Chapter 18 – Episode 18. Travel Preparation

I lifted my heavy eyelids.

What I saw before my eyes was a familiar ceiling.

I could see the beige living room ceiling.

I think I fell asleep in the living room.

I forced myself to wake up from my dazed mind and woke up my tired body.

Even though I had clearly just woken up, my body was full of fatigue.

I felt like I had no more strength than before I fell asleep.

I shook my head and looked around.

Si-eun was sitting on the sofa next to her.

Si-eun chewed for a moment to see if there was something in her mouth, then she swallowed what was in her mouth and spoke to me.

“Oppa, are you awake?”

“Uh. When did I fall asleep?”

“You arrived home earlier, sprawled out on her sofa, and fell asleep.”

“Ah…”

She still rolled her dazed head and searched through her hazy memories.

We had lunch together outside and walked around a bit…

She even remembered coming home and lying down on the sofa together because she was tired.
The memories after that were still blurry.

… It seemed like she had just fallen asleep.

“Wow… Why am I so tired even though I woke up.?”

“Didn’t you get tired while working part-time these days without even realizing it?”

“Is that so…? But Si-eun, do you look okay?”

“I ate something delicious while my brother was sleeping!”

“… What did you eat by yourself again, pig?”

“Hehe, secret!”

Even though she made fun of him for being a pig, surprisingly, Si-eun didn’t react much.
Si-eun smiled her characteristic charming eye smile and went up to the second floor.

After sitting on the sofa for a while to relieve my stiff body, I went up to my room.

**

Just, just, just, just.

There was a regular sound coming from Si-eun’s room.

The identity of her sound was the sound of her sister tapping her tablet screen with her fingernails.
Si-eun was lost in her thoughts, resting her chin on one hand.

“Hmm… I’m sure the older brother was hugging her mother…”

Si-eun recalled the scene she saw in her store.
She couldn’t see clearly because she was covered by her brother’s back, but her brother was definitely hugging her mother from behind.

But she couldn’t confirm her mother’s reaction at that time.
She didn’t respond to the hug, but she didn’t push it away or reject it either.
Her mother went into the bathroom as if nothing had happened.
Even though she knew I was there, she seemed to be so calm that I wondered if she had made a mistake.

Is it really that kind of relationship between my brother and my mom?

… Leave my sister and me with mom?

If so, since when?

Even if it’s like that for me, what about my sister?

Si-eun’s mind became complicated.

But when she thought about it alone, she couldn’t come up with a clear answer.

… I’ll have to ask my ‘brother’ later.

Si-eun was lost in her thoughts, feeling the rich taste of her brother still remaining in her mouth.

**

As she studied in her room, it was already evening.
While having dinner with Si-hyeon and Si-eun, Si-eun brought up her story.

“Oh, right, when are we going on a family trip?”

“Has it already been so long?”

My family went on a family trip twice a year, in summer and winter.

Family travel has been an annual event for a long time, that is, ever since my parents were alive.

No matter how busy we were, the goal was to somehow make time to spend time together.

“Now that I think about it, where did we go last year?”

“Um… You went to the ski resort, right?”

“It was fun back then…”

“… Fun?”

There were more incidents than fun.

Among them, there was one incident that still remains clearly in my memory.

When she went to the ski resort that day, Si-eun insisted that she go snowboarding even if she was going to die soon.
Si-eun, who had been rolling around on her snowboard for a while on her beginner course, is now able to ride to some degree.
Si-eun, who was so proud that she had skipped the beginner course a few times, skipped her intermediate course and went straight to the advanced course.

And Si-eun was so frightened by the steep slope of the advanced course that she couldn’t come down, and she called me.
I, who was at most an intermediate level rider, went to pick up Si-eun, and she got stuck there.
In the end, the two of us slid down from the corner of the ramp while lying down so as not to disturb other people.

While I was lost in memories for a moment, Si-eun and Si-hyeon were having a conversation.

“Where do you want to go, sister?”

“… I have a lot of work these days, so I hope it’s a little more comfortable…”

Sihyeon certainly looked tired these days.

I heard that these days she is busy designing and inspecting the shopping mall’s spring season clothing.

“Sister, then shall we go on a hotel vacation?”

“… Hocance?”

“Yes! Not just a hotel, but a place with a night pool and a bar!”

“I’m fine. I’ll have to ask my mom first.”

Si-eun’s suggestion seemed good to Si-hyeon.

“Then I’ll call and ask!”

“Just come home later…”

Si-eun immediately called Su-ah’s older sister.

Luckily, Su-a, who wasn’t busy, answered the phone right away.

“What’s going on?”

“Mom, Mom! Are you busy now?”

“No, the deadline is almost over, so I’m free, so why?”

“It’s time for us to go on a family trip, right?”

“Oh my, has it happened already?”

“So, we’re planning to go on a vacation. What do you think, Mom? We’re planning to go somewhere with a pool or hot springs.”

“Um… Is mom okay wherever she is?”

“Then let’s decide on a staycation? We’ll plan everything, so Mom just has to come!”

“Okay, I understand.”

It was easy to get permission from Su-ah.

After receiving her permission, Si-eun excitedly started searching various hotels on her smartphone and discussing various things with her Si-hyeon.

… Are you not even asking my opinion?

