Gomen-nasai mina. I did not mean to take so long to update, but with all of these storms and power outages…let's just say it's not been fun. Before this month and last month, I've probably only experienced maybe one to two power outages at my house for the last six years. Now, I've experienced what? Four to five in about six weeks! Though I am thankful that no actually damage has been dealt yet to the house(sadly only my room has a chance of a tree falling on it) and that my family is ok. For those who weren't so fortunate, I keep you all in my prayers.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of Ghost Hunt!
"Hey watch it, girl!" Some guy yelled at me. I ignored him and everyone else as I ran and pushed myself threw the crowds of people at the airport. 'Mai, after this, you are sooo getting a new alarm clock,' I told myself remembering how I woken up by Ayako calling me to tell me that if I didn't get my butt to the airport I was going to miss seeing off Naru.
"Mai! Over here!" I heard Bou-san's voice and turned to see him and all of the other former SPR members except Naru and Lin. I ran up to them and panted, "Where's Naru?"
"Turn that corner and you should see him still walking down a hallway that has tinted glass as both the walls and ceiling. Lin went ahead before Naru, who decided to wait here a bit longer, just for you~" Yasuhara sung with a smirk. I blushed and nodded before I, once again, ran through the airport to find Naru. I turned the corner to see a long hallway/ bridge that, as Yasuhara had said, has entirely made of tinted glass except for the carpeted floor. I could see the black clad figure that was once my boss, Naru.
"Naru! Wait! Naru!" I yelled to him as I ran down the hallway/bridge to him. He turned around, and I thought just for the tiniest moment that he had a small smile when he saw me. I shook my head as I skidded to a stop in front of him. 'Just wishful thinking Mai,' I told myself as I smiled up at him, ignoring his slightly cold, but curious gaze.
"You are late, as always," Naru said coldly. My smiled slipped a bit and just before I could retort, he continued, "Yet you also always seem to arrive just before it's too late." The gentleness in his voice startled me and I gaped at him. I blushed and smiled the biggest smile I could muster.
"And you always have to point out others faults," I responded and continued before he could make some narcissistic comment, "But you also always try to protect others, especially you friends, from harm and help them get back onto their feet. Though you could do it in a kinder way, but Naru is Naru the narcissist." Even behind that stoic mask of his I could tell that he was at least a little bit stunned by what I said, which me even happier. He coughed and looked at his watch.
"My plane will leave in five minutes; I need to go before Lin gets worried and comes to look for me. Good-bye Mai," he said as he turned to leave. Tears formed in my eyes and I bowed my head to let my hair cover my face. I don't know what went over me; maybe it was the shocking news from a few days ago, my feelings for him, or more than likely both. My hand went out to catch his sleeve and I grasped it as if it was my only life line. I felt him stop and turn to whisper my name as my tears started to fall to the ground.
"Please make sure you come back. Please come back," I said sobbed quietly, but just loud enough for him to hear.
"Mai-" He started, but I couldn't take it. Too long have I held and tried to bottle up my feelings for him. Too long have I despaired about these feelings and questioned his. Too long have I carried this burden.
I looked up at him determined and cut him off by exclaiming, "Naru, I love you! So please…please-"
"Stop!" Naru command with such a cold voice, it cut deep into my heart. His slightly bowed head allowed his somewhat longish black hair to cover his eyes. I immediately let go of him and time seemed to freeze around us. He looked up and stared me straight in the eye; his eyes burned with anger and just maybe with hints of hurt.
"I'm not to be used as a replacement. Do you understand?" he said furiously, but in a dangerously quiet voice just for only me to hear. But I didn't understand, not one bit.
"No! Of course I don't understand! Replacement for what? Don't you understand what I just said! I love-" I replied angrily and confused.
He cut me off, "No, you don't love me! You love Gene! And no one can replace or substitute him. No one!"
It then dawned me, 'He thinks that I fell in love with Gene and that I'm trying to use him to replace Gene! No! That's not true!' I started to panic and once again used my hair has a curtain to cover my tear streaked face. Fresh new tears poured from my eyes and I began to tremble, "N-no…that's n-not… and I-I-"
"Goodbye, Taniyama-san. I wish a good life," he said curtly over his shoulder after he turned. He then began to walk away. He was walking out of my life forever. 'That's not true!' I wanted to scream, but I couldn't find my voice. I fell to my knees and cried. I could see through the blurriness of my tears that it had become a void of darkness around me and where the airport had once been. The only source of light was Naru, but even his began to fade away as he walked further and further away. 'And I carry your children,' I finished silently. I tried to reach out my hand as if I could grab him and bring back to me, but it was fruitless. 'Noooooooo!' I screamed in my head.
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"Naaaaru!" I screamed and bolted up from my bed. My body was sticky and covered in sweat as I began to shake slightly. 'I haven't dreamt that in a long time,' I thought as I stared at the plain white wall.
"Moma? Why are you crying?" a small voice questioned.
I'll end there since there has been many flickers and already one power outage. Thank goodness the computer recovered this or else you'd be out of luck. Also I uploaded pictures of the three children, Mai's kids, onto my profile. I used this anime avatar since I'm a horrible artist and thought it would be easier.
Also, for those of you who may be confused about the prologue, which was from Naru's p.o.v., Mai worked for Naru for 2yrs before Naru left for England. Naru stayed in England for 5yrs, and then went back to Shibuya, Japan. Mai disappeared 5 days after he left, so she's been gone for about 10yrs.
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