The Inconveniences of: Movies

Mai hugged a bowl of popcorn to her chest as shot ran throughout her boss's condo. She gasped in surprise. This movie had been scarier than she thought it would be. Every other second she was freaking out. Darn Naru and his amazing surround sound!

The brunette jumped once more, but this time was not due to the extremely horrifying (from Mai's point of view) film on T.V. No, this time a door was open. Naru's door.

Slightly embarrassed at how she had reacted, Mai looked away, a slight blush tinting her puffed out cheeks. "Are you done work, Naru?" she inquired, attempting to appear nonchalant.

Her boss raised an eyebrow, plopping onto the couch next to brunette girl. "For the moment," he replied and then looked towards the television. "What are you watching? It's really loud."

Mai gasped as another shot was heard. She laughed nervously. "I–It's a movie called Battle Royale. It's about these high school students that have to kill off their classmates one by one until only one person is left, or something along those lines."

"I see that," he said.

If that bowl of popcorn Mai was holding at that moment, in those trembling arms, was alive, it would've been strangled to death by now, Naru thought. He raised his head to get a good look at his assistant's face as it concentrated on the screen before her. Her eyes were wide in fear.

Naru sighed. "Why are you watching something you know is going to scare you?" he questioned, grabbing the remote from her. He almost managed to change the channel before Mai snatched it back from him, a frown tugging at her lips.

"It does not scare me," she exclaimed over the roaring T.V. Naru somehow doubted that, though.

Shrugging, he let her have her way. "You're in denial," he stated simply.

"How would you know?" Mai countered, obviously offended at his jab to her pride. It was true, though, she knew. She just wouldn't accept the fact in front of her boss. She knew that if she did that he would constantly badger her about it on cases. 'Oh, remember that one time when you were so scared of that movie?' she could hear him tease in her mind.

"It really isn't hard to tell. You're holding that plastic bowl so tight, I think it might crack," he said, chuckling.

Mai looked down, seeing that he was right. White spots streaked along side the bowl, indicating that it was bending in a way not meant to. Mai blushed, releasing it from her tight grip.

"S–Shut up!" she blushed.

A scream erupted from the speakers, causing Mai to follow suit. Naru winced, his ears ringing afterwards. He couldn't help but glare at Mai, although he was thoroughly aware that she really hadn't meant to or that she was unable to control herself. But seriously, the television was much too loud.

He reached to grab the remote out from his assistant's hands, but she drew back uncertainly. "You're going to change it," she stated, accusingly.

He blinked, "No, I'm not. I just want to turn down the volume," he reasoned.

"No!" she whined, holding it farther from his reach, not expecting him to lean over her and actually grab for it. But he did, his arm giving out as Mai thrashed beneath him, and he fell on top of her, his nose buried in the crook of her neck. Mai's popcorn now laid forgotten on the floor.

Mai's breath hitched, and she suddenly became still. Her inhalation was heavy.

Naru sighed, "We could've avoided this if you would have just given me the damn thing." His breath warmed her skin, causing tremors to crawl along her spine.

Seeing this, Naru stayed in that position a while longer, just to feel Mai tremble under him (how sadistic!). Her hands wandered to his shirt and she pushed him away slightly, afraid she might burst with humiliation. "Get off…" she struggled.

He complied with a smile, holding the remote in his right hand.

Mai gapped. "You…!"

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THIS IS SET AFTER THEY FIGURE OUT ABOUT GENE'S DEATH. Just for your notification.

This is your chapter for the day! Have fun. By the way, my computer crashed and we spent a month trying to retrieve any data that we could from it, but with no avail. It still operates, however, which is a start. I may not be able to update this in a while since chapter 15 for Hanging Haunted had been lost in the process and I'm trying to rewrite it. Plus, the new school year is approaching increasingly fast. I'm also selling my artwork at Louisianime. So BUSY~!

Anyway, I hope you can forgive me?

(Omigosh, my sister and I were watching Mushishi and in this one episode Ginko's like, "Yo, there's a mushi lodged up in this chick's nose," and then I was like, "Dude, just pick her nose…" and apparently that was thoroughly amusing to my sister. I dunno, I just thought I should mention it…)

Next time on The Inconveniences…the inconveniences of: Dates! Who new it was possible to be so completely embarrassed? By the way, Mai isn't going out with who you think she is!