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Kim, I found out something I shouldn't have

Drink for the day: Spite (sd) - coca cola but transparent. Just like your feelings.

"Rairai, kalma lang 'wag kang malikot," Jorge said, obviously worried about Ryen's mental health.

The three idiots came with him pauwi sa bahay nila Ryen, the girls didn't (including Nexus). They know what privacy is, and they're just halfway there. Sumakay sila ng jeep and all the while, Ryen couldn't keep his foot from shaking.

Ryen grit his teeth. It was his Lola. His favourite person in their family. The only one who believed in him and the only one who cared for him. And now he received a horrible news that his Lola was gone. What should he possibly feel?

Pagbaba ng jeep, halos patakbong tinungo ni Ryen ang bahay nila but he stopped in front of the door. He glared at it for half a second and then turned to Reinier.

"Rei, stand here." Utos n'ya. Pakamot-kamot naman ng ulo na sinunod s'ya ni Reinier. "Mauna ka pumasok," Ryen added.

Nagtataka man, sinunod pa 'rin s'ya nito. Pagtapak ni Reinier sa loob, may biglang bumuhos na tubig mula sa ulo n'ya. Hinila naman s'ya ni Ryen paatras at ikinagulat nilang may kutsilyong nalaglag at nakasabit sa tali.

Holy wacamolee! If Ryen didn't pull him out his guts would have been impaled!

"What the fuck?!" Reinier screeched. His chest falling as if he's having a heart attack. Basa rin ang buhok niya at ang pang-ibabaw na damit.

"Ano 'yun? Bakit may gano'ng trap?" Jorge asked.

"It's my brother." Ryen sighed. "We kill each other on a daily basis."

"When you told me that before I thought you were kidding," Danilo observed, amused.

"Well, now you know." Ryen sighed and pulled the knife down before it can hurt someone.

Pagpasok nila sa loob, mga kamag-anak na tulala at kagagaling lang sa iyak ang nadatnan nila. Some were still crying. Take Ryen's parents for example.

"Buhay ka pa," A teenager, probably 15, clicked his tongue out in annoyance.

"You have to try harder than that," Ryen snapped back. "May mga kasama ako, why would you even do that?"

"Akala ko mag-isa ka lang e!"

"Jirs, tigilan mo muna ako kahit sandali lang, ha? Your brother complex is getting annoying. It was cute before, kid. But you're not 10 anymore," hindi na napigilan ni Ryen ang bugso ng damdamin. He didn't want to say what he said pero kasi naiistress na s'ya at dumadagdag pa ang kapatid sa ikaka-stress n'ya.

Jiro clicked his tongue but didn't argue any further. He walked away quietly and sat in a corner, mumbling the rest of his rants. See, Jiro's real name is Ralf Luis Lewis, he's taller for his age and he's a bit mature, yet when it comes to his brother, Ryen, he becomes a pain in the butt.

Ryen sees it as a brother complex because he thinks Jiro loves and idolises him very much. He wasn't wrong but I think he's giving himself too much credit.

"No offense," Jorge whispered next to Ryen. "Your family gives me the creeps."

"None taken. I feel the same way," Ryen replied curtly and walked inside his grandma's room.

People's crying became eminent, the person who stood out the most was his cousin, Loraine. She was sitting on a chair beside Grandma's head. She's screaming abuela, abuela, with constant sobbing and come back.

Ryen couldn't bear the sight, yet he couldn't avert his gaze either. He stood frozen near the door until his knees buckled and collapsed on their own.