10. GREY SKIES
Rei looked anxiously from the station staircase to the large clock hanging above platform no 16 where he was to depart.
12.20 am. and no Kai in sight. Literally hundreds of people came up the stairs and disappeared into the train. Families saying goodbye to friends or kin, couples exchanging a last kiss. Joy, sadness, loss, anticipation, all possible feelings in the world were depicted in that crowd.
All possible feelings in the world poured through Rei, who was clutching his luggage and looking to and fro the staircase and the big clock.
12.22,
12.23,
12.25.
No Kai..
12.30, a honk and a whistle indicated the Train's departure. Getting on the Train he still looked behind, toward the staircase, saying to himself that the next late passenger would be Kai.
"Whomever you are waiting for, they are not coming!" the uniformed station officer said warmly, " It's no use young sir, please get inside so I can secure the doors".
Rei nodded and without looking behind he entered the train thinking "It had been a lost case from the beginning! Kai has decided what is better for him. I hope he finds what he seeks here.", and blinking away tears he thought in farewell " Have a happy life Kai!".