"That idiot, she forgot her Smartphone too" he said out of concern, he knew Mai was always like this but this time he was getting a feeling that something was wrong with her.

He entered the apartment. It was all black; he searched for light switch and found it on the left side of door. He switched on the light and removed his shoe. There was no slipper for him so he went in his socks, thank god the floor is clean he thought.

He was going towards the hall which was also Mai's living room plus bedroom combined. He was walking slowly as to not hurt his toe as he was not familiar with Mai's room. He would wait for her here he thought. Finally he found the light switch and turned it on.

"Mai" he screamed.

She was sitting in her chair, looking all ghostly, her head was resting on her shoulder, her eyes were closed and her hands were on her stomach. Her white t-shirt was all red and blood was dripping from her skirt.

"Mai...Mai...Mai Mai Mai..." Naru repeatedly called her name while trying to wake her up. It was no use she was unconscious.

"Did she really get stabbed?" asked Takigawa in a dead tone voice.

"Apparently, yes. When Noll picked her up he saw it happening with his psychometry." Lin informed Takigawa.

"How is she now?" John and Masako asked in almost same time.

"We're still waiting to know" Lin tilted his head towards Naru.

"It's already been 2 hours and Matsuzaki san has still not come out of the operating room." Yasuhara said in a low voice.

All the members of SPR were waiting for the OR to open and get some news of their precious Mai, they all looked extremely worried but Naru was looking like he was about to die too.

"He has performed psychometric and experienced the stabbing first hand. When they reached here he fell unconscious as soon as they took Mai to the operating room. But the moment he came back he stubbornly refused to rest, came here running and from then he is sitting like this" Told Lin to other members.

"He is looking so pale." Masako commented. She wanted to tell him to go rest but she knew he would not unless Mai is alright. He loved her so much.

About half an hour later Ayako informed them that the operation is successful and not to worry anymore.

"Mai is still unconscious. But will wake up around morning I guess. She was lucky you got her here in time. If you were to be even 15 minutes late she would have died of either excessive bleeding or of heart attack. She would still need a lot of rest and we have to monitor her for any further complications from injury and operation." Ayako squeezed Naru's hand gently and left to change.

Everyone excluding Naru breathed heavily hearing that. They forgot they were holding their breaths from the moment Ayako came out of the operating room.

"Thank you lord Buddha." Takigawa prayed with tears in his eyes.

Everyone looked relieved except again Naru. They looked at him worriedly.

"Naru...Naru...She is alright now. Why don't you go and see Mai first...they took her out of the operating room." Takigawa tried to assure Naru.

"Hmm." Was the only word he uttered and started going towards where they took Mai.

"She is in the ICU boss." Yasuhara yelled behind him.

Naru closed the door behind after entering ICU and slowly moved towards Mai. She looked so pale and weak, so lifeless. She was surrounded by machines which's screens were definitely indicating that she was alive and machines don't lie right. Naru sat beside her and reached out to her hand.

"Mai" the name came out with all the emotions and fears he held in past few hours.

"I'm sorry" he squeezed her hand tightly.

"I'm sorry I was not there. I'm sorry I didn't come in time. I'm sorry I hurt you. I'm sorry for being a jerk. I'm sorry for not accepting you all this time. I'm sorry for not confessing my love. Mai I'm sorry I'm an idiot." And first time in his life the great Naru cried.

"But not anymore. From now on I'll always be there for you. I'll love you with all my heart. I won't be an idiot anymore. Just come back to me, sound and healthy. I've a lot to ask you and a lot more to tell you" Naru declared, wiping his tears, to the sleeping figure of Mai.