My Feisty Sisters Are Coming After Me

Chapter 41

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Hwa-yeon’s room was located directly across from Geum-bi noona’s room.

Other than that, there wouldn’t be any structural differences, but the feeling when you stepped inside was noticeably different.

Notably, Hwa-yeon’s room was much dirtier.

“Ugh, clean up and live properly. What’s all that scattered on the floor?”

“Those are my textbooks and writing utensils? It’s proof that I’m that devoted to my studies.”

“Do you study with your feet instead of your hands? Why are you keeping them on the floor instead of the perfectly good desk?”

“Ah, did you come here to nag me from the morning? You said you had something to say.”

Hwa-yeon, sitting on the edge of her bed, wiped the ends of her hair with a towel as she replied.

Although the room was dirty, the fact that she came running with her wet hair for her oppa was touching, so I sighed and sat down heavily next to her on the bed.

“What, who said you could sit down here? You’ll dirty the blanket.”

“Your room is the dirty one. I just showered, so my whole body is clean, okay?”

“That’s funny. And isn’t that too close? Move away, it feels bad.”

At least I only pointed out her room and things, but Hwa-yeon brazenly degraded my body.

But since she was the owner of the room, like a good oppa, I forgave her with a light flick to her forehead.

“Ouch, why did you hit me? You really came here just to tease me!”

“Shut up. What’s with saying I’m dirty and disgusting to your oppa?”

“I didn’t say you were disgusting? And it’s natural to feel bad when someone just sticks to me like that.”

“How close did I even get?”

“You were ve~ry close? Almost within arm’s reach.”

Is that something to be so fussy about?

Hmm, now that I think about it. I haven’t really sat next to her like that, except when we eat.

‘When I was talking to Geum-bi noona, I always sat on the edge of the bed like that. Did I unknowingly get used to it… Tsk.’

Scratching my head, I pulled a chair from in front of the desk and sat down.

Hwa-yeon, clearly displeased with me using her chair, puffed out her cheeks, but she kept her mouth shut, afraid of getting hit again.

Her expression looked cheeky, so I gave her a peanut to the forehead.

“Ouch! I didn’t say anything this time, why did you hit me again?!”

“Your eyes were sus~picious. You were silently shouting in your head, saying I shouldn’t sit here and should just stand, right?”

“No way? I was regretting letting you in the room.”

“That’s worse than I expected? No, I can’t let this go, let’s get hit one more time. Come here.”

“Aah, if you touch me again? I swear I won’t talk to you at all!”

Hwa-yeon rolled around on the bed, avoiding my hand.

She didn’t even know how her oppa was feeling for her. I buried my great disappointment and slowly got to the point.

“Anyway, thanks for making room for me. If you listen well, I’ll buy you a meal later.”

“Wow, then I want a pizza and chicken combo! Ah, I’ll choose the place, so just send me the money, Oppa.”

“I’m not saying we’re ordering delivery right now? I haven’t even started the story yet.”

“Okay, okay, talk, talk. I’ll listen while looking for a place.”

Facing Hwa-yeon, who was clearly not in a mood to listen to her oppa,

I was half dumbfounded, but I thought that this kind of reaction was easier to confide in, so I started the consultation.

“You know that noonas have… a lot of worries these days, right?”

“Hmm, what about? The thing with mom calling last time?”

“Broadly speaking, yes. Anyway, because of that, I’ve been doing a lot of counseling with noonas recently, okay?”

“Ah, so that’s why unnies were going in and out of oppa’s room so often? I thought there was some kind of family affair going on.”

“……What kind of joke is that. Haha, did you choose a place for delivery yet?”

“Still looking. Hmm, maybe it’s too early. All the places I bookmarked are preparing to open.”

Hwa-yeon had thrown out a chilling topic for a moment, but it seemed like she just made a random noise, as her eyes were still on her phone screen.

I cleared my throat as naturally as possible, being careful not to let my voice shake.

“Anyway, after listening to their stories, both of them seemed to have gotten a lot better.”

“Hee~ Then that’s good, right? Geum-bi unnie still seems to be very annoyed, though.”

“That’s because you still don’t listen to noona.”

“Aah~ if you’re going to nag me again, I’m really going to shut my ears?”

“Okay, okay. I’ll make sure you don’t look at me, so at least keep your ears open, haa.”

Somehow, the more I talked, the less it seemed like Hwa-yeon was listening to me, so I gave up on the buildup and went straight to the heart of the problem.

“This is where the big problem starts. As I counsel each noona separately, they keep getting upset with each other.”

“Upset? About what?”

“Umm… Like, I listen to one person and not the other. Or I meet one often, and the other every now and then.”

“You’re being very vague, aren’t you? Weren’t there any specific incidents?”

“…There’s also noona’s privacy. The details are a secret.”

It was a story that could cause a family breakdown if I told it, so I kept my mouth shut.

But it wasn’t a complete lie. The reason why the situation was turning strange every time I counseled them was because the two noonas’ misunderstandings towards each other kept piling up.

‘Saying it like this makes it sound like they’re fighting over a guy. But since I said it’s about noonas, she won’t think that, right?’

