Gender Reversed Geum Taeyang - Chapter 38

Chapter 38 – Fanatic (2):

A one-hour lecture?

Even upon further reflection, that didn’t seem quite right.

An hour would not be enough to fix the mess in my brother’s head.

If the children at the orphanage are like family to me, then my oppa Yuhan is just family. Or perhaps even more than that.

So when that person went out of the way to buy a game console and got hurt, it just made my blood boil.

As my brother said, I have been studying hard and exercising regularly, and I’ve been trying to improve my relationships with the other kids.

But my brother doesn’t even listen to what I said before.

Thinking about it again, it’s so frustrating.

And there’s one more unpleasant fact.

Anyway, with those thoughts, I was doing the dishes when I glanced back.

Always carefree. Seeing my brother, who had kicked off the blanket and was lifting his shirt to scratch his belly, anyone would have that thought.

I’m worried that he might catch a cold, but there’s also a desire to keep looking at that sight a little longer.

I’m in the prime of my youth as a high school girl, but my brother is so careless.

He’s always doing things that make others feel fluttered, but he himself doesn’t seem to have any particular thoughts about it.

Like he’s the clueless protagonist of a Japanese romantic comedy manga.

As I’ve always felt, my brother seems to lack a sense of his own appearance.

He’s always going on about how being good-looking is the best, so he must know to some extent, but he doesn’t seem to understand the impact of his own appearance.

I wish his flirtatious behavior was just towards me, but that’s probably not the case.

I just hope he doesn’t hear any annoying comments about managing multiple girls or wagging his tail.

I finished wiping the last dish in the sink.

Now I should clean up, but I don’t want to wake up my brother by turning on the vacuum cleaner, so I’ll just tidy up the scattered items.

Doing the dishes and cleaning are repetitive, unenjoyable tasks.

Of course, stray thoughts come rushing in.

Just a while ago… my brother said we were like a couple.

It seems my brother thought the sound of the water drowned out his words and that I didn’t hear him. But in this small house, how could that not be heard?

How wonderful it would be if we became that kind of relationship…

There is no one closer to my brother than me, but I still have a few years before becoming an adult. My brother is still actively participating in social life.

Briefly setting aside the uneasy feelings, this time a fantasy begins.

Me standing next to a handsome man in a pristine tuxedo.

How many guests there are doesn’t matter to me. As long as my brother is there, that’s all I need.

Shall we go to Jeju Island for our honeymoon? When should we have a child? The retirement plan…?

… Damn, but no matter how I think about it, it seems like there would be someone else by my brother’s side.

It must be true.

Blonde, tanned, pierced. If it wasn’t for these peculiar tastes, he would have already had several girlfriends.

But… even if he has multiple wives, as long as my brother is happy, I’ll accept it.

I have no intention of depriving my brother of his pleasures just for my own happiness.

After all, my brother is the kind of person who deserves such treatment.

The comment my brother made in the past about liking long hair. I grew my hair down to my waist just because of that one remark. It’s just an extension of that.

I pulled down my brother’s clothes and covered him back with the blanket. Even though it’s summer, sleeping too coolly could easily lead to a cold.

It’s a bit disappointing to see his covered body, but… although it hurts a lot, my brother comes first.

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The sound of knocking on the door.

Is there someone coming? My brother’s phone hasn’t rung.

It’s a bit of an unpleasant thing to say, but my brother doesn’t really have anyone who could be called a friend.

But that thought was brief. The voice coming from outside answered my question.

“Yu, Yuhan… It’s me!”

A familiar voice.

An unforgettable voice.

Why did this person come here?

Is it because they’re worried about my brother?

Even I, who have known brother all my life, called before coming here, but this person barged in without any contact. What’s the reason?

A man living alone.

And a man who is alone and injured.

And how my brother got hurt… I saw the scene of the live broadcast with Rete. The next day, the Nintendo Switch started appearing constantly on my brother’s broadcast.

My brother looked so happy then, which was so rare to see.

But then, the sudden return of the Minecraft broadcast.

He insisted he was doing it because he liked it, but it was hard to find much joy on my brother’s face.

A few days later, the back injury. The reason was the lack of money to buy the Switch.

I’m not a complete idiot.

This level of deduction is possible for me.

Objectively speaking, it’s not really Rete’s fault regarding the Switch.

