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Friday, February 12

Mai was sitting by one of the office's windows looking out at the people below. They hustling and bustling about from shopping, eating, or walking with purpose to their next destination. And despite the chilly day, the sun was shining and the evergreen trees swayed slightly in the breeze. She wondered if the people below notice how good the day was? If Naru knew how beautiful today was?

She sighed contently as her thought wonder over from the scenery to her boyfriend. They had been dating for a little over a month and they took turns deciding where they should go on a date. It was his turn this time and usually when he picked some place to go it was a walk in the park. They would pick a bench under a large tree and snuggle for warmth. Often they just ended up making out but sometimes she would ask him little things like what his favorite color was or what teas he preferred. Though when she asked about his family he tended to dodge the question or change the subject.

She had picked a nice little restaurant for their last date where they served really great tea. Usually when they went to a place she picked he would as her questions about school or they kissed but recently he wanted to know more and more about her parents. At first Mai hesitated but once she got started, telling him the quirky things about her mom or the vague things about her dad became easier.

'Naru was careful when he asked about them… like he understood exactly how it felt to lose loved ones,' She thought with a sad smile, getting up away from the window. 'Maybe… I'll show him their graves when it's my turn to pick the place.'

The petite brunette walked to the kitchenette, getting the feeling that her incredibly attractive boss was about to call for tea. "Tea, Tea, what kind of tea should I make today?" She said in a sing song voice, her fingers lightly skimming over the tin canisters of tea until she reached the container marked Earl Gray. "This one looks good!"

"Mai, Tea!" she heard as she was going through the motions of preparing the tea.

After it was done she placed three cups on the tray. Stopping by Lin's office she delivered his tea and then walked to Naru's. Knocking lightly she carefully eased the door open and tapped it closed behind her with her foot. Mai placed the tray down on his desk and right as she switched the old cup for the new, he spoke.

"Would you mind staying for a bit?" He asked. The sound of his deep smooth voice made her heart pound. She looked up to see that he was facing the window, had he been enjoying the same view she had just moments before?

"Sure," she replied sitting in one of the black leather chairs with her teacup. "Is it about an up coming case? Should I call the others?"

As he spun around to face her, he looked down at the papers on his desk before his gaze met her questioning brown eyes. "No," he replied. "I have a lot of things I need to talk to you about."

The raven hair teen's face was solemn, his blue eyes full of uncertainly as if he was questioning one of his own decisions. "Naru, you can tell me anything." Mai stood and placed her cup on the tray that was still resting on the desk. Then she came up to him and hugged his shoulders. He responded by pulling her into his lap.

"I want to know Mai, will you love me no matter what happens?" He whispered in her ear, pulling her into a tight embrace.

"Naru are you alright?" Mai pulled back to look into his face worried. 'He's acting so strange! Where is the over confidant, stoic, narcissist?'

"Will you or will you not?" He asked more forcefully.

"I love you more than anyone, possibly even more than my parents." Mai struggled with the last part but she knew in her heart that it was true. "No, I love you even more than that." She looked directly into his dark sapphire blue eyes.

He smiled briefly, he knew it was a hard choice. But hearing her say it was exactly what he need.

"I will start off with who I really am…" He began.


Mai wasn't sure what she should be thinking or what she was going to say. He was telling her everything. Everything. His real name being Oliver Davis, his family that lived in England, his brother… his twin brother and all of the things he and his brother shared but also the things that made them different.

Eugene Davis was happy most of the time and easily liked by others. He was also a psychic medium and smart like Naru… no smart like Oliver but rather than work all the time Gene, that was his nick name, wanted to enjoy himself which usually meant teasing Oliver or dragging him along to go hiking. "Get fresh air and blood running through that enormous head of yours!" Naru smiled as he quoted his brother.

Then he told her that Gene had come to Japan for a medium convention where he had met Masako. He went off a little to explain the skewed relationship between himself and the TV star but continued to when he had told Gene over the phone after the convention not to go out. The pain she could see in his deep, blue eyes made her want to cry. Gene, who loved living, was killed not long after that very phone call.

All this time he had been carrying such a burden and she had no idea. Did she have the right to tell him she was upset for being used if the reason he came up with Shibuya Psychic Research was to find his brother's body? The answer was no, she did not.

