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(A/N: Sorry it took so long for me to post. I wanted to post a while ago but my computer got a virus and it took a week to fix. Not to mention, it takes me a couple days to write and edit a chapter. Anyway when summer comes, I will be updating a lot more.)
"Alright, so like always seniors get first pick, which means for the first in our high school lives we actually get to pick what we want to do for the festival. So," Mai looked to the class. "Any suggestions?"
Just after Mai had said that, everyone's hand shot up-except for Oliver's of course- eager to give a suggestion. Some even called out. "A ramen stand!" One said.
"A cosplay café!" Another student suggested.
One after another each student gave their input as to what they want to class to do for the festival. Mai wrote each suggestion down on the chalkboard. The class spent the next twenty minutes voting on each suggestion, finally they were down to two. Though the class voted many times, it was always a tie between the two, and Mai was getting frustrated. "We can't do both a café and play! I know those two are popular, but we just can't handle both. We need to hurry up and pick one before class is over."
"If you think it is so easy choosing, why don't you pick one then?" A student said trying to make a point.
"Uh…." Mai said trying to decide between the two choices. The student was right, it was hard…. "How about we just think of something else?"
"If you can think of something more popular than a play or a cosplay café then by all means say it." Another student said.
"Then how about a haunted house?" Mai proposed without even thinking about it. In the last few festivals, the haunted house had always been pretty popular. But then again, that was before the school was actually haunted.
The class looked at Mai as if she were crazy. "Having a haunted house at a haunted school, how is that a good idea?" A student questioned.
"But still, with that being true, no other class would want to do it, so we wouldn't have to fight for it with the rest of the seniors." A boy pointed out.
The idea of a haunted house began to sound good to the class. "Yeah, and so what if the school is haunted it will only add to the effect." Another boy said.
The students began to talk amongst themselves, debating whether or not they should do the haunted house. Mai stared at the class helplessly. What had she done? She didn't think having a haunted house was such a good idea. For all she knows, it could provoke the ghosts.
Unfortunately for Mai, the boy who first sided with the idea of a haunted house, Takahashi Satoru, spoke, "Alright, we'll do it!" Satoru threw his fist in the air. The rest of the class cheered with him.
Oliver, however, sat quietly, watching the scene. He had heard about school festivals before, but never went or participated in one. Speaking of participating in one, he didn't have to do anything right? After all he wasn't even a real student, so why would he participate?
Mai skipped merrily down the hall. She was elated. For once, she was in charge of Oliver. Being class representative and all, her job was to make sure the festival preparations went smoothly and that everyone was doing their job. The situation was perfect for Mai to take revenge on Oliver.
Mai walked in the library, which was being used as the haunted house considering the classroom was too small. The preparations for the festival started almost immediately. Everyone had just began picking what jobs they were going to do. Mai walked over to Satoru-who came in second place in the vote for class representative. He also has the role as Mai's vice-class representative.
"Hey, sorry it took me so long." She greeted him.
Satoru looked up from what he was writing on the clip he was holding. He gave a friendly smile, "Don't mention it. So, did you get whatever you need from yours friend- what's her name, ah- Keiko-chan?"
Mai smiled and patted her skirt's side pocket. "Yep, so how's it going? Did everyone pick their job yet?"
Satoru gave an exasperated sigh. "Well," He handed Mai the clipboard. Mai looked over the list Satoru had compiled of everyone and their job. "Everyone, but Shibuya-san. He made it clear he didn't want to be bothered with all this."
Mai's eyes narrowed as she looked off into the distance, why wasn't she surprised? She then sighed and said, "Alright, I'll go talk to him."
Satoru sighed in relief ,glad that it was Mai that was going to have a talk with Oliver. "Good, cause to be honest I am kind of scared of that guy." He gave a weak laugh.
"Yeah, he does give off that kind of impression, doesn't he?" Mai said aloud but mostly to herself.
Mai walked past the rows of bookshelves. 'On my way here I walked past base, and only Lin was there. So the only other place he would be is here.'
Mai looked up as she neared the end of the library. 'Maybe here isn't here after all.' Mai thought as she passed the last row. From the corner her eye, Mai saw figure sitting on the ground at the end of the last row.
She turned and placed her hands on her hips as she looked at Oliver. Oliver looked quite relaxed reading a book he picked off one of the shelves. A pair of shoes entered his view. He looked up to see Mai standing over him. "Naru." She growled.
"Is there something you want?" He questioned.
"Yeah, for you to help out!" Mai glared.
"That's not going to happen." Oliver said flatly.
"But Naru, it's not fair to our classmates-!" Mai started.
"May I remind you I am not even a student here." Oliver returned the glare.
"If you attend the classes then yes you are!" Mai argued.
"Obviously, you don't know what the qualifications to be a student are." Oliver hissed.
"Look, you can deny it all you want, but it won't change the fact that I won't leave you alone until you help out." Mai crossed her arms.
There was a long silence. Then an idea came to Mai.
"Okay, fine!" Mai sighed and then perked up again. "How about this, you help me with this one chore real quick and then I will stop bothering you with helping out."
Oliver's eyes narrowed suddenly suspicious of Mai. But then again it is Mai, what harm could she do? "Alright, fine." Oliver stood and placed the book back on the bookshelf.
Mai smiled happily. "Okay, follow me!" She turned and led Oliver to the front of the library.
"What are we doing?" Oliver asked on the way.
"Getting a bucket of water." She answered.
"Why do we need a bucket of water?" Oliver questioned.
"Oh, you'll see." Mai replied as the exited the library.
