Worlds Apart (Completed)

Chapter 5: Too Soon to be Real

The wheels halt and my body jerks forward. The whistle blows, signaling the arrival.

I clung one of the bags on my shoulder and carry the other bag with one hand and move out of the train. As soon I step out of the train, warm wind greets me. My scarf's fluttering with the wind which is draped over my head, covering my hair and shoulders. I'm wearing a long simple gown with bell sleeves and underneath I'm wearing trousers and a pair of sandals that I recently bought before arriving in the city.

A woman passes by me and I blush looking at her, they don't cover their body much while in town I never saw women revealing their knees.

Before coming here I already knew about the fact but it's a different story when you witness it yourself. I avert my eyes when I notice I have been watching the woman for longer than necessary and it's creeping her out.

I arch my back, making myself feel at ease from the exhaustion of three hours ride. I take a deep breath and look around me, examining the place.

Finally, I made it to the city.

People are busy chatting, some are drinking coffee, some are reading the newspaper while standing in a corner while others are walking towards their destinations.

Someone pushes me from behind and I wobble with the stuff I'm carrying.

"Watch it girl!" an old man exclaims from behind and I notice I'm standing in front of the entrance of the train.

"Oh, I'm sorry." the man shakes his head and walks away.

How dull can I be?

I walk towards a corner where I put my things on the bench and stand there for a while, exercising a bit by arching my body.

This place sure is crowded, if the station is this crowded how much the other areas of the city would actually be?

I look up at the huge banner that hangs on a height in front of me which reads 'Jensin Station' above the banner is a huge clock and it's almost 12 o' clock in the afternoon. Aunt Anna told me in her letter that she would be arriving at the station at 12: 15 so I better hurry outside, I don't want her to wait for me. I pick up my stuff again from the bench and take a good view around me once again before I start to move...

What?!

This can't be?!

I mean, this is too soon to believe....

The same shiny brown hair aside the fact that they have grown long, the same blue eyes aside from the fact that they look lost, the same glowing cheeks aside the fact that the skin has turned a bit tan, the same loving boy aside from the fact that he has changed.

Could it be real? I didn't expect I would see him the first step I make to the city.

Pfftt... I'm delusional.

STOP idling you freak and grab the man to make yourself believe! My inner voice pokes me.

Oh right, crap!

I drop my things on the bench again and run towards his direction. He is here in front of me, I can see him, just a little closer and I could touch him, I could feel his skin, this is REAL. Yes, FREAKING REAL.

I stop running when I notice, he's not alone, he is with a bunch of guys around him. All of them look tough, well built and suited, they don't seem ordinary.

He is talking to one of the men when he starts shouting something at him and then he points his finger in different directions and some of the men with him disperse in that direction, leaving him with two people. I want to go to him, I want to reach him but I'm afraid.