False Impressions 6

Disclaimer: I don't own them. ;_; Other then Danny, Josh, Sean and Laura.. If you want to give Dee to me though, I'll be MORE then happy to take him off your hands *hentai grin*

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Alcohol, your songs resolve, like my life never will...
When someone else is picking up the bill...
I love you more
Than I did the week before
I discovered alcohol

Barenaked Ladies 'Alcohol'

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Dee sat in the office, searching through papers and folders, grumbling to himself. "Where the hell did JJ leave that?"

The NY cop was currently searching for the folder that contained the information about the murder cases. Somehow JJ had managed to get all the information one could want on the victims, crime scene and evidence analysis in his own greedy little hands and then had, just to annoy him, Dee was sure, hidden it. "What kind of an idiot is he, losing something like this. That moron ought to-"

"Hmmm? What's wrong, Dee-sempai?"

"YEEEE!" Dee jumped, spinning to face JJ. "Oh, it's you... You scared me!"

"Sorry. Didn't you hear me come in?"

"No..." Dee called upon his vast amount of tact and knowledge of subtlety to broach a matter that was obviously annoying him. "JJ, you look like shit. Didn't you sleep?"

JJ sweatdropped. Ahh, his Dee-sempai. So tactful. "Yes, I did. But Danny's been scared stiff all afternoon and is trying to hide that from Sean."

"Who's Sean?"

"Her make-up guy."

"Oh."

Dee peered around. "Where is she?"

"Well...like I said, she was all upset. Then she got more upset, because she could tell I was getting stressed out because she was hiding that she was upset from Sean and thus I had to help her deal with it. So she called in Laura."

"...You people're strange."

"I know..."

"What makes you think Laura can handle it?"

"She's a trained fighter and I taught her to shoot myself."

"A fighter? For an assistant?"

"Actually, she's Danny's bodyguard too. We just don't like people knowing it so we've gotten in the habit of calling her an assistant. She doesn't mind. She does assistant stuff too, with Sean."

"You people are even stranger then I thought. So...It's you, Danny, Laura the bodyguard assistant and Sean the make-up guy assistant?"

"Yeah..."

"..."

"Anyway, what're you doing in my desk, Dee-sempai?"

"Looking for that folder on the murders you had." He punched JJ lightly in the shoulder. "Why'd you hide it from me?"

"I didn't hide it from you!"

"Well, I can't find it!"

JJ sighed, reached into a small stack of folders he had on his desk and pulled out one. "You mean, this one?"

"Yes!" Dee eyed the pile. "It wasn't in there before!"

"Of course not. What'd you want to know?"

"Mmm, just wanted to see if this made any patterns. Why're you here, anyway?"

"I wanted to get the information on Sarah and to pick up the folder. I'm going home after this."

"Hmm...I'm going with you."

JJ's heart stopped. "Pardon me?"

Dee continued looking through the file, barely noticing him. "I'm going home with you."

JJ blissed out for a moment. Dee wanted to go back home with him.

Dee finally looked up. "Gotta make sure...Ahhh, JJ?"

"Yes, Dee-sempai!"

"You look strange. Are you feverish? Better get you in bed."

JJ's mind immediately conjured several interesting possibilities involving Dee-sempai, himself, and a bed. "Uhhhh..."

Dee set the folder down, putting a hand on JJ's forehead. "You don't feel feverish..."

"I...uh...I guess not..." JJ weakly replied. He really needed to calm down...at least stop thinking about Dee and beds! Urg, that didn't help...Umm...must think about something totally unsexy!...The chief, yes, the chief! He was about as unsexy as they came. JJ, feeling that at last he could open his eyes without blushing or glomping Dee, did so.

He almost immediately screamed and staggered backwards, losing his balance totally. Dee, surprised, reached out to catch him, only to be dragged off balance as well. He managed to catch a hold of the edge of the desk with one hand before they landed on the floor, however, the other holding JJ up.

At that precise moment fate, the meddlesome bastard it is, decided to have some fun. The door opened. Someone took a few steps inside then stopped. The room froze.

JJ shivered. It wasn't everyday that a room dropped about ten degrees in a minute. He yelped as Dee hauled him to his feet, and looked at the door. Whoever had entered must be carrying a load of dry ice, or something.

No such luck.

"Ryo?!" Dee blinked. "What're you doing here?"

