Disclaimer- I do not own Yami no Matsuei, never can, never will, I just like writing about them. If I owned them, I'd be so happy! Plus, then I could make them fish!

Okay, so, this is a work in progress. I think it sucks but then again I'm such a drama queen. Anyway, I came up with his idea the other day, while I was actually reading a Yami no Matsuei fic, it was soo good! Hisoka and Tsuzuki belong together anyway, now I'm just rambling. On to the story! Enjoy! Please read and review it'd be much appreciated.

Could this be love? Chapter 1

The rain outside seemed like it was about to break the windows at any moment. It was really coming down out there. Surprisingly, it was only around 10:00 in the morning, but the darkness of the sky made it seem like it was much later than that. Tsuzuki sighed; it was going to be a long day.

The chief had just assigned them to a case involving the murder of six people, they were all around the age of twenty, and they each had one thing in common--they each had an unusual amount of spiritual energy when they died. That had been about two weeks ago, yet they had only just recently got a new lead. Other than that, it wasn't really going anywhere anytime soon.

A flash of lightning brought Tsuzuki out of his thoughts. Great just what I need; I hope the Chief doesn't make us go out there…I could get struck by lightning…and then I would smell like bunt Tsuzuki…ohmigod! I bet that would happen! No, I'm sure that would happen.

Tsuzuki ran into the other room where his partner was, quietly looking at files. "Hisoka..." Hisoka looked up at the frazzled man. "What is it?" He asked. "I was just thinking that if the chief sends us out there, I could get hit by lightning...and that would really hurt..."

Hisoka stared at him a second. "You're hopeless, go back to work he's not going to send us out there, not yet anyway, and you won't get stuck by lightning. You're so weird, I swear. Geez, sometimes I wonder how you function during the day thinking like that."

Tsuzuki just grinned. "Wouldn't you like to know?" He said.

"Not really." Hisoka answered. "Now go back to work, we have to wrap this thing up in about two days." Hisoka looked away from the older man and continued reading the case files.

Tsuzuki stood in the doorway staring at the teen. Hisoka noticed this and looked up. "...Any particular reason why you're staring at me?"

"It's just that you're so cute when you're working." Hisoka blushed. He quickly looked away. "Just…get back to work," he said, still embarrassed by the last comment. Shit…why'd he say that?

"But how could I when you're there?" Tsuzuki stepped closer. "Hmm?" He stopped right in front of Hisoka. Oh, Gods…He placed a hand on Hisoka's cheek causing the teen to look up at him. I…don't…we shouldn't… Hisoka opened his mouth to say something but the words were lost as Tsuzuki placed a kiss on his lips.

He hesitated for a moment, but then he returned the kiss. Hisoka's eyes slowly closed. Tsuzuki deepened the kiss; he pressed his tongue to the closed lips asking for entrance. Hisoka parted his lips giving Tsuzuki his permission. Their tongues battled for dominance, until finally air was needed. This had turned from a sweet chaste kiss to a full blown hot and heavy kiss. Tsuzuki pulled back breathing heavily. Hisoka opened his eyes; his breath seemed harsh in his ears.

Tsuzuki smiled, and winked at him leaving the young man speechless as he walked out the door. Gods... where did he learn to kiss like that? Hisoka thought to himself, craving more of the feel of Tsuzuki's lips against his. He had forgotten all about his work.

He still stood staring blankly at the door, it had been long since Tsuzuki had left, regardless, and Hisoka continued to stare blankly at it. "Hisoka, are you okay?" Tatsumi's voice jolted him out of his thought. Hisoka looked over to Tatsumi.

"Huh?" Whoa, why didn't I sense him come in? I seriously need to concentrate more. Tatsumi moved so that he was standing next to the younger Shinigami.

"I said, 'are you okay, Hisoka'?"

Hisoka blinked a few times before answering, clearing his throat he said, "Err--yeah I'm fine, why?" Tatsumi nodded.

"Just wondering, you didn't answer when I called you the first couple of times…you sort of zoned out there."

"Oh sorry, just thinking." Tatsumi smiled. "Oh, okay. Well we have a meeting in about twenty…twenty-five minutes, just stopped by to let you know." Hisoka nodded.

"Okay." Tatsumi turned around to leave. "Oh and before I forget the chief wants to see you and Tsuzuki in his office, I think he might want to start you off on a new case, doesn't look like this one's going to get solved anytime soon."

No… "He's going to transfer you to something that happened more recently, these kinds of cases don't really get solved, so we're going to leave it for now."

What the hell, we cannot switch cases! I will not switch cases, dammit! I was so close this time. So close to finding…'him'. So very close…yet so far away.

Hisoka stood up, "Yeah, okay...but why can't we just finish this one off? Tsuzuki got a few new leads on this case about two days ago, we were going to check them out and see if would could get anything off of that."

Tatsumi shrugged, "I don't know, talk to the chief about it."

Hisoka nodded. Sorry, Hisoka it's out of my hands. Tatsumi left. Hisoka sighed and sat back down.

