I don't own Ghost Hunt.
Chapter 5
Naru stopped dead in his tracks as he watched Mai brush Ichigo. Why had he just thought that? Why had that just appeared in his head like that? He must going crazy from the heat and the swamp water he swallowed.
Mai looked up smiled and blushed at him. "You ready?" he still had his shirt hanging open. He nodded. Mai mounted the horse and came to him. She stretched out her hand for him to get on. He got on behind her. "Hold on tight." and they galloped off. Mai was very aware of Naru's arms around her holding on tightly. She was also aware of his open shirt and his killer abs pressed against her back. There was screaming go on in her head. She thought she was going to die. 'Why does he have to be so hot?' she said over and over again in her head.
Mai decided to concentrate on riding. So she took the short cut which included a lot of jumping and difficult riding. She heard the thunder in the background. The lighting flashed. Soon it was raining hard. Mai kept focused. They were almost back now.
They made their way to the stable now. They had left the doors open and so they rode right in. Mai and Naru were soaked. He had been wearing a white button shirt and she was in traditional riding garb. She pulled off her helmet and shook her wet hair. She went into on of the rooms and grabbed a few towels. She hastily threw it to Naru, trying hard not to look at him.
She didn't know if she could take it. Naru open wet shirt and rock hard abs. She did though. He was looking at her two. His bright blue eyes and his wet hair made Mai blush even harder and stutter a bit. "Is something wrong?" she asked. He began to move towards her. She looked down at her own white blouse and realized that you could see her bra through it.
Naru pulled her to him and began to kiss her gently on the lips. He caressed her face with his hands. She kissed him back. His hands made their way to her buttons and he began to undo them. That's when she froze. She pushed him away and looked angry, confused, and frightened. "Mai…." He said to her.
"I can't! I won't!" she yelled and ran back to the house. Naru stood there completely stunned. She had refused him. He had always thought that she had feeling for him and now she had rejected him.
Naru turned to leave and saw her guardian standing in the doorway. Naru glared at the man. "What do you want?" he said angrily.
"I didn't think I needed to mention this before so I will now. I don't want you to get involved with Mai." He glared back at Naru.
"And if I refuse?" he asked.
"I will make sure you never see her again. I still have influence with her trustee. I can make sure she goes far away and never comes back. I'll have you barred from the country as well. I've done it before and I'll do it again." His voice had taken a deadly turn.
Naru brushed past him and went to the house. He walked past everyone and went straight to his room and did not come out again that evening.
Mai was taking a bath now. She felt so strange. Naru had kissed her. He had intentionally kissed her and she had been enjoying it. Why did she push him away? She had been dreaming about it since she had met him. She had a crush on him and he had to have known it. Everyone else did.
When Naru had been unbuttoning her shirt, she had felt so scared and sick. She didn't know why. She could understand maybe anger for him going a little too far, but why would she feel repulsed? She had been enjoying the kissing. He was a very good kisser and then she felt sick and afraid of him. She had yelled at him too.
"Mai, why do you have to be so confusing?" she said to herself. Sparky came prancing into the room just then. He raised himself on his hind legs to try and reach the edge of the tube. He was still too small. He gave a small pitiful meow.
"Aww, sorry Spark, but you don't want to come up here." She told him. He gave her the sad kitty eyes that made Mai's heart wrench. He had such big blue eyes. They reminded her of Naru. She groaned at that thought and sunk down into the tub more so that the lower part of her face was in the water.
Sparky was still persistent about get up and now back up to make a running jump. Mai wasn't paying any attention to him. Her bathroom was very nice. It was big and spacious. She was sharing it with Masako. There was a long counter took up one side of the room. The bathroom was located off of their rooms. There was a turret extension where the large bathtub was located. The was also a large shower in too. The widows were large but located high enough so that Mai would not be seen getting in and out of the tub or anywhere else from the outside. Unless you were high up and looking down in.
Mai began to blow bubbles in the water. She was listening to a mixed CD that her friends had made for her when she went to the hospital. It had new songs in English. Michiru's sister lived in the U.S. so she got all kinds of stuff from there. They all seemed to be about love. The one that came on now was not helping the situation.
According To You
I'm stupid,
I'm useless,
I can't do anything right.
According to you
I'm difficult,
hard to please,
forever changing my mind.
I'm a mess in a dress,
Can't show up on time,
Even if it would save my life.
