Running up the escalator her feet made it in time before the metro took off.

As soon as she entered the metro, the doors closed behind her and it started moving towards the next station.

Huffing and trying to stabilise her breathing she found her usual seat to be empty.

Making her way towards it she plopped her ass down and took a few chugs of water from her bottle.
Wiping her sweat she looked at the time, plugging in her earphones she played a podcast. Fixing her mask and glasses she settled for her daily journey.

The scenery changed, stations came, and the distance decreased towards her destination.

She looked around spotting some of the familiar faces who joined her almost everyday ever since she started with college at the wee age of 18.

As the metro made its way towards his station she sat up straight with anticipation.

She paused the podcast which was playing in her earphones while she unconsciously tucked a piece of stray hair behind her ears.

Her heartbeats rose and her eyes were fixed on the metro doors.

The announcement was made by the pa system, the metro slowed down and stopped at the station, and finally the doors opened for exactly 15 seconds.

People came in and people went out.

She looked at the faces trying to find him. The doors closed and the metro went off again to its next station leaving this one.

Releasing a breath she was holding, she sunk back into her seat, her shoulders slumping.
He did not came today as well.