YAYYY I didn't have SAT's today because of the snow!

(I don't own Ghost Hunt)

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(Noon the next day - SPR)

Where is she? The raven haired twenty-year old asked to himself, half in annoyance and half in concern. She should have been here at least an hour ago.

Lin had to hide his smirk as he watched his usually stoic boss paced around the office. Why doesn't he just suck it up already and go to her apartment?

Suddenly the Chinese man had an idea.

"Why don't you check and see if she's alright, Naru?" the older man queried. "After all, something may have happened to her and she may be waiting for you to come to her rescue. You know how helpless she can be at times," he continued, causing the younger of the two to stop mid-step during his pacing and widen his eyes by a fraction. That did the trick. "I'll wait here for Takigawa-san and the rest to arrive, you go…now."

In a flash Naru snatched his coat from his seat and ran out the door.

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(Mai's apartment)

Mai woke up late that morning, like usual, and had also forgotten to pack her things the previous night. Oh Kami (God)! Naru's going to be annoyed with me; I do this every time, but I'm usually not this late! He's going to give me that glare I just know it!!

The girl was running around her apartment, trying to stuff her bag with everything she needed as someone suddenly busted into her room.

"NARU!?! Sorry! I didn't know how late it was and I forgot to pack, I was just about to leave! Sorry! Sorry! Sor-" she stopped mid-word as she took in her boyfriend's wet, rumpled appearance. "Naru? Are you okay? You're drenched and your hair is all mussed up…Did you run here?"

Naru was trying his hardest not to hunch over with exhaustion. He's breath was labored and uneven, "No, why would I do a stupid thing like that?" he said curtly, obviously trying to cover up the truth that he actually did run all the way there, and in the rain no less.

"Riiight…anyway, as I was saying, I just woke up and forgot to pack so I'm doing it right now…are you sure you're all right? It's just that you look like you're about to collapse. You can sit down you know, I'll only be a few more minutes."

Naru plopped himself down onto her bed, still trying to regain his breath. Kami! How far away does she live?!? It felt like I was running a marathon. His eyes followed Mai as she zipped around her room gathering all she needed. But when he saw her nearly-overflowing bag his eyes grew wide. Do all females always pack that much?! he was pulled out of his thoughts as Mai spoke up.

"I'm done! Now I just have to close my bag…hmm, it doesn't seem to want to. Come on. Ughh...just zip, you stupid thing!!!" the girl growled as she sat on top of her bag, pulling on the zipper with all her might.

"Mai, I doubt you need that much. Just take some stuff out and then close it."

"No! I packed all this stuff for a reason! I just have pull…rrrr…harder! Rrrrrrrrr…Fine! I'll do it your way, since you seem to be so smart, Mr. I-ran-in-the-rain-to-get-here Man!"

"Mai, just stop. You're making a complete fool of yourself," Naru slightly smiled with amusement.

He stood up and walked over to her, pulling the bag open and looking in. His eyebrow twitched.

"Mai. Why do you have a snow jacket here? It's the beginning of summer," Naru said with annoyance. The girl in question just scratched the back of her head, clearly embarrassed.

"Well, you never know what type of weather there may be at the inn."

"You aren't taking this," he said and took it out of her bag. Something black under where the coat had been caught his eye. He grabbed it and held it up and asked in a softer tone "You're bringing the bear I got you?"

Mai blushed and pulled it out of his grasp. "Of course I am. I don't want to go anywhere without it!"

Naru let out a soft chuckle and smiled. She's still like a little kid. "It's fine with me but you might loose it; what if one of the kids staying at the Inn sees it and decides to steal it?"

Mai's face had the look of absolute horror. "They wouldn't!... gasp Would they?" she hissed looking between him and the bear, trying to decide what to do. Naru had to refrain from chuckling. Damn she makes it hard for me to be as composed as I used to be.

Finally Mai sighed and hugged her bear one last time before she placed it on her bed. "I guess I'll just leave it here…unless maybe I could-" she started but was interrupted by the soaked man.

"Just leave it here Mai. I'm not going to get you another one if this one goes missing."

"Fine," she pouted. "Oh look! My bag can close now!"

Naru sweat dropped. "Okay, let's go."

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Once the couple got back to the office Masako, John, Madoka, and Lin were sitting on the couches. Mai went to go make tea and her boy friend walked over to Lin.

"Where are Takigawa-san and Ayako-san?" Naru asked, noticing the monk and miko's absence.

Not two seconds after Naru finished his sentence arguing could be heard in the hall.

"How much did you pack, Hun?" a Bou-san's whining voice was heard.

"Only what I needed! It's not that much so suck it up!" His wife defended.

"Riiiight! 'Not that much'…it feels like you have a pile of bricks in here!"

"A woman needs a lot of things when she goes away."

By this time Mai had stuck her head out of the kitchenette to look at the main door like everyone else was doing. A couple seconds later, Ayako made her appearance with her husband trailing behind holding two bags; one was a normal, moderate size, but the other one on his back was monstrous!

"Hello everyone, sorry we're late!" Ayako greeted as Bou-san straightened up with an annoyed expression.

"That's only because you forgot to pack last night like I reminded you! And to top it off, you slept in this morning and then started running around the house putting everything you could find into your suitcase! I can't feel my arms anymore and I think I broke my back!"

"Shut up! Ughh…why did I ever marry you!"

"Because you love me so much!" Takigawa smiled proudly.

"Yeah, I guess your right. Man am I stupid!" Ayako laughed, kissing her husband on the lips.

Everyone else who was in the main office just sat there staring at the odd couple. They all sweat dropped (well maybe not Naru but he was thinking something along the lines of Well…I guess all women DO pack that much).

Once Naru regained his composure he told everyone to pack up the cars.

"But I just brought the stuff up here, now I have to bring it back down!!!" Bou-san groaned as he lifted his wife's suitcase onto his back again, painfully I might add. (Poor Bou-san hehehe I'm so mean)

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Mai sat in the back of Lin's car and Naru sat in the passenger seat reading God knows what! It was quiet; too quiet. Great! I'm stuck in a car with two of the quietest people alive for who knows how long! It wouldn't be so bad if they would just turn on the radio.

Mai took a glance out the rearview window. Bou-san and everyone else were in the SPR van and seemed to be like they were having a blast, singing and laughing…are they eating marshmallows? Well that makes me feel just super! They're over there having a party and I'm stuck here; dieing from boredom…sigh I guess I'll just sleep because that sounds like fun! (can you hear the sarcasm?)

The teenager rested her head on her window and let her eyes drift shut.

Maybe I'll see Gene, Mai thought as sleep consumed her.

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Yosh! On to the next chapter! ( I LOVE weekends!!)