Chapter 5 – They're Whipped

Mai's POV

I woke up after an uneventful slumber; thank the heavens, to be face-to-face with Naru's sleeping face. Not being able to help myself, I just lie there, staring at his gorgeous face. Without warning, he pulls me closer and I am now staring into those beautiful blue eyes of his. He leans forward and presses his lips on mine for the usual morning kiss. He pulls away, but doesn't loosen his hold around my waist. "Is it that much fun to stare at me while I sleep?" he asks suddenly asks in a teasing tone.

"Ano...h-hai," I answer truthfully while my face turns a burning crimson.

This puts a wide smirk on his face, "Well, that's good to hear, I wouldn't have let you out of bed if you had answered any other way," he whispers suggestively into my ear, making a shiver go up my spine.

"Y-you wouldn't, I'm pregnant," I whisper back.

"That doesn't affect anything until you're at least five months in," he chuckles into my ear. "Maybe I should prove it."

Before I know it, he has me pinned to the bed as he kisses me passionately, while pushing my shirt over my head. I never thought Naru the type to do this on a case.

Naru's POV

I chuckle softly to myself as Mai and I make our way to the base to start the real investigation. I look over at her face to see that lovely shade of pink on her cheeks, the shade that I love on her face. After I open the door, I look over to the couch to see everyone, including Koiya-san staring at us funny. "What are you all looking at?" I ask amusedly.

"Did we hear what we thought we heard coming from your room about half an hour ago?" the Monk asks.

"It depends, what did you hear?"

"Um, we heard a lot of moaning, please tell me you didn't..." Ayako asks,not saying wha was on everyone's mind.

"What if we did?" I snicker inwardly at the expression that crosses everyone's, but Lin's, faces.

"We're in the middle of a case Noll, what do you think you're doing, doing...that, on a case. Not only that, Lin, Sora, and my room is right next to yours, think about the three-year-old boy who sees you as his uncle," Madoka reprimands me.

"He doesn't understand what we were doing so it doesn't matter what we did," I say to her calmly.

"What about Mai, she's as red as a tomato, you really shouldn't do that while she's pregnant," says Bou-san.

"It has no affect on the baby at all this early in the pregnancy, right Ayako?" I ask the miko.

"Um, right," she replies in annoyance.

"Wait," exclaims Koiya-san. "She's pregnant?"

"Yes, is that a problem?" I ask the now timid woman.

"All the maids that were killed, though few, were pregnant. I don't know if that's enough for concern, but I'm concerned none the less," she replies.

I turn to face Mai, "Mai, I want-"

"No, I'm not going home, you promised me that I could stay for this case as long as I stayed in your sight. I'm not letting you go back on that," she whispers harshly with a glare.

"That was until we knew that pregnant women were targeted," I reply just as harshly.

"That hasn't been confirmed yet, it could just be a coincidence that two of the Koiya's pregnant maids were targeted, her other pregnant maid is still alive," she reasons.

"How do you know she isn't the next target, if she goes, then that leaves you as the only other pregnant woman in the house. I don't want to risk it," I say very harshly. "Other cases you can convince me to let you stay, but this time, you're not the only want I want to protect, our unborn child is too."

"No, I'm not going," she replies stubbornly, taking a seat on one of the couches for emphasis.

I let out a sigh, "Fine, on one condition, any sign that you and our child are in danger; you will be out of here. Even if I have to drag you out kicking and screaming, do I make myself clear?" I ask pleadingly.

"Fine, but nothing is going to happen," she replies happily.

I groan, "You say that every time you are at risk of being in danger, you are always wrong," I say.

She humphs to show she doesn't care, I sigh and make my way over to the monitors, not acknowledging the suppressed giggles coming from the rest of my crazy team.

Mai's POV

I don't know what he's so worried about, it's not like the ghost is definitely after pregnant woman, I bet it just targets young woman in general. All of the Koiya maids are young woman and they have all been attacked at one point or another, I think to myself.

I sigh and look over at my worry-wart of a boyfriend to find him frowning at the screen, but not really looking at it. He's obviously still sour because I won another argument concerning my place in a case. My eyes then drift over to the others to see them trying to suppress their laughter at their boss losing, again, to his accident-prone girlfriend. Though, I don't know what Bou-san is laughing at, he's the same with Ayako. I then voice said thoughts, "Bou-san, I don't know why you find that so funny, you're no different when Ayako wins an argument, which I believe happens quite often," I smile at his stricken face.

This makes the rest of them finally let out their pent up laughter at their boss and the monk. Not being able to control myself, I also crack up, holding my stomach as I laugh at my boyfriend and brother-figure's expense.

"Now that you all have all laughed at Monk's and my expense, I would like to actually like to get some work done, so we can finish the case and leave," growls Naru in a cold tone. "Yasuhara, what did you find yesterday about Rina and Kiseki?"

We all stop laughing at the whipped men to listen to what Yasu has to say about the people haunting my dreams.

I'm sorry that took a while to get out, exam block is finally over, thank the heavens. If this chapter is weird, blame it on the fact that I did it at ten o'clock, when i'm semi-tired. Anyway, R&R please. Oh, and don't expect a chapter next week, I'm going to the snow from this saturday to next saturaday with school, won't have my laptop. Damn, so heads up, no chappie next week. Um, I think that's it.