File 6.
Filtering the Ghosts.
Mai looked up from the small mountain of paperwork when the phone began to ring, she picked it up and answered quickly "yes, this is Shibuya Psychic Research?" "is your boss in?" Mai recognized the voice and perfect timing was that Naru came out of his office, she waved at him and he came over "yes he is, here!" the last word was said to Naru as she gave the phone to him and returned to her own work.
Naru took the phone and walked some meters away from Mai while talking into the phone, then his face changed and Mai looked up from her work "if you just wanted that, you could have asked my assistant!" he sounded annoyed "ho.. that guy managed to make Naru annoyed, not that hard, but still!"
Naru handed Mai the phone, who looked at it and heard the beeping sound from it so she put it down "what was that about?" she asked, Naru looked at her "someone who wants our help.. apparently and.." he leaned down towards Mai "the clock's 5.30 pm, we have to leave now though" he pulled her to her feet and kissed her lightly "now come on!" Mai nodded red-faced.
When they exited the SPR office, both Mai and Naru noticed a shadow lurking around corner, Mai turned away and Naru quickly lead her to the car.
"Mai?" Naru asked when they had buckled up, she didn't look at him, just gazing out of the window and Naru frowned, he took a hold of her wrist and forced her to turn to him "Mai, it's okay, the police is gonna catch him!" with this he let her go and focused on getting the car onto the road and get to the police-station.
When they entered the station, Naru had almost wanted them to be coming in to see the stalker behind one-way mirror, not talk about the stalker like he was a fly that always desided to buzz in when they where together, the officer lead them to a separate room and they all sat down, then the officer began "I'm glad you could come on such a short notice.. we ha managed to make of profile on the stalker, but we haven't managed to take him down yet, he's as slippery as a snake.." she said, Mai nodded somewhat stiffly, but didn't falter in fear or anger.
Naru looked at the officer before he looked at Mai and she looked at Mai too "altough this is short, we don't want to scare you, but we still want you both to be more cautious" they talked some more and half an hour went by as quick as an hour came and went.
"Then, please don't do anything rash" she told them as they where about to leave, Naru looked at the officer as he told Mai to wait in the corridor, the officer smiled and Mai looked at them once more before she nodded and walked out of the room "Shibuya-san right.. are you two perhaps a couple?" Naru went into a nice shade of red, the officer took this as a yes and smiled "it's okay, it's just that we want you to be more... what should we call it.." "over her?" Naru said simply "yes, please do and.. we still don't know why he hadn't made any moves so far, but be on your toes and take care" the lady told him before Naru left, taking Mai's hand before he dragged her out of the station.
Mai stared up at him as he only let her go to get into the car, when he also had gotten into the car, she didn't take on her seat-belt, instead she reached out for Naru's hand and touched it slightly and he turned to her "Mai?" "um.. are we.. um, since we.. er.." she stumbled in her words and blushed, then he understood "yes we are!" he said, as if he had known what she was about to say all along, her blush deepened and Naru found it incredible cute "yes Mai, we're what they'd call a couple!" he said again, hoping it would darken the blush, wich it did.
"O-Oliver.." she whispered as Naru pulled her into a deep kiss and he didn't let go before they where both in need of air.
"Mai.." a pale blush appeared "I lover you, it's not weird that two people get together when they love each other!" he told her and she giggled "I know Oliver, I love you too!" she leaned in a captured his lips "but shouldn't we get back to the office, you still haven't told me what case, who and when that client will arrive" this made him frown slightly, then he smirked "sure, maybe you'll be able to finish all of that paperwork tonight for once!" Mai pouted "Oliver!" he chuckled and started the car "get buckled up Mai" and she did, with a smile of happiness full on her face.
"When will I be going back to my apartement by the way?" Mai asked as they speed towards their office, he didn't look at her when she asked, just smirked to himself "when it's necessary to do so.. not yet though, that stalker's still around you know!" Mai frowned and turned away "don't you think I know that!" he looked at her from the corner of his eyes and took her hand, he hadn't realised that he had struck a nerve.