They arrived in the courtyard with a bucket in hand. Mai showed Oliver to a faucet that was connected to a wall. The faucet also had a hose attached to it. Oliver squatted down, turned on the water, grabbed the hose, and pressed on the hose's head. Mai silently watched from behind as Oliver filled the bucket. When he was done, he dropped the hose and turned to face Mai. He glared, "You couldn't have done this yourself? But then again, you're such a klutz it wouldn't surprise me if-." Oliver had never seen Mai move so fast in his life. In an instant, his right wrist was handcuffed to the pipe that connected the faucet to the wall. "Wh-!"
"Keiko's dad is a cop. I thought the cuffs would come in handy if there was ever a situation like this, so I borrowed the cuffs from her today." Mai explained without Oliver even asking the question. Mai raised the hose and pointed it at Oliver. She must have grabbed it when she handcuffed Oliver.
"You wouldn't dare." Oliver said venomously.
"Try me." Mai retorted.
She was dead serious, Oliver knew. Though he didn't understand it, why would Mai do all this just because of the festival? "Mai if this is about that idiotic festival-!"
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Mai sprayed him with the hose. The look on Oliver's face was quite amusing. Mai swore that Oliver hadn't shown so much emotion since he found Eugene's body. Oliver gave a clearly stunned expression. He could not believe Mai was doing this. But that expression disappeared as soon as it came. Oliver glared at Mai, "Mai, unlock the handcuffs right now." He growled.
"No, not until you learn to say something nice!" She stated. "And also, why do you think the festival is 'idiotic' anyway?" Mai asked curiously. "I mean, it helps the school raise money and it's fun for the students so…." She trailed off.
"Though school festivals and similar events can be very beneficial, in this situation, however, it is not." Not seeming to get his point across, Oliver continued, "The school is haunted. The festival brings even more people here which means there is a better likelihood of someone getting attacked. The principal is aware of this, yet he goes along with it anyway. The principal really is an idiot."
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"Stop that!" Oliver nearly shouted. He was already dripping wet and frustrated to say the least. He felt like a chained animal. Technically, he was a chained animal.
"Not until you learn to say something nice for once!" Mai repeated.
It was clear Mai was not going to let Oliver go until did say something nice, but he has too much pride to do so. There had to be another way out.
Though they weren't the only ones in the courtyard, they went unnoticed since everyone was busy with their own thing. So the last thing Oliver expected was for any of the students to help. He didn't want their help anyway. However, there was a glint of hope when Oliver saw Lin walking towards them. "Lin!" Oliver nearly pleaded.
Lin stopped next to Mai, who was somewhat frightened by his sudden appearance. Lin looked at Oliver and then Mai. "Ah, Chinese water torture. Good choice." He said simply and then walked away.
Mai smiled to herself glad she didn't get in trouble. Oliver, however, was furious. "Lin, you lousy-!"
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"Ugh!"
A few minutes later, Lin sat at base. He was searching the history of the school on his laptop, when the base's door opened. Lin looked up to find a very soaked Oliver. Head to toe, he was dripping profusely.
"What-?" Lin asked even though he knew. He just couldn't believe Mai would take it quite this far. But then again, Oliver and Mai may just be the two most stubborn people on the planet. Though, how hard is it for Oliver to say something with added an insult to it?
Oliver glared at him and said, "Don't ask."
The early afternoon sun shown down on Mai as she waited for her two friends, Keiko and Michiru. She leaned against the school building with her bento in her hands. She stared up at the sky as her thoughts wrapped around what happened earlier that day.
She couldn't help but feel guilty about what she did to Oliver. She just wanted to teach him a lesson and she released him after a few minutes. Though he didn't say anything nice, at least he stopped saying insulting things even if it was just for a moment. Besides, if she was doing something bad, then Lin would have stopped her right? Still, she couldn't help but feel the overwhelming guilt at the pit of her stomach.
"Mai, you ready?" Michiru asked as she and Keiko walked up to Mai bringing her out of her thoughts.
"Yeah." She smiled trying to hide her troubles.
"Okay, let's go then" Keiko said. They began to walk to their usual lunch spot.
As they walked, they passed a group of boys who were snickering to each other. Mai stopped when she heard what they were saying. "Isn't that the new transfer student?" One asked.
"What a dork, reading in the corner like that." Another said.
Mai looked to where the boys where looking at. There, in the corner of the courtyard, Oliver sat at picnic table reading. For a moment, Mai was confused. Why would Oliver be outside? He had always spent the lunch breaks at base. So why…Mai suddenly understood. Since Oliver was so soaked, he had to come outside in the sun to dry or else it would take too long and he would become sick. Mai wondered if Oliver could hear the boys talking. Then again, he would probably be glaring at them if he did.
"Yeah, no wonder he doesn't have any friends. How anti-social could one person be?" A boy stated.
Mai couldn't take it anymore! She couldn't just stand by and watch Oliver be teased. "Mai?" Michiru and Keiko called out as Mai walked full speed toward Oliver. Mai sat down in front of Oliver, whipped her head around and glared at the boys showing them that Oliver does have friend.
Oliver did his best to keep himself from flinching at Mai's sudden arrival. "What do you want?" Oliver eyes her suspiciously not trusting her anymore.
She huffed, though her eyes where filled with determination. "Look, I know we have a rough past, but I think it is time for us to overlook it. So what do you say, " She held out her right hand. "Friends?"
(A/N: Well, I have two things to say. One, yes I know that wasn't actual Chinese water torture. And two, sorry if Naru and/or Mai was ooc. I thought Mai would have a little more spunk now that she is older. As for Naru, I just want him to act a little more his age (and human)
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