April 13

Thursday

It was raining and ofcourse Mai didn't have an unbrella with her. What rotten luck. The highschooler sighed in her head as she used her books as shelter so she could at least prevent her hair from getting wet. The faster Mai ran down the street the harder the rain seemed to pour down. She silently noted to her self that she would have to look at the weather forcast more often so she wouldn't get caught in such situations like this. When the SPR office came into sight the girl smiled and forced her legs to run as fast as they could.

A gust of warm air embraced the girl when she stepped into the SPR office, causing Mai to let out a realived sigh. The girl looked down at her soaked text book and then at her uniform that was more so soaked than her text book. "Oh great." She groaned before suddenly cheering up. Oh yeah, that's right I should still have a change of clothes here that I had left behind before I went on the case we had the other day! For once in her life the girl was very greatful to her forgetfulness. After going behind her desk and gathering up the clean change of clothes she'd left behind the other day, she headed for the bathroom.

Naru sat in his office glancing over at the clock everyonce in a while. It was about time for Mai to arrive and he was more than craving his daily cup of tea. Of course he could just get up and make it himself but at the moment he was too busy reading a new book that had just came in the mail and he couldn't seem to tear away from it. After reading at least ten more pages Naru was becoming restless, not because he wanted tea but because nature seemed to take this time to call him. Sighing the boy shut the book then glanced up at the clock before exiting his office. The girl was late, again. It was the third time in the past couple of weeks and the boy was starting to wonder what delayed her. Maybe it was a boy? Naru inwardly laughed at this, who would find Mai appealing? You do obviously since you always harass her relentlessly just to get her to look your way. Naru sighed ignoring his conciousness' voice, even though he knew it was telling the truth, as he made a B line to the bathroom. If the girl wasn't back by the time he got out of the bathroom he was going to work her to death for being late. Naru smoothly opened the bathroom door, expecting an empty bath room but what he found was something other than an empty bathroom.

Mai was so lost in her own thoughts that she didn't realize that the door hand opened until she had began to pull her skirt up from her ankles. The girl's brown orbs trailed up from the floor, up to black clad legs and up past a black clad chest to meet two deep blue saphire eyes that were currently widdened in shock. When Mai's brain had finally registered that her boss had just walked in on her in the bathroom wearing only light cotton pink panties, with a bra to match she let out the most blood curtling scream by accident. "G-GET OUT! OUT OUT OUT!" The girl cried as she dropped her skirt to push the stunned boy out, but as she went to push the boy out of the door way Mai tripped over her skirt causing her and Naru to fall hard onto the ground.

A soft groan came from Mai as she slowly sat up. "Ow." She sighed as she opened her eyes to find that she was now ontop of the young Kazuya Shibuya. Just as the girl was about to say something she heard footsteps coming closer. "Taniyama san are you-" The man that had appeared was immediately silenced at the sight of a clotheless Mai ontop of a very flustered and angered looking Naru. Lin cleared his throat then promptly looked away as he tried to make a hasty exit from the scene. "It's not what you think!" Naru growled knowing how the two must have looked. When Lin was no where in sight Naru's attention snapped back to Mai. "Stop gawking and get off!" He growled as he tried to escape out from under the girl. "And put some clothes on!"

Mai quickly regained her composure and got off of the angered teen then scurried back into the bathroom before he could snap at her again. With shakey hands and a reddened face the girl quickly dressed herself then took two deep breaths to calm herself down. When she came out of the bathroom she watched as a still angry looking Naru retreated into his office with a loud slam of his door. The girl then became frustrated at her boss' actions. He was the one that had walked in on her so it was his fault! If he hadn't have walked in on her then she wouldn't have fell ontop of him like that! So he had absolutely no right to be acting like the victim! Mai groaned as she collapsed down onto the dark couch with her face burried into her wet clothes.

