I only see him 5 minutes a day-Total.
He gets on & off at the train terminal across from me.
I don't know where he's going, where he comes from, what he does, what he likes.
I don't even know his name.
But I find that day by day, I learn something...
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December 31, 20XX Tuesday 'New Years Eve'
"He noticed you?" Rose's jaw drops to the ground.
She was referring to the long hard stare he gave me when I had hot chocolate in my hands.
We were heading back to my place with bags full of snacks for New Year's at our friend Jin's.
I had just told the rest of the girls my story about train boy.
"Three weeks ago."
Three long weeks ago---before winter break.
"and then?!" She nudges me with her shoulder.
I huff and look up at the night sky. "And then, back to nothing. I mean he was drunk, I don't think he could make the connection."
Rose clicks her tongue. I look over and see the train station in sight.
Oh the feels.
Rose notices too. "Wouldn't it be bewildering if he was there? Like some kind of urban legen-"
I stop in my tracks because I saw him.
At the very top, I watch how his friends and him all get off the train.
He's laughing hard and pushing the other boys.
I can tell they're all crazy drunk. They stand there and push him as he dances in the center without a care for the world. With a tilt of his head back, he swings his hips.
They look like they're having fun.
Rose looks up to where I'm looking. "Oh- Is that train-boy?!"
I nod my head.
They look like they probably all came from a party and here I am---alone.
Out from behind the tallest friend, emerges a petite blonde nightmare.
With my emotions getting the better of me, my smile drops.
In horror, I watch her stand right in front of him.
He grabs her hands and starts to playfully dance with her.
That's our thing.
What is she to him?
My throat tightens because I can only imagine what it is like to be that close to him all the time.
To see him outside of the platform, to talk to him, to make him fall for me---it's all unimaginable.
