I Would Hate To Be You

Chapter 13 [smileys]

Chapter 13

"Andrei, ano'ng nangyayari sa'yo?!"

My brother was gasping for air when he entered my room. His eyes are widened and concern is written all over his face.

My mouth, on the other hand, is still gaping and I couldn't respond to him. I'm just hugging my phone while smiling widely.

Mahabaging langit, how do you even recover from that?! Nasaan ang hustisya? Text lang 'yun, pero hindi na ako mapakali rito sa higaan ko.

"Kuya!" I finally squealed after a good amount of time trying to hold it in. But now, I couldn't breathe properly.

"Ano ngang nangyari, Andrei?" he asked again. Wow, he easily lost his patience with me.

I scrunched my nose and pouted because of that. Init talaga ng ulo kahit kailan.

"Kalma lang, kuya, okay? Ang intense mo masyado," I sulked, faking my grimace.

"Andrei, please," he begged with his exhausted voice.

"Fine," I said, finally surrendering to him. He really can't humor me even for a few minutes. I held my phone and showed the screen in front of him. "Look who sent me a message!" I giggled.

His brows furrowed. "Oh? Sino na naman 'yan?" supladong tanong niya. Napaka-dry talaga nitong kapatid ko kahit kailan.

But I leave him be and just smiled meaningfully. Not even his sour treatment towards me can make me feel so down today. Nope, he could never. "Si ano . . ." I trailed, squealing again. Lord, 'yung kilig ko po, please. Hindi ko na alam kung saan ko siya ilulugar.

"Para ka talagang baliw," he quickly responded. And I swear, I saw him almost roll his eyes again!

I held my chest and acted as if I was hurt because of his words. "Grabe. Pasmado talaga ang bibig niya."

His face fell and he replied, "Sorry."

He felt guilty, I see.

I had to laugh because I won. "I forgive you," I told him, grinning. Putting my phone down, I continued, "Anyway, it's Japheth. Nag-thank you lang siya dahil sa pagtulong ko kay Jonas."

"Oh? Thank you lang pala, eh. Ang OA mo naman. Sabihin mo 'you're welcome' para matapos na," he countered, not even looking at me.

My mouth gaped at his suggestion. Did he really just say that?

"Kainis ka, kuya. This is Japheth we're talking about, okay? 'Yan na ba talaga ang best na masa-suggest mo sa'kin? Todo mo na 'yan?" I wryly asked him. "Kanina pa nga ako nakatingin sa screen at hindi ko alam ang gagawin ko. Hindi pa ako nagre-reply. Inuna ko muna kasi ang paghinga, okay lang ba 'yun?" Tumawa ako nang malakas.

My brother closed his eyes and sighed. Out of frustration, I can tell. But I don't care.

When he returned his gaze to me, he seriously said, "Andrei, don't be too obvious, okay? Please be a little discreet when it comes to your feelings towards him."

I made a face. "Grabe siya. Sinasabi ko lang naman na kinikilig ako, ah. Wala namang masama ro'n, 'di ba? Isa pa, you're friends with him. Kilala mo si Japheth. He's a good guy, right? He's worth this crush-y thing I have with him."

"I know that," he acknowledged. "I'm just telling you to be modest when it comes to expressing your feelings towards him. You might scare the guy."

"Hala!" My eyes widened. All sulky and pouty, I added, "I already asked him before if he feels uncomfortable whenever I'm acting like this but he said it's fine."