Sorry for the delay. This story kinda got put on the back burner while I worked on my other projects. I will try to be better about updating!
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The next morning Mai woke up in a sad mood after what she had witnessed. She really wanted to call Naru and tell him about it but didn't think the young boss would care. She made herself some tea and ate some toast as she thought about it. Taking in a breath of courage she pulled out her phone and dialed the raven haired boy's number. He answered on the first ring.
"Did you see it?" Was all he said.
Mai was stunned at first, How did he know, "ya"
There was a few minutes of silence before either one said anything, "Have you seen him sense the day at the lake?" Naru asked in a whisper.
Mai thought about it for a moment. In the six months sense they found his body she has not seen the nicer version of her boss, "No I have not"
She could hear Naru sigh at he thought for a moment, "Ok. Let me know if you feel or see anything else. We will be there in two days" he said after a minute.
Mai nodded but then realized he could not see her and replied, "Alright. Good bye" and she hung up.
She was a little relieved that she was not the only one that had to go through that but she was sad that it had to be Naru. The blue eyed boy has already been through so much and he did deserve being forced to relive his brother's death. She put on her school uniform and grabbed her bag and left the small apartment. On the walk to school she met up with her two friends and her mind drifted away from the thoughts of Gene's death as they discussed their English homework.
When the trio rounded the corner all girls stopped and narrowed their eyes at the boy in front of them, "What do you want Rin?" growled Kieko putting her hands on her hips.
The boy in question gave them a smirk as he looked at Mai, "Mai I was wondering if you would want to go out with me?"
Mai made an irritated sigh, "Rin I already said no. Now leave me alone." She said getting annoyed with the boy.
Rin frowned, "No girl says no to me Mai Taniyama." he walked towards them.
Mai put her hands on her hips like Kieko, "I think one just did. And it was for the hundredth time. We are going to be late now good bye" she said as she walked past him with her two friends in tow.
"I really hate him" said Mai once they made it to school.
The two girls nodded as they made their way to class. After that it was just a normal school day. Once the bell rang to release everyone Mai ran to the SPR office. When she opened the door she saw Madoka standing with her back to the door and she was yelling at someone. Confused Mai put her coat on the hanger and looked into the common area of the office. Standing in the middle arguing with Madoka was RIn.
"What are you doing here?" Mai asked the boy a little mad.
Madoka was aware of the stalker, when she asked Mai to work late one day when she had to take another way to the building just to avoid him. She also told the boy on several occasion to stop coming to the office, he would come by and harass Mai by standing outside and begging her for a date.
Rin saw Mai and he smiled at the girl, "I was coming to pick you up for our date"
Mai's jaw dropped. Wow this boy was dumb "I said no to you. Just like all the other times. You're a creep play boy that only wants to sleep with girls. No get out of my work place" she growled.
Rin was the most popular guy in school. He was popular for the fact that he would court a girl for a week and then sleep with them and dump them the next morning. He had slept with at least half the student body and Mai had no interest in boys like that. The boy was tall and vey muscular and had dark black eyes that added to his mysterious look that girls fell for.
"Mai like I said no girl says no to me" He said with an evil grin.
At that moment the rest of the SPR team walked in. Monk stopped the group behind him when he saw the boy standing in the middle of the room. Monk and Ayako had adopted Mai a month after Naru and Lin left. Mai had requested to stay at her apartment so that she could still make and easy commute to school and work. They had agreed as long as they met up for lunch at least twice a week. On several of their lunches the boy, Rin, had dropped by and caused a scene.
"Get out now" Monk said to the boy.
Rin looked at him with a confused look, "Why would I do that? I am just here to visit my girlfriend"
Mai was steaming with rage, "I am not your girlfriend! You are a stalker and I will call the police on you" she yelled.
Rin took a step towards her and Madoka stood in front blocking the boy, "Baby why would you do that? We love each other"
Monk walked over and grabbed the boy and threw him out the door. He locked it then turned around to the surprised looks of the other SPR members. He rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment, "What I got him out"
Ayako gave him a smile and kissed him on the cheek, "My strong man kicking the stalker out. Well done" and Monk blushed a deep red as everyone laughed.
Masako walked over to the couches and sat down, "Mai I think you should file a restraining order against that boy. I am concerned" she said softly.
