I could feel my eye twitch involuntarily upon hearing Lin's words. Unbearable words were the last thing I wanted to hear that day. It was already evening and I haven't even eaten my lunch yet. I supposed that being sleep deprived is taking my hunger as well. Lin stared at me as I blankly stared at the floor, I wasn't feeling good. I felt exhausted, tired and restless. The dreams were only getting worse whenever I would close my eyes. Those nightmares were very confusing at the same time distracting my views and emotions with my assistant. Keeping things professional is one thing but so does the annoying dreams. I sighed and walked back inside the office. My tall assistant followed me inside and watched me as I sauntered towards the leather office seat.

"Naru." His eyes looked like a detective, ready to ask meaningless and senseless questions.

"Is there something else you need, Lin?" I raised an eyebrow as I began to review where I left off earlier in my thesis.

"It's about, Taniyama" I stopped surveying the paper and raised my head.

"The man who fetched her earlier, he looked like he wasn't from his school." It was a rather interesting and odd topic for Lin and me to discuss, we are not the usual people that gossips but then again we only do it in the case in was unusual.

"What are you suggesting, Lin?" I closed my notebook and placed my arms on my desk. "Mai has her own life and we have work."

"I may have heard the word bar earlier." His tone emphasized such a negative and inappropriate word for an 18-year-old to discuss it. I tried my best to snap out of the situation. I would usually just go back to my work and think that it's all going to be fine. However, there was a voice inside me to get the hell out of the office and go to her. But, it would be awkward for Lin to see me leave the building just to see her. I couldn't open the topic about my dreams because he might think I'm really going insane.

"She's perfectly capable of protecting herself." I looked down and flipped my notebook open again. "Then again, she becomes to be clumsy." I closed my notebook in an instance and stood up.

"Did she mention where she would be at tonight." Lin followed him before reaching the door. "He asked my permission and yes, she did. Don't wait for me to come back and close up" I left the keys of the office to him and left. Mai didn't tell me where she was when she asked permission, I just had a gut feeling to where she was going to be.

The music was loud, the lights were irritating and the people were just too many. I could smell different scents that smell really good and scents that aren't suppose to be even a scent. Walking in the bar, I turned my head at every possible angle to find her. But, I was out of luck, I started to feel that my gut was wrong after all. It wasn't scientific but intuitions can be sometimes helpful.

"Excuse me, but would you like to dance?" I felt a tap right behind my shoulder. I turned around and to my surprise I saw one of Mai's friends.

"Shibuya-san!" I assumed that it was Michiru, this was the third time I saw her again in my lifetime. She was indeed surprised to see me that she even covered her mouth when I looked at her.

"Where is Mai?" I saw her flinched, she must have noticed that I was starting to get impatient.

"I-I don't know, We were also looking for her a half hour ago but we think she left. She must have left with Kyouta." My eye twitched one more time and felt that I was going to have a migraine.

"She isn't even picking up her phone." I checked my phone and then watched her as she tried to call her.

Muscles in my face tightened as I prowled looking for her. The noise wasn't helping, the people were loud and the crowd just increased. I was slowly losing hope and even thought about going home for the night. I was tired, exhausted, my legs were ready to break down but he fought over it. I didn't want any attention or need to go to the hospital. I stepped out the club but stopped when I reached the alley.

"Let go of me!" My vision was starting to get fuzzy, I could hear Mai's voice from a distance. "I told you, I'm not interested!" I blinked once or twice before realizing that it was her. She sounded like she was quivering.

"Mai!" I said with orotundity. Mai gasped the moment she saw me, I was holding on to the concrete wall while I touched my head.

"Naru!" Footsteps coming right towards me were the next thing I heard. I closed my eyes and shook my head; trying to focus.

"What are you doing here?"

"What ARE you doing here, Mai?" I glowered at her, her date left in an instant after calling her. His leer look on Mai faded into a glare which I gladly exchanged.

I was starting to get sick; I could feel my legs weaken and my arms are getting numb. Her hands swiftly touched my temple and then gasped.

"Naru, you're sick." Her forehead puckered and her lips set in a grim line. Blinking owlishly, I started to notice her concern. My body was starting to heat up but I felt the cold air passing through my pale skin.

Her voice was all I could remember.

Blinking once or twice, I pushed my body forward with my elbows pressing against the soft surface of the bed. I leaned forward even more to my right and lifted my left hand touching my forehead. The window curtain was all I noticed, I swore to myself that I wouldn't open because the sunshine irritates me. I pressed my hand down and sat on my bed recalling what happened. I was wearing my pajamas which were odd because the last thing I remembered was talking to Mai near the alley. The room was silent, I could hear my heartbeat as I breathe. However, the silence cut off the moment I heard an instant sharp crash. The sound of shattered glass were my only assumptions. Sliding my feet off the bed and to the ground, I quickly opened the bed light and walked from my bed. I briskly walked towards the source of the sound and to my surprise one thing led to another.

"Ma-Mai…" A man's shadow was behind her, her mouth blocked with his shadow hand, and a knife was near her pale nape. The figure didn't make a sound but moved his mouth. Mai's whole body was shaking and turning pale, brows sprang together in a pout and noticed her inhaled a sharp breath. Her lips were moving but she was inaudible. The sound finally reached me but I was too staggered to understand what she meant.

"Naru, Please, Don't kill me."

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