But she thought it would be nice to relax in a place like that sometimes.
Even if I rested at home, it wasn’t easy to rest with peace of mind.

Si-eun, who was consulting with her sister-in-law, held up her smartphone and showed it to me.

“Oppa, how about here? There’s a night pool here and a bar inside!”

“Why the bar? To have a drink?”

“When would I go if I wasn’t like this?”

It certainly seemed like Si-eun, who rarely goes out of the house, would have a chance to go to such a place.

But it’s alcohol…

She hadn’t seen Si-eun drink since they drank together to celebrate her becoming an adult.
… I hope you’ll be okay.

“Well, the hotel itself looks okay?”

“Then, should I make a reservation here?”

Si-eun completed her reservation quickly, as if she were frying beans with lightning.

“I booked a family room! They say there’s a family bath in here, so you can use it anytime!”

“… Family bath?”

For a moment, she imagined taking a bath with her sister Su-a.
Su-a, whose flawless smooth skin is wet and shiny with water, applies body wash to her soft and smooth breasts and washes my body with her smooth breasts…

… What are you imagining that won’t work out?

If it was a family room, Si-hyeon and Si-eun would also share the same room, but it was obvious that that would be impossible.

“Now then, for the last time…”

“What else is left?”

“The most important thing is to buy a swimsuit!”

Si-eun’s eyes curved into half-moon shapes and looked at me with a charming smile.

“I need to buy a new swimsuit. Oppa, please come with me!”

Swimsuit.?

Obviously, I didn’t have a swimsuit either.

She bought it a long time ago, but since she hasn’t worn it since, she hasn’t bought it.
It didn’t seem bad to take this opportunity to buy a new one.

“I have to buy it too. Then shall we go together after my part-time job?”

“Yes! I’ll go to the store right when my brother gets off work.”

“… Me too.”

While Si-eun and I were talking, Si-hyeon intervened.

“Isn’t your sister busy?”

“I have to get one too. I might be a little late, so if you two get there first, I’ll join you.”

“Really? I understand~”

I was a little nervous about going to choose a swimsuit alone with Si-eun, but I was glad that Si-hyeon came.

… Although I was a little anxious about the time it was just the two of us left in the middle.

That’s how tomorrow’s appointment was decided.

As we talked and looked around to see if there was anything else nearby, Su-a’s sister came home from work before we knew it.

“Oh my, why are you all in the living room today?”

“Mom, I was waiting for you!~”

“You don’t usually come down?”

“… Hehe.”

I prepared dinner for Su-a, and Si-hyeon and Si-eun talked about Su-a and her family’s trip.
As we talked, the topic naturally moved to swimsuits.

Si-eun asked Su-a a question about her swimsuit.

“Mom, do you have a swimsuit?”

“Uh… She must have worn something before?”

“If it’s the old one, shouldn’t she get a new one?”

“It’ll probably be fine… And mommy’s having a hard time getting her size…”

Because of Sua’s large breasts, it was difficult to find clothes that fit her, such as underwear and swimsuits.
People used to complain that even when she wore her clothes, her waist was still too big, and they squeezed her breasts, making them look dull.

“And she doesn’t want her mother to go in. Only young people go to places like that…”

“What’s wrong with mom!”

Su-a’s beauty and body made it impossible to imagine her as a mother of two daughters.
It was obvious that if she wore a swimsuit, she would immediately attract everyone’s attention.

And with Si-eun and Si-hyeon nearby… It was obvious that there would be men swarming nearby.

Even though she only imagined it for a moment, she felt a little bad.

“But just in case, take it with you.”

“Okay, okay, I understand. Do you have swimsuits?”

“I’m going shopping tomorrow with my sister and her brother!”

“So? Don’t buy anything that’s too revealing, okay?”

Sister Su-a came out and saw her vision and made her request.

“If Si-eun chooses something strange, you have to stop her?”

“Yes, I understand.”

“Si-hyeon, you too… Think of it as a quiet thing.”

Si-Hyeon also took after Su-Ah, her body was amazing.
For comparison, while Su-a’s sister had a provocative body that aroused men’s lust, Si-hyeon’s body was beautiful as if it had been sculpted to perfect proportions.

So, she used to personally photograph models of her clothes to sell in her own shopping mall.

Even though she wore the same swimsuit, she definitely looked more sexy depending on her body shape, so Si-hyeon and Su-ah were worth paying attention to.
In contrast, Si-eun…

Si-eun was not in poor shape either.

Wouldn’t it actually be a little bigger than average? I wanted to, but since the objects of comparison were Su-ah and Si-hyeon, it was inevitable that their bodies looked relatively weak.

“Why! I’m an adult too, so I can wear what I want!”

“Jeong Si-eun, do you want to get scolded?”

“Hmph…”

As soon as Su-ah frowned slightly, Si-eun lowered her tail.
Even if Si-eun said that, it seemed like she would choose something appropriate as long as there was nothing special.

“I will restrain you well.”

“Sunwoo, I will only trust you.”

Su-ah only relaxed after receiving my confirmation.

As we talked, it got late, and Si-hyeon and Si-eun were there, so I thought I would just skip today’s ‘massage’.

After such a long time, the whole family talked for a long time and then went back to their respective rooms.