Chapter 2 – Episode 2. Massage(1)

‘Still, the diffuser and the scented candle both have scents, so aren’t they similar?’

I returned home with such easy thoughts.

As soon as I opened the front door, I ran into Si-eun who was coming down from the second floor.

Si-eun shouted as soon as she saw the scented candle in my hand.

“No, brother! I told you to buy a diffuser!”

… Mental victory failed.

“And Merona?”

Was Merona sincere too, I thought she was joking…

I quickly refunded the scented candle and went to my room, ignoring Si-eun’s words to buy a diffuser and Merona on the way.

‘I can’t get a refund…’

However, I was embarrassed to say such a thing, and I was reluctant to let Si-eun enter the store, saying that I would get a refund on her behalf.
So I gave up on making excuses and chose to lock myself in my room.

‘Scented candles… I’ll have something to use it someday.’

I put the scented candle on the desk and left the room.

When I came down to the first floor, Si-eun was putting on her shoes, grumbling.
I spoke to Si-eun’s back as she was about to leave.

“When you come, Merona.”

Si-eun must have been angry and turned her head and shouted at me.

“Chi, oppa eat BB Big!”

“… What’s wrong with Bibi Big!”

Without even listening to my argument in defense of Bibibig, Si-eun slammed the door and left.

‘… Still, you won’t buy the real BB Big, right?’

After seeing Si-eun off, I sat on her sofa and looked at her smartphone, waiting for Si-eun to return.

A little while later, Si-eun returned, carrying a diffuser and a black bag with Melona in her mouth.
The black envelope was opaque, so it was impossible to see what was inside.

“Now, brother’s Bibi Big.”

Si-eun threw the black envelope she was holding at me.
I searched the inside of the bag anxiously, but fortunately, it contained Melona instead of Bibibig.

“You know that my Si-eun loves me a lot, right?”

“Oppa, don’t like me too much. You’ll get hurt.”

“How can love to be what it wants…”

“I am a dangerous woman. Can you handle it?”

“… This doesn’t end at verse 1.”

“Hehe, I’m going to work, so call me later when dinner is over!”

“Okay.”

Si-eun went up to the second floor, and I sat on the sofa, ate melona, ​​and then started preparing dinner.

Su-a and Si-hyeon got off work late, so it was difficult to prepare dinner, and Si-eun’s cooking skills… Hmm.

For that reason, preparing dinner was mainly my responsibility.

To prepare everyone’s favorite stir-fried octopus, the octopus was cleaned, washed with salt, and then boiled.

While I was chopping vegetables and making seasoning, I heard the front door opening.

“I’m here.”

“Oh, is your sister here?”

It was Sihyeon who opened the door and came in.

Sihyeon was just about to go up to the second floor, but came up to me as I was preparing dinner and snooped around.

“What’s for dinner tonight?”

“My sister’s favorite stir-fried octopus. It’ll be ready soon after the preparation, so wash it quickly.”

“I understand!”

Sihyeon seemed to like the dinner menu and quickly disappeared to the second floor.

Green onions and onions were fried once in oil, seasoning sauce was added and fried once more.

Lastly, I added the boiled octopus and lightly stir-fried it to complete the stir-fried octopus.

After dinner preparations were completed, I went up to the second floor to call Si-eun and Si-hyeon.

Looking at the sound of water coming from the bathroom, it seemed like Sihyeon was still washing.

I first knocked on the room to call Si-eun.

“The food is ready. Come down.”

“…”

But there was no reaction from inside.

When I put my ear to the door and concentrated on the sound, I could hear the sound of a keyboard being typed and a mouse clicking.

I opened the door slightly and looked inside to see Si-eun wearing her headset and engrossed in the game.
When I entered the room, Si-eun seemed to have noticed my presence and took off her headset and looked at me.

“Weren’t you working on it?”

“No, I’m just taking a short break… Ehehe…”

Si-eun excused herself, but her gaze continued to return to her monitor.
I took a short sigh and turned my back.

“It’s stir-fried octopus for dinner tonight, so come down quickly. If you’re late, Sihyeon won’t be able to eat it all.”

“Ah oppaaaaa! Are you going to leave mine separately?”

