Author's note: Hi, guys! This is another long chapter. I hope you enjoy this because I think this is kind a boring. Don't worry. I promise to make up with you in the next chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own Ghost Hunt.
"Are you alright? Forget about those girls," the man who saved Mai handed her a towel to dry herself. He stood tall and simple with his navy blue suit. He also had same raven locks like Naru's only that his was a lighter shade.
"T-thank you," said Mai timidly. "Um… do you mind if I ask your name. You see…"
"Oh, sorry. I'm Ozamu Yasuhara," he answered with a smile. "And you're…"
"Call me Mai. Well, I am really thankful of you."
"That's nothing. I saw that girl pouring wine onto you, yet nobody stopped her so I helped you out. By the way, I think we should go back now."
"Yeah, it's getting cold out here," and they went back to the hotel's lobby.
Naru was currently surrounded by the reporters when Mai entered together with Yasuhara. "Wait, is that Mai Taniyama?" then, they hurriedly came to her for an interview as Naru slowly ran to the brunette while Yasuhara stood on a corner away from them.
"Mai Taniyama, can we ask you a few questions?" one of them started. He quickly extended the microphone to Mai while the others prepared their voice recorders and video cameras.
"What can you say about people calling you the modern age Cinderella?"
"How do you feel now that you are laying on a bed of money?"
Mai was terrified by their questions. She couldn't utter a word to protect herself. Why do people think of her this way? Seeing his wife speechless, Naru took the regard to speak for her.
"It's true that our marriage was arranged,' he said with a very cool voice. "But we're starting to enjoy lives being together," the reporters were amazed by his very smart answer. You can't tell he's just lying. His voice had a certain emotion that brought relief to Mai.
"So can you give us a shot showing that you're sweet to each other?" one of them requested.
"No problem," and Naru lowered his head and kissed Mai lightly on her lips. The reporters feeling satisfied with their picture of the kissing couple left them in peace. For sure, that picture will become a headline for tomorrow's newspaper.
"You've been very successful your own way," a familiar voice to Naru said. He turned around to see friend from his university. "How are you doing? I'm surprised to find out you're already married when you didn't even date a girl during our college days," he laughed at the thought.
"You haven't changed, Yasuhara," the two shook hands.
--ooo000ooo--
The next morning, laughters from the president echoed through out the mansion as he reads the newspaper. It had featured Naru kissing Mai and a headline saying "fairy tale couple in the making". Naru's father was indeed happy to witness his son and daughter-in-law's relationship progress. He could also sense his dream of having grandchildren is nearly coming.
"What's the reason for that, father? You're making noise this early in the morning," Naru said going down the stairs followed by Mai.
"You're the reason. Come here and take a look what's in the newspaper," he replied as the couple sat down to eat with him. "I'm pretty sure everyone is talking about you two."
"This is…" Mai was totally shocked not that she didn't expect it, but the idea Naru kissed her was still fresh in her mind. On the other hand, Naru stayed unaffected as if he wasn't involve at all.
--ooo000ooo--
After eating, the raven-haired narcissist rushed into their room to prepare for work.
"Hey, Mr. Oliver Davis," Mai called him. "Let me reprimand you that it's extremely unforgivable to kiss people randomly in front of the public."
"Don't start something Mai. I have work," he said packing up papers in his suitcase.
"Starting something? Did you know that was my first…" she felt shy to continue her sentence.
"What? First kiss? Then, that's great. At least it's not somebody else," he smirked much to Mai's dismay.
"Who are you say that. Kiss is a big deal for us, girls. And besides you still have to-" she was cut when her lips were once again locked into a kiss. Shortly, they parted and not to mention, Mai was completely wordless. "I gotta go," and he stepped out of their room.
--ooo000ooo--
Mai went to the hospital to visit Masako's mother who had undergone an operation.
"How are you, auntie?" the brunette asked sitting beside her bed while Masako prepares a drink.
"I'm doing fine, Mai. This is all thanks to you."
"It's nothing, auntie. I'm always here to help you."
"Hey, Mai," Masako called her best friend. "Have you seen this?" she asked reading the article about Mai and her husband. "This is somewhat unexpected."
"Masako, don't read that," she blushed like a tomato. "Naru… that's his fault."
