25. She should've expected it, but what he says creates a tightening in her throat and leaves her struggling somewhat to breathe. Her head lowers and she focuses on the sidewalk, pondering if there's anything to be said. She'd been hoping so much, but if this is how it is….she bows at the waist, rights herself and smiles, then spins on her heel and begins to stride off. If that's what he wants, she doesn't have any right to intrude on that, she thinks.
But then she stops, something occurring to her.
And then, once again the stubborn girl she was in her teenage years, Mai whirls around with a spark of rage. Shizuo's already about twenty paces away, shoulders hunched and hands in his pockets, but she runs to catch up. He barks in surprise when she cuts in front of him, fists clenched at her sides and blazing eyes glaring furiously at him. But when he opens his mouth to speak, she silences him with a wave of her hand. "Listen up, telling me I'd never want to be with you isn't an answer!"
"What?"
Her arms cross. "I said I love you. You telling me what you think I feel is complete and total bull! And you know what? This isn't the first time it's happened to me!" That's right. Naru had doubted her feelings, believing she loved Gene. And she let him go, believing he didn't feel the same for her.
But 'Me or Gene?' isn't a proper reply. And neither is 'You'd never want to be with someone like me.'
"Either you love me or you don't." She persists. "Which is it? Don't think about me. What do you want?"
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Author's Notes:
Ghost Hunt is owned by Fuyumi Ono and Shiho Inada.
Durarara! is owned by Ryohgo Narita, Suzuhito Yasuda, and Akiyo Satorigi.