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Naru's POV

"Lin, start unloading. I'll go open the office," I said as walked towards the office door. Its been three painful years since I last saw this place...and Mai. It had been some time now that I found out that Mai means something to me. Shes...special. She is important to me, as much as my parents are. All those times of her falling or getting attacked that made my heart beat with so much fear (I've finally admitted) and adrenaline. All the times she smiled at me and I couldn't help it but let my eyes soften just the tiniest bit.

At the thought of Mai, my mind wondered to when I saw her for the last time.

FLASHBACK!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BAM!

Thoughts in flashbacks will be normal writing, everything else will be in Italics.

I was walking towards the office door, Mai walking silently behind me. Today had been just an ugly day, it had been threatening to rain all morning and afternoon. And now it had followed through with it's threat.

I walked past the white sheet-covered couches that held fond memories of people I will probably never see again. People, I might have called my "friends" at one point.

The office looked grim and barren with only the outlines of pictures and furniture on the walls. A tiny pull at my heart made me cringe at the thought of never seeing the smiling face of Mai bursting through the door late once again. Her red face and big cinnamon eyes staring at me.

I closed the office door for the last time, with Mai standing next to me. As we walked down the stairs I realized Mai was being so non-Mai, she was actually quiet.

As we got to the bottom of the stairs I turned towards her. Her head was casted downwards, hands in pockets. She looked dejected, betrayed.

"Mai," at the call of her name, Mai looked up. Tears brimmed her usually joy-filled eyes. Her skin unpleasantly looking more pale than usual, her shoulders slumped in a defeated manner and somewhat shaking, and the usual constant red tint on her cheeks was nowhere to be seen.

"Yes N-Naru," she asked. Her voice shaking a little, just a little but enough to make me feel almost guilty for what I am doing.

"Goodbye Mai. It was wonderful working with you." I said sticking my hand out for her to shake it. My voice was tough and strong (A/N:He was trying to be nice to her. How sweet Naru :3)but as the sentence came out, I found it hard to stand there in the drizzling rain and stare at her defeated look.

She made a small strangled cry and pushed past my hand and hugged my waist. Somewhat shocked I just placed one hand on her back not feeling up to it to insult her or push her away. Then she mumbled something into my chest.

"What Mai? I didn't hear that. Speak up idiot," I said in my usual monotone, curiosity danced in my mind as to what she had said.

"Don't go," she lifted her head to look at me,tears rolled down her face as rain drops collided with her tears.

I stood shocked, yet I expected this. Mai obviously had been disturbed by the news of my leaving for weeks. I was surprised she even came in to work today.

"I can't stay Mai, I need to bury Gene in England and you know that." My voice oddly turned just a tad bit softer than usual. Why is my voice suddenly softer? She shouldn't act dumb and ask me to stay. But why do I feel so...sad almost? That thought perplexed me to no end.

"Stay here...with me," she whispered. Her head hung low so I couldn't see her expression. I stood there, truly flabbergasted at her words. I felt my eyes widening.

"I...can't idiot," I almost whispered. Even I could hear the sad sound in my usual monotone voice. My heart (which I never knew I even had one after Gene's death) burned.

She suddenly released me and stood in front of me with a determined expression. Mai, I recalled, can be very unpredictable. And this, this bravado, was not at all what I expected.

"N-Naru," Her voice wavered, "I...I..." she took a deep breath. Probably getting ready to spill out how much I've been a jerk and a long speech of how she'll miss me probably. I thought smuggly at the thought of me already knowing what shes doing.Now shes predictable.

"I...l-love you," she stuttered. Her eyes searching mine in a desperate attempt to find some sort of emotion or reaction. To be honest...I don't know what to do.

What? For the first time, I don't know what to do, say, or think even. She...just confessed. What do I say? What...am I going to say? What do I feel towards this girl? Then it hit me. How could she love me? I've been cold, nasty, rude, horrible even! I've insulted her countless times, and yet here she is confessing to me. Surely it isn't me. She said she sees Gene in her dreams, surely she loves him. He probably smiled to her all the time and he's helped her out of deadly situations and showed kindness that I can not. She probably is just using me as a substitute for him because we share the same face. I thought bitterly. My hands clutched at my sides. My glare pointed somewhere above her head.

