episode_0053

“That, that exclamation is a bit weird. Is that why your name is Saekmusae?”

“Yes. Because I was smart, the people who took care of me liked to say that. And they gave me their favorite words.”

“Ah… … . I see. But there’s a saying, it might be a good saying in other countries… … . It’s a bit embarrassing where I live. You know? A dog might bark because it likes it, but a cat might not. It’s like that.”

“I understand. I will be careful.”

“Okay, thanks.”

Wow. I was trying to get the color bird to say another exclamation. Narin coaxed the color bird with nice words.

As expected, our Na-rin is my older sister. Do all people become like that when they live in society? Or do they have to be like that to get into a big company? Office workers are amazing!

Whether or not Saekmoose was getting his speech corrected, Hamshik was already patting the flat octagonal box, smelling the pizza that Narin had brought.

Hamshik knows how to open boxes. That’s why he opened the delivery box last time and spilled all the almonds on the floor.

But pizza boxes don’t just open by opening the lid. They have handles that make them easy to hold, and straps that keep the lid from opening easily.

The pizza had a cross-shaped lid and plate, and a pretty ribbon in the middle. Narin must have used it as a handle to carry it home.

And Hamshik also knew that the knot was sealing the pizza box, and he was trying to untie it with his fists.

“Hey, Hamshik. Can you solve that?”

I only ate pizza when I was very young, but I remember that those things are usually designed to come loose when you pull on them.

How amazed I was when I saw that as a child. A knot that was tied properly, yet easy to untie at the same time.

Since I got cancer, I can’t eat such oily and heavy foods, so I don’t even remember what they taste like.

Anyway, it was like that in the past, but it may have developed even more now. With that kind of anticipation, I watched Hamshik holding the knot and fidgeting.

Kkumjirak Kkumjirak. As Hamshik was doing that, Narin, who had said something to Saekmusae, also saw Hamshik’s appearance and held back laughter.

Then our eyes met, and we all clenched our fists and secretly cheered for Hamshik.

Jang Ha-msi, unwrap the pizza so we can eat it!

But the knot would have come undone if he had just pulled on it, but Hamshik kept pulling it here and there, trying to untie it, and it just got more tangled.

Hamshik couldn’t stand it any longer and screamed.

“Keeek!”

“Ahaha, the knot was a bit difficult. Now, it was like this… … . It was supposed to be untied… … .”

Narin, who was about to open the package while smiling, soon stopped and turned the knot around.

It didn’t seem to work out well. I guess Hamshik twisted it even more.

“Keeek!”

Hamshik cried out once more, as if to say, “Look at that.” Or was it the delicious smell of cheese that stirred up the commotion, and the frustration that Narin had failed?

Narin smiled awkwardly and scratched her head, then headed to the kitchen.

Hamshik opened his mouth wide at the scissors in Narin’s hand. Seeing the expression on Hamshik’s face as if to say, “If there’s something like that, you should have used it a long time ago,” I climbed on Hamshik’s back and patted his head.

“Hehe, Hamshik-ah. Untying knots is harder than you think, right?”

Hamshik, who heard what I said, got impatient and started banging on the pizza box lid. It seemed like he was frustrated because he had tried so hard but the string wouldn’t come off.

And it’s doubly disappointing because even that effort was in vain. Well, I know that feeling well.

In my past life, I studied because I thought that a student should study, but my grades didn’t match my efforts. And even that became useless when I got cancer.

“It’s okay, it’s okay. You can still eat pizza, right?”

But I’m happy now, so that’s okay. When I comforted him with sincerity, Hamshik quickly became calm.

Well, maybe it’s because I now have my eyes on a delicious looking pizza.

When the lid opened, the uniquely rich smell of cheese spread even more intensely. Inside the crispy edges, the toppings were filled generously, and the melted cheese was evenly spread on top.

“Wow. Sorry, Hamshik.”

As I watched that, I opened my mouth wide and started drooling. However, Hamsik was so absorbed in the pizza that he didn’t even notice that his head was getting wet.

Meanwhile, Narin, who had brought the appetizer plates, handed them out to us one by one and asked.

“Um, originally I was going to share it with Hamshik and Namin. What will happen to Saekmusae and Jihyun and Yang?”

