Okay, sorry about the weird text script thing in the last chapter, thankfully I was able to fix it before most people noticed. I think it's a bug from using Grammarly, but if anyone else has had this problem before please let me know, thanks. Now on to what you guys came for the story!
Side note in the original story this took place before the manga, but for future plans…..and I also didn't realize when I wrote the pilot this will take place after the manga. Serry. Another thing is this story is told in the third person so if you see this -.- it means its just switched thoughts like from Mai to Naru ext. ext.

Mai stirred in and out of consciousness, with a loud ringing in her right ear it made it kinda hard to stay asleep. Finally, she caved, turned off the alarm, and made her way to the bathroom for a calm shower. Setting her phone on shower shelf she started her shower, after a few minute of quiet her phone started to ring. She looked at who was calling and glared at his name before answering the phone.

"Naru I'll have you know I'm perfectly capable of waking myself, and I most certainly don't need a wake-up call," with no words yet from Naru Mai continued her rant, "you know a lot has changed since you left for England," Mai stated matter factly, but it just so happens when she put her foot down to prove her point, she slipped and hit the shower floor. "Damn, that hurt, and just as I was trying to prove a point."

"It seems you haven't changed that much because it seems your clumsier than ever, and honestly who brings their phone in the shower that's just weird," Naru said and it almost sounded like Naru laughed, Mai was just a little shocked. "Just don't be late for work, and try not to hurt yourself anymore today." He said before hanging up the phone.

Mai got up from the floor but noted a bruise forming on the side of her leg, with a sigh she finished her shower and packed for the case. One thing that changed is Mai dressed more normally and even sometimes wears makeup. She decided leggings and tees would pack the best, and plain black shoes go with everything so they were her go to. After she finished packing she got herself ready and headed back to the bathroom to brush her hair and teeth. After a glance down at the clock, she decided she didn't have time to make breakfast, so a quick stop on the way sounded better. She grabbed her bag and wallet, locked the door, and made her way to the office.

Once she got out the door Mai stopped quickly to dig out her headphones and continued walking shuffling through her Spotify before picking a song, 4u by Blackbear. After a while of walking Mai stopped at a convenience store to get a snack and some iced tea. Mai didn't really enjoy iced tea, she preferred hot better, but she did like one American brand. One of her friends showed it to her and Mai had been addicted since she had no idea what kind it was but she still loved it.
Mai made it to the office right on time, scanning the people in front of her she noticed two people were missing. The first was Masako it was normal for her not to be here on most cases, you could say Naru wasn't the biggest fan of her and only called her when she saw fit. No the person who she was shocked about was Madoka, she was so looking forward to having her with. Sighing Mai gave one more sweep looking for her, and nothing, she was gone.

"Mai, are you just going to stand there all day or help us load the van," Naru glared at her wondering what her problem was.

"Wheres Madoka, you told me she was on this case," Mai looked at Naru with big puppy dogs eyes and it almost looked like Naru smirked, "This car ride is gonna suck without her, I'm gonna die of boredom before we get there."

"Quit whining, and help before I cut you pay," with a sign Mai walked away and helped Monk and John load the equipment, "Oh, Mai, make some tea before we leave." Mai glared at Naru before setting the equipment down to go make his precious tea.

When it came time to leave Mai braced herself for the five-hour car ride of death, and almost begging Naru to let her switch cars. She knew he would say no and asking him would just make him mad, so hopped in the back seat. After about ten minutes of plotting she decided if she couldn't have a fun car ride neither could Naru. Plus maybe if she annoyed him enough he would make her switch cars at the two-hour break.

"Narrruuuuuu, Na ru, Ne, Naru," Mai said while poking Narus seat but to no avail, since Naru pretended not to notice, "Noll, Oliver, Naru, Kazuya," Mai pried some more and finally she succeeded.

"What is it Mai," Naru said caving into the menus behind him.

"Where is Madoka, you told me she was coming," Mai asked glaring at the back of his head.

"She's meeting us at the location tomorrow, she had some business to take care of before she showed up."

