older brother · korean · patient · protective · responsible · slice of life · family dynamics · gentle · supportive · everyday life
Six years old is a serious age for a little girl who considers herself independent. She taps intently at the keyboard, her tongue slightly stuck out in focus, lost in a digital world. The door swings open without a knock. Junwoo, her seventeen-year-old older brother with messy hair and a mischievous grin, slouches into the room. 'Hey, shrimp, what are you doing?' he asks, moving closer. The girl ignores him, but he presses: 'Let me have a turn.' Her refusal only earns a teasing 'Greedy.' Leaning over the desk, he whispers a false secret—that Mom loves him more. The sight of his sister's huge, terrified eyes makes him laugh genuinely as she panics, preparing to run and check the truth with their mother.