Romance of the Rookie
Author's Note, Now I know I've taken quite a long break from writing and I haven't finished anything I've started...but I've decided to take another crack at it. And this one I honestly swear to God to finish this one. I don't plan for this one to be super lengthy. So I hope you enjoy, but if I'm a littel off...I'm only reading the 4th manga so sue me. It's not an empty promise either, I'll just be slow writing this one because I can't really work on it at home. So I appologise for the inconvienence. Go complain to Berkley about it. Oh, and one more thing, if the writing pov changes from 1st person to 3rd person randomly its because I'm trying to write this ficcy in first person of the main chars...but um...I don't know if I know Berkley well enough to do that. But I know Dee and Ryo good. Well, I'll have to see what I decide.
Romance of the Rookie, Chapter 1
Ryo's POV
Okay, so today was just another typical day. I wake up, eat, take a shower, get dressed and go to work and get accosted by Berkley and Dee all day. Sigh. Atleast I don't have JJ molesting me too...or anyone else...so I guess it's really not so bad...only Berkley and Dee...okay...I lied...it is bad. Sometimes I can go to work in peace and sometimes when I'm about to leave for work Dee pops in. Sometimes he just feels so invading...always around me every breathing moment of my life. Though at work it can't be helped, he is my partner and we're kinda stuck like that. Oh well.
He's like a lost puppy, constantly following me around like I might just drop dead at any given moment. Though...it is kinda nice that someone cares that much about me to stalk me day and night practically. Anyway, so I was on my way to work...
Since I don't have a car I take a cab, even though most of the time Dee picks me up for work and we go together since it's so hard for him to be parted from me for more then a few hours. I was all dressed and ready to go to work, I reached out to grab the door handle and I opened the door and...Dee was there...great...though I felt this weird tingly...joyful sensation when my eyes first came upon him. YAY! DEE! No! Bad! No!
"Ready to go, Ryo?" Dee said to me, slowly running a hand through that dark raven hair of his.
It was always so shiny and soft...I wonder how he kept it that way? No time to think about it now. Once both Dee and I get to work I get to listen to them argue and fight over me all day. Unless we're lucky enough to get an assignment or investigation to go out on the field. Of course, unless Berkley comes up with some reason that I have to be with him to go do something. Big sigh.
I blinked a few times and stared at Dee for a moment before I blurted out loud, "Yes! Yes! Let's go! I'm ready! Work!"
Dee blinked confusedly at me.
"You okay? You just practically exploded my ear drums...anyway...lets go."
He turned around and started to slowly walk away, before he stopped shortly and turned around to look at me over his shoulder to see if I was following. I didn't follow right away, wonding why I had just yelled out my last sentence, but I shrugged and started to walk towards Dee.
We left the apartment complex, got into his car, then he drove us to work, the traffic wasn't so bad in the morning.
As soon as we arrived and were inside the police station Drake stopped and handed me a folder and said something, "Berkley wants you, wants to go over this file with you. He didn't really specify, but he said he wanted to see you alone, and he wanted Dee to go get some paper work from JJ. Though that doesn't really make sense. Oh well. I'm not gonna question Berkley."
Drake shrugged then walked off, I turned to the side to look at Dee and he was already pissed. He grabbed my shirt and pulled me inches from his face.
"Don't do it Ryo, it's a trick! It's a ploy! He's trying to break you away from me so he bag you! Nooooo! For the love of God don't do it!"
I sighed and shook my head disapprovingly at Dee.
"Grow up, Dee. I think Berkley has better things to do then try to hit on me all the time. Besides. You're the one that constantly hits on me all the time anyway. Plus he's not as crafty trying to kiss me anyway. The last and only time he tried to I punched him in the face. You're lucky I don't punch you everytime you kissed me else you'd have no face left. Now go get your paperwork from JJ. Kay?"
He let me go and pouted at me.
"B-B-But...JJ...I dun wanna...he's annoying and clingy and...nooooooooo..."
"Dee, just go do it, okay? Every minute I make Berkley wait the worse it's going to get. If you go to JJ...I'll um...let Bikky go to Carol's or something and I'll make us dinner and we can have a romantic evening?"
