Valentine Gift Omake 1

A floating feeling...

Gene opened his eyes and looked around idly. His mind was still half asleep as he realised he was in the SPR office. He could see Mai in the kitchenette putting some things out on the counter, while Yasuhara was in the reception area, Lin was in the data records room, and Naru was in his office seated at his desk reading. Turning his attention back to Mai, he watched as she put a dessert dish on the counter, and realised it was some sort of chocolate mousse layer cake. Looking at the calendar he quickly realised today was Valentine's Day. But any way he looked at that dessert, he couldn't see Naru accepting it. Naru didn't like sweet things.

Gene frowned as he considered the dessert; he himself wouldn't mind having it. Naru had often passed his desserts to him when they were kids, but it was a little difficult for him to be able to have the dessert considering his current condition. Gene continued to ponder the situation before him when he saw Mai pull out a small container of cocoa and realised that she was planning on dusting the dessert with icing sugar and cocoa powder. Gene knew that Naru was probably even less likely to accept the dessert if she did that, when he suddenly had an idea.

An impish smile flickered across his beautiful features as he gazed at Mai in amusement. Gene reached out as Mai went to open the tin and held the lid down tight. He watched as Mai struggled to open the tin, but he didn't let go. He waited a few moments longer before suddenly releasing his grip on the lid and watched as Mai ended up throwing half the cocoa into the air all over herself and the kitchenette floor.

"Wah!" Mai exclaimed in surprise as cocoa flew into her face when she finally got the lid off the cocoa container. She struggled to keep from spilling the rest of the cocoa while she coughed as the fine powder entered her lungs.

Gene considered his handiwork and couldn't help a small wicked smile as he glanced at his younger brother. 'There's no way Mai'll be able to get all that cocoa off her, and Naru's definitely not going to miss the scent of cocoa on her. It doesn't matter how much of a stick-in-the-mud idiot scientist he is, he's bound to do something!' Gene laughed to himself as he settled back to watch the action...