A/N: Sorry for the lack of activity but since school started I've hardly had time to even breathe! I'm in nearly all honors classes and I've got a job .

Homecoming was last weekend. And I will possibly be getting a boyfriend this weekend…

Disclaimer: I own squat. (I said that a lot today…)

Theme: School

Pairing: Mai and Naru

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If it was curiosity that killed the cat, then Mai would have been dead many times over. Cautiously, she stuck her head into Naru's office. She quickly scanned the room for the black-clad boy and smiled to herself when she didn't see him. Slowly, Mai tip-toed over to his desk and looked at the papers on it.

"What the…?" Mai whispered and picked up a paper. It was covered in foreign letters which she soon realized was English. She shook her head in disbelief that Naru could actually understand the complicated language before returning to her original mission: Find out why Naru wasn't in school. Sure, sneaking in and going through his stuff had absolutely nothing to do with her mission but Mai thought she'd try anyway.

"Mai?" Her head snapped up so fast she got a crick in her neck. Naru was standing at his door with and amused glint in his eye. "What are you doing to my desk?"

"Nothing! Just, um, organizing!" Mai quickly straightened a few papers and then stood and walked past Naru.

"Uh, want some tea?" She asked awkwardly as she left. Naru gave a curt nod and Mai mentally berated herself for even asking.

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"Your tea. Hey Naru, can I ask you some questions?" Mai sat in a chair without his reply. He looked at her, raising his eyebrow.

"Why aren't you in high school if you're 17?"

"My mind is more advanced than yours. I skipped several grades."

"Ok then, you didn't want to go just to see your friends?"

"… You think I had friends?"

"Oh…" Mai was surprised that Naru was talking so casually with her. She tried to take advantage of the situation by asking more personal questions.

"So, you had a brother right?"

"Correct."

"What was he like?"

"He was… Gene was… sort of like you. Carefree." Naru fumbled for words to describe his brother. A small nagging voice in his head warned him about letting Mai too close but he squashed it seeing as Mai was his girlfriend.

"…I see." Mai looked at her feet and tried to think of another more lighthearted question.

"What was school like for you?"

"Rather easy."

"Any crushes?" She teased, happily making to room more comfortable.

"No. Well…"

"What?"

"There's you."

"O-Oh." Mai was taken aback by his bluntness.

"But then, you never were just a crush." Naru said, deciding to be bold.

"What?!" Mai squealed, in anger and surprise.

"You were my love." He whispered as he leaned over and kissed her across his desk.