My Younger Sister Was My First Love - My Younger Sister Was My First Love chapter 81
81. Only Me
If the person next to my oppa was Democrat Unnie, I wouldn’t have thought much of it.
No matter how I looked, the person in front of the counter was my oppa, and the woman protecting him was someone I didn’t even know the name of.
“Is that right? Your oppa.”
“……Yes.”
Sewha and I were sitting in a relatively secluded spot, so I didn’t think Oppa had discovered us yet.
“What do we do? Should we go talk to him?”
I picked up my phone, which I had placed on the table, in response to Sewha’s question.
“Let’s check first.”
I opened the messenger and sent a text to Oppa.
[Oppa, are you coming home right after academy?]
I knew Oppa’s phone would ring, so I held my breath and watched the scene unfold.
What was he saying?
As the calculation ended, the girl’s face began to appear.
A slightly childish-looking face.
It didn’t feel like she was older than me, but rather younger.
No matter how hard I thought, no suitable candidate came to mind.
I knew that Democratic Unnie was the only woman Oppa was close to.
Was she a college student?
No. Was she a high school alumna from our neighborhood?
It was strange that Oppa, who had only studied during high school, was meeting a female alumna on a Saturday morning.
Ah. I clearly felt the vibration, but why wasn’t he responding?
“Do they look close?”
As soon as Sewha finished her evaluation, Oppa’s hand gently touched the girl’s head.
My eyes widened in surprise.
It was completely different from when he playfully messed with my hair at home.
What was going on?
What was he doing?
I didn’t know the exact context, but I was certain that my blood was boiling.
Love or something.
Don’t worry or something.
And yet, what was he doing after all this time?
“Ji. Jihee. Make a call or something. If you’re really concerned.”
“No. Let’s watch a bit more.”
The two of them chatted non-stop in front of the cashier, not even taking a seat.
Oppa’s face was filled with affection, laughing brightly at every word.
Besides Democratic Unnie, there was another hidden someone.
The two of them coincidentally ordered the same menu as us.
Mango bingsu piled high like a mountain.
……I had never eaten bingsu with him before.
It was truly an unbearable and excessive display of affection.
Every new experience was a first, but Oppa’s face was blooming with laughter.
The cozy atmosphere continued even after we sat down, and I instinctively felt that it was time to take action.
“Sewha.”
“Yes?”
“Are you going in first?”
“There’s still some left, isn’t there?”
The slightly melted bingsu had turned into a mixture of ice and dessert, like a sherbet.
“Then I’ll go first and get some.”
“Going home?”
“No, I’ll go to the store.”
“Do you want to come with me?”
“No, no. I just want to talk to someone.”
“Then I’ll stay here and take a look around?”
Sehwa was waving her hand and making a funny face, as if she was watching an entertaining drama.
I turned my back on Sehwa and started walking towards the table at a 45-degree angle.
Ah, I should have put on some makeup before coming out.
Who would have thought I’d run into this embarrassing scene in front of my house while eating bingsu?
I let out a sigh and approached my oppa’s back with quick steps.
“Hey.”
Oppa was chatting away, completely unaware that I was standing right next to him.
“Huh? What’s up? When did you get here?”
“Is that what you want to say to me right now?”
“No, you should focus on your studies.”
“It’s lunchtime right now.”
Oppa’s smile started to fade from his face as he adopted a cynical tone.
“Did you go to the driving school? Are you lying to me again?”
“No, it’s not that. It’s Jihee.”
“If there’s something lacking, tell me, oppa. Don’t go around meeting other people and doing this. What’s missing that makes you do this?”
Just as oppa was about to make some excuse, the girl who had been watching us opened her mouth.
“But, oppa said he didn’t have a girlfriend. Who are you?”
It was true that we were the same age!
I was furious, my anger boiling over like a kettle about to explode.
“Hey.”
The girl in front of me, who was either the same age as me or still in high school, looked at me with a curious expression.
I, who was not easily intimidated, didn’t flinch in front of this girl.
“Yes?”
“What’s your relationship with my oppa?”
“Yes?”
“What do you mean by ‘what’s your relationship’?”
There weren’t many customers in the cafe, but I didn’t care about the attention from the people around us.
I boldly wrapped my arms around oppa’s neck, as if I was giving him a back hug.
“Ah, I’m just… Junho oppa’s younger sister?”
“Little sibling? Little sibling?”
“Oppa, I’m your only little sibling. This guy.”
“Jihee-ya, let’s talk. Let’s talk.”
“What’s up? What’s up?”
“It’s Seon-ah.”
“Seon-ah?”
“Yeah, she’s my cousin who’s going to stay with us at our house for a month during the winter break. Seon-ah, come say hello. She’s my little sibling Jihee, and we’re living together right now.”
The word “cousin” made my arm go limp.
Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
No, that’s right. I’m the one now.
“Ah, nice to meet you! Unnie!”
Seon-ah, the kid, jumped up from her seat and politely bowed her head.
Her sparkling eyes were like a zoo animal staring at me, and it was a weird reaction.
“Ah, nice to meet you too. Ah, but is it okay to use informal language with you?”
“Yes, please be comfortable!”
“But how did you end up here so early……”
Don’t high school students usually have summer break in July?
Why is she already here?