Inside his office Naru was sitting at his desk with his hand clasped over his face as he tried to forget that Mai was ontop of him just a few moments ago. His body still was warm where she had been on him and it was driving him insane. Not only was it the first time he'd seen a girl practially nude it was also the first time he had a girl ontop of him. Naru could feel an unfamiliar fire rush through him that he had only felt once in his life when he had been going through puberty. A soft nearly inaudible growl escaped from his lips as he tried not to encourage the fire slowly growing in his lower stomach but he couldn't seem to stop from thinking about how Mai's body had pressed against his. How soft her pale skin looked. Naru bit his tongue to keep himself from thinking anything else and just as he was about to smother the fire that was growing a soft knock came from his door. Naru's head snapped up as he looked at the door. Mai. Images of her ontop of him flooded his mind once more but this time they were far more graphic. "Come back later I'm busy!" Naru snapped harshly only to hear Lin's voice on the other side of the door.

"Fine. I'm laying the papers you asked for from the last case on the table."

"Just bring them in." Naru replied back quickly while managing to sigh in realife because it had been Lin at his door instead of Mai.

Before the door was opened Naru placed his stoic mask back into place and pushed his raging hormones to the back of his mind. Naru watched boredly as his overseer stepped into the office carrying a small stack of papers,and layed them down on the desk infront of Naru. After Lin had exited the office with out a word Naru let down his mask once more then sighed and sunk down in his seat. How could that girl have came in going unnoticed by him? Maybe if he wouldn't have been so caught up in that book he would have heard her come in and then that incident wouldn't have happened. The boy frowned, well he couldn't change the past so he might as well get over it... Besides he didn't think he could ignore nature's call any longer.

When Naru stepped out of his office Mai flinched slightly as she sat behind her desk. Timidly, she looked over at the boy from under her lashes before glancing away from him before he caught her staring. At least he doesn't look angry anymore... Mai sighed as she looked back down at the papers on her desk that she was assigned to orginize. Though she had finally managed to calm herself down from what happened earlier she still couldn't help but feel embarassed about the whole ordeal. How was she supposed to look Naru in the eye with out thinking about what had happened earlier? She sighed then tried to bring her focus back on the papers infront of her but the sound of a shutting door caught her attention. Her eyes instinctively looked up and followed the dark haired boy but a cold glance from the boy made her look away. Crap! He caught me staring!

"Mai, make me some tea." He ordered before closing his office door behind him.

Mai couldn't believe her ears, there he was acting like nothing happened and there she sat still fuming over the whole thing. How was he always able to be so collected after something out of the ordinary happens? The girl sighed, maybe she should follow his example and just forget about the whole thing. Yeah, that's what she'd do.

After brewing a fresh pot of tea and preparing Naru a cup she knocked softly on the boy's office door before entering. "I've got your tea." She said cautiously as she made her way across the room. Though she had agreed with herself that she would just forget about the whole incident her body still reacted with out her concent. Her cheeks flushed a light shade of pink as she sat the cup of tea down on Naru's desk and tried to aviod eye contact with him. Apparently Naru noticed her reaction because he was giving her the most hateful glare he'd ever given her in the whole time that she knew him.

"If you're going to continue to act skittish all day because of what happened earlier you can just go home for today." To Mai's surprise there was a small undertone of frustration in his voice. The girl looked up at him to find that even though he held a straight face and his eyes held a blank stare, she could still feel the frustration radiating from him.

"I'm not acting skittish! I'm just embarassed that's all. How would you feel if I walked in on you in only your underwear!" Mai exclaimed, her cheeks growing redder at each passing moment. When an answer didn't come from her narcissistic boss she huffed turned to leave. "That's what I thought."

"I actually wouldn't care if it was you." Naru stated flatly causing Mai to turn back to face him. She gawked at the male for a long time trying to figure out what exactly was going on his mind, then it clicked.

"Oh that's right ofcourse you wouldn't. I keep forgetting that you're the most narcisstic humanbeing on this earth and wouldn't care if anyone saw you naked."

"No. You didn't hear what I said. I said, I actually wouldn't care if it was you."

Mai's eyes widened at his words. She opened her mouth but nothing came out. Her brow furrowed as she spoke when she found her voice. "If it was me? What do you...?"

