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~Jealousy in the office~

Chapter 2

It was almost time for Mai to head on home for the night. But before she did, she decided she needed to ask Naru—who she had been avoiding since the incident in the bathroom earlier—if they were going to accept the case or not as he hadn't said anything about it. She slowly made her way towards his office, dreading the awkwardness that would befall them. She hesitated a bit before she finally knocked on his door.

"Come in." Naru called glancing up briefly from some book. Mai shyly stepped into his office.

"A-Are we going to take the case?" She asked looking down at her shoes. "I-I need to know so I can c-call them."

Naru sighed. "Yes, we are taking the case." His voice seemed irritated as he spoke.

"Okay..." Mai said turning around to exit the room. As the door shut Naru sighed, running a hand through his hair. Great. Now she's awkward. He thought. What was he suppose to do now?

Meanwhile Mai was asking herself the same thing.

"That was so awkward." She groaned, making her way over to her desk. She had to call Mr. Nakamura and tell him they accepted his case before she thought about anything else though. He needed some sort of peace to know that they were coming. Quickly picking up the phone, she dialed the number and waited for someone to pick up. She briefly hoped that it wasn't Takumi who would answer the phone.

"Hello?" A voice on the other end asked. Well I jinxed myself. Mai thought.

"Uhh...Takumi, it's Mai..."

"Oh hey! Did you change your mind about that date?" He asked, his tone seemingly hopeful.

"Ah...no, I didn't. I'm just calling to let you know that my boss has accepted your case...so if you could tell your father for me..." Mai trailed off, alluding.

"Ah, of course... Did you need anything done before your arrival?" Takumi inquired.

"Ah yes, we'll need at least three rooms. One to set up base in with lots of outlets, and a room for the girls and a room for the boys." She replied.

"Alright," He agreed. "when will you be coming?"

"Tomorrow, around 10 o'clock in the morning."

"Okay. Can't wait to see you again, Mai." Takumi told her before he hung up. Placing the phone down, Mai sighed. This is going to be one long case. She thought. She plopped down in her chair and wondered how Naru and Takumi were going to act this time.

"Let's just hope they don't kill each other before it's over." She muttered.

"If he stays out of my way then we shouldn't have a problem." Came Naru's monotonous voice. Mai jumped in surprise.

"NARU! Don't scare me like that!" She scolded. Naru walked closer to Mai's desk with a small smirk on his face. She blinked before getting up to move away.

"Mai." Naru called out, telling her to stay there. She blinked, doing as she was told. The awkward feeling was back again. Why did he have to come out of his office?!

"Y-yes, Naru?" Mai asked, breaking the silence that had taken over. Naru sighed as he stopped in front of Mai.

"Mai... Are you acting this way because of what I said earlier?" He asked, already knowing the answer.

"N-no, of course not." Mai stuttered staring at the ground. Naru couldn't help but frown. Looking up, Mai noticed this and immediately felt guilty. But how did he expect her to act? He just left her in the bathroom blushing madly as she wondered whether it was some kind of a love confession or he was just teasing her. "S-so... did you need something?" Mai asked, cursing her stutter. Her boss pressed his lips in a firm line.

"Just... Don't be late tomorrow."

Mai was slightly disappointed but quickly perked up.

"Yes Sir!" She said sarcastically. Naru gave a nod. He stared at her with an indecisive look for a few moments before he hesitantly went back into his office. Sighing, Mai grabbed her stuff and headed towards the door to go home for the night. She paused in the doorway and glanced back at Naru's closed door.

What had she really been hoping for him to do anyway? I mean this was Naru. Did she really think he would give her some heartfelt, romantic confession of un-dying love? Mai scoffed a bit. Of course Naru wouldn't. He would never do something like that; he was probably just teasing her earlier when they were in the bathroom. She felt stupid for even considering such a ridiculous idea. Well, She thought. I'm not going to expect anything else from him. Like Naru would ever love me... I'm pretty sure that the only one he could love is himself. Mai giggled slightly at the thought.

She let out a sigh and made her way out of the office, closing the door behind her. She could already feel fatigue getting to her. It was high time she got some much needed rest before the case. She sure will need it. Who knows what Takumi will do. Or Naru for that matter. She shivered at the mere thought. She just had to make sure they were a good distance away from each other. Even if Naru was just teasing her about how he's the only one who can flirt with her, it was painfully clear that Naru and Takumi hated each other's guts.

The question is how do I keep them away from each other? Mai asked herself. After thinking long and hard about it as she laid in her bed, Mai gave up for right now. I guess I'll just have to see how things start off tomorrow. Getting rid of any thoughts she slowly allowed herself to drift to sleep.

The next morning Mai jumped out of her bed when she looked at her clock. She was late. Like always.

"Oh no! Naru's going to kill me!" She shouted, rushing around her apartment to get ready. She also had to hurriedly pack her bag to carry on the case and then ran out of her apartment. Bursting through the office doors, she breathed heavily. Naru was coming at of his office at that exact moment and he paused mid-step when he caught sight of her. He stared at her for a few moments as Mai tried to catch her breath.

"This doesn't even surprise me anymore." He deadpanned.

"Oh shut up!" Mai grumbled, still attempting to get her breathing back to normal. Naru smirked.

"Is that any way to speak to your boss?" He asked. Despite her glare, Mai couldn't help but blush a bit. "By the way Mai... You're late." He stated, condescending smirk still in place. Mai puffed out her cheeks and huffed.

"Yeah, I know so why don't you tell me something I don't know, you jerk?!" Mai snapped as she finally got her breath back. Naru raised an eyebrow.

