A/N: Thanks for any reviews!

Theme: 9. Food

Pairing: Mai and Naru

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"Isn't it time for lunch yet?!" Mai whined aloud to herself in the 'empty' SPR office. Naru and Lin, of course, were there but they had locked themselves up to work and Mai had not seen them since she walked in that morning.

"Then shall we go?" Naru's cool voice startled Mai and she turned to him with a glare.

"Stop appearing like that! It's almost like you stalk me or something..." Mai muttered the last bit to herself but it didn't go unheard by Naru.

"Shut up. And get moving or I won't treat you." Mai quickly jumped up to put on her coat. Free food and a chance to be with Naru. Alone... No way she'd pass that up.

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"Good Afternoon. Welcome to Tsuki Cafe. I'll give you a few moments to look over the menu." The waitress dully recited lines that sounded like they've been said many times before. Mai thanked the lady while Naru ignored her.

"Hey. You could have said thank you. It would have been polite." Mai whispered to Naru when the waitress left. He closed his eyes to prevent himself from outwardly rolling his eyes.

"Just choose whatever you want." He replied. Mai's eyes took on an evil glint.

"Whatever I want?"

"That is what I said."

"As in anything right?"

"Mai, do not make me repeat myself."

"Alright, alright. But you said that, not me." Mai shrugged and started studing the menu in a way a college student would study his textbook the night before a big test.

"Have you made any decisions yet?" The waitress was back with her notepad at the ready.

"I shall take a glass of your finest green tea, please." Naru said in an overly polite tone and looked at Mai with a raised eyebrow. 'How's that for polite?'

"I'll take a cup of that too and a hamburger steak and two orders of onigri and three orders of dango, please." Mai smiled up at the waitress who was looking at her in suprise.

"O-Ok... Anything else?" She wrote the orders but walked away before they could answer.

"... Are you really going to eat all that?" Naru asked a bit hesitantly.

"Of course. You are treating, right?" Mai grinned and relaxed in her chair. She surveyed the state of the old cafe and was slightly saddened to see that not many people we in it despite it being time for the lunch rush.

"What's wrong Mai?" Naru didn't miss the slight frown on her face and Mai turned her attention back to Naru. He was the reason she came after all.

"Nothing really. This place isn't all too popular, huh?" Naru wasn't given time to reply as the waitress ploped two cups of tea in front of them.

"Thanks." Mai smiled at the waitress and the world seemed a bit brighter. At least, Naru's world.

"You're welcome." The older woman grinned back before returning to the kitchens.

"..." Naru observed Mai in silence as she took a sip of the warm liquid and a content smile spread across her soft lips.

"Naru, you've gotta taste this. It's probably better than the tea I make for you!" She joked and Naru took a slight sip from the warm cup.

"... It's ok." 'Only beacuse you didn't make it for me.' Naru almost smiled at the sound of her laughter.

"I suppose that's the best I'll get out of you. Why didn't you order anything to eat?" Mai looked at him with curiousity in her eyes.

"I'm not hungry." Naru replied and crossed his arms in front of his chest to show that he wasn't going to say anything else.

'Wait... I've never seen him eat before! Is he on a diet or something? Or maybe he has really expensive tastes? I bet that's it! Naru's too stuck up for anything but the best!' Mai's face showed her suprise and satisfaction at her conclusion and Naru was left wondering what she had decided was the reason for him not eating.

"Here's your food ma'am. Did you want anything, sir?" The waitress eyed Naru uncertainly as she placed seveal plated in front of Mai.

"No, thank you." Naru replied seriously as he watched Mai's elated face as she eyed her plates. The waitress shrugged and walked away.

"Oh wow. This looks so good!" Mai exclaimed and started eating. The speed at which she ate was so fast; Naru almost had a hard time keeping up.

'Note to self: Give Mai an earlier lunch break.' Mai had almost finished her lunch within 5 minutes of recieveing it. The last dango was staring both of them in the face.

"Naru, you should eat something." Mai pushed the plate towards him.

"No. I'm treating you." He pushed it back. The little dumpling rolled from side to side.

"Naru. Eat it." Mai lost her friendly tone as she shoved the plate more forcefully at her boss.

"No." He pushed it gently back.

"Please. Please eat it. For me?" Mai tried the foreful tactic. No go. The cute tactic? Working as usual.

"..." Naru avoided looking at Mai in her adorable little pout but glaring at the dango. It suddenly looked extremely appetizing. He slowly reached out his hand and picked it up. The pushing of the plate made it cold and a bit lumpy but he could tell that it'd still taste fine. He looked at Mai, who was smiling, proud that she had convinced Naru to eat. He slowly opened his mouth, closed his eyes, and... suddenly the weight of the dango was gone from his fingers.

'What?' He thought as he opened his eyes to discover that the dango had indeed been taken away from him. He looked at Mai with questioning eyes.

"Sowwy. It looked weally good." Mai grinned with a mouth full of dango. Naru raised an eyebrow and suddenly got a great idea.

"It's fine." He said and leaned over the table and kissed Mai on the lips softly. When he begrudgingly pulled back, Mai was looking at him wide-eyed and questioning.

"Sorry. You looked really good." Naru smirked and settled back in his seat. Mai blushed several shades of red as she swallowed the rest of the dango.

"You're not sorry at all, are you?" She slyly asked before recieveing another kiss.

"Nope."

A/N: :D