"It means what you think it means, Mai. Honestly don't tell me that you're that stupid." The boy sighed as he picked up the book that sat beside him on his desk. Mai's mouth was shut in a tight line as her heart pounded in her ears. So that means that... Mai's mind began to real as she tried to sort out the hidden meanings in his words. "If were done in here you can leave now." Naru said tiredly as he flipped a page his his book.

"B-but..." Mai said slowly as her mind slowly pieced together the boys words. Slowly a blush began to creep across her face as she realized what the boy had ment. Her eyes widened. That type of comment was so unlike him! What had gotten into him? That was the second time she'd heard him say something remotely sexually related. Though when she thought about it telling someone they're a little old to be a pure miko wasn't all that sexual once she thought about it.

"But what?"

Mai's brow furrowed in confusion as a nervous smile came across her face. "Are you okay? Are you getting sick or something? You n-never say anything like tha-"

"I was answering your question. You asked how I would feel if you walked in on me, so I told you how I would feel." Naru looked over at Mai with tired eyes. She blinked then looked away from the boy.

"O-oh well...okay uhmm, I'll leave you now." She said quickly as she clumsily turned around and exited his office. When Mai reached her desk she felt emotionally drained and Naru's words kept running through her head. If he said that then does that mean that he likes her? Or maybe that he likes it when she looks at him? Her face turned dark red as the thoughts ran through her mind.

Naru glared at the book that was open in his hands. What was wrong with him? What was with the response he gave her? Luckily he had made it seem like it was natural for him to answer in such away or else she would have probably seen through his mask and realized what was wrong with him.

Naru snapped his book shut no longer finding interest in it and took a sip of his tea. The boy frowned momentarily to find that it wasn't his usual Earl Gray tea but Oolong tea instead. It wasn't that the boy didn't like the tea it was just it reminded him of Mai. Every time she made tea for herself she made Oolong because she didn't like the taste of Earl Gray. The boy sighed as his mind wandered back to the earlier events once more. Naru nearly slammed his cup of tea down on his desk as he rested his hand over his face. How much more was he going to think about the situation before his hormones got the best of him and he did something...or say something out of line that would make everyone notice his prediciment?

Maybe he should just go home and...No he couldn't do that. He had to get a hold of his emotions, he wasn't going to let his hormones effect him in such away. He's had his control over them until now and there was no way he was just going to let them take control over him after all these years.

April 20

Friday

It had been more than a full week since the incident between Naru and Mai had happened and since then things have had seemed to blow over. Naru's had finally got his hormones in check with out having to relieve himself, plus Mai had also seemed back to normal too. Though for some reason she had been acting a little more giddy to get home lately and the next day there was light dark circles under her eyes that she obviously had covered up with make up. But he told himself that it wasn't any of his concern where his assistant with outside of work so he just brushed the observation off.

Naru stepped out of his office then locked his door, it was late and he was exhausted. He just wanted to go home but the sight of two unknown girls softly chatting nonchalantly in the main office area caught his attention. "Who are you." Naru stated more than asked catching the two girls' attentions. For some reason they looked oddly familiar.

"Oh hey! Shibuya san don't you remember us? Were Mai's friends, you investigated our school once."

"I remember you. Where is Mai?" Naru asked his eyes trailing away from the girls. They looked like they were going somewhere, like to some kind of informal dance.

"Right here!" Mai chimmed as she stepped out of the kitchen. Naru's eyes fell on the girl but he wished they hadn't. She wore a beige cami dress that was loose except for around her waist were a thin string with beads on the end tied into a limp bow. Underneath the dress she wore dark brown leggings that matched the dark brown flats on her feet. "Sorry I had forgotten my phone in the kitchen and since my friends and I where going to a party near here I stopped and got it." Mai explained as she pocketed her phone as Naru's eyes soon fell on her face, which seemed to glow.

Inside his chest his heart slowly began to pound faster as he took in the girl's apperance. She was beautiful, it was a wonder that no boys ever looked at her. Though even if they did he would be sure to have their head on a platter after wards for even glancing anywhere near his assistant. "You should be studying rather than partying." Naru teased in his usual nonchalant manner just to grab the girl's attention. "Then maybe you'd have a chance at becoming smart."

