Valentines special!
I do NOT own Ghost Hunt...Or Candy Crush!
Mai watched her dream unfold. It wasn't so much of a vision dream more like a ridiculous Valentines Day dream where she and Naru were arguing about having a party. The dream would usually have thrilled her to be in a dream with Naru so she could make him do whatever she wanted, but this time she found she was very bored.
A girl with long red velvet hair that reached her calves in a short purple dress, walked in the dream SPR door. She was pretty and if Mai was a guy she knew this would be her perfect girl. She had a porcelain face that looked like it would shatter if touched and dark burgundy eyes. She wore a small black cap that only covered the side of her head and light pink lipstick.
"I am Valentara. I have a proposition for you." The girl spoke to Mai, not dream Mai that was still arguing fiercely with dream Naru but real Mai who was watching it all from her safe little spot. Her voice was like a golden bell jingling lightly through the walls of Mai's mind.
"If you get your boss to take my case then I will grant you something you'll find most amusing." The girl stopped in front of Mai and she realized with a shock that dream Mai and Naru were no longer there. Mai was intrigued, what could this girl do to make Mai's life a little more interesting?
"Alright," She answered and with that the beautiful girl, Valentara disappeared and Ma woke up. She blinked several times allowing her eyes to adjust to the brightness of the room. She sat up slowly with a pain in her neck, she had fallen asleep at her desk again.
"Mai, if you're done dosing off get me some tea," Came Naru's voice through the closed door of his office. Mai sighed and glanced at her little ticking clock she had set up at her desk. It was only eight thirty in the morning. She had only been there for twenty minuets.
Reluctantly she stood up and went into the kitchen where she almost let the tea boil over while she was lost in thought about what the girl could have meant. Once she was finished with the tea over boiling crisis she poured it into three cups, and then set out to deliver them.
She knocked on Naru's door and made sure to ignore him as she left his tea by the keyboard, she tried as best she could to not show any emotion on her face but found it nearly impossible with him watching her every move.
Why is she taking so long? I want to get back to my game.
Mai froze, she looked up to see two still stoic indigo eyes looking at her exactly the same as before. Had she imagined that? No she couldn't have, it was definitely his voice that said that. She furrowed her brow and left in a hurry leaving a confused Naru in her wake. He watched her walk away with a baffled look, then he shook it off as one of her random mood swings and pulled up the minimized game he'd been playing.
"you will not defeat me again you stupid Valentine's level!" He mumbled at the falling candy on the screen that had given him so much trouble. He had minimized the game so Mai wouldn't tell him off for being a hypocrite. After all he was always telling her to get back to worse and here he was getting frustrated over the fact that the game had compelled him to play.
Mai walked out of his office and right into Lin's after knocking of course. She always knocked after the one time she didn't and she walked in on Lin and Madoka in a rather...awkward situation. After hearing the OK to come in she opened the door and placed the tea on his desk receiving a small smile in return.
I wonder if they would notice if I disappeared for a Boston Cream doughnut...Noll probably wouldn't but Mai is more perceptive than we give her credit for.
Mai blinked at him, she swore his mouth didn't move. She looked at him a few seconds longer than she should have. He noticed and stopped typing to look up at her.
"Everything alright?" He asked simply looking into her eyes, trying to get a read on what the young girl was thinking. She tightened her lips forming a red line as she walked out of the room too quickly. Lin stared at the door after her, something was up. He then resumed his email to Madoka.
Mai sat down at her desk as the bell above the door jingled lightly sending all heads in the office looking toward the door to find a lovely young woman with red velvet hair that brushed her black boots that went up to her mid calf, and lovely eyes that matched her hair almost perfectly.
She caught the shocked look in Mai's face and put a cream coloured finger to her lips so that meant to be quiet but then a small smile crept up her lips. Naru then walked out of the room and Mai watched him as he walked straight toward the beautiful girl, totally enthralled in the way she looked.
Mai felt her face go red with anger, her fists clenched to her sides and she glared at the girl who had the ability to make him look at her like that, even Masako couldn't get Naru to look at her like that. Soon enough Lin came out with his laptop under his arm and he sat on the couch clearing his throat loudly to break the tension in the room.
"Miss, what would you like us to do for you?" Lin asked politely, only those who knew him personally would be able to hear the obvious dislike in his voice. He subtly moved closer to Naru and made sure to nudge him when his gaze lingered on the woman for too long or when he was doodling stupid things on his notebook.
