Unsettling Novels & Stories

Ngumuso ako saka ako dahan dahan lumapit dito. Nasa tabi na ako ni Kiel habang nakatayo, Umupo kaagad ako. Dahan dahan kong inangat ang kamay ko upang ayusin sana ang necktie ngunit sa mabilis na galaw tinabig niya ang kamay ko at masama akong tiningnan. "Don't touce me!."

We were synced—like we’ve been doing this forever. Pero nag-iipon ang tension sa pagitan namin. We both want the same girl. We both want to reach her first. We both would kill for her. Pero hindi iyon ang pinakamalalang parte. The building was changing. Lights flickering. Hallways shifting. And a cold recorded voice echoing: “EMOTIONAL LEVELS UNSTABLE. SUBJECT ECHOHEART REACTIVITY: RISING.” Jake looked at me. “She’s panicking.”