Dee stopped in front of Ryo's house. It didn't matter that the Commissioner had let them off early because it was getting late by now. Most of the day had been spent trying to find Ryo and then in the apartment. "Okay, I'm gonna drop you guys off here and head home. Gotta do the write-up on this little incident," he groaned.

"Dee!" Ryo's hand grabbed his shoulder and he mumbled something.

"What?"

"Don't leave!" Ryo's voice was urgent.

He still looked shocked and… afraid. Dee was almost afraid for him. He was acting really weird. But he didn't blame him. "Alright, I'll spend the night. Is that okay?"

Ryo just nodded.

"CAN YOU GET OUT OF THE CAR ALREADY?" Bikky yelled, who had gotten out the moment Dee had stopped in front of the house.

"Patience, monkey-brat!" Dee yelled back at him, closing the car door and following Ryo into the house.

Ryo immediately went into the shower. Dee watched him with a worried look. "Why's Ryo acting all weird?" Bikky asked him.

"Making the after effect of that dude trying to rape him," Dee said, quietly, more to himself than Bikky.

"Will he be okay?"

"He'll be fine. Now go to bed. It's way past your bed time."

"You can't boss me around!"

"Can too! I have seniority! Go to bed, you little brat."

"You're always so nice," Bikky muttered, going into his room.

Dee went into Ryo's room and made himself comfortable reading a book until Ryo came out of the bathroom. "Feeling better?" he asked.

"Yeah," Ryo slipped into bed, quietly.

He didn't lie down, though. He stayed sitting. "I don't bite, you know," Dee said after a few moments, "Get under the sheets. You'll catch a cold just sitting there like that."

"Dee…"

"What?" Dee looked up a Ryo's face.

His dark green eyes locked with Ryo's brown ones. Before he could say anything, he found Ryo's mouth on his, kissing him forcefully. A shiver of want swept through him. "Ryo? Mmmmm…."

Ryo finally broke away. He was looking at Dee with an unreadable expression. "Ryo? What's wrong?"

Dee was slightly shaken by the fact that Ryo had kissed him so forcefully. He could only remember one other time this had happened which was when Ryo had been in a shock because he couldn't kill Leo. Perhaps this was a similar type of thing.

Ryo was still looking at Dee, not saying anything. His shirt was slightly open. Dee felt longing sweep through him. He wanted to take him. But he restrained himself from even another kiss. He didn't want to take advantage of Ryo. "You might want to get some sleep," Dee said, casually, turning so that his back was to Ryo, "Otherwise you'll be tired at work, tomorrow."

He heard Ryo slide into bed. Within a few minutes, his breathing told Dee that he was asleep. Dee turned around and leaned over Ryo, gazing at his delicate features. "Why do you have to be so damn sexy?" he asked quietly. This was pure torture to be in a bed with him and not able to do anything. Of course, that was how it was most of the time. He sighed.

Ryo rolled over. In his sleep, his fingers gripped Dee's shirt. "Whoa!" Dee tried to pull away but Ryo just moved closer to him, his head nestling against Dee's chest.

Dee looked at him for a moment and then settled down, draping his long arm over Ryo, holding him against his chest. If he's back to normal in the morning, he's going to be really embarrassed by this arrangement, Dee thought but didn't really care.

He looked at the form which was nestled next to him. You don't even know how fucking crazy I am about you, Ryo. When you act like this, I just feel like if I do anything, I'm taking advantage of you. In some ways, I'd like it if you acted this way all the time but then you wouldn't really be yourself and maybe I wouldn't love you. But you just have to make everything so much more difficult. I can't touch you with that innocent look on your face but I want you. I want you more than I've ever wanted anyone before. But you don't know that. You just keep looking at me with that innocent look. Godammit, Ryo! You're tearing me apart.

Just as he was drifting off to sleep, Ryo still nestled in his arm, he heard a small irritating voice from next to the bed. "The bathroom light won't turn on!"

Dee opened his eyes, very annoyed. "I thought I locked the door. Go away, monkey-brat."

"Get the bathroom light to work!"

He climbed onto the bed despite Dee's soft curses and saw Ryo in Dee's arms. "Perv," he told Dee, "You just can't stop can you?"

"You little...!"

But Bikky had already scampered off the bed and down the hallway. Dee sighed and then got out of the warm bed, gently detaching Ryo from him despite Ryo's slight moan. He went down the hallway to the bathroom, and replaced the light bulb for Bikky and then came back to bed.

He stood there for a moment, just admiring Ryo for a moment and then got back into bed. After a pause, he put his arms around Ryo again. What the hell. If I can't enjoy myself with him when he's awake, I might as well enjoy myself when he's asleep.

He leaned over and gently kissed Ryo's lips. The only response he got was Ryo moving closer to him. Good-night, Ryo.

Kind of a short chapter but I think it's kind of cute. I'm actually starting to feel sorry for Dee. That's a first! Dee isn't really a character that invokes a lot of sympathy even though he's hot.