AN: Happy Holidays everyone! 7 pages! Enjoy!

Chapter 4

Dee and Ryo stood face to face. Their eyes locked together. Although they had only met once long ago, Ryo had felt a connection between them. One he wanted so very badly. He didn't remember that connection so well until this moment.

"Ryo!"

Ted called. He was now crossing the street, and soon he was standing next to Ryo.

"Who's this?"

Ted asked suspiciously.

"This…this is Dee."

Ryo answered his eyes never leaving Dee's.

"You don't mean Dee Laytner do you?"

Dee nodded his head.

"I'm going to have to have him come down to the station then."

Ryo was snapped out of his thoughts by that.

"What do you mean?"

He finally turned his head away from Dee to look at Ted.

"I told you about those murders that have been taking place Ryo. He needs to come down for questioning."

Ryo sighed.

"Dee, you need to come with us. Please."

Dee's eyes gained a fire in them that Ryo had never seen in a person before.

"Why? Just so you can accuse me of a crime I never had any part in?"

"Dee, no. Please…"

Ryo tried to reason with him, but it was too late. Ted had to act on his training now, and pulled out an extra set of handcuffs.

"You're resisting arrest now. We'll have to take you in for that."

He pulled at Dee's arm, and threw him up against the door. He got him handcuffed and was reading him his rights.

"Wait! Ted, is that necessary? He didn't even do anything."

After Ted was finished he turned to Ryo.

"Ryo, he'll have to spend the night in jail for resisting arrest. You know that."

Dee glared at Ryo. Ryo looked down. That glare was just too much for him to take. He saw betrayal in that look.

OOOOoooOOO

"Now, tell me, what is your full name?"

Ted asked the still angry Dee.

"Dee Laytner."

Ted still wasn't satisfied with that. He knew Dee's name was longer then that.

"It wouldn't happen to be Jess Deangelo Laytner, would it?"

Ted saw the hesitation in Dee's face. He knew that he just opened up a gap in Dee. One that he intended to get into.

"I see I've found something that peaks your interest then. It's you name isn't it?"

Dee looked down. He thought that this part was deeply buried inside his head, but he had heard of the recent murders, and he knew what this was all about.

"Yes. My full name is Jess Deangelo Laytner Jr. I'm named after my father. I was supposed to carry on the family name."

Ryo saw how hard this was for Dee to remember. He couldn't stand that look on his sweet face.

"Ted, wait. Can't we give him a break here for a few? Or at least let me try to talk to him? This is obviously hard for him to remember, so lets take 5, please?"

Ted looked at Ryo and nodded.

"We'll take a small break. I have to go and get some paper work from the office."

Ted walked out of the room, leaving Dee and Ryo alone.

"So…you're a cop now."

"Not a real one. I'm still in school. Ted just lets me tag along on a few of his smaller cases so I can get some experience. I'll be joining this force when I finish school."

Dee still looked sad. Almost as though he had lost his best friend.

"What's wrong Dee? C'mon, tell me?"

"No. It's something I'm not comfortable with sharing. Especially with complete strangers."

Dee looked up at Ryo. Ryo still saw that connection he had once felt was gone. Any chance he had with Dee was gone. He didn't want that. He wanted Dee to open up to him.

"Dee…"

"What? You think that just one meal with you counted us as being friends? You're sadly mistaken Ryo. I've been on this earth for quite some time, and from what I've lived through I've learned two things. One is never to trust people, which I made the mistake of doing when I met you, and two never trust a cop. They're too powerful. You can never prove a cop wrong, even if the cop was in the wrong."

Dee turned his eyes away from Ryo. Ted came back in the room.

"Dee, I need you to tell me something. If you give me a few answers we'll be finished. Heck, since I'm such a nice guy, I might even forget all about that resisting arrest thing. So what do ya say? Will you give some answers?"

Dee glared heard at Ted. This is one reason why he hated cops. They were arrogant.

"Fine. Whatever gets me out of here."

"Alright then. First question, Are you connected to the gang Belle Tragedie?"

It was hard, but Dee managed to answer.

"Yes. But that was a long time ago, and I am no longer part in it."

"Ok. Next, Your father was the boss for this gang, right?"

Dee tried to hold back the memories, but his control was slowly fading.

"Yes. He was the leader."

"Ok. Who killed him?"

"I…I don't remember. I don't know who…it was."

"Dee, who was it?"

Dee's control was gone. He couldn't stop the tears from flowing.

"I told you…I…I don't remember. Please…just… no more questions."

Dee looked down. He couldn't hold it in anymore.

"Ted, stop. I think we can pretty much rule him out as being a suspect. Please Ted."

"Fine. Dee, you can go. We'll be in touch if we need any more information. Ryo, would you please escort him out of here. You can go on home. I'll finish filing this, and I'll be along later."