Who is she? Why is she making me feel this way? I hate her yet I feel compelled to kiss her, I need to stop thinking these things about her. It can't be a spell, Lin isn't affected. Mai seems to be a little redder than usual, she isn't...No can't be, why is she glaring at me?
Mai had stared at him, to the point where everyone stopped taking and was now looking at her. She went beet red and mumbled something about making tea. Lin mumbled something similar and followed her into the kitchen. She was oblivious to him behind her as she jumped from cupboard to cupboard pulling out the ingredients for Noll's tea.
"Mai, something is definitely up with you," Lin started quietly making her jump and squeal slightly at how quiet he was. She sighed and put her hand on the back of her neck. She looked up at Lin trying to reads his thoughts. It was a test to see if her theory was right. She mentally slapped herself, Naru was rubbing off on her.
Mai, you can hear my thoughts can't you?
Lin asked mentally, Mai blinked and then smiled sheepishly as she rubbed the back of her neck.
"Yeah," She smiled and felt the heat rise in her cheeks as a guilty blush betrayed her. Lin smirked halfheartedly, if Mai had developed telepathy who knows how powerful or dangerous she really was. "Don't tell Naru," She pleaded as she poured his tea, Lin raised an eyebrow, keeping secrets from their boss?
"Alright, but don't go snooping into people's minds," He warned before being tackled by Mai's small body, she hugged him tightly and he hesitantly returned the gesture smiling slightly.
They returned to the main room to find Naru holding the girl's hand, brushing his thumb over her knuckles affectionately. Mai felt her temperature rise, she was going to kill him, right after she killed her. Lin placed a hand on her shoulder in an effort to calm her, after all it wasn't Noll's fault no matter how stupid he was being.
Suddenly Mai heard a voice in her mind and she nearly gasped hen she heard.
I know you hate me now, but you'll love me by the end of the week.
The voice was clearly that of the red haired woman in front of them. Mai narrowed her eyes at the woman and she simply smiled in that cutesy way of hers that would make any guy swoon. Mai continued to glare evilly at the girl. Naru seemed oblivious to Mai's equally hateful glare directed at him, he seemed more focused with the fact the room had no decorations in it.
"Mai, I thought for sure you would have decorated the room by now," He smiled, not smirk smile. Mai felt her blood boil and she balled her fists up at her sides, she resisted the urge to walk up to him and smack him upside the head.
"You told me not to decorate. You specifically said that you thought Valentine's day was an over commercialized way for cheap business men to make money," Mai spat through gritted teeth, Naru sent her an absent look, and waved her off.
"Whatever, just get something in here ASAP" He said looking at the red haired girl the whole time. Mai almost screamed in frustration, as much as she loved him she wouldn't be told what to do like this.
"Naru! Look at me at least when you talk to me!" Mai felt tears build up in her eyes and the familiar pain in her jaw when she tried to hold back her sobs. She looked at him helplessly as he seemed at a total loss of what to do. He looked at her blankly still focusing on the prettier girl across from him.
Mai, not knowing what else to do ran out the door and down thestreet with tears blurring her vision.
"Noll, a word?" Lin asked carefully, so as not to arouse suspicion from the younger boy. Reluctantly Naru looked to Lin and nodded once pecking the girl on the cheek before reaching his full height and following Lin into his office. As soon as the door was closed and Naru gave Lin his attention he smacked his friend on the back of the head.
"Ow!" He moaned as he placed his hand on the spot that throbbed with pain, now he faced the man who had stood by him silently for as long as he could remember.
"How could you do that to Mai?" Lin asked glaring holes into his friend who looked at him with a Why did you just hit me? Expression. Lin rolled his eyes though only one was visible.
"Noll! You sent her away crying! Have you forgotten the way you feel for her? She'll never come back to you if you remain...infatuated with that red headed...Cupcake!" Lin said as loudly as he could without the woman hearing him, Naru looked still even more annoyed. He crossed his arms and glared at Lin.
"Do you not approve of my and...My love's relationship?" He asked and Lin balled up his own frustrated fists, he didn't even know her name and already he left the one girl he ever showed any affection other than Miss Matsuzaki who was more of a friend than anything else. Naru waited for an answer, while Lin struggled to find one. He answered honestly and Noll would fire him and if he lied he wouldn't be able to restrain himself seeing Noll with that princess if nothing else.
