Gentle Giant Chapter 83
Dain had been like this since he was young. Even though he felt loneliness deeply, he never tried to resolve that loneliness by depending on other people. This wasn’t an exception even with family – when he thought he would be a burden, he drew lines thoroughly.
Dahee found this very disappointing, but there had been more than a few times when she let it slide appropriately, worried that showing her disappointment would make Dain more uncomfortable.
It was the same now.
The moment Dain received her support, he would think of it as a debt and somehow worry about how to repay it. Even if she insisted it was something she could naturally do as his older sister, it clearly wouldn’t work on Dain.
“Are you really going to study with that hand no matter what?”
“Noona, my injured hand is my left hand, not my right. I can study, eat by myself, and do everything including washing.”
“Even if your right hand is fine, there are so many inconveniences. Just skip this exam. Got it?”
“It’s not a fatal illness, so why would I skip? I’ll manage appropriately on my own. Don’t worry. And Juho takes good care of me from beside me, so it’s okay.”
At Dain’s words, Dahee’s lips puffed out.
Others would welcome it with both hands raised if told not to study, but even when told to rest, rest, he had such a cold reaction. Her gentle younger brother must have been influenced by the cold-blooded tiger beside him.
Dahee muttered complaints about Juho inwardly. It seemed like he was ruining Dain completely.
Not knowing why Dahee was upset, Dain was earnestly appealing about what a reliable protector Juho was.
Dahee realized that while she wasn’t beside him, Juho had completely stolen Dain away from her. Now her younger brother put his boyfriend before his older sister.
“Fine. Dain, you’re not a child either. I’ll trust that you’ll handle things well on your own.”
“Mm-hmm! Of course!”
“Still, you have to contact me regularly about how you’re doing, okay?”
“Got it. I’m sorry for making you come all the way here when you’re busy and can’t even rest, noona.”
Dain looked at Dahee with drooping eyebrows.
Now that he seemed to have returned to being the gentle younger brother she knew, Dahee softened her expression too.
“Then let’s go out. This won’t do, I need to buy you some nutritional supplements so your bones heal quickly.”
“What nutritional supplements? I’m really okay!”
Dain quickly waved his hand.
However, she had already anticipated that her younger brother would refuse. Dahee ignored Dain’s reaction and stood up from her seat.
Seeing Dahee harden her expression with a ‘shush!’ sound, it seemed he had no choice but to follow her. Dain had no choice but to get up from his seat and stand next to Dahee. Unfortunately, there was a large pharmacy right in the next building, so he couldn’t even escape.
Juho also had no reason to interfere since they were going to buy something good for Dain’s body. In the end, Dain walked with two beautifully dressed beauties on both his arms.
The gazes of passersby stuck persistently to the three people. Instead of the two people who didn’t care whether others looked or not, Dain alone blushed with embarrassment.
When they opened the pharmacy door and entered, the pharmacist inside the dispensary recognized Dahee and was delighted.
“Oh my, oh my! Aren’t you Jung Dahee-ssi?”
“Ah, yes. Hello.”
“I’m a huge fan! Oh my! You’re so pretty! You’re much prettier in person!”
The pharmacist raised her voice to praise Dahee. Dahee greeted her with thanks in a kind face while looking around the pharmacy.
“Is there any medicine you’re looking for?”
“Ah, my younger brother fractured his fingers, and it’s also exam period now, so I want to buy him some nutritional supplements that are good for his body.”
Dahee pulled Dain, who had been standing with Juho a step behind, to her side.
The pharmacist checked Dain’s hand and quickly brought several types of nutritional supplements.
“This is vitamin D supplements and calcium. And this is a nutritional supplement good for fatigue recovery. Since you’re still young, your bones will heal quickly, but you still need to take good care of yourself, okay?”
“Yes, thank you.”
The pharmacist said with a smile.
Dain carefully examined the nutritional supplements he was receiving for the first time in his life. Juho also looked at the ingredients meticulously beside Dain.
The pharmacist’s gaze glanced toward Juho, who was stuck close to Dain.
She wondered if that man was also a celebrity, but although he was handsome, his face wasn’t familiar. Seeing his attentive attitude toward Jung Dahee’s younger brother, she thought he might be her boyfriend.
A beautiful man and woman. The saying that birds of a feather flock together must be true. The pharmacist glanced several times at Juho’s face, which was as good-looking as a celebrity.
Juho had been noticing the pharmacist’s observing gaze from earlier, but was deliberately ignoring her gaze while only taking care of Dain.
Dahee tried to give Dain the nutritional supplements the pharmacist recommended and eye-catching drinks she had bought. However, before Dain could receive them, Juho naturally reached out and held the bag instead of Dain.
“Noona, I’ll go now. Take the supplements well every day, got it?”
“Yeah yeah, thank you! But noona, don’t I have to tell mom and dad about me getting hurt?”
“Why? Are you afraid mom will scold you?”
“No, it’s because they’ll worry for no reason.”
“A kid who knows his family will worry…!”
When Dahee’s nagging was about to start, Dain quickly went to stand behind Juho. Juho raised the corners of his mouth at Dain’s warmth felt behind his back.
