Shivered Novels & Stories

“Shut up or I’ll kiss you again.” “Ser-ri-ously?” sambit niya, nakatiim ang bagang dahil sa pangangatal niya. “You’re starting to shiver. I need to get you under a hot shower.” “It must be the s-shock,” sambit niya, dahil nararamdaman na nga niya ang sinasabi nitong pangangatal. It was like she was shivering from the inside. It crept in when they were kissing.

Hinagod ni Sheeva ang kaniyang lalamunan patungo sa kaniyang naliligalig na dibdib gamit ang kaniyang nanlalamig na kamay upang sana'y subukan na pakalmahin ang kaniyang sarili subalit nanggilid ang luha sa kaniyang mga mata nang matantong walang silbi ang kaniyang pagpapalubay sa nababalisang pakiramdam. Marahil ay sign ng unconfirmed aviophobia o fear of flying ang uncontrollable na pangangatal ng kaniyang kamay at buong katawan. Hindi lang niya napagtuunan ng pansin iyon kanina dahil nalibang siya sa pakikipagkuwentuhan kay Vivian.

he whispered that makes my whole body shiver. Hindi ko na napigilan at kusa ko siyang hinarap para patakan ng halik. Hinawakan niya ang baba ko habang hinahaplos ito gamit ng thumb niya. Kininditan niya ako bago muling pinagtagpo ang mga labi naming dalawa na kaagad kong tinugunan ng mapusok na halik. I missed my man so much that I could give my body to him in a whole night.

Kitang-kita ko ang bawat paghikbi niya, ang bawat pagyugyog ng balikat niya habang yakap ang sarili. Every muscle in my body screams to run down there, to pull her inside, to wrap her in a warm blanket and hold her. But I stay frozen where I am, my hands clenched so tight my knuckles turn white. I watch it all – every tear, every shiver, every moment she looks up at the window as if hoping I’ll come for her.

What the fuck! I couldn't get up from the ground because of the fear I was feeling. I couldn't even move my body because of the tremors in my muscles. I'm also sweating cold, fuck! If this is the end of me, I'll be ugly when I become a ghost too. Haggard, shiiiit! I couldn't do anything but close my eyes, waiting for my complicated end to suddenly- "Swisssh!"

The heavy timber door shut with a dull, echoing thud, followed by the distant sound of her footsteps fading up the concrete stairs. The silence that returned to the basement was heavy, suffocating, and dripping with an imminent catastrophe. Anne slowly lowered her hand from Lauren’s mouth, her body going completely limp against the metal rack. She leaned her head onto Lauren’s shoulder, letting out a long, ragged sob that she had been fighting to hold back for the last ten minutes. Her hands were shaking uncontrollably as she wrapped them around Lauren's neck, clinging to the younger woman as if she were a lifeline in the middle of a violent storm.

Inilakad ako ng aking mata sa pagtatalinghaga ng kaniyang katawan dahil muli siyang nanginginig sa lamig, so I decided to put an end to her sentence. Aking hinubad ang suot-suot kong waterproof jacket na kulay-bughaw at isinuot sa kaniya upang sa gayon ay mapawi ang panlalamig sa kaniyang katawan. “Xyrah, why are you being like this? We’re in the middle of thunderstorms with thunderstrikes and thunderbolts. You’re in a state of shivering and suffering, yet you still manage to talk about . . . nonsense and the past.”