Chapter 18

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Rosy's POV

Well, I haven't stopped annoying Mai and Naru. After he asked her on a date, I barged into the room and found them kissing.

"Hello, lovebirds. Sorry to interrupt, but there's no more ghost. We can finally leave Mr. Naru's-best-friend's house. Oh, Naru. Glaring through my head won't actually kill me. Love you, big brother." I skipped outside the room smirking. Their emotions were hilarious. First, they're shocked. Then embarrassed, then annoyed (In Naru's case).

That's not the best part. After I was completely outside the room, a pillow hit the wall opposite of the room's door.

"You missed!"

"Shut up!" Wow, Mai is affecting Naru. He actually sounded like her.

"Muahaha."

We packed everything and headed towards Shibuya.

Almost two months later

Naru and Mai left about an hour ago to go on another date. I was left all alone to close the office, probably at 8 p.m. "So in about an hour I'll leave."

I was organizing files, when the front door opened and I stopped to see who entered.

It was Naru, 'But where's Mai?'

He looked around a little confused, like he entered a place he had never been before. He spotted me, and by the way his eyes shone with natural sympathy, I could tell he was not Naru.

"How is it even possible you're here, Gene?!" My voice was filled with surprise, yet excitement at the same time.

"Excuse me, but who are you?" He narrowed his eyes and took a defensive stance.

"I'm Rosy. In a case about two months ago, we teased Naru together because I invited Mai to go out with me, my boyfriend and another guy Naru hates. You even called me your teasing partner, until Naru cut our connection." I pouted as I finished.

He tried remembering, and his eyes widened, along with his grin. "Oh! Yes, I remember. Noll is such a grumpy head." He laughed.

"Well, he's not that grumpy anymore. He's dating Mai." His eyes widened and he ran to hug me. He jumped repeatedly with myself still in his embrace, celebrating how 'his brother's brain finally came out of the depths of the ocean and into his head like it's supposed to'.

"Hey! Put me down!" I was torn between laughing and telling him seriously that Erick might kill him if he knew. I continued talking after he put me down.

"I suppose you're a secret that even Naru doesn't know, at least not completely. Oh! So Naru doesn't know you're awake? Wait, after your first day being awake again you just escape from your private hospital room and you take a plane to Japan without even knowing where Naru lives? Are you crazy?"

I didn't even let him speak.

"I'll call Naru."

"Wait, I want Mai to be surprised."

"Alright. I won't mention her about you."

The phone rang again and again. After what seemed like an eternity, Naru finally answered.

"I'm on a date, what do you want?" Apparently Naru was irritated with the interruption to his date.

"Is Mai hearing?"

"Yes, you're on speaker phone, why?" Mai asked.

'Oh, no. What will I do? Ah, yes! I can speak in codes to see if Naru understands.'

"Oh, um. Sorry Naru, I didn't want to bother you, but something arrived from England."

"I don't recall ordering something from England."

"You remember those jeans you ordered? The ones exclusive from E. W.? Or as I call them Eww jeans?"

"... what are you talking about?" Apparently Naru was still confused.

"Oh, brother! Just come here." Apparently my emphasis on the word brother clicked into his mind.

After a moment of silence, and Mai asking what was so special about some jeans from England, Naru answered me. "We'll be there in 10 minutes."

In the office

"Hey, Rosy?"

"Aha?" I turned to Gene who was smirking mischievously.

"How about we prank Mai?" His smirk turned into a full grin.

I copied his evil grin and said "Alright."

Naru's POV

'How could that idiot come here alone, to an office where he didn't know where it was located, without even informing me that he would come, and apparently just a day after he woke up? Apparently he wants to die again, this time by my hands.

Mai was trying to talk to me and ask me why I was in an annoyed mood, but I was so focused thinking about killing my brother for his stupidities to pay attention to her.

With a huff, Mai stopped asking questions. In a matter of two more minutes, we arrived at the office.

Mai was the first to enter and I followed behind.

"I'm going to make some-"

The door to my office opened and out came Gene, wearing an annoyed expression and... is that my suit? I'm going to kill him.

"Mai. Where have you-" And he stared at me, his eyes narrowing.

Mai looked between us both with a horrified expression. "Na-Naru?!"

"Yes, Mai?" Gene and I said in unison.

"Mai, come stand behind me. He's a ghost." Gene said still glaring at me.

"Just stop it, Ge-"

"Mai, whatever happens, I have a confession to make. I don't think you'll like it." Gene said as Mai was torn on who was the real Naru.

"Yes?"

"Sometimes at night, I wear a pink tiara and a tutu while staring at a picture I took of you when we first met. Remember that this is my way of telling that I really love you my sweet little muffin."

My eyebrow twitched with an annoyance that surpasses the one Mai gives me every time she does something stupid.

"I will kill you, Gene!" I said as I lunged towards my brother tackling him down, and fighting with his hands so I could head lock him. All while Gene was laughing his heart out.

I heard a loud laugh coming from my office, and Rosy came out holding a video camera.

"What are you-" Gene suddenly turned us around and he was holding me down.

"Aww sweet brother! Is this the way you receive your brother after a long sleep?" He faked a loud sob, then kissed my cheek.

I looked towards Mai and her eyes were glued to Gene, maybe analyzing the situation. Her eyes widened like they were going to pop out of her head, and she squealed. "Gene!" I knew where this was going. "Wait, Mai don't-"

It was already too late, she lunged towards Gene, tackled and hugged him, but her knees were on my stomach and my groin and her upper body was in the arms of Gene.

"Mai! It's so great to see you!" Gene cried while hugging her.

"Mai!" My voice came out in a weird higher-pitched tone.

Mai's POV

I looked at Naru and saw his pained expression.

'Oops'

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