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Summary:

Naru woke up to find his wife gone from his bed and gone from his house..

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Where is she exactly?

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Chapter 2

Written Promise

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"S-sir," The maid stammered as she beheld her very irritated master with wide and frightened eyes.

Oliver came out of the room and began storming through every room of the house. Lydia, one of the maids was walking down the hall when he came out of the kitchen and turned on her. She hadn't seen him so angry and it nearly made her knees give in.

"Where is she?"

"Who sir?" She said, her breath started to shake as his eyes narrowed even more.

"My wife." He said, sarcasm lacing his tone. Mai had done it again. Lydia would have to beg her mistress not to go anywhere without asking permission from her short-tempered husband. She only started working in the Davis's estate six weeks ago and she already encountered so many things in such a short span of time.

Her mistress, Mai Kazuya, had a weird habit of disappearing out of the blue and she knew that sometimes her mistress couldn't help it because of her psychic abilities. However, her master, Oliver or often times called Shibuya and whom her mistress fondly called Naru, would take it so seriously to the point of hiring his own SPR detectives to find her. Lydia almost pitied him if it weren't for his frightening tendency to be domineering.

"Hey! Naru, calm down!" Monk appeared looking haggard as if he had ran miles. "I received your voice call and.." He breathed deeply before continuing, "You scared the wits out of me with all those growling and I'm sure the lovely lady here would appreciate it if you would just calm down a bit." He looked at her. "Now, I'm sorry if he.." He looked at Naru nervously, "scared you but could you please help us by anwering some questions?"

Lydia nodded, her voice turned tail and ran when she saw her employer. But if it's for her mistress then she would do anything. "A-alright, I'll do my best to help out."

"When did you last saw her?" Monk said and took out a piece of paper. Naru was standing against the door with his arms crossed. He calmed down but he still had that scary look in his eyes.

"Umm.. I saw her in the balcony a few hours ago."

"Can you remember exactly what time did you saw her?"

"I always go out to take a walk at six in the morning."

"Did you see anything peculiar when you saw her?"

Lydia furrowed her brows. "I think she was trying to see something over the lake or the woods. She went back to her room as if in a hurry."

Naru had pushed himself from the wall and was already walking away before she even finished her sentence. Monk was scrabbling swiftly on the paper and thanked her before he took off to the same direction Naru went.

"Naru, wait!" Monk ran and grabbed his shoulder. "Where are you going?"

"I know where she is." The Monk Buddhist blinked his eyes a few times. "Are you sure?"

Naru looked back at him, the worry gone from his eyes. "Okay, then, if you say so." Monk let go of his shoulder and was about to take a step when he heard the manager of SPR said that he would go alone.

Monk laughed softly as he scratched his head. "I thought something really bad happened." He received five miss calls from his boss and a voice mail saying that Mai was missing from the house. He rushed to a cab without even brushing his teeth.

Oh, well. .

He watched the hurried strides of Oliver Davis, the famous psychic detective as he walked wearing a flannel pants and long shirtsleeves. The man just woke up based on the crumpled state of his clothes.

"Damn, I'm not going to marry ever." He said with a deep breath.

"Are they going to be fine?" Lydia appeared beside him.

"They'll be fine."

Lydia gripped the necklace around her neck. It was her grandmother's gift to her. And it was stolen once. A fake maid had beem fired a few weeks ago for stealing valuables from the house. She'd been one of the victims but her mistress found it by using her psychic powers. They caught the maid where she hid the stolen objects in the rundown storage cabin near the mansion. She tried to hostage Mai but her mistress's husband had been so angry that the room became so cold and the maid turned to stone in fear of him. Mai had been able to get away and the young master nearly locked her up in their room for getting herself into trouble. She pleaded her master to fire her instead of punishing his wife, but as it turned out, Mai was the one who defended her. She threatened her own husband that she'll go to Japan and ignore him for a year if he didn't forgive the two of them.

"I'm worried about Miss Mai. He looked so angry." She whispered and the Monk Buddhist laughed beside her.

"Don't worry, she can handle him." He smiled at her and then at the direction of the woods. "As far as I can tell, she's the only one who can." And with that he gave a wink and left.

