Ohhhhh what a week… I hadn't gotten around to writing this chapter for a while so here it is XD Special thanks to ALL of my followers and viewers!
Enjoy! Chapter 10: Home at Last
(No music here)
Mai sat down on the bed beside Naru, thoughts blooming in her auburn head.
I don't know why he never told any of us about Eugene…
But yet again, who would?
The man sighed quietly. "We should get around to leaving now…Lin will be waiting in the van by now."
Mai walked quietly around the room, gathering all of her things. She found her bathingsuit at the other end of the hotel room, on Naru's bed.
This would've come in handy earlier…
WAIT A MINUTE…
(Song 6 – Tennenkyara wa go Aikyou recommended here)
"…UMMM…NARU?"
"Yes?"
"What the HELL is wrong with you?!"
Naru simply smirked at the bathingsuit Mai held up from his bed. "Something wrong with me? …I never thought about that before. Maybe I've been around you enough to go insane."
Mai huffed impudently. "Fine then. Don't admit you're a pervert."
The man choked on his tea, eyebrows at his hairline. "Whoever said I was a pervert?" He coughed.
"I did. Just now." Mai joked.
The man put a hand over his face, didn't respond, and stood and walked out the door, his dufflebag in hand. Mai watched him leave, a smile blooming over her face. That was quite a show…
She continued to rummage through the room, searching it thoroughly in case she missed anything.
Because if she did, Mai would not come back to Canada to get a box of tea or a shirt.
She finished and walked out to the hallway to find Naru. He spoke on his phone with someone quietly, but hung up when Mai walked into the room, as if he were doing something he wasn't supposed to.
Mai was just about to speak to him when his phone rang again.
The man let out a groan and flipped it open. "Hello again, Mother."
Mai heard every. Single. Word.
"WHY did you hang up on me, Noll?!"
"I didn't hang up on you –" His voice lowered so that Mai couldn't hear him. "She walked in."
…What?
Is Naru talking about me to his mother?
"Ohhh, okay… How is she, anyway?"
"Fine. Just fine. We're on our way back now. Or at least we would be if you hadn't called me again."
"Oh, I'm sorry, dear. I'll make sure to call you on the plane."
"Mothe-"
"In the van?"
"I don't think everyone else would appreciate the loud noises coming out of something so small."
"Alright then. Call me when you get home."
Naru slumped his shoulders, looking defeated for once in his life. "Fine. Goodbye."
"Bye dear! I love you!" The line went dead and Naru flipped the phone back down and tossed it into his pocket, letting out a quiet sigh.
He walked down the hallway now, Mai following quietly, doubled over in silent laughter. Her gut hurt from not being able to actually laugh at Naru.
'Cause if she did, bye-bye employment.
She straightened her posture, her right hand stifling a loud giggle. She couldn't let Naru hear her or see her if he turned around because she knew how embarrassing it must be for Naru the Narcissist to get a phone call from his dear mother. Especially in the middle of a hotel.
They exited the building for the final time. Mai and the rest hopped into the van and rode back to the airport, relieved that she was even closer to getting home.
They went to the airport, boarded the plane, and looked back at Canada for the last time.
Finally going home…
(Song 3 – Nar…cissist recommended here)
SPR filed out of the plane silently. It was 5:47 in the morning in Japan.
"I need to get used to the old time again, don't I..?" Mai groaned.
"Yep!" Monk laughed. "I don't care! I just hate planes! I'm so glad to be off that thing!" He rolled around on the ground, kissing the concrete at the Japanese airport.
Naru rolled his eyes and stepped over the man who clearly lacked precociousness. The rest followed him, Ayako actually stepping on Houshou, whose legs flew into the air as he yelled in pain.
Too bad Ayako wasn't wearing heels.
Lin unlocked the old van, happy to see that it wasn't stolen – and neither was the equipment perched in the back of it. Ayako unlocked her own car, jumping in enthusiastically.
SPR clambered into their respective vehicles and drove back to headquarters.
