Ok, I know the setting is kinda weird, but just go along with it. Right, think Victorian England. Now rename it "Japan". So it's pretty much just Japan and everyone goes around wearing Victorian dresses and stuff. Yes, I am having a bit of an obsession with Victorian fashion at the moment.

I just looked at the preview of this first chapter, it looks so incredibly short! Oh, and there will be no ghostie plot line. They're on Xmas holidays. The next fanfic I do can have ghosties and stuff.

This is my first fanfic, and it'll be pretty short (I think), but please read and review! (This is just the first chapter, the second is already underway )

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WINDOW SHOPPING

Chapter One – Wishful Thinking

The glass felt cold and smooth against Mai's nose - yet she still couldn't pull herself from the shop window. It was nearly Christmas and she still hadn't bought a single present! She groaned inwardly as her eyes slid over the price tags of the glorious goods within. The shop was bulging full of toys, teddy bears, dolls, tea sets, jewellery, books, clothes and everything of which she could ever have dreamt. Her eyes lingered on the beautiful dresses, hanging up neatly. They were so fancy and elegant – really something else, compared to the plain, but fitted long, grey winter coat and chocolate brown, ankle length dress she was wearing.

Her dress was one of her favourites, with a high, stiff and slightly ruffled collar - and buttons running down to her navel, with a ribbon of lace on either side. What she liked most about her dress, however, was how the tops of the sleeves puffed out slightly and at the wrist, the cuff flared into a ruffle. It was a lovely dress, but looking at those gowns in the shop window? She wished she could afford such luxury, but unfortunately, that was not the case.

A sparkle in the window display caught her eye. She turned to see what it was, when her eyes fell upon a gorgeous ring, with a matching necklace and earrings. She didn't really wear necklaces much, but the earrings and, not to mention the ring, were extremely pretty. The earrings were pure silver, delicately woven in a flower shape with a tiny diamond in the middle and the ring, being silver too, was studded with a handful of tiny diamonds along it. Mai gasped when she saw the price of them. Disappointed, she muttered to herself,

"What's the point in dreaming? It'd be nicer if some one gave them to me anyway, and that's never going to happen."

Mai snapped herself out of it and determinedly went through her mental shopping list. She knew exactly what she wanted to get for everyone, well, nearly. A geisha doll for Masako-san, a new bible for John-san, a tea set for Lin-san... she giggled at the thought of it. Just one present was missing. A present for Naru-chan! What to get him? A decision like this always wrecked her brains. Nothing seemed nearly suitable for him. She wanted something that hinted that she cared for him, but nothing too obvious, something special, and something that she didn't need to put her life savings into! She brushed her short, brown hair behind her ear with a slender, gloved finger and frowned.

Noticing that someone was watching her, she glanced to the ground. Realising how long she had had her nose pressed to the window for so long, she blushed furiously. Turning, she scurried off quickly, her coat fluttering in the cold December wind and her dress trailing behind her in the snow.

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I don't own any part of "Ghost Hunt", and this is purely fanfiction.