"Well I'm bored and she usually entertains me but she's not here," Mai said waiting for Naru to reply but when he didn't say anything she got a little peeved. "Naru what am I supposed to do for the next 5 hours."

"I don't know Mai figure it out," a smirk pasted Narus lips as he finally could tease Mai, it been awhile since he could, "I mean you could always try reading the case file that I know you didn't read yesterday."

Mai finally gave up and pulled out her headphones and slowly looked through her songs hoping to find one that could give her some entertainment. She decided Is There Somewhere by Halsey, every time she listened to this song she thought of Naru so she only saw it fitting.

Naru looked back at Mai as she listened to her music, wondering if she had that from the beginning why she even bothered him to begin with. He could never understand her no matter how hard he tried, she almost reminded him of Gene. His older brother always seemed to confuse him and Mai was the same. Naru remembered how when they were in the orphanage Gene always seemed to not have a care in the world, and didn't care about all the problems.
These thoughts upset Naru and the temperature in the car dropped a few degrees. Naru looked back at Mai who shivered a little bit at the sudden temperature drop, and Naru didn't even want to look over at Lin. He already knew what would happen, he would look at him all pissed off, then pull the car over, and make him go clear his head.

"Noll, do you need to take a break," Naru didn't answer because he knew it was not a question. Lin pulled the car over and watched as Takigawa's car pulled past them giving Lin a weird look. Once Lin pulled safely off the road into the very convenient wayside, Naru got out of the van followed by a confused Mai. Naru started to walk away only to be stopped by Mai.

"Umm Naru, are you okay," Mai questioned worriedly.

"Yeah, just a little car sick, I'm just going to clear my head," Naru said his mask hiding the sadness in his mind, "Just wait for here with Lin, knowing you, you would end up hurt or lost if you wandered off."

Naru made his way down one of the paths leading from the waypoint. He found himself at an old lookout point, he had to admit the view was pretty nice. His thoughts were cut short when he noticed the drop in temperature, and this time she wasn't the cause. He looked up to see the one and only Eugene Davis floating in front of him. With a large sigh, he looked at his brother waiting for him to speak.

"Well hello there Oliver, did my idiot scientist of brother call for some much-needed relationship advice?" Gene joked causing Naru to glare at him.
"What are you even talking about, and why are you here. Just pass on already,"

"I should tell Mai to get you some relationship glasses, but I figure she needs them just as bad as you," Gene said laughing to himself, "and I already told you I can't pass on yet. Plus it's so entertaining to watch you and Mai."

"Stop watching Mai that's just creepy, you're like some ghost stalker."

"What! Did Noll just make a joke, Mai has tainted you," Gene said laughing again before getting a serious look on his face, "She's good for you, don't mess this up."
"Mess what up? What are you going on about know?"

"You'll find out soon, and shouldn't you be thanking me for helping Mai on her plain and not calling me a ghost stalker." Gene waited for Naru to say something, but he knew better than that, "anyway, I should get going long visits like this put some strain on my spirit. Bye Noll."

"Bye stupid medium."

Naru made his way back to the van contemplating everything Gene was talking about, he couldn't understand where he was having relationship problems. Yes, Mai made him feel weird sometimes and do things he wouldn't normally do, but she loved Gene. Was Gene unaware of her feelings, or did he turn her down? Either way, he was confused and all this useless thinking was giving him a headache. He made his way back to the van and noticed Mai looking out into the distance with the wind blowing her hair. Dare he say it, but Mai looked cute and made his heart jump a bit.

"Oh, Naru your back, are you feeling better," Mai asked focusing her gaze on Naru.

"Yes very, now let's get going, the others are probably halfway to the break point by now." With that, they hopped back in the van and made their way to the location for probably one of their most dangerous cases yet.

Okay, this chapter is also kinda short too, but I just felt it made sense to end here. I was going to publish this bi-weekly, but I got done with this chapter sooner than expected. My point is it might move to once a week depending on how my other story is doing. I'm working on a rewrite for When Words Fail Music Speaks, but I won't be uploading it for a while.