Mai leaned on her desk and stared at her teacher. Her eyes went in and out of focus. His words droned into a comfortable drone. Ever since Naru had left for England, Mai found herself bored. She had of course gotten another part-time job. She worked as a waitress at a local restaurant. But everything changed when Naru and Lin left. She didn't feel as happy or cheerful. She found herself constantly replaying the scene where she told Naru that Gene had been the one. She had told him she wanted the good one. Referring to how Naru was the bad twin. He told her he understood. Then she mentioned how much she'd loved Gene's smile. She hadn't realized how troubling Naru's reaction had been until after he'd left.

"Taniyama,"

Naru hadn't called or made any form of contact with her in 2 months. She hated him for it. It hurt her heart more and more every time she looked at the calender and saw how much time had gone by without him. Then there was also the hate she had for herself. She shouldn't have let him go so easily...

"Taniyama?"

The rest of the ex-SPR team still acted like her family. But they had lives of their own. Just like she did.

"TANIYAMA!?"

Mai's head shot up at the sound of her last name. "Ye-s?" She asked looking around. The teacher stood in front of her. "Go to the principle's office. NOW!"

Mai stood up and grabbed her things quickly. "Yes Sir, I'm sorry..." She ran down the hall quickly. The principle had already seen her that morning she knew he would be angry at her for disrupting class again by day dreaming.

She knocked on the door. And entered. "Excuse me Sir. MR. Snooty told me I needed to come in." She said bowing without looking at the two men in the room.

"Taniyama, what have you done now?" He asked.

Mai deepened her bow. "I... eh....I'm not entirely sure. But I think I fell asleep..."

"Again?.... Taniyama I can't deal with this now. Why don't you go back to class now?"

"I can't" Mai said with no hesitation

"Why not?

Mai straitened and glanced at the man standing next to the principle. He had dark black hair and a heavy black coat. But wore a blue shirt and black pants. It was Naru!

Mai turned away from him and blushed. "He said I was disrupting class by enjoying my slumber."

Naru... It was really him! But Why was he here?! And.... Wait a minute was he wearing.... A BLUE shirt?!?!? NO WAY! He used to always wear black!!!!

"Taniyama... School will end in a few minutes. You may be dismissed early." The principle said with a sigh.

Mai stared at him. "Really?... Alright then. I guess I'll leave early. Since there seems to be an one to many jerks here." Mai said glaring at Naru. The hatred of being abandoned for 2 months showed on her face.

As she stepped out the door she heard the principle behind her "And get your homework from your previous class!"

Mai sighed and headed back the way she'd came from. The teacher still looked unpleasant and the students were still quiet. There was no way she could sneak in... She'd have to wait for the bell. And so much for leaving early....

"Mai?" A cold voice asked from behind her. She turned to stare at Naru. She couldn't think of anything better or more witty to say so she only replied with a snappy "What?"

"We need to talk." Naru told her turning away. "Correction, you need to talk." Mai said. she could tell he was about to walk away. "I understand your bad personality, but you should've called...I thought something happened to you and there was no way I'd ever know. You didn't even leave a number for me to contact you! You always teased me about being stupid, but your the real idiot here!"

"Are you finished?" Naru asked. Mai raised a fist. Anger flashing through her. Why didn't he care? "I plan on reopening the SPC Mai... Would you like your job back?"

"What? But... I thought you were staying in England..." Mai said flustered

"I only took a case there Mai. And it was nothing for you to get so worked up over..."

Mai swallowed. The bell suddenly rang and Mai was lost in the crowd of students fighting to get out of the school. Mai fought against the mob and snuck into the class room to grab the homework on the desk. She found Naru standing at the door. "I'll see you tomorrow then?" He asked

Mai stood there a moment. "Yea... I guess so..." It would be nice for things to go back to the way they were... But what if Naru suddenly left again? Would it hurt even more the second time? Should she keep a distance? Or should she not let it bother her... But how couldn't she let it bother her?