Hermani Holland: Sister Worries About Her Brother

Recently, my big brother has been unusual.
Let me explain! The day that he came back home alone from WacBuffo, he fell from his bed and made a loud thud. I went into his room to check and he was walking. It was super weird.
Then, when I went back to sleep, he started opening all the doors on the second floor, including my room.
WAIT! It got even weirder in the morning. He spoke like a baby and claimed that he was not himself but rather a Harpy.

Wasn't it unusual? I still couldn't believe it, yet I took that seriously. It's been a week since he was a harpy named Eileen. I was amazed at how she was adapting to the lifestyle of humans quickly. Mind you, she was a harpy! A woman and she was adapting the lifestyle of my big brother, a man. It was insane to think about it.

"Waah! Look Hermani! My video yesterday got ten kay views and one hundred likes. Yipee!"
I didn't really like to compare but I just couldn't believe that she was also better at being my brother.
"Wow! Congratulations, Eileen! You've only uploaded 3 videos and you... eh... better than my brother."
"Thanks and sorry. Hehehe."
I'm so curious about it. Should I ask her?
"Hehehe. This is so much fun."
Ahh, fuck it! She doesn't bother either, right?
"Eileen, may I ask?"
"Hmm, what is it?"
"How did you... eh... you know... adapting my brother's lifestyle so well? You've only been inside him for a week, yet you are somehow better at being... him?"
I saw her eyes were gloomy. It felt like she didn't know the answer either, but she answered it anyway, "I think... because I can feel him." She took a breather and then continued, "I don't understand how exactly but it was like his heart guiding me to do what he wants to do."

It was a wild answer because I didn't know how this body swap worked. And if she really saying that she could feel his heart saying things that could mean deep inside him, he was still in there, right?
"Other than a voice of him inside you, is there anything else that you can feel?"
"Hmm, sometimes, I do feel a little urge to lay around and think about dead. I don't know why."
"Uwaa! Why? Why would thought about that?"
"It's not me, I swear! This body did."
Even to the core huh?
"But one thing for sure. I can actually overcome that feeling. Like, I want to do what this heart most desires, actually do what this body wants, and overcome that urge. It's a weird feeling, but that's how I feel."

She could stop my big brother from thinking bad things?
That was peculiar, to say the least, but I was glad. I knew Harpie had been thinking about death and life, contemplating his life desire for a while, and the fact that Eileen stopped that feeling from him felt somewhat relieving.

"Eh? Hermani, why did you cry?"
"Huh? Did... did I cry? Sorry. I don't know what comes over me."
She stood up from her chair and came near me to give me a hug.
"Eileen?!"
"This is what the body wants. You don't need to feel weird. This is what a real big brother is supposed to do. Don't be sad, Hermani."
I, once again, felt like my big brother was actually here with me.

Time has passed and it's noon. We both came downstairs to eat lunch.
"Let's eat!" We both shouted it at the same time.
We enjoyed the meal, and then we came back up to my brother's room.
"What should we do next?" I asked her.
"I... I think I want to go to sleep."
"Huh? This is still noon, we have a lot of time to..." I didn't realize at the time but when I looked at her again I saw my brother's body become pale.
"Uwaa. What happened? Did you get food poisoning?"
"I... I don't know", she walked wobbly up the stairs. I quickly ran down to catch her.

She fell down onto my hug but I forgot that this was my brother's body. He was twice the size of my body.
Shit! He's so heavy!
"I'm sorry, Hermani. I... can't... walk... anymore..."
I hate this! Mom and Dad won't be at home until about 5 or 6. What should I do?
"Hermani... you can just... let me go. Put me... on the floor..."
"No, I can't! You are going to catch a cold too if I do that."
"I'm serious... I... can't even stand... anymore..."

I couldn't keep up so I slowly lowered my brother's body down.
"Hey... you lower... me down..."
"I used all of my energy just then. Even the calories that I just ate."
"I don't know... why this body... suddenly... like this..."
I put my forehead to her forehead and felt nothing.
"Hmm, seems not a cold. It's probably true that it was a food poisoning. If that's the case, why didn't I also get it?"
"Hehe... probably... your body has... a stronger metabolism... you're a growing girl... after all..."
For a second, I was about to agree with her but then got hit with a realization.
"You... How did you?"
"Internet... I learned a lot there... even an evil organization... that works on... annihilating harpy species..."
"Huh?"

That was out of nowhere but given the circumstances, Eileen might be hallucinating. I never thought Eileen would find out a lot on the internet within a week. It was so scary to think about how a technologically illiterate become an expert within a week.
I should probably call Mom or Dad, it could be very dangerous if it is food poisoning.
I stood up from my position and walked toward the house phone that hanging in the entrance hall. I called Mom but she didn't respond, then I called Dad but he also didn't respond.
That was weird. Why they didn't pick up the phone? Then I should just call an ambulance, right? What's the number again?
"Wha... what is this?"
I heard a voice, very low, but I could hear it. It came from my brother's mouth.
"How did I end up here?"
Is she... delirious?
"Mom? And... Harpie?"
It was so sudden I heard my brother's name and I accidentally closed the phone. I rushed toward Eileen and saw her still sleeping.
"What? My brother? Eileen, can you hear me?"
"Huh? Hermani?"
She responded but still closed her eyes. What the heck is happening?