First Chapter: Which idiot gave her a holiday?
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Author's notes: Okay, now I will try my hand in another fiction. I will try my best in writing. My English is not very good, but I am trying to improve. And of course, I need your opinion. It will make my story only better. Hope that you will enjoy it. nervous laugh
Naru POV
"This is DoCoMo voice mail service for 81-4-3567-4222 , please leave a message after the signal," this had already been the seventh time I tried to reach her. For some unknown reason, she didn't pick up her phone, or just didn't want to. It was slowly starting to annoy me, because when I needed her she – of course – wasn't here.
I sighed and put the office telephone back in its place. "What the hell is she doing," I murmured to myself, trying to recall some kind of sign as to why she hasn't been into work... its been 3 days already! To be honest, I found out that she is not in office just today. The past two days were so full of work, that I didn't even have time to think about other things like tea, for example. And now, when it was finally half-ended, my assistant wasn't here and I couldn't even reach her on phone.
"She is probably enjoying her holiday right now," said Lin, suddenly appearing in main office with hot cup of coffee in his right hand. Apparently, he had heard my words.
I raised an eyebrow and looked at black-haired man, who was already next to his office door. "Who allowed her to have a holiday?"
"You did," replied Lin as he vanished into his small office, again. I stood there for a while, trying recall the thing about her holiday. I guess, it was in those two days when I couldn't even take a lunch break. Yes, I was that busy.
Now, that I think harder, I can recall that small conversation about her holiday. She mentioned something about summer school and school activities. Now, why the hell did she want to go to summer school? Summer was for fun, not for school, right? Okay, maybe I am not the right example for the summer-is-for-fun thing, but who cares. I knew so little about her. 'Not that I want know anyways,' I added in thoughts.
"I'm off," I said in a loud voice, well not that loud, only loud enough so that Lin could hear me. I picked up my jacket and exited the main office, leaving only Lin there with tons of paperwork to be done. It feels that because of Mai, I had to work half-night just to do all the work that I had planned to do today. Not that I had anything better to do/
'She brings only trouble,' I thought while walking further and further from the SPR office. I enjoyed the feeling of the wind as it brushed my face. I haven't been outside in the day-time for weeks, because of my work. Lately, the SPR has had much more work than the previous two years. The SPR had solved pretty much every case it got in those three years. Yes, almost three years had passed from the SPR opening day.
Now, I wonder why I kept Mai for so long. I mean, there isn't much of use of her. She is always so noisy and somehow always gets into danger with each case we got. It was like she had a sign on her back saying "danger, come and get me".
Almost three years working together with her, and yet I couldn't find a way to fire her. Perhaps it was her cheerful smile, that helped through the most desperate situations. Maybe her never ending positivism... or her tea. Right. That must be it. The tea was the only reason why I kept her in SPR. She made the most delicious tea. Of course, I never said it out loud and never said 'thanks' to her, but she seemed to be fine even without it.
Lost in thought, I didn't even notice that I was at her school's gates already. Only whispers from behind, well, from everywhere made me notice it. I sighed and glared at the girls, who were standing in little groups whispering to each other. Seeing my eyes, they fell silent and I continued to walk further.
"Excuse me, but do you know where Mai Taniyama might be?" I asked one of the girls, who was studying a time table. Surprised, she turned to me and smiled.
"Yes, she is in the music room, on the second floor," she said and I nodded, leaving her and a crowd of girls whispering. Again.
I found the second floor and the cabinet pretty fast. After all, I had been here once before and kinda knew the plan of the school already. From the inside of music class I could hear many singing voices. I didn't know that Mai liked to sing. Oh, right, I didn't know much about others things related to Mai either.
I slowly opened the class door, making 10 pairs of eyes turn to me. I spotted Mai in the middle of room, sitting on the table with a white sheet of paper in her hands. She was surprised, just like the other girls in the room.
"Mai, can you come out for few words?" I asked. Mai blushed and the other girls grinned. What, again? Seriously, this school was weird.
-end of chapter one-
A/N: First of all, I would like to say BIG thanks to Puppy from DGMA forum for helping me to edit this chapter. hugs And to sleepyone (also from DGMA forum) for encouraging me to post this story up. And kvvva (another member from DGMA) for your ideas and support. Thanks dear. x3 Umm, that's all I guess. See you next time :)
