AN: Thanx for reading so far. I hope you had fun reading the first chapter! I am in serious need of some sleep. My body just doesn't want to cooperate with me, so I apologize now for any trouble with the spelling! There is a slight mentioning of Drake x JJ (My second favorite pairing.) This is still a PG for the lang.(Not like there's much anyways...)

BTW, Devil 666: The gift was the replica Japanese temple. Please try to read a bit more carefully next time... And for those of you who also thought the last chap was a bit rushed, I'm sorry, but I have just been stressed with turning in application form, going to interviews, and getting my family's house ready for selling... So, in between all that, I'm trying my HARDEST to make chapters drawn out long but keep them precise and to the point... Sorry if this makes anyone mad...

It was nearing noon, Dee's body was just not working at it's best, something Ryo could see. Ryo decided to have Dee take a quick nap while he went to question a few people involved in the case. He hadn't gotten much for presents that day from his co-workers except for a few cards here and there. Of course none compared to the card Dee had made for him.
The questionings had gone without much luck. Although he was able to find a few pieces of evidence that just 'happened' to spring up in a few select places. Ryo just hoped that the evidence was enough to get them somewhere, cause cases that deal with any murdering of parents didn't rate high on his priority list.
By the time Ryo had gotten back and delivered the evidence Dee was getting up out of the chair, rubbing his back which was leaned over uncomfortably as he slept. "Well, "Dee yawned, "that was nice."
"Good, I hope it was, cause you have some stuff to do mister! It's my birthday and I still wind up doing most of the work!" Ryo moved over to the computer.
"Aww, now Baby..." Dee wrapped two strong arms around his honey. "Now, I can guarantee to you that you won't be doing any work as soon as you get home except relaxing."
"You better be right..." Ryo gazed from the computer screen to his green eyed sweetie.
"You know I am..." Dee leaned down and kissed his Ryo on the forehead, gradually moving towards the mouth.
"DEE LAYTNER!!! GET IN MY OFFICE NOW!!!" The Chief opened the door to the office and made both Dee and Ryo jump halfway off the ground.
Great, just what I need. Dee was hoping that this wouldn't mean he'd have to stay late.
"DEE! You'd better be able to explain this!" The chief's voice roared as he slammed the door to his office just and threw down a few files on the desk.
"Explain what? As far as I know I haven't done anything wrong!" Dee protested, only to get shot down with a evil glare coming from Jay.
"Why don't you and Ryo have that case done yet?! I told you a while back that if anything went wrong that I'd be calling you in for questioning!" Jay walked slowly around Dee, trapping him in.
"Hey, I can't help it if the damn perp seems to have high-tailed it outta here! For all we know he could be halfway across the Damn country. Ryo's gonna be sending an alert to officials across the country for the guy's ass." For once the chief looked at Dee amazed.
"Well, I have to give you that much. Just try and hurry on the damned thing. The city ain't gonna give us too much more funding for this case." The chief sat down at his desk and dismissed him.
"Oh, just one other thing. Remember how bad you messed up the last case, risking civilian lives, detonating unnecessary explosives in random buildings? I'm making you and Ryo staying late tonight." Dee's jaw dropped.
"But it's Ryo's Birthday tonight!" Dee's fuse was beginning to become very short.
"Look, I don't care if it was the end of the world, but we need that other case from you guys!!! The city is calling us in everyday and wondering why the damn perp and the case ain't locked away yet! If we make them wait any longer for it, then they ain't gonna give us any more funding to solve it!" Jay's face became scary, and Dee knew better than to be fighting with him now or else he'd be staying late the rest of this week.
There went Dee's plans for a good night at home, just him and Ryo sitting in front of a fire after a walk in Central Park. All can I hope is that Ryo is fine with it. Dee knew with certainty that Ryo would have more than a few objections.
"Well," Dee entered the lounge where he found Ryo and few other guys, "we won't be able spend your birthday night as I had liked to. The damn gorilla is making us stay late to finish the case quicker..."
"But, then that ruins all of your plans! Isn't there a way to get out of it?" Ryo stood up and looked into his lover's eyes.
"No, there is no way, I mean the city's gonna cut back on the funding for the case soon. So we have no other choice than to finish it." Ryo just gave a huge hug to Dee.
"I'm sorry that our evening is ru..." Dee placed a finger on the other man's lips.
"Don't worry about it, I'll figure something out, I always do." Ryo gave a quaint smile.
"Oh! Drake may have stumbled across something that'll help us out some." Drake handed a piece of paper to Dee.
"Seems as though we got a visual on the perp in Ohio heading west. Your best bet is to contact the major stations in states west of their." Drake sure was observant.
"Thank you captain obvious! But I think that we could have figured out who to contact..." Dee gave a playful punch on the arm.
"Sorry, my brain's been on the fritz lately...JJ..." There was no need for further explaining once that name came up.
"What, wrong? He's started gettin the hots for you lately?" Drake looked down at his callused hands.
"That's exactly it...I just don't know what to do. Just the other day he kissed me...And you wanna know the scary thing about it?" Dee's eyes grew to the size of saucers.
"I didn't try to get away from him." Dee's jaw dropped to the ground and Ryo stood speechless.
"I don't know what's wrong with me..." Drake combed a hand through his hair.
"Look, I would help you, but I have to work on the case, but I promise that I'll help you once we get done with it. Till then, just try and see if you yourself can sort out your feelings." Ryo walked out of the room, dragging Dee who was still in shock.
Ryo slid to the floor by Dee. "JJ and Drake...What's this world coming to"?
"DEE! Geez, you could at least give some moral support for Drake. He's exactly like me in this sort of a situation!" Ryo slapped a hand over his mouth, hoping Dee would oversee the comment.
Dee looked at Ryo who was as white as a piece of paper. Something made Dee smile about the comment his lover had made just then. Was it possible that Ryo really did want to say that he loved him? Was it possible that Ryo actually wanted to get some? Dee stopped himself before he began thinking of things that might not come anytime soon, like getting in his pants.
"Ok, I suppose I could give some moral support, but only cause you told me to." Ryo smiled as he reached over and messed up Dee's hair.
"Good, now let me go and contact those state officials while you go figure how to get us out of this mess." Dee started down towards the chief's office, he was more than determined to make tonight the greatest night in Ryo's life...All except, of course, the wedding night.

I hope that this chapter is a bit longer for your tastes. I'm SOOOO SORRY 4 it not being longer!!!!!!! And like I said before, if these chapters aren't drawn out, then I am EXTREAMLY sorry for it. (Life as a 16 yr old sux!!!)