I am soooooo sorry! It's been about a month :(~ I started my job, schools been meehehhr, and my best friend and I are planning on moving out of our houses and into an apartment, but thats not for another several months xD
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Friday. June 5th. 11:13 p.m.
I can't sleep.
I can still imagine his disgusting eyes on Akihiko.
I'm really thankful Naru came when he did. I sighed and took a sip of my tea. I'll make sure to tell him what happened after Akihiko goes to bed. I felt tears sting my eyes.
He was not even 10 feet away. He could have easily snatched Akihiko. If I wasn't there…If I wasn't there…
I put my forehead against the round dining room table.
I can't sleep.
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"Mai, can you help me set up the cot in your room please?" Akihiko asked. I lifted my weary eyes up. I watched him tug at his large, baggy tee-shirt that said "Rock Band" and curl his toes into his pants.
"Alright-y-o." I walked into my room and unfolded the cot. "Its premade and everything." I stood up and brushed myself off. "I'll be in here later tonight. If you need anything just come get me. Or Naru. He's holed himself up in his work area."
"Mai, could you keep the lamp on please?" He asked as I went to turn in off. I smiled in understanding.
"Of course. Good night."
"Good night."
I made sure the door was closed tight before creeping over to the room Naru was in. I slipped in and gently closed the door behind me.
"It's rude to barge into someone's room without knocking first." His baritone voice calmly stated. Smartass.
"Well excuse me for trying to make this meeting a secret." He raised his eyebrows and took off his glasses. I almost visibly pouted. He's so handsome with glasses on. I saw him raise an eyebrow and lean back in his chair. I pulled up a chair extremely close to his mahogany desk, I had to sit criss-cross. "Naru, today at the Church…" I paused. Crap, when he hears this he's going to get so mad. There goes my freedom. Shoot, well, here we go. I hesitated before continuing, "I, well, kinda saw, me and John saw, err, Hiro watching Akihiko and I."
Even though Naru can be a stone-faced bastard when it comes to expressing emotions, there are always little signs you can tell what he's thinking if you look close enough, he is human. Like right now, he clenched his jaw and his cheeks are turning a very faint red. Wahhh! What to say, what to say? "When I caught him looking at us, he quickly got up and left!" I panicked when Naru got up from his seat. Is he leaving? "Like practically ran away. He looked so startled when we caught him. He didn't do anything to Akihiko or me." He rounding around and stood in front of the chair I was sitting in. I wish I could just sink into the seat. "I swear! Akihiko doesn't even know! I didn't tell him!" He continued to look down at me for a while. It took all of my willpower to hold eye contact. I opened my mouth to continue to ramble, but he stepped even closer to the chair, both of his feet on either side of mine. I snapped my mouth shut. He leaned his hands on the arms of the chair and bent in really close. Oh my god he's so close. Our noses are almost touching. His eyes are so intense. I wonder if he can hear my heart beating. Fierce, dark blue eyes bore back into mine. I tried to scoot even further back, but found I couldn't. Like a mouse caught by a cat. I just couldn't hold eye contact anymore and I looked away from him.
"Don't look away from me." He said, voice dropping octaves.
"Are you mad at me?" I whispered. I'm so cold. It was a stupid question, I know, but I had to know.
"…No." He still sounded pretty pissed. "Look at me."
I slowly looked back up at him, and could see Naru didn't look as intense as before. "Naru, I-"
"The both of you are to not even leave this apartment without me or Lin present at all times." He interrupted. I bit my lip and averted my eyes to my lap and twiddled my thumbs. "Mai, look at me." He sounded agitated, but I knew better. He sounded like he was pleading. He tightly gripped the arms of the chair. I timidly looked back up at him and he seemed to relax slightly. "Do you understand?"
"Yes." I nodded. I felt the waterworks wanting to leak out. No. Absolutely not. Not in front of Naru. "I'm sorry." I added. His eyes widened and he pulled back from me, as if he was burnt.
"Don't be. None of what happened was your fault. I should have stayed with you when you both went to the Church. I took my anger toward Hiro out on you. I didn't mean to frighten you." He sighed and leaned against his desk.
I suddenly felt better and I smiled up at him, "It's okay. You didn't."
He smiled back down at me.
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Saturday. June 6th. 9:04 a.m.
It would be an understatement to say that the urge to just walk out of the apartment was strong. T.V. is boring for someone who doesn't have Netflix. Akihiko looks just as bored as me. Said teen was sitting criss-cross on the floor next to me while eating a bowl of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes. Naru was in his back room talking on the phone in English. I wish I knew what he was saying.
"Maaaaai turn on something interesting." He overly-whined in between bites.
I rolled my eyes, "Can't do that unless there is nothing to turn on."
The natural geographic channel that showed the nearing extinction of tigers was the best we could find.
I heard Naru's door click open, "Good morning, Naru." I smiled. "How did your phone call go?"
"We have a case at a school building."
Well, that certainly got our attention.
