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I, Han Yu-seong, turned 21 this year and my mornings are always noisy.

Since there were 8 people in an apartment measuring about 30 pyeong, it was inevitable.

Especially in the extreme case of a male to female ratio of 1 to 7.

“Why didn’t you wake me up?”

“I definitely woke up. You didn’t wake up when they said just 5 more minutes.”

It was Shin Jin-ah’s voice that woke me up even before the pre-set alarm went off.

As the third daughter out of one son and six daughters, she sleeps more than anyone else.

Thanks to you, every morning is a war.

She joined the basketball team in her second year of middle school and practices in the morning twice a week.

It must be very frustrating for someone who sleeps a lot to have to wake up earlier than others.

I laughed because it reminded me of him chewing his breakfast while grumbling.

Don’t skip meals.

Because that was one of the absolute rules of this house.

After the words ‘I’ll be back!’ rang out loudly, accompanied by a lot of commotion.

smart.

There was a knocking sound.

“Are you awake? If you wake up, take a shower and eat quickly.”

“Okay.”

After answering that, I made up the bed I was lying on.

Unlike my sisters, who share a room in pairs, I am the only one living alone.

Additionally, the room was one of the largest in our house.

Would you say it is a benefit for the only man in the family?

Thanks to this, I sometimes heard complaints from my younger sisters that they wanted to switch rooms with me.

Of course, I have no intention of changing it.

Because it was the only space in the crowded house where I could relax.

I belatedly turned off the alarm and took off the blue pajamas I was wearing and changed into my indoor clothes.

As I applied for a leave of absence from university last month, there was no particular reason to rush.

Still, I think it’s too much to ask Mom to take care of all those troublemakers on her own, so I need to get some help.

“Ah.”

“Hello.”

When I opened the door and went out, I unexpectedly saw an unfamiliar figure in the living room.

It was the eldest daughter who had newly joined the family last night.

“…Yes.”

She, who was sitting at the table eating toast, gave a short answer.

Yesterday he wasn’t that friendly, but today it’s a bit worse.

I didn’t even try to make eye contact with this person.

Maybe that’s her original personality. Or maybe you were surprised that the environment suddenly changed.

“Did you say her name was Yuyeonah? How old are you?”

“…18 years old.”

“Are you a second year high school student this year? He is the oldest after me.”

“Oh, I see.”

When I sat across from him and asked him a question, he lowered his head as if he was uncomfortable.

Are you a bit shy?

It seemed better to wait for some time to get used to it.

“Sorry. For disturbing me while I was eating breakfast. Stay comfortable.”

I apologized to her with wary eyes and immediately turned around.

Compared to things that happened in the past, that wasn’t even a problem.

It will probably get better naturally over time.

smart.

“Enter.”

[Younha ♥ Hayun]

A cute nameplate with cute animal pictures catches the eye.

I once asked why it was a heart, and the answer I got was because it’s my soul’s best friend, I guess?

When I opened the door and went inside, I saw two girls sleeping and hugging each other, as if to prove what I said.

It’s a girl and a girl.

“Hey, wake up, you guys. How long are you going to sleep?”

He grabbed the two people’s shoulders and shook them as if they would die if they fell.

““Haaaam.””

Unlike the three daughters, the two of them woke up quickly and yawned in the same manner.

The two, who entered sixth grade this year, are identical twins.

Lee Ha-yoon tied her hair with a blue ribbon. The green one is Lee Yoon-ha.

Since they were all the same, from their height to their weight, it was not difficult to tell them apart without the trademark ribbon.

“Good morning, brother.”

“Uh, okay. If you wake up, take a shower and come eat.”

I pat the heads of the two twins who nod while rubbing their eyes cutely.

“So what do you think?”

“What?”

“Our sleeping faces. Did you enjoy it to the fullest?”

Blue Ribbon. Lee Ha-yoon smiled and asked me.

Hearing those words, he slowly lowered his gaze.

The half-disheveled pajamas fell down, exposing her pure white shoulders.

Unlike her younger sister, Younha, who blushed and quickly got dressed as soon as she noticed my gaze, Hayun leaned closer to me for no reason.

“It’s hot so stay away.”

Of course, you can’t get excited by looking at something like the flesh of an elementary school student.

After shaking off Hayoon, who kept clinging to me, I stood up again.

“Chet. Is today also a failure?”

“Sister…”

Hayun clicks her tongue blatantly, and Younha is embarrassed to see her sister like that.

Even though their birth times were only 10 minutes apart, Younha recognized Hayun as her older sister and followed her.

Thanks to this, their relationship was always close, without them fighting as older and younger siblings, which is common with twins.

“Next time, let’s do it with Younha too. Sister rice bowl? Are there twins? There is no such thing as a man who doesn’t fall for this combination.”

“Uh, eh? Really?”

So, please do not instill strange knowledge into such an innocent child.

And Younha. Don’t blink your eyes either.

“Going over is a piece of cake. Stay here for 10 more years.”

After saying those words in half-astonishment, I closed the twins’ door.

Well, I’ll be out for breakfast in a little while.

When I went back to the living room, I couldn’t see my eldest daughter, Yoo Ah-yeon, probably because she had gone back to her room.

Along with that, the mother’s appearance that had been visible just a moment ago also disappeared.

