Mandu is our cat
Cooking with a half-human, half-beast
Haaam...
What time is it now...
01:00 PM
김여주
1 o'clock?!
김여주
Oh, school's ruined... No, wait, isn't today a day off? Oh, thank goodness.
The day after I got mad at Minseok, I skipped school. When I woke up, I couldn't help but think about him for not giving me food. I'm still not completely over it, but it would be a lie to say I wasn't worried.
Squeak
김여주
Minseok oppa...?
Where are you? Did you go outside?
As I opened my bedroom door and went outside, I saw him nowhere to be seen, and I thought he'd gone outside. But what opened immediately was not the front door, but the bathroom door.
민석
What, are you awake? I woke you up like that, but you didn't wake up.
김여주
Oh, by the way, did you wash up, oppa?
민석
Yeah, I washed it, but why? Even if you're half-human and half-animal, washing it's the same, right? What's wrong?
김여주
No... that's not it...
The reason I couldn't help but trail off was because the clothes Minseok was wearing would slide down every time he dried his hair with a towel, so I could always see his underwear.
Oh my god, how can I say this? I'm crazy...
I barely managed to change the subject, hiding my now-subdued anger and reddened face.
김여주
No, I think it's better if I just don't care. Oh, I'm not going anywhere today, so learn how to cook from me today.
민석
What? What can I learn from you?
김여주
Cooking, cooking. Oppa, you won't be able to eat without me, so you'll wait for me every day until I come home?
민석
No, I wasn't really waiting for anything...
김여주
Then I guess I can learn, right? My hair is pretty dry, so come here. I woke up late and I'm hungry. Let's eat quickly.
민석
Seriously, I'm all my own business
김여주
Then should I just not cook it?
민석
No, that's not what I meant... Just tell me quickly.
김여주
First, let's start with boiling ramen because it's the easiest.
민석
Ramen? That curly red thing?
김여주
Wow... that's shocking
김여주
Yeah, that's true, but look, first, turn on the water...
I explained it to Minseok, who really didn't know anything, little by little, and at first he said he didn't know, but it seemed like he was starting to understand little by little.
김여주
Okay, I boiled mine, so you boil yours.
민석
What? I don't like it.
김여주
What are you talking about now? Then why did I teach you this? You should know how to eat it on your own!
When I nagged him, Minseok oppa, who had a stiff tone and was literally sassy, suddenly calmed down and showed a different side of himself from somewhere.
Minseok oppa must have hated hearing my nagging, so he took the chopsticks I had used to take a bite of ramen and ate the ramen I had made.
민석
?!
민석
and...!
민석
I'll eat this, you eat what I boiled
김여주
Where is that! You're not good at cooking, oppa. Give it to me. I'll eat it.
민석
No, I'll eat this. Just wait a minute. I'll finish this and boil it for you.
Minseok took a bite of my ramen, then, seemingly immersed in it, continued eating with the chopsticks I had placed in my mouth, seemingly oblivious to the taste. As soon as I realized this, I tried to snatch his chopsticks away, and that's when things got ugly.
김여주
Oh, oh, oppa, give me those! Just give me the chopsticks! Just eat them with different chopsticks! Seriously, that's not okay!
민석
I said I didn't want to, so I ate almost everything. Just wait a minute...
When my brother swallowed the noodles he was chewing in his mouth and was about to scoop up the rest, I thought I really couldn't do it anymore, so I grabbed his chopsticks, but he was so strong that I ended up being the one who got pulled.
김여주
town...!
As my brother pulled the chopsticks, my lips touched his cheek, and his hand stopped moving.
My lips were on his cheek for about three seconds, and I pulled away in embarrassment. As I pulled away, I heard a sound like, "Where are you?" and hurriedly went into the room without saying a word.
민석
...
And since I couldn't eat, I had to wait in my room until dinnertime, holding back my stomach growling.