Chapter 55 – The Changed Sister.

D-9

Without a doubt, Monday has come.
The Monday that everyone hates, even the executives, has arrived.
The painful time has come when you have to carry the aftereffects of the weekend on your back.
But all of this is an exception to me.

“Isn’t it time…”
“I know.”

Originally, I had to go to work, but maybe because I was in my later years, my work list was included without me, so I no longer needed to see the North Korean army.
The following is confidential and omitted.
Thanks to that, I had to live without a cell phone during work hours. Rather good.
So I am talking to Jaechan who is not working hours yet.

“What are you going to do when you get discharged?”
“I have to go back to school right away. I already applied for it.”
“Oh~”
“What are you going to do? You go to college too.”
“Well… Maybe I’ll just go back to school.”
“Aha.”

I wonder if it was because of Hyunta, or something, and the story of worrying about my career started to come out. Most people say that the military is a place to think about these things, but when it comes to things, I just live as it goes by and I only think about it at the last minute.
With a few exceptions, they probably did too. Probably almost everyone lived without thinking.
I was one of them, but lately I’ve been thinking about it quite often.
Because I have to live with my sister from now on.
Until I graduate safely from college, get a job, earn a lot of money, and live with my older sister, I have to work hard.

“Recovery is also returning… First of all, I’m going to make a girlfriend… You should try.”
“Are you confident?”
“I got a call from an alumni yesterday.”
“Really?”
“Uh. He said he had one month left before being discharged, and let’s meet.”
“All. It will be real.”
“But his school days were so glamorous… Even if we do meet, there is a high possibility that we will end up eating together.”
“No way. There is a reason we want to meet.”
“Complaints about your ex-boyfriend?”
“We should use that as a stepping stone to meet.”
“He really changed after he escaped from Moa Club.”
“Haha.”

I can’t say that it was her older sister who attacked her first. Because of my older sister’s active side, I also passed over.
So I’m telling him to be active.
Because there is a possibility

“I don’t think Ada escaped.”
“Hmm… You know how to do that.”
“Any tips?”
“A tip?”

Is there a tip, I fell for it because my sister seduced me.
I just said what came to mind.

“If you drink…”
“Huh.”
“Perhaps he will seduce you first?”
“What are you talking about again?”
“Why, you talked about enough possibilities.”
“What, all of a sudden, while drinking, he said, ‘I’m dizzy’, kissed him while putting my hand on his thigh, and then asked to go to a motel?
“Ji said everything, but what?”
“It’s the imagination of Mosol Ada.”
“It’s a story that’s quite possible. Just look at the rumors on the Internet.”
“So you know it can never happen.”
“What. He cheered me on.”
“Thank you for that, but… Still, the one who won’t be able to do it. Don’t you know that you can’t be a good guy?”
“No way.”

Jaechan has plenty of potential.
That’s because me and my sister, who shouldn’t have had a chance, ended up like this.

“I’m on duty soon.”
“Oh, bye.”

When it was time for work, Jaechan changed into his combat uniform and left the dormitory.
Again, silence came to the dormitory where there was no one but me, and I felt a cool chill.
Time didn’t go badly.

D-9

“Did something like that happen?”
[Okay… ?]
“Huh. I didn’t have to because my sister confessed first.”
[Ooh… Ji-woo did it first… ]
“I?”

Every day, the time to contact my sister came. Yesterday and today, as soon as it was 5:30, I got a call from my sister.
As expected, her voice was still sweeter than chocolate.

[Huh… When I was a kid… ]
“Is it?”
[It was.]
“Hmm…”

I don’t remember very well. Well, I said a lot of things like I want to marry my sister. When I later found out that it wasn’t going to work anyway, I probably wasn’t interested in her anymore. My older sister also became harsh with me, perhaps because her puberty came.

[I do not remember… ?]
“As a child, she just said that she wanted to marry my sister.”
[I just said that… ?]
“Because I was young then… Of course now I’m serious I’m thinking of many things because I want to live with my sister.”
[Then delete…]
“Huh.”

There was an emotion that I don’t know what it was in that sweet voice.
What that feeling was, I didn’t know now.

[If I didn’t confess… Didn’t you?]
“Confession? What confession?”
[I like Jiwoo… If you haven’t confessed…]
[Did you not date?]
“Hmm…”

I know.
I suddenly had the same thought.
If my sister hadn’t confessed to me, if I hadn’t come to her first, would I have confessed?
My older sister looks like the opposite sex, so I approached her first…
Was it really so?
Wouldn’t you have kept it in your mind for practical reasons?
And I couldn’t see my sister here and there——

“…”

I was speechless.