Ryo nodded as Ted left.

"Dee?"

"Ryo…just don't, ok? You've already done enough. If you wouldn't mind, I'd like to get out of here."

"Would you like me to walk you home?"

Dee got himself under control to answer.

"No Ryo. I don't want anything to do with you again. I already had my trust in you broken, and you've already done enough for me. If you don't mind I'd like to leave."

Ryo was trying to get himself under control.

"Ok…Just go out that door and make a left."

Dee nodded, and left. Ryo stood watching the door long after Dee had left. Was his trust really ruined? And why? Just because he was a cop? Ryo wasn't sure. After about 10 minutes, Ryo gathered himself as best as he could, and his stuff and left. He could better gather himself at home.

OOOooooOOOoo

"Ryo? Ryo?"

Ted called worriedly from the door. The whole apartment was dark, save for a few candles he saw lit in the living room.

"I'm in here Ted."

Ryo called from the living room. Ryo was seated in front of the big bay window. A glass of wine was in his hand. He was just looking up at the sky.

"What's wrong Ryo?"

Ted asked as he came in and sat next to Ryo.

"Nothing. Just thinking is all."

Ted saw that Ryo had been crying.

"Ryo…Why are you crying?"

Ryo shook his head.

"It's…It's nothing. Really I'm fine."

"No. You're not fine. What's the matter with you?"

Ted grew closer to Ryo.

"Well…It's just…It's Dee."

Ted put his arm around Ryo.

"Why are you letting him bother you, Ryo?"

Ryo was a little bit thrown off about the arm being around him, but he had known Ted for a long time, so he didn't think anything of it.

"Well…I met Dee once. A long time ago. About 15 years ago. I came home from work, I ran a small restaurant at that time, and I was coming home from closing. Anyway…I saw him sitting there. He was shivering very slightly, and he had barely anything on. Just a hat, and a pair of old warn gloves, and a small jean jacket."

Ryo sighed at the memory. Dee looked so scared and lost. Even though he knew the man was trying to hide that.

"Well, being the kind person that I am, I told him to come and spend the night. It was cold outside and I couldn't just tell him to get lost. He declined that offer, so then I offered him a nice warm meal and something hot to drink. He accepted that. Well, we were in each others company for maybe an hour, but I felt something between us. This strange connection of sorts, you know?"

Ryo smiled, but then he frowned.

"Anyway…he was about to leave, and I couldn't just let him leave with what he had, so I gave him this scarf. I know it seems stupid and small, but I really honestly thought, that maybe if I gave him this scarf he would change his mind and come back to me. Well…days went by and then came months. I was driving myself crazy over this guy. I wanted so much for him to come back. It felt like I had lost a part of myself when he left."

Ted nodded. He was a little shocked at this news.

"Anyway…we come to today. Me and him…when I came to his door, I could feel that part of me, that I thought that I had lost come back to me. It was the greatest feeling. I thought that he felt that way too. I could see it in his eyes. Then you came over and arrested him, and he…he looked at me again. And in that gaze I saw our connection vanish without a trace."

"I'm sorry. I messed it up. If I would have known…"

"No, Ted. You were only doing your job so don't feel bad. Anyway, while you left the interrogation room, him and me talked. He…He said that he regretted trusting me. He said that our trust had been…broken. He told me that he didn't want to see me ever again, and that I had already done enough to him."

Ryo felt the tears roll down his face again.

"To be told that…it hurt so much. And when he looked at me before he left…that look was a look of pure betrayal."

Ryo felt Ted's fingers brushing away his tears.

"Ryo, it's ok. You're going to have to get used to that if you want to be a good cop. You can't let people get to you like that."

"But Ted…it was Dee. I don't feel such a connection with other people, but with him…I felt something there."

"Shhh…It's ok Ryo."

Ted really wasn't sure what to do. Ryo was his best friend but he just wasn't sure how to fix this.

"Ryo, look at me."

Ryo looked up.

"You, are a good and kind hearted person. Anyone who thinks that you betrayed them is not someone who is good for you. You did nothing to betray that mans trust. You weren't even the one who arrested him. He was only lashing out in anger at you, Ryo."

"But…but all those things he said…"

"Ryo, it's ok. Don't worry about him."

What happened next had the both of them shocked.

Ted, acting on the moment, leaned down and kissed Ryo lightly on the forehead. When he pulled back, he stared down into shocked eyes.

AN: Looks like things are bad for Dee and Ryo. Will Dee ever come back into Ryo's life? And what's going to happen between Ted and Ryo? Will this small act of kindness come between them? DUN DUN DUN! Anyway...have a happy New Year! Hope you all ring in 2005 with a bang!