Chapter 2!
Second Chapter! Happy Valentines Day guys! Like nobody celebrates it in where I live...Except me! Anyway here is my second chapter! Thanks for all the nice reviews they are sooo fun to read :) Enjoy.
Madoka was out the door before Cupid could make any sort of argument against it. She was out the door and running clumsily down the steps to SPR when Lin stepped in front of her and caught her as she miss stepped and fell. She let out a small gasp and squeak but relaxed when she felt his arms around her.
"What's the matter? What happened?" Lin asked helping her to stand up straighter. Seeing the look on her face was something totally new to him, she wasn't angry or excited she seemed genuinely terrified. He pulled her into his arms once again and felt her sob into his coat.
Once she was finished crying she looked up at him and sniffed, "Mai, that horrible woman who obviously has something on Noll to make him act this way, she said Mai is dead." Madoka cried more quietly this time and now it was Lin's turn to be worried and shocked. He not caring that Noll had just fired him strode tenaciously back into the office and grabbed his young friend by the ear and dragged him out onto the street.
"Lin!" He growled on the way down the steps, Lin had never acted like this before. He glared at the tall man as soon as he was released and saw that both Lin and Madoka were glaring at him with disappointment.
"Oliver Davis! Go find Mai right now," Madoka hissed with pure anger in her eyes, Naru seemed unfazed and more annoyed than he had been before.
"Miss Mori, you may have been my teacher for a long time but no matter how much you may wish it you are not my mother and therefore cannot boss me around like one, and as for Lin I'm pretty sure I fired you." He glared at each of them in turn and gave them his probably rehearsed lecture. Madoka was no furious, she rose her hand as if to strike him but Lin caught her hand and stepped forward.
"Noll, you don't love this girl." He said calmly, Madoka almost hit him because of how calm he was. Naru seemed more angry than ever before and he even raised his voice which he never did.
"How would you know? That's like me saying you don't love Madoka, but clearly you seem to. I have done everything for her, the same things everyone who loved someone would!" Naru shouted throwing his arms out in exasperation.
Lin sighed, "No Noll, you don't love her. Think for a moment, you hate Valentines Day, you hate chocolate and yet you've eaten every piece this girl has given you. You never drink anything but tea and you haven't had one glass today since Mai left. You're not a romantic person Noll, this girl doesn't love you." He explained watching Naru's eyes narrow as he slowly realized that Lin had a point, he simply wouldn't have any of it.
"I love her and that's why I changed to suit her," Naru crossed his arms and looked away like a defiant child. Lin chuckled bitterly. "You don't change for someone Noll, they have to love you for you and you for them," Lin put his hand on his forehead in frustration. His shiki still hadn't returned from looking for Mai.
"Oliver Davis you listen to me right now! You love Mai Taniyama, please try to wrap your narrow mind around that, and she is possibly in danger and we have no way to find her!" Lin shouted at him and he looked like a kicked puppy. Even Madoka looked at him wide eyed but then smiled slightly, he was probably the only one other than Mai who ever stood up to him like that.
Then Lin's shiki returned to him. He nodded after finding out that Mai was still alive, he then hit Noll with a pressure point, knocking him unconscious and throwing him into Madoka's barely together car. Madoka smiled deviously as she looked at her boyfriend who then sat in the driver's seat.
"you just knocked the mighty Oliver Davis unconscious and then proceeded to kidnap him." She grinned as she buckled her own seat belt and swung the door shut.
"Yeah, well then arrest me." He said sarcastically and then the corners of his mouth turned up. "You seem to bring out the villain in me," They both smiled and drove off down the road faster than they should have but Lin easily wove through the city traffic.
They found a less busy street and Lin asked his shiki mentally if this was where he saw her, his shiki nodded to him and Lin slowed the car and began looking down every ally. Eventually they saw a girl Mai's height and age. She was walking sown the ally probably to get somewhere quickly, then three guys came out of the shadow.
