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Italic - thoughts
Italic/Underline – Mai singing
Italic/Bold – Back-up singers singing
Italic/Bold/Underline – Guy singer singing
Recap
I look over at Naru. "I was going to ask earlier but what the hell are you doing back here in Japan Naru or is it Kazuya or better yet Oliver."
"Mai, don't start this here." Monk whispers in my ear.
"Fine." I sigh. "But seriously what are you doing here?"
"I came to re-open SPR." Naru answers. "And I want you to come back and work for me."
I was silent. I was in too much shock to answer.
Chapter 2
Next Day
I woke up and it was 6:00 in the morning so I decided to go down into the basement to the home studio to work on a new song. After an hour I was singing it to see how it sounded.
"Never look back," we said
How was I to know I'd miss you so?
Loneliness up ahead, emptiness behind
Where do I go?
And you didn't hear
All my joy through my tears
All my hopes through my fears
Did you know, still I miss you somehow
From the bottom of my broken heart
There's just a thing or two I'd like you to know
You were my first love, you were my true love
From the first kisses to the very last rose
From the bottom of my broken heart
Even though time may find me somebody new
You were my real love, I never knew love
'Til there was you
From the bottom of my broken heart
"Baby," I said, "please stay.
Give our love a chance for one more day"
We could have worked things out
Taking time is what love's all about
But you put a dart
Through my dreams through my heart
And I'm back where I started again
Never thought it would end
From the bottom of my broken heart
There's just a thing or two I'd like you to know
You were my first love, you were my true love
From the first kisses to the very last rose
From the bottom of my broken heart
Even though time may find me somebody new
You were my real love, I never knew love
'Til there was you
From the bottom of my broken heart
You promised yourself
But to somebody else
And you made it so perfectly clear
Still I wish you were here
From the bottom of my broken heart
There's just a thing or two I'd like you to know
You were my first love, you were my true love
From the first kisses to the very last rose
From the bottom of my broken heart
Even though time may find me somebody new
You were my real love, I never knew love
'Til there was you
From the bottom of my broken heart
"Never look back," we said
How was I to know I'd miss you so?
There was someone clapping I turn around thinking that it would be Rei to yell at her for coming down here when no one way aloud down here but to my surprise it was Naru. "What are you doing down here? No one is aloud down here." I give him a death glare.
"Rei invited me into the house and told me you were down here." Just then Rei comes running down.
"Sorry sis I didn't know that he left the living room when I went to make him and you some tea." She says while setting the tea tray down.
"It's ok Rei. I'm not mad at you and thank you for the tea." She nods and walks back upstairs when I hear the door close I go over and pour myself a cup of tea then look at Naru. "So what do you want?"
"I'm here to get my answer."
"From when do you want the answer to four years ago or last night?"
"What do you mean four years ago?" He has got to be kidding me. Right? I thought while I take a sip sitting on one of the sofas.
"You're kidding? Right?" he says nothing. "Wow. This is just making me want to break my promise to Rei." I look over at my dad's old pocket knife that is sitting next to the tea tray.
"Mai, what are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about when I confessed to you four years ago." I start to get worm so I pull off my hoody and just wear my tank top. I see Naru staring at my arms the scares going from my wrists up to my elbows. He walks over and grabs my hands and takes a better look at them.
"Why would you cut yourself like this Mai?" I look at him and of course he has his mask on so I see no emotion.
"It helped me that first year after you rejected me and left for England with Lin and your brother's body. You never even left me answer your question that night." I tell him and remove my hands from his grip while looking the other way. "You should go. I have to get ready for work."
"Mai…" I turn to see him looking right in my eyes. "What if I told you that I wanted an answer for both?"
"Do you really want to know?" He slightly nods. I take a deep breath and I answer. "To answer your question four years ago, you, it always was you. Seeing Gene in my dreams made me think that I would love to see your smile to see if they were similar or not. But also by talking to both of you I started to realize that he was someone else entirely. I use to lay awake for hours wondering why I was feeling the way I did. Finally when we were doing the Bloody Labyrinth case I realized that I was falling for you. When you asked me you or Gene I was so upset on the inside that I couldn't answer. I loved you Naru and I still do to this very day. Now to answer your question about rejoining SPR I will but I still have to do my shows at the club. I'll be talking to Haru about…"
Before I could finish I felt Naru's lips against mine. My eyes widen in surprise but slowly close and I start to kiss him back. I feel his thong slide across my bottom lip asking for entrance which I gladly grant. While we are fighting for dominance he slides his arms around my waist but not before he moves me to where I'm straddling him. I wrap my arms around his neck and have one of my hands in his hair. I tug his hair a bit and I hear a small growl escape his throat I smile into the kiss. He starts to moves his hands up under my shirt and I push him away. He gives me a questioning look. "Going too fast."
"That's ok, I can wait." He says with a smirk on his face. Before I can kiss him again there is a knock at the door up the stairs.
"Mai, Haru just called and asked if you were going to be at work today." Monk calls down. I look at Naru's watch and my eyes widen it was 8:30.
"Crap! Yeah Monk tell him I'll be in, in a half hour." I yell up. While getting up from Naru's lap.
"Ok, I'll let him know." I hear the footsteps fading I turn to Naru as he's getting up.
