The Life Of Normal-Taro

Chapter 194: Why did you hide it from me?

Taro was dumbfounded for the entire day. He had a lot of questions in his mind. The reveal that Lena was Ponnappan's wife was a big swerve for him. It was an even bigger twist to learn that Ponnappan and Lonappan were related to each other through their wives.

"What happened?" Thankappan asked as he saw Taro spacing out as they returned back to the Holy Land.

"Yea, what happened? You looked the same when I came by your block during the lunch break." Gibli spoke as well.

Taro stayed silent for the next few seconds before finally processing the question that they just asked. "I guess it's the after effect of learning a big secret." He replied, naturally grabbing the attention of his peers.

"What secret?" Thankappan asked.

"You remember how Lonappan mentioned that his wife worked in the high school block?" Taro asked.

"Yea. Why? Did you met with her or what? Is that your big secret? How is that a secret?" Thankappan asked.

"Listen to what I have to say, will ya?" Taro kinda sounded frustrated as he said that.

"Sure. What's the big secret, champ?" Thankappan asked.

"I actually met up with Lena, who is the cousin of Lonappan's wife Leia." Taro replied.

"Yet again, I don't know how this constitutes as a big secretnever mind. You continue." Thankappan spoke as he saw Taro's face fuming with anger from his interference.

"You're right. Me meeting with Leia's cousin randomly wouldn't be such a big secret. However, I want to hear your opinion when you hear that Lena is actually Ponnappan's wife. So, how was that? A secret big enough for you?" Taro asked, as Thankappan stood still for a moment.

"What did you just say?" Thankappan asked. He couldn't believe what he just heard.

"I said that your commanding officer and your senior are relatives through their wives." Taro answered.

"Okay. That does constitute as a big secret." Thankappan nodded his head vigorously for quite a few times as a confirmation.

"See? What did I tell you?" Taro had a victorious look on his face.

"Yea, sorry for not listening to you before." Thankappan spoke, as he walked towards the Holy Land the same way Taro walked a few seconds before. However, the difference was that Taro recovered from it after revealing it to everyone else. But Thankappan had no one else that he could reveal it to.

"Haha! Look at your face! It's pretty funny!" A voice rang out of nowhere.

"Hey, Scarlet. Don't make fun of people like that." Taro clenched on the invisible Scarlet's collar as he said that.

Scarlet sighed. "Even a few days ago, I was a big deal, you know? I mean, I'm the guy who successfully broke into the MIB headquarters where no one even thinks of breaking into. How badly do you guys have to nerf me?" He asked.

"Well, we aren't the ones nerfing you. You simply can't escape Taro. That's your weakness, isn't it? Try overcoming that yourself and maybe you'll garner your way back to credibility." Thankappan spoke.

"Hmm, you'll see about that." Scarlet sounded motivated to a few and extremely vague to the others. Nevertheless, none of them darted an eye to that statement since they had something else to think about.

"Anyhow, doesn't that mean that Ponnappan lives in Mundur as well?" Gibli brought forth the question he had in his mind.

"Well, just because his wife works here doesn't mean that he has to stay here." Kunjan brought logic to the table of discussion.

"Ah, Ponnappan lives in Mundur as well." Taro replied to Gibli.

"What?" Among them, Thankappan was the one who was shocked the most.

"Great. I stand corrected then." Kunjan slowly made his way out of the conversation and decided to just listen to what others had to say.

"Well, it was Lena who told me that. Ponnappan lives here as well." Taro assured.

"Ha, what's up with you MIB agents and Mundur? I mean, literally every single one of you are here now. How come? I mean, there are other alien caretaking places under your jurisdiction, right?" Gibli asked.

"Yes, there are. But what would that change?" Thankappan asked.

"Well, we can all shift to somewhere else with no drama like this. I mean, that's a good plan, right?" Gibli asked, hopeful about his plan.

