A/N: Feeling particularly creative today. Reviewers are given lots of hugs.
Disclaimer: The day that a cat goes 'moo' is the day I own Ghost Hunt.
Pairing: Mai and Naru
Theme: Triangle
"Everyone meet Daisuke! Daisuke, meet everyone!" Mai happily introduced her newest boyfriend to her 'family'. Daisuke looked at every face, trying to remember the names that Mai had tried to get him to memorize.
"Um… Hello." He muttered, weakly smiling. The group looked at him and muttered greetings. This was obviously not the first time Mai had brought a boy with her to the office. Also not the second time. Or the third. Or fourth…
"Jeeze, at least try to sound interested in my new boyfriend." Mai muttered rolling her eyes. She walked to her desk and put her coat on the chair.
"So… you work here?" Daisuke asked then yelled at himself in his head for asking such a stupid question. Four pairs of eyes turned to him critically. Daisuke visibly became nervous and sweat started to pool at the base of his neck.
"Yeah… So would anyone like some tea?" Mai walked to the kitchen after receiving a hearty chorus of cheers.
"Finally some real tea. Masako, you may be a talented medium, but not a talented tea-maker!" Bou-san laughed before being whacked in the head by Ayako and smacked by Masako.
"Mai." The icy tone froze Daisuke as he felt a malicious glare on his back. He turned to see a boy hardly older than Daisuke himself looking at him with eyes so cold, Daisuke almost stopped believing in global warming.
"Y-Yes, Naru?" Mai winced at Naru's tone.
"What have I told you about bring pets to work?" Daisuke almost snorted. Who was this guy?
"Naru! Be nice to Daisuke. Dai-kun, why don't you and Naru have a little talk? I'll let you know when the tea is done." Mai smiled devilishly. Daisuke felt his eye twitch.
"O-Ok…" He said although his mind was screaming for him not to follow Naru into his office.
"Please, come in." His mocking tone angered Daisuke so he entered with his head up.
"Gosh Mai, I'm starting to feel bad for those boys you bring in." Ayako commented to Mai after the door closed.
"Bet ya two hundred yen he won't last more than five minutes." Bou-san said pulling out his money.
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Barely three minutes had passed before Daisuke bolted from the apartment/office muttering something about his mother suddenly getting very sick.
"Mai, never bring another boy like that in here again." Naru snarled after Daisuke. Mai took a startled step back.
"What is that supposed to mean?!" She yelled, glaring at her boss. He turned his angry gaze on her.
"He said he only dated you because you've never had a boyfriend for longer than two days and he wanted to be the first." His angry eyes were forced closed and suddenly Mai started laughing.
"That's right! They always break up with me after meeting you! But thank goodness for that, most of them are jerks. I never have the heart to turn them down in the first place." Mai wiped a tear from the corner of her eye from all her laughing.
"Mai, would you come in my office?" Naru asked although it sounded more like a command. Mai obeyed quietly.
After the door had closed, Mai dared to sneak a peek at Naru. To say he looked upset was quite the understatement.
"I don't want anyone here besides employees and clients. Understand?" Naru struggled to keep his voice calm.
"Yes, sir!" Mai dutifully replied, thinking that refusing might make him explode. He looked way more tense than normal.
"And… I don't want you to have any more boyfriends." Naru hesitated slightly before finishing his statement. Mai gaped at him disbelievingly.
"W-Why?" She stuttered. "Listen, you may have the right to limit who comes in and out of the office but you can't tell me to stop dating!" Mai yelled with so much anger she had to restrain herself from hitting Naru.
"I don't want you to have any more boyfriends… because I will be your boyfriend." Naru looked away quickly, unable to meet Mai's dumbfounded gaze.
"Well, that's one way to ask someone out…" She muttered.
A/N: I don't know if it's logical or not, but the theme's 'triangle' because Naru doesn't want to be caught in another love triangle… And the whole global warming thing... I thought it was funny. It's like Naru's gaze was so cold that it could stop global warming... Please tell me someone other than me got it and laughed?