Ryo's glare turned on Dee. JJ was surprised his sempai didn't immediately turn into a icicle [Heee! Sempai-pop! n.n] Ryo then sniffed and, without saying a word, exited, slamming the door behind him.

Dee groaned. "Aww, shit."

JJ sweatdropped. Now was not the time to annoy his sempai further, even about the going home thing. He frowned, looking around. The room still wasn't warm, could Ryo-sempai have been angry enough to chill it permanently?
Once again, no such luck. He would've been much happier if it that had been the case.

Standing in another doorway [Err...the office has two doors now. n.n;;; Authors license. Or did it have 2 before? Hmm....] was an extremely pissed-off Danny, a totally confused Sean, and Josh, who was also confused. He blinked. Now why was Danny mad? He walked over, totally missing Dee running after Ryo. "What's wrong, Danny?"

She sniffed. "Nevermind." Her voice was only a few degrees warmer then the room. "I'm going out to lunch. I'll see you, alone, for dinner." She stressed that alone strangely, frowned at him some more, then walked off. Josh grinned at JJ, then walked after her. Sean hung around a moment, looking confused. "What's wrong with her?"

"Hell if i know."

"She doesn't like your boyfriend, huh?"

"Eh?"

"That guy. I mean, he's obviously interested in that other guy, the one who burst in."

JJ fumed. Now *Sean* was telling him about who Dee-sempai was interested in? He didn't even know Dee's name!

Sean winced, stepping back from the look on JJ's face. "Don't get me wrong, man. I mean, it's not your fault. He just likes the other guy, right? or he wouldn't've gone running after him."

JJ checked. Sure enough, Dee-sempai was gone.

Sean patted him on the shoulder. "Cheer up, Jamie. You'll find another guy. It's not worth fighting for one who's got his mind set on someone else."

JJ stared at Sean. No one, except Danny, called him Jamie. Not even Laura.

Sean winked. "I better run or they'll leave without me. Just remember, dump him before he dumps you. It's easier to take that way..." He turned to leave, but paused, voice suddenly sympathetic. "I've been where you are, Jamie. You're better off moving on." He waved over his shoulder. "Later. See you at dinner." And he ran off.

JJ blinked. Sean was in a strange mood today, if he was giving out relationship advice. Normally he left that to Danny, pronouncing his lack of lovelife evidence he wasn't suitable help. He shook his head, then walked back to his desk. He still hadn't gotten the information he wanted. He'd figure Danny out later.

Picking up the folder he looked through the papers, eyes focusing suddenly on the same one they had earlier. Snatching it up he quickly read through it, cursed, and ran out the door. Danny!

* * *

Ryo stalked down the hallway to the exit, mind reeling. It was Dee's fault! Dee, not JJ! He clenched his fists angrily. He'd been blaming JJ for everything, when it was... He should've known, Dee had been too accepting of JJ recently.

Blinking away angry tears he spun to face Dee, who was running up behind him. "Why're you here?" He asked coldly. "Shouldn't you still be with JJ? He'll probably be mad you ran off?"

"Huh?" Dee was confused. "JJ?"

Ryo growled. The inconsiderate bastard, he wasn't even thinking about JJ, even though... "Well, what do you want?"

"I want to know what's wrong? Why're you so mad?"

"That should be pretty damn obvious."

"Eh?" Comprehension finally dawned. "Oh!....Ryo, he fell! I had to catch him."

"Sure. Just had to catch him and I just happened to walk in?"

"Well...yeah, actually. That's a rather pathetic excuse."

"It's the truth!"

"Why were you talking to him anyway?" Ryo wasn't about to forgive him that easily.

"I wanted that file on the murders he had."

"..."

"And I wanted to go home with him after the shift ended."

*WHAM*

Dee, now on the floor, gaped up at Ryo, who stalked off. Ryo punched him! Ryo'd never hit him before, not seriously! What the hell was going on?

He yelled at the disappearing figure. "What the hell's wrong with wanting to check on Danny? Shit..."

"You wanted to check on me? Aww, that's so sweet!"

Dee turned his head and, sure enough, there was Danny. "When'd you get here?"

"It's magic." Josh answered. "Say her name and she appears to gossip and meddle."

She hit him on the shoulder. "Shush you." She stared at the bruise on Dee's cheek. "That's nasty. What happened?"

"Ryo hit me!"

"Eh?!" She looked shocked. "Why? Because of JJ?"

"You saw that."

"Yes."

Josh grinned. "She sees everything...I guess this means lunch is canceled."

