iluvblue: OMG yay!! I made it to chapter two!
softball2240(my cousin): That's not that far you know...
iluvblue: Stop harshing my mood! Or else I won't let you read any more of my chapters before I publish them!
softball: NOOOOO!!!!!
iluvblue: Good. Now its time for...... THE DISCLAIMER!!!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Ghost Hunt. If I did, there would be wayyy more MaiXNaru scenes.
As he strolled cautiously out of his office and towards the kitchen the tall, young man glimpsed his accident prone assistant bumbling around the small kitchen and making the tea he required. She paused at the counter a moment, and Naru was afraid he had been caught watching.
She seemed to be listening for something. 'Probably waiting for me to yell at her to hurry up' Naru sighed. Mai shrugged her shoulders and went on making the tea, while Naru let out the breath he didn't realize he'd been holding.
He tiptoed smoothly into the entrance of the kitchen and leaned against the doorframe, waiting for his assistant to notice him. The stony-faced teen crossed his arms as he watched his assistant put the teacups onto the tray and pick up the tray.
Mai hummed to herself, a tune unfamiliar to Naru as she loaded the tray with the full teacups. He let a small smile cross his face for a split second but quickly put his emotionless mask back up. His assistant picked up the tray and nearly dropped it once she saw her boss leaning in the doorway of the small kitchen.
"N-Naru!" Mai exclaimed, embarrassed, but curious as to how long he had been standing there. "What is it?"
Naru shrugged and walked up to the petite girl and removed the tray from her hands. He gently placed the tray on the counter and went back to stand in front of Mai. Though his face didn't show it, his heart betrayed his charade and was beating faster than a hummingbird's wings.
Lin suppressed a small chuckle as he watched Naru's breath hitch when Mai blushed that lovely shade of red. Earlier, he had slipped inside the kitchen to install a microscopic video camera. The usually silent man had suspected that Naru would confess today, due to the strange manner in which he had been acting. 'It seems I was right' Lin smirked to himself.
Turning back to the screen, he saw that his narcissistic boss had managed to control his breathing and had opened his mouth to say something.
"Mai, I need to tell you something." Naru said hesitantly, trying to control the blush creeping up his neck.
Mai's chocolate brown eyes widened and looked up into Naru's endless blue ones with wonder. 'What is he saying? Am I going to be fired? Did something happen? Oh Naru, what is it?!'
Taniyama Mai's uncomfortable boss cleared his throat and continued. "You must know by now how I feel, although I might not have made it too clear, you are a very perceptive person Mai."
"N-Naru!" Mai stuttered. 'W-what is he telling me? Does Naru have feelings for me the way I do for him?'
Lin silently cheered Naru on from the shelter of his office. 'Come on Naru! It's time you told her! The rest of us can see it in your eyes, but you need to tell her now or she might find someone else.'
Shibuya Kazuya inhaled deeply and began his confession.
"Taniyama Mai." he said, pronouncing her full name carefully. "I… I can't… I…." Naru struggled for the words he needed to tell this beautiful girl how he had felt about her for so long.
"Yes, Naru?" Mai began to wonder if Naru was okay. 'He's so pale--well, he's always pale, but it's worse-- and is he… is Naru the Narcissist blushing?!? This can't be happening.'
Lin began to bite his nails. The suspense was killing him!
"Mai I can't live without…without YOUR TEA!" Naru blurted out.
"Oh Naru…" Mai began. Then a wave of realization slammed into her like she had been hit by a car. "H-hold on a second. WHAT did you say?!?!" His small assistant began to fume.
"Narcissistic bossy emotionless uncaring tea-addicted BAKA! UGH! I hate you!" Mai turned on her heel and half-stomped, half-ran out of the kitchen and though the gathering room. She body-slammed the door and dashed out into the worsening thunderstorm, leaving her jacket and knapsack behind.
Lin sat at his desk, frozen in place by his words. Apparently Naru was shocked by the words that came out of his mouth too, for he did not move a muscle as far as Lin could see.
'What…what have I…done?' Naru couldn't believe the words that had just jumped out of his mouth. What had happened? He had been ready to confess his undying love for his stunning and perceptive assistant, but instead, he had said that he couldn't live without her tea. 'I act like a courageous person who isn't swayed by anything, but the truth is I'm just a coward. I couldn't even tell the love of my life how I feel about her.'
Lin decided he had better step in. He quickly walked out of his office and over to where Naru was imitating a statue. He put a gentle hand on Naru's shoulder, but pulled away when the younger male flinched at his attempt at comfort.
"You'd better go look for her. She left without taking a coat and the storm outside has worsened." Lin advised his boss.
Naru nodded and began to walk, slowly at first, but picking up speed as he went. He grabbed his coat off the rack and pushed the door open with his back as he struggled into it. "If I'm not back in an hour, call." Lin nodded as he watched the young man run out of the office.
Lin sighed. 'That boy needs to seriously figure out how he feels so he doesn't hurt her again.'
The tall introspective man retired to his office and typed a quick email to Madoka. He opened up a word document and began to type what had happened in the eventful day. Lin had a feeling this would be useful later, when Madoka grilled him for details on how Naru's confession had gone.
Mai weaved in an out the remaining few people trying to get out of the rain and made her way to the local park, where an earlier case that SPR had solved had taken place. Tears streaming down her face, flushed from crying and running, Mai slid on the path and tripped, rolling over until she came to a stop in the grass.
"Naru…Naru… where are you my Naru?" Mai spoke softly as tears continued to gush down her face. The small girl shivered violently and pleaded with her mind for her love to find her soon, she couldn't last much longer out here.
A/N: Oh my god. I couldn't wait to write this scene. Luckily I was on a Writer's Roll (What I have decided to call it. It's kinda like the opposite of Writer's Block) Please please please tell me what you think!!!! More coming in chapter three!!!!