Late… Again late… Man, this had become a habit with me… If my dad knew that I was reaching the Station exactly about 5 mins before scheduled departure, he would give me a piece of his mind for sure. I checked the platform number and ran into the station huffing like a bull. Finding S8, I jumped onto the stairs and pushed through the people, waving away at their families, searching for my seat. A small wave of relief swept through me when I sat down in the window seat allocated to me. Of all the berths in the train, I always liked and preferred the Side Lower Berth as it gave me a kind of freedom. Noticing that the seat before me was empty, I wondered who could be sitting with me through this journey and how they might be. Train journeys always gave me a new experience as I got to meet new people. Sometimes, I tend to ignore everyone if I don’t like them much. But today, I didn’t have a novel and I had lost my earphones recently. Thus, I had no other way to pass my time except
“Sweetheart! Sweetheart! Come here, quick! I’ve got it!!” “Deep breaths, honey! Deep breaths. I’ll be there as soon as I put down the razor.” “No, faster!! Fine! I’ll come!” And she bounds into the small bathroom almost making me cut myself as I try to shave in the awkward space between the sink and the enamel throne. “Alright, alright! Show me, what you got.” “The Piano Bar!” “A bar? I thought you were looking for places to have dinner!” “We can have dinner before…” She says as she makes a cute pouty face. I rolled my eyes and said, “Heheh fiiiine! We can go to the Piano Bar after dinner.” “Yayyy!! Okay then. Gimme a few minutes in the bathroom so I can get this face mask off and then I’ll get in the shower.” “Can’t you just take it off in the shower? I still need to finish shaving!” “Shush! Now give me some space.” "But what about dinner?" "Well, you get to choose! As long as I get to go to the Piano Bar! Bye-bye!" An hour and a hal