Naru apparently unsatisfied with Lin's lack of an answer, he pointed toward the door and spoke two words. "You're fired," Lin, unsure of what else to do grabbed his laptop and then walked silently out of the office hearing the door slam behind him.
He flipped his cell open and dialed the all too familiar number of the one and only Madoka Mori.
"Hellllloooooooooo? Who is this?" She asked with that loud bubbly over cheerful voice of hers. Lin winced as the high pitched giggles erupted from the phone, "I'm just kidding, I know its you Koujo." She said once her laughing fit was done. Noticing his loss of words she immediately became serious. "What's wrong?" She asked and then Lin sighed there was no denying it now, he had to tell her.
"Noll, he's under some kind of spell. He claims he's in love with some pretty face he just met." Lin said and he almost grimaced at the venom in his voice. He shouldn't feel this kind of way about his oldest friend, he couldn't feel this way about him.
He heard Madoka's breath catch, "Is Mai alright?" She whispered as if someone might hear her. Lin suddenly remembered that Mai had taken off.
"I don't know, she took off before I could stop her. Shortly after that Noll..." He trailed off not wanting to admit it, he took a deep breath. "Noll fired me," He said sadly into the cell phone and he heard Madoka shriek an angry "What!" And Lin for the second time in ten minuets held the phone away from his ear in attempt to preserve his hearing.
"I'll be over there in five minuets to tell that spoiled brat off myself and then I'll pummel his little princess to the ground and..." Lin stopped listening after that, he was communicating with his shiki, he told one of them to go and find Mai. It left without question and the other two circled him waiting for a job. He smiled faintly and shook his head before returning to his phone to find Madoka had hung up.
Madoka drove wildly down the almost empty streets in Shibuya. That boy wasn't going to hurt Mai, and fire Lin on her watch. She skidded to a halt as she got to the building. Outside she saw a tall handsome man with a dark coat and dark hair covering part of his face. She smiled sadly as he looked up at her. The love of her life.
He was waiting patiently for his shiki to return and Madoka pulled to a stop in front of him. The car was making odd noises and the smell of burnt rubber filled the air. Lin sighed, shook his head and rose to great his companion. She threw her arms around him and leaned in to kiss him before pulling away teasingly. She smirked at him and backed away.
"Now, where is he," she narrowed her eyes as she walked back into the office, ignoring Lin's warnings about going in there.
As soon as she walked in she saw the reason Naru fell for the girl. She was beautiful. Long wine coloured hair and porcelain skin. Two things rarely seen together in Japan.
Naru hardly noticed her as she walked in and cleared her throat loudly. He was definitely aware that she was there, he had no interest in speaking with a friend of Lin's. After all if Lin wasn't approving of his and...He still didn't know her name, he loved her just the same. If Lin disapproved of them being together than his girlfriend would also. He had no wishes to speak with her.
"What's your name?" Naru asked softly looking deeply into her grape red eyes, her eyelashes were long and thick and they curled slightly upward at the ends. She smiled innocently at him as she hid her smile with her hand.
"I have a lot of names, you can call me Cupid." She smiled sweetly. He smiled lovingly at her as he leaned in to kiss her. Something in the back of his mind told him he had to stop, he had no idea why but it screamed at him. He pulled away at the last second and returned to the long forgotten case she had originally come in for. He scanned his notes vaguely aware of the playful pout Cupid gave him. He smiled slightly.
"It says you wanted me to investigate the death of a girl who was hit by a truck," He said questioningly looking back at her pretty ruby eyes. She looked back at him with something that frightened him. It was something malicious.
"What is the name of the victim, do you know?" He asked, since he had fired both of his staff members, he had no way to have the research done so any information was great help.
"Taniyama Mai." She said innocently and Madoka rushed out of the room not even bothering to shut the door.
A/N: Maybe I'll make this one more than a one shot. I guess I have to now that I ended it here. There was a lot of Lindoka in this one and before you guys hate me for making Naru fall in love with this horrible woman, I'll put some Maru in there. I must because I have started to hate my own character! Sorry for any spelling mistakes, and I'll hopefully put another chapter up tomorrow since its Valentine's day! REVIEW!