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3rd Person's POV

Kei and Jaze have decided to join them for a swim. Ilang sandali lang ay agad na silang umahon para sa pagkanta at pagblow ng candle ni Kei. Everybody sang a happy birthday song for him and he was being all cheeky and smiley. He closed his eyes and made a wish before he blew the candle out, everyone clapped and greeted him again.

Everything was going well, Kei was laughing and being hyper all of a sudden na naging dahilan din para matuwa ang iba pa nilang mga kasama, Jaze couldn't leave his side dahil alam niyang mapapagod din agad si Kei but he doesn't want to stop him from being hyper. Gusto niyang maging masaya si Kei sa ginagawa niya and he's letting him.

"Sandali lang ah, kukunin ko lang yung towel ni Kei sa taas para hindi na maghintay pa yan. Alam mo naman yan kapag nilamig magkakasakit agad." Amyra said. She then ran upstairs para pumunta sa kwarto na pagsstayan nila Kei.

Noong buksan niya ang pinto nakita niya agad ang towel na nasa ibabaw ng kama kasama ang cellphone ni Kei. She took Kei's towel when suddenly his phone started ringing. She looked at the caller ID and noticed that it was Aeron and CJ's father who was calling Kei. She decided to ignore pero napahinto siya muli noong sundan ito ng mga texts.

Amyra frowned and took his phone, agad niya itong binuksan at binasa ang mga messages na nandon. It wasn't what she usually do, hindi niya hilig ang magbasa ng mga message ng iba dahil alam niyang mali ito but she couldn't stop, gusto niyang malaman ang totoong dahilan kung bakit sila naguusap ng tatay ni Aeron at CJ na kilalang doctor.

From Tito:
Kei? How are you? Aeron told me that you're passing out more than last time. Nagaalala na ako sayo anak. Alam kong hindi madali pero kailangan mo na itong ipaalam sa mga kasama mo sa bahay. Pwede pang maagapan, Kei. Gagawan natin ng paraan.

From Tito:
Happy birthday, Anak. I hope you change your mind and take your medications already, Your Lola and Ate Amyra deserves to know everything.

Amyra frowned. She could feel her heart beating faster and faster. Agad siyang naglakad pababa sa first floor hawak hawak ang cellphone ni Kei kasama ang tuwalya nito, nakita niya kung gaano kaganda ang ngiti ng kapatid niya pero hindi niya maiwasan ang matakot, magalit, at malungkot.

"Kei." Everyone stopped laughing, talking, and playing. Lahat ng atensyon nila ay napunta kay Amyra na ngayon ay malalim ang hinihilang paghinga. Amyra noticed Jaze holding Kei's hands tightly.

"Tito Lusio called and texted you." Amyra said before she angrily placed Kei's phone on the table. Nanlaki ang mga mata ni CJ at Aeron bago sila umahon at lumapit tska tumayo sa tabi ni Kei.

Her tone, her look, her posture, everything about Amyra right now is enough to make everyone around her feel intimidated and scared. Malalim na ang paghinga ni Kei pati na rin ang dalawang kaibigan nitong nakatayo lamang sa tabi niya.

"I'm sorry for reading your messages and invading your privacy, pero buti nalang ginawa ko ano?" Amyra said. Kei's mind was in total shock a lot of questions and thoughts are running on his mind, natatakot siya, hindi niya na alam kung ano ang gagawin niya. The thing he was avoiding to happen, happened.

"Amyra, Apo... Anong nangyari? Kumalma ka, Apo." Lola said she was trying to calm Amyra down but she couldn't. Hindi niya pa alam ang totoong nangyayari, hindi niya pa alam ang totoong sakit ni Kei pero sobrang nasasaktan na siya dahil sa pagsisinungaling nito.

"Aeron? CJ? Ano yon? Why did your dad messaged my brother saying that he should tell us something, something he's hiding from me and from my grandmother? Kung hindi magsasalita si Kei, kayo ang magsabi." Amyra was starting to get mad at everyone, she hates it when she gets mad, hindi niya gusto, ayaw niyang magagalit siya.