She nodded. "Of course." She helped Dee up. "Let's go get an ice pack on that and you tell me what really happened."

Josh sighed as they walked off. "My girlfriend ditched me for her gay friend's romantic troubles...what the hell've I gotten myself into?"

Shaking his head he walked towards the exit, waving as he spotted Sean rushing the same way. "Hey!"

Sean paused, then turned and stopped. "Josh? Where's Danny?"

Josh sighed melodramatically. "She abandoned me to take care of Dee and help heal the wounds from this fiasco."

"Huh? Dee?"

"Yep. The center of this whole sordid love...something. I'm not sure of the shape anymore."

"JJ's boyfriend?"

Josh snorted. "JJ only wishes. Dee likes Ryo. The guy who stalked off you know? JJ's got the crush on Dee who, as far as I can tell, ain't sure what to do with him..."

Sean pondered that. "So...then, what happened back there was..."

"Yeah. I feel like I've been sucked into a bad soap opera."

They both jumped out of the way as JJ nearly ran them over, racing down the hallways. "Wait up, man! You could hurt someone like that."

JJ skidded to a stop, pointing at Josh. "You!"

"Me?"

"Yes, you!"

"What'd I do?"

JJ thrust the paper in his hands into Josh's. "This!"

Josh blinked and read it. "What's this? A murder case?"

"Look at the suspects!"

He read it aloud. "Top suspects, Josh and Brett Raven."

"Eh?" Sean took the paper. "Murder?"

"Apparently."

"You're also a suspect in a dozen other murders too!"

"That many? Wow, I'm popular."

"This isn't a joke."

"No. Nor could I have done that. I was eating dinner with Danny."

Sean frowned. "Who's Brett?"

"My brother."

"Where was he?" JJ was obviously determined to get Josh somehow.

"How should I know? I was eating. I hadn't seen him all day."

JJ glared. 'I'll get you eventually."

Josh shrugged. "Maybe...but until then." With a small wave he left. "Bye-bye."

"Hmmm... I'm a bit surprised. Although...If you think about it, he does kind of have that hitman look about him."

"How can you be so calm about this?" JJ exploded.

Sean held up his hands defensively. "Calm down. If he was going to hurt Danny he would've already."

"But!"

"She really likes him, you know. You're being awfully childish about this whole thing."

"Who's childish? I don't like him."

Sean rolled up the paper and tapped him on the head with it. "That's what's so childish, JJ."

"I won't let him hurt Danny!"

"He isn't going to, JJ. So he's an assassin. The guy in this case was a criminal anyway. Very different."

"It isn't different at all."

Sean sighed. "There's just no talking to you, is there..." He blinked. "Wait... If dinner's canceled..." He grinned. "Later, JJ!"

"Where're you going?"

"Going to see if Laura's free."

"What about dinner with Danny?"

"Canceled... She went off to help take care of that Dee guy."

"Dee-sempai? Where?"

"I don't know."

He sweatdropped as JJ ran off and muttered after him. "Not that I'd tell you even if I did..." He eyed the paper in his hands, and set it down on a nearby desk. "Seems this soap opera's getting a bit more interesting."

* * *

"So he hit you for no reason?"

"Yeah! I just said I wanted to go home with JJ after the shift to see you."

"Umm...are you sure you said the part about seeing me?"

"Uhh..." Dee thought, then sweatdropped. "...That's a reason, isn't it?"

She nodded slowly.

"Damn!"

She thought a bit. "OK, the first thing we have to do is get you in to see him again. He's at home, right?"

"Yeah...But he won't let me in. He always locks the door when he's pissed."

She sweatdropped. "You've done this enough to know that?...Nevermind. OK, we have to get you in and Bikky out..."

He made a face. "Bikky... He won't leave easily."

She winked. "Oh yes, he will..."

"What're you planning?"

"Who says I'm planning anything?"

"You have that look on your face."

"Mmm. Never mind. Anyway..." She pulled out her cell phone and paused. "Do you happen to know Carol's number?"

* * *

"Bye bye, Ryo!"

Ryo looked up from his book. "Where're you going, Bikky?"

"Carol's! She wants to have dinner with me!" He raced out the door. Ryo sighed. Alone again...

He stared down at his book for a long moment, then tossed it aside. He simply couldn't seem to concentrate. He frowned. This shouldn't be bothering me so much. So what if Dee likes JJ?

