AmyNChan: I MADE IT!

Mai: Just barely!

AmyNChan: I don't own anything in this story!

She was in her own living room. Sitting down, playing a game, the usual. Video games were something she was good at. Other than writing stories that people loved to read, she also loved to game. Her blonde hair was tied back to help her focus. She wore a different pair of ripped jeans and flip-flops, a different shirt, but the same jacket as before. She jerked the controller to the right in order to cross the finish line.

"I got it!" she cried out victoriously, finishing in first once more. Her phone buzzed in her pocket and she picked it up.

The text she received made her smile.

"I'm so booored.." Mai groaned quietly. The work was finished and there were no appointments. Her homework was complete and in her bag. There was also something else in her bag…

But no, she should not pull it out now.

But maybe just for a little bit?

No, Naru would find her and she would get in trouble.

But just one would not hurt.

But…

Her hand found itself reaching deeper and deeper into her bag, retrieving the item that caused such a conflict within her. Slowly but surely, it came out of her backpack.

The glorious DS.

Before she could stop herself, a game was in and the sound was off. She was in a race for the finish. Left, right, jump, left, left, tunnel, points!

Oliver Davis was a studious man. He liked to complete his research and compile results efficiently so that on days where he had nothing to do, he could continue to publish valuable scientific evidence in favor of the existence of the paranormal.

This was what he was doing when there was a sudden unbidden lapse in concentration. Such things had been known to happen on occasion. Whenever this happened, it was a good idea to allow the eyes some time to adjust, perhaps walk for a few moments in order to prolong the ability to work in the future.

So that was what the man did. He took a brief stroll to the door of his office and opened it.

Now, the lobby was a place of business. Where work—either from school or the actual workplace although the latter was preferred—was completed. It was not under any circumstance, an arcade. However, this seemed to fly over the head of his assistant as she had her face buried into her console, her eyebrows scrunched together in concentration. He waited for a few moments to see if she would not his entrance.

She did not.

He debated slightly with the notion of simply telling her to get back to work and to cut out the child play. The idea lost in favor of seeing which ridiculous game she was playing in order to better understand what took up the girl's time while she was bored. Perhaps the information would prove useful on long car rides as to keep him from listening to her prattle.

He walked with his normal grace around the couch until he was right behind the girl in question. Mai had not noticed his approach, too focused was she on the game. And the game had Oliver rolling his eyes.

Mario Kart online. And she was currently in second place.

"There's a shortcut," Oliver pointed out as she completely bypassed the entrance. Yet the raven haired man was entertained anyways. Mai had jumped out of her seat, fallen to the floor, and allowed her cart to ram straight into a wall, slipping her all the way down to twelfth place.

"Naru!" she accused in her normal manner. Her face was flushed and she was angry as per usual. Oliver kept his face passive.

"Shouldn't you be doing your work instead of playing videogames?" he asked of her.

"Mou! I'm already done!" she complained.

Perfect.

"Then you can work on the next batch of cases I need you to file," he said, going into his office to retrieve the extra load. He could hear her groan from inside his office and allowed himself a smirk she could not see. She was so easy to mess with.

The screen lay on the ground, flashing the name of the winner.

-Happy Birthday, Nia- The text read. –How's your new game?-

-Great- Nia responded. –I just beat one of the racing champs! Though she ended up crashing into a wall on the last lap-

-Too bad. Anyway, enjoy your game!-

-Thanks!-

And off Nia went to win more races and get more assistants into trouble.

AmyNChan: There was gonna be more, but life got hectic and this is all I could do... ;_;

Mai: Aw, I got in trouble!

AmyNChan: The 'more' bit was actually Naru challenging both of you to a race, but it didn't end up happening. ^^;

Mai: Aw...

AmyNChan: Maybe next time. In any event, even though it's late, go say Happy Birthday to NaruIsAwesome, because she's awesomer than Naru~! *^_^*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NIA-CHAN!