After that heartfelt talk from Ponnappan, he along with Lonappan left the premises since they had stuff to attend to. Once they left, Thankappan leaned against a wall and took a deep breath.
All this time, he had been feeling stuffed. The pressure and the guilt he felt all this time was pretty immense. And that took a heavy toll on him at that exact moment.
"Did they leave?" A whisper was heard from his side, which made him startled.
"Fuck! Why the hell are you here?" He looked at the person and asked.
"Well, it's my home, so…" Taro shrugged.
"I'm not talking about that. You were supposed to be with Scarlet, damn it! Why would you leave—wait a minute! Where did you even leave him?" Thankappan asked.
"Ah, don't worry about that." Taro got close to whisper. "I locked him in one of the classrooms. No one's gonna open it. Not on my watch!" He spoke.
Dang, it took way longer to write this chapter than I hoped for some reason.
Anyhow, cheers!