This chapter has been slightly re-written.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Ghost Hunt, even though I really want to.
"Mai?"
"Naru...long time, no see."
Chapter One
"You look well, Mai." Naru awkwardly complimented. And stunning, he thought.
"Oh my, I never thought I see the day Oliver Davis would give somebody else a compliment. How was England anyway?" Mai politely and painfully smiled.
"Why don't we catch up over dinner?" Naru said maintaining his usual emotionless expression, his eyes, however, showed sincerity and affection...and guilt. She could see this but didn't mention anything.
"That sounds great, we do have a lot to catch up on." Mai chuckled, if only you knew how much you have missed.
"Haru! Yuki! Dinner is ready!" Ayako called upstairs to the brothers who were playing some games moments before.
"Okay, Aunt Ayako!" Haru called back.
"We'll be right down!" Yuki added. The twins didn't really like Ayako's house as much as their own.
When they arrived downstairs, their food was laid out on the table. The twins seated themselves next to each other.
"Thank you for the food!" Both of the small boys grinned towards their Aunt Ayako and Uncle Houshou. Ayako and Bou-san had been married for a good three years now.
The couple smiled back at the twins before they all devoured their food. Ayako collected all of the plates once everyone had finished, to do the washing up.
The twins hugged Bou-san, which of course, he returned. Despite having their father's looks and intelligence, they certainly had Mai's personality and mannerisms.
"Can we call Mama to see how she is?" They asked in sync. Their Uncle Houshou has explained to them earlier on that their mother was having dinner with an old friend called Kazuya Shibuya.
"Uh, yeah. Sure." Bou-san smiled. The twins quickly sped off to the phone to call their mother. It was ringing.
Mai and Naru were at a restaurant. The waiter approached them with their food, and placed it in front of them.
"Enjoy your food." He said before he respectfully nodded and walked away. Mai thanked him whilst Naru just nodded in thanks.
"Mai, there's something I want to sa-" The blue-eyed man began but was cut off by the ringing of Mai's phone.
"Oh, sorry. Excuse me for a moment." The brunette said as she pulled out her phone; recognising the number, she answered the call.
"Hi Mama!" Haru practically shouted down the phone. Mai winced, but she knew he was always the slightly louder twin.
"Hiya, Mama!" Yuki called out seconds later.
"Hi Sweetie." She giggled. Naru looked up from his food now, 'Sweetie'? A boyfriend, maybe?
"When are you coming home, Mama?" Yuki asked, a lot more quietly this time.
"Um..." Mai peered at her watch, 20:10 "I'll be home around nine, okay? Don't wait up. I'm just having dinner with an old friend." The words hurt Naru, even though he didn't show it. He knew he could have been much more than just an 'old friend', he wanted to be more than an 'old friend'. The young woman smiled even though the twins couldn't see her.
"Okay, have fun Mama!" Haru shouted.
"Okay, love you. Goodnight." She answered. Just before the call ended, the twins said- shouted goodnight.
The twins put down the phone and went to inform their Aunt and Uncle that she'll be there at around nine.
"What were you going to say earlier, Naru?" Mai questioned.
"It was nothing. But, to answer your question from earlier, England was good. My family and I received closure once we buried Gene…and I took lots of cases with the help of Lin and Madoka, not to mention my parents. Ultimately though, I decided cases here in Japan were far more interesting. I came back, to re-open SPR with everyone. With that being said, I would like to know if you would like to work there again." The narcissist said with his signature smirk, the model looked surprised for two reasons; firstly, that was probably the most he's ever spoken to her without him teasing her and secondly, she didn't know what to say about the relaunch of JSPR.
"Well, I don't know if I can. I have a busy schedule." Mai said. Naru's eyes had a hint of disappointment in them, but his expression didn't waver.
"What is it you do exactly?"
"I'm an art director at a magazine company, that I also do a lot of modelling for. It's super fun, although the late nights can be a pain in the neck. One day, I actually hope that I get to own my own magazine company." Mai smiled enthusiastically. It was clear to him she enjoys what she does.
"I'm surprised; you're doing very well for someone with fewer brain cells than average." He teased. The brunette blushed in annoyance, whilst the raven-haired man just playfully smirked. So, the teasing begins now, huh, she huffed.
"Yeah, thanks to a lot of hard work." Mai said still a bit red in face, before she took the last bit of her food.
To change the subject, Naru spoke up, "How have the others been then?" He didn't really care that much, but he wanted to make conversation.
"Well, Ayako and Bou-san got married a few years ago. John and Masako confessed to each other about two years ago and are taking it slow. And... Yasu is still, well, Yasu, although, there is a girl he's dating."
"And... you?" Naru smirked knowing she'd blush.
"Excuse me?" A dust of pink hit her cheeks.
