Unexpected Expectations

1. Waiting

After getting my ticket, I step out to wait for my friend. Getting on a train to Busan was one of the things we had planned since we started college. We were tired since we stayed up the whole night reading fanfics.

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At 19, this was considered to be normal.

Hearing the annoying announcement lady, on the speaker, speak shit we couldn't really understand, we checked the board for our train's timings.

It was early and it was going to arrive in 10min.

So we ran down the stairs to wait for the train. We find two free seats and occupy them.

I open my gallery and look through the thousands of rude and derpy pics of 7 young men who I loved whole heartedly.

------- (this is mine Lol) ------

Suddenly, I feel a hand caressing my hair. Someone whispers something near my ear.

I get startled.

I drop my coffee mug on the man beside me.

Regretting my existence, I pick it up and apologize. Then I turn around furiously to look at the dumb butt who caused this shit to happen.

"Excuse me. Ho-"
"YOU LITTLE SHIT!"

I throw the cup at Jess, who was in tears due to excessive laughter. This girl always causes such trouble.

--

The train arrives. Her laughter had died down but my anger hadn't.

I get up as the train reaches closer and straighten my skirt and look at Jess, who stares back at me with a blank face and a dumb childish smile.

I couldn't help but smile back cause we were finally able to visit Busan!

We step into the train and find our seats.

The train is pretty empty so we sit and wait for other passengers to enter.

I secretly hoped that the two seats opposite us would NOT be occupied by a noisy baby.

I'm fine with kids but only if they're calm and well-behaved.

--

I plug in my earphones as Jess called her mom to inform her that we were in the train.

I played my fav playlist "like a fart" which contained the following songs:

•Serendipity
•Dna
•Blood Sweat and Tears
•Save me
•Dope
•Pied Piper
•Her
•Best of Me
•House of cards
•Dead leaves
•I Need U

(I had chosen these as they helped me keep a light and happy mood)

Closing my eyes, I let myself sink into the music.

Oh wait. We were scheduled to reach in 2 and a half hours.

And I required something to eat.
And I was too lazy to get up and buy something.

But the great Jess wouldn't budge from her seat when I asked her to get me a sandwich.

-oof-

I go and get my sandwich myself.

--

I'm choosing my sandwich and a man fully covered in black with mask on, gently pushes me aside to collect his sandwiches.

He was tall and smelled really good.
And I appreciated that.

A bit flustered even though absolutely nothing happened I take my sandwich too and begin walking back.

--

A bit absentmindedly, I enter the train once again, but go and sit in the first seat I could find.

"Excuse me."

"Hmm Yeah?"

"This is my seat."

As my mind rushes back into reality, I  notice that I'm not beside Jess.

-why do I exist-

Me: "I'm so sorry. Forgive me."

Lady whose seat I sat in:"Yeah yeah next time use your damn eyes."

-RUDE-

I go two seats ahead and find Jess (again laughing since she saw the whole thing) and sit beside her, trying to hide my face while eating my sandwich.

--

There were two bags in the seats opposite ours.

I feel the train jerk forward as we begin to move.

As usual, a few last minute passengers enter the train.

I notice that the same dreamy man and his friend (also dressed in black but with a denim jacket) walk towards us.

-ooh this is interesting-

They both looked breathtaking as they sat and shifted their bags around.

Opposite me was the man who wore the denim jacket.

I felt a weird tingling sensation in my stomach as I noticed his unbelievable eyes.

Feeling as if I was being noticed by someone else I quickly turned away to look at Jess who seemed to be staring at the man opposite her.

I shoved her in the elbow and she too looked away.

I looked at the man fully in black who suddenly looked up and stole a glance at me.

He began moving his lips.

Wait.
No, he was trying to say something.

Oh god.

I removed my earphones that i had been wearing the whole time to understand what he was saying.

He was asking me if I had an extra sauce packet.

(Oh what a cutie.)

I smiled (more like blushed) and gave him two of them.

He returned the blush/smile as our fingers touched and thanked me.

--

I returned my gaze to the window as I admired the sky.

I wondered in the next 2 and a half hours if something interesting would happen, if you know what I mean.