The Life Of Normal-Taro

Chapter 159: What about me?

"So, what happened?" Kunjan asked the two as they stepped into the room.josei

"Nothing much. We just went to look at a really messed up spaceship." Taro replied.

"And? Can you fix it?" The plankton asked.

"Unfortunately, no." Taro shook his head.

"Hmm. That's kinda sad, I guess." Gibli who sounded sleepy replied.

"Maybe. But there's always a silver lining." Thankappan jumped in and spoke.

"And that would be?"

"Scarlet is gonna infiltrate the MIB HQ soon." Thankappan replied.

"Ha… You talking shit about the headquarters. Isn't that kinda traitorous?" Kunjan asked.

"Well, the HQ has only managed to give me terrible memories throughout my life. My allegiance lies with the Snehatheeram base and it will always be right there because of certain reasons. And I kinda didn't talk shit about them. So, yea." Thankappan replied.

"Hmm, by the way, think about the future for a bit. We imagine that this Scarlet person is gonna fail in infiltrating for—stealing a spaceship, yea? But imagine if he or she-" While Kunjan was on his way to explain his point, he was interrupted.

"They." Thankappan spoke.

"Huh?"

"The pronoun would be they, since Scarlet is androgynous. But it's fine, though. Just wanted to point it out." Thankappan replied.

Kunjan sighed. "Is that so? Anyway, let's just get back to the point. What if the person actually manages to steal a ship? Wouldn't that screw our chances oh so slightly?" He raised the question in his mind.

"Well, I got a contingency plan." Thankappan smirked.

"And that would be?" Kunjan asked.

Although the plankton was usually sceptical about the usual Thankappan who frolickles around, he was always reassured by a confident Thankappan. He chose to believe in whatever the MIB agent was gonna say next.

"We'll keep hold of the Cardinal, the spaceship of Scarlet. He's surely gonna return for it since it is that precious to him. I can see it in his eyes." Thankappan explained.

"Believing in a material is all we could do right now, huh?" Kunjan sighed.

"We are not keeping hold of that material alone. We're holding onto the memories that the person spent on the ship. It's not something that can be recreated anywhere else, you see. No matter what new model they buy, those memories will always remain precious. So, it's a strong option to put our trust on." Thankappan assured.

"If you say so. I chose to put my trust in you, and you have placed your trust in the Cardinal. So, inadvertently or not, I'm trusting the Cardinal as well." Kunjan smiled.

"Me too, me too." Gibli was quick to jump into the bandwagon.

"So… Off to sleep, right?" Taro asked.

"Yup!" Everyone said simultaneously as they headed to their respective beds—all except Taro, of course.

Taro, who had nothing to do at this point, decided to turn on the television, but he stalled for a while as he stared at the bright moon above him for quite some time. He hoped for a successful mission for the person with the red hair.

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"Ready to get back to work?" Thankappan asked Taro, who sat before the television for six hours straight at that point.

"I don't know, man. The past two days made me an old man who doesn't really wanna work." Taro spoke.

Thankappan sighed. "I don't even know why I'm forcing you into coming since it would be really beneficial for me if you were to stay back. But well, I kinda want you to come to school for no particular reason." He replied.

"No particular reason, huh? You liar! I know very well about why you want me to come around." Taro scoffed.

"What do you mean?" Thankappan looked as if he did not know what Taro spoke about.

"I'm the only one in the high school block. If I'm to take a leave, you can't enter and exit the block so freely." Taro smirked.

"But why would I care about that?" Thankappan asked.

"You might not. But out there in a few hours, a girl's gonna come out who's on friendly terms with me but sees you as an extremely creepy person. You can't really be walking with her without me by your side, right?" He asked.

"I don't even-" Thankappan was about to defend his honor, but Taro put a stop to it by putting a hand on his mouth.

"Dude, don't degrade yourself any further than you did already. There's also the fact that if I took a leave, you will have to take one as my aliensitter, so yea… There's another reason. Anyhow, I'll be coming. You don't have to worry about that." Taro smiled.

"Is that so? Very well. See you by the front door in an hour." Thankappan spoke.

"Dude, our room's literally in feet' width. You don't have to say dramatic goodbyes because it'll be super embarrassing when we meet each other in five seconds." Taro shrugged.

"Ah, well… I just wanted a nice exit. Is that something hard to ask?" Thankappan cried.

"... You'll see what I mean." Taro said as he walked away.

Literally seconds later, they met up "accidentally" yet again.

"Are you gonna give me a dramatic hello now, huh?" Taro asked.

"Shut up, dude!" Thankappan walked away from Taro, only to meet up with him a few seconds later.

"See? Trashed the dramatic goodbye, didn't I?" Taro chuckled.

"Never have I felt the urge to smack someone right across their face as I feel right now." Thankappan sounded frustrated as he said that.

"But you simply can't now, can you?" Taro laughed like a maniac. 

"What are you two doing?" Kunjan asked as he stared at them.

"An extremely friendly verbal communication." Taro replied.

"Ha… You never know when these verbal communications become physical confrontation. So please refrain from doing anything like this in the kitchen." He warned them.

"Hmm, you've been extra careful ever since the John incident, haven't you?" Taro asked with the coy smile on his face.

"What about me?" A voice was heard from the back. The voice of the person he wasn't expecting at that moment. He sure did hope that the person didn't get his memory jogged by anything he said.

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