The Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial - Chapter 318
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Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial! Episode 318
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“Jurim… What did I do wrong?”
On Ijo clung to On Jurim like slime with a shocked expression on his face.
“…It seems like you might have?”
On Jurim was equally flustered.
On Jurim couldn’t say he wasn’t relieved by the title “Uncle.” He even felt a little excited.
But it was also true that he was shocked.
It sounded like the child wasn’t acknowledging On Ijo as his real father.
The brothers panicked and huddled together in front of Han Gru, fumbling for words.
“Gru, it’s daddy. Daddy.”
Lee Jo pointed to himself as he spoke.
“This is your real daddy. I told you before, remember?”
On Jurim chimed in to elaborate.
Han Gru kept his mouth tightly shut and rolled his eyes in front of the flustered brothers.
On Ijo pointed to himself once more, and On Jurim pointed at On Ijo with both hands for emphasis.
They both spoke at the same time.
“Daddy.”
“Daddy.”
Han Gru only lifted his big eyes to look at Lee Jo and nodded once as if he understood.
“Yes…”
When the faint answer came, a quiet silence fell over the hospital room.
The brothers exchanged glances, signaling each other to try something.
On Ijo whispered quietly first, like doing ventriloquism.
“Uh, what should we do? Is the kid too shocked?”
“So who told you to come back to life?”
“Hey, isn’t that too harsh to say?!”
“You’re the one who crossed the line, hyung.”
While the two were arguing with their mouths barely moving, Han Gru looked up at them with his mouth agape.
When their eyes met Han Gru’s gaze, it was the brothers’ turn to roll their eyes.
On Ijo, who had been silent for a moment, scratched his eyebrow awkwardly.
“…Jurim, what exactly did you tell Gru?”
At his question, On Jurim furrowed his brow.
“Are you worried I badmouthed you?”
“That’s not what I mean. I’m just trying to retrace our steps.”
“Sure you are.”
“Jurim, we’re having an important conversation here. Are you going to keep being difficult?”
“Really? Should we really look back? Starting with what hyung did on his own?”
“Starting with what I chose?”
On Ijo smiled slightly as he continued speaking.
“Jurim, don’t overstep your bounds. That wasn’t something for you to meddle with.”
Overstep? Meddle?
On Jurim suddenly felt anger rising all the way to the top of his head.
“Overstep? Weren’t we brothers beyond just colleagues? But you’re talking like a fucking asshole?”
Han Gru’s shoulders stiffened at the increasingly emotional conversation.
It was a third party’s voice that stopped the two who had become so heated.
“What the hell are you doing in front of the child!”
When On Suhyeong’s angry voice struck down like lightning, both Lee Jo and Jurim flinched and stopped.
On Suhyeong picked up Han Gru.
“Father, when did you arrive?”
“…Father, that is…”
As On Ijo and On Jurim spoke one after another, On Suhyeong opened his mouth with barely contained anger.
“I saw everything from the beginning. Don’t make excuses. Pathetic bastards.”
In an instant, the brothers’ mouths were sealed shut as if glued.
“You know your own mistakes better than anyone.”
On Ijo sighed and lowered his head, while Jurim ran his hand through his hair.
“I’ll take Han Gru for a short walk, so you two cool your heads.”
Bang!
The door slammed shut forcefully.
“…”
“…”
In the silence, it was Jurim who moved first.
He sat down weakly on the sofa, wrapped in shock.
He never imagined that old emotions would burst out so unexpectedly like this.
He thought he had been managing his emotions well just by not beating On Ijo to death from their first meeting.
On Jurim brought his hands together like a tower and leaned his face against them.
Why did he show his temper so directly in front of the child? The kid must have been really scared.
His insides burned with deep regret.
Then, On Ijo, who had plopped down across from him, spoke up.
“Jurim.”
“…Yeah.”
“Do you hate me?”
“Ah, you’re really talking annoyingly.”
“Ahaha! So do you hate me?”
