"Mai! Calm down!" Monk yelled over Mai' s loud screaming and thrashing. The commotion woke everyone up, besides Naru who hadn't slept at all for the past 2 days. Monk called the guys over and Naru told them what body part to hold down. Monk held her hands down across her chest while John took her legs and Naru gently caressed her face. He had been so worried about her, and he hadn't stopped beating himself up over it. If she had just told him about her PK, she wouldn't be asleep and most likely tormented by the ghost. But he couldn't think about that now, he had to remind himself. The main objective was to make sure Mai didn't get into more trouble. So far he wasn't doing such a good job. While he continued to blame himself for Mai' s trouble' s, said girl had stopped thrashing about and looked up at who was holding her down. Tears welled up in her eyes, and a terrified shriek made its way through her lips. She kicked and scratched and clawed at them until she was out of the hold. "Mai, calm down! What's wrong!" Monk exclaimed. She looked up at him and couldn't stop herself from thinking about what he did. "How could you Mai! Look at what you've done!" He raged, the disbelief vanishing and being replaced by hatred. She remembered his outrage and the excruciating pain like it had just happened. "Stay away from me! All of you leave me alone!" She screamed, head in her lap so she couldn't see them. She just couldn't stop thinking about what they did to her.
"Seriously, I mean why do we even keep a dirty orphan like you around when all you do is make messes and ruin everything! Why don't you just die!"
"You're nothing but a filthy orphan, a shameful human being. What makes matters worse is your powers. Do you think we'd ever except you with your amount of uncontrolled garbage? Because that's all you are, in personality and looks. So that's why I'll put you out of your misery. Lin, the knife please."
Surely enough Naru rose the knife high above his head, took a calming breath, and recited the last words I'd hear.
"If only you gave me your powers."
At the last thought she broke down, unable to hold it back." Why is this happening to me?" She thought bitterly. "What have I done to deserve this!" She blurted out loud. Everyone backed up in shock, looking at a broken and distressed Mai, a side of Mai they had never wanted or want to see again. She clasped her head tighter between her knees, the pain in her head and in her heart unbearable. Her small frame rattled and shook with shivers and sobs, and below her was a poodle of tears. No one moved or made a sound, the tension so thick that you could cut it with a knife. (No pun intended) This seemed to go on for an eternity, until someone started to advance towards Mai.
Everyone stared in awe as their boss, the narcissist himself, cautiously crawled his way to the crazed, young brunette. Throughout the silence the woman had not moved an inch from her spot in the corner, so she did not realize someone was hugging her until she felt smooth, pale skin kiss hers. She jolted back at bit and struck the wall, building to the list of physical injuries she had so far acquired, and as she did so she saw her huggers face. A shriek vibrated throughout the quiet room, and Mai couldn't stop the waterfalls that began flowing down her face. Naru allowed a minor slip up in his facade when this occurred. Worry and rejection flashed across his eyes as Mai hurriedly scrambled away from him. "Stop it" she howled " Why won't you leave me alone." Monk stepped forward towards Mai and answered, "Why would we want to leave you alone. We all love yo-" He tried to finish when Mai cut him off with a shrill whisper. " Then why did you throw me around, tell me I was a dirty orphan and garbage and then stab me." She asked, her voice growing louder with every word she spat. The silence of the perplexed and worried team mates was deafening while it lasted. That is, until Naru made his way towards his assistant again, this time raising a question as he approached. " If we stabbed you, then why aren't you bleeding?" he said with his usual calmness. Mai glanced up at him with fear and malice burning behind her teary, brown eyes. "Not we, you." She corrected, sliding farther away from Naru as he continued slowly coming towards her. Naru's progress towards Mai halted as he heard what she said. "So the ghost mentally tortured her by using the team." He seethed internally, looking at the woman he loved. He decided not to advance anymore as to not freighter her even more, and posed the same question, this time rephrased. " If I stabbed you, then why don't you have a wound?" Mai thought for awhile, looking down where the wound should have been and found nothing, then looked back up at Naru. This time, instead of fear and malice, regret and hope glazed her eyes, which more tears continued to flow out of. "Naru..." She whimpered, glad that he had made her aware that this was reality. He strode towards her, picking her up in his hands as she balled into his black tee shirt. She repeated the phrase " I'm sorry" continuously as he walked to the couch and sat down with her in his arms. Finally, getting tired of her apologizing, he decided to silence her with a small kiss on the lips. She gasped and shut up, and seeing as how it worked effectively, Naru smirked. " It was getting annoying with you apologizing, so I thought a kiss would shut you up. Besides, I should be the one saying sorry." He stated, remorsefully whispering the last part so that only Mai could her. Mai was about to retort when her boss just placed his finger to her lips, stopping her. "Just relax Mai, I don't want your stupidity to ruin this moment."After glaring at her boss because of this comment, Mai closed her eyes and snuggled closer to her bosses warm, firm chest." You're such an asshole", she said as she felt Naru shift to get comfortable. " But I can get used to this." She thought with a smile.
