The Life Of Normal-Taro

Chapter 144: How long will the peace last?

(Back to 3rd person!)

"Seems like sensei really like you." Abhirami giggled as she said that.

"Now, why would you say that?" Taro sighed.

"Well, it seems like he was basically devoted to ya! Hehe." Abhirami continued giggling.

"Ha, that's just because he wanted to see my fight for some odd reason." Taro replied.

"Hmm, it's just not him though. Literally everyone in the karate class wanted to see you fight. He just voiced their opinions." Abhirami replied.

"See? He was devoted to me for you guys!" Taro replied.

"Haha, you really just say devoted! I was making fun, you know?" Abhirami's giggle turned into a full-fledged laughter at this point. 

Taro grew so frustrated hearing her laughter that he did a noogie on her head.

"Oww, that hurts!" She cried.

"That's exactly what I hoped for." Taro replied with a smirk.

"Ha, the suffering of being Mr Sadanandan's favorite student." She sighed.

"When did I ever say that you were my favorite student? I feel like you need another noogie." Taro raised his knuckles, but Abhirami ran away as soon as she saw him prepare.

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Back in the Holy Land. The group of four was chilling while watching television, waiting for John to come back. Since the mood was too gloomy for reasons unknown, Taro broke the silence.

"Hey, you know what happened in the school today?" He asked.

"Classes." Thankappan gave out a really lazy reply.

"This fucI know classes happened today!" Taro spoke.

"Then why did you even ask?" Thankappan scoffed.

"Well, I was trying to break the freaking silence in here!" Taro replied.

"Hmm? But the television's on, though!" Thankappan spoke.

"I know! But are you even watching it? It's on for the sake for being on." The Wadorian sighed.

"So, what did you wanna talk about?" Thankappan asked, conceding to Taro.

"I was gonna say that I met Harish in the school today, but I don't think you lot are interested in hearing it. So, I'm not gonna say that to you." Taro replied. 

He was genuinely pissed off by their nonchalant behavior. He kinda hated it when someone acted the way Thankappan did when he was about to say something.

"I'm sorry for my behavior. But who in the world is Harish?" He apologized.

"Ah, don't you remember him? He's the one from the tourna-" Taro was about to talk about the tournament, but thought against it.

However, the thing is that he already hinted towards it, so his roommates had an idea about what he was talking about.

"Tournament, huh That's weird. Are you sure that it's a mere confidence?" Kunjan asked.

"Well, I think so. I asked Abhirami, and it seems like he had been teaching Karate in the school even before we joined the school." Taro replied.

"Is that so? Then I guess it was a coincidence." Kunjan spoke.

"By the way, did he show some weird signs?" Thankappan interjected and asked.

"Weird signs?"

"Ah, you see, some sort of action like he recognized you or something. There's a chance that you might have accidentally jogged his memory with your face alone. So..." Thankappan was being precocious about it.

"Hmm, not much. Well, initially he looked surprised, but that's kinda it. He acted normally after it." Taro explained.

"Why would he act surprised around you? Does he remember something? Is that why? It's possible, right?" Thankappan went full on suspicious mode upon hearing this.

"Maybe. But there's also the chance that he was surprised since no teacher heads towards the karate class. It's the first time, I guess." Taro replied.

"I see. That could be it too." Thankappan nodded his head. "So, what are you gonna do now? Are you gonna meet him next Friday as well?" He asked.

"Well, I made myself the instructor/advisor of the karate class. So, yea. I gotta go since it's kinda my duty now. And other than that, he asked me to spar with him, so I better get my gi as well." Taro answered.

"You're gonna spar with him?" Thankappan sounded grim as he asked. The last time Taro fought was disastrous, after all. "What are you gonna do when he says something to tick you off?" He asked.

"I give you my word. I won't even attack once." Taro assured him.

"Nah, I don't believe ya." Thankappan sighed before coming up with an idea. "You know what? I'll accompany you to the auditorium with ya and preside over the match!" He spoke.

"Just like the basketball match, huh?" Taro asked.

"Yup. Just like the basketball match." Thankappan nodded his head.

"Very well. It's not gonna harm me or anything." Taro shrugged.

"By the way, the gi. Are you gonna take yours to the fight?" Kunjan raised his arm and asked.

"Yea, why did you ask?" Taro questioned.

"Hmm, I suggest you don't take that to the school." Kunjan replied.

"And what's the reason behind it?" Taro asked.

"Well, isn't that gi from your dojo? Don't you think it's gonna trigger some memories in Harish or whatever his name was?" Kunjan asked.

"Shoot. I didn't think about it that much. You're right about that. Better be safe than sorry, eh?" Taro smirked.

"That's right." Kunjan nodded his head to that. "By the way, it'd be fine if you won, but try not to utterly destroy the man's confidence like you did to the Samuel guy." He spoke.

"You heard, huh?" Taro chuckled.

"Well, Thankappan right here is quite a blabbermouth, you see." Kunjan shrugged.

"Hey! You were the one who actively approached me asking for what happened in the match!" Thankappan retorted.

"Did I do something like that?" Kunjan acted confused.

"Don't you do that act before me!" Thankappan sounded frustrated as he saw Kunjan's acting, which was already too crippled by the lack of expressions in his face.

"Hehe." Kunjan laughed. However, yet again his stoic face was incapable of expressing his "inner" emotions.

Everyone else could only sigh upon seeing this sight. It was a pretty fun atmosphere overall, since they were unaware of the fact that Harish actually remembered everything. 

However, once they learn about it, the situation would be much more grim than anyone can expect. But the peace is kept for now.

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