My Brother-in-law is Nasty (Nasty Series #2)

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Ang lakas ng pintig ng puso ko. I touched my face with my palms. I looked at myself thoroughly. What has gotten me? What just happened to you, Winona? Bakit ka galit? Dahil ba hindi ka na inform? Well, you know you are better than that! Bakit naman ikakasakit pa ng dibdib mo 'yon? You're wasting your energy for something stupid.

Is there something else, then? My breathing is ascending and descending accordingly. I was staring myself with no time limits. Kumukurap-kurap ako at mariin pumipikit. I'm trying to change my strategy to somehow forget what's at the back of my mind. I know I am thinking something else but I have to resort that.

Umiling ako. Stupid! Stop that thinking. No! Para akong mawawalan ng dugo. Kung kanina ay kumukulo, ngayon ay sasabog na. Hindi na ako kakalma pa! It's overflowing. I couldn't determine the exact feeling. Ni hindi ko ma-differentiate kung anong klaseng emosyon ito. Kakaiba! I'm not sure, how to react. No, you need to throw that thoughts to the bin Winona.

"Win?" Rinig ko galing sa labas.

I didn't closed our bathroom so I can hear kuya Marckus clearly calling me out of nowhere.

"Nasa banyo ako!" Sigaw ko.

Then out of a sudden, he appeared. Napatalon ako sa pagkabigla. I didn't know he's too near.

I was flustered. Nilakihan ko siya ng mata na parang binagabag nga ako ng biglaan niyang pagsulpot. My heart beating is out of control. May sakit nga siguro ako! This is insane. Bakit gano'n? What's happening to me?

"Okay ka lang? You were soaking wet. You should take a shower." Pag-aalala niya.

"Y-yeah... I'm fine. Naligo na ako kanina. I'll just wash my face." Trying to hide my fluster self.

Damn it, Win!

"Ayos ka lang ba talaga? Mukhang lalagnatin ka." Pumasok siya na para bang dati na niyang ginagawa. Without a permission. The next thing I knew, his hand is touching my forehead, checking if I'm having a fever. He paused like he's scanning it well. Umaapoy muli ako. It's rising and falling and now rising. My fluster heart is pounding so bad. "You're hot! Lalagnatin ka, Win." He declared, in his baritone voice and honestly concerned.

You're hot! I'm hot? I'm blinking like I'm learning new words. Alam ko kung ano ang ibig niyang sabihin pero hindi ko mapigilang mag-assume. Nakatunganga lang ako sa harap niya't naghihintay ng himala. Mas lalong uminit ang pisngi ko. May kung anong bagay ang naglalaro sa tiyan ko. Hindi ko maipaliwanag ang kakaibang galaw ng sistema ko. It's like I'm feeling new sensation... new things... new system.

Nababaliw ka na ba, Winona? Are you even conscious? What sensation? New things? New system? You are out of your mind, bitch! You're out of this world. Those terminologies are not for you to use. Sa bayaw mo pa talaga? Hindi kapani-paniwala. Hindi ko rin maintindihan.

"Win?"

He was about to touch me again but I stepped back even though I am trap because of the sink. Hindi ko na kakayanin ang sunod niyang galaw. Baka sumabog na ako sa walang oras at wala na talaga ako sa sariling pag-iisip.

Nagpakita siya ng pagtataka na reaksyon dahil sa ginawa ko. He tilt his head like he wants to dig. Damn it!

"Hey..."

His expression says everything. He showed his concern. Huminga ako ng malalim. If this isn't temptation, I don't know what this is called.

"O-Okay lang a-ako, kuya. Let me change m-my clothes. Talagang magkakasakit ako kung hindi ka lalabas." Stuttering, hindi ka talaga marunong umarte, Winona. Jusko!

On that cue, he realized it. Tumango siya, alam na niya ang gagawin, I supposed.

"Oh yeah! Sure, sis."