"Ouch!!" Mai cried as she picked up a particularly sharp piece of glass from the teacup that she had dropped. She looked up as Lin entered the room and he sighed as he saw her bloodied hand. He went over and helped her off the floor before taking her to the kitchen counter. He placed her bleeding digit under the faucet.
"Stay here while I go get the first aid kit." he told her. He had learned rather quickly that they always needed a first aid kit around. Whether it be for the famous Dr. Oliver Davis, who usually was to stubborn to admit he needed help, or for his assistant, Mai Taniyama, who was always being chased by trouble.
He took the kit from the bathroom and while he was walking past Noll's office he noticed the door was open. And Noll was sitting at his desk with a self-satisfied smirk on his face. Lin gave an inaudible sigh. What had the boy done this time? Ever since they had returned from England, and back to Mai, the boy had been...more like he was before Gene died. Which wasn't much better, but still.
"Give me your hand, Taniyama-san." Lin told her. She did as instructed and jerked as the antibiotic stung, cleaning the germs out. He sighed before looking at her closely and saw that she was blushing slightly. "What happened, Taniyama-san?"
"Huh? N-nothing!" she squeaked as her face turned a brilliant red. She saw that Lin was still waiting for an answer. She gave a soft sigh.
"Noll came in here...and he started talking. I guess I was looking at him oddly or something, I don't know. He asked me what I wanted. I really don't know what possessed me but I told him...to..." she paused and Lin blinked. What on earth had Noll done?! "Kiss me."
"Huh?" Lin exclaimed as he leaned down to inspect her bandaged finger. He watched as her face turned even redder than it had been. He sighed as he realized what had caused the young girl to drop the teacup. Noll had kissed her. They both looked up as they heard the outer door slam shut.
Lin went into the main office and looked into Noll's office curiously. The young man was standing up from his desk and looked slightly worried as well.
"Who was that, Noll?" Lin asked. Noll blinked at Lin's voice before his attention turned back to the front door.
"Mori-san. I saw her come in. I went back to work before glancing up when I heard the door open and she was dashing out." Noll told him. He smirked as Mai exited the kitchen and Lin rolled his eyes. Noll was definitely a teenage boy.
Lin noticed Madoka's coat on the rack and he went over to get it. He looked out the window and saw that it was snowing. He quickly pulled his own coat on before looking over at the two teenagers to see that Noll was talking, unusually enough, to Mai as the girl's face continued to redden.
"I'm going to take Madoka her coat." he told the two teenagers though neither one noticed him slip out of the office. Mai looked up as she heard the door close. She had heard Lin and she looked at Noll curiously.
"Is there something between Madoka and Lin-san?" she asked and she squeaked as he pulled her close with a devilish smirk. One that she found she was not very fond of.
"Maybe. Maybe not. That's for me to know." he told her and she tried to pull away but found herself trapped by his arms.
"Noll-" she was cut off as his lips descended on hers and she found that she had no more desire to push him away.
Madoka entered the Japanese office of SPR with a bright smile on her face. It looked as though it were about to snow outside. She loved the snow. It always made things seem so much calmer she thought as she took her coat off and hung it up. She saw that Noll's door was open and for some reason the boy was smirking.
'I bet Mai is in the kitchen making that idiot his tea.' she thought with a smile. She walked into the kitchen and froze as she saw Lin and Mai. And how close they were standing to each other. She blinked as she felt her heart skip a beat, what was going on?
"Kiss me." Mai whispered and Madoka felt her eyes widen. She watched as Lin leaned down but before he kissed her Madoka turned and dashed out of the office. She ran down the steps and onto the streets as tears clouded her vision.
'Why am I crying over a jerk like him? It's not like he means anything to me!' she tried to tell herself as she sat down on a park bench not far from the building that SPR was housed in. She wiped her tears before shivering as a gust of cold air cut through her and she realized that she had left her coat in the office.
'There is no way I'm going back to that office. Not if that jerk is there. Stupid Koujo!' Madoka fumed before she felt something drop around her shoulders and she looked up surprised. She glared at Lin as he stood over her. She stood up, slipping her arms into her coat, before she walked away ignoring him.
"Madoka!" he called as he caught up with her. She kept a growl in as she remembered how long his legs were. She squeaked as he stepped in front of her and she crashed into his chest. She felt his hands steadying her and wished silently that she could feel them hold her again like he had so many years ago. She realized that it would never happen. After all, he liked Mai.
