Valentine Gift Omake 3

Naru heard a light, hesitant knock at his office door moments before it opened, but he didn't look up from the notes he was typing on his computer.

"Um... Naru," Mai said uncertainly from half-way across the room.

Naru looked up and glanced at the girl. Mai stood in the middle of his office with his tea on the tray in her hands. He could tell her cheeks were flushed as her eyes darted about the room looking anywhere but at him.

"I brought you your tea," she said hesitantly. "I'll leave it for you on the coffee table..."

Naru shook his head stopping her. "I'll have it here at my desk," he said before turning his attention back to the computer screen.

Mai shivered slightly as she hesitated; she'd barely managed to escape from his office half-an-hour earlier. Mai couldn't help feeling like the little fly that entered the spider's parlour at returning to this domain again so soon. She warily approached Naru's desk and set his tea down for him. As she finished serving his tea, she noticed the chocolate dessert she'd brought him earlier was exactly where she'd left it. It was untouched.

"Ah, I thought so," she said almost as though to herself. Mai glanced at Naru; his attention was still on the computer screen. Mai reached for the plate with the chocolate dessert she'd left for him earlier. "It's probably just in your way, so I'll take this away," she said with a weak smile.

However, as she reached a hand out towards the plate, Naru suddenly grabbed her wrist. Mai's eyes widened in surprise and realisation when she felt Naru pull her firmly towards him. Already awkwardly balanced from reaching for the plate, Mai had no chance as she ended up toppling over into Naru's arms. Before she could react, Naru reseated her such that she was now sitting in his lap. Mai blushed a bright scarlet as she realised her current position; Naru's arms held her firmly, and much to Mai's consternation, his dark eyes were no longer on his computer screen but were instead gazing directly at her.

"Um... Naru...?" Mai said hesitantly. "W-would you please let me go?"

"No."

Mai blinked in surprise at his immediate response. '"No"?? What does he mean "no"?!' She froze when she noticed a glimmer of amusement in Naru's eyes as he considered the girl in his lap.

"You want me to eat this, don't you?" he asked as he pulled the plate towards him.

Mai nodded wide-eyed. "I do... but I thought you didn't like sweet things," she said uncertainly.

A faint smile tugged at the corner of Naru's mouth as he continued to watch Mai. "I don't, which is why you're going to eat it," he said.

Mai slumped slightly at Naru's words. She expected him to refuse the dessert, but it still hurt to hear him say it. She felt tears of disappointment sting in her eyes, and she stared at her hands. She didn't want Naru to see her tears...

"??" Mai stared blankly at the fork that suddenly appeared in her field of view--a small bite-sized portion of the dessert she'd made sat on it. Mai raised her face and looked at Naru in surprise.

Naru didn't bother hiding his amusement as he gazed at the startled girl. "Aren't you going to eat it?" he asked as he continued holding the fork up for her to eat from.

His amusement grew as he watched Mai blush hotly in embarrassment, again.

"I-I can feed my--" Mai began to say when Naru slipped the fork into her mouth. Mai closed her mouth instinctively as she ate the chocolate cake while Naru cut another, slightly larger, piece of cake.

This time, Mai quietly accepted the cake when Naru held the bite up for her. Naru watched as she ate the second bite of cake; he'd made the piece a hint too big for her, so she ended up with a bit of cream at the corner of her mouth.

He lay the fork down on the plate and cupped Mai's cheek in his right hand. Mai's eyes widened in surprise as Naru ate the cream from the corner of her mouth before kissing her lightly.

"Wha-... you..." Mai stammered incoherently.

"It's quite sweet," he commented as he reached for his tea.

Exactly when Mai made it out of Naru's office is something that only they know. Yasuhara and Lin, for whatever reason, didn't return to the office that day after they left to 'buy office supplies'.