Disclaimer: I don't own GhostHunt. I can see Mai with anyone except John. He belongs to Masako. Read and review : ) Mai x Monk …

"You're a horrible person! Murderer!"

"Mai, calm down!" I urged her to calm down. Never before had I seen her so mad. Her face was an interesting shade of red, her whole frame was shaking, and tears that refused to shed were in her eyes.

Naru and Lin were planning to reverse the Ouija boarding, and Mai was not happy. She was in the midst of yelling at Naru.

"Takigawa, get Mai out of here!" Naru turned and entered the doorway he just walked out of, and slammed the door.

"Don't walk away from me, Naru!"

"Mai, calm it!" I wrapped my fingers around her wrist and led her down the corridor, and down a few flights of stairs. She protested, of course, all the way down, but I ignored her and kept walking.

I stopped just a few steps from the bottom, and released her wrist.

"Now, what's wrong?"

"Naru and Lin are going to kill everyone in the school, and I can't just stand by and let that happen! Yasu is part of this school, and he's really funny, and none of them knew what they were doing…!"

She trailed off, and I laid both hands either side of her face.

"Mai." I kept repeating her name until she looked me in the eyes. When she did, I spoke. "Naru and Lin will figure out a loophole in this curse, don't worry. Do you honestly believe that Lin would let Naru do that?"

She looked as if she went to nod, but then thought better of it and shook her head.

"See?"

She nodded. I removed my hands from her face, and ruffled her hair.

She smiled, and I swore that my heart stopped. Stop it, Takigawa. I shook myself, and pulled away.

"Thank you, Monk."

I smiled, rubbing the back of my neck. "Are you calm now?"

Mai nodded again, and started back up the stairs.

Away from me.

Away from what might have been.

I felt a pang in my heart.

Mai could never be mine, she deserved better.

Naru, or Lin. But not Big Brother Bou - san. It would never work out.

It didn't matter. Not anymore.

I'd keep up this façade, but only Ayako had figured it out.

A single, silent tear slipped down my cheek, and it dripped to the floor.

I wiped away its trial, and ran up after Mai.

My true, one sided, unrequited love.

A/N: I'll let you decide whether they ever get together. I like to think of Takigawa as a man who always sees the funny side in every situation, but he has a sorrow side that no one knows.

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