"If I started telling you things you don't know, I don't think your small amount of brain cells could store the information."

Mai's face started to get redder and redder.

"You are such a-"

"Naru, everything is ready." Lin informed as he stepped into the room, cutting Mai off. Mai glared at him.

"Alright. Mai quit fooling around." Naru ordered. Mai dropped her mouth.

"What?! I wasn't doing...you were the one..." She flabbergasted. Naru simply smirked, walking towards the van. Mai huffed again and ran towards Naru to catch up with him.

"Where are the others?"

"They'll meet us there." He replied, sliding into his seat in the van.

"Greaaaat." She said sarcastically. Ignoring the comment, Naru pulled out his black notebook *cough death note cough* and began reading. Glaring, Mai climbed into the van too. They then began their way to the Nakamura's. The trip was only an hour, but within ten minutes Mai was getting irritated with the silence. So she decided to fill it.

"Hey Naru?"

Naru sighed. "What is it, Mai?"

Mai pouted. "I'm bored." She stated. Her boss gave her a sideways glance.

"And?" He asked, exasperated.

"And I'm bored! Don't you have anything fun to do?" She asked. Naru picked up a file that he had beside him and placed it on Mai's lap.

"Read."

"B-but that's boring!" Mai whined as she pouted again. Naru tried to hide his smirk.

"Only because your brain can't comprehend what you're reading." He provoked. Mai couldn't help but turn red from anger.

"Naru, you're such a jerk!" She bellowed.

Poor Lin, who was innocently driving, winced at her tone. Did they always have to do this every time? Why couldn't they be quiet for once? He almost laughed at the thought. Naru and Mai, quiet? It was simply impossible. Naru just had to always rile up his poor assistant. It was like it made his little world go around. Said person smirked.

"At least I have the brain cells to read."

"You. Are so. Infuriating!" Mai yelled as she glared her Naru.

"If you don't want to read the book then that's your problem." He stated, ignoring the comment and turning back to his book. Mai pouted and crossed her arms.

"All I really asked for was for you to talk to me..." She grumbled to herself.

"We did talk. But I have better things to do than mess around. Why don't you make yourself useful and read over the case notes?" Naru asked, his eyes never leaving the page. Mai didn't say anything to Naru and looked at the file on her lap. Sighing, she opened it and began reading. It wasn't long before her eyes began to get heavy. She tried her best to stay awake, but she failed miserably. It wasn't anymore than a minute before she was completely out of it. Little did she know that when she had fallen asleep, her head had fallen on to Naru's shoulder.

Naru, who had not been expecting it, snapped his head up and blinked down at her in surprise. Slowly a very small smile formed on his face. He was glad she was back to her old self from yesterday. It was slightly awkward. He hadn't meant for it to go like that. But then again, this was Mai. What did he expect? She always interpreted things the wrong way. But then again, they wouldn't have Mai any other way. He wouldn't have her any other way. She's absolutely fine the way she is. Perfect even and there isn't many that he found perfect. After all, he is Naru.

But the only thing he wished for was just that she'd understand by what he meant yesterday... Apparently he's going to have to show her in a different way. He smirked at the thought. He's sure he could come up with many ways to get her to understand. He is a genius after all. He just had to make sure that, that Takumi stays away from Mai also. He growled under his breath. There was no way he was letting that guy anywhere near his Mai.

He looked down at Mai who was still sleeping on his shoulder. His eyes softened slightly. He wondered what kind of expression she would make when she woke up. It was sure to be interesting. It always was.

The rest of the car ride had been quiet since Mai was asleep.

"Naru." Lin stated. "We're here."

The young man glanced at his female assistant once again and sighed. He really didn't want to move from their position or wake Mai up, but he had to. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed Lin smirk at his hesitance to wake the woman. Naru secretly glared at Lin. Turning to the task at hand he gently shook Mai.

"Mai...wake up." He called out.

Mai groaned. "Five more minutes."

"We're here, Mai, so stop lacking off." He ordered before he stiffened a bit when he felt Mai grab his arm and nestle more into him. A few seconds later he got used to it. Now he really didn't want to wake her... Naru mentally cursed.

Damn it. Why was she so cute?

"Naru..." He heard Lin call him again. "If you're that hesitant to wake her we could just leave her in the van until we have all the equipment in the house. The others can take Mai's place." Naru glared.

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Fine..." Lin began slyly. "I guess we could get that Takumi boy to come out here and get Mai then he could watch over her..." Naru automatically became stiff.

"That won't be necessary. Start unloading the van, she'll be up soon." Naru replied with his infamous glare. Hiding his ever-growing smirk, Lin turned and got out the van. Pinching his nose in annoyance, Naru turned to his assistant. "Mai." He said sharply. "Get up. Now." Mai groaned but still showed no signs of waking. Naru sighed and leaned forward, hoping that if he moved it would wake her. Mai groaned again.

"And now I know why you're always late for work..." Naru mused tiredly. Sighing again, he shook his head in annoyance. "Mai, if you're not up in the next 30 seconds you're not getting paid!" He heard a sound coming from Mai. He looked down at her to see her cracking her eyes open ever so slightly. "Mai." He gritted out "Get up!" She sat up and rubbed her eyes in a child-like way.

"Why?" Cute. He thought—against his will. Oliver Davis does NOT think of things as cute. He scolded himself.

"Because we're here. I've been trying to wake you for a while now."

"Oh..." Mai looked out the window towards the house and sighed. "Well, might as well get this over with." She muttered. Naru nodded in agreement.

They both got out the van and began their way inside the house, preparing for another meeting with the guy who will bring them lots of trouble.