"Nah, it's fine. Think about all the stuff we would miss if we are to leave this place right now. This place, the people and the relationships we made those things. It will be hard for us to just leave it be. Also, we're at the eye of a cyclone right now. We won't get screwed over unless we do something idiotic to mess our safety up." Thankappan explained.

"I guess you're right about that. Where else would you get this freedom, huh?" Gibli asked.

"Yea, 'freedom' as in having three MIB guys on your tail the entire time with one being a ticking time bomb with all the secrets buried in him without his noticing." Kunjan mumbled.

"Well Do you have to sound so negative, my dude?" Thankappan looked in the plankton's direction and asked.

"Hey, I was just stating the obvious. I didn't mean to offend anyone, you know that, right?" Kunjan asked.

"I guess?" Thankappan shrugged and after that, a silent and awkward atmosphere was formed and it was up to Taro to change the mood.

And since Taro had a lot to ask, it wasn't that big of a task. "Thankappan, I got a question to ask." He spoke.

"Shoot."

"Do you think that Lena knows about us?" He asked.

"As fellow teachers, yes." Thankappan replied.

"Nah, I didn't mean like that. I mean like the alien thing and my real name and all." Lonappan gave out an explanation for what he meant.

"I don't think so. The only way she'd know that is if Ponnappan told her. But I trust him on not revealing that info to his wife, since the agents are not allowed to share sensitive information with no one and if he or she does that, they'll be fired and their memories get wiped." Thankappan explained.

"Huh Is that so?" Taro sounded disappointed as he heard those words.

"Why did you ask?" Thankappan asked.

"Nah, it's nothing. I'm just freaking sure that I heard her call me Taro loud and clear." He replied.

"Wut?" Thankappan gave out a plain face as he heard that before chuckling to it nervously. "Nah, man. You probably hallucinated. I mean, you could be mistaken, right? Did she said that multiple times?" He asked.

"Nah. It was just that once. So, yea. It might just be a hearing blunder on my part." Taro agreed with Thankappan on that part.

"Great, now that you got the answer you were looking for, it's time for me to get some answers on my own." Thankappan spoke as he snapped out of his conflicted mind-set.

"And how are you gonna do that? I mean, I got some questions as well that I would like to get answered, so yea" Taro shrugged.

"Ah, don't worry about that. I'd be answering all your questions in due time. And that would be after I get the answers to mine. And as for my method to receiving the answers, well I'm just gonna be straightforward with it." Thankappan revealed.

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Evening time in the Holy Land. Lonappan accompanied John like he usually do. However, the difference that day was that there was someone waiting for him for the longest time there and he was surprised to see his face pop up right before him once he opened the door with the spare key.

"Fudge cake! Why are you standing there like that?" Lonappan asked to the man before him.

"I wanted to meet up with you, so I waited for you here." Thankappan replied.

"Dude, if you wanted to talk with me, you could've just dialled me up." Lonappan shrugged.

"Nah, I felt iffy when I thought about doing it for some reason. My heart kept telling me to meet up with you before doing anything. So, here we are." Thankappan replied.

"Truly eccentric, aren't you?" Lonappan sighed before continuing. "So, what's the thing you wanted to say to me?" He asked.

"You never told me." Thankappan mumbled.

However, Lonappan was quick to catch the mumble. "What did I never tell ya, huh?" He asked.

"About your wife and-" Before Thankappan could complete his words, Lonappan interrupted.

"Hey! I did tell about my wife working in the school, the same block as Taro. So, don't tell me that I haven't talked about that my wife being there near your vicinity." Lonappan defended his statement from before like crazy.

"Is that so? But I'm not talking about your wife though." Thankappan replied.

"Who then?" The senior agent asked.

"Well, I'm talking about your wife's cousin, who's the wife of our commanding officer. Now, tell me. Why did you hide it from me? And what else are you hiding for the last minute?" Thankappan asked with a serious tone.

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