Chapter 147 – The Day of the Exam, a Date With Seonha 2

“Uh, older brother, are you angry?”

What to say
Embarrassed, I came out of the booth recklessly, and Seon-ha followed me and said,

“… I’m sorry, brother. I don’t mean that, there…”

Did my attitude feel cold?
When I didn’t say anything, Sun Ha was taken aback.

Are you angry? Why am I angry?
I was embarrassed and kept my mouth shut.
In Sunha’s eyes, I must have looked like I was angry.

Still, it was fine.
If I can pretend to be angry and pass it on, I’ll be angry.

“I’m not angry.”

He glanced back and answered bluntly.
Then go on your way
I played ‘a man who pretends not to be angry even though everyone can see him’.

“Seonhu oppa, are you saying I did something wrong? I just wanted to think that my brother would be nice to me too…”
“Good.”

Stop walking and turn around
I could see Sunha flinching and nervous.

It should not be misleading.
You already experienced it when you were Sua noona, right?

You make me fall in love with you even though you can’t even take responsibility.
I can’t accept it, but I can’t cut it coldly.
Then, it became such an in-between relationship, demanding only the body and not giving the heart.

Sua noona says she likes it.
She’s happy to do anything for me, she says.
Because you like me.

But such unreciprocated relationships only make women unhappy.
One day, if Sua noona wakes up from her dream, she may regret her past and resent me.
It was something I shouldn’t have done if it was really for my opponent.

“Good. Do you think I’m meeting you for that?”

I ate my heart hard.

He is a kind, stray cat-like child.
A stray cat rummaging through garbage cans in a back alley in the cold winter.

It’s easy to feed and pet them with light sympathy.

However, when wild animals get on human hands, they forget how to live alone.
Cats that are accustomed to human food can only eat human food for the rest of their lives.

What would happen if I suddenly stopped feeding.
A good man has no choice but to live in frenzy, hoping for food from others.
And the people who approach a girl who has no place to lean on like Seonha may not be the only ones who genuinely want to help.

So, you shouldn’t make your goodness dependent on others.
It’s not something I’m going to reap and grow.
I can’t do that…

“I’m sorry, brother…”

He apologized to me.
With a sad face like Puss in Boots.
His stern face was full of mischief.
She was afraid of being abandoned by the good me.

Goodness resembles me.
It was like seeing me on the world line unsaved by her mother.
Living alone with loneliness, I am afraid that even the place I can lean on that I have barely found may disappear.
Sunha’s existence reminded me of my childhood days when I lived with the fear of being abandoned.

How can I cut off a child like this?

Maybe she’s already too late.
Because goodness has already started following me.
And me too, goodness…

“…”

I started walking again with a complicated mind.

What should I do for good?

… This… That’s it.
It’s an emergency
You can’t ride people’s hands, you can’t just let them freeze to death on the road, right?
It is such a rescue measure to take a dying cat hit by a car to a veterinary hospital.
I couldn’t help it.

I rationalized my actions like that.

Just don’t cross the line.
As long as you don’t cross the line, you can confidently tell anyone that you did it with good intentions.

Let’s become a tall man.
I will be John Smith, supporting Judy’s studies.

… By the way, did the long-legged man marry the girl he applied for in the original work?
Then why not?

I left the karaoke room and arrived at the car.
I sat in the driver’s seat first, but Seon-ha was hesitant next to the car, unable to get on.
Could it be that the good thinks that I will get angry and abandon him?

“What are you doing? Don’t ride.”

I opened the door and called, and only then did Seon-ja hurriedly get into the car.

“Where do you want to go next?”

She asks Seon-ha to fasten her seat belt again.

“Can I go?”
“… There is a student discount. I should write when I can.”

Sun-ha’s face brightens at my blunt words.
Excited, I started searching on my phone.

“Brother, here you are. They say they give you a piece of cake for every coffee you buy.”

What Sunha showed me on her phone was a famous bakery I had eaten at before.

“Okay. Let’s go.”

