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024 creative sparks                                                                                    a collection of creative writing by EPTS  025






          It was still raining.            “......”                                 knows she is not alone. Now…She is   The rain had stopped. The sky was
             “And the rain around your mouth…”  The train moderator didn’t say      right next to you.”           so clear turning to a rainbow. The
             “......?!” I quickly wiped my mouth.  anything.                           …What??                    sunset had faded and blended from pink
             “Haha. Just kidding. Well, I’m not   “Why don’t you say something?”       Suddenly I saw her sitting beside   and peach to mango in the smoothie of
          going to force you to speak, so if you   “Because I’m listening to you.”  me                            the sky.
          don’t want to, you know, I’m here to   “No... I mean... something like       She said thank you to me... and she   I smiled to myself.
          help you.”                    ‘That’s so sad’ or ‘What a sad story’...    disappeared.
             “Well,” I hesitated if I should tell him   why didn’t you say these words?”  I didn’t feel sorry for her anymore.  “Everybody  wants  happiness.
          or not.                          “So what do you expect me to do?”           “Thank you Mr. Train Moderator for   Nobody wants pain, but you can’t have
             “...Last  week,  my  friend  died...   “I think I don’t want to hear those   listening to me and letting me meet with   a rainbow without a little rain.”
          Three days before she died, she had   words right now... ”                my friend.”
          asked me to walk home with her, but I   “Well, I know what you desire now.   I gave him a big smile.
          had ignored her because no one in our   You just want me to listen to your story   “Sorry,  Madam. This  is  the  last
          class liked her. I had no idea why no   quietly. You didn’t want me to pity or   station now.”
          one liked her... I wished to be friends   encourage you. You just wanted to   I was woken up by some noise.
          with her but I didn’t want to be hated   speak it out, didn’t you?”          “Eh…..”
          by everyone so I just ignored her as if   “You  can  give  me  what  I  want,   People were coming back.
          she were invisible. And then she died   right?”                              “Where are we?”
          in a car accident... I was shocked. If I   “Yes, if you are on this train, there’s   “This is the last station now... It’s a
          hadn’t ignored her that day... Maybe we   always a light at the end of the tunnel.”  mess here. Next time I hope you
          would have been friends and shared a   He pulled up his hand and covered   wouldn’t eat or drink on the train
          good memory. She would have had a   his mask. When he opened his hand,    again.”
          friend before she died... ”   the symbol of his mask changed into            “Ah, Sorry.”
             The train moderator moved his   the symbol of the sun.                    “Now, you should get off the train.”
          hand and put it on my shoulder gently.  “Oh and I forgot to tell you that she   “O... Okay.”
             “It... makes me feel... bad. She   is not lonely or sad anymore. She would   Is that a dream... ? But it feels real
          must be very lonely. I do care about her   like to thank you for being her one and   to me.
          and want to be her friend.”   only friend. She is so happy that she          “Eh... ”
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