My Younger Sister Was My First Love

97. Scold Me

“The strap?”

Jihee, who had slightly raised her head, looked at me with an expression that said she had no idea.

“Yes, it’s all worn out.”

“Huh? I saw it was fine earlier. Where?”

As I touched the joint on her back, I realized this was not a normal situation.

“If you tug on this a bit more, it’s going to break. Is the stitching usually like this?”

“It’s… nothing, I guess?”

If the corresponding part breaks off, it could lead to an accident.

“Hey, just take my T-shirt. Wear it.”

“No, I don’t want to. Just apply the sunscreen quickly. I’m still burning.”

Jihee scowled at me, and I hesitated, but eventually applied the sunscreen to my hand.

“Do it like I did earlier, from the neck down.”

Since Jihee had her hair tied back, it wasn’t that difficult to apply sunscreen to her neck.

Neck. Shoulders. Back. Waist.

As I placed my hand on her slim waist, Jihee shuddered as if it tickled.

“Ticklish?”

“No, do more.”

As I went down further, my fingertips stopped at the bulging line of her buttocks.

“Do you know you have to apply it thoroughly to every part that’s not covered by the swimsuit?”

As if she had read my hesitation, Jihee immediately pointed out my actions.

– keke

My saliva overflowed, dripping down my throat.

Yeah.

This is what she asked me to do, so I’m doing it.

From the start, the embarrassing parts were all covered by her swimsuit anyway.

No one said anything, but I was making excuses to myself as if I was under hypnosis.

I brought my hand to the area near her buttock crease, and then started applying sunscreen to her thigh as well.

“Huh……!”

Her trembling legs.

Her strange breathing sounds.

It was Jihee who was being serviced, but I was more startled than my younger sibling.

“Hey, are you just going to do it? Whatever.”

“No, if we’re doing it, let’s do it till the end. You’re better at doing the back part, oppa.”

Honestly, I thought it wouldn’t matter if I did her thighs and calves myself, but I followed Jihee’s request and applied sunscreen to her skin up and down.

Smooth cream and smooth skin.

Things that were far from me and Young suddenly felt twice as distant.

After I told her I was done, Jihee got up and applied sunscreen to her front herself.

“Done. Finished!”

“Shall we go in now?”

We’d finished preparing, so it was time to head to the water.

To be honest, I was like a kid, eager to get in and play since earlier, with a strong desire to get in the water.

“Yes, let’s go in.”

With each step, the sand got wetter.

The sound of the waves crashing against the shore tickled my ears.

As we reached the water’s edge, the cool ocean water brushed against my ankles, making me shiver.

“Wow.”

Jihee, holding my hand, suddenly jumped up.

“Really, it’s been a long time.”

“Me too.”

“How about we play tag to commemorate this?”

“Eh, at our age?”

“Aren’t siblings supposed to do this kind of thing?”

Maybe 10 years ago, I wouldn’t know.

I thought we were too old for such childish games.

“That’s something kids do.”

Jihee, with one leg bent back, suddenly kicked her leg forward with all her might.

– Chaah!

“……Hey.”

I was suddenly showered with saltwater, with no warning, and even opening my eyes felt painful.

I knew I was making a terribly ugly face.

“Look at you, acting like you’re some kind of great adult. Everyone’s just playing around like this.”

Fine.

I can do this once in a while.

But Ji-hui’s prank didn’t end there.

-Splat! Splat! Splat! Splat!

As she poured water on me continuously, my patience wore off sooner than I thought.

“Come here. Let’s catch you.”

With a loud “Splish-splash!” sound, Ji-hui took off, running away as if she was really going to play tag.

It felt strangely familiar.

I think I’ve experienced this at home before.

Ah, yes. It was when Ji-hui stole my underwear and ran away.

Even as I felt embarrassed, a silly laugh escaped my lips.

It was ridiculous back then, and it still feels the same way a few months later.

“Ugh!”

No matter how hard I try, there’s a physical difference between men and women that can’t be ignored.

In the end, Ji-hui was caught and held in my grasp.

“Ji-hui, do you think I’m some kind of doll that you can just push around?”

Ji-hui, whose neck was caught, fiercely shook her head, her body language radiating a strong sense of resentment.

“Shut up, shut up, shut up! I’m wearing makeup, okay? I want to look good in front of my older brother, so I worked hard on it! See? Do you want to really douse your younger sibling with water? What if I get a cold? I’m a student, after all! Forgive me!”

She was talking like a rapper, spewing out words like a machine gun.

It was cute, and since she’s a student, I thought maybe I could let it slide this one time.

“Ha. Okay, then.”

At the moment I released my grip on her neck.

Ji-hui immediately broke free from my control and splashed water on my face again.

“Heh heh heh.”

I never directly experienced bullying in school.

But isn’t this exactly what happens between bullies and their victims?

Ji-hui was laughing loudly, as if she found it really funny, and fixed my messy hair with the water.

“Do you know how much I love you? Older brother?”

“Yes, I do. I’ll show you how much I love you too.”

“Sorry, but that’s not something to say here. Let’s talk about it on the bed later.”

It was a phrase that was so ridiculous it made me stop for a moment.

“Are you crazy?”

