"Uhm, can you lend me some clothes?"

 

 

 

Awkward. That's our situation right now. Naka-upo lang ako sa may couch ngayon habang cover-cover ng floor carpet na mabilis kong ipinulupot kanina sa katawan ko.

 

 

 

Jeez, ni-hindi man lang ako ininform ni Ate Yuyu na pag nag-balik anyo ka pala bilang tao, eh magiging hubo't-hubad ang kahahantungan mo. 

 

 

 

Nakita tuloy ni Winter ang oh so y, drop dead, gorgeous body ko. Still, it's so ing nakakahiya. 

 

 

 

Ni hindi ko alam kung may mukha pa ba akong maihaharap sakanya pagkatapos nito. 

 

 

 

"A-Ah, r-right. S-Sorry." Naautal na sagot nito atsaka nagmamadaling pumasok sa kwarto niya. I just heavily heaved a sigh. Now what?

 

 

 

I guess I just have to come clean then. 

 

 

 

Hayst, ang plano ko pa naman sana ay uunti-untiin ang paglapag ng mga impormasyon sakanya. Turns out, na-traumatize ko pa ata ang Winter my bebeloves so heaven so sweet in the sky ko. Kawawa naman. 

 

 

 

Sad Purr. 

 

 

 

"H-Here y-you go." She's still a stuttering mess. Nanginginig din ang mga kamay nito habang inilalahad sakin ang mga damit. 

 

 

 

I stood up and she jerked in surprise. 

 

 

 

"Relax. I'm not gonna do anything to you, Winter." I assured. 

 

 

 

Her face flushed red. "A-Ah, sorry. P-Pero hindi naman kasi 'yun ang dahilan." She then looked away. "M-Magbihis ka na muna." 

 

 

 

I proceeded to her bedroom kung nasaan ang bathroom niya. I didn't get to look around her room as I hastily brought myself inside the cubicle to quickly change. 

 

 

 

Pero bago muna 'yun, inamoy-amoy ko muna ang damit niya. Purr, ang bango-bango talaga ng bebelove my love so sweet so heaven in the sky ko. Amoy johnson's baby powder.

 

 

 

Kagigil! Purr!

 

 

 

Lumabas na ako at muling dumeretso sa living room kung nasaan tulalang naka-upo lamang si Winter. Tila ang lalim ng iniisip nito. 

 

 

 

I cleared my throat to gain her attention. 

 

 

 

"Uhm... thank you for letting me borrow your clothes." 

 

 

 

"It's okay. You're welcome." 

 

 

 

Silence. 

 

 

 

I sighed. "What happened back there– ?" 

 

 

 

"– Paano ka naging transformers?" I paused nung sabay kaming nagsalita. 

 

 

 

"Huh?" I eyed her confused. 

 

 

 

"Huh?" Sabay na naman kami ulit. 

 

 

 

"You go ahead."

 

 

 

"You go ahead." Anubayan! 

 

 

 

Di kalaunan pa ay tumawa nalang kaming dalawa dahil sa sa kabaliwhang ito.

 

 

 

"No, it's fine. You go ahead, Karina." I bit my lip. Ba't ang lambing pa din? Ba't walang halong pandidiri o di kaya any revolt from her?

 

 

 

"Aren't you disgusted, scared, or anything?" 

 

 

 

"Surprise, oo. Pero aside from that, nothing else." She shrugged whilst I only raised my brows in amusement. 

 

 

 

"Wow. And here I thought, ipagtatabuyan mo ako haha." 

 

 

 

"I can never do that to the girl I like, Karina. And also, to the kitty that I had been taking care of since this week." Nag-init naman ang pisnge ko. 

 

 

 

"Right... thank you for taking care of me, Winter." I sincerely replied as I slowly sat at the other side of the couch, leaned my body backwards towards the cushion and looked at the ceiling. 

 

 

 

"Honestly, I don't know where to begin with my explanation to you. And I also didn't intend for this to happen, I swear." 

 

 

 

"It's okay, Karina. But maybe you can uhm, start with how this all began?" 

 

 

 

Well, I guess here goes nothing. 

 

 

 

"This... transforming thingy, well, it has always been around my family. I really don't know kung saan  namin originally nakuha ito pero simula kanunu-nunuan pa namin ay ganito na talaga ang nangyayari." 

 

 

 

"Some of our family members call it curse, while others saw it as a form of blessing." 

 

 

 

"You see, every single member of the Yu family holds a different spirit animal within them. Simula pagkabata ay dala-dala na namin ito, only it was hidden."

 

 

 

"And the only thing that can unleash it is if..." I paused for a second as I stared deep within her onyx, expressive eyes, silently smiling to myself when I saw that there was nothing but understandment and no judgements within them. 

 

 

 

Could this really be my manifested "When Kaya?"

 

 

 

I took a quick gulp. "If..