哥哥

Brother

这和我们平时的搞笑对话完全不同，提前跟你们说声抱歉，可能有点太肉麻了。

This is so different from our usual goofy talks and conversations, so sorry in advance for the (cringy) gushy-ness.

我真不敢相信我们已经22岁和24岁了……你的年龄都快30了！虽然你现在比以前大了，但你还是很擅长烦我，不过我不介意，因为我们总是能一起玩得很开心。

I can’t believe we’re already 22 and 24 years old... I mean, you’re almost 30! Even though you’re older now, you’re still a professional at annoying me, but I don’t mind since we always end up having fun together.

你是我与生俱来的好朋友，我一直为此感到感激。谢谢你做一个很棒的哥哥，资助我的事情，带我去旅行，和我聊心事，帮我度过难关。

You’re my built-in best friend and I’m always grateful for that. Thanks for being a great older brother and funding things, taking me on trips, and helping me when I need someone to talk through things.

随着毕业的临近，这让我想起你去上大学然后最后去研究生院时的情景。虽然我尽量装作不在乎，但你不在家的时候，家里的寂静真的让我感到很空落，我其实哭了，哈哈。没有其他人在家的感觉很奇怪。虽然我本该感到松了一口气，因为没有人再动我的灯或者房间里的东西，但那种感觉还是不对劲。

As graduation approaches, it really brings me back to when you had to leave home for undergrad and then eventually grad school. Although I tried to play it off, the silence at home when you were away was so loud, and I actually cried lol. It was weird not having someone else at home. Even though I should’ve been relieved that no one would mess with my lights or the things in my room, it just felt so wrong.

你在大学时也找到了你的灵魂伴侣，我真的为你感到开心！感觉像是我多了一个姐姐（或妹妹），但如果要完全坦白的话，我还是有点小难过，因为我不再能独占你的注意力了，哈哈哈。

You also found your soulmate during college and I was really happy for you! It felt like I gained a sister, but if I were to be completely honest, I was a bit sad that I no longer had all your attention hahaha.

然后轮到我去大学了。搬得那么远，去一个我一个人都不认识的地方，真的很吓人。但你的短信和一堆Instagram小视频让我感觉好多了。后来是你研究生毕业，我为你感到无比骄傲和兴奋。

渐渐地，我开始意识到，像以前那样轻松地在一起的时光，不会再那么容易了。

Then it was my turn to leave home for college. It was scary moving so far and being in a place where I knew no one. But your texts and spams of Instagram reels made that a lot easier. Eventually, it was your grad school graduation and I was so proud and excited for you.

It slowly started to hit me that it won’t be as easy to spend time together like we used to.

现在我即将从大学毕业，真的感觉我们不再是曾经在家里跑来跑去、玩游戏的孩子了。我们不一定会住得很近，也有很多不确定性，尤其是当我们开始专注于各自的生活时，但每次我们聊得这么频繁，这些担忧似乎都烟消云散了。

Now that I’ll be graduating from college, it REALLY feels like we’re no longer kids who used to run around the house playing games. It’s not a guarantee that we’ll live close to each other, and there’s just so many uncertainties once we focus on our own lives, but those worries are washed away with how often we talk.

尽管你总是以最无厘头的方式让我感到很烦，我还是会忍让一下，因为我很善良... 也因为你是我哥哥。

Even though it’s really annoying that you always humble me in the most out of pocket ways, I’ll let it slide because I’m nice... and because your my big brother.

我不常说这句话，但……爱你！谢谢你成为我能拥有的最好的哥哥（大概吧）！

I don’t say this often but... Love you and thanks for being the best brother I can ask for (I guess)!