According to you. According to you.
'Wow that fits me to a T.'. Mai thought
But according to him
I'm beautiful,
Incredible,
he can't get me out of his head.
According to him
I'm funny,
Irresistible,
Everything he ever wanted.
Everything is opposite,
I don't feel like stopping it,
So baby tell me what I got to lose.
He's into me for everything I'm not,
According to you.
'So far no one has ever told me that.' She snorted.
According to you
I'm boring,
I'm moody,
You can't take me any place.
According to you
I suck at telling jokes cause I always give it away.
I'm the girl with the worst attention span;
You're the boy who puts up with it.
According to you. According to you.
'Yup sounds like Naru talking to me.'
But according to him
I'm beautiful,
Incredible,
He can't get me out of his head.
I'm funny,
Irresistible,
Everything he ever wanted.
Everything is opposite,
I don't feel like stopping it,
So baby tell me what I got to lose.
He's into me for everything I'm not,
According to you.
I need to feel appreciated,
Like I'm not hated. oh- no-.
Why can't you see me through his eyes'
It's too bad you're making me decide.
'Right on! I need to be appreciated. I saved his ass back there!' she splashed
According to me
You're stupid,
You're useless,
You can't do anything right.
But according to him
I'm beautiful,
Incredible,
He can't get me out of his head.
According to him
I'm funny,
Irresistible,
Everything he ever wanted.
Everything is opposite,
I don't feel like stopping it,
Baby tell me what I got to lose.
He's into me for everything I'm not,
According to you.
According to you.
According to you
I'm stupid,
I'm useless,
I can't do anything right.
All of the songs seem to be telling her to either ignore it or go for it. Naru just kissed her. He never said anything about wanting to be in a relationship or date her. He just kissed her. It was a nice kiss. "Why did I pull away and say that to him" she thought to herself. "Ok the next song will decide how I handle it."
The song began to play and it
Even if you are a million miles away
I could still feel you in my bed
Near me, touch me, feel me
And even at the bottom of the sea
I could still hear it inside my head
Telling me, touch me, feel me
And all the time, you were telling me lies
So tonight, I'm gonna find a way to make it without you
Tonight, I'm gonna find a way to make it without you
I'm gonna hold on to the times that we had
Tonight, I'm gonna find a way to make it without you
Have you ever tried sleeping with a broken heart?
Well you could try sleeping in my bed
Lonely, own me, nobody ever shut it down like you
You are the clown, you made my body feel heaven bound
Why don't you hold me, need me
I thought you told me you'd never leave me
Looking in the sky I could see your face
And I knew right where I fit in
Take me, make me, you know that I'll always be in love with you
Right till the end
So tonight, I'm gonna find a way to make it without you
I'm gonna find a way to make it without you
I'm gonna hold on to the times that we had
Tonight, I'm gonna find a way to make it without you
Anybody could've told you right from the start it's 'bout to fall apart
So why not then hold on to a broken dream or just hold on to love
And I could find a way to make it, don't hold on too tight
I'll make it without you tonight
So tonight, I'm gonna find a way to make it without you
I'm gonna find a way to make it without you
I'm gonna hold on to the times that we had
Tonight, I'm gonna find a way to make it without you
Mai was trying to figure out how that song could actually help. She didn't have a broken heart as far as she knew. She was just confused.
He now backed farther away and leapt into the air. He grabbed the edge of the tub and pulled himself up and over. He did not realize that in doing so he would land in the water. Splash! Mai screamed in surprise as Sparky landed in the tub.
He splashed around franticly trying to get out the tub. He bobbed above and under the water he tried to get up the side, but kept sliding back down. Mai hurried and scooped him up. He was so tiny he could have drowned. She got out of the tub and pulled on her robe and wrapped Sparky up in towel.
"Mai is everything ok?" Masako peeked in the room.
"Yeah everything is fine now. Sparky fell in the tub." She laughed as she held up the drenched kitten now wrapped in a towel. Masako came and took him so Mai could finish up. She was cooing over him as she left.
Mai got dressed and thought about the song. She still didn't know what to do.
She thought about it some more and then came to a solution. She would have to tell Naru next time they were alone. Hopefully it will all worked out.
I don't own the songs either. I'm sure you all know what they were. "According to You" by Orianthi and "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" by Alicia Keys.