I DO NOT OWN GHOST HUNT!

Ayako glanced at the brooding brunette on the couch from the kitchen in between whatever work she was doing. Mai had come one hour ago and they just couldn't have a proper conversation. Ayako sighed, this whole proposal thing was turning out to be a boring drama. Suddenly there was a frustrated shout from the couch.

"I don't know what to do!" Mai cried out in frustration, almost pulling out her hair. Ayako sighed once again, washed her hands and went to sit beside Mai on the couch.

"Why don't you try meeting him once, maybe that might help you figure out something," Ayako suggested. Mai looked up at Ayako with sparkling eyes and then they were gone within a blink of the eye. Mai returned to her brooding again.

"Even if I do that, I don't know what difference it would make," she said slowly.

"Of course it will make a difference, you just have to try," Ayako said, getting back to her work. Mai realized how pathetic she sounded without even trying. Everybody was ready to see how it worked out except for her and this wasn't even their problem. Making up her mind she got off from the couch. When Ayako heard a string of self encouraging talk, she smiled. She was surrounded by a bunch of crazy people.

Oliver sat in his parked car, holding the same picture Mai had. He turned it around to read what was written behind it. 'Four Eyes, Ginger, Agent Blue, Naru.' He leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes.

"You have always been a pain..." he said out loud to the empty car. His phone started ringing and when he saw who it was, he resisted his urge to bang his head on something solid. Sighing, he answered the call.

"You better not screw this up smartass," Madoka's voice floated through the phone.

"You give me too much credit," he answered with sarcasm.

"You scared every other woman away after every fateful meeting, well I have a personal feeling that this one's going to be tough on you..." Madoka went on.

"If you will excuse me, I have a potential to-be wife to scare away," he said and hung up. When Oliver went into the cafe, it had few people. Good, that's the way he liked it. Oliver took up a quiet seat near a window and checked the time. He was five minutes late and she was yet to turn up. It's not like she was going to say 'yes' anyway, he was going to make sure of that. Childhood friend or not.

She did turn up, after 10 minutes in her work clothes. She hurried through the cafe searching for him. Her brown shoulder length hair delicately flying about her eyes, her ginger coloured eyes searching for him in a hurry was when their eyes met and he looked away. Not before noticing that her eyes went wide with recognition and just a tiny bit of pain flashed through them. And that was when he realized he was staring at her the whole time. He could sense that she was closer now. Mai cleared her throat to gain his attention. Putting back on his stone face, he turned to look at her.

"You are late," he said with a bored expression. That should have been enough for any woman to turn back and walk away. But Mai only gave a small smile and took her seat. This caught him off guard.

"You haven't changed much. I guess I will stick to calling you Naru," she said. Mai was determined to revive their old friendship. Things surely went wrong in the past and they never tried to fix them. But now she was going to try her best this time. It might not be for their marriage but for their friendship. Both of them sat in silence not knowing what to say. Madoka's words rang in Oliver's ears. If Mai said yes, then it would be the end of him.

"How have you been Naru?" Mai asked.

"Healthy," Naru replied shortly. He hadn't looked at her once since she took her seat. She wanted to talk to him, ask him questions about everything.

"Naru, you don't have to take all this marriage thing seriously, let's just talk about about normal things. I just want to know why you left. We missed you Naru," Mai said. Naru didn't want to go there, he didn't want to think about what he left behind all those years back, about who was the preferred twin. He finally decided to look at her.

"Mai, it's over. It was a long time ago. There's no point in talking about it," Naru tried to change the subject. She really didn't understand. She wanted somebody to give her the answers. Answers for all those buried years.

"Naru, just once, tell me what happened between us. I..." Naru didn't expect the conversation to go that direction. Wasn't he supposed to scare her away? Then why were they talking about this?

"You didn't know who to throw your feelings at since Gene already had a girlfriend," Naru accused her in a low voice.

"No, I-.." Naru cut her off, running a hand through his hair and looking out the window.

"You got confused with your feelings and confessed to me instead of Gene. That's what happened Mai," Naru suddenly snapped. Now, his deep blue eyes were looking directly at her. They didn't hold the same warmth as Gene's. They were indifferent, screaming hurt and pain. Mai froze. She didn't know what to say. It was true she confessed to Naru, but they were only for Naru and nobody else.

"Mai stop. It's over. Just don't bring that up," he said, closing his eyes. When he looked at her again, he was speechless. Her eyes were brimming with tears. He hated to see her cry from the very start. He excused himself and left Mai in the cafe. When he was finally back in his car again he called Madoka and waited for her to pick up.

"I screwed up," Naru said into the cellphone. For a while Madoka was quiet except for the rhythmic breathing.

"I knew you would," she said and hung up.

"Damn you Gene!" Naru yelled and punched the steering wheel hard.