Mai nodded as she brought out some tea from the kitchen, "You are right. He is actually starting to scare me now."
Monk wrapped her into a bear hug, "Don't worry Mai we will protect you. Why don't you come and live with us for the week until you get the restraining order figured out?" he suggested.
Mai shook her head "I don't want to be a burden to you."
Ayako walked over and put a motherly hand on her shoulder, "Mai please, it would make both of us feel better."
Mai finally gave in and everyone fell into small chatter. During the last six months Ayako and Monk had become a couple and where currently living together and Monk still continued to work in his band while Ayako worked at the office. Still the two managed to have a wonderful relationship even with the crazy hours of their jobs. Masako and John were slowly starting to become a couple. He had taken the tiny medium on a few dates and Masako seemed to be really happy. Mai was so glad to have these friends and family after being alone for so many years.
A little bit later there was a knock on the SPR office door and Monk answered it to see two cops outside. He was a little confused and let them in. Everyone in the room looked at the two law officials confused. One of them was tall and had a bushy beard, he was the leader of the two as he shook all the men's hands and bowed to the woman introducing himself and Officer Lee and his associate as Officer Toda. After exchanges the two officers took a seat on the couch while everyone one else sat on the opposite couch and chair.
"How can we help you officers?" Monk asked taking on the man of the house mentality.
Officer Lee took off his hat and cleared his throat, "Is there a Mai Taniyama present?"
Everyone's eyes widened in surprise a little bit, "Yes that would be me" said Mai a little confused.
Lee nodded and pulled a picture from his pocket, "Do you recognize this man?" he asked.
It was a picture of Rin. Mai was a little scared as to what was happening and she nodded.
"Well this man was seen outside of your apartment a little while ago attempting to kick the door in. One of your neighbors saw him and called us. Your neighbor told us that you were having problems with the boy and told us where you worked. We were hoping you could tell us what is going on"
Monk narrowed his eyes, "He has been stalking her for the last couple of months. We just threw him out of the office a few hours ago when he came here and caused a scene. We were actually just about to call you guys to get a restraining order put on him." Said Monk crossing his arms.
The cops both nodded and wrote down everyone's contact information and gave Mai their personal numbers in case he showed up again. They also gave her the number of an attorney to call to get the paperwork started. After an hour of talking to the cops and telling them everything about the boy they left. Once they left everyone started to discuss how to handle the situation.
"Mai I think it would be best if you stayed with Monk and Ayako. We will go with you to move your stuff out of your apartment" Said Madoka as she sipped on some coffee.
Yasuraha agreed, "Ya and I can call this attorney and see what all she need from you so we can all the information in order before we go and meet her." he offered as he wrote down the attorney's number and some other information in his notebook.
"If you wouldn't mind John and I can keep you company while Monk and Ayako are at work? I have the month off from filming and John is here on vacation." said Masako from behind her sleeve.
Ayako smiled at the medium, ever sense Naru left her and Mai had become very good friends. "Why don't you two just stay with us? We have a lot of rooms and we don't mind"
Mai couldn't help but smile at everyone, "Thanks you guys you are the best. I don't know what I would do without all of you"
After a few more hours of talking and laughing with no new clients everyone said their goodbyes for the night. It was decided that Mai would go with Ayako and Monk for the night and tomorrow everyone would go over to her apartment to help move everything out. Once the trio got home Ayako gave her the room next door to her and Monk, it was the only one ready for guests at the moment. That night Mai had wonderful dreams of her family and friends and she woke up very refreshed.
The next morning Monk dropped her off at school on his way to band practice. Mai went through an easy day at school never seeing Rin, thanks to her friends who would pull her into a classroom before he could see her. After school had ended Monk was waiting at the gate to get her.
"What are you doing here?" She asked him as she got in the car.
Monk just smiled, "I am picking up my daughter from school" he cooed.
Mai just laughed at him as he drove to her apartment. All the others were already there except for Ayako sense she was at the hospital. Madoka had rented a moving truck so they could move her furniture. Once they pulled up everyone got out of their cars and followed Mai up the stairs. She froze slightly at her door. There were footprints on it and it was bowed from the attempted break in. Monk put his hand on her shoulder pulling her from her thoughts and she unlocked the door. Monk and Yasuhara went to work about moving the couch downstairs to the moving truck while Mai and Masako packed her clothes in the boxes that John brought from his Parish. John and Madoka took down the small coffee table.
