Just eyes

Just eyes.

Vivek stood at the open door of the stationary train looking down hesitantly at the total darkness outside. Suddenly he heard the voice again bark out a terse, furious order, " Get off immediately, you fool! If the train moves anytime now, you will miss your destination station."
The voice belonged to his only co- passenger whom he hadn't seen because of the lack of lights in the compartment.
As Vivek was about to practically jump off in a hurry, he felt a hand on his arm jerking him sharply back.
" Committing suicide, you idiot? The train is on a bridge and you were about to jump into a river!"
It was the TTE.
When Vivek told the ticket examiner that a co-passenger had advised him that the train was at his station which had power failure, the TTE demanding to see the latter, found no one else there.
Assuming that Vivek was drunk, the TTE told him that his destination was far away and left.
After he left, the puzzled Vivek sat down wondering where his fellow passenger had gone. Suddenly he was shocked as he saw a pair of eyes glowering at him in the darkness, from the seat across him.

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