Dee struggled to keep hold of his partner as he jogged down the street towards Ryo's apartment. Maybe slinging the dark-eyed man over his shoulder had not been the best of ideas; Ryo was a little heavier than anyone would have thought and the fact that he was wriggling around didn't help any. Dee barely got the door to the apartment building open and was halfway up the stairs when he was forced to put him down.

Putting him down didn't mean letting him go and Dee had a helluva time dragging his partner up the stairs by the wrist. Once they were at the door he was forced to realize he didn't have key. Rolling his eyes heavenward he shoved his hands in Ryo's pockets and dragged out a key, earning a slap in the face for his trouble.

"Pervert!"

"Not the first time somebody's called me that." Dee tossed the keys on the bedside table before turning to look at Ryo. "You wanna tell me what your problem is?"

"What's your problem with me?" Ryo countered. "Did I not satisfy your lustful desires so that you had to be a cheater?"

"Cheater...why do you think I'm a cheater?"

Ryo folded his arms and looked away. "You didn't seem that upset when Drake decided to make you his new squeeze toy."

"I was practically kicking him to get him off me!" Dee exploded. "C'mon, that can't be the only reason you're mad." Ryo didn't answer. "Ryo?" No response. "Ryo...." Dee growled at the dismissal. "You can be such a catty little bitch, you know that?"

Ryo hmphed, causing his partner in life and work to loose his temper. For the second time that day he found himself over Dee's shoulder, this time being carted off to the bedroom. "Dee, you bastard! Put me down!"

"Oh, now you want to talk. Too late Lovebug." Dee threw the door open and tossed Ryo down on the bed. He quickly left the room, slamming the door shut. Ryo took a moment to catch his breath before storming out of his bedroom.

"Dee!" He was in the bathroom, rifling through the drawers. When he saw Ryo he almost growled.

"Go back to the bedroom."

"What the hell are you doing?" The chestnut haired cop planted his feet and refused to move.

"I'm looking for Carol's hairbrush. I know she left it here the last time she slept over."

"And just what are you planning on doing with that?" Ryo folded his arms and scowled.

In reply Dee suddenly yanked the drawer out of the cabinet, causing his uncooperative lover to jump. He grabbed Ryo's upper arm and started dragging him back to the bedroom. "I told you before, I hate it when people dismiss me!" He forced Ryo into the room and locked the door behind them.

Ryo made a mad dash to avoid Dee's arm and scrambled up on the bed, fending the larger man off with a pillow. Dee ripped it out of his hands and soon had him tucked under his arm. In one swift movement he yanked down his pants and was working on the boxers. When he got those down he paused for a moment to admire Ryo's cute tush.

"Y'know Ryo, if you behave like this again I might have to keep doing this." He called over Ryo's cries of 'pervert' and 'let me go!'. He smiled and tightened his grip around his lover's waist as he raised the hairbrush.

It landed on its target with a loud smack, eliciting a howl of pain from Ryo. Dee resisted the urge to chuckle as he raised it again. After five slaps Ryo was fighting to escape. At ten he was crying to be let go. At fifteen he was simply crying as his bottom turned a charming shade of red. Dee stopped at twenty swats to give his arm a rest and to scold Ryo.

"You gonna tell me what's bothering you?" A few muffled sobs were his only response. "'Kay." He brought the hairbrush down a few more times.

Ryo was in agony. He had snot running down his face and his eyes were swollen from crying and his bottom felt like he'd sat on an oven burner. Twisting his head he saw that it was bright red and Dee showed no signs of stopping.

Unless he apologized and explained his behavior. The feeling of betrayal stopped his heart and hurt more than anyone would have suspected. Ryo was not usually a high-strung or disagreeable individual, he just didn't like the thought of Dee flirting with anyone else.

He also didn't like the way his bottom felt. "Dee....owwwwww! Dee, stop it! Please! I'll....I'll...."

"You'll tell me what your problem is?" Dee stopped spanking and stared at his pathetic looking lover.

"Ye...yes!" Ryo chocked out. Dee nodded and tenderly let him up and guided him face down onto the bed. Ryo grabbed the pillow and promptly buried his face in it, barely noticing when Dee left the room.