I was scratching my cheek, wondering if I should talk more, when Hwa-yeon put down her phone and looked at me.

“Tsk, I give up. Order delivery in the evening. I’ll just trust oppa’s sense today.”

“You’re just getting tired of looking at it, right? I’m really going to order anything.”

“Any famous brand is fine. Anyway, is that the thing you wanted to talk about?”

“Yeah. I was wondering what to do, it’s a family matter and you’re a woman, so I thought I’d ask for your advice.”

“Hmm~ So, you came all the way here to ask me for counseling? Because you’re suffering, stuck between two unnies?”

“To put it simply, yes.”

“That’s a pretty luxurious worry. To be lost between two women, hehe.”

Hwa-yeon seemed to have not just let the conversation flow by, as she neatly summarized it and then smiled with her chin in her hand.

But even if it was true, it was the way you said things that mattered. I felt a strange prick in my chest, so I turned my gaze away and urged her for feedback.

“Ahem, enough with the weird noises. So, what do you think, Hwa-yeon?”

“Well~ is there anything to think about? Family or woman or whatever, it’s a really easy problem.”

“Really? Why?”

“Why? You’re making it sound complicated, but the conclusion is that the unnies are sulking because they think you’re not paying enough attention to them, right?”

“…To put it simply, yes.”

“Then, you should just pay a lot of attention to both of them. To the point where neither of them feels like it’s unreasonable.”

“……That’s, easier said than done.”

Perhaps because I explained it without all the details, Hwa-yeon’s solution was also very simple.

Just pay attention to both of them… If that was easy, things wouldn’t have gotten this far. Ugh.

“Is it somehow difficult? You’re just living like a bum these days, Oppa. Why can’t you give some time to the unnies after they get off work?”

“It’s not about time, it’s about the intensity. After meeting them once, my energy is completely drained, in many ways.”

“Like when you got caught jacking off last time?”

“Do you really want to die? If you keep doing that, I’m going to confiscate your remaining allowance?”

“Hehe, just kidding, kidding. Hmm~ or there’s another way!”

“What is it?”

“Don’t pay attention to either of them. If you just ignore them completely, your worries will disappear, right?”

“But they’re family. It’s not like they’re strangers, they’re my noonas.”

“Then change your mindset and try to solve it all at once?”

“All at once? How?”

“Meet both of them together. Have a three-way meeting for counseling, and help each other.”

“Ugh?! Hey, you’re crazy. Are you really saying that?”

“Huh, why? Wasn’t it a very reasonable suggestion…?”

Hwa-yeon looked genuinely puzzled, and I soon realized my mistake.

‘Ah, she just thinks I’m listening to noonas’ consultations. Right, she can say it that lightly.’

In reality, if the three of us got together, we’d never see each other’s faces again.

It was a suggestion that would not only cause a family breakdown, but would set the whole house on fire.

My head was spinning, but it wasn’t Hwa-yeon’s fault.

I recovered from my brief outburst and belatedly shook my head.

“What I mean is that it’s not that simple. Is it easy to say things to each other that they would only barely tell me?”

“Hmm, is that so? I think it’s weird that the unnies trust oppa more than each other?”

“Wh-what’s weird about that?”

“You said it yourself. That because I’m a woman, I’d know the unnies’ feelings well. Then, conversely, wouldn’t it be easier for the unnies to counsel each other?”

“That’s, not exactly the case…”

“Besides, it’s weird that the unnies are upset because oppa isn’t paying enough attention to them. It’s not like they’re competing for oppa’s attention.”

“…She’s been saying really strange things since earlier. Haha, ha…”

It seemed like I had talked too much, so I cut off the conversation at this point.

Anyway, the conclusion had been reached, so there was no need for further consultation.

‘It’s hard to ignore both of them, and it’s even more impossible to put them together. Then, is the only option to pay attention to both of them? Sigh, in the end, I’m the only one who’s going to suffer more.’

How to give that attention was another problem.

From here on, it was really impossible to get counseling. I had to figure it out myself.

“But Hwa-yeon, didn’t you also say you had something to say?”

“Oh, right! I forgot while looking for good restaurants.”

“You must have been distracted by listening to my consultation. What is it? If it’s money, I can’t give you any more?”

“Do you think I’m just a money-obsessed person? Do I just ask for money whenever I see you, Oppa?”

“Weren’t you?”

“I’m not! I get a salary these days, and scholarships, I’m doing well!”

Is that the same person who took 100,000 won from me a while ago?

Well, it’s good that she’s getting a scholarship. It was worth making her go to college after retaking the exam.

“Tsk, besides, my problem is also oppa’s responsibility? You shouldn’t have made us go to that cafe last time…”

“What is it? Did the cafe employee ask for my number?”

“Wow, what a self-absorbed person? Your face isn’t that good, okay?”

“Wasn’t it? When I was leaving, another employee hurriedly came to the counter, so I thought that was it.”

“How do you even remember that? …Well, it was a little bit of a bad thing to hear, though.”

“I don’t know why it’s a bad thing to hear that your oppa is popular. So, what did that person say?”

