A/N: Gosh... I swear my brain hates me.
Disclaimer: I do not own Ghost Hunt or the cover. If I do, I will comb Lin's hair back so I can see his gorgeous heterochromia eyes and I admit have a very good problem with men and their slicked back hair.
Enjoy!
It was just like any other day in SPR, two silent men and an energetic female assistant doing their paperwork. Mai sighed when she looked at her stack of paper, she feels like she won't finish it anytime soon. Sound of a door being opened divert Mai's attention.
"Mai-san, can I ask you for a cup of coffee?" Lin asked with his tired voice. Lin doesn't usually show anything on his face but, right now he is looking like a zombie.
Mai surprised by his request. Lin rarely asks for tea or coffee. Scratch that. Lin NEVER asks, except it was related with work. "Sure."
"Make it strong, please," he said before return to his office.
"Okay." Mai smiled, happy that the day Lin asks some coffee by himself has come. She can hear angels sing 'Hallelujah' from heaven. "Naru, do you want some tea?" Yeah, Mai knows that was a stupid question when she asked that.
"Do you even have to ask?" Naru didn't even looked up to answer, busy with his 'God only knows' paperwork. Hell, Mai doesn't even sure if that was really paperwork or he was writing people he hated on deathnote.
Mai closed his office door and mumbled, "That selfish, insensitive, narcissistic, arrogant, jerk. Is it gonna kill him if he says 'Yes, please'?"
Naru smirked inside his office.
Mai deliver Naru's tea first, stomped her legs out when didn't get a 'thank you' from her boss and series of name calling. After that she went to Lin office with his black, strong, and no sugar coffee.
"Lin-san, are you okay? You look very tired. Is there anything I can help?" Mai hesitated to ask but, she worried seeing Lin like this. He may think Mai is just his co-worker, but for Mai, Lin is a friend.
"I'm okay, Taniyama-san. Thank you for the offer, but no, thank you." He gulped down the coffee, the taste was very and extra bitter but, his face still stoic as ever.
"No, I don't think you are okay. What is it?" Mai being stubborn asked.
Lin sighed, maybe it wouldn't be bad if he tells Mai. And hope that will make her go away faster. "I have working for three days non-stop and I only slept for five hours. The paperwork from BSPR keep on piling up because, there is no capable worker who can deal with it right now. They still looking for a new hire but, until now there is none."
Okay, that was also the first time Lin talking more than one sentence to Mai.
"And!" Oh, there is more. "Madoka will come here in about a half hour," Lin finished his tale while looking at his watch. He really tried to brace himself when Madoka come to SPR with her bubbly and fussy personality. No, Lin doesn't hate that but, that is the last thing he needed right now.
"Hm." Mai pursed her lips and swayed it to the left and right, thinking what can she do for Lin. Mai knew Lin needs to rest but, he won't do that before his works are done. "Ah! I have an idea." Mai flicked her fingers.
"I do not need your silly idea, Taniyama-san," he started to regret his mouth went babbling about his misery.
"No, it's not a silly idea. Give me your ear." Lin sighed again but complied to her request. Mai whispered to him and smiled when Lin blinked, a little caught of guard with her question.
"I think I can do that. So?" And then Mai whispered again to tell her plan. Lin eyes widened. "No, I won't do that."
Mai straighten her back and said, "It's up to you, Lin-san. I just gave my idea." Mai shrugged and went out.
Twenty-five minutes later Madoka came in like a tornado. Mai jumped from her seat when the door suddenly thrown open by Naru's mentor. "Mai-chan!" She practically screamed.
"Madoka! You are startling me." Mai held her hand on her chest.
"Hehe… Sorry, sorry. How are you? Where is Naru and Lin?" she asked, approaching Mai's desk.
"Good. You? In their cave, just like usual."
"I'm good as well. Thank you, Mai-chan," Madoka giggled and went to Naru's office first without knocking first. Didn't take a long time for Naru yelled at Madoka. "OUT!"
