Okay, due to unforeseen circumstances when writing my other fic On a Roll (Please check it out and REVIEW!) we have decided that we will change our minds about the rating and material in this story as it would be unfair not to! So everyone who wanted M rated stuff celebrate, yaay... *Ahem* The really M rated stuff will probably not be for a little while yet though!

We own nothing but the plot!

Thanks to all who reviewed, followed and favourited last time! Enjoy!

"...Are you alright Mai?" Naru questioned quietly, knowing that she didn't really want him bothering her but he had to ask.

"What do you think?" She muttered in response.

"I think your hand is hurting."

"Well there's your answer then." She said. Naru smirked lightly but said nothing else.

A few minutes later Mai suddenly gasped and sat up. "Monk!"

"What about him?" Naru asked.

"I…uh, kinda called him after I couldn't find you..." Mai muttered, hoping Naru wouldn't yell at her for calling the monk.

"And?" Naru persisted.

"I told him you were missing...sooo you need to call him to tell him you're okay!" Mai swiftly turned her back on Naru again and pulled the cover up to her neck.

Naru sighed. "Brilliant! Just great!"

Mai gripped the sheet tighter. "Sorry..." She whispered. "What else was I supposed to do though?"

Naru pinched the bridge of his nose. "It doesn't matter now. I'll have to go call him I guess." Mai lowered her head in dismay at Naru's tone. She heard Naru get to his feet and next thing she knew was a hand on her head. "It's okay Mai, really." Naru smiled sweetly before moving his hand to Mai's shoulder and squeezing it gently in reassurance. "I'll be right back." He turned around and went out the room to call Monk.

Mai sat in shock and started to blush. She noticed another part of her had reacted to Naru too. 'Argh, not again! Just relax and try to sleep Mai.' But how is she going to sleep with the way Naru acted towards her stuck in her mind?

"This sucks!" She huffed loudly. She turned onto her side and studied whatever she could lay her eyes on as a distraction. Her eyes found their way to the door though. 'Why didn't Naru want to leave? I know he must be hungry too...I know I am.' The door opened and a nurse bustled in, much to Mai's disappointment.

"How're we feeling Young Man? I have to say you gave your girlfriend quite a turn, she couldn't sit still when you were brought in. She looked so worried about you. Ah, to be young again."

"H-She was?" Mai asked as another blush started to creep up.

The nurse nodded. "Such a nice girl she seems too, you want to hang on to her if I were you." She said as she gestured for Mai to roll her sleeve up so she could do things like blood pressure and temperature.

"Ah, well, we aren't really..." Mai began shyly but the nurse cut her off.

"Seems to me she really loves you."

"I'm not sure..." Mai tried but the nurse was still going.

"I don't know what you were thinking, not eating, drinking or sleeping when you have a girl as lovely as that worrying after you."

Mai sighed and looked at the nurse who was smiling brightly.

The nurse finished up with what she came to do. "Now, you look after yourself Young Man and take that pretty girl of yours on a date when you get out of here as an apology." Before Mai could say anything Naru walked back into the room.

"Oh look, here she is now!"

"Here who is?" Naru asked.

"You, My Dear. I was just telling your boyfriend here how naughty he is to put you through so much grief and how lucky he is to have such a loving girl as you. I told him he should take you out on a nice date." The nurse answered frankly. Naru seemed a little taken back. He flickered his eyes to Mai before back at the nurse. Mai shrugged apologetically at him.

"Yes..." Naru replied, playing along. "I'll make sure he does." Mai's mouth fell open in shock as this was the last thing she expected to hear from Naru. Naru smirked when he saw the state that Mai was in. Mai frowned at him for that.

"Well Young Man if you need anything just call for me." With that the nurse left the room and left Mai and Naru to be alone.

Naru sat back down in his chair. "Boyfriend?"

Mai held her hands up in a surrender gesture. "Hey, don't look at me. She was the one who came in here spouting that nonsense."

Naru smirked. "That may be so but you didn't correct her on it."

"I tried to, believe me." Mai insisted. "She wouldn't listen though." Naru's smirk just grew wider like he didn't believe her.

"She wouldn't!" Mai defended.

