Apologies for the postponed update, I took my sweet time to decide on a theme and a word beginning with Q (not as easy as I originally thought). If you don't like puns/dad jokes please turn back.

I do not own GH~

Naru flicked the newspaper page using his biro pen and continued to do so waiting for some potentially supernatural title or article to bring him out of his reverie.

No such luck, even Mai seemed to have ignored his call for tea not even five minutes previously.

Maybe Yasuharu is distracting her from her work again he theorised lifting his little black book and heading to the lounge to investigate.

"- as if Yasu, you don't have a ghost of a chance if I do say so myself" came the familiar jovial tone of the brunette.

"You wound me, my puns are just as haunting as yours" the bespectacled young man retorted as Monk facepalmed from his position on the sofa.

"What are you both doing?" Naru decided to make his presence known as he stood one hand holding his book and another pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Please make them stop!" cried Takigawa shaking his head as if trying to rid his memory of the puns he'd endured so far.

"Aww Bousan, you gotta get into the spirit of these puns" Mai chirped causing the SPR regular to deflate in his seat.

"On a scale of 1-10 how bad was that boss?" Yasu queried looking at the brunette who seemed to glare at him at the insinuation of her puns being bad.

Naru contemplated the idea of ignoring the question but he felt a familiar tug on his lip as he made up his mind.

"I'd have to say if 1 is low and 10 is high then Mai is a Medium" the black clad young man felt smug as he entered the fray.

A fire seemed to ignite in the assistant's hazel orbs as she considered the new opponent.

"You know I may need to Banshee from the office for making such awful puns" Naru continued the words flowing from his mouth.

"I'm afraid that was quite grave even if I do say so myself" Mai admonished in a joking manner.

"We should ask someone to spectretate so we can decide who wins without any bias." The narcissist replied causing Yasu to laugh and Monk to cover his ears in disagreement.

"Ghoul ahead make my day" a smirk appeared on the brunette's face as she countered.

"Seance say it twice, take your turn I'll roll a dice" Naru shot back just as fast letting out a sigh at his own pun.

A light pink dusted the assistant's cheeks at the pun used as she wracked her brain for an equally good ghost related pun.

"Wraith until I show you what I got" Mai let out a giggle at her own pun as Naru felt sweat bead his brow at the pressure of beating his assistant. Maybe he could change the topic without being declared loser of the game.

"Let's call off the ghost puns as I think I've some other qualiTea puns"

Mai groaned noticing the connection to tea and rubbed the back of her neck nervously.

"Really of all the topics you chose tea?" The brunette asked exasperated.

"Well" the narcissist looked down at his watch before continuing "I asked for tea ten minutes ago and you ignored me so, I was attempting a Pavlov experiment of sorts" he grinned seeing the brunette cross her arms in annoyance and storm towards the kitchenette.

"Please. No. More. Puns." Takigawa spoke clearly to ensure his distaste towards the puns was noted as Yasu just seemed to look at Naru with a look of awe.

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~shambo cro