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The weekend, which comes once a week, has arrived.

I wake up in the morning and crawl into the living room to find my family watching TV.

Dad, lying on the sofa alone, scratching his stomach and watching TV.

Mom is watching TV, smiling, hugging her knees under the sofa.

Today, Ye-eun is still pretty and cute, watching TV in her dad’s pose under the sofa.

Well, no matter how much I think about it, the view under the sofa is nice, but just looking at the sofa makes me sigh.

“Dad.”

“Huh? Son, why?”

“Mom and Ye-eun are watching TV on the floor. Are you comfortable doing that alone?”

“Yeah. It’s super comfortable, right?”

“…..”

“What the heck! Is this something I should tell the truth about?”

When you said it was comfortable, I was at a loss for words for a moment. Why is it comfortable?

At a loss for words, I sat on the floor and watched TV.

TV was broadcasting the popular weekend program Beast Farm.

“Wow. So cute~ Mom, can we raise a puppy too?”

“Yeun-ah. We already have a puppy at home?”

“Huh? Where’s the dog at my house?”

“It’s not cute, but it’s there.”

A touching conversation unfolded between Ye-eun, who wants to raise a puppy, and her mother, who is overwhelmed with just her father.

“Haha. Jaehoon’s actions are really dog-like.”

After hearing my father’s words, I was once again at a loss for words, confused as to whether he was serious or joking.

“What? Is Jaehoon sick today?”

“…..”

“Where did Jaehoon get sick? Why doesn’t he feel like fighting today?”

“It happened not long ago.”

“Haha. So now is the chance?”

I was watching TV, ignoring my father’s reckless words, when my father started attacking me.

“By the way, what happened to that prospective girlfriend?’

“What’s going on?”

“No. Like, like elementary school kids holding hands or kissing or something like that?”

“I never had anything like that. I think my dad used to hold my hand and kiss me when he was in elementary school?”

“…..”

With Mom and Ye-eun listening from the side, Dad can’t say anything carelessly.

“Why? Why don’t you keep trying? I think you’ve met your dad a lot since elementary school. Do you have any interesting stories?”

“…..”

“What, you don’t have any stories about your first love in middle school?”

“Son.”

“Why.”

“I’m sorry, Dad. I guess I was a little excited.”

“They say an apology isn’t just about words.”

“How much is it?”

“I don’t need money, just come out and lie down on the sofa.”

So the sofa was mine.

“Mom, come up to the sofa. Don’t sit on the floor and make your butt hurt.”

“Hehehe okay~”

“Yeeun’s butt hurts too, so she should sit on the sofa~”

“Yeah, brother!”

While I was watching TV with my positions reversed, my dad suddenly started talking properly.

“It’s the weekend. Should I order lunch from a Chinese restaurant?”

“Oh, why are you speaking properly?”

“Lunch is important, son.”

“Hehe. It’s nice not having to cook.”

“Me too! Jjajangmyeon!”

“Then let’s order a large tangsuyuk.”

So, lunch was decided to be Jajangmyeon and Tangsuyuk.

As Dad, who had brought up the subject, ordered four bowls of jajangmyeon and tangsuyuk and sat down in the living room, the doorbell rang as he was waiting for lunch after the Animal Farm was over and watching another program.

“Even if it’s Jjajangmyeon, does it come this quickly?”

My father got up in surprise and headed to the front door, and then he heard a familiar voice.

“Hello.”

“Who?”

“Jaehoon’s friend is Han Sae-ah. Is Jaehoon there?”

“Aha, that Jaehoon’s girlfriend? Wait a minute.”

“Jaehoon, your girlfriend is here?”

My father’s expression was quite irreverent.

When I went out to the front door, I saw Sae-ah, who was dressed up prettier than usual.

“Sister, why did you come on the weekend?”

“You came because you were bored?”

“I need to eat?”

My father, who had been secretly listening from behind, stuck his face out.

“I came all the way home, you can come in and wait.”

“Oh really?”

“Then~ Jaehoon has a girlfriend.”

My father’s expression was very bright, as if he had caught it.

When I entered the house, following my older sister Sae-ah, who followed her father into the house without even listening to me, my mother and Ye-eun looked at me with surprised eyes.

“Jaehoon’s girlfriend came and told me to come in.”

“Hello.”

“Hello~ See you again, pretty friend?”

“Is that your girlfriend?”

“No. We’re just friends, Ye-eun.”

“Saeara, right? Did you eat?”

“Yes. Mom, I ate.”

“We ordered jajangmyeon and tangsuyuk, so don’t just look at it, eat a little bit~”

“Yes, Mom.”

Sae-ah sat on the living room sofa, and the five of them naturally gathered in the living room and watched TV.

Suddenly I came to my senses. Why is this natural?

When I looked to the side, I saw my mother, daughter, and my new sister sitting on the sofa watching TV, and it didn’t feel out of place.

Who wouldn’t mistake this scene for a family?

Ye-eun was glancing at her older sister Sae-ah, wondering if she wanted to become closer to her.

“Yeeun, why? Do you have something to say to me?”

Ye-eun turns her head away in embarrassment.

“Sister. I think Ye-eun wants to become close with you.”

“Really? Ye-eun, do you want to sit next to me?”

“Yeah!”

Mom, who was in the middle, was pushed to the corner, and my older sister and Ye-eun were talking passionately in the middle of the sofa.