I went to the bakery with Sunha.
Unlike Coin Karaoke, which was quiet because it was still morning, there were quite a few people in the bakery.

It must be because it is rumored to be a restaurant on social media. The proportion of young women was particularly high.

“… Good Can you go and buy some? I suffered too much earlier, so it’s a little crowded.”
“Yes! What are you going to eat?”
“Any bread, a glass of iced americano. Buy what you want to eat too.”
“I’ll be back soon!”

He gives the card to Sun-ha and has her run errands.

Sunha excitedly enters the bakery.
I sat in her car and watched Sun-ha to see if she was good at running errands.

“Huh?”

Inside the bakery, Seon-ha ran into girls wearing the same school uniform.
The group was 5 people.

A flashy atmosphere with makeup that was not like a student.
A short school uniform skirt and a tight-fitting school uniform top.
At a glance, I could tell that they were people who played well.

The atmosphere was subtle.
The children lined up as if to surround Sunha to prevent him from escaping.

She was smiling, but it wasn’t the kind of natural smile she shows when I’m with her.
She was forced to smile, as if someone would beat her if she didn’t.

On the other hand, those friends laugh and talk without paying attention to the eyes of the people around them.
The action was clearly contrasted.
There was an invisible wall between Sunha and the rest of her children.
Among the group wearing the same school uniform, only one good man was isolated.

… And it was a familiar atmosphere that I knew well.

I got out of the car

Hmm…
What character would a high school girl like?

I entered the bakery wearing the mask of a gold spoon entertainer.

“Good.”
“Ah… Brother.”

The look on his face when he saw me was hard to say.
It was such an expression that I was happy, but also embarrassed, and wanted me to pass by as if I didn’t know.

I know because I am also experienced.
That’s what we do when someone we know shows up at a bullying scene.

“I came because it seemed like it would take a long time. Are you good friends?”

Of course, I had no intention of passing by.

“Yes. What about it?”
“Who are you?”

As if the girls immediately recognized me as an enemy, they asked me with a ferocious attitude.
Kids these days are scary.

“He’s a good boyfriend.”
“Boy friend?!”
“Did you have a boyfriend?”

Upset children.
You succeeded in suppressing the steamship.

“Brother! What are you talking about?!”

And the bewildered Sunha was the same.

“Haha. Aren’t our Sunhas very shy?”

I put my hand on Sun’s shoulder and pulled him slightly towards me.
Sun Ha’s face is dyed bright red and hesitating.

Maybe Sunha would have resisted a little more, but at this level, it would only seem like she was hiding it because she was ashamed.

My friends looked at me and Seonha alternately with mesmerized expressions.

“Are you here to buy bread? I’ll live. Pick one.”
“Really?”

My words changed the attitude of my friends.

“Brother! You don’t have to.”

On the other hand, Seon-ha is embarrassed by her hard face.
I replied with a relaxed smile.

“Are you okay. I live because I want to buy it.”
“Okay! Your boyfriend wants to buy it for you!”

The children noisily started picking out the bread.
I was told to pick only one, but choosing three or four was the default.
And the girl who seems to be the leader of this faction has chosen the biggest cake in this bakery.

“… Are you really going to buy it? Can you eat it all?”
“I can eat it all!”

Even though bread is bread.
Aren’t you afraid of diabetes?

“Okay. You can’t leave it instead.”
“Yes!”

Collect all the bread the children have chosen and count.
… It was surprisingly expensive because bread was also collected.
I almost hurt my nose after looking at how much the girls should eat.

“Then let’s go on a date. They eat deliciously.”

“Yes~.”
“Have fun, brother.”
“See you at Sunha’s school.”

After all, the best thing for kids is to catch something to eat.
If you look at it this way, even the bullying kids are normal kids.

“Please stay close to our Sunha from now on.”

After paying the bill, as I walked out of the store holding hands with Seonha, the children raised their voices.
Sunha didn’t remove my hand even though her face blushed.

Other guests glare at me for being noisy, but it’s none of my business.
If you have something to say, please say it directly to the chattering kids.

