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Naru's P.O.V.
I stand there looking between the only two people that have ever penetrated my heart. One terrified, the other smug and waiting for my reaction. "What are you doing here Gene?" Gene simply shrugs his shoulders at me, making it seems as though he was here simply out of boredom. I walk over to him and poke his cheek. "How are you here? How do I feel you like you are flesh and blood?" Gene just smiles and gets off the couch.
"Why, my dear brother, I was brought back shortly after you buried my body. A woman by the name of Amelia Knox, she is a certain kind of witch that can bring back the life of those that are wrongfully killed. She had heard of my story through a news outlet. When I first woke up, I was terrified. How was I supposed to show up at our house after you buried me? So, she took me in and helped me get settled. However, I came to help you, you are my other half, my twin brother, my best friend." Mai looks close to tears, knowing that his story is true. I walk up to her and hug her, still staring at Gene, not sure if I can trust him.
"Naru, he really is here. The woman he is speaking about is famous for doing these things. She is known as a necromancer for the good. He is here to stay, he will live until she herself dies. It is unreal that Gene is back, but he is, and this is truly happening." She places her hand on my back and guides me over to Gene, I break my cold exterior for just a second and grab Gene in a hug. Mai smiles at me over my shoulder, content to see me happy. I give her a small smile back, but I remember her words from earlier, how she was essentially giving up on me. My smile turns back into a frown which makes her frown as well. Seeming to remember our fight from earlier, she runs into the room containing our belongings and grabs hers.
"Naru, I should be going. Good luck and I'll see you when the internship starts, that is unless, you have something you need to discuss with me?"
"I do have some things I need to speak with you about, if you'll follow me back into the room in which we will be staying for the duration of this case." Mai simply nods and walks back into the room, which she will stay in during this case. Gene looks at me with a smug look on his face, knowing that something good was about to pass between the two of us.
"So, you finally got your head out of your ass? It took you long enough, what gave her away that she doesn't love me? The fact that she slapped you or because you finally saw her feelings for you when you were hugging me?" As I walk towards the room I'll be sharing with Mai I roll my eyes at Gene and walk away. As soon as I open the door I feel the presence of something that could potentially harm. Opening the door as fast as possible I watch it dissipate from around a passed-out Mai, having been scared off when I opened the door. I walk to her and shake her awake.
"Mai are you alright? What happened?" She simply shakes her head to my first question, choosing to bury herself in my chest over answering my other question. Not knowing what to do, I simply pull her closer to myself, trying to give my strength to her. She looks up at me with a face that causes my hurt to lurch in my chest. I just hug her closer again, knowing that I will get no information with her in this condition. So, without anything that I can do, I just try to calm her. She is the only woman that I have ever loved, and I will protect her till my last breath.
"Naru! Are you okay? My shiki that I had following you sensed another shiki with a malicious intent. What happened to Mai?" Lin burst through the door, asking question after question, only stopping when he sees the position, we are in. Slowly he starts to back out of the room with the same smug look on his face that Gene had. "I'll let you two calm down, we can talk afterwards. Also, why is Gene here?"