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Disclaimer:- I own the plot, that is it!
Mai had decided to forgo Naru's usual dress code of black for everything, instead choosing a deep red shirt and some white slacks she'd found buried in his closet to wear. She made herself a quick breakfast of tea and toast and washed up her used items before attempting to find her way to work. She still felt weird to now be male, but had discovered underpants really helped with the 'main problem'. Mai soon discovered that she needn't have worried about finding her way to the office as it turned out Naru only lived a ten minute walk away from her destination. 'Geez, what a workaholic!'
As Mai entered the main room she suddenly remembered something that, due to the confusion with swapping bodies and having to go to work early and all, she had forgotten to tell Naru. 'Oh well, I guess he'll find out soon enough. I wish I could see the look on his face when it happens though; that would be priceless I bet!'
Lin came out of his office at that point, after hearing the chimes above the door go, to see if it was his boss or a client. Noticing it was only his very differently dressed boss he made to go back to his private office.
"Ah, Lin, I'm going to be expecting a call from Na…Mai, a call from Mai, put her through immediately if she rings." Mai instructed, quickly retreating into Naru's office before her almost slip-up was noticed. Lin just shook his head at Naru's strangeness today and went back to what he was doing.
At precisely ten-thirty the phone rang as predicted and a rather flustered sounding Naru in Mai's body was heard on the other end of the phone. Mai was just exiting the kitchen after making herself some tea when Lin came to inform her of the call waiting for her. He raised an eyebrow at the fact that it appeared that Naru had made his own tea for a change instead of ordering him to do it, but then shook his head and went back into his office. Mai settled herself in Naru's desk chair before taking Naru off hold and listening with hidden amusement to his predicament.
"Mai, thank God! Blood, there's blood! What do I do, what do I do?" Naru rushed out in a garbled jumble of words. 'Wow, this isn't like him! He usually has the answer to everything!'
"Okay, first Naru, calm down. Take a deep breath and relax, everything will be fine." Mai instructed the agitated young man in her body on the other end of the phone. She heard a deep inhale and exhale come from the other end.
"Better?" Mai asked.
"Yeah." Naru replied.
"Alright, this morning, before you went to school, did you take the yellow zippy bag by my schoolbag and put it in my schoolbag?" She questioned.
"No, I didn't know I had to." Naru responded.
"Naru, it was right next to my schoolbag, of course you should have taken it." Mai said exasperated.
"Yeah, well there were also five pairs of shoes next to your schoolbag. It doesn't mean I should wear them all." Naru pointed out.
"Touché. Okay, hang on; let me think…I've got it! Naru, search the front pocket of my schoolbag. You should find fresh underwear; I assume you need fresh underwear…"
"I…um…I do, yeah." Naru replied slightly bashfully.
"Right, front pocket of my schoolbag you will find fresh underwear and a plastic bag. I assume I don't need to tell you the rest of this step." Mai asserted. Naru let out an annoyed huff at seemingly being treated like a child. Mai waited, listening to the slight grunts Naru made as he changed the soiled material he had been wearing to the fresh material he had found in Mai's schoolbag and put the dirty underwear in the plastic bag.
"Okay, I'm done with that. What next?" Naru asked.
"Now get lots and lots of toilet roll…"
"Why?"
"You'll see, just do it." Mai insisted.
"Alright, alright. I'm doing it now." She heard the clatter of the toilet roll being spun round a lot in the background and then Naru confirming he'd done as she'd asked.
"Next, about three squares along fold." Mai instructed.
"Uh-huh, what now?"
"Fold, fold, fold, fold, fold…"
"What are we making, a katana?"
"Do you want my help or not? Just do as I tell you." Mai huffed.
"Argh, fine." Naru replied.
"Tell me when you've finished folding. What you end up with should be three squares long and quite thick." Mai stated, sipping the, now cooled, tea she had made. A few minutes later Naru announced he was finished.
"Okay, now place it in your underwear and you're done! Crisis averted!"
"It feels weird! You honestly expect me to go around like this?" Naru questioned.
"Naru, you have no choice. Mother nature has paid my body a visit so deal with it." Mai said tiredly. She really didn't want to deal with this any longer. The fun seemed to have gone right out of it. 'Remind me not to have kids for a while!' A slight moan of pain came from the other end of the phone.