“Yeah, there’s no guessing.”

I ignored Si-eun’s complaints and left the room.

Sihyeon had just finished washing and was drying her hair.

“Are you going to dry your hair and come down?”

“No, I’ll just put a towel on my head and go down right away.”

Sihyeon came down to the first floor with me with a towel wrapped around her less-dry hair.

As we were sitting at the table together eating dinner, a little while later, Si-eun came down with a loud crashing sound.

“Is there still anything left for me?!”

“There’s still a lot of left.”

“Phew, that’s a relief.”

Si-eun went straight to the rice cooker and cooked rice.

She usually eats while chewing, but today she scooped up a lot of rice, saying it was her favorite dish.

Sometimes it was disgusting to see her complaining about her side dishes, but it was also cute to see her eating so well.

Meanwhile, Sihyeon neatly emptied a bowl and stood up.

“Seonwoo, it was delicious today too. Thank you.”

“No, with something like this.”

“Should I do the dishes?”

“You’re tired after work. I’ll do it.”

“… Then order it from Si-eun who was playing.”

Si-eun ate the rice while listening to the conversation between me and Si-hyeon, then scooped up the last spoonful and stuffed it into her mouth.

“Dsssssd…”

I couldn’t tell what they were saying because my mouth was full of rice.

Seeing Si-eun like that, Si-hyeon frowned.

“What are you doing so dirty? Tell me after you finish eating.”

Si-eun, like a hamster, chewed and swallowed the contents of her mouth, chewing hard with her cheeks puffed out.
But it didn’t seem easy because she put a lot of effort into it.
In the end, Si-eun was able to swallow the contents of her mouth only after drinking her glass of water.

“Puh-ha…!”

“So, what did you say?”

Si-hyeon crossed her arms and glared at Si-eun and asked.

“I can’t put it off any longer. My deadline…!”

With those last words, Si-eun threw away her dishes and ran up to her second floor.

“Hey! Jeong Si-eun!”

Si-hyeon belatedly called out to Si-eun, but Si-eun’s figure had already disappeared beyond her stairs.

“Leave it alone, I’ll clean it up.”

“No, look at what he says!”

I grabbed Si-hyeon, who was excited, and took her to the sofa in her living room.

When I looked at the clock, it was just time for the drama that Sihyeon was watching.

“Isn’t it time to watch the drama your sister is watching?”

“Ah…”

I turned on the TV and turned on the channel that was showing the drama.

He glanced at Sihyeon to see what I was thinking, but when I smiled, he started watching the drama.

Leaving Sihyeon absorbed in the drama, I went back to the kitchen and finished cleaning up.

After putting aside the stir-fried octopus that I had prepared in advance and finishing the dishes, I sat down next to Sihyeon with a snack.

“Is it fun?”

“… Yes.”

Sihyeon was so caught up in the drama that she was late in answering.

I took a moment to look at Sihyeon’s profile, who was still beautiful even though she had removed her makeup.

His moist, light pink lips were slightly parted due to how much he was concentrating.

I pushed the snack between those parted lips.

“Oh, I’m gaining weight…”

Even though I said that, Sihyeon’s mouth took the snack I gave her.

Sometimes, when my fingers brushed against Sihyeon’s soft lips, I felt a tingling sensation.

I wonder if the sight of both sisters munching and eating is so cute.

Instead of watching the TV, I watched Sihyeon eat snacks while constantly feeding him snacks.

As time passed and the drama ended, Sihyeon came to her senses.

And he was shocked when he saw the remains of the snack he had eaten.

Sihyeon looked at me, shaking his head as if he couldn’t have done that.

“… Surely I ate all of this? No, right? Sunwoo, you ate it too, right?”

“I only tasted it?”

“You lied… I told you to stop because I was getting fat…!”

“I didn’t ask you to stop?”

Sihyeon looked at me with resentful eyes, and I responded with a smile.

“Ugh…”

Instead of blaming me, Sihyeon picked up the bag of snacks and started muttering something while checking the calories.

“With this many calories, I should eat for two hours…”

Sihyeon, who was in the middle of calculating something, went up to the second floor with a solemn look on her face.

