"Noll, sit down already you are driving me crazy. I think Lin is about to have an aneurysm."

Noll looked over to the unflappable Chinese man. While he did not appear to be under the extent of duress his twin brother was proposing he did appear to be fighting a mischievous grin.

This was slowly becoming a running gag where Gene would make fun of how Noll would cope with his inner monologue. Then Lin would try his best to appear frosty and unmoved by Gene's childish antics. Luckily, Madoka stayed in England otherwise she would also be teasing him boisterously.

Mai of course was the subject that was currently plaguing Noll. He was disturbed at the calculated way she called his name. No, the calculated way she had called him 'Dr. Davis.' He was concerned that his initial hypothesis about her loving Gene might have been true. Even though Gene emphatically tried to put that subject to bed more times then Noll could count.

He supposed it was possible in their four year separation that Mai may have moved on. She very well could be in a serious relationship. He would know if she had married. He had never made the effort to dive deep enough in her personal life to find out if she was dating anyone.

Noll remembered at one point how Yasu had seemed interested in the girl. Something burned in Noll's stomach when he thought about that possibility. The possibility that the two of them might be together. The acid boiled and churned and made him sick.

"Geez, Noll, stop working yourself up already. We will see her tomorrow and then you can ask all these questions that are playing ping pong in your brain right now. I know you are an idiot scientist but you really have to stop speculating. You will give yourself an ulcer or something."

Noll glared at his brother. He was thankful every day that his brother hadn't died in that hit and run accident. That the woman that hit him was mistaken when she checked for his pulse before dumping him in that lake. But he had been in a coma. He had been traumatized for life because of that woman. They still had yet to catch her and bring her to justice.

Gene no longer looked exactly like Noll. He had a jagged scar that appeared from his hairline down the right side of his face. It wasn't an overly large scar but it was enough to differentiate the two of them from each other.

Sometimes Gene would have trouble with his vision. At first he would have full days where his vision was just completely gone. Then it decreased to time frames of a couple hours. It happened rarely now but sometimes he would have times where he was blind for half an hour. Because of these blind moments though Gene couldn't really live a full life.

Noll of course never wanted to go on a date during the four years he was back in England. Several girls asked him of course. That would never change. His lack of interest in said girls also stayed the same. When the same girls went and asked Gene out it actually made Noll angry. Not because they asked his brother out. Because Noll feared that they asked him first because he was the brother with no flaw to his face. He worried that they would not want anything to do with Gene if they found he could go blind for any given amount of time.

Gene didn't date though either. That always struck Noll as odd. He asked him a few times why but Gene never gave a definitive answer. If Noll had to guess he would have said it was because he didn't want to have to depend upon someone else to drive them around. That maybe he didn't want to have to explain if he lost his sight.

"Geez, Noll seriously sit your ass down already!" Gene threw his hands up in the air. Noll had literally worn a pattern in the carpet where he had been pacing back and forth.

A knock at the door suddenly penetrated the silence of the apartment. Noll glanced at the clock. "Who could that be? It's past midnight!"

Gene shrugged but got up and answered the door. Suddenly the wind brushed past the twins as a streak of pink catapulted past them to where Lin was sitting.

"You seriously just left without telling me you were leaving? You seriously came here to Japan with no goodbye or anything?" Madoka looked like she had steam coming from her ears as she read Lin the riot act.

Noll looked at his brother who was mildly amused at Madoka's outburst. He rolled his eyes and sat down. There was no point in going to bed now. Madoka wouldn't let any of them rest until she had her say.

Everything Madoka said basically consisted of the same thing. That she was thoroughly annoyed with Lin for leaving her behind in England. Every other syllable seemed to have it's own choreography. It was like the twins were watching an aerobics instructor or something.

Gene found the whole thing quite comical and tried hard to sustain fits of laughter. Noll found the whole thing annoying and while he could not ignore it he at least attempted to do so.

Lin finally having enough of her theatrics clapsed both her wrists in his hands. "Okay, I get it. You're right I should have at least told you I was planning on going."

Madoka grunted at Lin, "hmmph." She was not going to easily let this go.

"Noll and Gene both had suspicions that Mai might be in trouble after a dream I guess Gene had. I didn't care to get the details. I am after all their security. Where they go I go."

"Oh dear, you think Mai is in trouble?" Madoka switching emotional directions, now more concerned for the young woman than angry at Lin for leaving her behind.

Noll sighed. The other three turned their attention towards his audible outburst. "When is Mai not in trouble?"

Gene shook his head at his brother. "Hey Madoka, you would think that he doesn't care the way he says that but come here." Gene pointed out the trek in the carpet. "He made this pattern from his pacing back and forth for the past hour."

"So? When I think I pace. So what?" Noll defended.

"Uh...no you don't, Noll. You do this cute pensive hand to your chin thing and stand in one spot. You're worried!" Madoka made it sound like the most exciting news on the planet. It was like she had made some ground breaking discovery.

Noll groaned.

Gene grinned. "I don't think he's just worried about Mai though. I think he is worried on what she thinks of him."

"What do you mean?" Madoka asked.

"Before Noll left Japan four years ago Mai admitted her feelings toward him. Instead of Noll turning down those feelings like any other girl, he asked her 'Me or Gene?' He seriously thought Mai had feelings for me because I was the one that smiled at her so often. I was the one she saw in her dreams. I do believe that Noll is now worried that she does have those feelings for me. Even though, I have told him time and again that we have only really been like brother and sister regarding our affections."

"You mean Noll finally has feelings for a girl?!?! Oh I have got to call Luella!"

Noll gritted his teeth and gave Gene the stink eye.