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“I will help you.”

“Do you know how to cook?”

“I often ate it at the facility. Something like a late-night snack.”

As I was unpacking and starting to cook for the welcome party, Yuna came up next to me.

I felt fortunate because it was already too much to do alone.

“Then, can you do this first, then peel this and cut it into pieces? You can just cut it roughly.”

He handed out cleaned potatoes and carrots.

“Yes!”

Yuna, who accepted the vegetables I offered her, answered energetically.

There was a small smile on my face as I wondered what was so fun.

It wasn’t that I wasn’t curious about the reason, but I decided not to ask because it was nice to see her smile.

“I went!”

“I went there.”

As I was steadily preparing for the home party, I opened the front door and two familiar faces appeared.

Hayun and Younha return from elementary school. There were two twins.

Hayun rushed into the kitchen as soon as she arrived and asked with sparkling eyes.

“What birthday is today? My birthday is still far away… Ah! I get it. It’s your birthday.”

“My birthday already passed 3 months ago. We ate cake together back then, right?”

“I don’t remember!”

“I’m proud. Very.”

“Sigh.”

Yuna, who was next to her, burst out laughing at the sight of Hayun answering confidently.

“It’s a welcome party. Welcome party. You did it when you came too.”

“Aha!”

At the same time, he lightly hit Hayun’s hand as she tried to pick up a lightly grilled chicken leg.

“If you go out, wash up. Because there was a lot of fine dust today.”

“Can’t I wash after eating this?”

“Yes, no.”

I pushed away Hayoon, who was clinging to me and trying to make me cute.

“Younha. Take your sister with you. He keeps interrupting me.”

“Sister. Let’s go.”

Younha nodded at my words.

Unlike her older sister, who doesn’t listen to anything, her younger sister, Yunha, is a good listener.

Therefore, Younha is mainly responsible for controlling Hayun, who sometimes goes into a rebellious mode like that.

“Ah, this is disgusting! How about giving me some of that?”

While grumbling, Hayoon was half-forcibly dragged into the room by Younha’s hand.

Sometimes when I see you, I don’t know who is my older sister and my younger brother.

“Somehow she seemed very motherly. Just now.”

“…You know that’s a word that secretly hurts a man, right?”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

Yuna hastily apologized.

“It’s a joke. joke. Because I’ve been taking care of the kids for several years already. Even if I hear things like that, I think there’s nothing I can do about it.”

“How many years?”

“Has it been exactly 2 years now? Because I was the first to come to this house.”

Government-supported share house.

The children who come to Room 302 of Building 103 of Cheongmyeong Apartments all have deep wounds in their hearts.

This is because they are sent here only when it is determined that they are unable to adapt to the facility.

When I think back to when I first came here, I’ve definitely improved a lot.

Because in the past, all doors to my heart were truly closed.

When I think back on the situation at the time, I think it’s nice to see him being a little fussy like he is now because that’s exactly what his age was like.

“…Should we even prepare? The kids will come soon.”

“Yes!”

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“Then, congratulations on Yeon-ah’s new move-in! Cheers!”

“Cheers!”

That evening.

A home party was held led by Chae-yeon after work.

The living room, where everyone gathered for the first time in a long time, was more lively than usual.

“Can I call you Yuna unnie?”

“Ah. yes. Of course.”

The first batter is, of course, the second daughter who boasts the highest level of friendliness. Soojin Choi.

The guy who took the seat right next to Yuna from the beginning was talking to her from the beginning of the party.

“As expected, your cooking is the best! The dog is delicious.”

“Sister. It was in my mouth.”

Hayun keeps stuffing food into her mouth, wondering how much can fit into such a small body, and Younha looks at it with worried eyes.

“…When did you come here?”

“Ah, I guess it’s your first time seeing Jina’s face. Yuyeon-ah, who has been living in this house since yesterday. I’m 18 years old.”

“Hmm…well, I guess it’s good.”

The third daughter, Shin Jin-ah, had a bumpy face the whole time.

Is it because I forcibly caught him when he said he would go back to his room as soon as he got back from school?

Because he doesn’t want to talk to me much in the first place. It would be too much to tell you to become friends right away.

“…”

“Yes, yes. Okay.”

Because there were not enough chairs at the table, Lin, who was sitting on my lap, tugged on my collar.

As she had hoped, she picked up the shrimp from a distance with her fork.

“Ah…”

“Ask me to feed you?”

A pink tongue was visible amidst pure white and even teeth.

