It was a calm and silent night, but that just added to the problems of a certain Burnett assistant. Her boss was in a rather foul mood in this late hour work day due to a certain event that occurred earlier in the day.

Flashback

The Burnett assistant ran into the office of a very inpatient narcissist awaiting for his much loved tea. As the assistant put her school bag by her desk she awaits the cold voice that shortly followed. "Mai. Tea." the narcissists voice rang through the thin walls of the SPR office. "Hai!" called the cheery Mai while she made her way to the small kitchenette muttering under her breath, "narcissistic, tea addicted jerk."

She sat on the counter waiting for the water to boil so she could make Naru his much loved Earl Grey tea. While sitting there her mind wandered to the day that Naru and Lin left for Britain to bring his twin brother's, Gene, body back. The day before the departure she had confessed to the boy of her love for him. His response left Mai speechless. The sentence rang in her head to this day, a question still not answered 1 year after he returned from Britain, where he was for three years. "Me or Gene?" the question still ring through her mind as she is pulled out of thought by a high pitch whistle, only to be recognized as the teakettle stating that it is ready. Mai quickly jumped of the counter and made two cups of tea, the first taken to Lin who just nodded a thanks. As Mai approached the door to "Naru's cave," as she likes to call it, her mind wanders and her body resorts to muscle memory to deliver the tea.

As Naru hears the faint double knock on the door he beckons his assistant in, when she does he notices that she is spaced out and walks in on instinct. A small smirk appears on his face as he gets up quietly and circles his deck till he is behind Mai as she puts the cup down.

She looks up to see that her boss is not in his normal spot when she finally comes back to earth slightly curious of how she ended up in his office. She stands there wondering where he could have gone when she hears an all too familiar cold voice,"If I am correct, which I know I am, I do not pay you to stand around and space out." Mai jumps and spins around unaware of the fresh cup of tea that was precariously placed on the desk and shouts,"Jerk!"

The narcissist watches as the small Burnett whirls around knocking the porcelain cup over onto all of the paperwork for the last case. His previous smirk vanishes into a terrifyingly chilling glare directed at the now tea soaked paperwork. Mai notices his gaze and follows it and when she sees what she has caused her eyes widen," Na- I- I am sooo sorry Naru." she rushes over to try to start cleaning when a hand comes down on her shoulder with a slightly tight grip. Naru, being who he is, kept his mask on and tells her in a calm, slightly irritated voice, "There is no hope in saving them so we will just have to redo all of them by the end of today." "What! But it will take us all night!" Mai complains as her face flushes with frustration. "If it wasn't for your stupidity we would not be in this predicament." Naru states as he circles the desk to start the weeks worth of paperwork all over again. Mai's face turns an even brighter red, if that is even possible, and turns and storms out while yelling "Jerk!" and slams the door.

End of Flashback

Mai sat there with her head on the desk trying to get up to finish the filing so she can finally go home only to find sleep claim her.

Naru sits in his chair waiting for a response after calling for tea for the fifth time, he finally gives in. Getting up from his chair he makes his his way over to the door and opens it about to remind his assistant of her job only to find her peacefully sleeping at her desk. He glances at the clock to see that it is a quarter past 1. He sighs and walks over to the girl lightly shaking her to wake her up but fails. Damn, she sleeps like a rock. Sighing again he picks her up bridal style and paces her on the couch.