episode_0027

Sarang looked ready to run to Arami’s room at any moment.

A long puff of breath was emanating from its nose, and if it had a tail on its butt, it would be shaking violently from side to side by now.

“Excuse me, is it okay if I go and ask my sister now?”

“Ha, haha… Really?”

“Yes! I want to ask!”

Sarang had a very excited expression on her face.

And then, as Sarang got up from the sofa without my permission, the doorbell rang as if a delivery had arrived.

“Chicken is here. Do you want to bring Arami first?”

“Yes, I’ll go and come back!”

As I watch Sarang run to her room, I walk to the front door first.

“Sigh… .”

I had a feeling that something was going wrong somewhere along the way.

Of course, my mouth was wide open… but after seeing that expression earlier, I felt like I was possessed by something.

And in the end, if I had been serious, I could have just laughed it off as a joke, but when I saw Sarang’s bright, expectant face, I couldn’t bring myself to refuse.

Suddenly-

As I requested, the chicken was neatly placed in front of the door.

I take the envelope, which smells rich and sweet, and go back into the house.

Jerk- Jerk-

And then, just in time, A-reum and Sarang walked into the living room arm in arm.

It seemed like Sarang-i was more aggressive in clinging to her, but Arami looked a little embarrassed.

At first glance, the two looked similar in build, but as expected, Sarang seemed to be a bit taller.

However, the difference was not that great.

And because the two had many similar features, such as body proportions and hair length, they really did look like sisters.

“… Shall we eat at the table?”

“Ah! I want to eat while watching TV… .”

“Really? Then I can eat it in the living room.”

I placed the bag of chicken on the sofa table as Sarangi had intended.

“Should I wear a top to eat? I think I’ll get asked, and aren’t the jeans uncomfortable? Can I borrow your pajamas?”

“Pants are fine… I’ll just take off the top.”

Sarang takes off the cardigan she was wearing and places it on the sofa.

Inside, he was wearing a baggy white short-sleeved T-shirt.

“Oh, let me tie up my hair.”

Sarang came closer as if she was going to sit right up against the table, but then suddenly took a step back.

And then she started to tie up that messy hair.

That long, flowing clump of hair screams for me to grab it and pull it out.

My hand naturally went up, and my eyes met with those of the beautiful girl next to me who was glaring.

“… … .”

“… … .”

For a moment, A-reum and Sarang-yi look at each other in silence, but the silence is broken by Sarang-yi’s scream.

“Wow! It smells so good! Can I eat it now?”

During that brief standoff, Sarang must have been hungry because she quickly sat down, holding both hands together and looking at the table with bright eyes.

“Of course. Let’s eat.”

“Yes! I’ll eat well!!”

The sound of rustling vinyl echoed over and over again along with Sarangi’s loud cries.

“Hey, let’s eat too.”

“Sigh… … .”

A beautiful girl sighing deeply with a face that shows no sign of being able to control its expression.

I sat down, giving the pretty girl a look telling her to please stop with her shitty thoughts, wondering what was so frustrating about that.

“Can I eat the cheese ball first?”

“Uh… You can eat it all, so stop asking and eat quickly.”

“Thank you.”

Chicken, wedge potatoes, and cheese balls neatly arranged on the table.

Sarangi picks up a cheese ball with her chopsticks and puts it in her mouth.

And then he puffs out his cheeks and mumbles.

“Hey, ah… no.”

“What.”

“No, I said no.”

I almost asked Arami to bring me a cup, half out of habit.

Then, as always, it seemed like the voice of that beautiful girl, who was mocking me, was ringing in my ears.

“I’ll bring you a cup.”

“Ah, gulp. I’ll go!”

Sarang’s body flinched as her chopsticks moved toward the next cheese ball.

“Okay, do you know where it is?”

“Ah… the kitchen?”

I snicker and sit up.

“Don’t you need ice?”

“Ah! It’s okay. Just a cup is fine.”

“You don’t like it when carbonation runs out?”

Sarang nodded slightly at this.

“Hey, are you going to put ice in it?”

“… Uh.”

“You take care of that yourself.”

“Oh my… .”

It meant for me to follow along, but A-reum glared at me.

“Quickly.”

“Ha!”

Fortunately, either because she desperately wanted ice or because she noticed, A-reum followed me and got up.

Thud- thud- thud- thud-

And then, even though he was far enough away that Sarang couldn’t hear him, he still didn’t know and asked Arami in a low voice.

“Hey, did you hear that?”

“… Uh.”