“… That.”
[I didn’t… ?]
“Maybe I wished I could get closer to my sister after being discharged?”
[… ?]
“That is… Therefore… I wonder if it’s better to come first… Wouldn’t it be nice to be a little more active… To be honest, since then, I’ve been afraid of my older sister. My sister also became very timid. But that timid older sister confessed to you.”
[Me, me… ]
“I only said it because my older sister is active enough now.”
[…]

I didn’t do anything wrong, and I didn’t lie, but everything I say right now feels like an excuse. If my sister hadn’t approached me and had remained timid, there might not have been a time to reconcile about things then and we wouldn’t be talking on the phone like this now.
Before that, I treated my sister rationally——

[No… ]
“What is it?”
[I am… I knew Jiwoo liked me first… ]
“…”
[So… I mustered up the courage to confess… ]
“Wait a minute sister.”
[Jiwoo doesn’t like me—-]
“Sister.”
[Huh…]
“I think I said something stupid.”

At that moment, my voice must have gotten louder, so I heard my sister startled.

“You know I love you sister.”
[Yes…]
“No matter how you were before, I like you now.”
[Huh…]
“… Sorry. Out loud.”
[No… I… Sorry… He]
“Let’s call again tomorrow, sister.”
[… Huh.]

Even if I tried more, the situation wouldn’t get better, so I quit.
Shouldn’t you just like it now? I don’t know what else made my sister nervous.
What if you wish again?
Yesterday, I heard that Gye-yeong broke up with her girlfriend, whom she had lost contact with, and I became anxious.

“Ha…”

I just thought I should apologize to my sister tomorrow, so I also sent it via chat.
I thought I could fix it tomorrow.
Until I heard my older sister’s voice change.

D-8

“…”

Even though it was 5:30, there was no call or talk from my sister. It’s not like he’s busy, but his mother is there too. To check on what her sister was doing, she called her mother.

“Uh, Mom.”
[Yes son. What’s the matter?]
“What are you doing?”
[Sister? I just went outside.]
“I went outside… ?”

Who is your sister?
Is that sister?
Who is bothersome to go outside and lacks exercise?

[Huh. Where did you think you were coming from?]
“… Okay?”
[Do you want to see your sister already?]
“I miss you. Mom too.”

After the phone call ended, my sister called me just in time. Fortunately, yesterday’s incident didn’t turn into a bad thing, so I answered the phone after sweeping her chest in relief.

“Hello——”
[Is it erased?]
“… I am.”

An unusually bright voice. Judging by the slurred pronunciation, it was clear that he was drunk.
It was not a safe situation at all.

[Erase…]
“You’re right sister… ?”
[You’re right!]
“Have you been drinking?”
[Uh, savings… ?]
“A little… That’s right.”

Because I was drunk and drinking beer. It’s useless and cute, so I’m more concerned about it.

[Lol… There are so many people here!]
“Who did you eat with?”
[Alone.]
“Why all of a sudden?”
[That thing…]

My older sister’s voice, which seemed to be in a very good mood, made me cry a little.

[Gugee… Because I like this type of erasing…]
“…”

What do you mean by that
I tried to say, but I gave up because I thought I wouldn’t be able to communicate properly anyway.

“I can go home properly… ?”
[I can go. Because you can take the subway.]
“Subway… ? Hongdae, maybe?”
[Huh!]
“…”

I have to tell my mom to come pick me up.

D-7

A week before discharge.
I was upset about yesterday’s phone call. Although I was wrong… Still, it wasn’t like a sister. It’s not crying, it’s drinking. Do you want to go home well?

“I’m not coming…”

I didn’t get a call today like yesterday. I’m sure you won’t be drinking two days in a row, and if you’re busy with work, chat…
Can’t you do it now.

“Ha…”

I didn’t do it yesterday because I was drunk, and I don’t even know what’s going on today.
I was so afraid of not being able to contact you.
I didn’t think that would happen.
I’d like to believe I’m busy because I’m at work.
I was anxious.

‘I do… ?’

If noona doesn’t call, it must be because she’s busy or has a change of heart. Do you answer that I’m calling?
Or not… Are you waiting for me to walk… ?

‘No way…’

It’s not that my sister is stupid, but she’s not the kind of person who would push me that far.
There is no need to push in the first place.
I love any sister
Still, rather than staying still, I wanted to hear my sister’s voice, so I called.

[Hello?]
“Hello?”
[Why did you call me?]
“… Of course, I called because I wanted to hear your voice.”
[Did you want to hear my voice that much?]
“Huh…”

The feeling of heart sinking.
My older sister, who had such a cute voice, somehow felt like she had returned to her old feelings.
As if nothing had happened. Just to that point when puberty began.

“Are you working?”
[Ah, yes. Kinda busy Is it okay to call next time?]
“No, that… Are you coming to visit us this week?”
[Huh. You said you were going.]
“… Okay. Sorry to disturb you.”
[No. Are you okay. See you on the weekend.]
“Huh…”
[Oooh——]
“Ha…”

In the end, until the day my sister came to visit, I couldn’t talk to her even once.