Masako POV
•about 3 hours earlier•
I wonder what they're talking about. I really want to know.
"Hey John where are you going?" Monk yelled after John who was leaving the building quickly.
Something's wrong I can feel it.
I'm going to follow him
He's walking really fast! Should I try and stop him? Should I... "huh?"
He stopped.
"Why are you following me? Masako?" John asked with his back facing me.
"Wellyoustormedout and I thoughtsomethingwaswrong and I wanted to helpbutIdidn't knowhow. And I should probably quit talking I just wanted to know what was wrong I'll just go back now I know it's none of my business sorry I uh yeah um bye" I mumbled stumbling over my words as I turned to walk away.
"Wait. Walk with me? Um you know if you want too you can." John said with a slight blush across his cheeks.
"Ok."
"I'm sorry if I worried you" John said looking down at his feet.
"You don't have to apologize. What happened?" I asked.
"I just had to leave. Um well Mai had a dream and it involved my my brother and I just I just I'm sorry well he..." John stuttered.
"It's ok. Take your time you don't have to tell me. If you want to we can talk about something else. I just want to help you, I'm here if you wanna talk about it though" I said softly as I grabbed his hand a blush spreading across both our faces.
"Thank you Masako" John mumbled as he smiled at me.
I haven't seen him smile like that.
I like it.
"Come on let's go." I exclaimed
"Where are we going" John asked curiously.
No POV
"Where are we going?" John asked as Masako led him down the deserted street.
"To my house so we can have tea and talk." Masako told him.
- At Masako's House -
"Come in" Masako said holding the door open for John to enter.
She led him into her living room and stopped in front of one of the black couches.
"Oh this is Kovu" she said picking up a yellow tabby cat that was sleeping on the couch and holding it out for John to see.
"Would you like some tea? I have Earl Grey and Chamomile." She asked setting the cat back on the couch.
"I'll have Earl Grey please." John answered picking up the cat and holding it to his chest and rocking it like it was a baby.
"Ok I'll be right back" Masako said smiling at the sight before her. She left to go make the tea while John stayed in the living room with Kovu.
-a few minutes later-
Masako walks into the living room to see John talking to the cat.
"Hello Kovu" John cooed holding the cat in his arms and smiling like a kid on Christmas morning.
"Tea" Masako said letting her presence be known before sitting the tray with the tea on the coffee table.
"Thank you Masako" John said smiling at his blue cup.
"Your welcome John. So do you want to talk about what happened or do you want to talk about something else" Masako asked.
"Well like I said before Mai had a dream about Joey, my older brother. He... committed suicide when I was fifteen. I don't really like to talk about it." John admitted.
"But I have a bad feeling about this case. It's just to close to home you know and I guess I haven't really told you or anyone at S.P.R about myself except my age. And I probably should it's just Naru I mean Oliver and Lin they know my grandfather." John explained.
"What do you mean you only told us your age?" Masako asked slightly confused
"My last name is not Brown it's actually my fathers last name. My last name is actually Nite." John sighed looking at Kovu with tinted cheeks.
"Oh wait so your grandfather does he run a psychic research company?" Masako asked, recognizing the name.
"So you've heard of him huh?" John asked slightly embarrassed.
"Yes I have." Masako said smiling a little "why did it matter…oh I understand. You didn't want us to treat you differently because of who you are related to or what your last name is. You wanted us to treat you like an equal not someone higher. That's it isn't it?" Masako asked fully understanding John's situation.
"Yes it is." John said smiling at her.
"I understand that" Masako admitted.
"Why did your brother commit suicide,
John?"
"Our father he was abusive and Joey just had enough" John said looking down trying to hide the uncontrollable tears that started rolling down his face.
"John? I'm sorry."
"I'm okay." John said wiping the tears from his eyes as best he could and forcing a smile.
"No you're not okay. John please don't lie to me. I'm sorry." Masako stated. John's smile fell and she hugged him as tight as she could while he cried on her shoulder.
"I'm sorry" he said after he calmed down a little bit.
"John you have nothing to be sorry about" Masako told him.
"Thank you." John said as he hugged Masako.
Masako POV
I would have never known. He always looked so happy. He never let anyone see that he was hurting. I don't ever want him to feel like he's alone. I'm going to do everything I can to help him! Oh I know! We can do something fun to take his mind off of the upcoming case! Yea I think that might help.
-10 minutes and a cup of tea later-
"Hey John how about we watch a movie and I have ice cream and popcorn that we can eat! Does that sound okay?" I asked.
Yeah that sounds great Masa thank you!" John said blushing redder than a tomato.
"Masa?" I asked thoughtfully.
"Oh sorry I just thought it was a nice nickname." John admitted rubbing the back of his head awkwardly.
"I like it. " I told him
Masa? I like that. It has a nice ring to it.
"What movie do you want to watch I have a lot of movies in English" I asked as John got in the floor beside me to look at the movies in the cabinet.
"Um... what about the Avengers or The Purge?" John asked looking at the two movies he picked out
"Ok we can watch both and you can pick another one out too" I told him.
"Ooh you have The Sound of Music!" He exclaimed.
"Yea! Do you wanna watch it? I love that movie!." I told him giggling a little at his childish excitement.
"Yeah lets watch them!" He said holding the three movies above his head.
"Ok I'll go fix the popcorn and get the ice cream. Do you want anything to drink I got Ginger Ale (I don't know if they have it in Japan but I assume they have a world market or something),tea, and wine." I asked him
"I'll take some ginger-beer oh sorry I mean ginger ale" John said while putting in one of the three movies we picked out in the DVD player.
"Hey I'll be right back I gotta call Rosi and let her know where I am she kinda called about thirty times but my ringer was off." John said walking outside to call his sister.
John POV
'Hey Rosi'
'John where the hell are you! I've been trying to reach you! I called and I tried this but you were blocking me! ' Rosi yelled through our mind link.
'I'm alright. I'm at Masako's house I sorta broke down and told her almost everything, but I'll be home I mean at the hotel in a little while we're going to watch a few movies' I said.
'Ok brother! Oh and no kissy kissy!!' Rosi said mentally smirking.
'Shut up Ro!' I yelled.
'Brother don't forget to wra'
'Bye Ro!' I said cutting off our mind link before things got R rated and put up a wall.
"You didn't tell me you could communicate with your sister telepathically" Masako said walking up to me.
"Oh yeah sorry I forgot." I said as Masako started pulling me by my hand into the house talking about how could I forget something like that and asking me what else I could do and then telling me to shut up and not to tell her because she'll figure it out on her own.
"Masa? I'm sorry I didn't tell you I really did forget" I said as we sat down on the couch to watch The Sound of Music.
-The Sound of Music the Avengers Purge
So about 5 hours later-
Masako POV
We watched The Sound of Music and he sang almost every song with me! I think I found my soulmate! And when we watched the Avengers he told me about when it first came out in the theater and Rosi dragged him there to watch it and after that he was hooked on Marvel superheroes. His favorite Avenger is Captain America. He kind of fell asleep halfway through the Purge though so I guess he didn't like it. I wish he was like this all the time. But he's never acted this way with the rest of the team that I know of. He's always been quiet and kind of shy. He's breaking the wall he's built and allowing me a step inside. I feel like this John is real. I should probably wake him up. He looks so peaceful when he's asleep though and Kovu is sleeping in his lap.
Ugh boys! I think I'll just leave them and call Rosi.