"Sorry Mai.." she turned to him, a pink flush painting her cheeks "it's okay.." she breathed out and smiled, a smile that made Naru's heart ached for more.
Day 2.
Mai yawned and sat up in the bed, noticing it wasn't just here in the room, she turned in the bed and nearly shrieked.
One hand snaked around her waist and she yelped "there's still hours till work yet Mai, at least stay for those hours!" a male voice caught in her ears and she blushed "O-O-Oliver!" she was pulled down into the bed again and forced to stay still, she blushed hard and at Naru before she thought of how the heck he had gotten into her bed, wait, her bed? She looked around, this wasn't the room Naru had borrowed her!
"O-Oliver, w-what am I doing i-in your b-bedroom?" she tried to sound calm, but failed just as much as ever.
"Of course, you walked in here!" this made Mai turn to him, then she noticed that his shirt was partly opened, showing most of his fair chest and even stomach, she gawked and thought she might be able to get up some memories if she thought even harder, but her head only ached.
"Mai?" "w-what happened.. I remember us coming here, having dinner.. and wine.. wait.. wine!" she bolted upright, but winced and fell down on the pillows with a groan "yes Mai, wine and you where almost wasted.. you climbed into my bed about midnight and snuggled against my chest like some cat!" she didn't see a little smirk appear on his face when she covered her face with her hands to cover her embarassement.
Naru pulled away her hands "Mai.." he said, she looked into his eyes and nearly melted "I.. um, did I do something else?" she asked low and almost hesitatingly, his smiled grew "well, you could say that..." Mai groaned "I'm so sorry..." she mumbled, but Naru stopped her "it's nothing to be sorry for, we're together aren't we?" she nodded looked down "but still.." Naru kissed her "it's okay I said, now sleep, there's.. five hours till work yet" Mai nodded again and cuddled against Naru, his warm arms was wrapped around her and she soon fell asleep against the warm and very cozy chest, listening to his soft breathing.
6 Hours Later.
"Hn?" Mai turned her head and looked at the clock, the sun was already coming into the window and it wasn't supposed to do that 6 am in the morning right?
She focused her eyes on the clock once more and gaped, 7 am and she shoot up with a shout "Oliver!" she said and shook Naru, who was to most people's surprise, yet asleep "what is it Mai?" he opened a single, sleepy eye and looked at her "we've overslept.. it's 7 am already!" she said and now he was fully awake, he shoot up and quickly tossed the sheets aside and strode over the floor to get some other, black-as-usual-clothes and he barely looked at Mai who was stumbling across the floor with a heavy look in her eyes "Mai, you should stay at home!" Mai glared at him "think not, the client is coming over today"
Naru sighted "it's own fault for having a hangover, but you'll only tire yourself out and then you'll be a bother to the client!" Mai pouted at first, then she thought of it "sorry of being a bother then" she slumped down on the bed and looked down on her hands, suddenly arms where around her and Naru was hugging her "I'm sorry Mai, I only meant that to make you rest more, you remember what the doctor said right!" she looked up at him and flashed a quick smile "of course I do, but a lot better now.. and hangover.. I didn't think you could get one from drinking wine"
Naru raised an eyebrow "well, with the speed you used to take down almost a whole bottle for yourself, it's not weird at all, plus, people can get hangover of wine too, if they drink too much and too fast!" Mai huffed.
"Well, I'm coming anyway, you'll need tea right and that's one of my tasks!" Mai said and stood up, Naru chuckled "stubborn as ever!" then he kissed her lightly "okay, but be careful and don't tire yourself too much!" Mai nodded and grabbed her clothes, then she flinched and let them go "yuck, need other clothes, they stink!" then she disappeared out of the door, seconds later Naru had also disappeared out of the room, leaving it with a look of someone who had a very doubtful night and dirty as well.
They used nearly half an hour to get to the office, when they arrived, they where greeted by a smiling Lin, who had a very annoyed glint in his eyes, this made Naru and Mai cast nervous glances at each other and sprint to each their place.
