May 23rd, 2019
The rain pours on this quiet morning, footsteps are barely heard as a figure approaches a tombstone. The figure cloaked in black touches the ground with their dainty hand. The earth under that hand cracks open like a small earthquake and a coffin rises out of the ground. The cloaked figure approaches the coffin and opens it to see a slightly decomposed body that has been there for years. They then gently take their hand and touch the obviously masculine face. With a smile the body begins to heal back to that of how it should be along with the organs and brain itself.
The corpse looks more alive and once the soul returns to the body, the once corpse is alive and breathing. The cloaked figure lifts up his body and carries him to a mansion. Gently laying his body on the ground in front of the mansion and ringing the bell on the gate. The figure then leaves the man laying there as his body seems to age the years he had been dead and the cloaked figure quickly rushes away but looks back to see a man identical the one they had brought back from the dead stare in shock as an older woman with blonde hair and blue eyes starts to cry as she holds him close to her chest. A small smile appears on their lips as they continue to run.
A beautiful woman with long brown hair and beautiful brown eyes sighs as she collapses on the sofa in her and her adopted brothers apartment. The man with black hair and dark almost black eyes looks up at her and he says, "Mai you've been staring into space for the last 10 seconds. I expect you to grow a second head at this point," the remark makes the younger woman look up and snort.
"Osamu, I swear. I will not tolerate any jokes right now when we just had to fix up this entire apartment for us to live in. We have classes tomorrow, considering how many classes we both have," she says. The one labeled as Osamu adjusts his glasses. "Well Mai we do have to kind of let loose before a stressful time tomorrow," he says with a smile.
"Well I know you're not staying in our apartment tonight, you'll probably go off and have a threesome or something, get drunk on the side and I won't be seeing you until tomorrow morning," she remarks with a roll of her eyes.
"You know me too well, Mai-chan," he says sweetly with a smirk.
She yawns and stretches. "Well good luck with your hangover tomorrow," she says as she lays down on her side.
The older male stands up and walks over to the door and grabs his coat before he leaves. "See you in the morning: I should be back by 6 and my classes don't start until the afternoon for Computer Science class, at 3, my Law class at 5, then lastly is Parapsychology at 7, which I will see you there," he says.
"I know we are taking all the same classes, goofball," she says softly with a fond smile. "Bye bye and have fun tonight," she waves him away.
"Yeah yeah, goodnight!" He exclaims as he runs off.
Now all to herself Mai opens a book and starts to read. Eventually when she gets bored she stands up and takes a shower and thinks about everything that has happened.
It has been two years since Oliver left, it feels just like yesterday. She thinks as she washes her hair. Now I happen to be his student and I don't think he'll notice me. I was just another girl to confess after all. It took me so long to figure out that I really did love him too. She thinks as she steps out of the shower.
She puts on her pajamas and eats dinner with a fork instead of chopsticks like she usually does. She eats the chicken and vegetables carefully. After she finishes with her meal she makes popcorn and sits and watches a movie before she brushes her teeth and goes to her bedroom. She lays down on her bed and thinks about her day, closing her eyes she falls asleep to the sound of raindrops hitting the window.
Mai Taniyama wakes up to a shout in her ear. "Get your ass up, Mai!" She hears Osa's voice as she likes to call him sometimes as a cute nickname.
"I'm up! I'm up! Stop shouting you idiot!" She then grabs a pillows and continuously hits his head after she sits up.
"Ow! Ow! Ow!" Mai hears Osa say as he jumps away from her hits. "That hurts, Mai-chan!"
"Of course it hurts I want it to!" She yells as she jumps out of bed and chases him around the apartment with her pillow.
Eventually the siblings calm down and end up draped over one another in exhaustion. Then Osamu sits up and Mai has to then because she's draped over his back.
"So, how was last night?" Mai asks Osa.
"Oh I met a couple, boyfriend and girlfriend and I asked them if they wanted to have a threesome. I don't think they'll remember last night though," Osamu says with a grin.
