Strange Writing
02. Railway
A train speeding away from the station, the sound of the engine and also the friction of the iron wheel became music for the passengers on it. Initially, they were disturbed by the melody accompanied by the loud vibrations, but gradually the two forms fused like the air they used to feel.
Beautiful and diverse scenery is passed by without being paused, only the infinite sky becomes a determinant of time and a short stop for people who are drunk on travel.
For example, a woman with a simple and relaxed appearance who was in one of the train cars.
“Alan, I'm dizzy. When can we get to?” ask the woman while touching her head using the back of her hand.
Another person who was in front of the woman and called Alan denied the origin, “Maybe next year.”
The woman glared at Alan, then chose to lay her body in the long chair he occupied. He sighed in annoyance. “Using a vehicle is indeed a hassle! Why don't we just run, Alan?”
Alan closed and placed his reading book on the table, then crossed his hands in front of his chest, leaned against the back of the chair and replied, “Bella, we just sat in this room for ten minutes. Don't complain about trivialities.”
A woman named Bella began to massage her forehead with her eyes closed. He came back almost snarling. “This is no trivial thing! I want to puke.”
A few seconds later, Bella suddenly covered her mouth with both hands and then turned frantic. He immediately sat down and exclaimed, “Alan! Tell them to stop this train!”
Alan straightened his back when he realized that the woman in front of him was not joking. Hurry her around their room to look for plastic bags or used cloth so that Bella can use. However, he did not find it.
Alan approached Bella, the woman was still holding back the nausea she was suffering with all her might. “Wake up, I'll take you to the bathroom,” tell him while pulling Bella's arm.
Bella shook her head, trying to distance herself from the confused man and still taking him outside the room. “Go! I'll mun—”
The woman's sentence immediately came to a halt, alternating with an unplanned random burst that hit Alan in a landslide. The unusual-based liquid was strangely textured and also had a distinctive vomit scent, making anyone feel poisoned with the impact of a seven-round dizziness.
Alan's eyeballs almost rolled down in disbelief. He was wearing a white shirt suit with black cloth pants that he deliberately chose to attend the official event later that afternoon, right after they reached their destination. But now, the new clothes are no different from the patchwork.
Bella held her stomach, feeling a little relieved because it had loosened the esophagus that had been blocked by agate stones. He took a deep breath before raising his head to look at Alan. Bella felt guilty instantly, timidly she said, “A-Alan ... I'm sorry.”
Seeing that, Alan changed his expression and moved his inner hand to remove the remaining vomit on Bella's lips. The woman was shocked, but Alan ignored her to remove the shirt buttons and use the unsecured item as a real washcloth.
Bella had no idea what to react to when Alan crouched down in front of her feet and began to clean up the vomit that was on the floor with a shirt. “Alan ...your clothes ..”
Alan painstakingly made the floor shiny like new. He was still down when he said, “It's okay, I brought the other clothes in the bag."
When he finished, Alan walked to the window and threw away the washcloth for good. He paused for a moment to notice his increasingly longer shirt in front, then turned to look at Bella.
“Are you still nauseous? Want me to buy you some medicine?”
Bella blinked somewhat dazedly, quite hypnotized to Alan's athletic body that knew no place. Staring at Alan who raised an eyebrow as he did not immediately reply, Bella met with embarrassment. “I've improved, no need medicine.”
Alan nodded and took his bag under his back, deciding to wear casual clothes so that if the incident happened again, he did not regret buying an expensive shirt that turned out to be just for one use.
Bella still glared at Alan's movements enthusiastically. Fortunately this train has wooden bulkheads in every room so that the privacy of passengers is maintained. Bella could not imagine if the accident was seen by many humans and other train occupants.
“If you feel nauseous again, let me know. I don't want to get a surprise like that,” said Alan after returning to sit opposite Bella.
Bella nodded slowly and smiled slightly. “Thank you, Alan. I always trouble you.”
Alan picked up his book on the table while muttering, “You did always trouble me.”
“Already. How're you? Preparation for your first concert seems more difficult,” Alan replied as he glanced at the woman for a moment.
“Not that difficult, I just live to sing a song that is in great demand by teenagers and teachers,” explained Bella with a happy smile. Rarely do they get along this way, Bella so want to talk to Alan.
However, the man was busy with his scientific book, making Bella feel cheered up.
Alan is shocked when Bella suddenly snatches up her book without her having time to defend. Alan wanted to be angry, but became confused when he discovered that the woman in front of him was upset.
“What are you doing?” Alan asked as he approached Bella. “Restore my book."
Bella stood up and immediately moved away to the wall, Alan's book in her arms. “No want! Take it yourself.” He slid his tongue and started running when Alan was about to reach him.
They ran to and fro, ignoring the fact that they were in a public place and were over twelve years old.
Alan several times stuck out his hand, almost touching Bella, but the woman was so agile as an eel, her petite and slender body was also his advantage. Until then, Alan only realized that they looked like "Bella and The Bear" with Alan as the scriptwriter.
"Bella, stop going around! Later you fall,” exclaimed Alan because Bella ran in no direction and did not see around like being chased by a demon, whereas who wasted time following the woman's game was her.
Bella laughed cheerfully, stepped on their long chairs and then jumped down carelessly. He did not know that there was one of the legs of the chair that was rickety.
Forgetting her fun, Bella falls head over heels in an anti-mainstream style with her face touching the floor first.
The sound of loud thumping sounded startling all the living creatures that were quite close to their room.
Flies and mosquitoes looking for prey outside their rooms immediately dispersed carrying their beloved children out of the train, lizards who perched on the roof were also affected by the impact of several hertz shocks so they were freefalling and either survived or concussion simultaneously hit the floor.
Bella herself, after falling directly turned on her back covering her nose and mouth, then before long her painful face changed. Bella cried until sobbing.
Alan, who was previously stunned and digested the situation, moved quickly towards Bella. The woman was lying limp, tears kept streaming down her smooth cheeks. After arriving, Alan knelt down and then pulled Bella's hand to see the woman's face more clearly.
“Bella ...,” sighs Alan while smiling wryly.
It turns out Bella got a nosebleed after stumbling on the floor.
Slowly, Alan again used the tip of his clothes on the hand to remove the blood that soiled Bella's face. The woman was still sobbing, Alan all clean the snot that came out of Bella's nose.
“You were so careless,” Alan whispered, pulled Bella's body into his embrace then patted her arm and also stroked the woman's head to stop crying.
"My nose hurts ...,” Bella fights between her sobs.
Alan clenched his arms and kissed Bella's forehead several times. “Already, don't cry. Once we get there, we'll go to the doctor. Let's postpone your concert, okay?”
Bella nodded, then drowned her face in Alan's chest as she hugged him back.
Finally, they literally did not attend the prestigious event held only once every three years in the capital because Bella got a fever and her leg sprained after tripping through the train door to get out.
After getting a mouthwash, it seems Bella stumbled because she was so overwhelmed by the warm embrace of the muscles in Alan's body that she was not allowed to stay away.
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