The Chiang Mai Escapade | MIR

3. Lunch On The Train

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[Tee]

I was amused watching Per gobbled up the Gyoza Fuse gave him. He gave us a shy look as he ate it, and he was just so cute! The old lady scratched his head and thanked us again. He even showed her the half eaten rolls with a smile. The woman just nodded and smiled back.

When he finished his food, Fuse handed a bottle of juice to him. Grandma apologized and at the same time thanked us for it. We just said it was okay since we liked Per so much and we enjoyed watching him ate.

I faced Fuse and gave him a wink. He was the cutest in my eyes. He was the one I instantly liked the very first time I saw him on the party. And, we were having the longest trip of our lives together. The travel was twelve hours and so I bought a lot of food so that we won't be hungry on the way.

"Why train?" I remembered Fuse asked me over the phone when I have bought the tickets the other day.

"Why not train?" I asked in return.

"Because Chiang Mai is far and it'll take twelve hours before we can set our feet on the soil again." He explained as if I did not know that fact.

"Yeah, I know." I said feeling a bit annoyed. "Don't you want to be with me for that span of time?" I made my voice sounded pained, hoping he could feel it on the other line.

"Aww. Hey! Of course I want! It was just... Hey! Of course! Why not take the trains!"

I was just so glad he accepted my idea, maybe not fully, but at least he agreed to it. It would be the greatest travel, the first travel we could be together for a very long time. I smiled as I imagined how our trip would be.

When we got to Chiang Rak Noi, the train stopped for some minutes and a lot of passengers went down, including yaai and Per. We said our goodbyes and waved as they stepped towards the door. So there was only the two of us left and nobody took the empty seats in front of us.

I saw Fuse yawned and rubbed his eyes. Aww, my baby was sleepy so I pulled his head and rested it on my chest as I put my left arm on his shoulder. He looked up to me and we smiled at each other. Why is he so cute? I asked myself and scratched his head.

"You can make my chest your pillow for this trip." I told him and he just hummed. He was hugging his own bag on his lap. I ran my hand on his hair as I leaned for support.

I collected the cellophane bags we had earlier and tied their handles on the backpack I put between me and the train. I watched them dangled as we sped away.

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[Fuse]

I woke up to a rhythmic beating of someone's heart and a constant chugging of something. It felt weird. I opened my eyes and saw blurry images on the sunlit window. Oh! I forgot I was on a train and was traveling with Tee. I looked up and saw him sleeping, propping his head on the glass window. He looked so handsome with his eyes closed.

He stirred as I moved and slowly opened his eyes. He pulled the arm he wound around my waist and wiped his face with both palms. He yawned and stretched.

"Oh, I am so sorry. Did I wake you up?" I apologized and rubbed my eyes too.

"It's okay. You do not have to worry about me. Have you slept well?" He gave me a sweet smile as he searched for his phone.

"I guess so. I mean I am not sleepy anymore."

"Oh! It is already twelve! No wonder why I am hungry already." He said as soon as the LCD of his phone lit up.

I checked my wristwatch and saw that it was, indeed, twelve at noon. I dug my phone out of my pocket to check if I have any text messages. I found out I received two, from mom and pii Fing, wishing me to enjoy my trip and to take care. Pii Fing's text ,however, included pii Tan. She didn't know I was just lying when I told her that. I felt bad for her, but I would feel worse if she would be around us.

"Let's eat." Tee said and drew out the packed food from the cellophane I was holding before I slept.

"Okay." I agreed since I could feel my stomach aching from hunger already.

"Here is yours." He said as he placed the food in front of us and looked for spoon and fork inside the cellophane again. "Where could you be hiding... " He muttered as he rummaged the bag. "Ah here!" At last he said and gave me my utensils and we started to eat.

He kept on glancing at me as he chewed his share. He would smile and give me a wink from time to time. What is happening to this boy? I asked myself. I understood that he was a handsome boy, but he didn't need to be cutesy. He got two bottles of juice and gave one to me. I downed it and felt so relieved from my drying throat.

We still have a very long way to go. Well, we have traveled one-fourth of the total travel time, so... eight hours to go and we'd be in Chiang Mai! Oh! I was so excited even if we'd arriving there at eight in the evening. And no, we didn't have a place to stay there yet. Tee said we would just find any hotel or inn that was near the train station.

After three stations, I felt my bladder getting full. I needed to pee. It meant I needed to walk to the tail of the vehicle as that was were the hanging signs told me the location of the toilets.

On my way to the comfort room, I heard a familiar voice, bickering over something with someone. I just thought I was only imagining things because how could he be here when he was a rich kid and he could afford to be on the plane. But as I came nearer to the seat where the voices were coming from, my gut feel that it was from the boy I knew at school heightened. The other voice he was talking to was also so familiar to my ears.

Could it really be them? Could it really be Frame and Book? Well, there was only one thing that needed to be done, to see them face to face. They were facing away from me so I walked slowly along the aisle, turned around, and my suspicions were answered.

"Hey! Frame, Book, so it was really you I heard from afar!" I exclaimed and both of them looked at me shocked.

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