it real?"

"Then prove it. Photos or whatever. If you're dating a girlfriend, you should admit that she's dating."

"Go away. I will kill myself to show you a picture of my brother."

No, why don't you believe me? These pups.

My younger siblings believe in things that don't exist.

"Anyway, it's okay, you can't come out until you go to the army, right?"

"But I'll have to see it before enlisting."

"See you on Saturday. I'm also proud of your birthday."

"No, not on Saturday."

"Ah, that's right, bitch. Of course, you must have a date with your girlfriend on your birthday, right?"

No, I have to eat seaweed soup at home. What are you talking about?

In fact, her mother takes care of her lunar calendar,

To be honest, I don't even know when my lunar birthday is.

"See you on Friday or Sunday. Saturdays are difficult."

"Then, see you tomorrow. If you're going to eat and stretch, Friday is better."

"Someone is gathering."

"Seven or eight cubs who always came."

"Because among the guys who always come, there are only three people I want to know a little about, including you?"

"I'm not expecting anything great from you anyway, so shut up and come out."

"Yes, yes."

"Be prepared to be beaten before you come."

"Yeah~ It doesn't hurt even if I get hit hard~"

"Tell me really."

"The only thing you need to wear is your heel. Go to the training center and get your feet in order."

I hung up the phone after I was excited about cooking.

Is it time to meet some people soon?

⋯It was late.

Come to think of it, you only played with your younger brother for a month after you were discharged, right?

I didn't really have time to get bored with that kind of thing.

Is it because the corner of the room is so good?

"Who is this?"

Her brother came out of the bathroom, washing his hands, and talked to me.

"Friend."

"You look good."

"Sincerely?"

"Sincerely."

He walked over to the sofa and cracked a joke.

Then, naturally, he sat down next to me.

"Brother, that's the kind of voice you talk to with your friends."

"Isn't there a big difference from usual?"

"It's a bit more toned."

"Is it?"

Well, there's a different tone when it's slightly up.

Don't you feel a bit like this when you tease your brother?

I don't know because it's my voice.

"Your brother speaks surprisingly well."

"What do you see me as?"

"I haven't met anyone for a whole month, isn't it strange that I don't see you like that?"

"⋯That's how it is."

"So, what about tomorrow?"

"Huh."

"What time?"

"I haven't decided, but since it's Friday, I'll go in the afternoon."

"Are you going to drink?"

"Maybe."

"You can't come back too late."

"⋯You won't sleep all night?"

I have no place to go anyway, so I'll be drinking right after dinner.

The last train cuts early these days, so I'll get it done before it's too late.

"⋯Drink in moderation."

"If you don't worry, drink it on your own."

"I don't trust you."

You worry too much.

⋯ Where did the person who was so anxious yesterday go?

You have plenty of room to care about others.

"It's Friday after all. Get some rest, too."

"⋯I'll lock the door if I'm late."

I am caught like this.

If your friends see you like this, won't it clear up some misunderstanding?

"If you lock it, you'll have to call until you unlock it."

"⋯Isn't it fine if you don't come back late?"

"I heard you don't trust me."

"Then give me proof that it's not too late."

"⋯Saturday is my birthday, so will you be late?"

"⋯Don't be late if you know."

My birthday is on Saturday, so why do you keep telling me not to be late on Friday?

⋯I'll be in before midnight. Vaguely