Gosh thank you so much for the reviews! This one is a flully lemon hope you like it..
If you never felt the need to steal a nice smelling sweater/jacket from someone else... My friend, let me tell you. You will. One day. Like me, with my boss xD it sounds wrong and spicy. But I like the sweater only... Ups xD I suck at real life romance. Don't read too much into my words.
With Naru and Mai, well that's a different story! I want them together ;) so correct they both, attract each other in this shot. Enjoy xD
Winter.
Cold temperature, weather, books, keys, door knobs. You name it, they were cold.
For once, Mai Taniyama felt the need to grab the kotatsu table from her home and bring it to work. She would even go as far as to bring her heater, if it meant she could stop shivering and have her fingers come back to life.
It was awful how Lin and Naru had a tolerance to coldness. She had already complain to her boss about raising the temperature, but he had barely heard her.
The narcissist jerk, he raised it by 2 degrees and diminished her by saying she was lightly dressed. If she could show him what light dressing was, she would. But the thought of freezing to death, refrained her from doing so.
"Mai, tea"
"Ashdghvfhj" the nerve! It was like he had a radar on his brain or something. Whenever she finally found herself getting warmer by curling herself on a ball, he had to ask, for the damned tea!
Someday, someday! She would freaking add salt to his tea. Maybe that way, he would come to ask nicely... But who was she kidding, whenever his eyes met hers she would dismiss the idea.
It was hard for her unrequited love, she didn't had enough guts to bring herself and correct him on his supposed theory of her loving his twin. She couldn't revive that painful timing, she had forced her feelings to him, on the worst time ever. He needed space for the lost of his brother, she didn't need an answer that time, she could stand back...
But it came wrong, and the idiot narcissist... Assumed wrong...
The last time she met Gene, she cried. She was lost in love with his brother, and she knew it then. She had always thought of Gene as Naru, and when she finally noticed, it was too late.
She waved her thoughts away, the matter at hand was to be made. She won't take longer to finish the task, she needed to warm up. Preparing an extra cup, for herself, she made her way to his office.
Knocking once, she stepped inside.
"Lin went home for the day?" She asked, not really expecting an answer as she set his cup before him.
He nodded first, while taking a sip of his tea. How the hell he doesn't burn his tongue was a mystery for her, but the cup always lost it's steam when his lips touched it. 'Was he using a magic trick? Maybe his PK whatever thingy thing?'. She thought eying quizzically the tea as the hot air began to raise once again...
"He got the flu. Bring me the letters from the mailbox"
"Ahrg, fine" with dragging feet's she went outside.
The cold breeze,was hitting her face with full force."I swear, I may..." She didn't manage to finish her cursing. Once she had retrieved the mail and turned back, a high speeding car splashed water to her back.
"Ahgh! You jerk! Come back here!" She yelled at the top of her lungs to the far away car.
"Asshole' she muttered as she stepped inside the office, the letters were safe at least.
She took her jacket out and then her wet sweater, leaving her with only her long sleeve shirt... She hanged them up.
Her hair was slightly wet and it caused her to shiver as she brushed the water drops out. Luckily her pants were saved, it was going to be a real pain otherwise.
If only Lin was here, she could had asked for his jacket. At least only until she could wear her's... An evil smirk made it through her lips.
Taking her cup on her table she went to his office, letters in one hand, tea in the other and Naru's jacket on her forearm...
Entering his eyebrow raised in question, at the sight of her blue coloring lips, her shivering extra tea cup, her wet hair and his jacket.
"Here are your letters" she forcefully put them on his desk. He began to open his lips when she continued
"I can either steal your jacket and give you this tea, or drink this tea and go home. Your choice, I don't want to get sick"
He considered her words critically, he didn't like to be told to choose between black and white when there were a lot of colors to choose from.
"You may as well raised the temperature, to at least a summer like atmosphere for my clothes to dry off" she set the tea on the desk, as she hugged herself to keep herself warm.
A small sneeze escaped her lips when she turned away from his piercing eyes.
He sighed, took the empty cup and replace it with the new tea. "Did your stupidity made you fall on a pound?"
She beamed as she started to wear his jacket and then she pouted angrily at his words "no, it was the stupid car, that ran off"
He raised his eyebrow a second time, as an unknown feeling grew up on his chest, it was satisfying to see her in his clothes. 'Perhaphs it may look better if she had nothing under-'
His thoughts were stopped by her giggles, she shook both sleeves that passed by her hands, too big for her petite form, she spun in place and brought both hands in glee to her mouth.
"It's mine now Naru, I won't give it back, no matter what you do, I won't let go"
He smirked at her, was that a challenge?
"Why, do you wish to keep it?" The question escaped his lips before he could even think about it.
"Yeah! It smells good!" She grinned for a moment before processing her words...it was a second longer that it took for her face to turn deep red at her sudden bluntness.
Not waiting for his reply, she quickly got out of his office.
A threatening heat slightly made his way to his face but clearly his throat made it seem like it never happened.
...
*Tick tock*
...
