Napatakbo ako agad at nabitawan ko yung bag ko sabay yakap kay kuya Skye. I miss him so, so much. I though next week pa siya makakauwi. Kaya pala, napakatahimik ni kuya Lev kanina. And, kaya din maagang umuwi at naghihintay sila mama at dad sa ay garage.
"Kuya I thought next week ka pa uuwi? Hindi mo naman ako sinabihan agad."
Natawa si kuya. Magsasalita na sana siya nang magtanong ulit ako. "Will yoou stay for good?"
"When did your flight landed? Dito ka na ba ulit mag-iistay?"
"Whoa, there!" sabi ni kuya sabay taas ng kamay niya, parang nagsusurender.
"One question at a time Ali!" natatawa niyang sabi.
Umupo kami sa sofa. Hinintay ko si kuya na magsalita pero natatawa lang siya.
"Look how grown are you already. Time really flies. The last time I saw you, before I went to Thailand three years ago, is your senior high graduation. You're already tall now. I bet you'll be much taller than me."
Eto na naman pala ang kalaban ko. Dala ng naka-ibang bansa ang mga kapatid ko, English speaking silang dalawa. Fluent at may accent pa. One more thing, idagdag mong business man si dad, so sanay din sa English, and si mom, teacher sa isang international school so malamang, fluent din.
Well, fluent din naman ako pero hindi kasi ako nagsasalita ng straight English lalo na at ayaw ng mga kaibigan ko kapag diretso akong nag-eenglish. Pero well, I can't get enough of this. As long as dito muna magbabakasyon si kuya.
Not only that but kuya SYD is also fluent in Korean. Not that he went there pero they needed to learn for a song collaboration and for a tv series they made when he was still here. Thoug nag-stay sila sa Korea for the shooting and all but he never dreamt of going there. Hindi ko lang talaga mawari kung bakit ayaw niya.
"My flight landed a while ago, mga 6pm. I went to see your ate Sofie. Umuwi din siya."
Napatingin ako kay kuya. "Really?"
Natatawang tumango si kuya. Si ate Sofia Bonifacio is kuya's childhood bestfriend. Mula pagkabata, they were always together and they always come here sa house so I get to play and know her. Three years ago, they went abroad together pero in different countries. Kuya needs to go to Thailand, and ate Sofie went to Paris.
Actually, lagi namin silang inaasar ni kuya Lev pareho na baka maging sila rin in the future. But it never happened. Ate Sofie has a boyfriend and kuya SYD never had an infatuation sa kanya. Family friend din kasi nila mama ang family nila. She pursued acting pala in Paris pero hindi siya masyadong kilala dito sa Philippines since she stayed there straight for three years and hindi nawire sa Philippine TV ang mga shows niya unlike kuya SYD.
Bumalik na sila mama sa sala nang makuha nila lahat ng gamit na nasa kotse ni kuya. I bet, they didn't bother to call me kasi busy akong kausap si kuya SYD.
"Bro!" tawag ni kuya Lev at niyakap si kuya SYD
"Thanks for this success surprise Kuya, ma, dad."
Napangitin ako nang sabihin ni kuya SYD yon at tumingin kila mama na nakangiti rin.
"Wait, so ako yung walang alam sa lahat ng 'to?" tanong ko at tumango silang lahat.
"Kaya nga surpresa diba? Ayaw mo yun, ang sweet ng kuya mo?" pang-aasar agad ni kuya SYD sa akin. Well, hindi na yata talaga mawawala sa dugo ng Diaz na maging mapang-asar. I take it from my brothers. Hahahaha!
Napasimangot nalang ako. Excited pa man din ako next week na i-welcome si kuya, yun pala ako susurpresahin nila. Ginulo naman ni kuya ang buhok ko saka ako hinawakan sa magkabilang balikat. Tumingin ako sa kanya at naghintay ng sasabihin niya.
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