Lrt Stories

One shot. LRT 1.

Maraming tao, siksikan at tulakan. Yan ang karaniwang nararanasan kapag sumapit ang rush hour sa lRT. Sa paglapit ng tren sa istasyon, kinakailangan maging handa sa bakbakan na magaganap para makasakay ka lang ng tuluyan. Ngunit posible kayang ang lugar na ito ang maging daan upag pag tagpuin ang dalawang taong hindi naniniwala sa salitang 'love'?

Sol never expected the people he met along the way to change his life. Through friendship, love, dreams, and unexpected challenges, he discovers that every story has a place where it meets another. Some of it was real. Some of it wasn't.

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"Meet me at Pasar Seni." Those were the words Nafisah said to Kamil in a dream. It had been months since they last spoke. Months since everything between them fell apart. So why did he dream about her now? Kamil doesn't know. But the next morning, he finds himself on a bus to Pasar Seni anyway. Before the breakup, Nafisah was just a girl he happened to meet after walking into the wrong laboratory. Then came the late-night calls. The stupid jokes. The arguments. The train rides across Kuala Lumpur. The quiet moments that neither of them realized they would one day miss. Somewhere along the way, they fell in love. But Nafisah has always been afraid of getting attached. She's used to people leaving, and when things between them begin to fall apart, she does what she's always done. She runs. Now, months later, Kamil is standing at Pasar Seni because of a dream he can't explain. Maybe he's there for closure. Maybe he's there to finally let her go. Or maybe some stories aren't finished just because two people stopped talking. A story about love, timing, fear, and the places we return to when we aren't ready to let go. You never really know where the train is going until you get on.

Short stories I wrote and posted on Twitter threads, mostly about love, but at times, I veer randomly. I've peppered Malaysian destinations all over them so feel free to ask me about them.

Joan Jocasta only wanted to know the truth about what truly happened to her brother. Her life was turned upside down when he received a note claiming to have the answer to her query. From that moment forward, Joan was caught in the web of mystery that surrounded the Light Rail Transit. She must overcome various obstacles, creatures of the dark, and her own fear if she wants to get out alive.