But, people are inherently selfish and self-centered, after all.

I don’t like the cause that hurt my brother. That’s all.

Should I open the door?

To be honest, I really don’t like this person. Imagining how she misunderstood and grab my brother’s collar in the past makes me dislike her even more.

… I don’t know if she heard the sound of me moving, but if she did, this person, not knowing the inside situation, would probably think my brother intentionally didn’t open the door.

This person has a considerable level of self-confidence in her judgment, so that possibility is overflowing.

If I act according to my emotions and make my brother take the blame, there would be nothing more horrible than that.

Asking for her intention is the right thing to do.

But still… before waking up my brother.

I should at least take a look at that famous face of hers.

“Yuhan! Are you okay…?”

Rete looks surprised to see me.

If she came so suddenly, doesn’t she know the extent of my brother’s back injury?

Did she think my oppa would get up and open the door for her?

“… Hello.”

“That time, at the orphanage…?”

“Yes, it’s me. What is it?”

“Why are you… here?”

What kind of question is that?

I thought she knew I was close with my brother. Even at the orphanage, I was always sticking by my brother.

I tried to give an appropriate answer, but she spoke again.

“Is Yuhan… okay? Can I go in and check on him?”

“My brother… is sleeping right now, and his body is not doing well.”

“What happened…”

Looking at the pensive expression, it seems she is genuinely worried about my brother.

But according to the wiki site, this person has a boyfriend, so why is she coming here and acting like this?

From the broadcast, it seemed like she got pretty close to my brother, but…

Since they’re ‘friends’, is this just a hospital visit?

This person. Something about the atmosphere just seems off.

I have a strange premonition.

“… Yuhan, have you contacted his parents?”

?

Hasn’t my brother told her that yet?

He’s not the kind of person who particularly hides the fact that he’s an orphan.

If they were that close, then the scene they showed on the live broadcast wouldn’t be a lie, right?

Maybe my brother just forgot to mention it, or maybe he changed his mind and deliberately didn’t tell her.

Or perhaps she’s just deluding herself into thinking she’s closer to my brother than she actually is.

If that’s the case, it’d be quite a funny situation.

“Ah… Uh, parents? I’m not really sure about that. But did you come out in a hurry?”

“Because a friend got hurt…”

Hmm. I can understand that my brother has many women around him.

And if my brother likes it, I can accept this woman being around him.

Of course as a ‘friend’ of my brother’s.

Look at that appearance. It’s clear she rushed out.

Probably as soon as she heard the news about my brother.

It’s strange for a woman to go to see a man without any grooming, even if that man is just a ‘friend’.

She must not have had a moment to spare.

They’re not lovers, but she worries about another man this much? That’s ridiculous.

This woman. She has feelings for my brother. Likely as a romantic interest.

I’ve been learning to watch out for others’ eyes since I was young. An ability born out of living without parents and enduring all kinds of contempt.

My eyes are certain about this.

I don’t like it, but…

Well, just because I don’t like it, nothing will change.

If this woman has feelings for my brother, the day when my brother’s choice is made will come someday.

If my brother says he likes her, I’ll try to like her too.

If he says he doesn’t like her, I’ll try to dislike her even more.

To be honest, a man like my brother would probably just throw away a girlfriend or whatever. Right now, whether this woman is cheating or not is not my concern.

But if she’s going to have those feelings for my brother, she should at least accurately understand her own emotions.

Grasping that is necessary to fully devote myself to my brother.

No matter how I look at it, this woman who has only lived in a safe zone doesn’t seem to know what emotions she is currently feeling.

Whether she is unaware that she is already being dyed by my brother, or if she is aware and denying it.

“What happened? Did you hear?”

I, at least, don’t think I’m approaching my brother with that kind of mindset.

“He said he was trying to save up to buy a Switch, and got hurt doing manual labor…”

What expression is that?

Stunned? Or a look of insanity?

After standing there silently for a long time, she said:

“Yuhan… I’ll contact him separately later…”

She retreated as if fleeing.

I didn’t have the intention to chase her out, but since she left on her own, that’s fine.

I don’t need to wake up my brother now.

If she wants to be together with my brother in a way beyond just ‘friends’,

She should come self-aware.

If she can’t even do that, I won’t even acknowledge her.

(End of chapter)

T.N. She’s saying ‘my brother’ a lot.