14AmyChan: okay, I know I don't write anything for this fandom, but I love it so!
Naru: Amy-Chan does not own Ghost Hunt.
Mai: I'm glad, too. Have you seen what she writes for her other "favorite shows"? *shudder*
Tick, tick, tick…
"I'm so booored," Mai Taniyama droned, listening to the clock on the other side of the room. There were no clients, no paperwork, no filing, and no Naru to annoy today.
In short, she was watching the office while he and Lin went out for office supplies.
Tick, tick, tick…
Mai glanced lazily over to the clock which repeated its offending noise. How could it stand to do that, day in and day out? Just that annoying…
Tick, tick, tick…
Yeah, that… Oh, the boredom! There was absolutely nothing to do! She might as well die of the everlasting, never ceasing—
Slam!
"Hey Mai!" a familiar voice called through the office. Thrilled at a new diversion from that broken clock, the high schooler got up and greeted the familiar couple as they entered the office.
"Hi, Bou-san, Ayako!" Mai greeted cheerfully, not very surprised to see the two together. They actually got along quite well, despite the constant bickering.
"Hello, Mai, brr, it's cold out there," the self-proclaimed priestess huffed dramatically. Mai, giggled a bit at this, grateful for the slightest distraction.
"Yes, it is. Would you like some tea?" Mai offered, having already turned her back to enter the kitchen. She herself felt the need for tea.
"Tea would be quite sufficient, Mai, thank you," a new guest in a kimono said delicately. Mai's head spun faster than a top.
"Ah, Masako! And John!" Mai greeted the two delightfully, and began to do her thing. After the tea was finished and dished out, the group sat in SPR's office, chatting it up and making jokes in no time. It did not take long for a certain someone to make the slightest jab to start a questionable series of events.
"I do not understand how Naru-san is able to drink this substance day in and day out. Do you prepare it this way every time, Mai?" Masako asked, the arm of her kimono covering her mouth, and her eyes betraying her jabbing nature. Mai reminded herself to stay calm and collected. It was—after all—she who had been bored. Who knew, perhaps it could lead to something really entertaining.
"Yes, I do, Hara-san. Do you believe you could do better?" Mai asked politely, everyone in the room most definitely feeling the challenge. Masako's features darkened slightly, yet she maintained her petite composure.
"As a matter of fact, I can," the TV star rose to the challenge quickly, yet remained seated. Her eyes glimmered with a shot to take one of her rivals down, and Mai stood her ground.
"Then why don't you try? Supplies are in the kitchen," Mai offered, and no one could mistake the edge in her voice. Ayako, Bou-san, John, and—for reasons unexplained to even you, the reader—Yasu were exchanging bets on who would win this showdown.
"Wait a minute, why don't we all make tea? Then we can see who makes the best?" Yasu proposed gleefully. Mai had no idea the guy had even come into the office, but saw no harm in the proposition.
"Okay, who's going to be the judge?" Mai asked. It was obvious to her that one person had to not make tea in order to judge them all equally. The room was silent for a moment, and a cold gust of air blew through the office. Everyone turned to see the boss of SPR and his ever-trustworthy assistant come through the door. Lin immediately went to his office with a few recently purchased supplies and shut the door firmly. On the door read an extremely clear "Do Not Disturb" sign.
Naru, on the other hand, simply stared at the congregation in his office with narrowed eyes.
"How many times have I said this is not a café?" the dark-haired young man asked. Mai began to stammer a response before he shook his head, obviously not wanting to hear any excuses.
"When you leave, don't leave a mess. And Mai, tea." Naru demanded as he walked to his office and shut the door firmly.
"Is anyone else thinking what I'm thinking?" Bou-san asked a few moments after Naru had shut the door. Ayako, Masako, and Yasu nodded in response with mischievous smiles in their eyes.
"What is it?" John asked, while Mai thanked him mentally. She had no idea what the others were on about now.
"We should get Naru to do it!" Masako said with glee, already making her way to the kitchen. She was already deftly gathering the supplies she would need for her cup of tea for Naru.
"Experiment on Naru's tea?!" Mai whispered, horrified. She, above everyone else, knew nothing good would come of meddling with Naru's precious tea.
"We're not experimenting, we're competing," Masako contradicted as she watched the pot boil. She casually flicked her eyes in Mai's direction before adding cheekily, "Of course, we both know that he will much prefer my tea over yours…"
"No, he likes it the way I make it," Mai seethed, having easily been baited. She was now determined to win this competition.
"You guys going to make Naru tea as well?" John asked, already deciding to stay far away from Naru's tea as possible. He most certainly did not want to risk his life, and much preferred the sidelines in actions such as this.
"I'll show both of you girls what it is to make tea," Ayako proclaimed quietly, making sure not to elicit the wrath of Naru, who sat in his cave just across the hallway. Door shut or no, she was not taking chances with the boy.
"I'll sit out on this one and watch how the girls do it," Bou-san pulled up a seat next to John. Truth be told, he never learned how to make tea, and would much rather make coffee instead. Everyone turned to Yasu, who had somehow gathered up a soccer ref's tee and hat, as well as a whistle.
"I'll stick this one out, too," the high schooler grinned, despite everyone joining in bing his idea. He randomly gathered a soccer ball out of thin air and spun it effortlessly on his finger.
"Where did you get the whistle…?" Mai said wondered aloud. She watched as the group divided into those making tea and those who would watch their friends' trying.
"Wait, shouldn't we have some rules?" Yasu asked, fake concern on his face not masking the glint of entertainment in his eyes. The soccer ball continued to spin on his finger.
"Like what rules?" Ayako huffed, her hands on her hips. "Don't poison or otherwise try to kill Naru, what else?"
"Mai should carry in the tea, just so we don't have him suspicious," Yasu said, then turned to Mai. "And you have to tell us what he says. He doesn't have a camera in there, you know."
"Fine, I guess this is all riding on me, huh?" Mai wondered aloud. She wondered if she were going to get yelled at or glared at, or if he would even notice the difference in his tea.
"Then may the best tea maker win!" Yasu exclaimed, pulling a green flag from nowhere and waving it about in the air. Everyone sweat dropped.
14AmyChan: well, I hope ya'll liked the first chapter~!
Naru: *eye is twitching*
Mai: I think he means "don't touch my tea"
14AmyChan: too bad~! ;D