Chapter 50: Request
Similar things happened in the afternoon.
Because he wanted to eat tteokbokki, he went to the tteokbokki restaurant run by his parents. Many customers recognized him. Since it was a snack bar in front of a school, most of the customers were high school students.
For third-year students on break, anything besides studying is fun.
"Aren't you the soldier who beat up that killer, hyung? Wow. That's insane. Can't we take a picture together?"
"Oppa, can we post it on Instagram?"
"Hyung, did you catch the killer bare-handed? What martial arts did you train?"
For third-graders who came to school during break, Seo Juhwan was good entertainment to relieve boredom.
Seo Juhwan made a troubled expression similar to what happened at the gym and gave a lifeless laugh. At least at the gym, only their appearance was intimidating, and everyone was kind and respectful, so it wasn't this burdensome. But these high schoolers were shoving their smartphones at him and wanting to take pictures, which was quite difficult.
He was sweating bullets wondering if he should really take these pictures when he wasn't even a celebrity, but an unexpected savior appeared.
"Hey! You guys leave our oppa alone! If you came to a tteokbokki restaurant, eat your tteokbokki!"
Seo Juhui, who had always called him 'hey' or 'you,' now protected him using the title 'our oppa.'
"That's right, that's right! Get away from Hwan oppa! Uu!"
Han Soo-ah also hid behind Seo Juhui and helped out.
There was some initial resistance to the two girls' protection, but the situation was quickly settled. When Seo Juhui glared with a sharp look, most of the kids made a yelp sound and either turned away or sat quietly at their tables.
What kind of school life has she been living? Younger sister...
Seo Juhwan decided not to think deeply about it. Still, she had some sense and wasn't the type to play around like a delinquent.
"Whew. Thanks, sis. I thought I was going to die from how burdensome that was."
"Pfft. Our introvert oppa would have found that tough."
Seo Juhui spoke mockingly.
However, he focused on the words 'our oppa' that came out again.
Is she crazy?
"Why are you suddenly calling me oppa like that? It's creepy."
When he pointed out the address, Seo Juhui's face turned red.
"Y-you told me to call you that!"
Of course, he had told her to call him that. He had also said he'd spank her if she didn't use the correct address from now on.
But there was no way Seo Juhui would call him 'our oppa' just for that. The relationship between siblings doesn't change that easily.
Seo Juhwan tilted his head because nothing seemed right and said, "Why are you really acting up?"
"A-acting up? Hey!"
"Yeah. One spanking earned."
"You crazy bastard?!"
"Juhui! What kind of language is that to your oppa?!"
"Ugh, he keeps annoying me!" *slap sound* "Ow! Okay! Geez..."
It wasn't until Seo Juhui was hit on her back that she quieted down. She seemed completely sulky, with her cheeks puffed out and her mouth firmly shut.
Han Soo-ah, sitting next to her, observed the situation and gently patted Seo Juhui's back.
'Did I tease her too much?'
Seo Juhwan felt a bit sorry and called out to his sister.
"Seo Juhui."
"..."
"If you don't answer now, I won't help with what you need, right? You have something you want to ask me about, don't you?"
"...Yeah."
Seo Juhwan let out a snort and nodded. That's what he thought. She wouldn't act familiar without a reason.
Seo Juhui looked at his expression and spoke as if she was wronged.
"I wasn't the one who stopped those kids just for that!"
Han Soo-ah supported her.
"That's right, oppa. Juhui wouldn't do something so petty."
"Ha, jeez. What do you take me for, really."
"It was just because those kids were there because of us... mmph!"
Seo Juhui quickly covered Han Soo-ah's mouth and laughed awkwardly.
When Seo Juhwan glared with narrowed eyes, she finally confessed.
"Well, the kids were just looking at the article about oppa in school, and somehow it just happened..."
"I'm sorry, Hwan oppa..."
Seo Juhwan let out a deep sigh, then nodded right away.
"I forgive you both."
"Really?"
"Hehe. Thanks, Hwan oppa."
"Yeah. It's not really your fault anyway."
Hearing about it, it was ambiguous to say it was entirely their fault. The two had simply seen the article about him at school that their friends were looking at and got excited, letting it slip.
Seo Juhui, feeling forgiven, became full of herself and spoke.
"Right. It's not my fault, is it? I even pretended not to know my oppa. But there were kids at the tteokbokki restaurant who recognized you..."
"Seo Juhui, bury your head."
"Ugh, why!"
"Have I helped with your request yet?"
"Geez..."
Seo Juhui buried her head in the table.
What kind of request could it be that she's following his words so obediently?
Seo Juhwan looked at Han Soo-ah, who seemed to be considering whether she should bury her head too, and chuckled before speaking.
"Tell me what the request is, Soo-ah. You two are always doing something together anyway, right?"
The two of them stuck together like a burr. You could guess that this time too, something they were trying to do wasn't going well.
His prediction was correct.
"Hehe. So the thing is, me and Juhui have been doing a broadcast together..."
However, the content was something he hadn't expected.
Seo Juhwan's eyes widened.
"A broadcast?"
"Yeah!"
"Don't tell me Paprika?"
"Nope. We're doing it on Tricky."
"Ah. Yeah, you two doing Paprika would be ridiculous."
Seo Juhwan understood and nodded.
Even though both are internet broadcasts, Paprika TV and Tricky TV have completely different vibes. If Paprika is about carnivores' provocative and violent fights, Tricky TV is more like herbivores' intense battle of nerves.
It was just Seo Juhwan's personal impression, so it might be different if he got into details, but no matter how he thought about it, these two didn't seem to fit with Paprika.
"Hey... I mean oppa. Why did you say ridiculous?"
"Yeah. Keep your head down."
"Ugh..."
Ignoring his sulky sister, Seo Juhwan continued.
"What kind of broadcast are you doing? Wait, before that, how are you two doing a broadcast together? You can't do it together all the time, right?"
"Well. To be precise, I do the broadcast and Juhui is my manager and editor."
"Editor? Oh, she said she was learning editing. So you're doing YouTube too?"
"Yeah. We're uploading them one by one."
"When did you start?"
"Not long ago. Maybe a week?"
"Hmm. Then you don't have many viewers. What kind of broadcast are you mainly doing?"
"Um... just talking? Sometimes singing too. Uh, studying broadcasts too."
They haven't even properly decided on a broadcast concept.
"What time did you set for broadcasting?"
"Uh, just whenever we have time?"
"..."
Seo Juhwan slowly closed his eyes and let out a sigh. He was also a simple viewer without broadcast experience, but this wasn't it.
He thought he knew what Seo Juhui was going to ask for.
"...Seo Juhui, lift your head."
"...Hehe. Oppa, can't I just keep it down like this?"
"I'm really going to push your face into the table..."
This is a bit much—asking for help without even knowing where to start.
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