...SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN!!
Standard Disclaimer: I don't own Ghost Hunt or any of its characters.
LAUGHS
It was another ordinary day at SPR. Lin was busy typing on his laptop and no one has any idea what it is he is typing there. Perhaps, stuff concerning the cases they've taken. Or maybe he's only chatting online with Madoka. Naru was in his office like usual and every now and then he would call for Mai and ask for some tea to be delivered to him. Yasuhara was showing John and Masako some magic tricks he learned from his school friends. Houshou was just chilling. And by that, he means, making the miko fuming mad or just plain pissed off at him. He didn't know why but he found her angry face to be sort of 'cute'. Ayako was trying her best to stay calm and ignore the monk but obviously failing to do so.
Then, after a few moments, everyone would stop what they were doing. And they would find themselves busy staring at a very flushed Mai who just came out of her narcissistic boss' office. There can only be two reasons why her face is burning red. It can either be because he did something to make her mad or something amusing happened and she ended up getting embarrassed. Today, it seemed as though the reason was the latter because Mai was clutching at her heart when she exited the place.
Houshou whistled. "I wonder what could have happened back there that made her react like that."
"That did seem different from her earlier reactions to what he did." A pondering Yasuhara would add to the monk's musings.
"I think I saw her biting her lip… Would that be a clue?" John asked innocently.
Yasuhara and Ayako turned to each other and grinned like the Cheshire cat.
"I guess this means; we won the bet, Takigawa!" Ayako said.
"Argh! Couldn't they have waited a few more days before the kiss so I would have won?" Houshou was muttering to himself.
"Sorry, Takigawa-san, a deal is a deal. You've been losing five times straight to Matsuzaki-san. You sure don't have much luck on your side."
Masako and John both blushed upon hearing what they were talking about. The same thoughts running in their heads…
'Kiss? Are those two in a relationship now?'
Soon after, Mai would come back wondering why everyone was staring at her like lovesick fools. And when the reason finally sunk in her 'slow' mind…
"It's not what you guys are thinking!!" she'd be screaming in their faces but the pink tint that would appear on her face while saying so, totally gave away the fact that they did got it right.
"Jou-chan, you don't have to be shy about it." Houshou said happily, obviously forgetting he had just lost yet another bet.
"I guess this means we need to celebrate, right?" Ayako teased further and everyone would end up laughing, watching Mai's face turn into different shades of red.
And so, it was yet another ordinary day at SPR, where everyone was busy making bets about the deal with Naru and Mai and then laughing their heads off whenever the results kicked in.