After three hours of work all that was left was a few boxes. Mai, Monk and John grabbed the last boxes and Yasuhara locked the door behind them. Once they got to the top of the stairs Monk froze pushing Mai behind him and John moved to her side effectively blocking her against the wall. She didn't need to look around Monk to know that it was Rin at the bottom of the stairs.
Yasuhara walked to the front of the group, "What would you be doing here?" he asked the boy.
"I was coming to pick up my girlfriend. WE have a date." he answered simply.
John put his hand on her shoulder to keep her from replying. Right now the boy did not know that she was here and they didn't to cause a scene right now, "I am sorry Mate but she gone right now. She was going to go meet up with her friends" he said with his sweet genuine smile.
Rin nodded, "thanks man. I will just talk to her later." then he left and they could see him walking down the street. After waiting a minute the group walked back down the stairs and over to the two girls waiting by the van. They put the last three boxes in and gave Mai's keys to the land owner.
They arrived at Mia's new home and went through another few hours of unloading. After everyone was done they all collapsed in the living room and Mai brought everyone tea, "Thank you so much guys" she smiled at them.
They all smiled back at her as they watched a movie. In the middle of the movie Ayako came home and she with the help of Mai made everyone dinner.
"Tomorrow is Saturday isn't it. I have a band trip I need to leave tonight" grumbled Monk as he ate his food.
"At least you didn't called in to work a double shift" growled Ayako.
Everyone laughed at the couples complaints. Madoka looked at the priest and medium, "What are you two doing tomorrow?"
John had a small blush, "Well mate were going to go lunch and maybe a movie"
Then everyone realized that Mai was going to be alone for most of the day, "But we can cancel that" Masako said quickly realizing Mai's problem.
Mai narrowed her eyes at the medium, "No Masako you two on your date. I will be fine here."
Ayako put down her chop sticks, "absolutely not we are not leaving you alone with the creep out there. I will go call the hospital and tell them I will take the day off"
Madoka squealed in excitement and everyone turned to her, "I have an idea. Mai come with me to the airport"
Everyone gave her a confused look except for Mai, "Why are you going to the airport?" asked Monk.
"Naru and Lin are coming back tomorrow so I was going to go pick them up and bring them back to the office. Mai can come with me so I don't have to deal with a car ride of silence" she giggled.
"What?! Why didn't you tell us they were coming back?!" everyone yelled at the pink haired woman.
Mai sighed, "She forgot to tell us. I called Naru the other day and that was how I know"
Everyone got over there sock of the Chinese man and their boss coming back to Japan then Ayako nodded to the pink haired woman, "Ok Mai, go with Madoka tomorrow"
Mai sighed and she knew it was going to be a long day. Those two men never said much and it would be an awful drive. But maybe with Madoka there it would be a little lively, "Ok" she smiled at the pink haired woman.
"Thank you so much" she exclaimed hugging the brunette.
Early in the morning Madoka came to get Mai and they made the two hour drive to the airport. She sang to the popular music on the radio and talked about what Mai was doing in school and about normal girly things. When they got to the airport they sat at the food court, the boys flight was delay by twenty minutes. Mai groaned at the news. Naru was going to be moody because of that.
Naru had a huge headache, the row behind him had a child screaming and kicking his seat. Lin did not look any better. Once they had landed Naru grabbed his overhead luggage and made his way out of the terminal with the Chinse man next to him.
"Madoka told me she would be in the food court" Said Lin looking at his phone.
Naru nodded and followed the Chinese man through the giant terminal. Lin got a phone call and they stopped so that the Chinese man could hear. Out of the corner of his eye Naru could see a group of girls walking over to him. He groaned in his head, he didn't have the patience right now to deal with girls. One of the girls walked up and she was wearing an extremely low cut shirt and her skirt barely covered her butt. Naru hated girls like this.
"Hey there handsome. Want to come hang out with us?" she asked winking at him.
"No thank you" He said pulling out his phone to check for any messages.
She did not give up, "Oh come on. You know you want to have a good time. We will treat you very well" she said putting her hand on Naru's shoulder.
