(First Night of the journey!(｡•̀ᴗ-)✧)

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Friday, 8th March, 23:10.
Inside Dakshin Express, which was currently being operated with speed of 60 miles per hour.

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Ad'ifaah Shafaq who undoubtedly was a real beauty with brains and strength, was walking between the narrow path given between compartments and the beds situated on the opposite side.

"Sixteen....twenty two!"

She read the numbers of front seats, as she glanced two times, at the ticket which was in her left palm. Seat number twenty five, it showed. She found the given number on the fifth compartment of the carriage.

"Here!"

In the same minute, the other person who was supposed to be the owner of some other berth, in this journey, reached in front of the compartment.

Raihaan Sheikh, who noticeably had charming features, seemed cool and happy. Either the journey was something special for him, or he knew how to make it special, according to his taste.

He had taken a short tour of that coach of the Train, before reaching his berth, as he didn't wish to bear the weight of his duffle bag anymore. It doesn't matter how much something weighs, it may hurt you if you keep it along for a long time. He certainly knew this formula of life, including many other useful formulas too.

Both sighed in relief, for some obvious and some oblivious reasons.

"Berth number twenty seven!"

He huffed loudly and threw his bag on the berth and jumped on it. Whilst she silently adjusted her bag on the bed which was allocated to her and turned to sit down on it. Luckily they had gotten lower berths.

"Ohh Hello, Fellow Traveller!
Nice to meet you, once again!"

He grinned at her and she didn't do anything except nodding slightly. He had expected something more than just a nod, after the incident which took place just few minutes ago. She wanted a peaceful journey and for some reason she felt it's going to be difficult to get some peace.

Her phone ringed and she picked it up within two seconds. Calls from Mother shouldn't be delayed or ignored. Once she attached the device to her ear, those same concern filled words welcomed her.

"Got the train on time!?"

"Yes!"

"Be careful, okay?"

"Don't worry Mamma, I'll be fine!"

But Ad'ifaah knew no words from her can keep her mother at ease. As she disconnected the call, she found him smiling at her before he took out his phone from his pocket, as it pinged.

"Dude, got the train?" It was a message from his dearest friend.

"Had to run a mile behind the train, because of you!" He sent some rolling eyes emoticons along the sentence. Whilst the other person could only enjoy it with laughing emoticons.

"But Thanks to Lady Bahubali, she pulled me up!"

"Lady Bahubali!?" Raihaan could imagine his friend's curious eyes and raised his head to look at her.

She woke up from her berth with her bag and went somewhere, presumably the washroom, he could guess.

"Yeah, Strong Arms she has!"

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While coming back to her compartment, she found most of the berths still unoccupied and one man who was distributing the bed sheets and the blankets among all the berths, probably the care taker of the coach.

She came back to her berth. Opened the given envelope of bedsheets and towel and spread the bedsheet on the bed properly. As she adjusted herself on the bed, she found the man coming to ask, if anyone wanted food, but as the train's time to depart was at wee hours, probably everyone has already taken the dinner, including them.

Whilst she followed the rules and regulations on how most of normal humans need to keep their pillow under head for sleeping and blankets to cover themselves up, he seemed to be a rebel, who went against the stereotype and threw the blanket on the upper berth which was still unoccupied, kept his duffle bag under his head and squeezed the pillow between his arms before spreading his giant self on the tiny bed.

Though she didn't wanted to, she couldn't help looking at him with a weird expression, which he got immediately.

"It will give the feeling!"

He said with a chuckle, as he switched off the light of the compartment, above their head.

Raihaan slept within a few minutes after that, whilst Ad'ifaah slept after changing sides for an hour or so.

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Ad'ifaah means Acute, Daring, Smart and Talented.
Shafaq means Twilight, as well as Sympathy, affection or tenderness too.
Whilst Raihaan is the name of one of Jannah's door and probably it also means a flower of Jannah.
These are Arabic words and one word can have many meanings like English.

Anyway, Thanks a lot for welcoming this unusual and weird looking story with love and showing your support. I'll try my best to do justice with the story line.(◍•ᴗ•◍)♡

Take Care!