Finding You (Ghost Hunt) (NaruxMai)

Astral Projection

Finding You:

Chapter 6:

Mai tried to slow her heartbeat. Recognising the base from the video as being the same as the one on her dream had given her a fright. She managed to calm down enough to continue to watch the video to deflect Naru's attention. She barely paid any attention to the exorcism and didn't even flinch when her younger self fell flat on her face in the middle of chanting the Nine Cuts as she was still reeling from the shock.

It was either a coincidence that the base in her dream was the same or it had been a memory of the case. If the latter option was correct that meant she had dated Naru.

She shook her head, that was obviously not true. The narcissist had rejected her and told her that she was in love with his twin, not him and he constantly insulted her, making it hard to believe that he would have gone out with an idiot like her.

No, her dream was just a coincidence.

When she exited the van with the file in her hand, another photo fluttered to the ground. The brunette picked it up, checking it for damage and saw that it was another photo of her and Naru in close proximity to each other. Was it another coincidence?

She tucked the photo in her pocket to evaluate later. It was time to set up the base. Naturally she had missed the face that Naru had been watching her carefully for the past five minutes since he had placed the photo in the file.

Once she was alone in her and John's bedroom- there only five of them on the case and only two of them had good tactical abilities so she was sharing with John- she pulled out the photo album from her bag and the photo from her pocket. Mai placed it in an empty gap in a set of photos taken at an Okonomiyaki restaurant. In this photo she was leaning into Naru and posing with two fingers behind his head to resemble bunny ears. As per the usual, the scientist did not look happy.

They had definitely not dated judging from that, Mai decided in satisfaction. It was all just a coincidence. She closed the album and went off to find something to do before Naru could accused her of slacking off.

His first words to her when she crossed the threshold of the base were, rather unsurprisingly,

"Mai, tea."

She rolled her eyes and toddled off to the kitchen and hoped there would be a brand of tea and flavour that Naru would drink, he had been quite fussy in the memories she had of him. The female client was in the kitchen when she entered, rolling dough to make Gyoza.

"Taniyama-san, was it? Do you need anything?" she asked.

"The boss wants tea," Mai explained. "Sumeragi-san, you don't have to make it, he's very particular about it."

"The tea is in this cupboard," the client showed her. "Also, please call me Hokuto-san, I'm still not used to my married name."

Mai boiled the kettle and selected a suitable teacup for Naru. As she waited for the water to boil she conversed with the client.

"How long have you and your husband been married for?" she enquired.

"Nearly two months, it was going to be in the summer, but it had to be moved forward for a reason," Hokuto answered with a smile. "I'm pregnant."

"Really?" Mai gaped, surprised as Hokuto looked to be the same age as her.

Hokuto gave her an amused look. "Yes. I am twenty four after all and I have been with him for seven years. Haven't you ever had a boyfriend? I thought your boss was giving you intent looks earlier when I saw him that either mean he hates you or loves you?"