A/N:- Hiya folks! I'm back with the next installment! This time there were 7 reviews! Wow! So...
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Naru's POV
I sighed and strolled over to the doorway where the now unconscious medium lay. I gently scooped her up off the floor and lay her on one of the sofas. 'I wonder what kind of trouble he's gotten into now.' I let out a growl of irritation at how well timed the trouble always seems to be. Turning to Mai and the two blonde siblings, I ordered them to look after the base and the fallen medium whilst I went to the next room to investigate the problem. The boy had a look in his eyes that I didn't quite like, but I decided to go investigate the second danger magnet first.
As if you couldn't already tell I'm referring to Gene. He was always getting into trouble when we were little. From falling down in random places to being possessed, he seriously is like a male Mai.
I walked into the room mentally sighing and making sure I looked like I didn't want to be there so that someone would hopefully hurry up and tell me the problem with my brother this time. What I saw almost made me burst out laughing. Almost. I was expecting something along the lines of 'Gene's possessed again.' and what I got was the most hilarious and satisfying scene ever.
Gene was laid out on one of the sofas, obviously having passed out for some reason, and Mother was sat next to him mopping up a nosebleed he seemed to have had.
"Ah, Noll, I'm glad you're here! Could you look after your brother? Your father, Lin and I have somewhere we need to go." Mother informed me in her usual cheery manner.
"Alright, but first could you elaborate on what has happened to him?" I asked slightly begrudgingly. It's not that I didn't want to look after him, okay maybe it is, it's just that I'd have rather been in the other room keeping an eye on Mai and the sneaky ten-year old I'd left with her. Okay, so his sister was also there as well as Magnolia, but it still doesn't make me feel any less suspicious of that kid's motives.
"Well, don't tell Gene I told you this, but when Lin got about halfway through his speech on 'intimate relationships' your brother suddenly had a nosebleed and passed out. That Nolie girl went to find you and I haven't seen her since."
"I see. Miss Gray also passed out upon relaying to me that Gene was in trouble so she is resting next door." I told Mother.
"Ah, I see. Well, if you don't mind we really need to get going." Mother said, standing and handing me the tissue she'd been dabbing Gene's nose with.
My parents and Lin left and I sat down on the sofa to wait for Gene to regain consciousness. I heard a small groan and a cough a few minutes later and I turned slightly to see Gene's eyes flutter open.
"I see you're awake. Congratulations on your failure as a man!" I stated, smirking at Gene who was now scowling.
"And just what do you mean by that?" Gene asked, shifting into a sitting position.
"I'm talking about your inability to handle a simple talk." Gene started glaring at me after I said that. 'Is that really what my face looks like when I glare at people? No wonder nobody but Mai argues with me! Then again she's too dense not to.'
"Says the guy who couldn't tell a girl he liked her or tell another guy to back off when they were obviously flirting with said girl." He spat.
"Oh yeah? Well at least I am able to control myself enough to sit through an entire talk without passing out! At what exact part in the process that was being explained did you have that nosebleed? Oh, let me guess, you didn't even make it to some of the better parts!" I snorted, unable to believe he was trying to lecture me on my failings when he'd just managed one of the biggest and most idiotic things in the world, fainting at a simple talk on 'intimate relationships'.
"Like you did any better." Gene snapped.
"Actually I did. You wouldn't know that though as you were possessed at the time." I stated.
"Whatever!" He huffed.
I heard shouting coming from the next room and decided to return to my Mai and find out what was going on this time. I stopped just outside the door so I could listen in on what was being said to gain a better perspective on the situation. What I heard angered me to the core.
"Zachary Phillips I can't believe you would do such a thing! How dare you!" Magnolia's voice shouted. I'm guessing she too had recovered then. I had never heard her shout before and never wanted to again as she sounded furious. 'I wonder what that kid did.'
"I don't see what the big deal is…" Zach began before being cut off by the livid medium.
"You don't see what the big deal is? Well, let's start with the fact that she is six years older than you…" Magnolia stated. 'Six years older? The only person in that room that is six years older than him is…NO! I am not having this!" Miss Gray was still speaking. "...She doesn't understand a word you are saying and if her boyfriend finds out you are toast!"
