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Gene's POV

One week later.

It's been a week since Noll and Mai's 'argument.' I know Mai thinks he was right about everything even though she still can't help but feel a little mad. This makes me even madder as she's blaming herself for that moron's cold-heartedness. She found it weird as she's hardly ever held a grudge for so long. I too find it odd as I've never held a grudge against anyone, not even my killer. Mai went off in her thoughts, thinking about some guy named Hiro and how, even though he isn't my brother, he holds a special place in her heart. Apparently they had a date planned for tonight which she was looking forward to.

Anyways, here I am at SPR, bored, again, but this time I actually do have a reason to be. Noll and Lin left! They left Mai here all by herself, and Noll didn't even tell her where they were going! All he said was 'Mai, Lin and I will be back later. Stay here.' They've been gone for almost three hours now. It's a shame the rest of the gang aren't here, things would've been more fun then, especially with that Monk fella.

I'm pretty sure he's meeting a client or something to do with a case though. But I wonder why he took Lin with him... He usually takes Mai as she's more empathetic. Come to think of it, he's been kinda avoiding her all week... I hope he's not still mad about last week, although knowing him he's probably planning how many cups of tea it would take to torture Mai.

I got up and followed Mai to the kitchen as she decided she wanted some tea thinking it might help to get her mind off of Noll acting weird. I looked around the kitchen while she waited for the water to boil. She realized it was getting a mess and thought about cleaning it after her drink.

We were leaning on the kitchen counter whilst she was drinking her tea when we heard the front door open. She thought it might be Noll and Lin coming back, so she sat her cup down on the counter and walked out of the kitchen and into the main room where she was alarmingly tackled to the ground.

"Mai!" Madoka exclaimed cheerily. 'Oh boy, this'll be fun. The cheering squad have arrived and there is no Noll in sight to stop them. Mwahahahaha…ahem, 'scuse me, don't know what came over me there!'

Mai opened her eyes, since she had them closed from the impact, and saw Madoka on top of her.

"M-Madoka? What are you doing here?" Mai asked. 'Isn't it obvious? She's here to spoil the surprise Noll's set up involving you and him having a phantom relationship. Only he forgot the part where Mother and Madoka are nosy busybodies who'll believe anything and jump on the first plane going to check it out!' Madoka stood up and offered her hand to Mai. She took it and was pulled up by Madoka.

"Well, to see you and Naru of course!" She exclaimed. 'Yeah, keep going. Get to the good part!'

"Me and Naru? Um, well, what about Li—" Suddenly she was engulfed into another hug. And she was losing air... fast.

"Um, Luella, I think you should let go of Mai before you kill her. Noll will be mad if you do." I heard Madoka say. 'Oh Mother, you haven't changed a bit! You're still hugging the life out of people! I miss that!'

"Oh, I'm sorry, dear! I'm just so excited to finally meet you!" Mother said. Mai was wondering who she was. 'Try introducing yourself first, Mother, and then tell her you're pleased to meet her. Seriously, were you brought up or dragged up?! Manners people!'

"Oh... um... you too..." Mai looked at Madoka for help on who Mother was, but she was just standing there, smiling.

"My, where are my manners?" Mother asked herself. 'I could ask the same thing.' "You probably don't even know who I am! I'm Luella Davis and this is my husband Martin!" She said gesturing to Father, who was by the door. I hadn't even seen him there until now. "We're Noll's parents!" 'Mine too! Oh, yeah, I'm dead! No point saying that then.'

Mai stood there, shocked. She went on a major mental rant about why they would want to meet her before concluding she looked like an idiot. 'They want to meet you because Noll is a big fat liar who'll say anything to get our parents off his back.'

"Oh, so you're Naru's parents." That's all she could think of to say? 'Smooth! Wanna follow that up with your names are Luella and Martin right?'

"Yes. That's right." said Father as he walked towards her. "It's a pleasure meeting you, Mai." 'Oh Father, don't be so British! Loosen up a little, she doesn't bite.'

