I have been soo busy the past couple days… stupid cleaning. -.- Please R&R!

"Come in…."

At my voice, Ayako seemed to have thrown open the door. She rushed to my side, looking at my red puffy eyes with wide concern.

"Mai?! What happened?"

Oh, right. I hadn't told anyone yet….

" Can we talk about this later?"

"Oh. Yeah! Sure. We need to get you out of those clothes, though. How long have you been in them?"

"About a week…"

"Okay then!" I could tell she was a little surprised, but she tried to keep it in and be comforting. She pulled me up by my hand and it reminded me so much of when Naru helped me up when I sprained my ankle in one of our cases. The thought of him lead me into another round of tears.

"Mai! Did I lift you too hard? I'm sorry!" Ayako said, gallons of guilt in her voice.

"No.. It's just…"

I broke down.

"Oh Ayako!" I said, not holding back anymore tears.

"What? You can tell me anything." Ayako's motherly tone was kicking in.

"B-Before Naru left, I-I got the confidence to confess. And he-he said I loved his brother, not h-him!" I couldn't hold back the ters that were streaming down my cheeks."

"That… That…. THAT-" I put my hand on her shoulder before she could say anything else.

"Ayako, it's okay."

"Do you mind if I invite a few friends to our coffee sesh?"

I knew who she was talking about.

"Be my guest."

I hope you liked my 2nd chapter! By the way, this is a bit of a sneek peak, because this is actually the prologue to my story, "Naru's House." Hewai-gai!