Rea: Yay, chapter fourteen! Only three chapters left, oh my god!
Len: It's come a long way. I hope you enjoy this chapter. D is bipolar.
Rea: He is not! He's emotional.
Chapter Fourteen: Default
"My Dear Detective. Now this is a surprize...whatever are you doing here so early for? I've just opened the shop." D said.
"Ah, I'm off-duty today, Count." Leon said. D hugged him around the neck. Leon blushed, though Chris was already halfway to the back door of the shop.
Don't forget to come meet Phillipe! Chris thought to Leon and he went out, practically dragging T-Chan by the horns before the Tetsu had a chance even to bite Leon.
"Sure, kid! Don't...get eaten...." Leon mumbled the last bit. D let go very quickly. "Hey, don't go anywhere! I was kidding!"
"I'm fixing you some tea!" D huffed. "As if any of my animals would harm Chris!" he said as Leon plopped down on the couch. "Wednesday is my slow day, My Dear, but should a customer come in..."
"Yah, I'll wait patiently while you deal with it." The door opened just then and Leon and D looked to see Belle standing there with a band-aid on her head and a white-haired boy with a big smile on his face.
"Oh, my! Belle, it's good to see you." D greeted. "I do hope you're enjoying Drogo's company."
He looks like a ghost with all that white hair and skin. He must be albino. Leon thought, looking at the boy.
"Count D, it's a pleasure to meet with you again." Belle said in her too-mature way. "I have very much been enjoying Drogo's company, but I wanted to ask you a question."
"Yes, what is it?" D answered, a bit surprised she would have come all this way to ask a question.
"May I rename Drogo?"
"Yes, of course." D replied. "He is, after all, your bird."
"No, he's my friend. He always was. He wasn't my servant or just anyone I could boss around." Belle shook her head, then looked D directly in the eyes. "Count, I'm renaming Drogo with the name Wynn."
"Win?" Leon asked. D cast him a warning look and the detective shut up.
"Yes, Belle. It suits him very well. Please enjoy your pet."
"I will, Count D." She left, carrying her head up and the boy in her hands.
"Did she really...see a bird?" Leon asked D.
"Yes, my Dear Detective. As of yesterday, Wynn has left Drogo's form behind. It's very symbolic, in fact. Wynn has the meaning 'friend,' detective." D smiled at Leon. Leon began to laugh. "What is it?" D asked.
"It's just...I think...This is the first time I've ever seen the good side, D." Leon replied. "I'm the one always dealing with the messes this pet shop leaves behind. It's good to see the other side of the story for once. You know, the one filled with love, hope and dreams."
"You're an officer. You don't often see the good side of anything, Leon." D replied.
"It's an unfortunate part of being a cop." Leon agreed.
"I believe it is your turn today, Detective?" D asked, but it wasn't really a question. It was more of a nudge.
"Oh, yah." Leon said. He had forgotten the reason for coming here early on his day off in the first place. He could have slept in for once, after all. "Well...what do you want to know?"
D sat down with a cup of tea, though it wasn't really 'tea time.' It was a habit by then. He sipped. Leon drank. He sipped again. "I was unaware that I must ask a question. This seemed to be your default."
"You're not human, D." Leon said, and D smiled mysteriously at him. "I'm the average guy. You're weird if you don't like sex."
"I've never had sex, Leon. I can't say whether I'd like it or not."
Silence.
"You're a virgin?!"
"Yes, Detective! Why are you yelling?" D said, startled by the sudden change. Leon shivered visibly in his chair. D stared. "Are you alright?" he asked.
"Well...honestly...I'm thrilled and disappointed." Leon said. "Disappointed because I have my work cut out for me. You'll have to be trained."
"I am not an animal!" D said angrily. "What do you mean by 'trained?'"
"It's a figure of speech, Count. It just means that I'll teach you what I like and try to find what's good for you at the same time and it's damn hard!" Leon went on. "I'm thrilled because inexperience can be sexy."
"How so?"
"Well, first of all..I'll be your first."
"You assume too much." D said simply.
"Come on, Count!" Leon said. D shifted in his seat. "Someday you and I are going to have sex. Just think about it."
I'm trying not to. D thought.
"You were so hot and bothered the other day. More than a kiss would have resulted if we'd kept going. You would have been riding me in no time."
"Leon!" D Whispered his name this time and Leon laughed.
"You're shy today, Count. Anyways, you never having sex before means your body is all mine. No one else will ever touch you like I do." Leon said proudly. "And then there's the thing about how needy you'll be..."
"Why do you keep assuming these things?!"
"It's human nature, D."
I thought we'd established I wasn't human. D thought, sipping his tea. I suppose I never told him, so he must have been joking.
"Everyone gets so hot their first time, they don't know what to do."
"The context you're using the word 'hot' in is interesting." D said abruptly.