He shrugged her off and walked away, Lin had just hung up his phone. Lin looked back at the girls and rolled his eyes as they followed them. Lin could feel Naru's annoyance radiating off of him. They entered the food court and saw the pink haired woman who had just called him.
"Lin" Madoka yelled happily as she ran over and hugged the man.
Naru's eyes widened when he saw Mai walk over to join them, "What are you doing here?"
"Madoka wanted company in the car so she asked me to come along" she said smiling, "Welcome back. We all missed you guys."
Naru nodded and felt his heart speed up at her smile, "Thank you. How is the office?" straight to business.
Mai rolled her eyes at her workaholic boss, "It is fine. No new cases yet"
They turned to see Lin and Madoka still hugging and Mia smiled at the two. After a few minutes of greetings the group turned to go grab the rest of the men's bags. After grabbing the bags Madoka said she and Lin would go get the car and come pick them up. Mai just assumed she wanted a little alone time with her boyfriend she had not seen in months.
"So how was England?" Mai asked trying to start a conversation.
Naru put his bags on the ground, "It was fine." Mai rolled her eyes, still not one for words.
Mai saw a group of girls walk over and she groaned mentally knowing what was about to happen, "Hey handsome. Come on come and join us. Are really going with her?" she asked sneering at Mai.
Mai just glared at the girl and did not say anything, Naru ignored the girl and turned to Mai, "Mai, how is school going?"
Mai almost laughed at the girls' surprised look, "It is good. I am in my last year we only have a few months left" she said helping her boss out.
The girl stepped between the two and put her hand back on Naru's shoulder, "I am already out of school. I can see you like older girls. She is not very pretty come on baby I can fulfill all your dreams" she said seductively as she slowly lowered her hand to Naru's chest.
Naru glared at the girl and gently pushed her hand away, "I do not appreciate you touching me" was all he said.
Just then the horn honked on the car as Madoka pulled up. Naru grabbed his bag ignoring the girl trying to grab his attention, "Let's go Mai"
"Right" Mai said as she picked up one of his bags. As she turned to follow her boss the girl trying to get with Naru pushed Mai in the back causing her to trip. She landed on the floor very ungracefully.
Naru turned around and saw the girl with a triumphant smile on her face and took in Mai's shocked look could only guess what had happened. He walked over to his assistant and grabbed her hand and helped her up gently, "Are you alright?"
Mai's face went red, causing Naru to smirk at her, "You should not trip dummy" he teased.
Mai ignored him not wanting to fight with him right now and picked up his bag just then she felt a tug on her hair and she fell on to her back. The girl was now standing over her and she was mad.
"You have no right being with him. You ugly slut" yelled the girl as she was about to hit Mai.
Naru ran up and grabbed the girl by her wrist roughly and pushed her to the side. He glared at the girl and then turned back to Mai and helped her up again and pulled her to the car. The girl screaming her insults at Mai as she got in the car.
"Mai are you ok" Asked Lin turning to the girl in the back seat.
Mai nodded, "Ya I am fine. Thank you for helping me Naru" Mai whispered to the black haired boy next to her.
He just nodded and then they drove away from the airport.
"So Lin anything fun happen in England?" Madoka asked trying to start a conversation. She was right when she told Mai to come with her because both men had not said a word sense they left.
Lin nodded, "We had a few cases. But most were just fakes that is why we came back to Japan sense there are more cases here" he explained.
Madoka nodded "we are supposed to have a client next week that has a very interesting case for us" she conceded.
Then the car fell into silence again and the Madoka decided to talk to Mai, "So Mai do you know when Ayako will be off work so I can drop you off?"
Mai nodded, "She does not get off until three in the morning"
Naru raised an eye brow "Are you living with her now? What happened to your apartment?" he was curious.
"I am living with her and Monk temporarily for now" she answered not wanting to explain what happened to her boss. He would probably just call her an idiot for not being able to tell Rin to leave her alone.
Madoka huffed and looked at the girl in the review mirror, "Mai tell them. With Naru being your boss again he needs to know about what has happened."
Lin and Naru turned to the brunette, "What happened Mai" Lin asked he had come to see the brunette as a little sister and was concerned for her well-being.