"It's a pleasure meeting both of you, Mr. Davis," She looked over at Mother. "Mrs. Davis." Mother smiled. 'Careful, Mother, you might scare her with that weird look.'

"Now, now there's no need for that. You can just call us Luella and Martin, right, dear?" 'Ooh, looks like things are about to heat up on the entertainment front.'

"Right. After all we're just about family now." Father stated. 'Whoah, I think you might be rushing things! You'll spoil the surprise before Noll gets here!' Mai was growing more shocked and confused now. She had no idea what was going on.

"Family?" She whispered to herself. 'Yeah, you know, the thing comprised of people who share your bloodline or are willing to share theirs with you such as a mother, a father, siblings…'

"I just have to say, when Noll told me you two were dating, I couldn't have been happier!" Mai was wondering why Noll told her that. 'Because he wanted Mother to stop nagging him about settling down and not being a workaholic.'

"To be honest, when Luella told me I was surprised! I mean you two are the perfect match, really. But I thought I would have heard about this sooner! Of course Naru wouldn't have told me, but I know Lin would! He's said a few times about how he wished Naru would forget that damn pride of his and confess to you! Unless, Lin doesn't know... Say, are you two keeping it a secret from Lin? Hmm?" Madoka asked. 'She really is excited about this whole lie! I could barely understand what she was saying! She was talking so fast! I don't think Mai quite caught it either. What a shame this is all a sham.'

Mai looked at all three of them as did I. The expressions on their faces showed they were all eager to know the answer. Mai began silently cursing Noll and his lying abilities. 'I have to say, this is the best days entertainment I've had in a week. Points to Noll for setting this up unwittingly!'

"Well... you see, Naru and I are—" She felt relieved when the front door opened, but that relief didn't last when she saw who it was. 'Well, this just got a whole lot more interesting!'

When Noll walked through the door and saw all four of them, he stopped dead in his tracks. You could clearly see the shock on his face for once. 'Wow! Very un-Noll like! I can't wait to see what other expressions he can make!'

"Mother?!" 'No, it's the tooth fairy! Of course it's Mother, you moron! Boy, I can't wait to see what happens next!'

Naru's POV

Madoka had called me this morning saying she had a friend whose house is being haunted, and since she's in England right now, she couldn't come. That being said she dropped the case on me. She told me the place—since the client was too busy to come to the office—and the time, leaving no room for an argument. And Madoka had specifically requested that Lin accompany me and Lin only. I was going to question her on it, but she hung up before I could get a word in.

Of course I had to go. If I didn't I wouldn't hear the end of it from Madoka. So I left Mai at the office, and Lin and I went to meet the client. But turns out there was no client; Madoka had made up the whole thing! I don't know why, but my guess is she's planning something. You don't want to know how angry I am at her for sending me out on this wild goose-chase. She obviously wanted me out of the office and Lin as well, leaving Mai by herself... Damn, why didn't I see this sooner? 'Madoka better not be at the office when I get there.' I thought darkly.

When we arrived at SPR, I wasted no time to get to the office. But as soon as I opened the front door, I saw that my suspicion was correct but worse. "Mother?!"

"Noll!" Mother came running towards me and hugged me. I looked at everyone else while Mother was doing so. Father gave me a nod as a greeting, Mai was standing there with a shocked and confused look on her face. I mentally sighed. I'm going to have to explain everything to her. There's no telling what they said to her. I saw Madoka trying to hide herself behind Mai. She probably thought if she did that then I wouldn't do anything to her.

"Madoka." I called once Mother finally released me. Madoka peeked out from behind Mai and took a step forward but still stayed close to Mai.

"Oh, uh... hi Naru!"

"I'm waiting for an explanation." I said while crossing my arms over my chest. She gave me an innocent look saying, 'Why whatever are you talking about?'

"I'm talking about that case you made up." I said bitterly. Madoka stood there tapping her index finger on her chin like she was trying to remember what I was talking about.