“Jung Dain you! Won’t you come here?”
Dain only peeked his eyes out from between Juho’s shoulders. Seeing his behavior as if he had someone to rely on, Dahee let out a “Ha!” laugh of disbelief.
“I’ll take good care of him. Don’t worry.”
It was an affectionate and reliable voice. Of course, the annoyance he felt was clearly visible in his eyes looking at her.
When Dahee was about to get angry and say something, Dain escaped from behind Juho and approached Dahee. Then he grabbed her fingertips and gently shook them.
“Juho is right. Juho really takes good care of me. And noona, thank you. You didn’t tell mom about me dating Juho, right?”
“Huh?”
“I thought mom would call the day after I met you. But she seemed completely unaware? Noona kept it secret, right?”
“Ah. Y-yes! I didn’t say anything because I thought mom would say she’d come up to Seoul right away if I told her.”
Since she was in a position to wait until the two broke up, Dahee wanted to keep their relationship secret from the family as much as possible.
It was also dizzying to think of how shocked her parents would be when they found out their second son was dating a tiger beast-man.
“I knew it! Noona, thank you so much!”
Dain rubbed his hair against his smaller noona’s shoulder. Dahee wrinkled her nose at her younger brother’s aegyo. It felt like the younger brother who had been stolen by Juho had returned.
However, enjoying the happiness was only momentary. Juho separated the two with gentle hands.
When Dain looked at him with a puzzled expression, Juho smiled softly.
“Hyung, noona must be tired from filming. Your shoulders must hurt.”
“Oh! Mm-hmm! Noona, sorry. I must have been heavy.”
Hearing Juho’s words, Dain was startled and patted Dahee’s shoulders. When he was with his noona, he sometimes forgot about his size.
Dahee was angry at Juho’s fox-like behavior, but could only shake it off with a short sigh.
“Right, I am tired since I’ve been filming since dawn. Dain, you should go and rest too.”
“Mm-hmm. I will.”
“Are you really sure you don’t need me to go to the hospital with you tomorrow?”
“It’s okay, it’s okay!”
Dahee reluctantly moved her feet that couldn’t bear to leave. Dain, completely unaware of his noona’s feelings, saw Dahee off with Juho with a bright face.
And the moment her figure disappeared from view, Dain’s tension was released and his shoulders drooped.
Juho, who had been watching that scene without missing anything from beside him, pressed Dain’s shoulders firmly to release his stiffened muscles.
Dain was so grateful to Juho, who noticed his condition and took care of him without him having to say he was in pain. It wasn’t for nothing that he had praised Juho to his noona.
Dain couldn’t control the corners of his mouth that were naturally rising and smiled. However, contrary to his expectation that Juho would smile along, Juho was taking good care of Dain but his expression was hardened.
Noticing Juho’s state of being silent for a long time, Dain looked up at him and asked.
“Juho, why? Your expression doesn’t look good.”
“Hyung.”
“Yeah! What’s wrong?”
“Actually, I wanted to buy it for you.”
“Huh? What?”
At Juho’s sudden words, Dain’s head tilted.
Juho was always buying him something anyway, so what else did he want to buy?
Seeing Dain’s curious expression, Juho shook the bag in his hand.
Realizing what he was trying to say, Dain burst out laughing.
“Why are you laughing? If I had known you needed to take nutritional supplements, I would have bought them together when getting your hospital medicine. I don’t know why that pharmacy didn’t even mention such things.”
Complaints burst from Juho’s mouth.
He wanted to be the one to provide everything Dain wore, ate, and used. Moreover, it was related to health, but Dahee had beaten him to it beautifully.
Whether Dain knew Juho was upset or not, he was just smiling. Juho bit Dain’s hair with his lips.
“Why does hyung keep laughing? I’m being serious.”
“Huh? No, you shouldn’t be serious about such things! You do so much for me already. Don’t be upset that you couldn’t do more!”
“I don’t like it. I’m going to do everything for you from now on. This, I want to buy the nutritional supplements next time too.”
“Really?”
“Really, really. I don’t like anyone other than me doing anything for hyung, even if it’s hyung’s noona.”
It was cute jealousy. Dain held out his right pinky finger to Juho.
“Got it. Let’s promise that next time you’ll buy my nutritional supplements, Juho.”
“Yeah. Got it, promise.”
“Stamp it too!”
Dain pressed on Juho’s thumbnail while playing with his hands. Dain only said to himself that he should also search for nutritional supplements to give to Juho.
Juho, whose mood had improved again with Dain’s promise, also moved his thumb around.
The two people fiddled with each other’s hands until they reached near their home.
When the familiar officetel came into view and they were about to press the security pad, Juho took out his phone from his pocket.
“Oh, hyung. I’m getting a call from work. Do you want to go home first? I’ll just quickly answer the phone and come up.”
“Mm-hmm, got it. Is it maybe because you left work too early today?”
“No. It probably won’t be that. Don’t worry.”
Juho reassured him while stroking Dain’s head. Dain nodded and moved his steps into the building first.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