"Leave me alone, you jerk!" she snapped as she pushed away from him. She saw him frown as she wiped at her eyes. She wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of seeing her cry over him.
"Madoka, what's wrong?" he asked as he watched the tears spill down her cheeks. He wanted nothing more than to reach out and wipe her tears away from her cheeks. Why was she crying? Had someone hurt her? He growled softly to himself. Who dared to hurt her?
"It's none of your business! Why don't you go back and spend time with your girlfriend!" she snapped at him. She liked Mai, there wasn't any doubt about that, but she couldn't help but be jealous. She felt her face pale at the thought. She...was jealous?
'No! Why would I be jealous? I have no reason to be jealous!' she told herself before suddenly she remembered the kiss from years before. A kiss that had just happened because Gene an Noll had made it happen. Lin would have never kissed her on his own. 'And he won't now...because...he likes Mai.'
"What are you talking about? I don't have a girlfriend!" he told her. He watched as she glared at him through teary eyes.
"I saw you getting ready to kiss her! I saw you trying to kiss Mai!" she told him. He blinked in surprise. When had he ever tried to kiss Mai?
"What on earth are you talking about? I've never tried to kiss Mai!" he defended himself before his head turned as she slapped him. He felt his eyes widen as he turned to look at her as he touched his cheek.
"Don't lie! I saw it! She asked you to kiss her and you were going to!" she told him with an angry face as tears continued to spill. Lin suddenly realized what she was talking about and he couldn't help but laugh. She had really misunderstood!
"What are you laughing about?!" she snapped at him as she tried to not cry even more than she already was. What was he laughing about? Did he really find her distress so funny? She let out a soft sob as she tried to walk past him before he grabbed her arm and pulled her to his chest and she struggled against him.
"You misunderstood." he told her as she continued to push against him. "Mai cut her finger after dropping a teacup. Apparently she told Noll to kiss her and he did. She was telling me about it as I was bending down to inspect her finger. I wasn't going to kiss her."
"That is the most ridiculous excuse I have ever heard, Koujo Lin!" she snapped as she continued to push against him. He held onto her even tighter as she tried to get away and he continued to chuckle at her before he stepped back slightly and bent his head down to hers and he watched with a smirk as her face turned red..
"The only person I will kiss is you." he told her and she gave a muffled sound of protest as his lips covered hers. She felt his hands pressing on her back and pressing her closer. She squeaked as he straightened up and her feet lifted off the ground as he held her close. She wrapped her arms around his neck and let herself be lost in the kiss.
"When did Lin-san get back?" Mai asked as Noll exited his office. Noll frowned at Lin's closed door.
"I'm not sure." he told her as he sat down on the couch. Mai frowned before going over with Lin's cup of tea and knocking on the door. She frowned as there was no answer before she opened the door. Noll looked up as she squealed before closing the door behind her and dashing to the couch that he was sitting on. He noticed her face was red as she set the teacup on the table.
"What?" he asked her as she covered her face with her hands.
"Not...no!" she gasped before they both looked up as the door opened and Madoka exited the office while straightening her clothes. Noll raised an eyebrow at his mentor before both his eyebrows shot up as Lin exited his office retying his tie.
"Sorry we startled you, Mai!" Madoka said with a bright smile and Mai groaned. She covered her face as she tried to hide her blush.
"You are capable of startling everyone, Madoka." Lin told her with a gentle smile that made Mai blink in surprise. She hadn't seen that smile since the last time Madoka had decided to visit.
"Oh, you jerk!!" Madoka snapped at him before she headed towards the door. She heard a soft sigh and she looked over her shoulder at Noll who was shaking his head.
"How is it that all you two can do is argue and still...startle my assistant so thoroughly?" he asked snidely. Madoka ignored his tone as she smiled at him, her anger already forgotten.
"Because that's who we are, Noll." she replied before Lin chuckled and she turned on him.
"That was rather silly." he told her. Her face turned red before she opened the door and stomped out. Lin nodded to Lin before following her out and she rounded on him as she waited on the elevator.
"You are an overbearing, ridiculous-" she was cut off as his lips pressed onto hers for a moment. "Amazing, marvelous man." she breathed. He chuckled before scooping her up into his arms as the elevator doors opened and she squealed.
"PUT ME DOWN!! OH, YOU JERK!" her scream echoed into the SPR office. Noll just shook his head as Mai looked at the door curiously. He would be amazed if those two ever got their acts together.
There it is...the last of Who We Are. I threw in a bit of NaruMai for those shippers! Tell me what you think!