They came to a small tea shop and Mai could feel Naru's smirk. The building was small by any standards and like most of China town it was painted in bright red and decorated with images of dragons or luck cats.
"So this is where you get it from." He said grinning. "Maybe it was destiny I found you."
"Or maybe it was your narcissist attitude, no it was because all British people have an addiction to tea Naru. How many brain cells did you lose?"
"I'm Japanese." He pointed out quickly
"So am I, but you were raised in England which makes you more English I think."
"I'm more Japanese than you are." He said throwing his hands around. "Don't insult my people."
"Well if Japan is 'your people' then that means Lin is playing for MY team!" she declared smiling. "Now who's on the short end of the stick?"
She punched him in the chest smiling and pushed her way into the shop.
"Hello!" a cheery voice said from behind the counter. "How may I help you?" The woman looked almost 70 years old, she was short like Mai was and had the same dark brown eyes. Her skin was as frail as her silvery hair but her smile didn't seem genuine, it reminded her of the same smile Naru gave when they first met at school when she was telling ghost stories with her friends.
"Hi, I'm looking for a Maya Sheng." She stumbled through the pronunciation which revealed her Japanese accent
"That's me" she said slowly, not even a fake smile was present. Mai looked at the woman and smiled warmly, surly the woman wasn't racist.
"Did you know someone named Lucas?" She stated moving in front of the lady across the counter.
The woman froze and looked at the girl. "Are you Mai?"
"Yes"
The older woman looked at Mai with nothing that resembled love, affection or even joy. "Get out, I don't serve Japanese."
Mai took a step back. "Are you my grandmother? I thought this letter was addressed to my dad's sister"
"All dead, now get out!" the woman cried from behind the counter.
"No!" she yelled slamming the counter with her hands. "Are you my grandmother?"
"I disowned your father long time ago. Marry Japanese is very bad luck, now look what happened. He's dead, your mother is dead."
"You knew I was an orphan and made no attempt to contact me?" Mai cried with hot tears behind her eyes.
The woman leaned in real close with hateful eyes. "I. Don't. Serve. Japanese."
Mai stood there frozen, if it wasn't for Naru leading her away she would have stood there all day.
"Can you believe that?" she whispered on the sidewalk. Her face was pressed against his chest. "She….she didn't even want me"
He stroked her hair and kissed her head. "It's alright Mai."
"Is there something wrong with me?" she cried pushing him away. "My own grandmother is choosing racism over her blood. Isn't that against some kind of Chinese law?"
"Mai, it's alright." he whispered kissing her fiercely. "That old hag is no more your family that she was before you found her. Blood doesn't make family, love does. SPR is your family Mai, we want you, I want you."
"You say that now" she whispered. "But what happens the next time we fight and you realize I'm not what you wanted!" she was yelling now.
"You could never be any less than perfect to me Mai" he cupped her face gently making her look at him. "I'm the one who doesn't deserve your love, and neither does that woman in there. She may be blood but she's not family."
(Supernatural reference shout out)
Mai nodded and let him kiss her tears away, she had been so hopeful but now everything was falling apart. "Let's go home, I don't want to be here" she whispered.
"I'll try and change our tickets as soon as I can" he smiled. "I can't wait until Lin finds out. That man may even smile"
Mai smiled softly against his silk shirt. "Maybe he'll let me meet his siblings."
I hope you review this story and follow me to my NEXT GHOST HUNT FANFIC, which I will be posting shortly. I don't know what i'll be calling it so i guess this doesnt help much now does it? I've discovered i write Ghost Hunt fanfics better than any other so im going to splurge a bit. HAPPY HUNTING