"Uh-huh, of course not."

"Well it's true!" Mai crossed her arms and turned her head away from Naru. Okay, so maybe she didn't try hard enough but she did try to tell the nurse...it kind of seems everyone thinks they're together...

Mai peeked at Naru from the corner of her eye to see him staring at her. "Hey Naru...do you..." She started hesitantly.

"Do I what, Mai?" Naru prompted.

"W-well it's that...everyone seems to think that we're t-together..." Mai blushed deeper each time she spoke.

"And? What is it you're trying to ask Mai? Just spit it out."

"Do we...I-I mean...look like a...like we're together...?" Mai turned her head away again not wanting Naru to see her very red face or his expression.

Naru shrugged. "I don't know. It may be due to the situation we are currently in. In any case, it doesn't matter what others think as we know the truth of it."

"Mm, I guess so..."

"I wouldn't think too much about it, just get some rest." Mai nodded and turned on her side, facing away from Naru. She mentally slapped herself. 'Idiot! Why did you ask that?!'

She heard Naru sigh and his seat creak a little, but she resisted the urge to see what he was doing. He was probably just moving in his seat. Yeah, probably. She was just closing her eyes when she heard him shift again. She wondered what he was doing but then mentally shook her head. 'He's just trying to get comfortable...' A further creak sounded just as she had started drifting off again.

"Naru what are you doing?" She asked sleepily.

"Trying to stop my butt from aching. These seats are really uncomfortable."

Mai gave a small chuckle. "Then go home." She told him. "You don't have to stay here you know. I bet you still haven't eaten too."

Naru sighed and mumbled something.

"What?" She asked, her eyes still closed. He repeated what he had said a little louder, but it was still unintelligible.

"Naru, speak up, I can't understand what you're saying." Mai said irritated and cracking an eye open to look at him. He had his face lowered and looking away much like he did back at his apartment when Mai asked if he couldn't cook. 'Is he embarrassed again?'

"Naru? What did you say?" She asked softly.

"I'm not leaving you by yourself." He mumbled.

"Naru...I...why?" Mai stuttered looking at him with surprise.

"I just want to make sure you're going to be alright." He replied still not looking at her.

"If I didn't know any better I'd say you sounded like you care."

"Of course I care! What makes you think I don't?" Naru asked, ticked off enough that he finally looked at her. She was taken aback by the hurt in his eyes at what she had said.

"I..." Naru started but closed his mouth.

"What?" Naru started to shake his head.

"Naru, what were you going to say?" Mai asked insistently. 'He keeps doing this...starting to say something but then stops.' "Please?"

"I..." Naru started again before breaking off.

"Yes?" Mai encouraged.

"I care...for you...probably more than anyone else..."

"You...you do?" Mai asked shocked. "Then why do you argue with me all the time and call me stupid and an idiot and never say please or thank you and deliberately make me mad...?!" She ranted.

Naru looked away again. "I like seeing the different expressions you make...especially when you're mad or embarrassed."

Mai let out a growl of frustration. "I'll give you mad or embarrassed." She muttered. Mai heard a very faint chuckle. "Now what're you laughing at?" She demanded. Naru shook his head meaning he wasn't going to say. He then smiled at her with soft and gentle eyes.

Mai sighed and shook her head. "You're impossible sometimes." She said, also smiling.

"So are you."

"Thanks." She grumbled. Naru leaned forward in his chair and rested his elbow on his knee with his head in his palm.

Mai cocked an eyebrow. "Why are you looking at me like you're adoring me? Unless you're adoring your body...My God, you really are a narcissist!"

Naru stood up and sat on the edge of Mai's bed beside her. "More the personality in the body than the body itself."

"Now what're you rambling about? Have you been huffing antiseptic fumes for too long and it's finally affected your brain?"

"It's your fault we're here. Using my powers so carelessly." He mumbled. "You had me worried you know." He said nonchalantly.

"So that nurse said." Mai muttered.

"The nurse did?"

Mai nodded in answer. "She s-said that you couldn't sit still a-and that you were w-worried." She stuttered as Naru kept leaning closer to her. "S-she also said you l-loved me." Naru's face was within an inch of Mai's face now.

