Sour-Chan: So I started thinking and I came up with another Chapter so I hope you like, I may or may not have big plans for this, I still have to figure this out. But I'm glad people seem to be enjoying it so I'll continue! I also wanted to write back to a few commenters!

sleonard: Thank you for your comment it gave me inspiration to write a second chapter! I hope it is to your liking, and thank you again for the help!

daughterXofXdarkness: Thank you! I appreciate your comment on my writing I always worry about that but I think I've found a style that I like. I also read you story on your account and I thought it was extremely cute! Thank you again!

Here is Chapter two! :D


"I got a new job today." She started out, stirring her pot of instant ramen. "I was starting to worry, my bills were pile up big time." Grimacing she stopped stirring and leaned on the counter.

"What were you able to find with your small bit of intelligence?" He said back, she swore she could hear the smirk in his voice.

"Hey! I'm not that stupid!" Snapping loudly she shifted again taking her pot of ramen off the heater. "Its a job at a book store, so I'm hoping I'll be able to keep it longer than my last ones."

"Just don't insulting costumers." He remarked.

"You're the one who does that!" He snickered lightly over the phone switching it to a different ear. Petty arguing, just like before.

"How about you, Naru?" Adding the flavor packet she stirred it around again and dumped it into a clean bowl, grabbing chop sticks and heading to the small two seater table in her kitchen. Hearing a tried sigh she wondered if that was the right question to ask.

He quickly answered non the less. "Busy." He rubbed the bridge of his nose while flipping the papers on his desk.

"How have you been sleeping?" She asked again taking a mouth full of ramen, enjoying every last bite seeing as she hadn't eaten anything since breakfast.

"Barely." His answered were short but had no bitterness behind them. In fact they sounded a little bit like a child who was tired. "I don't have much time, and when I do sleep all I can see is..." He paused wondering if he should finish.

"Gene?" She finished, putting down her chop sticks and laying back on the chair. They had been talking like this for a little under a month now, confining into one another their problems or accomplishments, but this was the first time since that night they had spoken about Gene, knowing that both of them held a connection with him, and the fact that Naru still believed that she was in love with his brother.

"Yes." There was a small silence before Naru interrupted it. "How do you do it?" This question confused Mai before realizing what exactly he was asking. "I mean without your parents..."

"Ah. I guess..." She trailed off at a loss before collecting her thoughts. "Well, I don't really know. Maybe it has something to do with the promise I made to them.."

"Promise?" He seemed interested, sitting down the pen he held in his hand, relaxing back into the his chair.

"Yeah. When mom died she made me promise to be happy. If not for myself but for her so she wouldn't have to worry. But I do have my days when I just can't...I don't mean to sound negative but I got use to being alone. I don't mean that I don't cry, because I do. I just try not to cry for to long, so I don't worry them. Losing family is very hard...You'd think that family means that they would stay forever but some people are just not that lucky. You regret the time you fought, or the day they died you weren't with them. How the last words you said to them weren't the best, how you wish you could of done something to prevent."

"I use to try and pretend that I was okay with it. That I didn't care, but when someone told me it was okay, it was okay to cry because I was in pain...I couldn't stop myself. I balled my eyes out for days begging." She heard him sigh, letting the words sink in.

"Painful." He muttered closing his eyes.

"We can only feel our hearts up with warm fuzzy things to help ease the pain." Mai chuckled back, her ramen now cold.

The silence was long before she spoke up again. "We at least we know that the ones we love are in a better place, and taken care of." Mai picked up the bowl and set it on the counter before heading to her room and laying down on her bed.

"What about you? How are you sleeping?" He sat back up returning the work on his desk already knowing the answer to his question.

"About as well as you." She hummed bitterly rubbing the dark circles under her eyes with the back of her hand. "But better than before, its nice having someone to talk to." She showed a tired smile knowing he couldn't see it over the phone.

He hummed in response typing away at his computer. "I've told you before, I'll listen." He had repeated the same thing for a while now, she was just starting to open up to him again so he was thankful for that.