I just took up the sofa where Sihyeon was sitting and spent some time using my smartphone.

“… You are very late today.”

Perhaps because it was right after eating, my eyes became increasingly heavy.

As I was blinking from fatigue, I heard the front door opening.

It seemed like Su-a had come home from work.

Sister Su-a quietly walked from her front door, quietly sticking her head out to look into her living room.

I got up from the sofa and my sister Su-ah’s eyes met.

Su-a’s sister flinched from the rest of her surprise.

“Hehe…!”

“What are you doing?”

“I thought everyone had gone to bed, so I came in quietly…”

“Have you eaten dinner?”

“… Hmm? You ate, right?”

It was an answer I couldn’t trust at all.

Unlike her lying mouth, Su-ah’s stomach growled and gave an honest answer.
I got up from the sofa and headed to the kitchen.

“I’ll be preparing dinner, so please wash up quickly and come out.”

“… Yes. Thank you.”

Su-a’s face was slightly red, probably because she was embarrassed by the sound her stomach made.
With her brisk steps, Su-ah entered her room.

When I saw her back, I smiled a little.

Who would see that and believe that she is a mother with two older daughters?
She looks so young that she looks like she’s the same age as Sihyeon, and she acts so cute.

I lightly stir-fried and warmed up the stir-fried octopus that I had set aside earlier and took out a few side dishes from the refrigerator.

Then, he scooped up her food, placed it on her table, and waited for Su-ah.
After a while, Su-a’s sister came out wearing light clothes.

“Wow, is it stir-fried octopus today? I’ll enjoy it.”

Sister Su-a carefully took a spoonful and ate it, and then her eyes widened.

“It’s so delicious…!”

Seeing Su-ah like her, a smile automatically came to her face.
When I saw him eating it so deliciously, I couldn’t help but take care of it.

The movement of the spoon became faster and faster, and Su-a quickly emptied the bowl.

“Ha… It was good, Seonwoo.”

“I have some more, would you like some more?”

“No! I’m going to sleep now, but I’m getting fat…”

Su-a’s sister pinched her own belly fat with her fingers.
Her belly fat was slightly plump.

But wouldn’t anyone get belly fat if they pick it up with her hands like that?

‘Rather, I like it just that way…’

She shook off the thoughts that came to her head, got up from her seat, and started cleaning up after her.

“Ah! I’ll clean up after you.”

“No, I will do it.”

I got up, grabbed Su-a who was trying to wash her dishes, and took her to sit on the sofa in her living room.
… For some reason, I felt a sense of déjà vu.

“Okay…”

Sister Su-a resisted for a while and insisted that she would do it herself, but no matter how hard she tried, it was impossible for her to shake off her sturdy physique.

When I let her sit on the sofa, her body went limp and Su-ah became one with the sofa.
Su-ah, who was stretched out on the sofa, turned her arm and massaged her shoulder, as if it were hurting her.

“Does her shoulder hurt?”

“A little…?”

“Then would you like me to massage you after you finish washing the dishes?”

“Will you…?”

Normally I would have refused at least once.

Perhaps she was really sick today, but Su-ah didn’t even refuse to do so out of courtesy.

When I looked down slightly, I saw a chest radiating a huge presence.

‘… It must be tiring to carry something so heavy.’

I quickly went to the kitchen and finished washing the dishes.

And as I was about to go back to the living room, I remembered the scented candle I bought earlier.

‘If not at times like this, when will I use it?’

“I’ll bring something in a moment.”

Instead of going to the living room, I went up to the second floor.

When we went up to the second floor, Si-hyeon and Si-eun seemed to be talking about something and the sound of words was coming out of the room.

Seeing them raise their voices, it seemed like they were fighting again today.

I quietly went to my room and came down to the first floor with only a scented candle.

“Oh my, why is it a scented candle?”

“I’m trying to create a certain atmosphere.”

“Is it really plausible?”

Su-a looked at the scented candle, smiled a little, and turned her back to me.

“Then, shall we take a look at the massage therapist’s skills?”

“… Just leave it to me.”

I lit a scented candle and sat behind Su-a and placed my hand on her shoulder.