So this was inspired by a writing prompt I found and luckily it didn't take very long to write seeing as I don't have much free time. Stay tuned for the note at the bottom with updates on when I will update! Enjoy!

26-Teabags

"Mai, come in here," Naru called with a not too pleased look on his face. He had had a long day at the office. Yasuhara and Ayami seemed to have decided that prank wars were the perfect way to pass the time in between cases. He damn near fired the two of them when he walked into the kitchenette to find it covered in shaving cream.

All he wanted to do was enjoy a nice cup of tea and work on his latest novel. Spend time with his family and put his kids to bed. Normal, mundane things. However, how the hell was he supposed to do that when there were no tea leaves in the container?

"What's up, Naru?" Mai asked as she walked into the kitchen. She was carrying the now empty plates of what was once dinner. She placed them in the sink and looked up curiously at her husband.

"I thought you said you bought tea," he said. His tone was that of annoyance and his face mimicked it perfectly. His wife resisted the urge to roll her eyes. Someone was having withdrawal symptoms.

Still, Naru held up the empty canister, clearly not in the mood to hear about his mood. "I did," she said heading to the pantry (where she did roll her eyes so Naru wouldn't see). She pulled out a small cardboard box and tossed it at the man across the room. He caught it and stared in bewilderment.

He opened the box and his expression turned to that of utter disgust. He stuck his hand in and pulled out a small, folded paper filter, stapled to a white string. He held it up and stared at it as though it were a cockroach. "What is this?" It took everything Mai had in her to not laugh in his face.

"It's called a teabag, Oliver," Mai answered with a smirk as she began washing the dishes. They heard the rushing on tiny feet as two small heads rounded the corner of the kitchen.

"Mama! Papa!" a little hazel eyed brunette exclaimed jumping up and down. "Can we play?"

"Daddy, you promised we would build my airplane!" said a little blue eyed boy who, aside from his dark brown hair, bore a striking resemblance to his father. "I have it all set up!"

Gene looked up at his father with pleading eyes while his three year old sister clung to their mother's leg. "Mommy and Daddy are having a discussion, guys," Mai said still working her sponge to the plates in the sink. "Go play in the living room and we'll be there in a few minutes with tea."

The little girl's face lit up and she nodded quickly, running to her brother and grabbing his arm to pull him along. "C'mon, Ji-Nii!"

"Ow! Mi-chan! Don't pull so hard!" Before the couple could even process the event, the children were out of the room.

Mai turned around to see her husband still holding up the teabag and still held his disapproving stare. She let out a breath and filled the kettle that was next to the sink and set it on the stove to boil. She pulled out a mug and placed it on the table. "You're giving our children teadust?" Naru asked as Mai went back to the dishes.

"I bought some fruit teas that they like and have no caffeine-" she paused and whipped her head around with a raised brow. "Did you just say 'teadust?'"

"It sure isn't tealeaves." At that Mai burst out laughing.

"I don't think 'Naru the Narcissist' is as fitting of a nickname for you anymore," she said after a breath. "Maybe we should get everyone to call you 'Drama Llama.'"

"Midori is still obsessed with that book?"

"Yeah, your mom sent her the whole series and they just came in, so she'll want you to read them all to her for bed. Twice." She finished putting the cleaned dishes on the drying rack and proceeded to fill the pots and pans with soapy water.

"First you Pavlov our son and now you're trying to poison our children with teadust." Mai rolled her eyes and continued to busy herself with cleaning the kitchen and drying and putting dishes away.

"It's not poison, Naru, it's the same thing you drink at work, just the cheaper version. I drank it for years and I'm fine." She looked up to see a peculiar look in her husband's eyes. "It was easier and cheaper to buy teabags and save my money for more important things. Like food and rent."

"I should have hired you sooner just because of that." Naru shook his head as the kettle was about to whistle and he took it off of the stove. "So why teadust now? Surely we can afford that 'luxury' as you seem to put it."

Mai's face lit up as she spun around and sprinted for her laptop that was on the counter. "I'm so glad you asked!" She quickly typed in her password and clicked here and there.

The man was slightly concerned. His wife was a little too excited about what she was going to show him. Anything that involved the amount of teabags she had purchased and the level of enthusiasm she was showing could not be anything good.