Jealous?
Him?
Of Dee?

Impossible... He sighed, no matter what he wanted to believe, it seemed that he was jealous, at least a little.

Why?
Because...
You want him all to yourself?

...Yes.

Ryo blinked, wondering where that thought had come from. He didn't really want Dee for himself...did he? He wasn't gay!...Was he?

He jumped as someone knocked on the door and sighed. Of course, Dee. He'd probably run over after his shift was done. Ignoring the knocking, which was quieter then Dee's usual, he went to make himself some tea.

"Hmmm... Guess he already left. Should've called ahead."

Ryo paused, eyeing the door. That wasn't Dee's voice! Walking over to it he peered out the peephole to see Danny making a face. He opened the door, and got hit on the head.

"What were you doing, making us wait like that?" Dee yelled at him. Danny sweatdropped.

Ryo glared at Dee. "What do you want?"

Dee shivered as Danny replied. "Well, actually, we were wondering if you and Bikky wanted to go out to dinner."

"Dinner?"

"Yeah." She smiled. "I was lucky enough to come to the station in time to catch Dee, he was going to come home with JJ later to see how things were going, and we decided to go out and eat. Josh and everyone was busy, so I figured we should ask you and Bikky."

Ryo blinked. Dee was planning on going back to check on Danny? He hadn't been going back because...? "Ahh, well..."

"You ate already, didn't you?"

"Yes, sorry."

"No fair... well then, how about we go out to a bar?"

"Eh?"

"Me and Dee can get something to eat and we can all get drunk." She winked. "Sounds fun to me."

"Me too." Dee voted.

Danny laughed. "Why'm I not surprised?... Well? Randy-san?"

"Hmm... I guess so..."

"Great. Know any good bars around here?"

* * *

Ryo didn't normally drink, not much. Even when he was out with the guy he tried to keep his head, kept down later embarrassment. He'd had an extremely trying day, however, and didn't work till late the next evening plus he was sure that he'd probably end up embarrassed drunk or not, Danny and Dee had that effect on him. So, he decided to follow Dee's example and get drunk out of his mind. Or, at least, that's what he'd planned...

"No way."

Ryo glared. Danny glared back.

He reached for the bottle and growled as she slapped his hand away. She shook her head. "You need to learn the proper way to drink. You don't drink until you pass out on the floor. You drink until you get that nice, pleasant buzz."

"One more isn't going to knock me out."

"There's more to it than that though. You gotta stop before you lose all your inhibitions, otherwise bad things tend to happen, like throwing up on people and singing really, really badly. And then your friends can blackmail you."

"So...The proper stopping point is when your feeling good but not that good, right?"

"Right. The point where, if a friend mistakes you for their boyfriend and kisses you, you sputter protests but don't feel all embarrassed."

Ryo sweatdropped. "That's a weird example."

"Sean's a weird kind of guy.'

"You mean, this isn't your idea of the stopping point?"

"It is, but I got it from Sean. I never used to drink."

"Why not?"

"Didn't have any guy friends and getting drunk with a bunch of models in a bar isn't really a good idea."

"... I see."

"What about you?"

Ryo made a face. "He stopped when he ran out of alcohol or passed out."

Danny laughed as Dee protested. "I did not!"

"You did too! When we were drinking in England you drank almost all the wine then fell asleep."

Danny grinned. "Dee's a sleepy drunk!"

"Not as sleepy as you though. I remember last time we drank. You were wasted."

Danny laughed nervously. "Well...That was then. I had a little too much."

"Really."

"Hey! Are you making fun of me?"

Dee grinned. "What's it seem like?"

She stuck her tongue out at him, then poured the rest of the bottle into her glass. "All right, after this we better go. I'm about ready to go back and demand a couple more of these, and then we'll both be asleep and Randy-san'll probably ditch us."

Dee laughed and poked Ryo. "You would, wouldn't you?"

"Maybe..."

Danny downed the shot in one go as Dee headlocked Ryo, complaining about how cruel he was. "OK, let's go." She stood and snatched her coat.

They trooped out the door, not even wobbling or stumbling too much. They headed back towards Ryo's place, since it was close and Dee didn't want to risk running into JJ by going to Danny's place. Once they arrived at Ryo's, however, Danny excused herself to go back home, since it was getting pretty late.

Dee looked at Ryo, who turned away and started cleaning up a bit. Dee made a face. "You're still mad, huh?"

"..."