"Hey do you want to come for my rehearsal?" I ask as we are walking upstairs to the main level.
"I would love to Mai." He says as I'm heading up to my room to change.
"Ok, give me a minute to change and we can go." He nods and kisses my check.
40 Minutes Later At The Club
I walk in hand in hand with Naru and I see Haru at the bar. "Hey Haru, sorry for being late I was working on a new song."
"that's ok Mai. Anyway everyone's ready."
"Cool." I let go of Naru's hand and hand him my jacket. I walk over to the stage. "Hey guys, sorry I'm late ok so let's get started. Let's do Bring Me To Life, Lessons Learned, and Lessons Learned in that order. Sound good?" they all nodded. "Ok, then here we go. We'll do it like always and everything." They nodded and I looked over at Haru and nodded letting him know we were ready.
"Good evening everyone. I hope you are all ready to hear one of our very own. You all know and love her. Let's hear it for Miss Mai Taniyama." He walks back to behind the bar as I walk up to the mic.
"Thanks everyone I have a few old songs that I'm going to sing. I hope you enjoy. So this first song you all should know you can sing along if you want. Here we go." I turn to the band and nod.
How can you see into my eyes like open doors
Leading you down into my core
Where I've become so numb without a soul my spirit sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it back home
Wake me up
Wake me up inside
I can't wake up
Wake me up inside
Save me
Call my name and save me from the dark
Wake me up
Bid my blood to run
I can't wake up
Before I come undone
Save me
Save me from the nothing I've become
Now that I know what I'm without
You can't just leave me
Breathe into me and make me real
Bring me to life
Wake me up
Wake me up inside
I can't wake up
Wake me up inside
Save me
Call my name and save me from the dark
Wake me up
Bid my blood to run
I can't wake up
Before I come undone
Save me
Save me from the nothing I've become
Bring me to life
I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside
Bring me to life
Frozen inside without your touch without your love darling only you are the life among the dead
All this time I can't believe I couldn't see
Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
Got to open my eyes to everything
Without a thought without a voice without a soul
Don't let me die here
There must be something more
Bring me to life
Wake me up
Wake me up inside
I can't wake up
Wake me up inside
Save me
Call my name and save me from the dark
Wake me up
Bid my blood to run
I can't wake up
Before I come undone
Save me
Save me from the nothing I've become
Bring me to life
I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside
Bring me to life
I wait a few moments then nod to the band once again.
There's some things that I regret,
Some words I wish had gone unsaid,
Some starts,
That had some bitter endings,
Been some bad times I've been through,
Damage I cannot undo,
Some things,
I wish I could do all all over again,
But it don't really matter,
Life gets that much harder,
It makes you that much stronger,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were,
Lessons learned.
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned.
There's mistakes that I have made,
Some chances I just threw away,
Some roads,
I never should've taken,
Been some signs I didn't see,
Hearts that I hurt needlessly,
Some wounds,
That I wish I could have one more chance to mend,
But it don't make no difference,
The past can't be rewritten,
You get the life you're given,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were,
Lessons learned.
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned.
And all the things that break you,
Are all the things that make you strong,
You can't change the past,
Cause it's gone,
And you just gotta move on,
Because it's all,
Lessons learned.
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned,
Lessons learned.
Later that Night
"Thank you everyone. This last song is one of my favorites I wrote it about four years ago and now I'm happy to share it with all of you I would like to hear you sing it along with me to night if you want. Again thank you for coming out on a beautiful night to hear me sing for all of you." I turn and nod to the band. As the music start I look and I meet Naru's gaze.
I guess I should've known
It wasn't gonna end okay
You're such a troublemaker
But I like it just that way
A bomb tick tickin'
With neither one of us to blame
Just like a countdown ready to blow
I sat around a lot
And thought about the world without you
No matter what you think
Everything is not about you
You think I'm still hung up on you
Well baby it's not true
Now look at me
The memories turn to dust
There is only one explanation
I wasn't really in love
I wasn't really in love
It was just a crush
It was just a crush
Sparks fly when we touch
It was never enough
It was just a crush
It was just a crush
Yeah
You throw away the things
You need
There's nothing left to lose
The things I never wanna be
I owe it all to you
You just can't help yourself
It's just what you do
'Cause this is real life
Not a show
Now look at me
The memories turn to dust
There is only one explanation
I wasn't really in love
I wasn't really in love
It was just a crush
It was just a crush
Sparks fly when we touch
It was never enough
It was just a crush
It was just a crush
Yeah
You'll be fine
Just find another girl
To kick around
Won't be long until
They all know
What I figured out
Now look at me
The memories turn to dust
There is only one explanation
I wasn't really in love
I wasn't really in love
It was just a crush
It was just a crush
Sparks fly when we touch
It was never enough
It was just a crush
It was just a crush
Yeah
It was just a crush
Yeah
I walked off stage and into my dressing room changed and left with Naru. After about fifteen minutes of making out at the door I finally went in and went straight for my bedroom. As I laid there I began to think about the day's events and how things turned out for Naru and me. And with that sleep finally took me.
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Song: From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart By: Britney Spears, Bring Me To Life By: Evanescence feat. Paul McCoy, Lessons Learned By: Carrie Underwood, and Crush By: Selena Gomez & The Scene