"Oh, he is more than toast!" I growled, bursting into the room. "He is dead!" Mai was sat on one of the sofas looking slightly traumatised with the fourteen-year old comforting her. Upon seeing me enter, she ran to me and buried her face in my chest whilst I wrapped my arms around her and tried to calm her. I glared at the boy with full force.
"What did he do?" I asked Magnolia in a seething tone.
"He decided it would be fun to hit on Mai and well, she obviously didn't know what he wanted and by the time Louise told her it was too late, he'd tried to kiss her." The medium informed.
"Naru it's okay, don't." Mai tried, knowing the fate that had just befallen the child.
"No Mai, it's not. You, come here now!" I ordered. Zach looked terrified to say the least. He slowly made his way towards us. "How dare you even think about messing with this young lady! Not only are your actions rude they are not going to be tolerated. Mai is mine and what you did has made me extremely angry. I suggest you not only apologize to Mai for causing her such embarrassment but you apologize to me also for even trying that!"
"Yes Sir. I'm sorry Sir for hitting on Mai, it was wrong of me." He whimpered.
"And what about saying sorry to Mai?" I suggested, my glare still present.
"Um…I don't know how to as she doesn't understand English and I…um…I don't know how to say that in Japanese." Zach mumbled. I decided to take pity on the boy a little and tell him what to say. Mai hadn't really been paying attention as we had been talking in nothing but English, instead she had been busy snuggling her head next to my chest.
"Mai come sit on the sofa with me, Zach has something he'd like to say to you." We both sat on the sofa and I had Zach stand between us so I could whisper in his ear what he needed to say.
"Okay Zach, repeat after me. Mai, I am very sorry…" I whispered in his ear in Japanese. He repeated what I had said to him whilst looking at Mai. "…for what I did. I did not mean to cause you embarrassment and I won't do it again. Now bow to her to show your sincerity." Zach completed what I had told him to say and did as he was told by bowing. Mai giggled a little.
"That's alright and thank you for the apology." Mai said returning Zach's bow a little awkwardly due to her seated position.
"What did she say? I think I caught a thank you, but what was the rest?" The boy asked returning to his usual hyper self.
"She said that it's okay and she thanks you for the apology." I answered. Gene appeared in the doorway at that moment.
"So here's where you ran off to." He said. He then must have seen that Zach looked like he'd gotten in trouble for something as he sighed. "What was it this time?" Gene makes it sound like this is a natural everyday occurrence.
"This Brat decided to hit on Mai." I informed him.
"Oh did he now? Zach, I warned you not to get up to anything on the way here and now I find out you did exactly that. I swear, I can't take my eyes off you for five minutes can I?" Gene snarled. I have never seen him this angry before, well, except maybe that one time he stepped in when someone was being bullied at school. "Get over here! You're coming with me to make some tea as an additional apology to these two." Zach trailed over to Gene morosely and was then towed out of the room by said person.
"Um…Louise, why don't you and I…check out the garden, yeah, that's it why don't we check out the garden?" Magnolia suggested to the blonde teen. She obviously wanted Mai and I to have a little time alone before the other two came back with our tea. Louise looked like she got the hint as she nodded vigorously and practically ran out the door with Miss Gray following. Mai snuggled up to me.
"You know Naru, that was really sweet of you to help Zach." She stated. I let out a grunt as it wasn't like I wanted to help him he was just unable to apologise properly so I took it upon myself to make sure he could and did. I guess Mai realized she wasn't going to get much more than that out of me on the subject so she changed it.
"What was the problem with Gene?" Mai asked. A smirk crossed my features, remembering the cause of the original emergency. "Ooh, this looks like it'll be interesting." Mai commented seeing my expression. "Please do tell as I am all ears."
"Oh, I think you're more than ears Mai." I said slyly, wondering if she would get what I meant. She apparently did as she smacked my chest lightly.
"And you think I'm crude." She declared, settling her head back in its original spot on my shoulder. I chuckled a little and she looked up at me a little stunned.
"What, have you never heard a guy laugh before?" I asked. She shook her head, less in the 'no' sense and more in the 'never mind' sense.
"You were going to tell me about what was wrong with Gene." Mai prompted.
"Oh yeah, well, what happened was…"
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