About Me and Seven

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Another thing about me and Seven, we're Ate and Kuya to a bunch of naughty kids.

"Ate Jiji!!" Jaehee came out crying from the playroom of our house.

The Titos are here and talking with Dad at the garden while Papa, Tito Yong, Tito Ten and Tito Woo are upstairs still talking about Sev's birthday party while taking care of the babies. For sure nag-uusap rin sila with Tito Win and Tito Max on the phone. Malapit na kasi silang bumalik dito sa Pilipinas to stay for good. Maxine is grown up and they also want to raise baby Winter here with the rest of the kids.

As usual, naiwan na naman kami rito ni Sev sa sala para magbantay.

"What happened Jaejae?" I asked her. Nakanguso siya habang bitbit ang isang laruan ni Yuki.

"Ateee!" Kee went out of the room after her. Tatakbo na sana siya sa akin pero nang makitang yakap ko si Jaehee ay lumiko siya papunta kay Sev.

Naiiyak din ang kapatid ko kaya't nagkatinginan kami ni Seven.

"What happened? You two fought again?" I asked.

Yongjae, who's playing with his ipad moved to sit on the couch near us. Tahimik lang siya pero halatang nakikinig na sa usapan namin ng kapatid niya.

"Jaejae took Kuya Yuki's lego!" huling lumabas ng kwarto ay si Luke na agad umupo sa tabi ni Yongjae para rin makinig sa amin.

Sa kanilang lahat, si Luke ang pinakamadaldal kaya't kapag may mga ganitong away ang mga bata, siya ang madalas na tanungan namin.

"Borrow lang eh." sagot naman ni Jaehee.

"Kee...why can't you let Jaejae borrow your toy?" tanong ko sa kapatid ko. He made a face and then whispered something to Seven. Kumunot ang noo ko at naghintay.

After listening to my brother, napatingin sa akin si Sev.

"It's your gift daw. Baka mawala."

I opened my mouth to say something but then closed it again. Nag-aaway ang emosiyon ko kung matotouch ba ako o matatawa. The thing about Yuki, he values the gifts he receives.

Tumingin ako kay Jaehee saka ngumiti. "Can Jaejae promise not to lose Yuki's toy?"

The little girl pouted and nodded.

"How about you two build the lego together na lang, Kee? You can teach Jaejae if you like."

My brother thought for a while and then nodded. Mabilis siyang kausap lalo na kapag tungkol sa paglalaro.

Sa kanilang lahat, kay Jaehee siya pinaka close dahil madalas silang maglaro. It's just that whenever they play, they would always end up arguing. Pareho kasing makukulit at pasaway. Although at the end of the day, magbabati din naman sila.

"You want to play with my ipad instead?" alok ni Yongjae sa kapatid. Jaehee's face lit up as she nodded and ran to her older brother. Naiwan na ang lego na pinag-aawayan nila sa kamay ko.

"Can I play too, Kuya?" tanong ni Luke. Tumango naman si Yongjae at sumandal na lang sa couch para manuod ng tv dahil alam niyang hindi na mababalik ang ipad sa kaniya buong gabi.

"Me too! Me too!" anang kapatid ko at lumapit na rin. In the end, they all forgot about the toy and bothered their Kuya Yongjae instead.

Nagkatinginan ulit kami ni Sev at natawa.

We ate our dinner after a while. Naging maingay ang dining area dahil ang dami na namin sa hapag. Back then, it's just me and Seven eating with them every get-together dinner. Ngayon, you can see a bunch of kids arguing about food and drinks.