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Chapter 3: Shared Emotions
"We're here!" Jessica cried excitedly, jumping from the car so fast that John nearly fell out. With a cry, he caught himself on the door jam. Damien got out at a more sane pace.
The rest of us jerked awake, staring around dazedly. I was snuggled up against Naru's chest. My cheek was resting on his shoulder and I had my arms strung around him. His head was resting on mine and his arms were still wrapped around my waist. A deep red blush was heating my face.
He stared down at me for a long moment before quickly retracting his arms. He stared off out the window. It might have been the light, but it looked to me like he could be blushing. Was that even possible for Naru?
"Wakey, wakey everyone! We're finally here!" Damien shouted, stretching his arms above his head.
"Finally," Masako growled, throwing the car door open. The moment her foot touched the ground she stopped. She stared wide-eyed up at the house. It was the house from the dream I'd been having.
"Masako, you okay?" I asked, standing up and leaning over the seat, "What's the matter? Do you feel something?" Monk and Ayako were already outside of the car, stretching and punching each other in the arm. They stopped to hurry over to Masako.
"Her… her presence is s-so strong," Masako whispered, falling to her knees on the ground. She stared up at the house, tears running down her face. She slammed her hands over her eyes sobbing into her hands. "She's so sad!"
I clambered out of the car, pushing Yasu out the door and crouching beside Masako. Hesitantly, I placed my arms around her shoulders. For a second there was nothing, then suddenly I could see a woman with blonde hair staring down at a photo of the man from my dream with crystalline blue eyes. She reached out a finger and caressed the picture. Tears dripped off her nose, splattering into oblivion. Her sadness overwhelmed me. I was drowning in her sorrow.
The sharp yell of my name brought me back. My eyes refocused to find Naru holding my shoulders and staring at me. "Mai, what did you see?" he asked, his voice and eyes hiding the concern behind a blank mask.
When I didn't answer he reached out a hand and rubbed my face. "You're crying," he murmured, showing me his hand. It was slick and shiny.
I stared at his hand and slowly trailed my eyes up to his face. The sorrow flooded me again. The girl and I, we could relate to each other. The tears started to flow faster. I let out a sob, letting my hands fall to my sides.
"Mai," Yasu started to say reaching out to me, but Naru pulled me into his chest. He picked me up like a princess, pressing my face into his chest.
"Miss Williams, please show us to one of our rooms," Naru said turning to Jessica, and then back to the team, "Damien, please show everyone to the room we will use as base. After you guys set up you can go to sleep. Since the ghost targets couples we will have partners at all time. We'll be sharing rooms."
"Who are the couples?" Yasu asked clueless to a point that it wasn't an act.
"Isn't it obvious?" Madoka asked brightly, ticking off the couples on her fingers as she named them off, "First there's Ayako and Monk. Second there's Lin and I. Third there's Mai and Naru, that one everyone already knew. Lastly, there's Yasu and Masako. Sorry John, but you're a priest so I don't think it would matter anyway." She shrugged her shoulders at John with an apologetic grin.
John just smiled good-naturedly. "No offense taken," he said waving the comment away.
Damien grinned. "Wow, you had that planned out didn't you miss?"
Madoka grinned like the mastermind she is. "Of course I did, but the couples were obvious, you have to admit."
Damien nodded. "I have to admit that. They are so obvious," he stage whispered to Madoka behind his hand, "But those two have to be the most obvious of them all." They glanced conspiratorially over their shoulders at Naru and me. I still had my face buried in Naru's chest. My shoulders were still shaking with my sobs. Naru was completely unaware of the other's stares, more concerned with the crying girl in his arms.
He finally seemed to be fed up with the chattering and said, "Miss Williams, our room please."
Jessica grinned. "Alright, alright, come on. The house is a bit big so be careful when walking around. You might get lost," she said with grin and a wink.
Naru followed her into the house. She led us down a long hall way turning this way and that. All of the floors were made of dark hardwood along with wooden beams running across the whole low ceiling.
Somewhere along what seemed to be the hundredth hall, Jessica finally stopped. We were standing in front of a pair of ornately carved doors made of light oak. The handles were long and silver.
"Here's your guys' room," Jessica said with a grin, "If you guys want food dinner will be ready in an hour." She trotted off turning around the corner and disappearing.
I peeked out from Naru's chest and watched the place where she had disappeared. Naru finally opened the door to medium-large bedroom that you would see in a normal house. That explained why there were so many rooms in this house. On one side of the room was a full size bed with dark purple silky looking sheets. A lilac purple comforter covered the bed. A dark cherry wood dresser stood against another wall accompanied by a desk.
Naru quickly walked in, dumping me on the bed. "It would be a good idea for you to go take a shower. Once you're calmed down you can tell me what happened. I'll go get our suitcases while you're in the shower. I won't be more than a few minutes," he told me from the doorway.
"Alright," I murmured rubbing the heel of my hand under each of my eyes and tried to give him an encouraging smile.
I failed miserably.
Naru watched me for a long moment before reluctantly leaving. Once the door was shut I curled up in a ball. The sobs shook me to the bone. The loneliness I felt was eating away at my insides. Though I was surrounded by numerous amounts of people who loved me it was involuntary.
My breath hitched. Naru's words filtered back into my mind. With a gasp and a hiccup, I pushed myself up from the bed. I looked around, quickly finding the bathroom. It was smallish with a stand-up shower, a bath tub, a cabinet full of nice smelling things, a sink and a toilet.
I tip-toed through the bathroom like a rabid dog would run through at any moment and attack me. The door swung shut behind me. The bathtub was deep and looked very inviting. I ran my hand over the smooth side. Turning on the water, I sat on the edge of the bath. The water rose quickly.
I dumped a strawberry smelling bath salt into the water, and slid into the water. The warm water soothed me, relaxing my muscles. Without even realizing it, I slipped into unconsciousness.
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