Chapter 74 – Introduction.

“I’ll be back.”
“Go…”

Finally, the beginning of the semester, when the stress level of college students rises, has dawned. Even though August is over, the hot weather is still there, so the stress index is expected to be high.
The feeling of starting the semester is not the day I go to the army, it’s just nothing. Just go, take classes, do assignments, and that’s it. My sister also let me go, rubbing her sleepy eyes, just like when she lived before.

“Ha…”

Of course, it wasn’t really all that bad. I couldn’t sleep because of what I heard yesterday. It’s just that the beginning of the semester didn’t hurt me.
I couldn’t sleep much and I must have woken up early. There was nothing to eat at home, so I decided to eat breakfast at the convenience store.

-My younger brother…

Annoyingly, the words keep lingering in my head.
I’m my sister’s younger sister, but I still like her. But why does the word younger brother annoy me? Could it be that I was stabbed? Because you can’t be honest with others?
On the subject of forcing my sister to look at me, I feel sorry for her when I fall into this situation.

“It’s 3200 won.”

King cap, chocolate milk, and tuna mayonnaise. I only bought three, but this price is a price that makes soldiers angry. What about though These people also have to eat.
First of all, I swallowed my angry feelings with cup noodles. Triangular gimbap and chocolate milk for dessert.
After taking the subway one stop, I arrived at the school.

“Jiwoo!”

I was about to enter the classroom without power, but someone called me. The only people who could call me to erase were my older sister and one person, Choi So-young.

“Long time no see.”
“When did you come up?”
“A week ago.”
“Somehow, I haven’t seen you for a few days.”
“You?”
“I came up yesterday.”

Soyoung and I are in different grades and have different subjects, so I waved lightly to say see you later, and Soyoung casually grabbed my hand.

“Are you living alone now?”
“…”

Originally, I should have said that I was living with my sister, as if it were natural, but now I was a little hesitant to say it. It happened before vacation, and it happened yesterday.
Still, I couldn’t lie to Soyoung. Because it’s the only friend I can see in Seoul.

“No, with my sister.”
“Is your sister up too?”
“Yes. My sister said she lived at home, but my mother was extremely against it.”
“I see…”

Soyoung’s expression darkened slightly at my answer. It seemed that he was worried about it. Hey, if I were Soyoung, I would have been shocked. How do you go to someone’s house and have sex? Also between siblings.
He told So-young, who looked at him with worried eyes, as if to be relieved.

“…Don’t worry, I don’t do that anymore.”
“I didn’t mean to ask that… I’m sorry. I bothered you for no reason.”
“Are you okay.”
“Then stay for a while.”
“Huh.”

So-yeong tried to drink a drink, but she refused. It’s because she just ate at the convenience store, and to be honest, Soyeong is still uncomfortable.
I guess I’m still at fault for naturally promising to see you later.

“Don’t be lazy just because classes started~ It’s just the beginning.”
“””Yes~”””

Now that everyone has become friends, I’m still being treated like air. That’s rather good though. The boy who was talking to me… What was its name? Anyway, he doesn’t talk to me anymore, maybe he has a girlfriend.
Enlist inside and regret it. He laughed.
Of course, the class didn’t pay attention at all.

“It’s not at home… I said see you earlier.”

Normally, I wouldn’t even think of a promise like this. As the future with my sister and countless thoughts got tangled up, my reluctance to go home grew. If I continue to live with my sister, how will I tell my parents, how will I introduce myself to others, and how will I deal with paperwork?
Just thinking about it makes my head explode.
It’s not just because I like sex with my older sister. If it was because of sex in the first place, he would have dated another girlfriend. But I love my sister with all my heart. I sincerely love my older sister who relies on me even though she complains about me. First of all, my heart is sincere.
But when he heard that he was her sister, the reality suddenly became scary.
Is my sister trying to introduce me as her brother to others?
And how should I introduce my sister?