After he was done the couple fell into silence as they sat there in each others arms.

"Mai," Naru broke the silence first, his voice was low and echoed the anguish he had in his heart. "I apologize for lying to you, I never expected to – "

"Fall in love with me?" She gave him a small smile that he returned. It made her think back to when they had first met how guarded he had been but now he was so relaxed with her.

"Yes," he replied his voice was smooth and calm. "Did I make you angry?"

She knew it was better to be understanding rather for him than to be upset at him but both were there. Why couldn't he have trusted her enough to tell her sooner? But how long did it take her to actually say anything about her parents? "A little but you told me and that's what matters."

Or at least that's what she wanted to say but the phone rang and cut her off. "You should get that." Was what she actually did say. Mai got off his lap and went over to her cold cup of tea.

"Shibuya Psychic Research." Naru said in a very business type tone. "This him speaking."

Mai rolled her eyes as she sipped her tea. 'There's always a skeptic.'

Suddenly his eyebrows furrowed and he frowned. "Explain." Naru sat forward at his desk and grabbed a pen. Her boss began writing rapidly, filling the stray piece of paper with information that the woman was giving him about the new case. After a minute he stopped writing and glanced at Mai before speaking into the phone again. "Mrs. Himura, please prepare two rooms for us to stay in and one where we can set up our equipment. We will be arriving tomorrow at noon. Good day."

'What are we going to be dealing with?' came through to the top of her list of questions that had been growing since they had ended their conversation. After he hung up the phone he gave the paper to Mai. "You can read over it if you want but please give it to Lin and then call the others. Let them know that this could be potentially dangerous."

"I thought all of out cases were potentially dangerous." She said quietly to herself, walking out of his office and to Lin's office door.


Lin had been tweaking the personal settings on his new laptop. He had just spent the past few hours transferring all of the data from his old computer to his new. The letters on the old keyboard were worn down to the point were you couldn't even tell what any on the letters were. That was when he decided to would be a good time to purchase the new model he saw in a catalog.

He had heard Mai's distinct knocked on his door. "Come in."

The petite brunette was holding what appeared to be a note in her hand, the look on her face said that she already read it. "Here, it's a new case. Naru said that we have to pack today and be there by tomorrow afternoon." She informed him as she handed him the note.

He waited for her to leave but she stood where she was clearly unable to figure out whether or not she was going say what was troubling her. "Can I help you with anything Mai?" The tall, handsome Chinese man asked patiently. The past few months had been clear of any trouble that Naru loved to stir up and he knew that was mostly because of Mai. Lin was truly happy for the couple as well because he couldn't think of anyone he had seen happier then the two of them when they were together.

"You knew about Naru being Oliver Davis?" It wasn't a question really and he knew that it was bound to happen (him telling her the truth) but it still surprised him.

"Yes, I knew." He kept his features masked only by habit whenever this topic came up because he knew everything she was going to ask.

"And about Gene?" She asked cautiously.

"For years." He nodded. Gene was equally as troublesome as Noll could be at times but he was a lot more cheerful and light hearted. When Gene died he felt as though he had lost a brother.

As if she could read his thoughts she put a tentative hand on his shoulder. "I wish I could have met them together." She whispered sadly. Mai placed the paper on his desk and quietly left, closing the door behind her.

The tall Chinese man sighed and turned to the note. There wasn't much written on it but it was clear the Naru stuck to the facts.

Mrs. Himora Lives: just outside limits of Nichinan Kaigan city

Reasons for the request: Knocking, footsteps, feeling of being watch, power goes out everyday at sundown, hearing a strange voice, strange shadows, threatening messages appearing on the walls (intelligent haunting?)

All of the previous owners have been either seriously injured or died on the property.

Lin could see why Naru had immediately chosen to respond, if there were people who's lives needed them there was no turning it away. He pulled up a new word document and began recording the information before putting his dazzling researching abilities to work.


A/N: Hello, thank you for reading!:D

While this chapter is short I can assure you that the following chapters will be longer than the last one. For those of you who have read my previous story I added the epilogue to the beginning as a sort of a recap/ intro for people who haven't read Snowy Nights. So please review and tell me what you think! ^^