"We need new curtains in the kids' rooms so I found this cool one I can make on Pinterest!" She turned the computer around to show him a picture of a window that had hanging teabags in front of it. "We'll get simple white ones as well, but I think these will go great for decoration."

She walked back to the other counter where Naru had placed the kettle and quickly pulled out a few cups and tea bags. She poured the hot water over them and allowed them to steep.

"I still don't understand the need to poison them with watery dust." Such a drama king.

"The bags need to be used to give them color." Mai shrugged as she looked back at her computer. "See? The tea stains the bags and since I bought the fruit teas they'll be even more vibrant."

"Ayako warned me you would become a Pinterest addict," Naru mutted with a shake of his head.

"I am not a Pinterest addict." Her hands were on her hips. And a frown was worn on her face.

"Mai, we now have mason jar vases. Our old vases were just fine."

"But they are cute and creative. And your children helped me with them." She gave a smug look and checked the steeping teas.

"What about those cookies, the caramel and coconut ones? They turned into such a mess."

"But they tasted great!"

"What about those bunny pancakes you made for Midori? She had nightmares about that thing for a week."

Mai pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes before relenting with a sigh. "That one was a spur of the moment idea and I didn't have the right fruit to make the face." She began to laugh. "Okay, that one was a bad idea, but the others weren't."

"How long are we going to have to deal with dust for this project?" Naru closed his wife's laptop and gave her a side look.

"Not much longer," she replied with a shrug pulling out a small container from the pantry. "I knew you were going to be snippy about teabags so I made sure that your tea had the loose leaves and everyone else drank from the bags. Another few days and I think I'll have enough." She opened the container to reveal dried used teabags.

Naru just shook his head and accepted his wife's antics as she handed him his mug of tea. He stared at it with disdain but took a sip nonetheless. He will never ever admit it to her, but it definitely didn't taste as bad as he was making it seem.

"Oh no! This isn't right!" Mai groaned as she watched her project fall apart in front of her. It had been a week later and the children were in bed as she sat at the kitchen table trying to salvage what she could of the teabags.

"What's wrong?" Naru asked as he came out of his study. From what he could tell, the teabags were tied together almost like a mobile and for the most part looked like the picture his wife had showed him. "It looks right to me."

"Yeah, now that I have it flat on the table." She looked ready to pull her hair out. "But look." She raised the curtain up and Naru watched as it now became lopsided and some bags were heavier than others and were slipping out of their place. "I can't hang this up in their rooms!"

Naru smirked in amusement. He was in a much better mood now that the torturing of teadust had ceased and he had a decent cup of tea. He watched as Mai placed the ruined curtain down and looked like she might cry in her frustration. He walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"You are great at many things, Mai," he said in her ear and could almost hear her eyes roll. "Mother, wife, friend, psychic, cook, teamaker," he listed before giving her a slight squeeze. "But intricate crafts, not so much. You tried and that's all that matters."

"You're just glad that this didn't work so I won't have to buy teabags again," she scoffed, trying to step out of his grasp, but he wasn't ready to let go.

"That's just an added perk," he teased. "I'm just saying you should probably stick to the messy cookie recipes that taste better than they look."

"Maybe I will buy teabags again, you certainly deserve it," she teased back, giving him a side eye.

At that Naru sighed and let go of his wife and took a step back. He glanced at the laptop next to the curtain on the table. Something caught his eye. "Why don't you just do this one?" he asked leaning over and clicking on one of the pictures. "We'll buy white cotton curtains and you can dye them with tea."

Mai tilted her head as she looked at the craft on her screen. "I can probably use the fruit teas they like so much and get a nice color out of it," she muttered to herself as her husband smiled at her.

"This can wait until tomorrow," he decided shutting the laptop closed. Mai looked up at him with a raised brow.

"Is the Great Oliver Davis also going to call in a night early?" she asked with a smirk.

"Only if I have company."

I like the Drama Llama don't you? lol my godson loves those book and it just fit with Naru's tantrum.

I apologize for my lack of updating recently, I've been hitting some blocks and now I'm currently enrolled in a couple accelerated classes for school which take up most of my time along with my new job. However, next week is the end of my semester and I'll be done two classes meaning I only have two classes left and more time on my hands.

Don't expect an update on Dangerous Souls until November or another update on this fic until then too. But I have many ideas to come including a fic on how Mai reveals she's pregnant with Gene which I know you guys will love. Stay tuned and please review! :)