Lydia looked back at the woods and saw the distinctive silhouette of two people as they walked back to the house. They were bickering again but Sir Oliver had his arm draped possessively over his wife's shoulders and he pulled her closer to him while she kept on ranting about his overprotectiveness.

Lydia smiled at them and walked back inside the house to return to her laundry.

"Let go you barbaric– oof!" Mai elbowed him in the ribs and he deliberately tripped her. Tripped her! She ended up loosing her balance. But before she fall to the ground, an arm sneaked itself under her legs and pulled up until she was scooped against his chest.

"Naru." She said sternly.

"Quiet." He snapped back. "Or else I'll really lock you up this time."

"But I was just visiting Gene. I'm not in any danger!" She whined and wriggled her legs against his hold. She knew that she was being like a spoiled child but it made her upset that he could have terrified all of the maids by being such a jerk. She left a note in the table but he said that he didn't see any note and blamed her for making him wake up so early. And now he was being such an overbearing ass of a husband.

"Put me down this instant! I said put me–" She kept struggling and didn't prepare when he loosened his hold quite suddenly but didn't drop her. Mai instantly threw her arms around his neck and glared at him. "Don't make fun of me, Davis. I'm not in the– She stiffened as he lifted her higher against his chest, his head was bending down until his lips brushed against her in a brief kiss.

"I said quiet."

"But–

"Quiet."

"Fine, but this is not over." She grumbled.

Mai scrambled out of his arms when they reached the bedroom. She dashed to the side of the bed where she put the note. But it was not there.

"I swear I placed it here." She stared at the night table confusedly. "Did you hide it?" She threw an accusing glance at her husband who shrugged indifferently. "I didn't saw it so why should I hide it?"

Mai groaned in frustration. Her proof was gone. She looked under the bed and under the arm chair beside the bed but it was gone.

"Is this what you're looking for?"

Mai looked up and saw Naru holding a small piece of paper between his finger.

"That's it! Where did you find it?" She said as she snatched the paper from him. But the scribbled words changed. "This is not it." Mai blushed at the four letters written before Naru's name. "Where did you find it?"

"It was sticking out of the book." He said and showed her the book. It was Naru and Gene's favorite book. Mai stared blankly at it before she blushed deeply. She remembered talking to Gene when she visited the grave that they made for him.

She talked about her life and how she was progressing in knowing and understanding her husband more than she did before. Then he made her promise that she would write the three words in a paper and leave it in the night table every morning. She thought it odd that Gene would tell her such a thing and so she asked why.

Gene told her that in the orphanage they had lived before, he and Naru would leave messages to each other. They wrote it in a small paper and every morning they would write something. But most of the time they would trade dreams. They were so identical and so alike that they thought that they had the same dreams and goals in life, but they were wrong. And so they promised each other that they would help each other to achieve their dreams. That even if they had a different goal they would achieve it together by helping each other. They both thought it odd but it was something that they could never forget.

Mai's eyes watered slightly as she stared at the paper in her hand. She bent her head as a tear slid down her cheek.

"Mai."

She sobbed. Oh, she was acting like a simpering child. But she couldn't help it. She ended up giggling and crying at the same time.

"Come here." She said to Naru who took a hesitant step forward, unusure of her strange behavior. She met him halfway and threw her arms around him.

"What's wrong?" He whispered against her hair and drew her tightly against him.

She tightened her hold and sighed.

"I love you.."

She would say the words everyday and write it in his heart. And she would forgive Gene after she scolded him for his sly tricks.

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FIN

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Author's note:

I know it's a bit corny and out of character but this story actually made me cry a bit. So tell me what you think. Thank you so much for those who gave their reviews. I'm supposed to make this a one-shot but you guys inspired me. So I decided to make Dream A Happy Dream into a collection of one shots for our lovely married couple.

My otaku friend told me that Naru was not a morning person. It could have been one of the reason why he was irritated when he found out that Mai was missing. Oh, and they're staying in England for a vacation trip. Monk became famous worldwide. He had a concert tour around Europe. He stayed in town because Naru's house was in the country but it was easily reachable by bus or cab.