Fix You

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Kiefer

I have vomit on my shirt.

I have vomit on my shirt and I am holding back Kierra's hair as she throw up more into the toilet bowl. There goes the chicken soup I made her.

Her coughing and retching broke my heart, but again, there isn't much I could do.

I hold her hair with one hand while the other rubbed her back.

"Manooonggg..." She groaned when she stopped long enough to catch a breath.

"I know, Kierra. Just let it out para you'll feel okay na. Wala naman tayong magagawa dyan."

"Make it go awaaay..." She cried.

Poor thing have tears and snots running down her face.

"Come on, mumog na tayo tapos brush na natin teeth mo." She nodded and I helped her up to the sink.

She rinsed her mouth with a lot of disgusted sounds along the way. I can feel her pain. I know how horrible it feels to be sick like that.

The door of the bathroom opened and Mika appeared. Being an angel that she is, she volunteered to clean up the rug where Kierra started throwing up.

"Hey. You feeling a little bit okay na, baby girl?" She asked Kierra.

"No po. I'm kapoy na." I wiped her mouth with a towel and when I was done, nagpakarga na sakin si Kierra which I didn't say no to.

She wrapped her arms around my neck and buried her face there. I wrapped my arms around her small body as well.

I saw Kierra closing her eyes from the mirror hanging on the bathroom wall, so I leaned towards Mika and puckered my lips. Pinandilatan lang ako ng mata and mouthed " Kierra" and I just nodded motioning that it's okay. So I leaned a little bit closer and bumigay din naman sya after mga 5 seconds.

She pinched my nose first before leaning in and giving me the softest kiss ever.

She gave me one more peck before pulling off. "Ihihiga ko lang sa bed nya. Wait for me?" I asked.

"Sure, babe." She said with a soft smile, although I could tell she is also worried for Kierra. She leaned forward and kissed the back of her head. "Hope you feel better na, Kierra."

"Thank you, Ate." Kierra mumbled into my neck. Patay gising pa pala. Nagulat din si Mika.

We're quiet naman when we kissed diba? No extra sounds?

Hindi na lang namin pinagtuunan ng pansin ni Mika. I brought her to her room na.

"No, no. Can I sleep on your bed? Please Kuya, pleeease..."

I usually don't like when she sleeps on my bed. Plus Ate Denise told me to make sure na hindi masanay si Kierra na katabi ako matulog, but how could I say no to her when she is sick like that? And she just called me Kuya, that's a rare moment right there.

"Sure." I said and kissed the side of her head. I brought her to my room, and I turned the lights off.

It's only half past 5 in the afternoon, so it isn't that dark out yet.

I laid Kierra down on the bed and sat on the side of the bed. I put the covers over her.

"You want dito lang ako?"