“Ah, older brother! Don’t swear! There are kids around here.”

I looked around, wondering if anyone was really listening, but there was no one.

Ji-hui grabbed my wrist and started walking towards the deeper part of the water, without a life jacket or tube.

As the water level rose above my waist, I warned Ji-hui again.

“Just in case, don’t go too deep.”

“Can’t oppa carry me?”

“Here?”

“Yeah.”

In reality, being carried in the water wasn’t that difficult a task.

It would be several times lighter than being carried in reality.

“But do you really have to do that?”

“Yeah. I wanted to try this with oppa by the sea.”

There’s no romance in being carried by family, anyway.

I turned my back instead of responding, slightly bending my waist.

“Okay.”

“Are you really going to do it?”

“I want to.”

It wasn’t something that would get me in trouble, nor was it an impossible task.

Jihee jumped up and wrapped her legs around my waist.

“Let’s go!”

The first thought that came to mind when my younger sister was carried on my back.

‘I’m glad I wore a tight-fitting shirt.’

If I had felt Jihee’s skin like this, I might have experienced an even more intense physical change than I do now.

Even though we were in the water, Jihee was really pressing her body against mine, not just joking.

I felt a bit like a servant, but I slowly moved deeper into the sea.

Every time the waves crashed, the water rose up to my chin.

I sensed that this was the limit of how far we could go and stopped walking.

“This is the end.”

“Really?”

Jihee, who was dangling from my back, bowed her head and gave me a peck on the cheek.

“Thanks.”

My ears grew hot.

“Let’s go back down now.”

“Already?”

“How long are we going to do this?”

“About 2 hours and 30 minutes?”

“Will that do?”

As I turned to head back to shallower waters, Jihee started to cling to my back, refusing to let go.

“Aah! Just a bit more!”

“Get down.”

“It’s not heavy.”

The problem wasn’t that it wasn’t heavy; the problem was the contact itself.

In reality, it wasn’t that stimulating a skinship.

I just hoped that Jihee wouldn’t realize how I felt.

“Don’t go down!”

With a pretense, a joke, and a forced retreat, Jihee was pushed into the water with a loud splash.

Yeah.

You should experience it at least once.

“Ugh!”

Jihee’s limbs flailed wildly in the water.

There was no need to worry.

As long as she could stretch her legs, she could stand up by herself.

But.

“Oppa! Oppa!”

Jihee couldn’t even open her eyes and was losing her mind on the shallow bottom.

“The water’s shallow. Don’t struggle.”

“No, I’m stuck! I’m stuck!”

Since it was true that her muscles could cramp up, I immediately launched a rescue operation.

“Calm down and let me grab you!”

“Ahh… it hurts too much…”

The moment I grabbed the struggling kid with force.

-Plop

My uneasy premonition was always right.

From the start, Jihee’s swimsuit zipper had been struggling to withstand her intense movements, and it finally gave in.

Of course, the swimsuit could no longer function.

Although it happened underwater, and no one seemed to notice, we knew it was a massive emergency.

“……Oppa.”

It’s showing.

If we stayed like this, it would be exposed.

Even I couldn’t bear the thought of Jihee’s body being revealed, so my body moved before my mind did.

Instinctively, I bent down and hugged Jihee tightly.

My hands, which were wrapped around her waist, had no strings attached.

I held Jihee even tighter and took a step forward into the deeper water.

One step, two steps, as if we were one body.

Although it felt awkwardly intimate, there was no other choice.

I moved to a position where Jihee’s upper body was fully concealed without even checking her face.

“Jihee.”

“……Yes.”

Her voice sounded shocked, even just from a glance.

Yeah.

Let’s check on her and go back in later.

We can worry about the details later.

First, we needed to recover.

“I’ll take off my top and give it to you. You wear it.”

“Huh?”

“Take off my T-shirt. I’ll just take it off for a second, so hold it with your hand so it doesn’t fall.”

As soon as Jihee let go of my body, I quickly took off my top.

My T-shirt was already soaked.

But I had no other choice but to do this.

Jihee’s face was bright red, clearly shocked.

“…Thanks.”

“Just a minute.”

I raised both arms, holding my T-shirt high, and awkwardly pushed it over Jihee’s head, covering her like a lid.

“…Done.”

Only then could I catch my breath and check my younger sibling’s face.

“So I told you to check earlier.”

“…Sorry.”

“But I really don’t know much about girls’ swimsuits, so is it supposed to come off that easily? Is it defective or something? Does that even make sense?”

“It wasn’t like that originally…”

It was as if Jihee was confessing something.

She placed her hand on my bare chest, looking embarrassed.

“I made it that way.”

“What?”

“I made it that way.”

What was she even saying?

I couldn’t understand.

So she had made a perfectly fine product into something that was about to fall apart?

“…Why?”

Why would she do such a thing?

My sibling, wearing my T-shirt, hugged my waist tightly.

“Because I thought you’d definitely do this, oppa.”

“That’s ridiculous. If you had done that in the water or somewhere weird, it would’ve been even more messed up!”

“I thought you’d get angry like this, oppa.”

The white strap peeking out from under my T-shirt.

“Scold me, oppa.”

…I was going crazy.