In the SPR office all that was heard was the typing of a keyboard, turning of a page in a book, and humming from a petite, brown hair assistant.
"Mai tea." came the voice of SPR's narcissist formally known as Naru. With a huff, Mai stood up and headed towards the kitchen. As she gracefully prepared the tea she kept mumbling about her narcissistic boss.
When she was done she walked over to his office. She knocked once then enter, not waiting for a reply. Inside the office, naru was sitting behind his desk reading a book. Mai walked over and set his tea down and waited for a thank you.
Ten seconds standing there and no reply from naru, she huffed and was about to turn to walk out when the sound of naru's voice stop her. "Before you leave, sort threw those books and organise them." Mai turned and saw two massive piles of books.
With a groan she set of on her job of sorting books. About 30 minutes later, naru was about to call for another cup of tea when something caught his eye.
Mai bend down and rose with another book trying to sort them. As she stood up her shirt lifted up slightly but enough for him to see a slight glimpse of black ink.
Naru was about to ask when mai suddenly stood. "I'm finshed. Would you like some tea?" Naru looked over at the clock hanging on the wall and notice 20 minutes had pass. He couldn't gave been looking at mai for that long, right? All he could do was nod.
The next day naru was behind his desk looking at the clock. Mai was late about an hour. Then naru heard the bell above the door and mai saying sorry. "Mai tea." Was naru's reply. He could hear mai complaining about his manners or lack of.
Naru was to tired to care. He has been thinking nonstop about yesterday and mai's tattoo. He couldn't believe that their sweet, kind mai has a tattoo. It didnt help that Lin was out running errands for Madoka who was about to come visit. Another thing he wasn't to happy about.
Mai came in with his tea and as soon as she sat it down he took a sip. If he didnt know no better he would of thought angels made it. Mai stood there and waited for a thank you like normal. "Mai stop standing there and get back to work."
Mai's face started to turn red from anger and she turned, yelling about how narcissistic and egotistical he is. Then slam the door on her way out. Hours and a lot of calls for tea later did naru have enough. He stood and headed for the door.
When he step out he didn't find mai at her desk. Then he heard noises coming from the kitchen. He went towards it and saw her tidying the kitchen. As she wiped down the counter, he again saw a little of the tattoo as it taunted him.
Finally he had enough. "Mai." He said a little frustration slipping through his voice. Mai turned around in fright and held a hand to her chest, trying to calm herself. "Naru! You scared me half to death." Naru ignored her antics that normally amused him and continued with his questioning.
"When did you get a tattoo." It sounded more like a demand but that was how he was. Mai was confused by his question at first but then it registered in her head. She suddenly felt dread as she realized someone knew.
She knows if any of the irregulars found out they would flip ,so she tried to hide it. But this was naru so maybe she had a chance at keeping her secret. As she stood there thinking, naru was getting impatient and ask her again about her tattoo. Mai then started begging him. "Naru, can you please not tell anyone." She pleaded with the best puppy eyes she could manage.
Naru was weak against those eyes but held firm and contiued with his questions. "Why should I?Is it something bad?" Mai sighed in defeat. "No. It's just if any of the irregulars found out they would scold me until no end." She said looking at the ground.
Suddenly she looked up. "If you promise to keep it a secret I'll tell you about it." Naru didnt like being in the dark and it did sound nice to have a secret between him and mai. "Ok." He simply agreed. Mai after a second hesitation lifted up her shirt. Right above her hip on the right side was the tattoo. It was black with curvy letters. It was difficult to read. "Its latin." Mai suddenly said.
Naru only knew a little in latin, Lin was the one that knew the language since most spells were in latin. Mai then continued " Its for my mother. She always enjoyed the language since most of our ancester are from Europe. She taught me when i was young." Naru was shocked. He learned another secret about thier sweet mai.
"Non morieis in somnis memorias. It means 'die with memories, not dreams'. it was what she always said to me even when she was dying. She lived by it and so do I." Now it made since. This was just like mai.
Naru felt a sudden urge and did something so unlike naru and brush mai's hair behind her ear and then whispered close by her ear. " I'll keep you secret." Then he stood and headed towards his office and called for tea.
Mai stood their dumbfounded then her face erupted into flames. As naru sat down and heared mai in the kitchen, the only thought threw his mind was 'I should have more secrets with mai'.
THE END