Jurim twisted his lips in displeasure.
Hate? Could this emotion be defined by such a cute word as hate?
Hate.
Not only that. He had hated his hyung.
But he also knew that most of those feelings stemmed from guilt.
“It’s not that I hate him.”
“Yeah.”
“It’s just that I get pissed off whenever I see hyung.”
“Isn’t that the same thing?”
Since On Ijo showed a puzzled expression, Jurim let out a hollow laugh.
“Right. That’s the same thing, you idiot.”
The two shared a moment of laughter.
Eventually, On Ijo brought up what he really wanted to say.
“Do you think Gru hates me too?”
This was a difficult question.
Jurim hesitated before answering.
“It’s probably just awkward for now. Not just Gru, but me too.”
“What? You’re awkward around hyung too?”
As if finding such Jurim cute, On Ijo pressed Jurim’s cheeks with both hands.
“Are you being shy with me because we haven’t seen each other in a while?”
When Jurim’s face puffed up as he protested for him to stop, On Ijo burst into laughter.
“Ahaha!”
Even for On Jurim, who was his only brother and had spent the longest time with him.
On Ijo was so very much like On Ijo.
He was no different from the On Ijo of the past in any way.
As soon as he felt this, words suddenly burst out.
“…Sorry. I was out of line.”
On Jurim apologizing first? On Ijo’s eyes widened.
“On Jurim has become an adult, hasn’t he?”
Jurim narrowed his eyes.
“Even when I bow my head first, you’re still like this?”
“Look how cute your way of speaking is.”
On Ijo smiled brightly.
On Ijo is On Ijo.
Jurim stared at him intently, then dropped his head and said.
“I’m also sorry about Chloe Han.”
This was also something they absolutely had to talk about.
“It’s not your fault. I was just too late.”
On Ijo, who had moved to sit beside him, put his arm around Jurim’s shoulder and patted it.
“I’m sorry for coming back too late.”
“…Yeah.”
After hesitation, Jurim gave a short answer and took a deep breath in and out.
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“Our Gru, you were very surprised, weren’t you?”
Gru, sitting in the hospital rooftop garden, shook his head as he received the orange juice On Suhyeong offered him.
“I’m okay now.”
Though it was a little scary.
Gru pouted his lips slightly.
On Suhyeong sat beside Gru and gently patted his small body.
“You’re confused, aren’t you?”
“….”
“It’s okay. That’s natural. You can feel that way.”
“Because Gru called him uncle… is that why everyone got angry?”
“That can’t be it. Those two are like that because they met after a long time. They’re angry about something that has nothing to do with you. So don’t think like that, okay?”
Nod nod.
“That’s why we left them alone. Because it’s emotions they need to work out between themselves.”
“Yes…”
“Our Gru, don’t you have something you want to say to grandpa?”
Gru, who had been hesitating, carefully asked On Suhyeong, who was waiting quietly for him.
“What about dad and Gru? How should we treat each other?”
“You mean Jurim?”
“Yes…”
Gru fidgeted with both hands.
“Because… dad might not be treated as dad anymore…”
If dad becomes uncle instead…
The thought suddenly occurred to him that with the relationships being redefined, all the affection they had built up might disappear.
That’s why, even knowing On Ijo was troubled, the word “dad” wouldn’t come out easily.
“That won’t happen. Jurim loves you so much. Dad will continue to be Gru’s dad.”
“Even though the real dad appeared?”
“Dad Jurim and Dad Ijo will both be Gru’s good dads. So Gru doesn’t have to choose.”
“Even if Gru calls dad uncle, will he still be dad?”
“You can call him whatever you feel like calling him. The fact that everyone is your family won’t change.”
Gru nodded while lost in thought.
“Shall we go in after you finish drinking?”
“Yes.”
“How did such a pretty child become my granddaughter? I’m truly a very blessed person.”
He gave a kiss on the cheek of the shy Gru, waited a little while, then returned to the hospital room.
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