Well inside his office, Naru threw himself over the files he already knew by memory, as he read them for the hundred time, someone knocked on the door and Lin entered.
"Naru.. why where you late today, it's not like you.." Lin stated and Naru glanced over at him "we overslept, that's all" Lin's eyes widened slightly "we? He can't mean.." "you mean to say that even you overslept?" Naru turned to him fully now, annoyed by the Chinese man's questions "yes, I can oversleep too.. Mai just had a little to much to drink last night and ended up as a mess in the morning!" "ho.. another excuse now!" Lin thought, but nodded and let it at that "there was one call in the hour you weren't here" he let the word you struck a higher tone just to tell Naru what he was messing with now.
Naru nodded, seemingly he had ignored the 'you' and moved on "who?" "same as yesterday, but he refuses to talk with Taniyama-san.. at all costs" this made Naru frown "not some 'I don't like women at all' guys it?" Lin looked at him before he turned away "he'll arrive in an hour or earlier.. be prepared" he left, this wasn't something Lin would usually say so it hit Naru that maybe Lin had understood something from the tone in the clients voice, something slightly dangerous!
It only took half an hour until the client arrive, Mai had gotten a hold of his name, Ukema Yoshimo, but she hadn't expected him to be an older man with such a scary look on his face.
When Mai opened the door for him and welcomed him inside, he just gave her a disgusted look and sat down on one of the couches as if he owned the place "bring me your boss!" he demanded, Mai, who was already on her way to do so, felt annoyance rise, but smiled and said she would do so.
"Naru, he's here!" she said coldly as she entered his office, Naru turned to her and nodded "tea!" "already on it!" the door was closed and she was gone, but he knew she hadn't said it, she had thought it.
Mai entered the kitchen in a hurry, she had tried to avoid the man as she had passed him and told Lin before heading off to make tea, every time his eyes landed on her, she felt his hate and disgust like it was in her clothes and on her body, she shivered slightly as she made the tea and walked somewhat unwillingly out into the open area.
"Ukema Yoshimo right.. what is the case?" Naru said, trying to sound as cold as he could, both he and Lin had noticed the look Yoshimo gave Mai.
"Ghost.. apparently" he said, seemingly he was trying to glare holes into Mai's head as she crouched beside the table and sat out the three cups on tea, Naru took his and took a long sip, before he sat it down and returned to the task beforehand "what do you mean, could you describe it?" Yoshimo turned his eyes to Naru and Mai was pretty sure that if it hadn't been Naru who was sitting there, the other person would have screamed and run off in fright.
"Things falling over, being moved and even voices, I'm the only one living in my house now since the rest has left, apparently they all where ''victims'' to this 'thing' that lives in my house and no one dares to come close anymore!" Yoshimo said with his usual glare, Naru didn't respond at first, maybe because he had caught a little of Mai's thoughts "I doubt they left because of spirit" it almost made him smile
"Have you gone through anything like that lately then?" Naru asked, just to make sure "no, not really... but if I want to have my servants back, I need to get these so-called ghosts out of my house!" his voice was a little louder now, but Naru still looked right at him with his own cold eyes.
"Hm.. then, Mai.. could you.." he voice faded when he saw the disgust on Yoshimo's face "just hold her hand or something Ukema-san" he said, the man still looked rather mad at him, but did as he suggested, Mai reached out her hand and they barely touched before Yoshimo pulled his hand back as if burnt badly and this didn't make Naru any less angrier.
Mai thought, had a different look on her face, she didn't seem to even sense the others in the room anymore, just zooning off.
When the client had left, Naru walked over to Mai and put his hands on her shoulder and she flinched, Mai looked up and smiled, a forced smile "Mai?" "I don't think it's worth it, since there aren't any real spirits there, only minor, like fox-spirits and such.. but.." she fell silent and Naru felt a sudden urge to shake her up "the main cause to all those spirits appearing and hurting those that lives there except that Ukema-san, he is the cause.." she said and Naru nodded and noticed that Lin had left for his own office, tea in hand of course.
