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'Magui.'
Lingon ni DJ sa kararating lamang.
'I heard what you and Mama are talking about.' Sabi nito habang naglalakad papalapit sa nakatatandang kapatid.
'Hindi mabuti para sa mga bata ang making sa usapan ng matatanda.' He reprimanded her.
'Oh c'mon Kuya. Hindi dalawang adults ang narinig ko kanina. One is just a child. At ikaw yon.' Derechahang sabi ni Magui kay DJ. 'I mean, you getting frustrated over this nonsense thing is stupid. No brainer Kuya, hindi mo na kailangang mag-isip.'
'Natatakot ako kay Kathryn. Baka mawala na naman sya sa akin. Isa pa, buntis sya. Baka makasama kay baby.'
'So anong gusto mong mangyari Kuya? Malaman nya sa ibang tao? Ipa- airdrop ko kay Mama yung picture and then, ikalat ko, you want? Is that what you want to happen? Because if it is, ang tanga tanga lang. You're so stupid.'
'Magui.' DJ said in an authorative manner as if to indicate that he is still older than her.
'What? Tama naman ako diba? Kuya, I love Ate Kath. Sya yung first girlfriend na iniuwi mo sa bahay at ipinakilala kay Mama. Can you imagine kung gaano kami kasaya ni Lelay nung nagpakasal kayo? When you had Danilo? Kung natatakot kang mawala sya, kami rin naman kuya e. At pati si Mama.' Magui explained. 'Kuya, nothing's gonna happen kung aaminin mo ang kasalanan mo. Na hinayaan mo ang isang malanding babae na i-kiss ka. Pero kuya naman kasi, lalaki ka. You have a wife. You have a kid. And you're going to have another. Walang malalandi kung walang nagpapalandi. Remember that.'
'Hindi ba pwedeng nangangati lang talaga siya?'
'Well, if that's the case then, introduce her to me, I'm going to give her a lifetime supply of Anti-histamine.'
'Magui, 13 ka lang.' Hindi makapaniwalang sambit ni DJ.
'Maybe I am. Pero I'm a girl kuya. Tell me, if time comes that I'm gonna have a boyfriend and you'll find out that he's cheating on me, anong gagawin mo?' She asked.
'Ipapa-salvage ko siya.' He answered without batting an eyelash.
'And Ate Kath, what do you think she will do if ever she finds out that I was being cheated?'
'Hindi ko alam. Siguro kokomprontahin nya yung gago?'
'Exactly. See, kuya, because she's a girl. She can understand. Also, ayaw na naming makita ka some 10 months ago when you and Ate Kath are going through something serious. Hearing you cry while you were sleeping was agonizing. Not to mention, sobrang OA.' She sniggered.
'Ikaw ba naman ang iwan ng asawa at anak. Ewan ko lang kung hindi ka umiyak gabi- gabi.'
'Now can you get my point? Eto na lang kuya. Hindi ka natatakot. Naduduwag ka. And being frightened is different from being a coward. At kung naduduwag ka, walang mangyayari. Well, siguro meron. But it's the worst that could happen. And huwag mo na sanang hayaan pa yon.'
Hindi makapaniwala si DJ na naririnig nya ang mga ganoong klaseng salita mula sa isang dalagita. Ngunit kung tutuusin, nahihiya sya dahil tama ang mga sinasabi ni Magui. Siguro nga naduduwag sya. Oo. Pero at the same time, natatakot rin sya.
Naduduwag siyang sabihin kay Kathryn ang totoo dahil natatakot syang mawala ito.
'May sasabihin ka pa ba?' Hindi na makatingin ng derecho si DJ sa kapatid.
'Lastly Kuya,'
Napabuntong hininga na lamng muna si DJ bago inihanda angs arili sa kung ano mang sasabihin ni Magui.
