A/N: Ta daaa! I wrote a random thingie again! This story is set in an AU in which we jump ten years in the future. Mai never worked at SPR. This little fic has only ten chapters, each of varying short lengths. Hope you enjoy~


[1]

Seeing that ring on his finger had always irked her.

Although, Mai admitted, she knew she had no reason to get so riled up.

"Ms. Taniyama, what do you think?"

"Yes, sir?" she asked, looking up from her doodle. "Oh, um. The answer is B, Malum Prohibitum."

"Correct," he said. Then he moved on to his next victim, asking the reason behind the answer.

She sighed and rubbed the sleep away from her eyes. Then she sighed once more, out of frustration. Her hand had started to move by itself again, outlining her drawing.

The drawing was of her ridiculously handsome professor. Well, most of him. She left out his left hand. And his damn wedding ring.

She was nearly done with the sketch, only shading was left. It was a good sketch, she thought. Not bad, not bad. Though maybe if she erased that conceited smirk and replaced it with a -

"Taniyama." The voice came from right beside her ear.

"Who - what?" Surprised, she stood up and backed away frantically. In her haste, the things on her desk cluttered to the ground. She had been so focused on tracing the perfect smile on the two-dimensional face, only to be surprised when the three-dimensional model himself was standing behind her.

"Class has adjourned. Didn't you hear the bell?" He smirked. Damn that smirk.

". . . I'll be going then."