"Naru, are you alright?" Mai asked.
"My stomach hurts so badly. Ahh, I think I'm dying." Naru whined. Mai rolled her eyes. 'Men! Honestly, they experience a little pain and suddenly they think they're going to die!'
"You are not dying Naru; you are just experiencing a few cramps. Unfortunately you didn't bring the yellow zippy bag so you can't have any pain medication, instead take a deep breath and rub your tummy a little it should ease it slightly." She informed in an almost bored tone. She could hear Naru do some of what she said.
"Feel better?" Mai questioned.
"A little."
"Good! You should get back to class before you get me in trouble. Goodbye Naru!" With that she hung up. A light knock was heard on her door and Mai bid whoever it was enter.
"Naru, what were you talking to Mai about?" Lin asked. "It sounded like something to do with female issues." Mai, remembering who she was supposed to be, tried to come up with an answer Naru would be proud of.
"And by that assumption you would be correct Lin." Lin raised an eyebrow at this remark. Never before had Naru given him such a snotty attitude. To the others, sure he was rude and bossy, but never to him. Yes, Naru told him what to do, but he always phrased it with a certain level of respect and there was absolutely none in the comment he'd just made.
"I see. And why exactly were you discussing such things with Mai may I ask?"
"Is that really any of your concern?"
"Naru, I don't know what side of the bed you woke up on this morning, but your attitude towards me had better change and fast." Lin bit out.
"Lin, tea." 'Man, that sounds so wrong!'
"No, Naru, get it yourself, after all I see you are perfectly capable of doing so." Lin then stormed out of Naru's office and back into his own. 'Whoops, I think I may have overdone Naru's attitude problem.' Mai decided to wait an hour before confronting Lin and apologizing. She had thought about it and determined to just be herself just a bit more emotionless.
"Lin, I want to apologize for my behaviour. It was rude of me to treat you that way. Mai just…um…needed someone to talk to about it and as her boss I said she should talk to me." Mai said, hoping her lie would work.
"Why couldn't she talk to Miss Matsuzaki or Miss Hara about it as they are women?" Lin asked.
"Because…I…need to know that Mai is fit to work, yeah, that's it." Mai made up.
"You know Naru; it almost sounds like you're lying, especially with the comment at the end trying to reassure yourself."
"Well, I'm not lying so you can choose if you want to believe me or not, but I'm not lying." Mai lied, exiting the room before Lin questioned her any further. She came back a few minutes later with a stack of files in her arms.
"Oh and Lin? Read these through." Mai instructed, dumping the paperwork on his desk. 'That's not like Naru; passing his work onto someone else. Maybe he's sick…yeah that's probably it, he's sick!'
"Okay Naru, but don't forget we have that meeting at two to attend followed by that seminar you have to give on the merits of psychology in paranormal research." Lin informed, turning back to his laptop. Mai turned pale at his words; well, paler than Naru's normal ghostly pallor anyway.
"Ah…oh…um…right, the…the meeting and…and the seminar. I…um…I totally forgot about that…erm…you know what, I'm not feeling well, not well at all. I…uh…I think I'm going to go home and rest. I'm sure you can handle it by yourself right? Right!" Mai stuttered, backing out of the room and going back into Naru's office. 'Why didn't he tell me? He would've told me right? But he didn't tell me. Was Lin lying? Lin doesn't lie though. What am I to do? Maybe I should just go home, I mean back to Naru's.'
Meanwhile Lin was having some thoughts of his very own. 'Hmm, it's strange Naru didn't notice I lied. He always knows what his schedule is. He also knows he doesn't do seminars here or go to meetings. Unless that wasn't Naru. It can't be that, that spell actually worked could it? I didn't think it actually worked. I thought it was made up. I only wanted them to stop fighting. Well, maybe they will if what I think has happened has actually happened, after all they'll have to work together for certain things. This is going to be interesting!'
A/N:- I hope this wasn't too bad! Review and tell me please!
I also have a super special request! I wish to know if any of you dear readers are male and if so what you think of this as I seem to be getting distinctly female reviewers so far!
If any female reviewers would also like to ask someone male to read and review this, that would be awesome too! I just really need a few men's opinions on certain aspects of this!