Lin immediately stopped the car and hopped out before it had even stopped causing Madoka to lean awkwardly over and grab the wheel so they didn't hit anything. Lin walked quickly down the ally easily catching up to the girl who was now aware that she was being followed.
Lin used his ability to move silently to get passed the guys easily, and unnoticed, he eventually caught up with Mai but hid in the shadows so neither the guys or her could see him. Mai glanced behind her and then sprinted down the street causing the men to run after her laughing loudly.
'Lin! Naru! Help me!" She screamed as she ran and tripped on her shoelace. Lin suddenly swept out of the shadow and stood in front of the men who were going to hurt her. They saw him and some easily backed off sensing they couldn't fight the tall Chinese ninja man.
"So you've got your bodyguard huh?" One of the men who reeked of cigarette smoke and alcohol said spitting slightly as he did. Lin stood taller and stepped up to the man finally getting him to back off.
Lin then turned to Mai who had tears in her eyes. "How did you know we were here?" He raised an eyebrow as she stood up and walked to him where she felt safer than on her own. She smiled sheepishly.
"I heard your thoughts. And it's not my fault I tripped on my shoelaces!" she snapped and he smiled just as sheepishly as she did before. They both walked back to the car and Madoka who was standing against Naru's door as he tried to kick it out. She had the car keys in her hand so he couldn't drive away.
"Madoka let me out! I'm not under her spell anymore!" He whined, slightly and then pounded his fist on the glass again. He then saw Mai and Lin and he froze. He looked guiltily at his friends and Mai immediately forgot all the anger she felt toward him earlier she almost blushed at the apologetic look he shot her and Lin.
"Prove it!" Madoka smirked at him from her spot against the door of the car. Mai had to giggle slightly which caused Naru to shoot a glare at her. He was definitely back to normal now. Madoka seemed to notice as well but smiled devilishly and continued to lean against his door.
"Prove it!" She said again as Lin approached them and wrapped an arm around Madoka's waist. Mai looked at him from outside the car much like the others were doing. He looked at her with a mixture of guilt and affection. Mai felt suddenly guilty for running away from him. It really wasn't his fault.
"I do not love that woman who called herself Cupid," Naru shouted through the window, it however made his voice distant and faraway. Mai frowned, Cupid wasn't the name she'd heard. She then looked into Naru's mind, a habit she had begun to develop.
That stupid woman! I will have to tell Lin Madoka and Mai to never speak of this! They will never let me live this down, especially Madoka. How does Lin deal with her? I hate Valentines Day!
Mai giggled drawing a confused look from Madoka and Naru and a smirk form Lin, he was the only one who would've known what Naru was thinking other than Mai of course! He whispered something into Madoka's ear and she immediately looked at Mai with surprise.
"Mai! You have tel-" She winced as Lin elbowed her in the side to get her to stop talking. She then looked in the window at a confused Naru. She smiled again that same devious scheming smile she often wore while planning one of her pranks.
"This will be fun," she giggled as she sat in the passenger seat and Lin took the steering wheel once again, Mai sat beside Naru in the back and there was a sort of awkward silence.
"I hope you all know that if any of you tell anyone about that Cupid woman I will fire you." Naru said matter of factly. Lin laughed bitterly once again, Noll must not have remembered.
Mai peeked into his mind to see what was funny.
Too bad he already fired me and Mai practically quit, he has no way to threaten us. Mai has been looking at me for awhile now, Stop reading my mind Mai! Its a huge invasion of privacy!
Mai blushed and Lin smirked and then Madoka raised an eyebrow at them. Then she turned to her possibly boss. She wasn't sure if she had quit or not, she didn't really remember.
"Naru, you already fired Lin. Don't you remember?" She asked quietly and the silence became even more intense as he looked at Lin in disbelief. Lin glanced at his friend in the mirror, and sighed.
"Its alright Noll, I did slap you, and drag you out of the building by your ear, and shout at you." Lin said awkwardly, he was surprised Noll didn't remember, maybe he was doing that selective memory thing he heard about from Luella and Martin. Naru still seemed rather upset by the things Lin had done.
