Chapter 32 (2/2)
Even if I'm acting childishly, so what! Why is everyone telling me to grow up? This is my senior year in high school! Let me be a kid one last time, G.o.ddammit!
And Gibbs anger started overflowing.
”I have a theory and you may not like it.”
Those were KJ's words immediately after Gibbs told him what happened with Fara. He really didn't want to tell it, but KJ was the only one he had now to consult things like this. It sounded like a Malay drama but that's just how it was.
”Since you've said it already, I can't just ignore it,” muttered Gibbs.
”Don't you feel that something fishy is going on?”
”What's fishy?”
”Yeah. Ever since Deepa hanged herself, don't you feel that your girlfriend started acting weird?”
Gibbs felt like answering, ”My girlfriend really is weird,” but he knew that wasn't what KJ was getting at. So he let KJ explain his theory.
”You girlfriend seems like she's trying to avoid you. If we say that she's trying to busy herself to forget her roommate, then that's logical. But why must it be to the point that she can't let you sleep in her room?”
”Her room. Her rules,” Gibbs wasn't sure whether he was able to sound casual when saying that. He didn't want to be called uncool by KJ again.
KJ was silent.
”That's it? Your theory?”
”Of course not!”
”Then? Get to the end already.”
”What if… Fara and Deepa had planned all of this? To get to us?”
Gibbs laughed boisterously. He's started monkeying now.
”Weyh. I'm being serious here!”
”What are you bulls.h.i.+tting now you idiot?”
”Just think about it. Fara originally wasn't interested in you and Deepa kept being rejected by you. Maybe they planned all this to get you - to get us!”
”To the point that Deepa hanged herself? That's ridiculous!”
”You went with Deepa for a date that night, right?”
”Yeah.”
”What if that's the real Deepa and the one being hanged was just a dummy? We were all too traumatized to properly check that night, right?” guessed KJ.
”Impossible. There's someone else witnessing it at that time…”
”Who? Try thinking properly. Who were there that night, Gibbs? Us four, Fara, Old Lan… that's it, right? That Old Lan never liked us! If he's in it with Fara, with Deepa… it's logical, right?”
Gibbs was silent this time. s.h.i.+t, the more I think… the more plausible this theory is.
”But… but… the whole school knows about Deepa's case.” Gibbs was still trying to deny KJ's theory.
”Have you talked with anyone about Deepa's case? Or perhaps you've heard anyone talk about it?”
KJ's question was supposed to be answered with a confident ”Yes!” like someone who's answering a question in Wheel of Fortune.
Supposed to.
It's unfortunate that after Gibbs thought of it properly again… he really had b=never talked to anyone about it, and had never heard people talk about it. Even though the incident was quite huge, and should be a hot topic between CGTSS students and staff.
”Maybe everyone is traumatic like us…” Gibbs argument sounded weak.
”Come on, Gibbs! It can't be everyone! At the very least, there should be 1-2 jacka.s.ses talking about it! The problem now is that it felt like the incident simply vanished like that. Like…”
Gibbs was already s.h.i.+vering even before KJ finished his sentence.
”Like it had never happened in the first place.”
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