Mai fidgeted a little and then looked at both concerned men, "I have a stalker and he tried to break into my apartment the other day. So I am living with Ayako for now" she said.
Naru's eye brows shot up, "Have you called the police?" he asked feeling his chest tighten at the idea of someone trying to hurt the innocent girl.
She nodded, "Ya, I am in the process of filing a restraining order against him"
Lin nodded his head, "Good. Let us know if you need anything"
Mai smiled at the Chinese man, "Thank you I will"
For the rest of the car ride Mai and Madoka talked and sang to songs while Lin and Naru sat in silence. Lin would occasionally answer questions his girlfriend would ask. They finally arrived in front of the office and they all walked inside. Naru went into his office to check a few things then returned to sit out on the couch with Lin and Madoka. Madoka briefed him on the cases they had done over the months and Mai went to fetch some tea. As they all sat around and discussed each case they heard the bell chime. Mai looked up to brief the potential client and glared at the boy. Madoka jumped up and stood in front of Mai and growled at the boy. Naru and Lin realizing who the boys was stood up as well.
"Get out now. Or I will call the police" demanded Madoka as she glared at the boy.
Rin ignored her and looked around her to see Mai sitting on the couch glaring at him, "Hey babe. I went to your apartment and you weren't there. Where were you? You had me so worried"
"Leave me alone Rin. I am not your girlfriend now leave" she glared.
Rin just kept smiling and walked further into the building only to stop when Lin and Naru stepped forward in front of the two woman, "Leave my employee alone" Naru said flatly.
Rin glared at the raven hair boy, "Who are you?" he said sizing himself up to Naru.
"I am her boss. And you are distracting her at work so now please leave and don't talk to her again" Naru replied in his neutral tone.
Rin continued to glare at the boss, "No! She is my girlfriend. I can talk to her if I want to"
Naru turned to the pink haired woman behind him, "Go into my office and call the police"
Madoka and Mai nodded and hurried into the office behind them to dial the Officer Lee.
Lin shifted slightly, "Sir, the police will be here shortly so you can either stay here and wait for them or leave now"
The boy in question turned his attention to the taller man, "I don't see what the police will do. I was just coming by to see my girlfriend but you guys are preventing me from doing that" he growled.
"She has made it clear that she does not like you. Now get out of my building" Said Naru losing his patience.
In the next moment Rin punched Naru in the face stunning the blue eyed boy, "Shut up. She loves me as much as I love her"
Naru rubbed his face slightly and glared at him, "Then why is she hiding in my office from you?"
Rin jumped on top of Naru and punched him a few times before Lin grabbed him and pinned him to the ground. The door to the office opened and the girls ran out.
"Oh my god Naru. Are you alright?" asked Mai helping her boss stand up.
He nodded and she ran to the kitchen to grab him a towl and gently cleaned the cut on his cheek that was bleeding a little. Seeing this Rin was getting mad and struggled against the hold Lin had on him. "You slut how dare you cheat on me. And with an ass hole like that. I was good to you, you little whore" he roared as he pushed Lin off of him and ran to the brunette.
Before he could land a blow Naru pulled Mai away from him and into his arms. Mai's cheeks reddened at having Naru's strong arms holding her close to his chest. She could smell his subtle cologne and he had the smell of tea on his shirt. Naru shifted his arms so one was around her waist and the other was on her shoulder in case he needed to move her quickly. Rin stared at them in the embrace and roared with rage. Lin jumped up and hit the boy in the back of the neck knocking him out.
Mai felt herself release a breath she didn't know she had been holding and she relaxed into Naru's arms. She could hear his steady heart beat as it relaxed her. Naru moved his hand from around her shoulder but kept his arm around her waist when the police walked into the room. The police looked at the boy on the ground, Naru with a forming bruise on his face and Mai in his arms. Officer Lee walked over and handcuffed Rin and looked at the four people in the room.
"If we can get your statements then we can leave and start the paperwork to charge him." Said officer Lee pulling out his notepad.
All four of them gave their statements and Lin showed the officer the video footage. He had put cameras up in the office in case someone would break in while they were gone on a case. And gave the officer a copy. They took the boy to the station and told them that he would be in contact with all of them and then left.
"Well welcome back to Japan guys" smiled Madoka.