"Di-Did I deserve it?" He asked shifting uncomfortably in his seat, he reminded Mai of a child. She felt her face flush as she envisioned a young Naru asking something like that to Gene. Lin nodded once and then pulled up to SPR where they all saw Cupid/Valentara descending the steps with a cheerful look on her face.
Mai heard her voice in her head, I told you you would thank me later, I left a little something on his desk for you guys, I suggest you use it, all four of you, Then she smiled at them and waved before vanishing. Madoka dropped her mouth open.
"She was a ghost?" She asked absently, she knew everyone was thinking it but she was the only one who felt the need to say it. Well Noll, you just dated a ghost, what was it like?" She teased looking back at him in her seat, he glared coldly at her and she immediately stopped teasing him but her smile remained plastered on her face. She hopped out of the car and practically skipped inside the office.
Lin lingered outside, waiting for the other two. Mai and Naru got out and silently walked to the door.
"Lin, I'm sorry I didn't really want to fire you, I would actually hope you take your job back?" Naru asked fumbling for words. He wouldn't look up at his friend, Lin smiled warmly and nodded joining them all in the office.
When Naru went back into his office Mai instinctively made him and Lin and Madoka some tea. She knocked on Lin and Madoka's door first not wanting to have an awkward encounter with her boss very much. She heard Madoka squeal and then what sounded like jumping up and down, Mai knocked again louder this time and Madoka opened the door with an all too happy expression. Mai raised an eyebrow when she caught sight of a sparkle on Madoka's hand.
Mai almost dropped the tea tray she was holding, thankfully Lin was at the door in time to catch it. He was smiling too. A smile soon spread to Mai's face and she squealed much like Madoka had. Lin took two of the tea cups and set them on his desk, then he handed the tray with Naru's teacup on it.
"Better get Noll his tea," Lin said quietly still smiling, Mai smiled weakly at him.
"Congrats guys, you two are great together, Now I guess I've got to get the narcissist his tea," Mai smiled and Lin put a hand on her shoulder and gave it a squeeze. Then once she left he closed the door.
Mai walked as slow as possible to Naru's office, she didn't really want to see him. Especially after what she had said to him while he was under cupid's spell. She took a deep breath and knocked twice on his door before opening it a crack. She walked in to see him reading piece of paper, he waved her in without looking and sipped his tea absently when she had set it down beside him.
"What are you doing after work?" He asked casually, glancing at the clock quickly, then he looked up at Mai who was flustered by his question. She had never heard him aske her that before, he never seemed interested in her home life before, she decided to peak into his mind to find out what he was thinking.
Please say nothing, please say nothing, why is she taking so long to answer? Could she be calculating what I was trying to ask her? Maybe I shouldn't continue with this proposal, maybe I should change subjects, that's it I'll pretend it was nothing after all I can make it up to her some other way, maybe she's still mad at me. It wasn't my fault I didn't really love that witch-ghost-whatever she was I had no real feelings to her!
Mai laughed at him and he looked at her like she had swallowed a cactus. Realizing he still didn't know about her telepathy she answered exactly the way he had wanted her to.
"Nothing, why do you ask?" She asked smiling sweetly, he was releaved good, his shoulders slowly went down as he exhaled. Then he put up his usual smirk and looked up at her from his chair.
"Because now you are coming with me to a party." He smiled and Mai was taken aback yet again. Naru and Party did not belong in the same sentence. She then decided to trust him and smiled agreeing that he would pick her up at seven which was I an hour and a half. He then let her go home to get ready.
Lin saw Mai walk out the door with an ear to ear smile, Noll must have invited her to go with him. Lin received an invitation similar to Noll's on his own desk and he and Madoka would be going. He smiled at his fiancee. She beamed at him and admired the sparkling silver ring on her finger. They then told Naru they were leaving to get ready for the party and that he should do the same.
An hour and a half later Naru pulled up to Mai's apartment in his silver Matrix. He looked at his reflection in the visor mirror, his hair was combed slightly to the side and his teeth were white as always, he looked perfect and yet somehow was worried he wouldn't look how she pictured.
