The Life Of Normal-Taro

"Ah, you're back in the right time! Let me introduce you to the vice principal of this school- Miss Rita." The principal pointed towards Rita as she spoke.

"Hello, Miss Rita." The crew of guys simultaneously spoke.

"Hey…" Rita nervously waved her hand upon hearing a bunch of grown men's simultaneous replies. However, since she's been hearing hundreds of kids greet her simultaneously, she quickly got back to her groove. "So, if you will follow me, I can lead you towards the staff room. I'll hand over your schedules over there." She spoke as she walked out of the principal's office, signalling them to follow her.

"Cool, we'll be right behind you." Thankappan replied and the suited men closely followed her. It was a spectacle for the kids who got to the school early that day. It looked as if their vice principal was followed by a bunch of bodyguards or something.

Noticing the looks that the kids were shooting at them, Rita looked towards them and spoke. "You know, you don't really have to be so suited up. Like, we do have a uniform code for our teachers, but it's still lax. So, you can ditch the jacket once you enter the classrooms. It's already so hot in our country, so you don't have to make it more hot for yourself."

"I see. We'll take that into consideration." Thankappan replied, while the others stayed silent. Unlike Thankappan, who's pretty much used to invading other people's privacy and sparking random chats, the other three were a bit confused about when to jump in. Hence, Thankappan helmed in all the conversations while the others still waited for the right moment just like they did with the peon.

"Here we are! The staff room. Let's meet your new colleagues, shall we?" Rita headed in and in followed the four. There wasn't much fuzz about their arrival, since everyone seemed to be deeply involved in their own shit. However, they did stand up and introduced themselves to the new teachers.

The crew did notice the hint of displeasure in their new colleagues' eyes. Maybe it was because they have a background of working in the construction sector. Or maybe it was because that the principal literally offered them jobs at first without even looking at their credentials. Anyway, animosity was clearly seen in their eyes. Not that the aliens cared though. Even back when they were working under Francis, they were initially met with eyes filled with animosity before it turned into one of admiration. So, they hoped to do a similar sorta magic in this workplace as well.

After all the introductions, Rita called them to her table. "Here you go. These are your schedules." She said, as she handed them pamphlets.

"Ah, sweet! Third graders!" Gibli was satisfied with his less jam packed schedule.

"Grammar for sixth graders, huh? Not that bad." Thankappan was satisfied with his one as well.

"English for fourth graders and physical education? But, I'm not a PE teacher!" Kunjan was confused about his schedule.

"Ah, don't worry about that! There isn't technically any education related to sports. You just gotta take the kids to the school ground and let them play whatever they want." Rita clarified.

"Oh, is that so?" Since it didn't seem that difficult, Kunjan nodded his head in satisfaction.

"Umm, what about me? I didn't get my schedule." Tar… Sadanandan raised his arm and spoke.

"Ah, here you go!" Rita handed his pamphlet. "By the way, we looked through your credentials and I've gotta say, you're the one who impressed us the most. You know, we've been looking for a teacher like you for a few months now. It's like you're godsend!" She replied.

"Hmm, English for second grade… And twelfth grade? Moreover, I'm the class teacher of the twelfth graders?" Sadanandan asked, surprised about this sudden development.

"Well, we did want you to take classes for the tenth grade as well. However, since the schedule was already decided two months ago, we just can't change it! We're deeply sorry that you're stuck with the second graders." Rita bowed her head and apologized.

"Wait! The twelfth graders…" Sadanandan was dumbfounded. He was trying to oppose them since they appointed him in the twelfth grade, while they were apologizing to him for making him teach the second graders. Like, he was being apologized for the thing he was totally fine about doing.

"Ah, I believe in you, Mr Sadanandan! Even though it seems a bit soon for you to become a class teacher, with your accolades, I'm sure you'll make a fine teacher!" Rita smiled.

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After the crazy reveal about him becoming the class teacher of the twelfth grade, Taro dragged his crew to a corner. "Okay, what was that all about?" He looked towards Thankappan and asked.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, why is she talking about some credentials that I am not aware of? Weren't we supposed to be equals? Then how come I'm the only one highlighted here? Not that I particularly hate any fame, but I feel like I don't deserve this praise!" Taro replied, as he glared towards Thankappan.

Thankappan sighed. "Okay! We might or might not have given you a few extra qualifications and degrees." He replied.

"Why would you do that? Do you have any idea what you just did? I've got to teach twelfth graders while you guys teach third and fourth graders now. Do you know what that means? I've gotta be around teenagers!" Taro cried.

"Why, you ask? Because we in the MIB made a collective decision to do so. Because this way, you'll be elevated among the rather ordinary resumes that we have and have a better opportunity at getting a decent job. You do know that even if we got fired, we could just waltz back to Pranchiyettan and do our work there, right? However, that's not possible for you now, is it? We still gotta worry about John, you know? So, yea we made it a bit more favorable for you. By the way, why are you so butt-hurt about this? What's so bad about teaching teenagers?" Thankappan asked.

"Don't get me started, dude! Okay, hear me out. I would like to believe that us people from Wados are the most disciplined and mannered people of the entire universe. Mind you, it's not just me. I believe the two of them will agree as well." Taro pointed towards the two aliens and replied.

"Yea, Wadorians have incredible mannerisms! He ain't lying about that." Kunjan agreed with his statement. Gibli nodded his head along as well.

"See? Anyway, even though we're that good, there's still a small section of annoying people in a particular age group. I hope you know what I'm talking about. I'm talking about teenagers, man! Those spawns of demons are annoying even back in Wados. So, I don't wanna imagine how rotten the teenagers on Earth are! And now I've gotta face them on a daily basis because of something that you did." Taro sighed.

"Hey! Shivani's kinda chill though!" Thankappan retorted.

"That's because you've not actually held a conversation with her. Maybe once you do, that facade will be broken as well. I'm not even kidding! She might be an introvert, but who knows how she behaves in class." Taro replied.

"Seems like you had your fair share of troubles with teenagers." Thankappan spoke, upon hearing Taro.

"Aw, man! It wasn't a fair share. It's more like the lion's share of trouble was caused by teenagers. Back in Wados, I was in the disaster management department, you see. Do you know who causes the most damage? It ain't the terrorist… It was the damn teenagers. They'd just prance around destroying stuff and we always had to get hold of them and lecture them. And since they were in that rebellious phase, they never listen to whatever we had to say and continue wrecking shit. And since we couldn't just smack their asses since that'd be child abuse, we had to continuously suffer." Taro replied.

"Damn, however I don't think it'll be that bad. Well, the Earthlings might be a bit talkative, but I believe they won't run around destroying stuff." Thankappan tried using words of consolation.

"Oh, no! You know what's worse than hyper-active teenagers? It'll be talkative and emo ones. Some have the thought that they're holier than thou and the emo ones are like, no one has ever suffered the pain they have suffered and stuff. A couple of egotistical dipshits. Damn, I'm gonna have a hard time around them, aren't I?" Taro asked, looking all miserable.

"You are." Thankappan replied, since he knew that no words of consolation was ever gonna calm Taro down.

"I guess I gotta endure through this for the team!" Taro gave out a weak smile.

"For the team!" The other three chanted as well as they patted his shoulder.

"Mr. Sadanandan! You have the first period slot since you're the class teacher. So, follow me. I'll lead to your class." Rita interjected and signaled Taro to follow her. Taro took a deep breath in and followed her, while the other three wished him luck.

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