Chapter 15 – Staying Home, or Not

We arrived home at around 11:00 pm since Naru was still sulking in his office for hours after I had left him there. Many times I had tried to get him off his butt and take me home, but I failed miserably. At around 10:30 pm he came out, motioned for me to follow and we went home.

Now I was getting out of the shower which even now, after so many months, still leaves me breathless at how beautiful it is. The tiles were actually blue, in many different shades of said colour. The floor, the walls and the sides of the bathtub were covered in the tiles. The shower walls were tiled in one shade of blue that wasn't exactly sky blue; it was slightly darker. The bench top was white marble, brightening the room.

I exit the bathroom and see the time is almost midnight. With a sigh, I walk over to the closet and put my pink silk pyjamas on. I crawl under the covers of our black comforter, well what do you know, black. Naru had his back to me, but I could tell he was still awake and still sulking. I move over to him and wrap my arms around his waist, thankfully, he places his hands over mine. "You need to stop sulking; she didn't hurt me, did she?" I told him.

"She didn't have to hurt you to piss me off; the fact she was insulting you was what pissed me off," he said matter-of-factly.

"Naru, don't worry about it, please," I plead with him.

He sighs and then turns to face me, wrapping his arms around my waist. "Mai, you mean the world to me, I don't like it when women insult you to get to me. I had every right to be angry, but I'm also upset that I let my control slip," he whispers.

My eyes soften, I should have realised that he was sulking hard because of letting his control slip. "Naru, that wasn't your fault, you were angry, you can't control your powers when you're angry, you know that," I whisper, trying to consol him.

"I do know that, which is why I don't like getting angry even when I have every right to be, which is what makes it worse that women insult you," he whispers darkly.

I know he isn't using that tone because of what I'm saying, but he's using that tone because the thoughts in his head are making him angry, again. "Naru, please calm down, think happy thoughts, like how we're going to get married eventually, we have great friends, and most of all, we're going to be parents," I say to him.

From the slight widen of his eyes, I can see that he was so angry, he forgot about the baby. When his eyes are back to normal, he places his hands on the slight swell of my belly. I can see his eyes soften at thoughts I have placed in front of those angering thoughts. Without warning, he presses his lips on mine in a loving kiss, meaning he has stopped sulking. "Mai, I love you so much, and I love our baby just as much, I promise that every time something makes me angry, I'll think about those things, especially about our baby," he tells me after we separate.

"I know you will," I whisper before we both succumb to the long awaited slumber.

When I woke up, I was really surprised; right in front of me was the clock. But what surprised me was what it said; 11:00am. I looked on to the other side of the bed to see Naru still sleeping, why wasn't he awake at 11 of all times? "Naru," I say as I shake him.

His eyes flutter open before he asks why I woke him up at this time. "Naru, it's 11 am," I inform him.

His eyes widen and shoot over to the clock on my bedside table. "Naru, wasn't the alarm supposed to be on?" I ask.

"Yes, but we must have been so tired we didn't wake up when it rung," he answers, placing his head back onto his pillow. "We should probably get up, but I'm feeling way to damn comfortable."

This makes me giggle, "Maybe we should take a break from work and spend the day in bed, we're both exhausted, it should be good," I suggest.

"That is sounding good, but first I should call Lin to let him know-" he started but was interrupted when the phone rang. "That's probably him."

He reaches over to the phone on his bed-side table and picks it up. "Hello?" he says into the phone.

Naru puts it on speaker phone for me to hear as well, "Why are you two still at home?" I hear Lin ask on the other line.

"We came home late and slept in, we had only just woken up when you called," Naru explains. "Just before you rang, we were planning on spending the day resting in bed because we are both exhausted."

"Well that will have to be some other day because there is a client here looking for you," Lin says.

This makes us both groan, "Very well, we'll be there in about twenty minutes, try to keep the client occupied until then," Naru replies.

"I'll be waiting," says Lin before hanging up the phone.

We look into each others eyes before sighing and getting out of bed to get changed for work.

When we arrived, we put our coats on the coat rack before I head to the kitchen and Naru sits down in front of the client.

Naru's POV

"I'm sorry for not being here when you arrived, but my fiancée and I went home late last night and slept past the alarm," I say to the client, a woman who appears to be in her late twenties and wearing a business suit.

She doesn't appear to be dishevelled or scared, making wonder if she is really here for a case. "No harm done, but I don't see why your fiancée has to be here with you at work," she replies calmly.

Mai had come back into the room with the tea when she said that, "My fiancée is my assistant and part of the team, she is supposed to be here," I reply calmly. "Now are you going to tell me why you're here or talk about my fiancée further, if it's the latter, you should leave."

"Very well," she starts before going into her story.

I'm so sorry I took so long to update but I spent the entire weekend at my friends house for her birthday, I didn't have time. Anyway, R&R.

Seza, over and out.