Naru hugged the woman and nearly laughed out loud when she spluttered words and blushed "Mai, that man, on this case, don't go anywhere near him when your alone!" Mai raised an eyebrow, but nodded as she buried her face into his chest "Oliver.. I love you so much.. thank you" she whispered and Naru could help but to pull her up into a kiss.
"O-Oliver?" they pulled away and looked into each other's eyes, Naru let her go and pulled up the file as Mai grabbed the back of his dress-jacket "Mai?" just then, the door went open and four or five people scurried into the warm office, taking cold air with them.
Mai let go off Naru at once and turned away to continue on her work, neither looked at each other as the other people sat down on the couch, then Bou smirked as he noticed their reaction "did we come at a bad time?" he smirked even more when John blushed and Masako glared at Mai.
Naru sat down before them "not really.. new case, tomorrow, 4 pm.. the client lives in Hitachiomiya, Ukema Yoshimo, he lives alone now because what's left of the family or whatever he has in his house has left because of spirits.." they all nodded as Mai brought in tea to them all and served it to them before she went over to her own paperwork.
After five hours they all left though, except Bou just had to go over to Mai before he left "you know, you don't have to hide your relationship with Naru-chan" he said, Mai jerked her head at him "what?" "Mai-chan, it's obvious, John is a little dim, so is Masako, but I bet Lin-san knows.. even Ayako does you know!" Mai turned bright red and nodded "o-okay" "it's sad though.." he said and sounded so dramatic Mai couldn't hold back her laughter "hah?" she managed to get out before he pulled her into one of his bear-hugs "cuz you didn't tell you big-brother before, I could've helped a lot you know!" Mai quickly pushed him away "no thank you! anyway things are fine already!"
Bou smirked "ho.. you managed on you own then!" he laid a hand on the woman's head and ruffled her hair, she shouted and swatted his hand away "yes we did.. now what else do you want?" she tried to sound strict, but couldn't hold her smile away when he pouted.
"Oh well.. as long as your happy I'm happy, we all are you know, see you tomorrow then Mai-chan!" then he left, leaving her with a dark red face.
Mai took up her pen and knotted some words before she put the paper away "at least I've managed to get away over half of the paperwork today, wonder why!" she thought and winced when she thought to much "argh.. I hate hangovers.. stupid, stupid headache.. and stupid Mai!" she thought to herself, albeit headache getting worse.
"Mai, are you finished?" Naru voice through the room and Mai looked up at him "close.. why?" "I thought of leaving for today, you still have a hangover right?" a vein showed in Mai's head and she winced, Naru chuckled "thought so, you try to finish what you can in ten minutes, then we'll leave" "um.. it's almost 3 pm though.." Naru glared and Mai sweat-dropped.
"S-sure.. I'll finish up what I can!" Mai sighted in defeat and returned to her new or old task, whatever you'd call it.
Mai had never felt that ten minutes could go by so slow, it was like a snail could have raced passed it by now and Mai was struggling with her fifth paper and the next last one too.
Then the clock struck 3 pm and Mai threw her pen into her pen holder, folded her papers as nice as she could managed, wich consists off stuffing them into a work folder and put it onto a drawer in the desk, then she got up as Naru exited his own office "good timing!" Mai said and smiled, she stumbled across the floor and took her jacket.
"Mai?" "hm?" "you have a bad hangover or did it just get worse?" this earned him a playful slap in the shoulder "Oliver, you know it's not that bad!" she said and opened the door to leave.
"Mai!" Naru said and Mai turned, just then, he pulled her into a deep kiss and she melted at once, not sensing the danger from down the stairs, as Naru continues to kiss her, she heard giggeling and opened a single eye, then she blushed even harder "no.. OLIVER!"
A longer one... and woah.. so much at once, that part where they where so romantic in the office, I thought of letting the rest of the gang come in and see them, but nah.. leave that for later ^_^
should be happy now right, this it 8 pages in total!