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Mai laid her head on her desk in utter boredom. She had finished her filing about an hour ago, and Naru wasn't calling her for tea. In fact he hadn't all day, instead he was having Lin bring it to him. She tried to rack her brain as to why Naru would be mad at her, but she couldn't figure it out. He's actually been acting this way for three weeks. Mai was thinking about going and asking him when the bell rang, signaling a client. She ran to the door plastering a smile on her face to greet them.

"Hello, welcome to Shibuya Psychic Research. I'm Taniyama Mai, do you have an appointment?"

Mai knew the person didn't have one, because Naru hadn't accepted a single person to come in since they got back from their case. Lin had claimed it was to let the team rest, but everyone was showing up constantly asking if there was a case.

"Uh no. I'm sorry. We just need your help, my mother will be here in just a moment. Please help us."

Mai nodded and sat the boy on the couch. She went and knocked on Lin's door. "Lin, we have a client."

She heard him grunt, so she turned around to get Naru, "Taniyama-san, Let me get Shibuya-san, you go make tea."

Mai sighed, but did as she was told. She put on enough water for five then sat there to ponder her thoughts. Naru hasn't as much as looked at her since there last case. When she tried to talk to him about what had happened he had responded, 'Mai, I pay you to work, not to sit here and talk.' So he probably doesn't even care about it. Then she remembered what Gene had told her. She decided she would ask him before she left for work. She also wanted to find out more about Gene. He hadn't been in her dreams lately. The tea pot whistled, and Mai turned around, and began making the tea. Once finished she took it out and handed it to Naru and Lin, then handed it to the woman and her son. Mai turned and noticed that Naru had sat at the end of the couch, with Lin sitting in the middle. She mentally sighed and joined the others on the couch.

"I believe it is my husband."

Mai realized she had been so lost in thought that she hadn't heard a word the woman was saying. She looked over at Lin who was still typing away. She was about to question when Naru spoke up.

"We will take the case. We need a room with a lot of outlets to use as a base, then we need two rooms for sleeping. We will see you tomorrow evening. Leave your information with my assistant." And with that he stood up and retreated to his lair.

Mau stood up and got their information, then called the others telling them to be there tomorrow. She returned to her desk and began refiling stuff, just to stay busy. After about an hour Lin came out of his office, saying that he needed to run into town, and to call him if anything was needed. I smiled and waved until he walked out the door, then bolted it to Naru's door. She stood there for a few seconds not sure what to do, then just took a deep breath and walked in. His head shot up and he had a dark look in his eyes.

"If I wanted everyone to just walk in, I wouldn't have put a door up."

Mai shrinked a little at his anger but kept walking, until she was right next him behind his desk. "Why are you so angry at me? Why won't you look at me or talk to me? What did I do?"

He looked down back at the book he had in his hands, "I believe that I am able to do as I please without running it by you first Mai. Now if you are finished bothering me, go back to work."

Mai took the book out of his hands and sat it on the desk, but his face didn't move, "Naru. It wasn't your fault." He flinched and that confirmed that was the problem, "You weren't the one doing it. You were possessed, it was by no means your fault."

"Mai. Go finish your work, then go home."

"No Naru! We need to talk about this, or are you just going to avoid me for the rest of your life?!"

"Mai I said.."

"Answer me Naru!"

Oliver stood up, and put his hands on Mai's shoulders, "Mai I nearly raped you! I tried to rape and kill you! It doesn't matter that I was possessed, it was still me!"

Mai smacked him across the face, causing him to let go of her and looked at her stunned, "Stop that. The Naru I knew would never believe something so bad done by another would be his fault as well. I know it wasn't you, I'm not afraid to be around you. I still trust you, so why can't you do the same. Before this case you never had those types of actions, another man doing them now makes you believe that you are actually capable of doing that? Maybe you aren't as smart as I thought you were then."

Oliver looked at Mai, then looked down at the ground.

"Naru."

When his lips met hers, her heart stopped beating for a moment, and everything in the world felt complete. His lips were soft and gentle, but it felt like he needed this kiss as much as she had wanted it. When he finally pulled away he stared at Mai's blushing face and smiled.

"Thank you."

Mai was still speechless, as she watched him walk over to his as if nothing had just happened. After a few moments she turned around and began to walk out of his office.

"And Mai?"

"Hmm.."

"Tea."

This is just a setup chapter for the next case, and I wanted to bring in a little romance. R&R and have a great day!