“What are you doing?”
“You’ve been waiting.”
“Iyol~ What’s going on?”
“You told me to wait.”
“Did I…?”
“Didn’t you? See you later.”
“Ah… That… I just said it.”
“…What?”
“There’s something like that. Let’s have a meal later~ Something like this.”
“Ah, that means…”

While I was thinking anxiously, So-yeong appeared. I never thought I would wait for So-young with my will, not my will. She is not the only one who feels out of place.

“What is it? Did you want to go with me?”
“…Maybe?”
“Should I go with you or not?”
“I’ll just go alone.”
“Oh, you’re kidding!”

Soyoung, who was wearing her long coat, put her hands in her pockets while she naturally crossed her arms around me. For some reason, because of the smell of perfume that creeps up, she gets angry with me, who doesn’t really want to resist.

“What’s wrong?”
“Huh? Nothing happened?”
“No, do you have a schedule?”
“Oh- no.”
“Then let’s go eat shaved ice.”
“Okay.”

Soyoung follows the path she walks with a pleasant expression on her face. Maybe it was because she was standing behind her, and the pleasant smell of her shampoo crossed her nose. When she came to her senses, she smelled so good that she reached the crosswalk before she knew it.

“Hey!”

So-yeong unconsciously grabbed my collar as I tried to cross the crosswalk at the red light.

“Why are you blank? It’s going to be a big deal.”
“Ah, thank you.”
“How are you going to live without the real me?”
“Wouldn’t you like to live somehow?”
“…Ah, yes.”
“Why are you upset again?”
“I’m not pissed off.”

She said so, but until she got to the shaved ice shop, So-yeong continued to pat me as if she didn’t like something. She, of course, let’s use the ‘Ignore’ skill, which is how she does at times like this, and she gets tired of being alone and says, “It’s fun,” And hasn’t touched her since.

“What do you want to eat?”
“…”
“Are you still mad?”
“Anything.”
“Guest. There’s no such thing as shaved ice.”
“…”
“If you keep pushing, I’ll leave.”
“Choco.”
“Huh?”
“…With chocolate flavor.”
“Okay.”

The person behind the kiosk quickly sent her eyes to get out of the way, so she ordered a roughly dark brown shaved ice and took her seat. She casually handed me the bag, and she just accepted it with a sigh.
After waiting for a while, our number appeared on the screen.
Then you see, I bought it.

“Eat this and let go of your anger, princess.”
“What a princess…”
“You asked me to call you this when you were in high school.”
“Who still remembers that…”
“Here.”
“Ha…”

So-Young must have admitted that she lost, but she sighed and raised her spoon. And she took a bite of shaved ice, and she made a strange noise, saying that it was delicious as if she was happy.
If you come here with your sister… Oh no.

“I’m glad you enjoyed your meal.”
“Aren’t you eating?”
“Eat. Now.”

When you eat a spoonful of shaved ice, the sweet taste spreads to the tip of your tongue. In addition, the unique sweetness of the chocolate shaved ice combined with it, and my thoughts disappeared and my eyes opened wide. All I could think of was how delicious it was.

“Oh. It’s delicious.”
“You didn’t like shaved ice.”
“Since I came back from the military, everything was delicious.”
“Oh~”

Well, it’s not that military food isn’t delicious. However… Maybe only the military writers know. How precious is the priestly food. How thankful I am for the fact that I can eat when I want to eat delivered.

“I should have visited you. I should have bought you something delicious.”
“Thank you for your words. If you had come, I would have made a fuss over whether you were my girlfriend. Maybe.”
“Why? You’re pretty.”
“Because it was the first time my sister came to visit me before demobilization. There are circumstances.”
“…I see.”

As you know. I swallowed before the words came out. Because I didn’t want to ruin the atmosphere. I don’t think the saying that not knowing is medicine came about for nothing.
Soyoung asked with a worried expression.