"Is that so?"

"Y-yeah..." Mai stammered. Naru's face was getting closer. There was a sharp, quick knock before the door opened and the nurse entered. Naru and Mai didn't have enough time to jump apart before the nurse saw them.

"Oh, whoops, did I interrupt something?" She asked. Naru stood up from his place beside Mai, who was too shocked to do anything, but didn't say anything. The nurse took the silence as a yes. "I'm sorry, I was just wondering if Mr Shibuya wanted anything to eat."

Naru looked at Mai who slowly nodded her head. The nurse smiled. "Alright, I'll be right back."

"Naru, whilst I'm eating why don't you go grab something yourself in the cafeteria?" Mai suggested. Naru nodded and headed towards the door without looking at Mai. Mai wasn't sure how to feel about that, everything had gotten so confusing. He was about to kiss her before that nurse came in, right?! And now he's not even going to look at her?!

Naru paused with his hand on the door handle. He turned and opened his mouth like he was going to say something before shutting it again and leaving the room. Mai stared at the door in disbelief, wondering what could be going through Naru's mind. The nurse came bustling back in with a tray of food for her so she had no more time to contemplate what had happened.

"I really am sorry. I didn't mean to barge in like that."

Mai sighed. "It's okay, really. There wasn't really much to interrupt anyway."

"Hmm, didn't seem that way to me." She winked at Mai.

"I'm sure it didn't!" Mai muttered under her breath.

"Well I'll be going now. Eat up 'kay? I'll be back later to get your tray." Mai sighed after the nurse left. Mai stared at the rather unappetizing looking food and stirred it about a little. She was hungry so nonetheless she took a small bite to taste it. It tasted okay and she guessed it would fill her up so she continued to eat mouthful after mouthful until she had finished the whole thing. After eating she felt like she could finally go to sleep. She curled up on her side and closed her eyes and within minutes was fast asleep.

Naru sat in the cafeteria stirring his food around a little bit, much like Mai was doing. A million different thoughts and feelings were going through his mind, the main one being why had he been about to kiss Mai? It's true that he cared for her. He pushed his food about again as he continued to try and come up with an answer, occasionally taking bites of his now cold meal.

He does know that he cares for Mai. He hates seeing her sad or hurt. Although most of the time it's him who makes her that way.

He let out a sigh as he pushed his food away from him.

But he had to admit he didn't know what to do when he saw Mai laying unconscious in the kitchen. And he can't avoid the relief he felt when the doctor said Mai was okay. He felt a flutter of panic at the memory somewhere inside him and the urge to get back to Mai's room rose strongly within him. He got up and began to move towards the elevators in order to return to the floor Mai was on. Why did he leave? He was supposed to stay and make sure Mai was alright! But she had insisted he go get some food. What if his powers still hadn't really kicked in though? She could be...

He got off the elevator and quickly walked to Mai's room. Instead of knocking he just walked straight in to see Mai curled up fast asleep. Naru sighed in relief before collapsing in the chair beside Mai's bed. 'What was I worried about again?' He thought to himself. Mai obviously seems fine so he shouldn't be worried. Why does he feel like he needs to be close to her?

He let out another sigh, shook his head and shifted in his seat before getting up and gently perching himself on the side of Mai's bed. He reached out a hand to stroke her hair softly. His eyes travelled down to her lips as he thought about how close he was to kissing her before that nurse came in. He bit his lip, debating whether he should risk waking Mai by kissing her. Why was he so interested in kissing her all of a sudden? Maybe it was the stupid female hormones coursing around his body right now. They seemed to be making him act awfully crazy lately. Yeah...that must be it. Still having the urge to kiss her, he decided to settle with a kiss on her forehead. She stirred a little before settling again, Naru still watching over her from his position on the bed. He sighed. Now what?

Treelow955:- FLUFF!

Naruisawesome:- He was going to...they were going to...DARN THAT NURSE!

Treelow955:- Calm yourself, it could still happen!

Naruisawesome:- *Sigh* True... I enjoyed this anyway!

Treelow955:- Me too!

Naruisawesome & Treelow955:- Please read and review!