Naru opened the front door (surprised that it was already unlocked) , his hands trembling slightly from anticipation to get back inside and sit in his lair. Mai walked in from behind, smelling tea already brewing.
Who's in here? She thought.
Naru stopped in his tracks before placing a foot over the threshold of the office. He gawked, an expression not normally worn by Naru.
There, standing at the kitchenette where Mai normally makes tea was a woman who looked exceptionally like Naru, her inky hair tied in a tight bun.
(Song 6 – Tennenkyara wa go Aikyou recommended here)
"Hello, Noll!"
"Noll?" SPR exclaimed in synchronization.
But Mai thought ahead of them all. Wait a second… When I first called him Naru, he asked me where I heard that name before.
Naru…
Noll…
Naru is Noll, but with an extremely Japanese accent.
She giggled not only at her realization and idiocy but at the fact that Naru had a hand over his face, embarrassed that his mother had been waiting for him to get home. "How did you get here?"
"OOH! Who is this that I see? Is this the girl you were talking about?" She pointed at Mai.
The girl they were…talking about?
"…Yes.. but – that doesn't answer my question, Mother. How did you get here?"
"I just used my spare key."
"Spare key? Who gave you a spare key?"
Lin used a fist to stifle a chuckle and tapped his toes on the ground. Naru gave him a 'I-will-kill-you-in-a-minute' look, then resumed to cover his face with a pale hand. "Mai – tea."
"Sa, hai Sa!" The girl laughed before strolling to the room Naru's mother was in.
"Excuse me for asking, but – what's your name?" Masako spoke.
"Oh, sorry! I'm Luella Davis."
The team remained silent for a moment, trying to figure out why Naru's last name was Shibuya and his mother's was Davis.
Then the realization seeped in.
"Davis – as in Oliver Davis?" Mai stopped stirring tea.
"Yes. Why? What of it?" Luella spoke once again.
The room went silent, enough so that someone could hear a pin drop – or more like a spoon that Mai did a few seconds ago. Does that mean that someone in her family is….Oliver Davis?!
"Do you know Dr. Oliver Davis?" Monk broke the awkward silence.
"Yes – he's rig-" Luella was interrupted.
"Mother." Naru's voice was impatient and firm.
"What, Noll? You want me to cover up that you have some kind of 'secret' crush on the tea girl and now you want me to cover the fact that you're-"
Naru upped and left the room to hide in his personal office. Mai's spoon that she picked up clattered to the floor again as her face flushed pure red, as well as Masako's. Luella cast an odd glance at the door that Naru had just slammed. "What?"
The rest of SPR gawked at the woman. The first person to break the ice was Monk, who burst into tearful laughter. Ayako, Yasu and Masako cast angry glares at the office door where Naru had walked into as Lin stood near Luella, laughed silently.
Luella looked back over at Mai when Naru walked back into the room.
"Good! Are you ready to tell me whether I'm ever going to have grandchildren?"
Mai choked on the tea she had finished making and dropped the cup with a smash on the ground. She scurried to grab it all before she managed to sputter: "G-grandchildren?"
"Yes! I've always wanted to hear something about a girl from Noll and yet it never comes. The only thing I've got close to that is that he apparently likes you and isn't brave enough to say something."
Naru's eyes were wider than tea saucers. "Since when did I ever say anything about me liking someone?"
"Don't tell me you forgot about that phone call." Luella said amusedly.
Naru's face was red with rage and embarrassment. Mai faltered slightly at the sight. So that's what he looks like when he blushes..!
Naru's hands clamped to the seams of his pants. He looked defeated somewhat. Not even Naru the Narcissist could win a verbal battle with his mother.
"Well, that was quite the 'Welcome Home' party." Monk laughed.
Yes! Chapter 10 done! I didn't know if it was quite necessary but I felt like I had to write it. Special thanks to theflamingrose. Did I throw Luella in there well enough?
Well, with that, have a great… end of the weekend?
-xXxNaru-LovexXx