Mai's friends gasped while Mai rolled her eyes. "You're just saying that because you're just jealous that I actually have friends to go to a party with unlike you, who consantly works all the time and has his nose burried in a book." She hissed before briskly walking over to her friends.

"It's not the matter that I don't have any friends to go to a party with, it's just the fact that I'd rather work and have my nose burried in a book to become more intelligent instead of letting my mind waste away while I party." He retorted with a sigh.

Mai huffed. "I don't have time to argue with you." She locked arms with her friends then began to usher them out the door. "I'll be late coming in tomorrow because I have to stay after school to help with preparing for exams but I'll stay late to make up for the time."

"Fine." Naru answered boredly then watched as the girl and her two friends left the office. The boy looked away from the three fleeting figures then sighed as he tried to push away the unwanted thoughts invading his mind. Though he couldn't help but imagine the feel of Mai's dress in his hands as he would hold her to him.

Naru gritted his teeth as he tried to rid the images out of his mind and locked up the office for the night. Apparently Lin had left early, so that ment he had to walk home which at the moment he didn't mind. Maybe the night air would give him a chance to clear his head anyway.

By the time Naru got to his appartment his head was cleared and thoughts of him and his assistant in intimate acts was no longer clouding his mind. He unlocked the door and was met with darkness. It didn't surprise Naru too much considering Lin usually got back late most of the time. After hanging his coat up and setting all of his belongings into his room he made himself a cup of black tea and enjoyed the silence. But that silence didn't last for long. The factory set ringtone sounded from his pocket as his cell phone vibrated. Naru dug out his phone to see it was Mai, he sighed and answered his phone knowing it was going to be something stupid. "Yes?"

"N-Naru?" Mai asked, nervousness was apparent in her voice.

"Who else would it be? What do you want, I thought I only told you to cal-"

"Call for work related purposes I know...but I kind of need your help and you're the only person I could call."

Naru sighed then placed his cup down on the counter. She was probably in trouble again. "Where are you?" He asked not bothering to ask for the details, he knew she'd tell him everything when he found her.

"The east end of Shibuya...uhmmm, near a cafe called Iris." Naru glanced at his phone when he heard the girl's voice crack. Was she crying?

"I'll be there in twenty minutes. Stay put."

"Thank you Naru." She said softly.

Naru gave a soft yeah before haning up. It was like the girl was a trouble magnit. When she first met him and Lin she'd manged to escape being crushed by shoe shelves, then she fell down a well, then down into a sewer, and of course that time she was nearly crushed by the ceiling if it hadn't have been for him protecting her. And now there was no telling what she got herself into.

Like Naru had promised he was there in twenty minutes infront of the cafe that she had told him about over the phone. As he approached the building he seen something move out of the corner of his eye in an ally way. "N-naru?" The boy stopped dead in his tracks knowing that voice was Mai's.

"Mai?" He called taking a step toward the dark ally way. When his eyes adjusted he could faintly see his assistants outline but he still couldn't see her clearly. As a car pasted, light from the headlights shined into the ally way revealing to the boy his assistant trembling and huddled against the brick wall like a scared stray cat. Her clothes were dirty and it looked like her lip was bleeding. Naru's eyes widened as he knelt beside the girl. "Mai what happened?" He asked his voice a little harsher than usual as his eyes once again strained to see the girl.

A choked sob came from his assistant as she tried to explain what happened but no matter hard she tried the words couldn't come out right. "I'm s-s-sor-"

"It's fine." Naru said shrugging off his jacket then wrapping it arround the girl's shoulders before helping her up. "Come on let's go."

So, this was just going to be like a non violent more lemon lime two or three chapter story or so but I needed a reason for Mai to call Naru so... here it is!

Oh, cliff hanger. : )

Trololo.

The second chapter will be out soon, so don't worry about that! Now I have to get back to my essays... *dies a little inside*

Also I would like your feed back on how Mai and Naru are acting. I don't think I'm portraying their characters that well right now.

Review! :D