"Is there anyone you're seeing?" He reiterated.
"Ah...no. I haven't dated in years." She blushed.
"I see." Who was on the phone then?
The waiter came to collect their empty dishes and plates.
"Well, I think I'll get a taxi and head home now. It's getting late." Mai spoke as she looked at her watch, 20:45.
"In that case, I'll drive you home instead. Just let me pay the bill first, okay?" The raven-haired man said as he waved the waiter over.
"Is everything okay, Sir?"
"Yes, we would like the bill."
"One moment, Sir."
Minutes later, the waiter handed them their bill, which Naru paid and then they both left.
"Aunt, can we go back to our house now? We wanna see if Mama has arrived home yet." Yuki said.
"Well..."
"Pweeeeaaasssse." Haru added; pouting and tears forming. Whenever this happened, she couldn't say no – in fact, no one could say 'no', when they did that.
"Okay." Came a sweet reply from the red haired woman. Luckily, Mai lived five minutes away from Ayako and Bou-san, so it wasn't a long journey. The twins hugged her and they went to get their coats. Moments later, the twins and their Aunt and Uncle left the house and arrived back home.
Mai was sitting in the front passenger seat whilst Naru was driving.
He cleared his throat, "Mai?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm...sorry."
Surprised Mai turned to the man, she'd never heard him say those words before. Nonetheless, she coolly replied.
"For what? I mean there are a lot of things you have to be sorry fo-"
"For suddenly leaving that morning without saying anything, without calling afterwards. For asking you whether it was me or Gene you loved. It was very unfair and wrong of me." Naru interrupted. Mai knew what he meant.
"Oh, uh...um...it's okay. Really. There's no point in holding grudges."
His tone more serious now, but still soft, "Mai, what I did to you was unacceptable."
What? Ya mean, getting a girl, was who was turning seventeen in a few months, pregnant. Then, yeah... I can't complain though, because I do have two wonderful sons now, Mai thought.
They eventually arrived at Mai's place.
"Wanna come in for some tea? I'm sure you've been missing it." Mai giggled. This made Naru inwardly smile, yeah, I have. He nodded, and they exited the car. It also reminded him of the night of his farewell party, when she asked him if he wanted some tea.
They walked up to the front of the house, Naru was about to speak but then two small boys came rushing out of the door.
"Mama!" They both shouted and ran to hug Mai.
"Hello, boys." Mai smiled, it was the warmest and brightest smile Naru had ever seen.
Everything did make sense to him now though, the phone call must have been her sons, the fact that she hadn't been dating was probably because she's a... mother now. Who's the father though? It definitely surprised him, that's for sure.
Ayako and Bou-san rushed to the door. They paused before Ayako spoke, "Oh. Hello, Oliver. It has been a while."
Naru nodded in a polite way and then he turned to see Bou-san angrily glaring at him. He thought nothing of it though. Ayako did see her husband and decided to drag him back inside.
There was one thing that was still bothering Naru, "So, who's the father?"
Mai suddenly became really flustered, the twins still clinging to her side. She was looking at Naru whilst blushing.
"Oh, well...um...uh." She stuttered quickly, rushing into her house with the twins and slamming the door in Naru's face. He considered knocking, but paused as he went to do so. Shrugging, he hesitantly got into his car and drove off.
She's really something, huh?
Ayako and Bou-san decided to leave after giving their three favourite people a hug and farewell.
Not long afterwards, the twins looked up at their mum.
"We're gonna go to bed now." The twins spoke in sync. Mai smiled and nodded at them as she planted a kiss on each of their foreheads.
"Goodnight." She said, them returning the word.
Mai fell onto the couch with a sigh, nice going Taniyama. You slammed the door right in his face! He is so gonna kill ya tomorrow.
Both of the twins were sat in their rooms talking to one another.
"So, that's him, right?" Yuki said.
"Yeah, it definitely is him. Just look at the way Mama avoided the simple question he asked. Not to mention, he looks exactly like us and Uncle Gene." Haru replied.
"Well, she can't just straight up tell him that's he's our father, stupid." Yuki giggled.
"True...we better get some sleep though. If Mama overheard us, we'd be in trouble. After all, she doesn't know that we know and that we can see Uncle Gene." Haru sighed. Yuki hummed in agreement and they soon fell asleep.
Here it is. At first, this chapter was gonna be longer and Naru would've originally found out at the end of it, but whilst writing this just now, I thought of a way better ending. The twins definitely have Naru's intelligence, I mean, they're only five! Also, I want to address that they have both Mai's and Naru's powers. Heheh, I certainly hope this was entertaining. I also read this fan fiction recently called 'Ghost Hunters, Lies and Money' by SheSailsShips, please read it whenever you can as it is so, so good :)
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~Dice