Chapter 105 – Bird, Why Are You So Cute?

The moment I saw those three letters, my reality that I had forgotten for a while in the dreamlike happy time with my younger brother began to come to mind again.
Kim Joo-won, who raped me.
A child born of rape by such a guy.
Until yesterday, I didn’t want to show a bad appearance in front of Sae-ah, so I sent Sae-ah in Gam Ju-won’s arms.

“Sister, is that the man?”

Seoyeon nodded her head.
If it wasn’t for the fact that I’m Sae-ah’s mother, I probably wouldn’t have answered this phone call.

“Can I pick up the phone?”
“…Is it because of the baby?”
“Yeah, sorry.”

Seeing her helplessly nodding her head, she cautiously pressed her call button.
Then, on the other side of the phone, the child’s cry was faintly heard through the voice, “Oh, come on,” As if the bird was crying.

[ Woke up? ]
“Is the bird crying?”
[ Uh. When the child woke up, he couldn’t stop crying…]
“Ah.”

She glanced back at Seoyeon.
Even if I can’t spend the whole day on her.
At least, during the day, I wanted to spend it on her.

“I woke up at night, and it must be because my mother wasn’t there.”
[ Okay? Hmm… ]

As if pondering for a moment, silence spreads over the phone.
It seems that he doesn’t want to take away the time I can be fully Lee Seo-ha, not Sae-ah’s mother.

“I’m leaving, so wait a little bit.”
[Uh, no, that’s fine…]
“Then are you going to leave the child alone when he’s crying?”

Kim Joo-won, who was speechless at my words, became quiet for a while.
The agitation in my heart that comes from the fact that I am the mother of a baby already makes me immobilized.

[ Okay. ]
“Don’t wait for me just to pick you up, I’m waiting for you at home.”
[ Uh. ]

However, she is not Lee Seo-ha as a mother, but Lee Seo-ha as her older sister.
I write it, but I can’t help but look at the smiling face of my younger brother, and I forcibly endure the pain in my heart.

“I have to go.”
“Huh…”
“It’s okay. He said he was crying.”

From my point of view, even though I would like to monopolize it.
Also, seeing Seoyeon, who is kind like a fool, is considerate of me like that.

“Sorry, Seo Yeon-ah. I wanted to write to you today.”
“Because I’m really fine.”

Before she goes, she holds the child in her arms one last time.
Even if today is not the end.
From Seoyeon’s point of view, I’ve been waiting for another year.

“Oh, here are the contacts.”

At best, she lost her first reunion to her nephew.

“You’ve changed your contact information.”
“Because I had to get rid of my old contacts to live on the run.”
“Ah, well…”

Instead, I gave her home address and phone number to Seoyeon so that she could visit me anytime.
In addition, she declared to her that she would never disappear anywhere again.

“I also sent the timetable for Kim Joo-won’s lecture.”
“… Why is that bastard?”
“I don’t think you want to run into him. If you come, I can tell you to leave, but there will be times when you want to come without saying anything.”

Speaking of this, I’m sorry she seems to be asking me to avoid the time zone he’s connected to.
Because Seo-yeon hates her enough that she probably wants to kill him.

“Okay.”
Rose from her seat.
Also, it’s been a long time since I’ve used her powers in such a bad condition.

Thanks to Mana, who closes her eyes and connects to the two-dimensional space, lives as Lee Seo-ha and assimilates with her body.
She expands her senses more broadly than when she attended her academy, and expands her casting range to the house where Kim Ju-won and her new baby will be.
Originally, it would be solved by taxi.

“Seo Yeon-ah, then see you next time.”

When she woke up, she said she was crying because it was the first time she had been through a situation without her mother.
She couldn’t bear to take a taxi for 30-40 minutes.

“Yes, sister.”

That’s how I had to disappear with the blue light from Seoyeon’s house.

“Are you here, Seoha?”
“Ehh, bird, are you tired of crying?”
“Uh.”

He let out a small sigh at Kim Joo-won’s words and accepted Sae-ah, who had lost her energy.
I was about to let out a small sigh as I looked at the child who seemed to fall asleep soon.

“…?”

It’s like recognizing that you’re my mother.
Sae-ah’s gaze, now looking at me clearly, gave me a smile without even realizing it.
…Anyway, I automatically thought that I was wrong to be a good older sister.
*        *

A few days have passed since her first meeting with Seo-yeon, which was not easy.
In fact, on the surface, it may seem like only one person has come back into my life.
Family.
The weight of the word made up of those two letters is by no means light, there have been more changes in my life than I thought.

– Sister!

First of all, at least once a day, a message came from Seoyeon.

– Can I go to your sister’s house later?

