It’s hard to take care of my stepsister (1)

,”I’m not going to steal it, so eat slowly. What’s with all that mess on your face.”

,”Isn’t stealing chicken obvious?”

,”…I’m not the one buying it, but we don’t steal… Were you raised without chicken…?”

,”Oppa, how can you say that! I barely ate it, not because we didn’t have money, but because they said it wasn’t good for me.”

Isn’t your behavior what’s bad for you?

But Jua-yah, isn’t this a bit too much?

When I suggested eating chicken for an early dinner, she was so happy she jumped around, and now she’s grabbing two pieces?

Even though the clothes don’t fit, I even lent her my clothes.

She’s crossing the line like she’s defecting to North Korea.

,”Separately from that, isn’t taking two drumsticks a bit much?”

,”There are two chickens anyway?”

,”You should only eat one out of courtesy.”

,”Don’t worry, I’ll eat all of it if there’s any left.”

,”Hey, hey, Oppa is being nice, don’t get cocky.”

Kkeueeeek-

Ji-hye grabs her cheeks, and she lets out a scream.

No matter how I look at her, she looks like a child, is she really 20 years old?

Why does it feel like I’m taking care of a kid?

If Se-ah is an old kid, then she’s a real kid.

There’s no age difference between her and Hyun-ji, but seeing how different they are, I guess education is important.

,”Since you’ll be staying at the house, tell me a bit about yourself.”

,”Nyamyam, what kind of story?”

,”Just how you’ve been living so far.”

,”I’m a bit curious about that too, tell me while you eat.”

She’s holding two drumsticks and eating with a happy expression.

Her hair isn’t even fully dry yet, but she’s insisting on doing a ponytail, so I guess that’s comfortable for her?

Pahak- As the lid opens with the sound of carbonation escaping, she naturally pushes the cup towards me.

Ji-hye, who usually doesn’t say anything to anyone but me, is looking at me with a dumbfounded expression, so she’s the real deal.

The kind of kid you wouldn’t gain much from messing with.

,”Drink some cola and eat slowly…”

,”It’s delicious.”

,”…Are you really 20 years old? How are you more like a kid than Oppa?”

Friendly fire here?

Ji-hye-yah, please don’t break down the dignity of your big Oppa….

,”Enough with the nonsense. So, it’s not like you couldn’t eat at home, right?”

,”Huh? No. I grew up really well, don’t think of me as someone who couldn’t eat at home or was abused.”

Huh? This was a bit unexpected.

She was eating the chicken so ravenously, I thought she couldn’t eat or something, but that’s not it?

It’s funny enough to make a silly laugh burst out.

…Then why are you eating so ravenously?

,”Then can’t you eat a bit slower?”

,”I can’t resist roasted chicken. It’s my favorite chicken.”

,”Ugh, look at all that sauce on your mouth, eat a bit slower.”

Am I raising a kid?

Seeing Ji-hye wiping her mouth, it really looks like a mother taking care of her daughter.

The story goes around in circles, and I’m just filled with doubts about whether she’s really 20 years old, and I made a suspicious expression.

,”Huh? Do you think I’m lying? No, I’m an adult and I grew up eating well. My mom worked from home, so she made me food every day.”

,”At home?”

,”Yeah, it was a job where she could work from home. She always made me food, and she’d work and then make me food.”

Just listening to it, it’s extremely normal.

,”…But how did you end up alone?”

,”Um…. I don’t really want to talk about it, but it’s simple.”

She drinks the cola and continues.

,”It was just a normal accident. She was hit by a drunk driver while crossing the crosswalk and passed away.”

The atmosphere suddenly dropped.

Ah, if she passed away like that, then there’s nothing to say.

,”My cousins fought over the division of the inheritance, and I got a certain share too…. I didn’t want to live alone. So I looked for my dad, and I found him just in time…”

,”How did that timing work out?”

,”He happened to be traveling and passing by near my house. I called the number on my mom’s phone, and he answered.”

,”…And you met?”

,”Yeah, I met him and then…”

,”Our house became a mess.”

Ji-hye added, and Jua nodded.

I was about to get angry, but it’s not strange. Jua is not at fault, being born isn’t a sin, right?

I should beat this father to death…. Isn’t my adulterous father and I, who has sex with my sisters, the same thing?

Kkeueung…. I have a headache. I should listen to the rest of the story.

,”Hua! After that, I took the bicycle I was riding and came all the way here. I slept in saunas and stuff along the way.”

,”If you got an inheritance, why didn’t you just take a car? It’s not a distance you should travel by bicycle.”

At Ji-hye’s words, she stopped eating chicken for a moment and started to think.

Is it a story that’s so important that she stopped eating chicken?

,”That’s…. I was just a bit nervous.”

She tore off the remaining flesh on the drumstick.

She put down the bone with only the bone left, sucked on her fingers, and continued speaking.

,”Honestly, even though I’m laughing like this, they’re family I’ve never known for 20 years, right? Honestly, I was worried that I’d get kicked out. I went there with a strong mindset.”

,”…I brought her in because she looked like she was having a hard time, but I actually thought she was Oppa’s girlfriend.”

,”Oh…. Wouldn’t an Oppa’s girlfriend like this be okay?”

,”Are you serious?”

,”I’m not lying.”

The two of them looked at me.

Why me, my face is extremely ordinary, why are you doing this.

Isn’t it the kind of face that you guys always say is ordinary? What do you mean okay, you’re talking nonsense.

,”Wouldn’t an Oppa’s girlfriend with this kind of face be a loss for both of us?”

