Declaimer: I don´t own Detective Conan
A/N: I´m here with one more small chapter... just because I was too lazy to think on my main story. XD Enjoy
Just to make a decision
It was only six pm when she put the earphones, closed her eyes, and waited for someone to call. The day had been horrible in the least, and completely tragic in the most. Thou Kudo, a classmate of Mai´s who also happens to be her lab partner, showed up; he disappeared somewhere right after the first class… and she had to finish the assignment all by herself, and still had tons of them to do at home. "I need some time out…" Mai mumbled, lying down on the bed.
Sometimes she would have to wait hours for someone to call, so she had a book already prepared near her, to read when she finished resting. However, someone called her before she even had time to grab it, surprising her a little bit.
"Good afternoon. How may I help you?" Mai answered politely, the incident from yesterday still fresh in her mind. She had been so tired she actually suggested someone to lock his crush somewhere… If her boss knew, she would be killed. And then, fired.
"Good afternoon." The person on the other side appeared to be a boy, but it wasn´t the same one who called the night before. "I have a problem I would like to hear ya opinion on… Well… If ya don´t mind…" Hmm… that person's way of speaking was a little bit strange… Was he a foreign? No, that would be stupid. Maybe used another dialect? Anyway, he definitely was not from Tokyo.
"My friend´s boy… girl… boyfriend kind of kidnapped him…" Mai gulped. That kind of reminded her of something… "And now we need hi.. he…" The person on the other side hesitated, sighed and mumbled. "I will be so dead after this… Well, now I need her help…"
"I see… Maybe you should call her boyfriend and tell what is going on? If the matter is serious, he will release her." Sometimes, that job was strange… who on earth would kidnap their own girlfriend?
"That is the problem… If we call him and destroy his night out with Ku… her, he will stalk us for the rest of our lives." So he wasn´t the only person involved. However, that still didn´t explain why he hesitated so many times. "And trust me, no one wants to be stalked by him… No one…"
"That indeed is a problem." So he called her to clear up the situation and give a second opinion. "And what is this important matter that requires hers attention? I honestly believe that, unless it involves national security or clearly requires her help, you should not call. By your tone of voice, her boyfriend is really scary."
The man sighed. "It is important but… if we get hi-her to help, we can solve this case quickly, since the hijacker wants to talk to hi-her." The Osaka, yes Osaka, Mai finally remembered where she heard that dialect; man stated. "However, we can always try and talk it over… or make someone dress up as him to fool the hijacker…"
"Hijacking? Damn, that really is important…" Was it her impression, or did he just say him? Could it be… No, please, no… She didn´t want to be responsible for someone´s death or kidnapping just because she said something stupid. "Is his boyfriend really that scary?"
"He is…" Stupid Osaka man, he just completely gave himself out... Wait, than that meant… "Her boyfriend is a magician and specializes on pranks… which mostly involve humiliation… And since we already experienced it too many times, I am against going through that again."
"Then do it like this: unless there is no other way to control the situation, call her. Until then, try to work the things out… Who knows, maybe you will succeed even without her." No, it wasn´t a he, it was a she! Yes, so she wasn´t responsible for it!
"Ya have a point… Thanks." For a moment, the man talked with someone, but she couldn't hear it. It was way too muffled, but she heard some words. The man said later, stalker and good. In other words, she heard nothing. "You are pretty good, neechan. If I ever need help again, I´ll call ya, ok?"
Mai smiled. To help people… that´s why she took that job, and sometimes spent sleepless nights talking to people, researching whatever they needed, creating birthday cakes, weeding plans… Whatever her caller needed, she was there to help. "I´m here every day, from six to eleven."
"Ok. See ya." As the call ended, Mai sighed in relief. For a moment there, she thought it was all her fault… because honestly, she did suggest the caller from the night before to kidnap his boyfriend, even if she used nice words.
"And now I am even more tired…" Closing her eyes, Mai waited for a moment until her head cleared up, taking the book and starting to read it. After all, her turn had just begun… who knew what kind of people would call for help.
"And tomorrow, I´ll kill Kudo."
A/N: I was bored at school and started to write one more for this... Thanks Tell-Me-A-Story-22 for following and favoring!
I expect someone, at least someone, to guess who called this time... thou I pretty much gave the answer away. XD
Kaggami-chan