Leon ignored him. "So they hold onto their partner the first few times. You get really cooperative and I can do whatever I want the first few times at least. And of course, I can make you feel so good you won't know what to do with yourself." D shifted again. This time Leon stopped talking. He laughed slightly. "D...does sex make you uncomfortable?" he asked.
D blinked a few times in surprise. "I believe we are meant to be talking about you. I assume your sex life has been more active than mine?" He asked.
Leon nodded. "A little. The tattoo artist, of course. Two old girlfriends."
D looked devastated. "T-three?" he asked Leon.
"It's pretty normal today, D." Leon replied, not sure how to treat D about it.
"Normal?" Suddenly D's whole look changed. He stood "Normal!? I don't care about what's normal!"
"Wha-D?"
"How dare you do this and not tell me!"
"I didn't even know you the last time I had sex!"
"I have waited my entire life for this, and you've already been with another?!" D's eyes filled with tears. "How could you?!"
"D! What's wrong with you!? You knew I've shacked up with people...I've dated...how did you not realize that- D...."
D was now sitting again, his hand over his mouth, muffling his sobs. Tears streaked down his face. Leon stood in shock for several minutes while D cryed, until the Count finally got hold of himself. "I...I'm sorry..." He sobbed, and Leon shook his head.
"I just don't get it."
"I'm sorry, Leon...please forgive me....I'm afraid I overreacted."
"Why, though?"
"I...." D sobbed again "I wanted you all to myself...I understand now...why you were happy I was a virgin." he finished quietly.
Leon sort of smiled at D. "Why did you ask about it?"
"I didn't know...it would upset me so much." D said. "I've just realized that you didn't love those you've made love to, no, had sex with. You cannot make love to someone you do not love, Detective. And I wonder now...if you will wait until you love me to take me as your own." D stared straight ahead as he said this and the shop grew quiet.
"I...uh....D...." Leon stuttered. D looked up at him. Leon sat down. "I, uh....I don't have to wait anymore, D..." he said with some difficulty. D's eyes grew excited as he waited for more. Leon realized that D expected the actual words and swallowed. "I..I already love you, D." That wasn't what he was looking for? "I'm already in love with you." Leon rephrased. This was obviously just what D was looking for. He leaned in close to Detective Orcott and paused just before touching lips with him. They both froze. "I hate that contract." Leon said.
D smiled. "It's excellent that I have such self control." He commended himself. "I am the responsible one, after all."
"Are you bipolar?" Leon mumbled.
"Back to the subject at hand, my dear detective." D now looked quite sly. "What is it exactly that you like?"
Leon blushed a tiny bit. "Well, I guess I like it kinda rough."
"Rough?" D asked. "You sound like T-Chan."
"Well, maybe we have the same taste, you know. I'd love to see you in handcuffs." he told D.
"I didn't realize that was a sign of affection." D replied.
"I love your nails." Leon said. "I can't imagine the things we could get away with with those long nails."
It was D's turn to give a faint blush, and he obliged. "My, my, Detective...you are a bit..."
"Kinky? Yah, a little." Leon said. "And I sort of like the way you dress in general."
"I believe you've recently been calling this cross dressing?" D said irritably.
"Well....it's still...kind of hot...and anyways, I really like blow jobs...." Leon continued.
D nearly spit out his tea, but retained image for image's sake. He swallowed. "Detective!"
"You asked!" Leon replied. "Besides, it's really hot. I like to watch it all happen. Very sexy."
D looked a bit concerned that this was going the wrong way. "This isn't what I had in mind, but I suppose that makes sense."
"Why?"
"Because I've never had sex." D said. "I admit that the romance holds my attention much more."
"Oh, right. Well, I really do like to snuggle a little afterwards. That's kind of a girl thing, but...actually, I just like to feel the warmth. Just having a body there, pressing up against you, firm and solid. It's..."
"Safe." D finished. I want to feel safe. I want to feel that. "That sounds wonderful." Leon nodded.
He glanced at his watch. "I have to run some errands and I need to get in the back to meet the dolphin."
"Of course."
"You don't mind, right?"
"No, My Dear Detective. In fact, I think I've had enough." D got up. "Follow me, please. I'll show you to the right door."
"Hey, Leon!"
Bro! Chris thought.
"Wow, this guy already knows my name." Leon said. He shook hands with Phillipe.
He's wanted to meet you a long time now. Chris explained.
"Chris and I have been swimming together for a while now! Would you like to join us?"
D stood far up on shore watching Leon, Chris and Phillipe. Q-Chan joined him, sitting on his shoulder. D smiled at the winged rabbit and turned his attention back to Leon. "You and Chris have come so far..." he said, though they couldn't hear him "My Dear Detective."
Rea: Oh, yay! What will happen next, I wonder?!
Len: Yes, the conclusion comes soon. Mysterious!
Rea: Mysterious!
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Rea: ^.^