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seshomaru94: I'd like to think Mai is better than not telling Naru about her dream with Gene too, but know is perfect, you know? :)
Mai was technically part of SPR again- at least for now- She was also calling Oliver 'Naru' again so everything should be back to normal, right? RIGHT? Then why isn't it?
Oliver silently grinded his teeth. Oliver stood in the front sitting area in the SPR office standing next to a grey metal filing cabinet. He had been looking over the case file of the old school house, just in case the old school house case and the current case were connected. Just as he expected, there was no obvious connection. But then again he had only begun reading the first paragraph or so, but then, he became distracted…by them.
They were standing in front of Lin's office, chatting away like they were the best of buddies or something. He watched them from the corner of his eye. As each second passed the more and more irritated- at least that was the emotion he called it- he became.
'Since when did they get so close?' Oliver thought. It was unusual for Lin to talk so much, let alone to talk to Mai so much.
Oliver continued to watch Lin and Mai chat. Lin had said something and in return Mai smiled up at him and laughed. That was the last straw! Oliver abruptly closed the folder and slammed it down on the top of the filing cabinet.
The sudden noise caused the small talk to stop. Lin looked at Oliver to see what was going on, while Mai glared.
"It's getting late, don't you think it's time you head home Mai?" Oliver glared trying to get whatever was going on between the two assistants to stop.
Mai was actually surprised, she thought that Oliver was going to demand for tea, not let her leave early unlike the night before. Her expression brightened, "Okay!" She grinned. She ran over to her desk, grabbed her school bag, and ran out of the office.
Oliver continued to glare at Lin. Lin, however, kept a blank expression. Oliver was the first to speak, "Since when were you and Mai so close?" Oliver questioned getting straight to the point.
"Close? No, I wouldn't say that." Lin replied.
"Then what would you say?" Oliver questioned even further.
"Well, it's obvious isn't it? She's playing favorites." Lin said.
"Why?" Oliver asked not understanding at all. 'I wasn't the only one that left….'
Understanding what he meant, Lin explained, "Unlike you, I actually kept in contact with everyone here, while we were gone. Mind you, it was only a brief email exchanged every once in a while, but obviously it was better than nothing." Lin noticed Oliver glaring and then added, "Don't tell me you're jealous because Taniyama is playing favorites." Lin smirked.
"She is NOT playing favorites." Oliver said venomously then quickly returned to his office nearly slamming the door behind him.
Lin continued to smirk noticing that Oliver denied that Mai wasn't playing favorites, but didn't deny he was jealous.
The orange sunset glowed in the back ground as Mai reached her apartment door only to see it slightly open. Mai quickly pressed her back against the wall to the side of the door. 'Did someone break in?' Mai inwardly questioned. Mai inched closer, she heard voices.
Mai looked around for something to arm herself against the intruder. There was no way she was going to let herself get stolen from. She eyes her school bag that hung at her waist, she could use a textbook, but those were too expensive. She couldn't afford to replace them if they were to get damaged. So, she did the only thing she could think of, she took off her right shoe. She held up with both hand preparing to strike. She began to count in her head, 'three…two…one…'
She turned and with her shoeless foot she kicked the door so it opened completely. "Hyay!" Mai flung her shoe at the person she expected to standing in front of her only to have the shoe silently land in the middle of her living room. Ayako, Houshou, Masako, and John stared at her wide-eyed.
"What are you doing….?"Houshou, who turned his to see Mai from his position on the couch said.
Mai let out of relief, "Geez! You guys scared me! I thought you guys were a robber or something! How did you guys get in here anyway?"
"You gave us a spare key months ago. Don't you remember?" Ayako, who was sitting next to Houshou said.
"Oh right…."Mai said the memory flooding back to her. She set her shoes and bag by the door. "But what are you all doing here?" Mai smiled.
"Mai," She heard Masako say. Mai looked to her left to see Masako and John standing against the wall. "We are here to talk about what is going on with you concerning Naru."