When Kim Joo-won is not at her house, when her own lecture ends early, she visits our house like this.
Even when she’s typing on her keyboard, she hears a door open and looks at her watch, just like today

“Sister!”

Seo-yeon’s voice was heard without fail along with the clock pointing to the time zone where Kim Joo-won would not come yet.

“Shh.”

Just in case it’s a pity today.

“Are you sleeping bird?”
“Uh.”
“It’s a shame.”
“That’s why I’m so peaceful.”

It’s just that Seo-yeon came while Sae-ah was sleeping.

“Ha, it’s hard.”
“Did you eat lunch?”
“No. I partly didn’t eat it to get it from my sister.”
“But I’m busy right now.”
“Eiying, I’m hungry.”

Who do you really resemble and are good at making cute sounds like that?
I automatically thought that if he leaves my arms later and goes to find a man, he will be happy.
Unlike me who is blunt and doesn’t show affection well, Seoyeon has a lot of aegyo and smiles a lot on her face.

“Okay. Wait a minute.”

She stopped writing and raised her body.
Actually, I’m not that good at cooking, though.
She had to do this and that until she found a stable life while running away, so she had to cook naturally.

“Is it bibimbap today?”

She fried two eggs, poured red pepper paste and sesame oil over the herbs, and Seoyeon’s eyes began to shine.
The rice I cooked is so delicious.

She honestly said that before, but when she saw her sister like that, she felt good inside.
Kim Joo-won ate well without skipping the rice I cooked for him, but was it because he felt guilty about me?
It’s like I’m sorry to eat, but there was a little bit of an attitude that I couldn’t help but eat.

“Really, I want to do well like this.”

If you have a man to live with, you will be like that, Seo Yeon-ah.

“When are you going today?”
“Um, well? I want to go see her.”
“I opened the door, so after eating, I’ll go to sleep for a bit. When I wake up, I’ll put myself to sleep.”
“Sister, where did you pick it up?”
“It’s okay to touch your cheeks, but you have to wash your hands, okay?”

After smiling at Seoyeon’s words and talking about the precautions she almost missed, she nodded her head and continued her meal.
After staring at her younger brother for a while, the moment she turned her gaze to the monitor to finish the two overdue manuscripts.

“Aaaaa!”

I heard Sae-ah’s cry inside, so I had to cover the laptop.
Shall we do the transmission a little later?

“Looks like you woke up.”

It’s not time to wake up yet, but when I wake up and cry like that, I usually do errands and head to the crib with a diaper.
I’ve done this many times.
She changed the diaper with her skillful hands and came out to the living room with the new baby in her arms.

“Wow, are you awake?”

Seo-yeon, who sometimes seems to like her nephew more than her mother, began to look at her child, her eyes radiating a desire to touch her.

“Did you wash your hands?”
“Huh.”
“Rice is.”
“I’ve cleaned it up perfectly.”

So Seo-yeon’s hand was carefully directed to Sae-ah.
Let’s carefully poke Sae-ah’s cheek as she looks at her aunt curiously.
Sae-ah said, “Ha, it’s so good,” And soon her expression began to relax.

“If you like, why don’t you hug yourself?”
“Oh, that’s a bit scary…”
“Why? Hug me once.”
“Really?”
“Oh, really.”

Seo-yeon gulped down her saliva as she looked at Sae-ah.
Then I remembered the first time she came to my house.
The confused look in her eyes as she lay in her arms and smiled at me.
In a way, it’s a baby who got half the blood of the trash that raped her sister.

“Be careful not to bend behind her head, support her arm with your opposite hand, uhhh.”

If it’s fortunate though, my younger brother is so kind that I should have made up my mind to think that the baby is innocent.
In fact, I still don’t think Seo-yeon really likes Sae-ah or anything like that.
However, just because she received Kim Joo-won’s blood, she must have understood my thoughts that there was no reason that even her baby should be treated like garbage.

“Wow…”

Seo-yeon, holding her child in her arms, made a curious expression.
She began to look at her new baby in her arms with a completely different gaze.

But is it unfamiliar to her aunt’s arms?
Watching her shake her hands and feet with a puzzled look on her face, she made both me and Seoyeon laugh for a while.

“It’s a bird, aunt.”

When Seoyeon spoke in her soft voice, she seemed to have heard him, and she smiled broadly.
It was fortunate.
She was worried that the new baby would cry because she was not in her mother’s or father’s arms.

“Sister.”
“Huh.”
“Why are you so cute?”
“So baby.”
“Is it?”

I was relieved by Seoyeon’s words, and I laughed again.
Beep beep beep-.
Until Kim Joo-won, who returned earlier than expected, heard the sound of pressing the house password.

Seo-yeon knows that at this moment, there is no one but one who can press the house password.
Her expression hardened in an instant.