Karma? More Like Comma

In secondary school, a chair had three lockers; one time during compulsory summer school, my seatmates were Delphine seated in the middle and Prosper on her left with me on her right. That particular summer was so much fun. We were the only class in school, there were hardly any classes and very few academic and nonacademic staff, so most school rules and regulations weren't upheld.
That period, Delphine, Prosper, and I were like a class seat locker family.
We talked, played, did things together, and helped each other.

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So one afternoon, we were in class, and I bought some doughnuts to eat, but I hadn't started eating them when Delphine came and said I should escort her so she could go and buy some, too.
Before leaving I gave Prosper my doughnuts to hold for me. I don't even know why I did it because normally I would put it in my locker and lock it. After all, you can't trust it to prosper when it comes to anything food.

We reached the classroom door, and I heard Prosper shout, “Thank you”.

I looked back. It was me he was talking to, and this boy was smiling mischievously. Instead of walking just a few steps back to the seat, I laughed at it as a joke and yelled back from where I was, “Don't touch my doughnuts, I am serious. If not you would buy another one, even double,"

He continued telling me thank you, but I ignored him, and me and Delphine left.
Just for us to come back and the prosper's mouth was already oily, smiling.

“So you ate it," I said as I took the nylon with one doughnut missing.

“Thank you," he said

“You will buy it back,"

“The Lord said help the needy, I don't even have money,"

"Just leave him; he is still our seatmate, right? He will surely buy something one day,” Delphine said

“Don't worry I will get you back," I said as I ate my doughnuts in peace.

So like, one week after, by that time, he had bought biscuits and other things many times in class, but long since, I left it for karma and even forgot about it. That day our maths teacher came to class, not to teach, he was just in school and decided to pay a visit to our class.
While talking and everything he then brought up a fun question and said whoever could give him the correct answer was going to win a prize of three thousand naira. I can't remember the exact question, but he said it was something simple, and the entire class just kept on guessing and getting it wrong.

Prosper wasn't in the class when Sir Chuks came in; I don't know where he went.
Prosper came back when people were guessing, and the entire class was rowdy, hands raised in the air wanting to be picked, and when picked, they gave wrong answers.

He came in with no idea of what was going on and came straight to the seat to ask Delphine and me what was going on. Delphine was busy talking with people behind trying to figure out the answer. So Prosper's questions were directed to me, who had no hope of guessing the correct answer.

“What is going on?"

"He said whoever answers the question will get three thousand naira,” I told him

"What is the question?” Prosper's eyes widened as he heard ‘three thousand nairas’

Just then, my evil plan came to me; the plan was so good it was like karma itself gave it to me.

"Don't worry about the question; the answer is comma,” I said, one hundred percent sure the answer had nothing to do with the word ‘comma.’

He didn't trust me immediately and asked why I didn't answer the question if I knew it. And I came up with a quick response “I already answered a question before, he has written my name so I can't answer again. Just answer it then we will share the money,”

As I reminded him of the money, he agreed without giving it further thought and started raising his hand to be picked.
After some wrong answers, sir Chuks finally picked Prosper. The class quieted down to hear the answer, and he gave it with his full chest. “Comma!" the answer echoed in the class, and Sir Chuks burst into laughter, and the entire class joined him. I let out the laugh I had held for so long that was beginning to make my chest ache.

Prosper realized and sat down, and laughed as he told me “Nice one, I will do you back,"

The whole thing carried on after everyone had a good laugh. After everything, people who wondered what warranted such a bold, genuine answer from Prosper asked, and when he told them, they all had some extra laughs.
Everyone forgot it, but from time to time, Delphine would tease him and call him “comma.”