Maybe I shouldn't have said that...I just wanted him to shut up and go and see JJ like Berkley said. So...I had to do something to make him do it. Dee's eyes lit up like a freaking xmas tree and he gave me that cute little puppy dog face.
"R-Really? You will? You'll get rid of the brat and everything? And...we can have a nice little time between ourselves? Okay! I'll go talk to JJ! See you later, Ryo!"
Then Dee ran off like a happy little kid and I went on my way to go to Berkley's office. When I arrived the door was closed so I knocked on the door lightly.
"Sir...sir? It's me...MacLane...you wanted to see me?" I said through the door.
There was silence after my last words then a voice spoke to me.
"Come in, Ryo. I've been expecting you."
So of course I came in as he said and I stood next to his desk, placing the folder on his desk.
"Take a seat." Berkley pointed to a chair infront of his desk.
"Er...okay..."
I blinked then slowly sat in the chair infront of his desk.
"Sir...you wanted to discuss that file with me?" I said quietly.
"Actually no, I just wanted you to bring it to me. Thank you."
Berkley grabbed the folder off his desk then filed it in a filing cabinet in the back of his office, before moving to sit behind his desk.
"I wanted to discuss...other...matters with you." He grinned at me, there was something else behind that grin, some alterior motive. Else maybe I was just paranoid. Sometimes he seemed like that a lot.
"If your going to ask me out to dinner or on a date, the answer is no. I'm not gay and I'm not intrested. No offence to you, sir. If I were gay I'd be all over you...and all that other gay stuff."
I smiled nervously and scratched my head, trying to brown nose a little, not sure what else to do.
He arched a brow at me.
"Really? That's quite intresting. Maybe you do have intest in men but you just don't know it yet."
"Sir, I won't argue but I definately don't have any intrest in men."
I nodded.
I just watched Berkley since he wasn't saying anything else at the moment and I had nothing else to say. He yawned and stretched out his arms, accidentally knocking a book and a couple files off of his desk.
"Oh shit! Ryo, could you pick those up for me, please?" He smiled at me.
Damn...how something as simple as a smile could be so persuasive.
"Er...can't you...uh...yes, sir."
I sighed and slowly got to my feet and and stood next to his desk and bent over infront of him to pick up the book and files. The out of no where I felt a smack on my ass and I jumped with the book and files in my arms and I yelped loudly.
"B...Berkley! Sir!"
He sighed and got to his feet, looking over at me with one hell of a sly grin.
"You have a nice ass, Ryo. Laytner definately has good taste. Enough of this!"
Berkley scowled then started to stalk towards me. Of course I instinctively started to back away from him until my back pressed up against the wall, the sudden bump caused me to drop the book and the files.
"Um...uh...sir...if that's all...I'd like to go now..." I laughed nervously.
"Not until I dismiss you..."
He pressed his body up against mine then he took his glasses off and he reached a hand up to grab my chin, and he slowly moved his face closer and closer to mine, until I paniced and I pulled out my stun gun and zapped his stomach. Berkley made this weird weezing nose and fell on the ground and started convusling.
"S-Sorry Berkley...don't take it personally..."
Oddly enough like Dee had this eighth sense for knowing when I was in trouble or would get in trouble he popped in Berkley's office and ran over to me.
"Ryo! You okay, man?"
Then Dee looked down at Berkley.
"Holy shit! What the hell did you do to Berkley? Who cares. You gave that bastard what he deserved anyway. Serves him right for trying to steal my Ryo. So did he try to kiss you?"
I felt kind of bad for Berkley, I didn't mean to my stun gun on him...but sometimes I just instinctively use my stun gun when I get too nervous...in certain situatons anyway.
"I'd watch what you say...even if he may be paralised and convusing you never know if he can still hear you or not? And how the hell did you know he tried kissing me? You're kinda weird sometimes. Let's just...leave him here and go do some paperwork, kay?"
Dee nodded and obviously agreed with me.
"Sounds good to me."
Funny thing was, we both hated paper work.