They laughed at Mai's reaction but soon, Masako and her mother turned serious. They wanted to tell something very important to Mai, but they found it hard for her to accept. After all the thinking, once and for all, they have to let her know.
"Mai,' Masako started. "Mother and I have something to tell you."
"What is it?" she wanted to believe that it's good news but their faces inform her the truth.
"We are leaving Tokyo,' the older woman simply answered.
"Why?" she was puzzled.
"My grandmother is pretty old, Mai and nobody was left to take care of her but us so we decided to go back to our province."
"Sorry, Mai. I know this is all of the sudden."
Tears started to flow down from Mai's eyes but she understands their reason. "Well, I guess I'm going to miss you." She smiled warmly to enlighten their hearts.
--ooo000ooo--
Two weeks later, Masako and her mother left Tokyo. Mai personally brought them to the harbor where they rode a ferry going to their province. She was already on her way back home when her car broke as smoke arises in front.
"What happened, Yamamoto-san?" Mai asked stepping down the car.
"The car must have over-heated," her driver checked the engine. He found out that the car wasn't over-heating, but it could be a more serious problem.
"Mai-sama, I can't figure out what's wrong with the car. This is my fault. My sincerest apologies," he bowed to her with all respect, but Mai felt awkward.
"It's alright. Try your best to fix it. Just call me if I can help you with something," she replied cheerfully.
After an hour, Mai's driver still hadn't discovered what went wrong when someone appeared. "May I help you?" he said going out of his car.
"Y-Yasuhara? What are you doing here?" Mai was surprised too see him especially when she's three hours drive away from Tokyo.
"I visited a friend near here. Then, I saw you guys having trouble here," Yasuhara explained and proceeded to Mai's driver for assistance. With some checks and a little fixing, TADA!! The car's engine was starting again.
"Thank you, Yasuhara!" You've been a great help to me," Mai said gratefully. "I'll pay you back when I get a chance."
"Don't thank me so much. The engine can't run for long. There's an auto shop a kilometer away from here,' he pointed to the direction apposite the road to Tokyo.
"Mai-sama, I have to bring the car there, but I'm afraid it'll be dangerous to travel for you when night falls."
"That's not a problem. I'll take you home, Mai," he gladly volunteered. Her driver was right and it was already five in the afternoon so the sky was getting dark.
"But-"
"It's fine. I'm sure Noll is waiting for you," he insisted.
"Ok," she finally agreed. "Yamamoto-san, drive safely." And they parted ways.
--ooo000ooo--
Inside the car, Mai told Yasuhara the story how and why she and Naru got married since he just came back to Japan last month from Australia. It was really fast that you'll almost loose tract of the events. He was a bit amazed that the ever great and genius Oliver Davis he knew will easily be tricked by his father.
"How about you? I've been saying things about myself here so it should be your turn already," Mai said passing the ball to him.
"Me? There isn't much to say regarding my life. It's boring."
"Boring? I don't care. You still have to tell me," she sounded like a child which he found cute in Mai.
"Well, my family wasn't rich before. My parents work hard everyday that they rarely had time for me so it was sad to be alone."
"Don't you have any sibling to play with?"
"I'm an only child,' he continued his story. "Then, my parents used the money they saved for a very long time and founded our car business now."
"Wow, that's great! Your family got this status of living through hard work. Amazing…"
"Noll, must be lucky to have you as his wife. He'll never get bored 'cause you have lots of stories to share him."
Mai was rather flattered to hear his compliment. "Not really. Even though we've been together for two months, I still don't know a lot of things about him."
"Noll is just like that. It's not that he wants to hide his real personality; he just doesn't say anything. You have to ask him and he'll answer you," he answered according to what he thinks about Naru as his friend.
"I don't know… Sometimes he acts cold to me, but there are times when he'll treat me like a friend," she didn't want to engage Yasuhara with her problems in life.
"You said your best friend left Tokyo, right? I can take her position temporarily. You can lend my shoulder if you want to cry," he comforted her. At this point, Mai has found a true friend in the form of Yasuhara.
Author's note: This is a very long chapter again. Well, I'll start doing chapters this length so we can soon get to the story climax. Thank you for reading. Please submit reviews.