"Geez, what a little brat you are. I teach you better than that," Madoka muttered with a pout and went to her next victim. "Eh, why is it being locked? Lin, open the door. It's Madoka!" she knocked with her fist.
Mai held her smile, know exactly Lin tried to stall his fate from Madoka. Lin opened the door with grimace on his face. "Hi, Madoka."
"Hi, Lin. How are you? How about the paperwork from BSPR? Do you finish with it?"
"Madoka," called Lin, his face getting darker.
"Oh my, your face looks scary. Are you okay? Do you need anything? Have you been sleeping well?"
"Madoka,"
"Okay, I will try tell Martin to hire a worker as fast as Flash run on the movie. Do you have lunch yet? Want me order something so you don't have to go out? What food do you want?"
"Madoka,"
"Italian? American? Oh, I know, of course you want Chinese food, aren't you? Don't you try to deny it."
Irritated, Lin sneaked his hand on Madoka waist and pull the woman, so their bodies glued together. Madoka's chatter stopped instantly. She can feel Lin's muscles pressed against her breasts and her heart beating like a mad man.
"Li-Lin?" she stutterd when Lin smiled oh, so charmingly. Mai almost swoon by it. Almost.
Naru opened his door, about to say something when saw both of his mentors in suggestive position. But, Mai beat him by put her finger in front of her mouth to tell him to not say anything. Then Naru leaned to his door frame and wait what would happen next.
Lin's other hand cupped Madoka's cheek and his thumb stroked it. Satisfied with her attention, he called her name again. "Madoka."
"Ye-yes, Lin?" Madoka's face was so red that can compete with traffic lights and win.
"Have I already say that you look so beautiful today?" he asked, lowered his voice by an octave.
"No, you ha-haven't." Her shaky voice couldn't hide her emotion.
"Well, I need to fix that." His mouth got closer to Madoka's ear. "You are beautiful, Madoka," Lin whispered huskily
Mai had to close her mouth from screaming like a pig in slaughter house. Naru lifted his brow, bemused by his friend act. Lin's glare won't work on Madoka, but this? This is a new trick to stop Madoka's train of prattle and only Lin can make it work.
Madoka froze in her place for two minutes, even Lin already released his hands from her. "Restroom." Then she ran to the restroom and now she didn't throw that door like when she came in first. Madoka sat on toilet and screamed in silent while holding her apple colored face with her two hands. She can't believe Lin just said that. 'And his chest!? It felt so good. I wish he will do that again. Tomorrow maybe? Or the next ten minutes? Madoka! You're being a pervert. But, I am a pervert! Especially to him! Should I confess? But he said I'm beautiful, that's enough reason, right? No, Lin isn't that shallowed!' And she went on, and on, and on, and on.
While Madoka occupied by her thoughts, "Ha! My plan worked!" Mai shake her hips in victory, and Naru quite enjoy it. Twenty and still act like children.
"You really did what Mai planned?" asked Naru with incredulous tone.
"Hey, what is that supposed to mean?" Mai can hear mockery from Naru.
"I was desperate," deadpanned Lin.
"But, Lin-san," Mai halted Lin from going to his office. "Why don't you make it official with Madoka so, you don't need an excuse to say she is beautiful and hold her like that?" Mai grinned and wiggled her eyebrows.
Lin froze and instead of ignore Mai's comment, he retorted it. "Then why don't you also make it official with Naru? With that Naru won't suffer from fever everytime you shake your hips and slam you on his desk."
Hot. That was Mai's face, hot as the sun outside. "Lin-san!" screamed Mai.
Lin chuckled and back to his office.
From the corner of her eyes Naru already returned to his office without anyone know it. Mai sat down with sulky expression.
And it was silent for the rest of the day. No Naru ordering tea. No fussy from Madoka, still locked herself in restroom for over than three hours, by the way. No Mai's singing. And no typing sound from Lin's office. Because he collapsed on his desk, exhausted from work.