He knocked on her door and when she opened it she smiled at him and he only looked at her. She wore her short hair had barrettes to the side so it was out of her face and her makeup was light so you could still see the natural beauty she possessed, her dress was short without being trashy at all and the pattern fit her wonderfully. The dress itself was navy blue with red vines twisting and swirling up the bodice until it got to the collar, then it faded into a lighter blue lace that went down the back of the dress, it was truly beautiful. She was beautiful.
When she opened the door she sucked in a breath, Naru wore a nice blue dress shirt with the cuffs unbuttoned allowing more movement in the arms and a black and blue striped tie hanging loosely around his neck. He smiled after what seemed like hours. And he held out his arm for her to take, and blushing the whole way she did.
The party was nice, Ayako, Monk, Yasu and Masako were there as well as Lin, Madoka and John. Monk was playing the music in his wacky band costume that reminded her slightly of something she would have worn for Halloween, and Ayako Masako and Yasu were chatting by the punch bowl. Lin and Madoka danced gracefully around the room and John was awkwardly trying to escape all of the pretty girls following him around. Mai laughed slightly and Naru smirked.
The song ended and they all met in the corner of the room. Monk came toward them and pulled Ayako in for a kiss. Mai clapped and bounced up and down while the others just smiled. Lin had an arm around Madoka who leaned into him lovingly, Yasu and Masako were hand in hand and John was trying to explain his situation to a member of the John Brown fan club he had somehow developed since she saw him last.
Then a song in English started and Naru pulled Mai out onto the dance floor. They swayed gracefully to the guitar intro and Lin pulled Madoka in to dance as well. When the words started Mai found she understood most of them, then she realized it was because Naru was singing them softly into her ear.
What day is it? And in what month this clock never seemed so alive, I cant keep up and I cant back down I've been losing so much time cause its you and me and all of the people with nothing to do and nothing to loose and its you and me and all of the people and I don't know why, I cant keep my eyes off of you,
Mai smiled and blushed and he smiled down at her as hey continued down the song, she realized that Naru wasn't a bad singer, in fact he was better at it than some of the people they played on the radio.
What are the things that I wanna say? The just aren't coming out right, I'm tripping on words, you got my head spinning I just don't know where to go from here, cause its you and me and all of the people with nothing to do, and nothing ti prove cause its you and me and all of the people and I don't know why I can't keep my eyes off of you.
She smiled as the song began to describe more and more of her and Naru's relationship, he saw her and smirked, then he twirled her and her dress flowed in a spiral outward, he then pulled her back in just as effortless. He was a great dancer and Mai felt somewhat out of place with him.
There's something about you now,I cant figure out, everything she does is beautiful and everything she does is right, cause its you and me and all of the people with nothing to do and nothing to loose, cause its you and me and all of the people with nothing to do and nothing to prove and its you and me and all of the people and I don't know why, but I can't keep my eyes off of you.
Naru then finally dipped her as the song finished and when he pulled her back to her feet and the song was singing the last chorus he pulled her close and kissed her on the lips. Mai blushed as he smirked and they made their way off the dance floor back toward the table where all of their friends were either smiling clapping or in Madoka's case bouncing up and down.
"So Noll, what was that about you hating Valentines Day?" Madoka smirked as she approached the new couple. Naru poured himself a glass of punch and then made a gesture towards Madoka, "I don't remember," And then they all danced and laughed the night away.
A/N: The song doesn't really end there just so you know, I was trying to type the lyrics as the song was playing and eventually gave up on that so that song is going to end there in this fanfic. The song is You and Me by Lifehouse If you haven't heard it you should look it up its really good, I didn't really put all that much about the Boston Cream doughnuts in there, I was going to add a part in there about Lin and the said doughnuts but the chapter got too long. Maybe I'll do an additional chapter about Lin and his precious Boston Cream Doughnuts. Anyway Happy Valentines Day once again and REVIEW!