"Why the hell're you so mad anyway? JJ?"

Ryo glared at him. Dee grinned. "Oh, so that's it! You're jealous!"

"I am not."

"Then what the hell is wrong with you?"

"Nothing's is wrong with me."

"Then why're you so mad?"

"Because..."

"What?"

"Because you shouldn't be playing with JJ like that. If you like him, tell him, if not..."

Dee laughed. "You're one to talk!"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"You wouldn't be able to tell me if I liked you or not if both our lives depended on it!"

Ryo fumed. "The hell I wouldn't!"

"Fine then! What do you feel?"

"Ehhh..." He'd walked right into that one.

"See?" Dee made a disgusted noise. "I'm beginning to wonder if you'll ever get a clue. I can't sit around waiting for you forever."

"What do you mean by that?"

"I mean that you should figure your own damn life out! You just sit around acting as if life'll wait for you!"

Ryo glared but he couldn't exactly respond to that.

"Ryo, either you care about me or you don't. You already know I care about you." Dee was dead serious, voice low. "I want to know, now!, whether you want me around or if I should just walk out that door and not bother coming back."

Ryo's mouth opened, but he said nothing. He stared at the floor, quiet.

Dee was silent as well, for a moment, then cursed. "Shit, Ryo! Haven't you even thought about it?"

Yeah. Far too often. But...
I...
I'm afraid!
I'm afraid you don't really care about me. I'm afraid to tell you that I do care...I'm afraid you won't want to be with me anymore. I'm afraid that you'll leave me.

Dee shook his head, picked up his coat. "Goodbye, Ryo."

"...Don't!!"

Dee jumped. He hadn't expected to suddenly speak, much less so loudly. He turned and gaped. Ryo was crying. "Wha-"

"Don't leave me alone!...Please, don't..." Ryo lunged forward, wrapping his arms around Dee's neck and burying his face in his neck. "Don't leave..."

Dee sighed, wrapping his arms around Ryo. "I guess this counts as an answer, huh?" No response. He tightened his grip. "Don't worry. I won't leave."

"...Promise?"

Dee pulled Ryo back, looking him in the eye. "I promise, Ryo, that I won't leave." He kissed him lightly. "I won't die before you do."

Tears welled up in Ryo's eyes again, but this time he kissed Dee. Dee blinked. Mental note, Ryo is an aggressive drunk... He hid a mental grin as Ryo's kisses grew hungrier, more intense. What do you know, he does have a sex drive!

He blinked as Ryo pushed him up against the wall, one hand falling to work on his shirt buttons. Hey! Wait a minute here, this isn't the way it's supposed to go!...A voice in the back of his mind laughed, commented that he'd gotten himself in this situation and made a few ecchi suggestions about enjoying the ride... His train of thought was broken, however, by a loud tearing sound. "Ryo! My shirt!"

"Shush."

"What do you mean, shush? You ripped my shirt!"

Ryo growled and bit him on the neck. "Be quiet..."

"How'm I supposed to be quiet when you're...ahh...Ryo..."

Dee wasn't exactly quiet. But he did stop protesting.

* * *

Ryo woke up to pitch darkness. He made a face, looking around for the clock. 3 am? He sighed and shifted. Something must've woken him up.

He blinked as he realized someone was sleeping beside him, literally breathing down his neck. It wasn't Bikky, he could tell that much...Actually, he could tell quite a bit, since neither he nor the other person was wearing any clothing. He searched his memory, trying to figure out what'd happened the night before. He hadn't gotten that drunk, had he?

Aw, hell!

Apparently he'd gotten drunk enough. He'd...And Dee had...He turned a bright red, nosebleed threatening. What the hell was he supposed to do now?

The voice in the back of his head offered a number of extremely interesting suggestions at that point.

His blush deepened somehow. Nonono!...Although...Dee hadn't really protested, except about his shirt... Ryo almost died as that memory returned. "I'm never getting drunk again."

"Nnh?" Dee muttered sleepily. "Wha-"

"N-Never mind..." Ryo was frozen. He couldn't move, couldn't speak. What was he going to say? He'd...

He gasped as Dee nuzzled his neck, kissing him. He froze again as Dee whispered in his ear. "Ne, Ryo..."

"Y-yes?" How was he supposed to think with Dee's breath ghosting over his skin like that?

"My turn."

Ryo was absolutely certain that he was now blushing enough to be glowing in the dark. Dee didn't seem to notice though...

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