Mai's smile fell. She wanted to run, and run fast. "B-but where's Yasu? Shouldn't he be here too?" Mai said nervously trying to find a way out of the entire situation.
Bou-san and Ayako stood. "He has class." Ayako said folding her arms.
Mai began to back up. "W-well, that's hardly fair." She stuttered. "It's mean to exclude Yasu from gatherings like this. I know, the buses are still running, why don't I go get him?" Mai turned and made a quick dash to the front door. However, John took a quick stride, stepping in front of Mai and the closed the door. Mai tried to go around John, but his back was pressed to the door and he refused to move.
"Of all the times you could have been assertive in the past, you had to pick NOW!" She nearly shouted exasperated.
"Sorry, Mai-san." John smiled weakly. "But Masako-san and Ayako-san made it very clear not to let you leave, until we've talked to you."
Mai could only imagine what Masako and Ayako said to him to make him do this. She did her best to hold back the shivers that were trying to crawl up her spine. 'This is so not cool!' Mai thought. She was beginning to feel like a caged animal and that her four tamers are making her put on a show.
Mai looked to her front to see Ayako and Houshou, she then looked to her left to see Masako, and finally she glanced behind her only to find John. There was nowhere for her to run except…..
Mai made a mad dash to her right into the kitchen. Her four 'tamers' followed only to find her hiding under the round kitchen table.
"Mai, you're being a child." Masako said behind her sleeve as they surround Mai.
"I am not a child!" Mai barked back.
Mai had no place to go. Between Ayako and Houshou, the wall, Masako and John, and the table, she was stuck. She couldn't escape by going under the table because the chairs blocked her way. So there was only one option. Mai stood and flung herself on the table. After all, if you can't go under you have to go over.
Mai tried to pull herself across the table top. Though, it would have been easier if Ayako hadn't grabbed her arm. "This is like an intervention! You guys are acting like Naru is drug or something!" Mai said trying to pull herself out of Ayako's grip.
"You're love is my drug~." Houshou sang in English. Masako and Ayako glared. "Sorry…" Houshou gulped.
"Look Mai," Ayako said. "We just don't want you to get hurt again!"
Suddenly feeling guilty, Mai stopped trying to get away and went limp. After a moment of silence, she huffed, "Fine….."
Mai sulked to the living room and sat down on the couch. Ayako and Houshou sat on each side of Mai while John and Masako stood.
"You see," Mai began. "The reason I started working for Naru again isn't because I forgive or still have feelings for or anything like that. It's far from it really. I just wanted to help everyone at my school. Besides, working for Naru again isn't permanent, it's just until the case is solved."
"Alright. I can understand that I guess. But what about you calling him 'Naru' again?" Houshou asked.
Mai fidgeted. "Well, there was this incident where Naru was attacked by one of the ghosts at school and in my attempt to warn him it kind of slipped out." Mai said meekly.
"See," John began. "I told all of you Mai-san is just fine."
Ayako sighed. "I guess you're right. But Mai," Ayako made eye-contact with. "If Naru ever gives you a hard time, just tell us, ok?"
Mai gave a sincere smile. "I appreciate your guys' concern for me, but don't worry I can take of myself just fine."
Oliver sat idly in his homeroom desk. This was stupid, why did he have to become a student anyway? He was already smarter than this entire class combined (or so he thought), so why did he have to put up with this crap? When this is all over, the principle is going to have a piece of his mind.
Oliver was unbelievable bored. He couldn't imagine how the average student could go through this nearly every day of their youth. The teacher's words barely registered through his head, "As you all know, the spring festival is right around the corner. We must quickly start preparing for the festival. Now, I leave you in the hands of our class representative, class representative?" The teacher called.
Oliver barely noticed the sound of someone's chair pulling back or the sound of footsteps heading towards the front of the room. Oliver only looked up when he heard Mai's voice. "Alright," Mai placed her binder on the teacher's podium. "Let's begin."
(A/N: Geez! What is with the chapters I've posted this week! They're so much shorter than usual! Sorry….The next chapter will be much longer I promise! :)
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