After a while, when the jajangmyeon and tangsuyuk arrived, we prepared to eat lunch in the living room instead of the kitchen.

The only preparation I could make was to give some of Ye-eun’s Jajangmyeon, which she couldn’t eat much of, to her older sister while she was eating Tangsuyuk.

“”I’ll eat well.””

“Eat a lot, even if you’re a baby.”

“Yeah yeah Jaehoon’s girlfriend needs to eat a lot too.”

“Yes, I will eat well. Thank you.”

While I was quietly eating jajangmyeon and tangsuyuk, my dad, who had been waiting for an opportunity, began to notice me.

“Ahem. Jaehoon.”

“…..

”

I chose to ignore it because I could easily predict what he would say the moment he cleared his throat.

“Jaehoon? Son?”

“…..”

Maybe it was because Mom and Ye-eun always saw this, but no one except for Sae-ah seemed to care about Dad.

Sae-ah, not being able to read the mood, was tapping my leg as if asking why I wasn’t answering my father’s call.

“Dad.”

“Yeah, son.”

“But I also have a sister I’m seeing for the first time today. Shouldn’t I maintain my authority as the eldest?”

“Ahem, Dad, you don’t need that kind of authority?”

“I’m embarrassed, Dad.”

“Jaehoon, are you embarrassed of your dad?”

“Yeah.”

“…..”

Even my father seemed to have a conscience, as he couldn’t even refute it himself.

As the quiet meal was about to end, my father began to speak urgently, as if he couldn’t let this opportunity slip away.

“Newbie.”

“Yes, father.”

“Do your parents know that Jaehoon is coming home on the weekend?”

“Yes. I came to tell you.”

“Huh? Really? What do your parents do at home?”

“My dad dragged me up the mountain because he had a big belly.”

“Ahem. You don’t have any siblings?”

“Yes, I’m an only child. My mom said I can’t have a younger sibling.”

“Yeah, why? Is your mother sick?”

“My dad said I can’t do my job properly. I don’t know the details either.”

“Ahem, I see.”

Dad was flustered, as if he had heard something he shouldn’t have.

Mom was also surprised this time, her pupils were dilated.

Sister Sae-ah, who had unexpectedly unraveled a family matter she had never imagined, seemed to have no idea what the problem was.

Dad was taken aback by his sister’s completely unexpected remark and ended the meal quietly, speechless.

After finishing cleaning up, my sister and I got up from our seats and came into my room.

“Why doesn’t the door close?

“Sister, our house can’t be closed because of Ye-eun’s education.”

“What kind of education?”

“In our house, we teach from an early age that boys and girls should not sit together.”

“What is that?”

“There is something like that. But it’s the weekend, so why did you come?”

“I’m bored and my mom said that I shouldn’t visit her on the weekends because she’s spoiled, but she said it’s okay until she’s ten.”

I felt it since last time, but it seemed like there was quite a bit of mother involvement in Sae-ah’s actions, so I couldn’t help but ask.

“Does Mom want to put my sister and I together?”

“Yeah, I guess so since I told him about this and that because I like Jaehoon?”

“Why? Even my mother doesn’t know?”

“There must be a reason why Minji’s mom is telling her daughter to date the kid next door that she’s been seeing for 3 years.”

“But I told you I don’t plan on having a girlfriend?”

“It’s important for mom to naturally integrate into her daily life, but if she makes me feel empty without you, it’s over.”

“Oh my.”

I couldn’t bring myself to refute my mother’s words, which were weak but somehow logical.

The confidence of a married woman who had even had children was frightening.

“Jaehoon~”

At that moment, I came out to the living room when I heard my mother’s voice calling me.

“I ate dinner, so I’m going out with Sae-ah and buying ice cream with this”

Mom speaks while holding out a ten-thousand won bill.

“Okay. Then I’ll buy some for Mom and Ye-eun too. Is there anything you’d like to eat?”

“Mom, is it too sweet like a milk bar?”

“Yeeun-ah. Do you want some ice cream?’

“I’m Chuchuba!”

“Okay. I’ll buy it right away~”

“Jaehoon. Where’s your dad?”

“I’ll just buy something for Dad.”

“When Dad comes, Verona~”

Ignoring my father, who was imitating strange things he had seen somewhere, I left the house with my older sister Sae-ah.

“But why do you ignore your father’s words?”

“You’ll know when you live with me.”

“Let’s live together?”

“Oh my, sister, please.”

I arrived at the mart and was talking with my older sister when I heard a voice behind me and turned around to choose ice cream.

“Hey! It’s a bird~”

“Minji!”

“”Hello.””

The aunt next door and Minji holding a shopping basket, as if they were looking at the market.

“Oh my? Why are you two together?”

“Minji and Jaehoon introduced me and we became close.”

The aunt next door suddenly hits Minji on the back.

“Why did you hit me, Mom!”

“I told you, there aren’t many kids like Jaehoon. Don’t you know that even though you see Minjun all the time? Sigh.”

We heard an embarrassing sound, and Sae-ah and I waited for the aunt next door to stop nagging us before saying goodbye and heading back home.

Come to think of it, I was a popular son-in-law among the housewives.

After returning home and sharing ice cream with her family, some time passed before Sae-ah headed home.

“Jaehoon! See you tomorrow!”

Sae-ah, the older sister, heads to her apartment, which is 15 seconds away, waving her arms.

It was a little scary that this situation was natural.