As expected, it seems like things are getting more and more foolish these days.

I can’t feed him on my lap like this forever, so I’ll have to order a new chair soon.

“Yuna, don’t be so stiff, just relax. From now on, we are like family.”

While everyone was sipping orange juice, Han Chae-yeon proudly took a shot of wine all by herself.

“Sujin. Let’s put down that bottle when we have good words.”

“Chet.”

Choi Soo-jin, who was trying to take advantage of the confusion to secretly take the wine her mother was drinking, clicked her tongue.

“Honestly, isn’t it okay to drink on a happy day like today?”

“Okay, I’ll let you drink as much as you want in the next three years.”

“I heard Yuna wants to drink it too?”

“Yes? Me?”

Since he feels he is at a disadvantage, he suddenly sells out Yuna, who was next to him.

Yuna, who was mentioned right away, opened her eyes wide and pointed at herself.

“Stop saying things that don’t work and just drink plain juice.”

“Yes..”

Sujin grumbled as I took out grape juice of a similar color to wine from the refrigerator and poured it for her.

“Then, here’s a word from Yuna. Applause!”

Han Chae-yeon shouted as she hugged the shoulders of the embarrassed Yoo Yeon-ah.

As always, the atmosphere is really great.

“Uh, so…”

Yuyeonah gets up from her seat, not half-forced, but forced.

There was a spoon in her hand, perhaps as a substitute for a microphone.

No, when did you give me that again?

“My name is Yoo Yeon-ah. I am now in my second year of high school this year. Please take care of me.”

Yuna finished her self-introduction, looking very nervous.

“Woo. It’s not fun!”

“…pay attention to your age.”

He flipped his fingers and said a word of astonishment to Han Chae-yeon, who was booing her.

A man who is normally mature and polite turns into that kind of person when he gets drunk.

Yuna had a puzzled look on her face as she saw the strange appearance of the landlord she was seeing for the first time.

“Are you, by any chance, weak to alcohol?”

“Not weak. Very.”

Just one glass of soju or three glasses of wine is enough.

However, drinking alcohol is also very annoying.

“Why is our Yoosung so handsome…?”

“Oh, stay away.”

Chaeyeon, completely drunk and red-faced, clung to my right arm.

No, how old are you to act like children?

“Me too! Me too!”

Su-jin, who always does this kind of thing, holds on to the other arm.

Thanks to this, Ran, who was in my arms, was startled and hugged my neck tightly.

I was suffocated.

“What is it? what? Train play?”

Hayun, who was concentrating on the food, rushed in with her eyes sparkling, and her younger sister, Younha, seemed to be hesitating what to do, but then closed her eyes and said, Okay! It came running with the same cute sound.

Since my arms and torso were currently owned by the two little ones, the two remaining legs were the only choice.

result. A very rare situation was created where five people were attached to one body.

“…Why don’t you help me instead of just watching?”

“…I don’t know, so figure it out.”

Jina, who I thought was the only one on my side, looked at me with some kind of dissatisfaction and disappeared into the room.

“Ah, it’s hot!”

…Well, that’s roughly how the home party and welcome party ended.

“Hmm. Now that I think about it, there was one thing I had to decide, but I forgot.”

Han Chae-yeon cleared the table and spoke.

As she was weak to alcohol, she woke up quickly, and her face had already returned to its original skin color.

“What is it again?”

At that moment, an ominous thought passed through my mind.

I’m sure you’re not planning on increasing the number of people here, are you?

If that had been the case in the first place, I would have just brought him in without even talking about it.

“There are a total of 4 rooms here right now, right?”

“But?”

I have one by myself, my mom and Sujin have one, Ran and Jinah have one, and the twins have one.

hmm? And the number of people in this house increased from 7 to 8 as of yesterday.

wait for a sec.

“So, since the other room is full, I think Yooseong will have to sleep with someone else…”

“I’m a man?”

“You’re family, right?”

“No matter what… What did you do yesterday?”

It was yesterday evening that Yeon-ah came to this house as the eldest daughter.

If so, it definitely means that he slept somewhere.

“Yesterday, I slept in my mom’s room, but it was so cramped that it was hard to sleep.”

That too is understandable.

Although Han Chae-yeon’s room is the largest in the house, it is a bit difficult for three adults to sleep in.

“That’s why you want to sleep with Yoosung!”

“No…!”

Before I could react, Han Chae-yeon shouted to the children gathered in the living room.