The Life Of Normal-Taro

Chapter 131: Followed

Evening that day. Taro waited for Abhirami in the corridors. It took her quite a bit of time because she was busy chatting with Shivani in the class. 

When she came out of the class, she acted like she did not know that Taro was waiting for her. This irked Taro off, since he had already informed her about that. At this point, he really wanted the stalker event to subside soon so that he could actually stop being around Abhirami.

Anyhow, this time around, it didn't feel like they would take an eternity to get to the school grounds. That's mainly because Taro sped way ahead of the other two.

"Hey, did something happen between you two?" Shivani nudged Abhirami and asked, while alternatively glancing at her and Taro.

"Why did you ask that?" She tilted her head sideways, as if she didn't know the reason behind it.

Shivani sighed. "Look, he rarely does stuff like walking way ahead of us. It started when you fought with him. And it still continues. So, yea. That's the reason." She replied.

"Hmm, you don't have to worry about us fighting with each other. We are in quite a good relationship." Abhirami assured.

"I can see that." Shivani replied sarcastically.josei

"Hey, I wasn't kidding, okay? We got in a better relationship yesterday after certain things happened." She spoke.

"The fight mended your friendship?" Shivani asked.

"Yup!" Abhirami nodded her head.

However, only Abhirami knew that the fight both meant were two different ones. Since she didn't want to let her best friend worry about the stalker situation, she didn't think of correcting Shivani about her misconception.

"What a load of crap! Something surely happened between you two in the midst if you two really patched up." Shivani spoke.

"You could say that. I apologized to him when I got in the game with him." Abhirami lied. 

She didn't apologize to him even once, and now that made her feel guilty. She thought she should apologize to him on their walk. She knew her actions could be considered annoying by people.

After that brief conversation, they joined in with the teacher neighbor crew and together they headed to the Holy Land, where they split into two groups—one with the entire Holy Land residents minus Taro and the other comprised Taro and Abhirami. This happened after Taro changed his clothes into more casual ones. So rather than calling it a split, it would be better if we consider it as a separation from the pack.

Anyhow, they were on their way towards the bus stop. Both of them rarely talk when they are walking. Most of their conversations occurred when both were already in the bus stop because Taro thought that having a conversation while they walk would have the same effect as the corridor—they'll never get to the bus stop if they were to do that.

However, this time around, Abhirami really wanted to talk with Taro. "Hey, can we talk?" She took the initiative.

"Hmm, we'll be reaching the stop in about seven minutes, so how about we do it then?" Taro asked.

"But it won't take much of your time, I promise!" She spoke.

"Ha, it's not like I can persuade you from doing that when you are being that stubborn." Taro sighed as he signaled her to talk.

"Well, I'd like to apologize." She said with a determined look on her face.

".... For what?" Taro asked.

"For the actions I did yesterday." She spoke.

"Hmm, what actions, though?" He asked.

This put Abhirami in a state of confusion. She expected various things, but not this. She thought he would be angry about her actions yesterday or just straight up forgiving about it, but never would've thought that he'd completely forget about it.

"The ringtone stuff." She spoke.

It took Taro some time to realize what she was talking about. This was because of how he only remembers significant stuff that happened. His brain automatically throws out all the insignificant memories into the recycle bin. So, if stuff like this happens, it usually takes him some time to recover those memories. 

Anyway, after a few minutes of hard thinking, he got what event she was talking about. "Ah! You were talking about how you put your voice saying that you love me. But didn't you apologize to me already?" He asked.

"What? No. That's why I'm apologizing to you now." She replied.

"Hmm, I have an old man's memory system." Taro chuckled, although he had a selective one than like that of old people.

"I see. So, I'd like to apologize for my actions. I shouldn't have-" Before she could give out an elaborate apology, Taro stopped her.

"Apology accepted." Taro replied with a bright smile on his face.

He really didn't want to hear an apology for a memory that he had already discarded. So, he quickly forgave her.

"Oh, thank you." Abhirami was even more confused at this point.

In the beginning, he acted like he forgot about the event, and now he forgave her almost immediately. She suspected he had amnesia of some sorts.

"Hmm, you were right. It only took a few minutes. Let's resume the walk at our normal speeds then." Taro said as he picked up speed. Abhirami followed suit.

After a few minutes of walk, they took the shortcut to the bus stop rather than the main one because it was pretty hot that day and the main road didn't have any trees unlike the shortcut. So, they were enjoying the gentle breeze and the view, when Taro noticed a few people lurking around.

The shortcut is not usually used by many because the shortcut is not exactly that short compared to the main road. It's used by people only when they feel like the weather is hot—just like right then.

So, initially, Taro didn't think much of it because that was the sort of weather that they were experiencing. However, he took notice of it when he sensed these people were strictly following them. Even when Taro seriously dropped his pace, the other group didn't try to overtake him; instead they waited for him to walk. Hence, there wasn't much to debate about. They were being followed by these people.

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