Damn, why am I so mad? Why does she hurt herself thinking she loves me? Why am I forced with correcting her mistake? Damnnit! I shouldn't be getting this worked up about it.

I sighed and looked at her. I know my rage is blazing through my eyes, but it is hard to control the hatred I feel. Exactly who I felt this emotion towards is a mystery.

"No, you don't Mai. You don't love me, you love Gene. I apologize for my bluntness but I can not substitute for his smiles and kindness," I spat through clenched teeth. Venom laced through every word. I just couldn't contain my hatred.

I turned on my heel and walked to the car. I opened the door aggressively and sat down. I slammed the door, but I really didn't care.

"Naru?" I didn't look at Lin nor anything in particular. Just straight ahead.

"Drive," the venom still leaked from my mouth. Lin, though probably worried, turned the ignition and pulled out of the parking lot. As we drove away, I looked in my rear view mirror. Mai was standing, shaking, hands gripping her shirt on her heart. I didn't need to see her face to know she was crying.

I couldn't even think, I didn't know what to do I was so furious.

"Naru, calm down." Lin said. The anger peaked when I heard that name. Naru, Naru, Naru, gah! I hate the name. "Naru the Narcissist!" Mai's voice rang through my ears at the memory of her explaining why she named me "Naru."

END 'O' FLASHBACK!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BAM!

General POV

For Lin, the last three years have been a living hell. Naru was annoyingly useless. He usually spent his time dazed and thinking. He didn't speak to anyone about what happened, nor about anything for a matter of fact. He kept to himself and refused to be social with even his parents.

Of course Lin knew he would be effected by Mai and her confession (yes, Lin had seen the entire scene) but he didn't know the effects would be this tremendous. After about four or five months Naru slowly (and when Lin says slowly, he means slowly!) started to socialize to put it lightly, but he tried to avoid socialization when ever he could.

Every girl who would approach him on the streets when he would be forced to go outside (he didn't even walk in the Davis's garden! The boy was a hermit for pete's sake!) he wouldn't even give them the time of day, he'd just walk past them with one of his worst glares and leave them dazed and scared for their lives.

When Naru had announced that he would be returning to Japan, Lin was the most surprised to say the least. He couldn't fathom why Naru would ever want to return to a place he knew held horrible memories for the now 20 year old.

But in reality, Lin was happy Naru did decide to come back. Truthfully, Lin missed the short haired, spunky girl named Mai. He grew quite fond of the young girl while they worked together. Lin reminisced about the passed while he turned the car off and got out to head to the trunk to start unloading various items.

Naru on the other hand had opened the office door already.

Naru's POV

The door creaked as I shoved it open. The floor looked dusty and old, and the air was slightly musky. I walked further in, the couches that were still covered with the same white-sheets as the day I left. The feeling of loneliness radiated off of every inch of the room.

The area where Mai's desk once stood, now is vacant and spacious. The thought of her coming to work for me again made me want to smile just a tad bit. But why would she want to work for me, the one who broke her heart and left her in the rain? (A/N: Rain is so cliché but it gets you in the sad mood right? Hopefully?)

I frowned a bit at the thought but then turned around and walked into my old office. My desk, no longer there but strangely my phone was. It was plugged in and sitting on the ground. I picked it up and dialed a number I never thought I would dial again.

The line rang and rang, the noise becoming very annoying. The thought of the person I am trying to reach knowing it was me and refusing to pick it up ran through my mind. What if the number has changed?

Suddenly as if on cue to put all my worries (A/N: Wow, "worries"? Naru? wow, dude. What did England do to our Naru?) and thoughts to rest, the receiver picked up.

"Yello?"

"Bou-san...its me...Naru. You got a minute?"

Well thats chapter one~! Hope you liked it! Pretty bad ending huh?As usual, I'd appreciate it greatly if you reviewed! Was it good, bad, I love you good, go die in a whole bad, marry me to Naru amazing or go makeout with a spitty llama horrible? Haha well I hope to update soon! Adieu!