Naru and Lin glared at her before turning to Mai, "how long has this been going on?"
"About three months I think. But he just recently started to get violent so I started to put a restraining order against him" she explained.
Naru nodded, "you're staying with Takigawa and Matsuzaki?" he asked
"Yes only for the last few days. They said they wanted someone with me but they both have busy jobs so not much has changed" she explained as she sipped on some tea.
Naru went into his office leaving the three to talk and catch up. After thirty minutes Naru came out and called Madoka into the office to talk to her. Mai looked at Lin and he seemed to be confused as well.
"Are you happy to be back with Madoka" Mai asked smiling at the Chinese man.
She saw him blush slightly, "Yes, I missed her a lot. We are actually going to be living together"
Mai's eye smiled at the Chinese man, she was so happy for him to find the girl he loved, "Is Naru going to live in an apartment or at a hotel again?" she giggled.
Lin gave a small smile, "He is getting a house close to the office. His parents didn't want him to have apartment. So they offered to pay for all his bills and stuff" Lin explained.
"That is sad. Naru will be all alone in a house" she said slightly sad for her boss to be alone.
Madoka let out a squeal from inside Naru's office and she ran out into the common area super excited, "Mai we have figure something out for you. Ayako called and talked to Naru. She wants you to stay with Naru sense you will be at work with him anyway. That way someone is always with you. WE finally got him to agree" she exclaimed super happy.
Naru walked into the office and looked annoyed. Mai jumped up, "No, No I couldn't do that Naru. I would just be in his way" she exclaimed.
Madoka shook her head, "It is already set. Your stuff is already at his house" she smiled evilly.
Mai eyed the woman, "How is that when we moved it to Ayako's last night?"
The pink haired woman tried to look innocently, "I had already talked to Ayako so when we left this morning I hired some movers to move your stuff"
Mai glared at the woman then turned her attention to Naru, "What do you think about this?" she asked him.
He closed his eyes for a second and sighed, "I don't mind. At least now I know you will to work on time" he smirked.
Her face went bright red in embarrassment, "I am not late that often" she yelled.
Madoka laughed at her and then they decided it was time to go home. Madoka dropped Naru and Mai off at his house. The house was average two rooms two bath and had a beautiful back yard. There was a cherry blossom tree sitting in the middle of the yard. Mai's eyes widened at its beauty.
"Are you going to stand out there all night?" Came a cold voice from behind Mai.
She spun around to see Naru leaning against the door frame looking at her. Her cheeks began to feel warm, he looked so handsome. His clue eyes seemed to twinkle against the moonlight as the wind gentle tugged at his hair and shirt. She gulped as she looked away from him so that she could calm down.
"Mai? Are you alright?" Naru asked looking at her concerned when she did not reply.
She turned to him with a smile, "I am fine. Your cherry blossom tree is beautiful"
Naru looked at the large tree for a second then looked back to her with a small smile on his lips, "Ya your right. Now let's get inside." He turned and walked back in.
She took the room across from the master bed room and started to hang her clothes in the closet and put her other things away. Once she was finished she went to the kitchen to go and make some tea for herself. The house was not yet furnished but luckily she had the stuff from her apartment. She put the kettle on the stove and grabbed out a cup. She could hear Naru moving around in his room and decided to pull a cup out for him as well. When she was done making the tea she turned around and Naru had just stepped out of his room and walked over to the kitchen.
"Want some?" She offerend him the cup.
Naru took the tea, "Thank you."
Mai smiled at him then she walked into what she thought was the living room.
"You need to get some furniture Naru" chuckled Mai looking around the empty house.
Naru leaned against the wall and looked at the empty open house as well, "Ya I probably should."
"Do you want any help?" Mai asked as she finished her tea and looked over to her boss.
Naru just shrugged and took the empty glass from her, "Madoka has already arranged for the essentials to be dropped off tomorrow. That is all I need" he said as he walked into the kitchen and put the cup in the sink.
"Ok NAru. Well I am going to bed. Good night and thank you for letting me stay here" She said giving one last smile and returning to her room.
Naru watched as the brunette disappeared behind the door. He could feel the heart thumping against his chest each time she smiled at him like that. He went around and locked all the doors before going to bed himself. All he could think about was the brunette in the room across the hall.