“Did you fight with your sister?”
“Why sister?”
“Yeah. I keep looking bad today. Did you have a fight… I guess.”
“I didn’t fight.”
“What’s the matter with people who say things like that?”
“Doesn’t exist.”
“Why are you so serious?”

I don’t want Soyoung to shoulder my problems. It’s not a problem that can be solved even if you listen in the first place, and if you say it, you may be reported by the person who heard it.
As if So-Young noticed my feelings, she changed the topic while eating the cheese cube.

“I remember the old days. I spilled all the shaved ice.”
“Was it?”
“Yeah~ We were eating shaved ice together a long time ago, and you spilled it all because of a weird spoon.”
“Ah…That. Now that I think about it, it’s a waste of money.”
“Really. Did you buy that with your own money? I bet you did.”
“Kuhm.”

I remembered. When I hated shaved ice, I forcibly went to a shaved ice shop with her friends and ate it with Soyoung by chance.
Now that I think about it, it was a very nuisance to So-yeong and to the shaved ice shop. Sell the child

“But not now.”
“Have you eaten a lot? With a girl.”
“It’s just learned on its own.”
“…Okay?”
“Okay.”

I’ve never really hung out with a woman. It was very recently that I met So-young alone. When I was a student, I only met everyone together, and I had other friends, but I never contacted them after my grade changed or after I graduated.
If there was a girl I went out with a lot, it would probably only be my older sister besides her parents.

“…I went out with a lot of guys.”
“Wow. I’m so envious.”
“Put some soul, some soul.”
“Wow, I really envy you.”
“It’s okay. I want to eat it all by myself.”

So-yeong proclaimed that she would eat it all, complaining of unreasonable heartache, but after a while, she let go of the spoon. Are you proud of going out with a lot of men? If you’re proud, you should be proud.
There is a perception that if a man hangs out a lot with a woman, he is envious, but when a woman hangs out a lot with a man, he looks bad. Of course, in reality the latter is far more common.
As I thought about useless things, more and more people gradually joined me in emptying the shaved ice.

“I feel sick to my stomach.”
“Then why did you force yourself to eat it all? You don’t have to eat it.”
“It’s a waste. I bought it with my own money.”
“I’m sorry.”

I decided to walk instead of the subway to digest the food while looking at the sky, which shows no signs of setting yet. Perhaps it was because I had turned on the air conditioner for almost two hours, and a stinging feeling as if I had switched from a cold bath to a warm bath covered my whole body.

“Are you going home now?”
“Hmm…”

I didn’t want to go back because if I went home now, it would only flow awkwardly with my sister. I tried to shake off the bad thoughts, but they kept hovering around me, and I still can’t calm down.
So now I can’t go back.

“No. I’m going to stay outside a little longer.”
“Okay?”
“Yeah. Didn’t you say you had to go home?”
“Uh. I’m going. What are you going to do alone?”
“Well, I guess he’s just going around aimlessly.”
“Haven’t you done this before?”
“Was it?”

We made our way through the crowd and arrived at the station.

“Bye.”
“Hmm…”

Right before going down the stairs, So-yeong didn’t say anything as if she was thinking about it, and then she asked me again.

“Hey. What are you going to do?”
“I told you. Just walking around.”
“It was…”
“Huh.”
“Just play me too.”
“Can I not go home?”
“Yeah. Because it’s not a big deal.”

She had an unknown feeling for So-young, who casually crossed her arms, but she didn’t really push it away. She pretended not to care, afraid that she would be found out.

“Ah.”
“Omg.”

While she was deciding where to play with So-yeong, the sky started to become cloudy, and then it rained. She took refuge in a nearby karaoke bar, but the rain only got thicker.

“I’ll have to stay until the rain stops.”
“…Huh.”

After a moment of silence, Soyoung spoke.

“Do you want to sing a song?”
“…Okay.”

And I didn’t find anything wrong with it, except that the tone of the voice had become a little snarky.