“Brother. What did you do They’re not very close friends.”
“I want to buy it. Didn’t it then?”
“It’s not bad, but…”

He complained when he got into the car, but he didn’t hate it.

“And what about a boyfriend? What do you say when you meet kids at school? Texts have already arrived.”

Her Sunha’s cell phone was on fire with the sound of her message notifications.

“It’s just a male friend, but he said it was because he was crazy. Or say I’m chasing one-sidedly.”
“Eww… How is it… They will look at you strangely.”
“I do not care. I’m not going to see them again anyway. She will have to keep looking at Seon-ha, so she can do as she pleases.”
“… Yes. Then I’ll really do what I want.”

She twitched her lips in goodness and sent her message at breakneck speed.

“Where shall we go next? Should we continue dating?”
“Uh, then oppa, would you like to watch a movie together? They say students get free popcorn.”
“The movie is good. Oh, don’t spill bread crumbs in the car.”

The next date with Seonha was at the cinema.
For the movie, I chose an ordinary Korean melodrama.

The movie itself was kind of fun, but I couldn’t focus on the movie itself for some reason.
Maybe it was because I started acting, but the actor’s acting caught my eye throughout the movie.
‘Why did I act like that?’, ‘I’d rather do it like this here’.

Even an actor who played in a movie would be shocked to know that a rookie who just debuted is evaluating him.

I watched the movie casually, but she was concentrating as if she would be sucked into the good screen.
And he held my hand tightly the whole time.

Suddenly, I think of Miso and what I did at the movie theater.
Compared to that, at least the hands are aegyo.
I also held her small hand tightly like that child.

After watching the movie, I ate lunch at a western restaurant and bought a suit for Sun Ha.
Sunha is also a college student now, so she should have a suit.

“Brother, it’s really okay.”

Seonha kept refusing, perhaps feeling burdened.

When is this guy talking about sponsors?
You can’t even wear a school uniform when you go to university.

In the end, I succeeded in buying new clothes for Sun-ha through a pincer with the store clerk.
It’s worthwhile to make money using it like this.

“… Thank you. I will wear it well.”
“Do you need anything else? Shall I buy another one?”
“I’m really fine now!”

Hmm.
If you go to university, there must be a lot of places where you can put your money.
Wouldn’t it be better to just give them money and tell them to buy what they need?

“… Older brother I am a bit tired now.”
“Okay? Shall we go home?”
“No! That, somewhere, a place to rest…”
“Good.”

That much I understand.

Where did he learn such bad things?
Just like in the karaoke room, the environment for raising children in this country is too bad.

“Didn’t you understand what I was saying earlier? Didn’t I tell you not to say that?”
“I got it. Still, I don’t want to just take it.”

Sunha said in a pouting voice.

You can also know the good heart.
But it shouldn’t be.
Yes, it’s the same as paying money.

“Kids don’t care about that. If you want to reciprocate, study hard. When an adult gives something, just say thank you and take it.”
“Tooth. What are adults In less than two years.”
“Say those words after you get certified as an adult.”
“Yes.”

It’s a bit early, but it’s time for me to go to the filming set, so I decided to break up with Seonha.

“Can I drop you off here?”

I park the car at the place where I met Seon-ha in the morning.

“Yes, oppa, I enjoyed today thanks to you.”

Side.

“Even before you become an adult, is this enough? See you later, bro.”

Sun-ha packed up her luggage and got out of the car.
Leaving a thin warmth around my mouth.

…
Is this enough?
Among young people these days, a kiss is considered a greeting.

I rolled down the window and said hello.

“Go in with caution.”
“Good job too, brother. You are good at filming.”

Sunha waving her hand cutely and walking away.

Seeing her goodness off, I was somehow immersed in a strange feeling.
A sense of duty arose that I had to raise that child well.

Is this the heart of a father raising a daughter?
It seemed like he had to work hard to earn money in order to raise Sunha well.

… Hmm.
Being motivated in some way is a good thing.
Let’s work even harder for goodness.

I made up my mind and headed to the set.