,”Huh? I’m a bit far from the city, but honestly, isn’t an Oppa like this a win?”

,”You can see a lot more handsome people if you just walk two hours from the city.”

,”He’s not handsome, but he’s really charming, right? He’s very um…. Mature charm?”

If mature charm for a 26-year-old is a compliment or an insult, this is it.

When I glared at her with a sullen expression, she answered with a bright smile.

Is she innocent, pure, or just thoughtless?

,”If you’re saying I’m old in a roundabout way, you’re getting kicked out of the house.”

,”Oh, Oppa, I’m telling you in advance, but I never lie!”

,”…That seems like a habit Oppa always has.”

,”I guess…. She really must be an undeniable sibling.”

Is it genetics?

She’s following what I say, so it really feels like she’s my family.

I’ve heard that kind of habit a lot, but it’s rare to say it like that at that timing.

I’ve never heard a complete stranger have that kind of habit, so I can’t help but recognize her as family.

The saying that blood is thicker than water naturally comes to mind.

,”Well, there’s a room, and you’ll have to borrow Ji-hye’s clothes for a while.”

,”Just buy some on Monday.”

,”Where would I get money?”

,”I have money, but I haven’t gotten a card issued, so I have to go.”

,”Money? Ah, you said you got a certain share earlier.”

She said she had an inheritance, right?

The mother who is…. Should I call her my stepmother, I first prayed for her soul in my heart.

Whatever the case, she’s my sibling’s mother, so it’s okay to pray for her soul.

If she has money, there are no immediate problems.

,”Keoeok- Delicious.”

She’s sucking on her fingers and leaning back in her chair.

No matter how I look at her, she’s a kid. It’s not that her mental age is low, she just acts like a kid.

If Eun-ha is bright and has aegyo, then she’s just a kid herself.

So rather, it feels like a few screws are loose, so she looks like a kid.

,”There’s an empty room over there. There are blankets too, so use it for a while.”

When I pointed to the empty storage room, she nodded.

,”And before you go out, you have to ask us. It’s not that I’m telling you not to go out, but we can’t find you if you get lost.”

,”I’m not an idiot, I remember the house.”

,”It’s not because you’re an idiot, it’s for safety because it’s a neighborhood you’re coming to for the first time. She usually works, so if you get lost, contact my number.”

,”Heueum~”

She looked at me and Ji-hye alternately, then looked at me and smiled.

,”Then do I have to be nice to Oppa to live in the house without getting scolded?”

,”Try being nice, I’m curious to see what happens. Hoho.”

They glare at each other.

They’re looking at each other with a smile, but I can see sparks flying between them.

Ah, shit, they say the one thing you shouldn’t get involved in is two women fighting, and it looks like I’m going to be in the middle of it.

I’m so suffocated by the force of the two of them silently looking at each other and fighting.

I carefully wrote down my number and pushed the phone over, and she took out her phone, glanced at it slightly, and wrote it down.

,”Can you two stop, and if you’re done eating, can we clean up and rest?”

,”I’m done eating.”

,”I don’t want to either, I’ll just heat it up later if I’m hungry.”

I forcibly ended the war of nerves and covered the chicken packaging and pushed it to the corner.

Jua, who looked like she was going to go into her room as is, took the dishcloth from the sink and wiped the table.

,’I thought she’d just eat and go in, but this is unexpected.’

,”I thought you’d just lie down on the sofa or something, but you’re surprisingly helping?”

Ji-hye said what I was going to say instead.

,”I’m not an idiot. I’m just living comfortably, I’m not the kind of person who gets food at someone else’s house and then wipes my mouth clean.”

,”That’s really unexpected.”

,”What do you think of me…. Ah, and Unni bought it, right?”

Jua put down the dishcloth she had finished wiping with and politely bowed her head.

This is really unexpected? I thought she seemed light, but it was the moment when her claim that she was just living comfortably had a basis.

,”Thank you. I ate well.”

,”Oh…. Okay, you’re good.”

When Ji-hye stroked her head, she naturally smiled and felt proud.

I think she’s really a kid….

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,”Oppa, do you have a computer?”

,”Are there houses that don’t have one?”

,”…You’re too prickly, I just want to play some games because I don’t have my own computer right now.”

After cleaning up the table, the three of us were lying on the sofa in a daze.

It was slowly getting dark, and we had eaten.

It was a word that popped out while both of them were leaning on my shoulder as a pillow and dozing off slightly.

,”Games? Computer? Or VR?”

,”Of course it’s AOS! Don’t tell me Oppa is a hipster who plays VR games?”

,”You’re crossing the line. Why is the latest game a hipster game?”

,”You’re a pretentious hipster, right.”

,”Hey!”

Hihhihihi-

The two of them are perfectly in sync, even matching their laughter.

Ji-hye-yah, I told you not to be so critical.

Don’t nibble away at my prestige, what am I supposed to be.

They’re laughing on both sides as if it’s fun, so I naturally let out a sigh.

,”Ha- I thought I had gained an ally, but I gained another enemy.”

,”Don’t worry, I’ll take your side when you lend me your computer!”

,”You’re making me a pushover as soon as you come. Make me one!”

I’m pissed.

To explain it longer, it’s very fucking annoying.

To talk about it even longer, I want to hang them both in the air and stick dildos in them.

Sudden acceleration? No, how annoying is it to have two younger siblings on both sides giggling and teasing you.

Seeing how well they’re in sync even though it hasn’t even been half a day since we met, they’re really my siblings.

They are, goddammit.