“I came with my mom to attend a special lecture during the break, and my mom said she had a parents’ lecture to attend, so she asked if I could stay with you for a bit.”
Oppa let out a short sigh and then explained the whole situation.
Can’t you tell me these things beforehand?
If you had just explained the situation over text, I wouldn’t have done that just now!
Of course, I don’t have much patience, so I couldn’t wait for the explanation, but it was a moment when I felt annoyed with Oppa.
“Oh…… but Unnie is really pretty. My mom wasn’t exaggerating!”
Seon-ah gave me two thumbs up with a sheepish face.
“By the way, do you and Oppa get along well? You guys look really close.”
Without even needing a signal, Seon-ah’s harmless words made our faces turn pale.
“Ah, we’re close, but Jihee is just really touchy-feely.”
“We’re also close with Oppa, haha. We do this kind of thing a lot at school too. We’re close friends.”
Until Oppa makes an eternal vow of love to me, our relationship is a secret.
Especially, we need to block any weird rumors from reaching our mom’s ears.
I pulled out a chair and sat down next to Oppa, acting like I was part of the group.
“No, I was just out with a friend getting bingsu, and I saw Oppa, so I came to say hello.”
“Really? Then shouldn’t you be with your friend? Is it okay to be like this?”
I turned my head towards the seat where Se-hwa was, but she was already gone, and all the people and food had disappeared.
“Ah, we just finished eating and were about to leave.”
“I see. How long are you going to stay here?”
“My mom said we’re done at 2 pm, so we’ll just hang out until then.”
“Can I stay with you guys for a bit too? To get closer to Seon-ah?”
“What’s with you? Where are you planning to take her?”
Luckily, the misunderstanding was quickly resolved, and I was able to naturally blend in.
The child, Seona, who would be staying at our house, was fundamentally a friend overflowing with energy.
“I’ll crush the college entrance exam in one go!”
Her gesture of punching the air like a boxer, even as a girl, looked ridiculously cute to me.
“Yeah, do that. Don’t struggle like me and Ji-hui, taking it twice.”
My oppa reminded me that I was still in the midst of retaking the exam, gently placing his hand on my head.
“Right, right. Do it in one go. Just once.”
“Ah, then will you take the exam with me this year, Unnie?”
“Of course?”
“Heh, if I think of my cousin as a competitor, I get a bit weaker.”
Both my oppa and I couldn’t help but burst out laughing at the absurdity.
“Is Seona good at studying? How is it?”
Although it was a bit of a ridiculous question coming from me, who had scored 7-8th grade level last year, I was still curious.
Honestly, if she had the determination to come all the way from the countryside to attend a private academy, she should be doing well, right?
“I got 1, 2, 1 on my 6th grade exam!”
“Wow, you’re doing great?”
“Aigoo, but this isn’t enough to get me what I want.”
“What’s your dream university?”
“First and foremost, it’s Korea University!”
“Then we’ll be schoolmates?”
“Wow, we’ll be going to school together, the three of us, including Oppa?”
Seona burst out laughing.
Although it sounds a bit awkward, Seona was a child who had a unique talent for making those around her feel at ease, unlike my oppa.
It was a strange, unfamiliar feeling, like our blood types didn’t match.
“Anyway, Seona, exactly when are you moving in?”
“I’ll be moving in on the Sunday after the 19th, when my summer break starts, with my mom.”
Since it was already the end of June, that would be exactly one month from now.
“I’ll be waiting. Let’s eat some midnight snacks together too.”
“Whoa, that sounds amazing!”
And so, we spent about an hour chatting and getting to know each other.
-Weeeeing-
“Ah! My mom said she’s finished packing, so I should go to the parking lot, I think.”
“Oppa, do I not need to meet your mom? Don’t I need to see her face?”
“Aah, I already saw her earlier. It’s fine. Okay.”
“Then I’ll go! Unnie, see you later!”
With a bright, innocent smile, my oppa and I sent Seona off, standing side by side like a couple.
“Let’s go.”
As my oppa spoke, I sneakily slipped my arm into his.
“……You’re such a flirt.”
“Weren’t we past all the misunderstandings already?”
“Say something to me before you go.”
“You should’ve been studying. And if you’d taken a break, you’d have only come in an hour later anyway.”
“You didn’t even buy me bingsoo. You’re treating me like this because we’re not related by blood?”
“Everything’s so frustrating. Everything’s so frustrating.”
Oppa didn’t shake off my arm forcefully.
In that state, we strolled around the apartment complex.
When we got on the elevator, Oppa asked me about Seona.
“Seona’s cute, isn’t she?”
“Oh, now you’re openly praising another girl?”
“Yeah, she’s family. Seona is.”
“I’m family too.”
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“Ijihee.”
“Why, Ijunho?”
The playful retort earned me a gaze with raised eyebrows.
“You know, don’t you?”
“What?”
“You’re so cute that you can’t even compare to Seona.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Deceiving others is a bad habit.”
As I turned my back, my face was reflected in the mirror.
I couldn’t hide my joy, and my lips curled up in a smile.
Ah, I need to play hard to get a bit.
I shouldn’t reveal my feelings so openly.
My dopamine was surging out of control, and my hands instinctively covered my mouth.
“Oppa.”
“Why?”
“Don’t you think our kid is as cute as me?”
Oppa didn’t give me an answer, his mouth agape.