Train

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Ali was wearing a blue and red t-shirt and long jeans as he went to the train station with his parents, Bakar, Comot, and his friends. The train stopped and Ali and Bakar stepped in, with Comot secretly following them. Ali sat at a seat by the window, Bakar beside him. Ali waved his arms and hands at his friends and family as they waved back too.

"Uncle Bakar, when are we gonna arrive?" Ali asked, turning his attention to his uncle first.

Bakar was also waving but when Ali asked, he stopped and took a look at his watch on his wrist.

"Since now is noon, I predict we will be there by 4."

Ali grinned. "Thanks, uncle."

He turned back and both of them waved once more. The train horned loudly, signalling that it's gonna move soon. And it did. The train chugged slowly forward and faster and faster and faster as it picked up more speed. Ali and Bakar tried their best to wave at the last moment, and when it was over, they settled down in their seat and sighed. 

Comot invisibly jumped onto Ali's lap and slept soundly there. Ali could feel Comot breathing on his lap and patted it with a gentle grin.

They waited for exactly 4 hours before arriving at Pulau Rintis. Bakar was munching down on a burger while Ali was laying sprawled on his seat, asleep. The train was slowing down as the mic came on.

"We are arriving at Pulau Rintis in a few minutes. Please get ready your luggages so you do not slow our train down to its next stop. Thank you."

Bakar grabbed his burger with his right hand and used his left to shake Ali up.

"Ali, Ali, we're here," Bakar whispered.

Ali pushed his hand away and muttered something that sounded like I don't wanna wake up, leave me alone. He rolled to face away from Bakar and continued sleeping.

Bakar frowned. But he got another idea. He shook Comot awake and it woke up as it became visible to the human eye. It looked at Bakar, startled as Bakar was showing hand signals. Pointing at Ali and moving his hands forward like rolling a hay.

"Meow!" Comot got what Bakar meant and jumped onto Ali's hair and shook him by his head.

"Rrrgghhh." Ali tried shoving Comot away from his hair but Comot jumped back onto his lap and gently bit his forearm.

Ali screamed and jumped up from his nap, staring at Comot who was having its jaw over his left forearm. Comot stared at him too and let go of his arm not long later. It hopped to Bakar's lap and sat there with its tail moving side to side in a fluent beat.

"Haish you guys, you frightened me ya know!" Ali exclaimed.

"We have arrived on Pulau Rintis station." the mic said.

"OK, let's go," Bakar said enthusiasticly.

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