"I'll listen to you too!" She shot back with a grin. He only let out an annoyed puff of air. "Hows work? Any interesting cases?"

"Non so far, all easy, or not even any cases at all, just normal things. There are better cases in Japan." He remarked hinting on something she couldn't tell.

"Do you think you'll ever come back..?" Her voice was quiet, so quiet she was sure he hadn't heard her.

"Maybe. I'll keep it in mind." Her face lighted up slightly. "Hows that, ex boyfriend?" He teased hearing an annoyed grunt from her.

"A jerk like always!" She declared throwing her free hand up in the air for dramatic effect.

"What was his name again?" He pressed.

"Ryota." She snapped glaring at her ceiling.

"Ah. Yes. Ryota the Jerk. Sound fitting." He chuckled. Causing her face to turn bright red.

"Hey..Naru..I miss you." She spouted out before clamping her hand on her mouth, she hadn't wanted to say that! Now he was never going to talk to her again!

He was shocked to say the least, but he too felt a tug on his heart when she said it. "...I miss you too." His confession was a quiet whisper unaware of the eavesdroppers outside his office door.

Mai let out a light giggled unable to hold it back, a wide smile on her face. A comfortable silence once more. "I should get to bed, its getting late. I'll talk to you tomorrow?" He hummed. "Good Night Naru."

"Good Night Mai.

"There was this creepy guy at work today! No matter how many times I told him I wasn't interested he kept on pushing.

"Just show his your grades, he'll run." His voice laced with tease, satisfied with her sudden anger.

"Naru!" She yelled. "God.. I wonder why I even talk to you sometimes!"

He only chuckled back angering her more.

"So, hows the case going?" She changed the subject, from what he told her last time he was on a case at a haunted hotel, it had four ghost. One trickster, and hateful women and two angry men.

"Moving along nicely. Though the person who hired us has a daughter and she..." He grimaced remembering how the girl acted much like Masako but not so discretely. Mai busted out laughing only adding more flame to the fire.

"Just show her your terrible personality, she'll run." Mai poked back using his words.

Rolling his eyes he stuffed on hand in his pocket and leaned on the wall outside, finding this as a suitable hiding spot. "How has your sleeping progressed?"

"Actually, I've only had one nightmare this week! I've slept really well, how about you?" She walked down the street avoiding running into people.

"Better, still not fully. But better." He sighed a little relived that she too was sleeping better. He flinched when he hard the object of his hiding call out his name.

"Oliver~!" Her voice high pitch. He sunk back farther into the wall trying to disappear.

"I think I hear your lover calling for you." Mai snickered receiving a low grunt.

"Don't." He bit, glaring at nothing. "I have to go, call me if you need me." After that he hung up, most likely finding a new place to hide.

Mai sighed contently before closing her flip phone and placing it on the bed beside her, beginning to dose off.

"Naru? Are you okay?" Her voice was tender making his unsettled mind calm. His breaths were uneven and loud, he had called her late at night with panic.

"I.." He trailed off wiping the sweat from his head. "Just talk to me." He ordered.

"..So I've got my rent and bills up to date now, I've been able to keep this job for a while too. Though I must admit I still miss our old job, Also I saw Monk and Ayako today, it seemed like they are staring a relationship..." She smiled softly.

"I knew that would happen sooner or later." His voice was not as strained as before but was still a little bit off.

"I've learned how to make tea differently, a nice old lady came to the store and taught me since it was a slow day. Maybe I'll make it for you next time we see each other."

He sighed contently. "I'd like that." A small smile graced his lips as he leaned back into his bed, no longer thinking about the nightmare he had just had.

The two continued on for around two more hours before Naru claimed Mai needed sleep, in the back of her head she remarked he had called her first. Just before she was about to hang up she heard something soft, barely there.

"..Thank you Mai.." And to that he hung up, a goofy smile laced her face before diving back under her covers and sleeping.


Sour-Chan: Well I hope that this fluff was enough for you guy if not let me know and I'll step up my game! I'm hoping to get to a good part of this story soon. Now as for updating I'll try during the week but because of school I may not, but I most definitely will during the weekends! Have a good day!