"Great," he said "Just what I need, another case...great." I wonder if Tsuzuki knows about this yet... probably not, better go get him and tell him that we're needed in the chief's office.

Hisoka stood up and walked out of his office, and Tsuzuki's shared office. Still lost in his thought, he practically knocked Tsuzuki over on the way out. "Oh, sorry, I was just on my way to get you; we're needed in the chief's office."

Tsuzuki nodded, "Yeah, I know Watari told me that we had a meeting about five minutes ago and to stop by the chief's office."

"Oh..." Hisoka stared blankly at the taller man for a second. "Should we go then?" Tsuzuki asked breaking the uneasy silence.

"Yeah." Hisoka turned and walked down the dimly lit hallway, Tsuzuki close behind. They reached the Chief's office, and Hisoka knocked.

"Come in," came a voice from the other side of the door. Hisoka pushed the door open stepping into the office; Tsuzuki quietly closed the door when he was also inside.

"You wanted to see us?" Tsuzuki asked.

"Yes, please have a seat." Uh oh…I know what's coming.

They each took a chair in front of the desk. "I asked you here, because I'm transferring you to a new case." Knew it. Before the chief could say anything else, Hisoka interrupted.

"Yeah, I know that but we're doing just fine with this one, why are you going to stop it in the middle?" Goddammit! This isn't happening, I was so close…how could I let this slip out of my grasp?

The Chief sighed, "It's above me, I'm not exactly sure why, but all I know is that we're suppose to stop this case alone and leave it alone."

He emphasized the last words. Tsuzuki looked over at Hisoka. You're too emotionally attached…if you were to see him now…what would you do Hisoka? I'm so sorry Hisoka, it couldn't be prevented…I just wish that you weren't so set on revenge. I hope you can understand.

Hisoka clenched his fists. No, we were so close! I am not stopping this. I'll do whatever it takes to bring Muraki down… even if that cost is my pride.

"We got a call today about vampires in the Nagasaki area...you're to be working on that case, you'll get started on this immediately."

Hisoka scowled. Dammit.

Hisoka abruptly stood up, "Yeah...whatever." He turned and left. Oh, Gods…why is this happening now?

They watched him leave and then the chief asked, "What's wrong with him?"

Tsuzuki shrugged, "Don't know." A small lie, but the Chief doesn't need to get involved. I'll talk to him."

The Chief nodded, "Okay, see you in about ten minutes—I postponed the meeting time."

Tsuzuki turned and headed out the same way Hisoka had, turning and heading back to his office.

Hisoka all but ran back to the office, him and Tsuzuki shared. His breath was coming in short gasps. I have to calm down.

Okay, Hisoka just stop and think for a second. Breathe. If he didn't calm down soon he was going to start hyperventilating. Not good.

"Hey, Hisoka can I come in?"

There was a sound of a lock being turned.

"Yeah," came the reply.

Tsuzuki opened the door and poked his head in. "Hisoka are you okay?"

Hisoka had his chair facing the window back to Tsuzuki. "Yep, never better."

Tsuzuki stepped all the way inside the office and closed the door behind him. "Yeah, right. Now what's wrong?"

"Nothing..."

Tsuzuki crossed his arms over his chest. "Okay I'm not blind, something is wrong, and I've known you long enough to know when there is something wrong."

Hisoka sighed, "It's just that I think that we were doing really well on this case, and we were so close to solving it, it's kinda stupid to just stop it in the middle and make us work on a new case. Now we'll have to start on something new and get new leads and stuff."

Hmm… that's not all there is to it is there? Why can't Hisoka trust me with his feelings, he can tell me anything, he knows that…but why does he keep his feeling all bottled up? It has to be more than just the case that's bothering him. Tsuzuki thought to himself. He sighed. Why can't he just say it, do I have to guess everything he's thinking?

Tsuzuki walked over and placed his arms around Hisoka hugging him from behind. Hisoka placed a hand on one of the arms wrapped around him, leaning into the embrace.

"It is okay, Hisoka. We'll just have more fun with this case...I know it's pointless to have us work on a case and not finish it, but you know that's how things work, I guess."

Hisoka nodded. "...Yeah."

Tsuzuki leaned down and kissed Hisoka on the cheek. "Besides we have a meeting to get to."

Hisoka signed and Tsuzuki released him. Hisoka stood up. Tsuzuki smiled at him. Hisoka hugged Tsuzuki resting his head on Tsuzuki's chest. Almost instinctively, Tsuzuki wrapped his arms around the younger man, adjusting to the new position.

"Tsuzuki?" His voice was muffled a little. "Yeah?"

"Thanks."

Tsuzuki looked down at him. "What for?" Hisoka hugged him tighter. "For being there for me." Tsuzuki smiled. "Anytime."

Author's notes: Yep… so, that's it! I made corrections… finally, my spacing sucked! Err… review! Nyahahaha 3 my little kitty faces of doom! Kitty's attack! :3 :3 :3 ha-ha-ha! Not going to put any more of those in a row... they don't look like cats… Garb.