At midnight, Daniel waited alone at an old railway station. Suddenly, a silver train arrived without appearing on the timetable.
Its destination board displayed one word: YESTERDAY.
Curiosity overcame fear, and Daniel stepped aboard.
Inside, every passenger seemed lost in thought. An elderly woman held a birthday photograph, a businessman stared at a broken watch, and a young boy clutched a school certificate.
A conductor approached Daniel.
“This train carries people toward the memories they wish they could change,” he explained.
Daniel immediately thought of his younger sister, whom he had argued with before she moved abroad. They had planned to speak the following day, but an unexpected accident had taken her life that night.
He had spent years wishing he could apologize.
The train stopped, and Daniel found himself standing outside his childhood home. Through the window, he saw his sister laughing at the kitchen table.
He wanted to enter, but the conductor reminded him that he could observe the memory, not change it.
Daniel watched his sister smile and suddenly remembered how she had forgiven him countless times when they were children.
He realized she had known he loved her, even when he failed to say it.
When he returned to the train, the conductor asked whether he wanted to remain.
Daniel shook his head.
At sunrise, he stepped onto the station platform, carrying his grief but no longer running from it.
The train disappeared.
Daniel finally understood that remembering yesterday should help us live today, not prevent us from moving forward.