“I, I don’t eat much. When I tried hospital food, I felt full after eating the size of my head.”

“I eat 30 percent of my body weight a day.”

Jihyun’s amount is not much different from mine, and Saekmusae seems to eat more than us. If it’s 30% of her body, I can’t even guess how much that amount is.

But it was nothing compared to the ham diet. You can eat a whole ham diet for one person!

Ah, last time I ate gopchang, I think it’s okay to say that I ate two servings, right? I finished all of my share of gopchang and even mixed it with rice.

“Then the three of us can eat one slice of pizza, and Hamshik and I can split half each.”

So the pizza was divided in front of our plates, each with a fork for the fruit.

“I don’t mind if you don’t give me a fork. My beak is strong.”

“Oh, I see. Would you like Na-min and Ji-hyun to cut some pizza for me?”

“Then that’s great! Oh, but Na-rin-ni unnie. Ji-hyun and I decided to be friends! So Na-rin-ni unnie will be Ji-hyun’s unnie.”

“Well, then I appreciate it, but… … . Sister… … ?”

Jihyun was flustered. Was he a man before his body became like this? I can’t tell because he’s covered in cloth.

But it doesn’t matter if he was a guy. He’s a girl now, so you should call him “Unnie.”

I also quickly came to terms with my current body, so I’ve never really felt embarrassed by the word “sister.” But I guess I was a little embarrassed anyway.

I can’t go through that alone.

“Jihyun is one year old now. So, you should call Na-rin-unni “unni.” Unni, please speak comfortably to Jihyun.”

“Yeah, yeah. Feel free to talk, sis.”

Jihyun listened to what I had to say and immediately responded. It felt good to see her listening to me so well.

Ha, if only he wasn’t older, I would have just treated him like a younger sibling. It’s too bad.

“Ahaha, then I’ll do that. Okay, here. Hamshik is… … already eating.”

Narin cut off a slice of pizza for us and put it on our plates, and gave the rest to Saekmusae. Then she turned to Hamshik.

Hamsik took a big bite from the end of the slice of pizza that was already on his plate.

But, was it not easy for Hamshik’s teeth to cut through the cheese?

Hamshik was embarrassed by the cheese that wouldn’t cut through and stepped back.

The cheese stretched out along with the ham-sik. Ham-sik eventually grabbed the stretched cheese and pushed it with his hand, but the cheese just stretched out more.

“Kimuruk.”

Hamshik’s scream was also buried in the cheese and could not be heard well. He had to cut the cheese, but he wanted to scream. And so he heard a strange sound.

Narin smiled at that and picked up the scissors again.

“Ahaha, the cheese is just stretching? Should I cut the ham too?”

“Puhahaha, Hamshik-ah, what are you talking about? Ahahahaha.”

I also teased Hamshik a bit and wondered if my cheese would stretch like that, so I held the fork like a spear and dipped my share of cheese.

And when I took a big bite, the rich flavor spread through my mouth. And the tomato sauce came out in abundance thanks to the heat, bringing out its flavor.

The cheese that Jihyun and I were biting at also stretched out like Hamshik did.

At least we were able to hang up neatly. But it was still fun to just keep going, so I looked at Jihyun and laughed.

Ji-hyeon’s face, which had been gloomy until now, brightened up with a cheerful laugh.

“You should try these too. This pizza has four flavors.”

While we were having such a fun and delicious time eating pizza, Narin gave us each a piece of shrimp, bulgogi, pepperoni, and chicken.

We couldn’t eat it all because the portion was small, but it was a consideration to let us taste it one by one. As expected, Na-rin is an angel.

Hamshik had gotten used to the cheese, and before I could even feed him, he was already spinning his fork around on a piece of pizza.

If Ham-shik continues like that, he’ll eat spaghetti like that too. Hmm, they say you should roll up spaghetti and eat it. But if it’s Ham-shik, you have to suck up the noodles endlessly to be Ham-shik.

But, they say that if you eat it deliciously, you’re full. You can eat it by tearing the pizza apart with your beak like a scorpion, or by taking a bite like Jihyun and I, or by inhaling it like a hamburger.

Narindo just looks at us and smiles happily. That’s enough.

Thanks to everyone, tonight was another delicious night.