The Life Of Normal-Taro

John, who walked beside Lonappan back to the Holy Land, was a bit bugged by Lonappan's constant humming. "Hmm, did something good happen?" He asked.

"You can say that." Lonappan gave out a smile as he replied, which wasn't appreciated by John since he thought that the smile was a bit smug.

"Good for you. Seems like you're having plenty fun these days. I'm REALLY happy for you." John spoke, trying to give out a guilty feeling to Lonappan.

However, Lonappan wasn't one to get that feeling of guilt. Instead, he continued smiling, seriously irking John. The MIB headquarters' veteran felt rage welling up inside him against the person beside him. He made a promise to give out a similar smug smile one day.

Meanwhile, back in the Holy Land, things were seriously gloomy after the fiasco last night. The four didn't even utter a single word to each other when they woke up. The trauma induced was so strong that they had no choice but to remain silent since the ones beside them had also endured the same fate as them.

Since Thankappan was usually the talkative one, he couldn't bear this silence. Therefore, the atheist Thankappan headed to a church for the first time in his life to confess to the priest of his sins. Well, he did omit the part about his job as an MIB official, however other than that, he did talk about his job as a teacher and the events that happened the last day and stuff. He could release all those stress he had by the time he left the church. He looked forward to having a productive day.

However, the other three were still gloomy. Taro skipped over the morning news when he turned on the television and thought of watching some movie. However, Kunjan grabbed the remote and changed it into an English movie channel, which the both didn't mind. As for Gibli, he was seen roaming around rooms carrying his phone. Occasionally, he would stop and look at his phone nostalgically. He had the image of his favorite characters, Hitomi and Atsushi on there. He looked sad as he deleted that image from his phone as a symbolic gesture of never watching anime again. He learned the past day that 2D girls are capable of hurting him internally, so he was willing to pull himself away from this weakness. Although the atmosphere was gloomy, the four of them, including Thankappan, the one on his way back from the church were recuperating from the horrible events of yesterday in their own ways.

Seven o'clock came by, and they left for school. And yet again, they had a meeting of complete coincidence with Shivani. Hell, even Shivani was aware that this wasn't a mere coincidence as her neighbors always ended up exiting their house at the exact time she did, no matter how early or late she was. Hence, she was slightly worried about whether someone bugged her home or placed a camera or something. If that was the case, then Thankappan was her primary suspect.

Anyway, Shivani was quick to notice that everyone else except Thankappan seemed to be in a rotten mood. So, she decided to point it out since it was kinda getting uncomfortable to walk beside Taro. "Hey, did something happen yesterday?" She asked.

"Huh? Why'd you ask?" He asked back.

"Well, I happened to hear some screams from your room yesterday. It was not just me who heard it though! And today, it seems like you sucked a lemon or something. I mean, you're making it kinda obvious that something definitely happened last night." She gave out her explanation.

"Hmm, something did happen, however, I'm not willing to share any other information on that matter. It's nothing big, don't worry about it. Hell, even I don't know why I'm making a big deal out of it… I better snap out of it!" He spoke as he slapped his cheeks to jog his mind up from the immense lag that it was facing.

Although Taro went back to normal after that and smiled towards her, she could still see something lingering in his eyes. So, Shivani thought that it would be pretty cool if she could get her friends together and give her neighbors a little cheer up gift.

#

Back in the Holy Land, John just returned home and saw that the guys left the place already. He didn't ask Lonappan about what happened because he wanted to hear it from his roommates. However, now that they were no longer there, he thought that it would be better if he was to ask Lonappan about it.

"So, take the stuff that you need. There's a mission for me. If you're interested, you can come. If not, I'll leave, and you can take your time." Lonappan spoke.

"Oh, wait! I'm coming. It'll just take a minute." John spoke as he quickly headed in room #306. He didn't want to stay in the room all alone, waiting for his roommates to come back just to hear stuff from yesterday. If that was what he wanted, as he previously thought of, he could always ask Lonappan. So, going with Lonappan really seemed like the better option to him.

While Lonappan waited for John to come back, someone approached him from behind, putting him on high alert. "Jeez. Calm down, will ya? It's just me!" The creature waved his hand… front paw to be exact. It was M'Baku.

"Oh, it's you! How are you doing?" Lonappan asked.

"I'm doing fine." He replied. "Anyway, let's get to the main point. I did the things you asked me to do with splendid success. So, did you get what I asked for?" He asked.

"Yup, I got it right here!" He said as he dangled a new gold dog chain before M'Baku.

"Hmm, looks like it'll look hella fly on me! Come on, take this shit off me and put the new chain on me!" He ordered, to which Lonappan complied. He kinda understood why M'Baku didn't like the chain he had on his neck previously. It was cheap. It made him itchy. He had been asking for a new chain for the longest time, however MIB rejected it saying that the bank which had his money had a technical problem. Since he technically looked like a dog, he wasn't allowed to manage his finances because the MIB feared that he might end up buying something from some shop, freaking the people around him as a result. However, if someone were to see this from an outside perspective, they would wonder why the MIB won't buy something for him if he asked. Well, it was Lonappan's plan so that when clutch time like the one hand comes around, he could bribe the canino with a gold chain with his own allowance money.

However, Lonappan had a huge misconception in his mind. It was that M'Baku collected all the information just to receive a gold chain. What Lonappan didn't know was that even though he didn't have the MIB finances, he had some stacked in Ajish's spare parts due to an old promise they had with each other. So, if he wanted a gold chain, he could've easily used that. However, in this case, he wanted a reason, so he thought that Lonappan highlighting the gold chain worked perfectly to his plans.

Anyway, his reason for doing Lonappan's odd jobs was simply because his roommates had pissed him off. Like, it's not a petty reason like they hadn't talked to him for a hot while or something… It's just that with each passing day, it seemed as if their relationship with Shivani was getting better and better, to the point where he was pushed into becoming a random side character.

M'Baku wasn't that pissed at Gibli and the plankton. He believed that they were two necessary sacrifices to be made so that the other two suffered miserably in the consequence event. Why the hatred towards the two of them? Well, in Thankappan's case, he was the one trying his hardest to get closer to Shivani. He didn't like how hard he was trying to do so. So, he was perceived as a threat that should be dealt with sooner or later. And he believed that this would only be a stepping stone to the things he was gonna suffer if he doesn't leave Shivani's side.

Now, Taro's case was different. It did seem like he wasn't actively trying to pursue Shivani. However, he was the main culprit who has been ruining his life on a daily basis. Whenever M'Baku went to Shivani's room to relax a bit, all she had to talk about was what Mr Sadanandan did in the class that day. It was going on to a point that his haven was on the brink of collapse. He didn't like how she talked about someone else while he was around trying to do almost every trick to grab her attention. He wanted her for himself. All her attention and love; everything! Slowly, but surely, a yandere dog was surfacing in the Holy Land household.

#