New Life

Realization Part 9

(Lin's POV)

I watched as both of my parents left the room and headed towards their room. After they left I stood up and gave my hand to Mai help her out of the chair, she accepted the help without a second thought. She then started to walk out of the room when I asked her "Mai are you sure you know how to get back to your room"

As she was walking out she said, "Yes I do, I remembered how to get her just once I just have to go backwards in the direction...goodness Lin you worry too much...Night." she waved good bye as she disappeared around the door entrance.

"Wow, Koujo you are as Americans say you are whipped." Said my eldest brother Fuhua as he stood up and stretched.

"No, he is wrapped around her finger." Said my sister as she put on her sweater that she had placed on her chair before dinner. Then both of my brothers and my sister walked out of the room, leaving me to think about what they were saying. I stood there for a few minutes trying to understand what they meant by it, by the end of five minutes I still didn't understand it and decided to not think of it any longer and just let it go. I walked back to my room once inside I changed and got ready for bed, I sat on my bed and wondered how Mai was doing. I looked down at my self and saw that I was only in a pair of boxers and I stood up and grabbed my robe before I knocked on the shared door. After I knocked Mai answered the door and she stood there in a pink robe looking up at me.

"What is it Lin?" She asked as she yon and she tried to cover her mouth. As I looked at her everything that my brother and sister said ran through my mind again. Then, as if a light bulb turned on I finally understood what they were saying to me before they left after dinner.

At this realization I was stunned I then said, "Never mind Mai go back to sleep tomorrow is going to hard."

"Okay...Night." She said before she closed the door. Once the door was closed I turned around and walked back to my bed and sat there at the realization of what I had just discovered, just by looking at her and what I felt by just looking at her. I placed my head in my hands and sat there wondering why I never noticed my feelings for her. Without thinking any longer I turned off the lights and went to bed, and within minutes I was fast asleep. When I next woke up Mai was screaming and it was two in the morning I sprung out of my bed and went through the conjoining door. In Mai's room, I found Mai floating above her bed, I went over to her and was about to grab her when both of my parents burst through her bedroom door.

" Koujo don't touch her." Shouted my mother as she pulled me away from Mai and towards the door. "We do not know how her abilities will affect you...she is the strongest physic we have ever met, with all of her abilities she is even stronger than the Davis twins put together. If you were to touch her you might feel the pain and suffer the same afflictions, but you would most likely not heal and would end up dying before the vision, even ended." With every word my mother said dread sunk deeper into my skin inching closer to my heart. I looked at my mother not knowing that she could see all of the emotions running through my head. I turned back towards Mai to see her floating back down onto her bed covered in blood. I rushed over to her and checked her wounds not knowing that she was awake as relief coursed through me and I laid my head down on her bed thank full that her wounds were not serious and that she was alive. Just as my breathing was starting to become more relaxed I felt a hand on the back of my head as fingers ran through my hair which caused a slight shiver to run down my back. I looked up to see that Mai was awake and looking down at me with a slight smile on her face.

Though before I could say anything to her I heard a voice in my head say, 'Now you worry...gosh you are such a difficult man to understand...but I have to admit you are some fine eye candy to wake up to after a dream.' I looked around the room wondering who said it and as my eyes landed on Mai I smirked.

"Oh so that is what you think of me. I am very disappointed in you Mai." I said as realization dawned in her eyes.

"What are you talking about Lin I didn't say anything." Mai said in a shocked voice.

"You didn't have to say anything Mai" I said as I pointed to my head.

"Oh my goodness you read my mind that's not nice, Lin." Said Mai as her cheeks became red.

"No Mai I didn't, I am guessing that you projected it when you were touching my head, which allowed me to hear what you were thinking." I said as her cheeks became even more red before she covered her face.

"Ugh..."she said while hiding her face, then she started to push me away while saying, "Get out! Get out! Get out!" Not wanting to fight her I got up and as I turned around I saw both of my parents standing there. That was when I realized that I had completely ignored them and basically flirted with Mai right in front of them, at the realization of this I bowed my head and fled into my room without looking back towards Mai. Once I was back in my room with the conjoining door closed I laid down on my bed wondering what I was going to tell my parents tomorrow morning.

The next morning I changed into appropriate clothing when walking into the dining room I saw that only my mother was sitting at the table eating and drinking her tea. "Good morning Koujo."

"Good morning mother." I said as I sat down at the only other spot that had food in front of it. I then began to eat hoping that we would not talk about last night.;

"Koujo you do not have to be embarrassed about what happened last night. To tell you the truth, I was hoping that your relationship would progress in this manner though not this soon. Right now she needs to be focused on all of her training..." said my mother as she looked up from her cup of tea and she continued by saying, "so don't let your emotions get in the way of her being able to focus. It is in both of your best interests if you leave by the end of the week so that she can focus on training...and no I will not stop you two from being in contact while she is training." As the last word left her mouth, she set her cup down and left the dinning room but not before she said, "Oh and make sure Mai is in the flower room after your father is done with her for today. Also make sure that she is in appropriate attire for her training with me, I will not train her if she is not dressed like a proper Chinese woman. It does not matter if she is wearing clothing that is considered work appropriate as long as she looks like a elegant woman when she is training with me, make sure she knows this Koujo." Siting there I tried to get over the fact that my mother wanted me to have a relationship with Mai, once I finished eating I started to head towards the training area without thinking about where I was going because I was still stuck on the fact that my mother wanted both Mai and myself to be in a relationship. Due to the fact that I was not paying attention I bumped into someone and on instinct I reached out and grabbed them. As I looked up to see who it was I realized that it was Mai.

"Oh Lin I am so sorry." Before Mai could continue to say anything I stopped her by putting my hand up.

I then said , "No Mai it is my fault I was distracted by something." noticing that she was stable I slowly released her from my grasp.