He came back a second later and Ryo jumped as he felt something cool and creamy being rubbed across his bottom. He glanced back and saw Dee rubbing some kind of lotion across his rear. He sniffled and when Dee was done, he crawled into his arms and allowed himself to be cuddled. After a moment he told Dee everything.

Dee fell back onto the bed and laughed. "You....you..."

"It's not funny!" Ryo was hurt. He'd embarrassed himself in front of the whole precinct, been rude to Drake, spanked like a kid, and now Dee was laughing at him.

"Ryo, you are so paranoid!" Dee laughed. "Drake is like, one of the three straight men at our precinct...well, okay, he's bi. But he's still dating mostly women and I have no romantic interest in him."

Ryo blinked. "Drake's bisexual?"

"Yeah, you know Timothy, from forensics? Drake's got a crush on him."

"Oh..." Ryo felt incredibly foolish. "When Liza said...."

"Liza says a lot of things." Dee sat up and yawned. "I think she's still mad because I turned her down last week."

Ryo looked up. "You turned her down?"

"Yeah, told her I already had someone." Dee cupped his chin and brought him closer, gently brushing his lips. "She should know that, as should you." He kissed him again. "And I'll paddle your ass as many times as it takes for you to know that."

"Dee..." Ryo wiped his eyes. "Thanks."

"Heh heh. I haven't asked you to thank me yet, and when I do you'll address me as 'sir'. Understand?"

Ryo laughed. "Who taught you to be a dominatrix?"

"I prefer 'disciplinarian'. And if you can stand to hear about my past loves I dated this one guy who would bend me over a couch arm and turn my ass into meatloaf with his belt. And it's not like the Penguin ever hesitated to paddle me either." Dee smirked. "Y'know, it worked pretty well on you."

Ryo blushed. "Well, generally I behave better than that...."

"Yeah." Dee shrugged. "Still, I don't think Carol's gonna get her hair brush back any time soon." He laughed at Ryo's expression. "Hey, hey! If it makes you feel any better your butt turned a really cute shade of red!" He blocked the pillow that was aimed for his head.

Ryo's face was now a cherry red. "You don't have to be so provocative!" They were suddenly interrupted by the telephone. "Hello? Chief! Ahhh.....yes! Yes sir! No, no I didn't....he's okay isn't he? Oh....that's good. I mean of course it would have been better if I'd never....well it's sort of complicated. I mean....yes sir. We'll be there." He hung up. "That was the Chief."

Dee paled. "Oh fuck..."

"Yeah, word got back to him about my tearing into Drake and us leaving early."

"Uh-oh."

"He wants us back for third shift. Probably so he can yell at us."

"He say anything about Drake?"

"Only that he was upset." Ryo buried his face in his hands. "I sure as hell screwed this one up."

"Yeah." Dee agreed. "But don't worry about the Chief. He likes you too much to turn you into soy sauce. And you've got our wonderful Commissioner on your side. You'll have to write an apology and get a reprimand, but not much else."

"Drake'll still be mad at me."

"No....I gotta idea."

Two days later Drake walked into his office to find a large chocolate cake sitting on his desk with the words 'I'm sorry' and a little sad face written on in icing. Scratching his head he looked up to see Timothy standing at the door.

"Hey, you busy tonight?"

Around the corner Dee and Ryo smiled as Drake accepted the invite. "We are so lucky that half this precinct is gay." Dee nodded.

"D'you ever wonder about that?"

"Nah. I never look a gift horse in the mouth." Dee curled his arm around Ryo's waist and guided him toward the door. "You written those apology notes yet?"

"Yes." Ryo nodded. "All done. Including one to JJ."

"That's good. 'Cause if you hadn't...."

"I know, I know." Ryo smiled. "C'mon, lets go home."

End!

Author's notes- I'm not sure if I like this fanfic. Psychodahlia's thought process:
Wow! Ryo and Dee are sexy.
So is spanking.
So is Dee slapping Ryo in that one part where Ryo dismissed him.
I wish they'd carried that further.
I should write a fanfic!

And that's how this was born. I'm not sure if I got the characters right, but I did have fun writing so I guess it's all good. I hope you guys had fun reading it and as always comments, critiques, and death threats are accepted.