One

Mai

My name is Mai Taniyama and I'm eighteen years old now and I'm still working at SPR... The whole gang is still there. Naru, who is still his old narrissistic old self. Yasu is still teasing Bou-san, Ayako-san is still waking him over the head with her bag... The only difference between Ayako-san and Bou-san is that they are married... John has left the priesthood and is dating Masako, but he is still able to do blessings and do exosisims.

Makoda is married and has a baby on the way. And no she is not married to Lin-san. They were never together, just good friends.

Nothing has really changed, and no one has really changed personality wise anyway. Except my relationship with Lin-san. It has gotten better the last two years. We got to know each other better...

Lin hasn't changed either, well he has but not much... He's more open and talks more than he used to. His ex-girlfriend was clingy and she tried to change him, by cutting his hair that covered his right eye.

One day I had enough... We were on a case and one night while Lin and I were the only ones up and his girlfriend called him and the phone call turned in to an argument... He just sat there listening to her screaming, I could hear here, she was that loud. He finally hung up on her. I don't like it when people treat my friends like that, so I got up and went over to him, placed a hand on his shoulder and whispered. "You don't have to change for anyone, if she doesn't like the person you are now, then she is not worth it. She's is possesive, and by the sounds of it, really immiture. She's hurting you. And that's the reason why I don't like her. And she's coming between you and Naru."

Lin nodded and looked up at me, "You're right Taniyama-san... Thank you." He called her and told her that they were over.

After the case she had stalked in office and screamed at everyone calling everyone freaks and then turned to Lin and screamed at him. I had enough I stood up and stood between her and Lin and growled. "We like Lin-san the way he is, the hair and his clothes, are who he is. If you can't accept him for who he is then you are not worth it. And if we are freaks, than Lin-san is a freak too. He practices Chinese sorcery. Naru has PK. Yasu is a normal twenty year old. Bou-san is a former Monk, and a musian, Ayako-san is a doctor and a preiestess, Hara-san is a real psychic. John was a priest and still stand what he believes in. You can't come in here and start screaming just because your boyfriend dumped you, because your the freak, a control freak."

Naru stood next Lin-san to defend him. He held up a tape recorder and pressed a button. "I've got this all on tape. I'll be sending it to his parents." That's right, Lin's parents set him and the woman up on blind dates. Lin-san wanted to respect his parents wishes and went on the dates.

The woman turned around and everyone stood up, ready to help protect Lin-san from her. "My-my Daddy will hear about this." She screamed in attempt to scare us.

"Daddy? You still say Daddy?" I mocked her and everyone chuckled.

"Your father's money will not help you. My family and the Lin family will believe me more than you, and our families are well connected." Naru pointed out.

"My parents are due here any minute actually, so you made it just in time." Lin spoke. And just has he finished that sentence, two men and thier wives walked in and they noticed everyone glaring at Lin-san's ex-girlfriend.

"Have we intruppted something son?" The man who looks a bit like Lin asked Lin.

"Miss Lee was just leaving." Lin whispered.

Naru pressed play on the recorder. And the whole conversation that just happened moments ago played. By the time the tape was finished Miss Lee's mouth was opening and closing like a fish trying to breathe out of water.

"Miss Lee, I'll will be speaking to your father about how you've been treating my son." Lin-san's father said in a stern voice.

"You are not the perfect wife for my son." Lin-san's mother said. Miss Lee spun around and was about to leave when Naru's father said to her.

"If you come anywhere near Koujo or anyone here, I'll have a restraining order put against you." It was a warning. Miss Lee's expression turned from furious to scared in seconds. And then she was gone. We never saw her again.

Lin-san's mother came up to me and gave me a hug. "Thank you for standing up for my son."

"I don't have a family, so SPR is my family. I don't like it when people hurt my family." I whispered back. I pulled back with a smile and went to make some tea.

After that incident Lin and I became close. His parents have tried to set us up on dates. "You don't mind that I'm Japanese?" I asked them and they shook their heads. "No, you care about Koujo..." Was all they said.

"What about the age gap?" I asked.

"Age is just a number, Mai." Naru had to put his ten cents in. I glared at him.

"Not helping." I growled.

"I think you two would make a perfect couple." Naru commented. This time Lin glared at him. I blushed like a red tomato.

"Really not helping." He growled.

All that was over three months ago now and they are still trying to set us up. Now it's the end of my shift and it's pouring down, and I don't have an umbrella and I don't have my drivers licence yet.

"I'll drive you home Taniyama-san." Lin offered.

"Thank you."

"Give me a minute, I just need to grab some files." He went back in to his office.

"Mai, before you go, can you make some more tea?" Naru asked. His parents are at his apartment at the moment and his mother is trying to set him up with a girl, so he doesnt' want to go home just yet because she will be waiting for him with pictures of single girls.

"Alright, but you will have to go home at some point." I pointed out. He just glared at me, making me giggle. "I guess you can come over to my place for a little while." I shrugged.

Naru thought about and then nodded. "Alright." He closed the file he was reading and picked up the pile.

Lin-san's parents got up to come with us. But Lin-san came out and said, "I'm sorry Mother, Father, but my car isn't big enough for all of us." They looked crestfallen, so they went back to Naru's apartment.

Naru, Lin-san and I went back to my tiny apartment. And Naru's first comment was... "This is too small even for you Mai."

I sighed and nodded, "I know, but this is the only one I can afford at the moment." I went in to the kitchen and turned the kettle on.

"I'm going home, I've got some more files at home I need to read..." Naru said out of the blue.

"Let me make your tea and put it in a therms." I said just as he was about to leave. Naru nodded and as soon as I poured the tea in to a thermos and handed it to him.

Once he was gone I turned to Lin who was still standing there in his coat and his files under his arm. We looked at each other for a moment and then as if there was an unseen force, we rushed to each other, arms around each other and he pressed his lips against mine. He cradled my face gently in his hands, kissing me gently.

"I'm sorry about my parents." He whispered, when we finally pulled apart. He was slightly out of breath.

"Don't be. At least I have their approval." That statement made him smile.

"That is true... How long should we keep us a secret for? Don't get me wrong, it is fun and I get to have you all to myself."

"We'll tell them..." I played with a button on his coat. Then I looked up at him with an evil grin.

"Eventually." I said causing him to laugh and then kiss me again.

Hey everyone, I'm back. It has been a while I know. I haven't been able to come up with a good story... I hope this one will be good.

Please review if you would like another chapter.