Hwa-yeon was taking a lot of time, not saying what she wanted to say.

It seemed like it was something she really didn’t want to say, as she avoided eye contact and blushed, and she puckered her lips several times, making it clear that she didn’t want to talk about it.

“Haa, tsk. How did I end up talking about this?”

“You don’t have to say it if you don’t want to?”

“No, it’s going to be revealed anyway. The person I was working with at the time… asked if you were my boyfriend.”

“Hmm… What? Hey, why is that a bad thing to talk about?!”

“Then would you be happy? It means I looked like I was in a relationship with someone like you!”

“I’m very upset. But isn’t that something you should be happy about?”

“Ha, you’re full of it. Anyone who hears that would think that you’re so much more of a catch.”

“That’s exactly right? And what, you’re full of it? Is that something you can say in front of your oppa? Tsk.”

“Ouch! I told you not to keep hitting me? Come here, oppa, you get hit too!”

“If you’re going to come, you come here? Of course, I won’t just let you hit me… Uh-oh? Hey, hitting me with a book is cheating! Hey!”

Hwa-yeon, feeling resentful after being hit three times, picked up a textbook that she had thrown on the floor and hit my arm.

She clearly said one hit, but I glared at her for daring to hit her oppa’s body five times before shaking my head.

“As expected, I’m the more valuable one. Who’s going to take this kind of person, I wonder.”

“Yii, enough with the useless worries! The conclusion is, oppa, do you want to work at our store?”

“…That conclusion is a bit strange? Where did the middle go, and why did the story flow like that?”

“When I explained that you were my older brother to that person, she started raving about how handsome you were. Then it got into the manager’s ears… and somehow, I even revealed the picture.”

“Did you have my picture on your phone? That’s disgusting.”

“Are you crazy? I just enlarged a family picture we took a long time ago! The one we took on Mok-hee’s high school graduation day!”

I almost got goosebumps, but it was within a range that I could barely accept.

Anyway, a part-time job… hmm. I was already depressed because the place I interviewed at recently rejected me.

“Oppa, you’re just playing around these days, and only working out, right? You have time until you go back to school, so let’s make some money together.”

“Hwa-yeon, do you want to work with me?”

“Are you crazy? I’d hate that to death. But the person who was working part-time before was too trash… I just want someone who’s at least decent to come next.”

“You sure talk pretty. Does that make me feel like I want to go for an interview?”

“Judging by how you’re talking, you’re not uninterested, are you? When are you coming? If you tell me the time and date, I’ll let them know.”

It was true that I was getting tired of going back and forth between home and the gym, and it was the right time for a change in my life.

Since it was also a request from my cute younger sister, I pretended to be unable to resist and set an interview date.

“Ugh, anyway, thank you. I think they called me for an interview because you talked well about me, both today’s consultation and at the store.”

“What, I actually just skipped on having to ask my friends to come.”

“Our Hwa-yeon is charming because she’s honest, haha.”

“Aah, no violence! Don’t come close. If you’re done talking, get out quickly, yaa!”

I ruffled the tsundere girl’s hair, and she, unlike Geum-bi noona, made a face while being completely horrified.

I left the room with a satisfied smile at her reaction, and as I went down the stairs, I repeated my determination for the future.

‘Keep my boundaries and pay more attention to noonas… Hmm. Let’s try it once?’

If you think about it, all the misunderstandings started because of a lack of communication.

If I opened my heart more and gave the noonas trust, maybe the path would be unexpectedly easy.

My mood also became refreshed as I changed my mindset.

Since I was also introduced to a part-time job, I went on social media to look up more information about the cafe.

* * *

Although plans and imaginations are always grand, reality is usually a mess.

In accordance with the order of seniority, I first tried to talk to the older Su-jeong noona.

The noona, sitting on the living room sofa in the middle of the night, opened her mouth falteringly while looking at me.

“So, what you’re saying, Ji-gu, is… you want me to look at your naked body too?”

“Huh…?”

I had clearly just told her that I was sorry for only receiving from noona and that we should rely on each other healthily.

The moment I was wondering if the word ‘healthy’ had changed from what I knew, Su-jeong noona’s hand touched my thigh.

“That’s right. If I’m the only one showing you, it would be a burden, I’m sorry.”

“No, noona? That’s not what I meant, ugh?”

Because it was night, I couldn’t speak loudly, and I was flustered, so my head wasn’t working properly.

Meanwhile, Su-jeong noona pressured me not to run away, bit her lip as if she was holding back her embarrassment, and made some kind of resolve.

“Okay. If that’s what you want, Ji-gu… I’ll examine your body properly too.”

“Uh-oh, no? You don’t have to do that, noona?”

Like the diligent Su-jeong noona, she was stubbornly insistent in strange ways.

Her hand didn’t move any further on my thigh, but noona’s gaze was fixed on my crotch.

That alone was a big problem.

“Unnie? Ji-gu? …What are you two doing again?”

Geum-bi noona came out of her room, rubbing her eyes.

Noona, with an expression that showed her sleepiness slowly fading away, started glaring at us sharply.

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