“Sarang said she wanted to stay at our house.”

“Fuck, you said you wanted to hang out together. Man, this is really fucked up. Who the hell are you to do whatever you want with your own dick?”

“Hey… I told you, we were talking and it just went that way? And what the hell… Can you please do something about those fucking eyes? Are you having fucking thoughts again? ”

“Then you won’t do it? What are you going to do by suddenly living with her? What, you’re going to feed her and do her laundry?”

“No, that means…you should reject it.”

“Sigh… What the hell. Why do you only pick useless things to do?”

“You said you didn’t do it on purpose? How did it turn out like that?”

“… You fucking idiot.”

Arum-i returns to the living room with an ice cup and an empty cup that she had prepared earlier.

I followed him, holding a cup in my hand.

“Honey, do you want to stay at my house?”

A beautiful girl who suddenly said that in a voice without any high or low tones.

Sarang put the chopsticks she was holding down on the table and looked at us with a serious expression.

“Yes, I would like to do that if you would allow me. Oh, my brother allowed me to do it… .”

Sarang looks at me like that, trailing off.

I nodded and said, looking at her eyes as if they were telling me to hurry up and get involved.

“Uh, yeah. I heard that the house and school are far apart… I guess I’ll have to take the bus alone for a long time.”

“Yes… I have to ride the bus for over an hour a day… It’s right nearby, and I can see my sister and brother often… .”

“Ugh… .”

Arum’s groan of reluctance is heard loudly, and Sarang, who is somehow becoming anxious, continues to speak.

“I’m good at cleaning too! I did the laundry, and, uh, Mom… So, I cooked too, ugh… I did it often… .”

However, the atmosphere becomes gloomy in an instant due to Sarang’s sobbing and reddening eyes.

Arum’s expression was clearly filled with confusion, as if she had not expected the situation to turn out this way.

“Ah, ah… Love. Why are you crying all of a sudden?”

“Ugh… Mommyyy… .”

At the gesture of A-reum, who was reading from the side, Sarang-i’s tears finally burst out.

“Heeeek… Mommyaaaang… Sob, sob… .”

“It’s okay, it’s okay… .”

Because A-reum is a girl who has the same pain, she may be the person who can understand your current love the best.

“Ugh, oh no… I’m sorry… oh, now… it’s okay… .”

“… No, you can cry more.”

Fortunately, the emotions that had been surging seem to have calmed down.

On the contrary, she was embarrassed by the fact that she was crying, so she covered her face with her hands and sniffled, looking at our reactions.

“Hey, stop staring. It makes Sarang uncomfortable.”

“… Me?”

“Then who else is there?”

“Ha!”

“Hey, shall we go wash up with your sister?”

“Ugh… Yeah… .”

So, A-reum went to the bathroom, supporting Sarang-i.

And then, suddenly, I was left all alone, so I poured some cola into the cup I had brought and drank it.

“Ugh… .”

As I was sipping two glasses of cola alone and my throat was starting to feel a little tingly, the two of them finally showed up again.

“… Shall we eat chicken now?”

The reddened eyes were still teary.

It felt like tears would flow out immediately if I touched it.

“Yes… ”

Love nodded slightly at my words, but he sat there like a stone statue and could not pick up his chopsticks.

“Why aren’t you eating?”

“Dad, I’m so embarrassed… Please forget about just now… I’m so embarrassed I could die right now… .”

“What are you so embarrassed about?”

“Hey! Why do you keep asking? Just eat some chicken.”

Suddenly, Arum-i started to circle around Sarang-i.

I wondered what it was, but there was an atmosphere flowing between the two of us that couldn’t be expressed in words.

I guess they were probably having some kind of conversation, but somehow I felt a little left out.

“Okay. Why are you annoyed? Why are you annoyed?”

Sarang was just as depressed as when she first arrived home.

I poured him a glass of cola as he looked somewhat gloomy and haggard.

“Drink some cola.”

“Thank you… .”

The sound of Sarangi’s throat being swallowed echoes throughout the living room.

“Ugh… .”

And then he puts the cup down on the table with a thud and turns his head to Arum, who is next to him.

“Uh, sis… I, can I stay here with you? Until I graduate, huh… I’ll stay.”

Sarang said in a small, trembling voice.

“Oh, yeah? Hey, here?”

“Yes… .”

Arum swallows a deep sigh and makes a reluctant expression.

But that expression only lasted a moment.

After staring at Sarang’s pitiful expression, he soon nodded his head up and down as if he had no choice.