Ok I kno it's been awhile since I updated, but I kinda forgot I hadn't posted this chapter yet. Anyway this chapter has a lot to do with Mai and Gene, but I had to put Gene back in because I missed writing about him! But anyway my cousins r in Hershey and my sister is at Beach Jam, so its really kinda quiet at home and its driving me INSANE! Can't wait till they get back so my life can go back to normal. Although we did have Chinese food last nite (yumm)
Disclaimer: softball2240 does not own Ghost Hunt or its characters
The smile that was on Lin's face was comforting. But Mai knew it wouldn't last forever. As soon as she was out of here things would go back to normal. Or would they? She wasn't sure about that. 'The office is closed. So the only time I would get to see them would be in the hospital.' Mai slowly sunk into those thoughts. "Wait a minute….. I'M DREAMING!" Mai finally had realized that she was in her dream realm, where she would always meet Gene. "So was that smile on Lin's face fake also!" Mai was going into panic mode and hadn't noticed the figure making its way towards her.
Gene was watching the young girl start to panic. That's basically how she normally was when Gene saw her. Getting involved probably wasn't a good thing to do, but he was going to approach her anyway. He walked slowly behind Mai, and when he reached her, he wrapped his arms around her waist. "Hey Mai. I never thought I would see you again, but I did."
When she heard those words, she stopped panicking. She only ever heard that voice from one person, the person she thought was gone and would never be able to see again. Turning around, she saw her best friend in the world, and her HUGEST crush's twin. "Gene? But how? I thought……. Why are you here!" All of these emotions running through her body was making it hard for her to form complete thoughts let alone sentences to speak. In her head, she was honestly glad to see him.
Gene just held her so she could let all her emotions out. After rubbing her back for a while, she started to cry. But Gene let her. He knew that she had gone through so much today, and needed someone to comfort her and let her cry to. Gene just wanted her to be happy, maybe that was why he was here, to be her relief from the stress she was going through about Noll and all the other things she has to deal with in her life. Soon the crying stopped, and Mai stood up. "Gene just answer me one thing. Why are you here? Why am I here!"
She didn't want to think that there was another case. That would be troublesome considering everything that has gone on over the past 24 hours and it would just bring more stress to her already stressed out mind. "No Mai there isn't another case. I think that I just came for comfort to you and other stuff. But to tell you the truth I don't know." Gene told Mai the truth. That was all he knew, but Mai seemed to always trust and understand him when he didn't know all the answers. That's what he admired about her, that she could understand people when they weren't sure. "Well, do you know about what happened?" she asked. Mai wasn't sure exactly how much of the events that had happened today Gene knew and what he didn't know.
"Mai, I know about everything that happened and I'm sorry. But it's a good thing that your ok now and don't worry about Noll, he'll be alright. It'll just take some time for him to recover." Mai wasn't exactly surprised that he knew everything because it always seemed like Gene knew about everything that happened in her life, it scared her sometimes how much he knew but knowing that Naru was going to be ok was a relief. Mai hugged Gene, and then walked out of the embrace. She was aware that she was sleeping, but it was wrong of her to think that any time she wanted to she could fall asleep and Gene would be here for her to talk to him.
"Gene, thank you for helping me, but don't you have to leave?" Mai asked. She wasn't trying to sound rude or anything, but he was supposed to have moved on right? So how long was he allowed to be here with her? She wasn't sure exactly how long she had been her, but she knew it had been awhile. It was nice to see Gene and all, but she kind of wanted to go back to the real world and see how Naru was doing. Plus she was getting hungry. 'Wonder when the last time I ate was?' she thought. The thought of food was making her mouth water and she started to lose focus. Gene noticed this, so just went over to her and whispered "I'm not sure when I have to leave, hopefully never, but you can leave from this dimension whenever you want. Whenever you need me, I'll be here waiting to see you."
When Mai heard this she stopped thinking about food and how hungry she was and stared at Gene. Never in her life had she ever had anyone say that she could always count on them, and now she did. Tears started to form in her eyes, but she quickly whipped them away. "Gene. Thank-you! No one has ever said anything like that to me. I'm going to leave, but I promise to come back soon!" as she said this, she started to fade from her dream realm. "See you Mai." Gene said, and disappeared as well.