"Please don't tell me in graphic details about your night last night," Mai says in desperation. However Osamu just grins slyly and tells in excruciating details about his sex life.
"I could have gone my entire life without hearing that you gave that man a blow job," Mai says in exasperation.
"You told me that I couldn't though...so obviously you wanted to hear," Osamu says jokingly.
"Anyway, we should have breakfast and I wouldn't mind going shopping," Mai says softly as she stands up and takes out the eggs and bacon and turns on the stove. She starts to cook up the eggs and bacon and makes tea well she does that. Taking out two plates and setting them on the island table.
Osamu is looking at his phone when he suddenly asks, "Mai can we get a kitten or a puppy or possibly both!" He says so excitedly that it scares Mai who nearly drops the bacon that she's putting on the plate.
"Osa, you know that we can't take care of a dog at this moment…" Mai says but it's easy to tell she really wants a puppy too.
"But Mai…" Osa says. "No but's Osamu Yasuhara!" Mai yells as she sets down the cups filled to the brim with tea. Then she grabs the silverware and hands the fork to Osa as he sits down with a pout.
Once the two siblings finish eating Osamu is dragged out the door by Mai. Who brings him to the nearest mall. Once they arrive Osamu goes around flirting with girls and boys alike who both seem to kindly share the same interest in him. "Osa, I told you not to use that unless necessary," she say softly glaring at him. "Oh but Mai I'm preparing for Oliver!" Mai bristles and slaps his waving dramatic arm. "I've had a crush on him for two years don't ruin it!" She yells under her breath.
"I'd never dream of it, Mai-chan," he says in Japanese unlike their conversing back and forth in English for the last two days. Mai facepalms and just keeps walking. They leave with so many bags and Mai sighs as the walk back to their apartment. They both collapse as they arrive and suddenly Mai gets a phone call.
Mai answers only to have Ayako say that she just found out she was 5 weeks pregnant and she nearly drops the phone and she squeals jumping around. "Oh my goodness I can't believe this! I'm going to have a new sibling!" She yells happily. Osamu's head turns so quickly he almost gives himself whiplash. "We're having siblings!" He nearly tackles Mai to the ground in a hug as he jumps around with her.
Ayako ends up hanging up when they don't even acknowledge her for 5 minutes in their excitement. "I can't believe this!" She yells happily as she is still hugging Osamu jumping around in joy. They end up starting up music on the speakers and dancing around together in excitement. They both end up dancing themselves into exhaustion which takes an hour in total, also drinking a few glasses of champagne before they just relax on the couch after their excitement has died down. Osamu is fanning himself with a metal fan as he sits casually on the couch and takes out his laptop. "Mai, you should try to do a tarot card reading for Ayako's future," he says with enthusiasm in his voice. "Fine, fine," she says taking out here tarot deck. She shuffles it up with skill.
She carefully sets down 13 cards. One in the middle and the others on the outside. Each card is supposed to symbolize the future. The one in the center is the present well the rest are the future months. She hopes this will work as she's only done readings when across from another. She closes her eyes and she pictures Ayako and her future which she also did well choosing the cards.
Without looking she flips over each and every card. She then opens her eyes and Osamu hands her a paper and a pen to write down which each card could mean.
The first card in the middle is the Four of Wands, which most likely means that she is celebrating the baby. Well the next outside of the circle just happens to be the Queen of Wands, which most likely means she will be determined in this first month. The next is the Nine of Swords reversed, which means that she will probably be feeling hope that everything will turn out okay.
The next card is Seven of Hearts reversed, which then she'll be around 4 months in and it would be expectable she'd be rethinking her approach on the pregnancy. The next is the Two of Pentacles, which probably means she is balancing her decisions when it comes to her pregnancy. Ten of Cups, which usually means happiness or dreams coming true, so Mai is more or less undecided with this part of the reading. King of Cups reversed, probably means she'll just be in a bad mood, nothing unusual there, it's Ayako. Eight of Wands reversed, ironic for the last month of her pregnancy, meaning she will probably be waiting for the baby to be born.
