The doors off the next compartment were opened and there was that guy from the station waiting for me .
He held my hand and I got on my feet. He didn't let go of my hand and took me to a stage...
A performance was about to start and then I realised that I was still on the train but moved to the next compartment.
I thought maybe I have to go to the driver's compartment to finally exit..?
I turned back to look if the guy was still there but realised that he was still holding my hand and was right next to me.
I tried to talk but nothing came out of my mouth. I have so many questions in my head but for some reason it felt l know everything.
So now what do we even have to casually talk about? I kept quiet and so did he.
Suddenly the lights were on and the curtains were opened, the play started.
The entry of four characters: mother, father, doctor and a newly born baby.
He was brought to the light then the baby's neck was tied by some chain and so did his parents as they gave a warm smile.
I thought that the smile was a little bit too warm.
He grew into a 5year old and was watching a cartoon on the TV and already had so many chains attached to him .
Looking at the hero in the cartoon, I think he was being inspired but suddenly an extra chain is added to him
and I got to see his teenage version with so many chains hanging around him almost like drowning him.
I think it was the entry of his friend, a smile was cracked on his stone face, the chains on him
(didn't actually shown that his friend is a boy)
slowly into light threads as he walked to him and wrapped his arms around him and they slowly started to turn red…
They started to walk together as the people next to them gave them weird stares again the threads started to turn into chains as the boy started to feel uncomfortable drowning the other one with his chains while he himself was drowning in them.
The hold of his hand on me tightened as the protagonist let go of his friend's hand and ran away.
His hand was shaking and does his. Then we get to see him joining this first job and talking to others while wearing a smiley face (fake one) .
He was walking very freely with so many chains hanging on to him as he was already habituated to it.
Black circles under his eyes, a low voice and he was so cold on a sunny day as if he was being frozen by the cold breeze of the people around him, always breathing down his neck.
It was his marriage, he started to choose what face to wear to his wedding and when his marriage was finished, an extra very big chain with a ball on the end was added to his feet.
Now they have a baby together. When his little daughter was brought to the light A CHAIN WAS WRAPPED AROUND HER NECK. curtains closed.
He was looking intensely at me while letting go of my hand and said
"this is it for this compartment ARIN"..
Right that is my name , yes yes how can I forget my own name arin is arin it is , it is my name..
I was shocked and confused and when I looked back he was gone, leaving me all alone again .. in that darkness …light flashed, a door was opened...