Near two hours has passed since Mai had suppously steal his jacket... Not that he remembered, he was so into his files that when he went outside and saw her setting out a file at the top of the book case . The unknown feeling grew twice as strong as it first had.
She turned around quickly and was taken a back by his presence, clumsily her back bumped on the book case and the boxes on the top began to fall.
...
Moaning slightly, she tried to pull herself up. She was unable to and her efforts halted immediately, when she recognized the reason why. It was... Naru.
"Naru! Naru are you ok?" Panic first settled in, afraid he was hurt because of her. It wouldn't be the first time it happened.
"Don't scream at my ear. I can hear you perfectly" his breath landed on her neck as he tried to push the empty boxes out of his back.
When he managed to get some distance between them, he smirked at her. Her face was covered by her hands but the redness of her cheeks was still visible. The smell of her shampoo still lingered on his mind as he noticed how her shirt was raised, reveling her stomach.
To avoid being rude he stand up and helped her to her feet as well.
The image was burn deeply on his mind and as ilogical as it seemed to him, he didn't mind.
She began to pick up her mess, avoiding his eyes to the maximum level she could master..
"Mai, I need my jacket" he smirked as her eyes instantly settled on his. Her embarrassment long forgotten as she pouted angrily.
"I stole it, you can't take it"
"Unlike you, I haven't taken my lunch yet"
Her eyes widened and she quickly turned to the clock, it was around 3:30pm her brows furrowed in anger.
"I can't believe you! You... You, you. Aghg! One day you gonna die from malnutrition! You better eat lots you idiot!" She took out the jacket it a hurry and push it to him.
"What I do and eat, is none of your business"
Her eyes watered but even so she continued to glare at him "even if is not, if I could prevent you from dying like my mom, I would"
The piercing look on his eyes began to falter as her words reached his ears. His lips blocked the automatic retort he always used on Lin and Luella... He hadn't known...
Biting her lower lip and closing her eyes strongly, she managed to suppress her tears. She didn't want his sympathy, she just wanted the importance to go through. But now her feelings were a mess.
Deciding to save both the trouble she turned around and went to the safety of the kitchen.
The walls he had built seemed to be shaken, but deciding it was for the best, that he leaved. He quickly put on the warm coat, that now smelled like her. It hunted him, while he walked, ate and came back.
Mai's emotions were deeply graved on his jacket, happiness, warmness, kindnesses, overjoy... Any variation of content, it was there. Dwelling on them, there was one that took him off guard as he opened the front door of the office...
Love.
Anger made it through his system, 'wasn't she in love with Gene?' He was not his replacement, no one could replace his brother, not even him.
At his sudden entry, and anger face. She shrank in fear 'what did I do now?' her instincts were warning her, that his anger was directed at her and no one else.
"What are you hiding from me?" He cornered her
"W-what? Naru, you're scaring me"
"Don't play dumb. You can either love Gene or love me, but not both. I'm not his replacement" (A/N I always use this line. Is the one that hits Naru the best xD sorry)
Her eyes widened as tears formed. "You... It was always... You" her voice shivered as her words stanged the heavy atmosphere.
"Screw it! You chose him, the nice personality" he slammed his hand at the wall behind her
"You... Asked me, if... I could choose... But I didn't... Have the chance to.. choose when.. I fell in love" her sobs made it harder to talk. She was done, her deepest secret was brought to light.
"Bull shit!" He retorted, "it was always him" he turned his back to her, and made way to his office.
"No, he wasn't and he knows it!" She shouted at him, screw her job. She could care about it later. Her feet took her outside, she ran not caring about the freezing temperature, nor about how she forgot her jacket and sweater. She needed her bed to curl up and scream, let the tears out and her sorrows buried on her pillow.
The door slammed hard at her sudden exit. His feet were frozen in place for a moment before proceeding to enter his office.
Gene was sitting down his chair, playfully turning around and around.
"What are you doing here?" Naru spat.
"What a way to greet your brother. But I guess that was it. It is finally out" Gene stopped turning.
"What are you talking about? I'm in no mood for riddles"
"I only stayed behind until her secret was found, she had confessed to you, so awkwardly that I had to stay and see the outcome. I must say it was no fun. You really messed up with the novel like drama" he stood up and put a hand to his brother's shoulder. A grin made through his lips.
"At least I don't have to worry now, right? You're all set, take all the time you need and don't come to this other side any time soon". He pointed at the door with a calm and beautiful landscape. "Get me tons of stories and drama, so I can listen to it when we meet, hopefuly my future nieces and nephews won't be that easy to take care of" he giggled holding up the door frame.
"..." A single tear dropped from Naru's eyes as he nodded and his hair covered his eyes...
"Take care of her Noll, I had trained her powers well. Don't screw it up"
This time a glare was directed to him and Gene just crossed over laughing.
The light was over, and he instantly turn to leave. He knew, he had screwed up already.
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This one shot may turn on as a two shot xD forgive me it was out before I realized it xD, see you on... Um warm? Eh, I suck at titles as well xD