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Chapter 16

We continued drinking until Shaun came and joined us. Shaira was the only one of our siblings not in the bonding. And of course Shaun loves to sing so we turned our TV into karaoke. And we sang.

I mean, ang mga kapatid ko. Dahil hindi ako kumanta. Kung kumakanta man ako ay mahina lang. Although alam ko naman ang lyrics. Sina Mama at Papa kasi ay tulog na. Siguro ay napagod sila sa trabaho. Buti nga ay hindi sila nagigising, eh. Dahil sa ingay naming magkakapatid.

“My throat hurts," Shaun complained. Kaya natawa ako.

Kanina pa kasi siya panay kanta. Hindi na ako magtataka kung bukas ay paos siya. Tapos umiinom pa ng malamig. Tapos panay birit pa.

“Kuya Martin, kanta ka. Gusto mo?” Pang-aalok ni Steven habang naghahanap siya ng pwedeng kantahin sa YouTube.

“Kumakanta ka ba, Kuya?” Curious na tanong si Samuel.

Yes! And his voice is quite cold! But it's beautiful. It's cool to hear. The first time I heard him sing, he sang my song.

Nakakagulat nga, eh. Hindi ko alam kung saan niya ‘yun narinig at nalaman.

“Ate, kanta ka. ‘Di ba may ginawa kang song? Kantahin mo,” anas ni Shaun.

But I shook my head. I do not want. I don't want to sing that. Why should I sing that? Eh, that was inspired by my ex.

“I do not want. My throat hurts," I excused myself even though it wasn't. I really just don't want to sing.

Dahil natatakot akong malaman ni Dr. Laurent na inspired ‘yun sa ex ko. Baka magtanong sila. Hindi pa naman nila kung kanino ko pinapahiwatig ang song na ginawa ko noon.

“Sus! Kahit hindi naman?” Tumingin siya kay Dr. Laurent matapo niya akong irapan. “You, Kuya? Try to sing. Promise! We will not judge you. Because we are not good at singing either.”

Hindi daw magaling. “G*ga! Pa-humble ka!”

Muli akong inirapan ni Shaun. “G*ga ka din, Ate! Ikaw nga, eh. Nagdadahilan kang masakit ang lalamunan kahit hindi naman. Eh, ‘di wow!”

I heard Dr. Laurent laugh because of what my brother and I were saying to each other. We are just like this but we are supportive of each other. It's just that we don't look like each other, but this is how we bond as siblings.

“Kuya, kantahin mo dali!”

Steven handed the mic to Dr Laurent as Steven chose make you mine by public. I thought Dr. Laurent would refuse my brother's offer but I was wrong because he accepted. He even smiled at me before he sang the lyrics.

“Well, I will call you darlin’ and everything will be okay. ‘Cause I know that I am yours and you are mine.”

Shems! Parang nagsitayuan lahat ng balahibo ko ng magsimula siyang kumanta. After he said I am yours and you are mine, he looked at me and pointed at himself and me at the same time.

“Doesn’t matter anyway. In the night, we’ll take a walk, it’s nothin’ funny just to talk. Put your hand in mine.”

Kinuha niya ang aking kamay at nilagay niya sa kamay niya kaya ang gesture namin ngayon ay parang magka-holding hands. I even heard my gay brother scream. I remove my hand from Dr. Laurent's hand because he doesn't want to let go my hand.

“You know that I want to be with you all the time. You know that I won’t stop until I make you mine. You know that I won’t stop until I make you mine.”

He even squeezed my cheek with his other hand while holding the mic. So I hit him. But he laughed. I was surprised when he pulled me closer to him. The h*ll! Wala ba talagang hiya ‘to?