The next card is the Empress of the Major Arcana, meaning she will be beginning her journey of motherhood. The next is the World of the Major Arcana, meaning completion and fulfillment. Well the last is the Seven of Wands, which means she will probably be keeping control of her new life.
Mai finishes writing each definition down and takes a picture to send to Ayako. "Ayako...she'll be happy to know her new baby will be born healthy indeed. My intuition says it will be a girl," Mai says happily.
"I don't doubt that Mai, I can already imagine the look on the doctors face when Ayako says she knows it's a girl before they even tell her," he says jokingly. "Well no reason not to trust my intuition it is always right, right?" she asks.
"Of course it is," he rolls his eyes fondly. "Shit, we should get going to our first class its 20 minutes until 3!" He exclaims before he runs out the door. "Wait for me Osamu!" She yells after him and grabs her purse before leaving, after she locks the door she can finally catch up to the taller man. Who just got into the right side of the vehicle and she rolls her eyes. "I hope I don't die," she says under her breath as she gets into the passenger seat on the left side. She carefully buckles her seatbelt before Osamu drives off.
The pair talk all the way there which is only a few miles away and they arrive to the large University, well about a block away they park the car as there are only parking places around the sides of the University and not near the entrance. They enter the University and walk to their first class which they share all the same classes. A few hours pass and they have finished their first two classes, they walk to the Parapsychology class nervously. They enter the room and try to block their faces as they walk in.
"Mai? Yasu?" They hear a masculine voice that is fairly deep and dripping in a proper English accent. They both look at each other and laugh nervously, before they look towards the handsome black haired professor whom is leaning against his desk.
"Well good afternoon, Professor," Mai says cheerily, a smile gracing her lips. Osamu smiles slyly and says cheerfully. "Now you have to deal with us in your class, Professor Oliver Davis," and with a wink he drags Mai up the stairs. They both sit down in chairs and set their notebooks on the table to take notes during the lecture. Eventually other students take their seats. There were quite a few students probably around 22 besides Osamu and herself.
"Open your Introduction to Parapsychology books, also please don't complain because I have to teach the basics over and over again every year," he says in an annoyed tone. He points onto the board that has a ton of writing on many different things relating to psychics.
"Can anyone tell me what psychometry is?" He asks and only a few students raise their hands. Two of which are Mai and Osamu. "Ms. Taniyama, answer the question then," he says sternly.
"Psychometry is the ability to touch an inanimate object and be able to see the past through it, mainly relating to a personal object that someone touches often," Mai replies in a raised voice so that he can hear her. "It is also known to be one of the categories of ESP, however it is not linked to the abilities of a psychic that can use Astral projection.
"Correct," he replies as he twirls his pen in his fingers.
He continues to ask questions relating to different psychic abilities, eventually he stops his lecture.
"Turn to page 115 in your textbooks," he says quite loudly as he goes to sit at his desk.
Mai and Osamu both sigh as they open their books, already knowing everything but still wanting good grades so that they can participate in the cases that the students get to attend.
Oliver is an awful teacher to have because after every lecture he makes his students give their notes over for grading and if they don't put down everything they can easily fail a class.
"There will be a case coming up this weekend, everyone is required to attend this one unless sick or injured, before you leave today please take a contract saying that I will not be held responsible for deaths or injuries during said case," Oliver says casually. The pair of adopted siblings look at one another and smile wickedly.
Once she finishes reading 30 pages and taking the notes for those pages she walks down with nearly 20 pages of notes already and hands her notebook specifically for this course to Oliver's hand. She then grabs the contract quickly and says quietly. "Back to making tea for you again, I can only assume, have a goodnight," he merily nods with a smirk gracing his lips.
About 30 seconds after leaving the class for Osamu to leave as well. They sit down and fill out the paper for the case quickly and wait about 10 minutes before the other students leave. They then both sneak in and set them on the desk along with a confetti bomb on the desk as Oliver was looking at the board and they quickly sneak out. They both giggle as they hear Oliver's shouts.
Both of them head home and that night Mai looks up at the ceiling a smile gracing her lips as she falls asleep.