"Oh! You mean that." She started smirking. "Well, Luella and I just wanted to talk to little Mai without your constant glaring and telling us to leave." I glared at her. "See?! That's what I'm talking about!" I heard Mai giggle.

"Father, why didn't you—"

"Noll, I tried to stop them from doing it, but you know how your mother and Madoka are." I look at Mother and Madoka and see that Mother had moved to the other side of Mai, making Madoka on her right and Mother on her left. Both smiling because they got their way yet again. Then I looked at Mai. She's just staring at me, probably wanting me to tell her what's going on. From the look of things, it seems they still believe Mai's my girlfriend, but Mai knows about it. I flicked my gaze to the kitchen and back to Mai so she would understand what I meant.

"Well, why don't I just make us all some tea? Please sit down and make yourselves comfortable." She smiled. "Naru, would you help me in the kitchen?" I nodded and we left the main room. Where did Lin go? He must have went to his office when he saw who was here. The lucky—

"Naru, what is going on?!" Mai hissed quietly. She turned around and started putting water in the kettle.

"I can't explain everything now." Mai shot me a look. "But I will after they leave." I continued. Mai turned around to face me.

"What makes you think I'm going to pretend to be your girlfriend?! If you hadn't had come in when you did, they would already know we're not dating! I was right in the middle of telling them, but you came in!" She informed hotly. I sighed. Great. How am I supposed to convince her to help me now?

Mai's POV

Naru and I walked into the kitchen and I asked him what was going on then started to make the tea. He said once they leave he'll explain everything to me. Like he expects me to play along with his scheme! He shouldn't lie to them like that! Although he might have a good reason for doing it... but still! I asked him why he thinks I'm going to pretend to be his girlfriend and told him I almost told his parents and Madoka that we're not dating right before he came in. Geez Mai! Why'd you do say you weren't going to be his girlfriend?! Well... pretend... but you know you want to! But I shouldn't be helping him lie to them! Oh come on! You've always wanted this! But I should be moving on from him!

"Mai... please just help me out here." He put his hands on my shoulders and stared into my eyes, but I quickly looked down. He's just doing this so I'll say yes... jerk! Don't look up, if you do you'll know what will happen! But you know you want to say yes... it might bring you closer together. No! Don't do it, Mai! But I looked up anyways—stupid me—and saw Naru still watching me. I was about to speak, but the whistle on the kettle went off and it made me jump a little. I turned around and took the kettle off the burner. Then I leaned against the counter with my back turned towards Naru.

"Fine..." I turned to face him. "I'll help you." I saw relief flash in his eyes. He only nodded. You could be a little more grateful! We both heard the front door open and close with a bunch of people talking. Oh no... Monk and the others are here! I quickly put the cups and the teapot on a tray. "Well, we better get back out there before Monk and the others tell your parents and Madoka we're not actually dating." I declared as I picked up the tray and started to walk out the kitchen, but Naru grabbed my arm.

"Mai, we have to pretend to be dating even to them."

"What? Why can't we just bring them all to the kitchen or something and tell them the truth?" I asked. He sighed and let go of my arm.

"I'm pretty sure my parents and Madoka would get suspicious if we told the others to all come to the kitchen. And besides I don't think the others would go along with this. If they found out I'm just doing this to get my mother off my back then they would—no doubt—tell her so they could get the enjoyment of her yelling at me."

"What do you mean get her off—"

"As I said before Mai, I'll explain later... and even if they agreed to keep quiet about it, they might act or say something ridiculous that would also get my parents or Madoka suspicious."

"Okay, okay, I get your point now. Let's go back in there—" I was cut off by hearing Monk yell, "What?!"

Naru and I hurried back to where everyone else was sitting and saw the SPR members looking... well, to put it simple, shocked.

Wow... I think Naru's reaaally OOC again... For me he's hard to do! I don't know why! Anyways, Happy Late New Years!

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