Did you go there to talk?

On the table was a freshly prepared, hot breakfast for six people.

If you leave the second daughter, Sujin Choi alone, she will crawl out on her own.

The three daughters, Jina, went out earlier.

“Is the youngest one left?”

smart.

There is no answer.

Of course it can’t come out.

“Entering?”

I go into the room just like I did when I was a twin.

At the same time, I saw large eyes looking blankly in this direction.

This is Choi Ran, the sixth daughter.

“Good morning. Did you sleep well?”

“…”

“If I wake up, I have to go take a shower. Why are you being so quiet?”

Ran shook his head in silence.

She, who is sharing a room with Shin Jin-ah, must have already woken up a long time ago.

But the fact that he stayed still like this means he was waiting for me to wake him up.

“…”

Without a word, two thin arms came forward.

It is a silent gesture asking to be hugged.

Ran, who entered the third grade of elementary school, was a size smaller than other children his age.

In terms of height, is it around 110?

Ran, who was standing right in front of me, a little over 180cm tall, had his head touching my waist.

“…”

As I remain still, he looks up and extends his arms once again.

Looking into his eyes, I could see his stubbornness not to move until I hugged him.

“I can’t help it, this is only this time?”

I know I say this.

I’ll say the same thing tomorrow morning.

I sighed internally and picked Ran up.

As his body was small, he was on the thin side, so he didn’t feel much weight.

What I feel instead is the warmth of two arms wrapped around my neck.

A smile appeared on Ran’s lips, as if she was in a good mood.

It’s good that I’m not shy, but I think it’s a bit of a problem that I’m not too shy.

As time goes on, your dependence on me grows more and more.

Considering the uniqueness of Ran, it is not something that cannot be completely understood.

Choi Ran suffers from aphasia due to an accident that occurred when she was very young.

Although it is possible to read or write, it is impossible to speak.

Thanks to this, she always had to have someone by her side to take care of her, and as a result of this continuing for several years, she became a spoiled child. Well, that’s the story.

“Oppa! Hello!”

As I was heading to the bathroom while holding Ran, I was hit hard on the back by someone in the hallway.

I can tell who it is without even looking at it because of the strong smell of shampoo at the tip of my nose.

There is only one person in this house who uses this unique product.

When I looked back, as expected, my second daughter, Cha Soo-jin, was waving at me.

Her hair was still damp, as if she had just come out of the shower.

“Hey. Stop it properly. Water is falling on the floor.”

“Where is the kind older brother who worried that my sister would catch a cold?”

“Are you half asleep?”

When did I say something like that?

To begin with, I think it’s cheap to catch a cold when you walk around in a tank top and hot pants in the early spring of March.

“…”

Ran, who was in my arms, looked up at me.

The hair brushing against the nape of my neck tickles a little.

“Oh, sorry, I’ll take it down.”

I lowered my body thinking that it meant asking me to get down, but I was convinced that wasn’t the case.

“I’m jealous.”

“What?”

“I also want to be hugged by my brother, but please switch with me.”

“What nonsense has he been talking about since this morning.”

Sujin said while making eye contact with Ran in my arms.

Ran’s answer to that was simple.

“You say you don’t like it?”

“How can it not work just once?”

Sujin begs Ran, who turns her head and buries her face in her chest.

The breath felt directly on my skin was hot.

I slowly moved my arms and adjusted my body posture and said to Cha Su-jin.

“Stop talking nonsense and quickly go to the living room. I’ll go after Ran is washed.”

“I think that as an older brother, you should treat your younger sister without discrimination!”

“You are now at the age where you can do well on your own.”

“Mites.”

“…Go and eat.”

“Okay.”

The guy with a puzzled face nodded, as if he knew it was embarrassing.

Sujin disappeared into the living room where we left with a clatter of footsteps.

“It’s a sea of water. It’s perfect.”

Traces of poorly cleaned soles and water droplets remained along the path she walked.

“Lana. I have to wash alone today. I think you need to clean up here.”

I put down the youngest child I was holding and took out a dry towel from the cupboard.

If we left it like this and someone slipped and fell, it would be a big problem.

Ran nodded calmly at my words and went toward the bathroom.

“Did you wash it well?”

“…”

“Stay still for a moment. I’ll clean it for you.”

Ran came back a while later, and like Sujin from before, her whole body was wet.

As expected, the location of the sink was too high for Ran, who is small, to use alone.

When I saw that Ran had water splattered all the way to the top of her pajamas, I slightly regretted whether I should have helped her.

I took out a new towel and wiped Ran’s wet hair and face, then picked her up and hugged her.

“Are you hungry? Should we go eat first?”

Ran, who was quietly looking up at me, quickly nodded.

“Yes. Good.”

As I patted my head as a compliment, I headed to the living room and saw other family members already eating there.

The second daughter, Cha Soo-jin, is munching on her food while using her phone.

Twins Younha and Hayun are secretly obsessed with removing vegetables from their sandwiches.

And the youngest Ran in my arms.

The three daughters, Shin Jin-ah, are not here now.

In addition, the six new members of the family, including Yuyeon-ah, who joined the family since yesterday, are my younger sisters and are currently staying in room 302 of building 103 of Cheongmyeong Apartments.