Welcome! Unfortunately, I do not own FAKE. That honor belongs to Sanami Matoh-sama. But I will shamelessly manipulate her characters for the time being.

"What's the matter, Dee? Didn't get any last night?"

The dark haired detective cracked his knuckles threateningly, but otherwise pretended he didn't hear the break room chatter that had suddenly turned towards him.

"I think you hit a nerve, Drake! But we all know the answer to that one. Ryo was avoiding his like he had the plague in the bar. Lover's spat, Dee? What'd you do?"

"He didn't do anything! Whatever it was, it was Ryo's fault." JJ stood up for his man and attempted to throw his comforting arms around Dee's neck, but he'd had enough.

"Yeah guys, laugh it up." Which they did. "What Ryo and me have goes beyond physical contact and sex. Something you idiots wouldn't understand."

"But could the lack of contact be because Ryo won't let you within ten feet of him while anyone else is around, leaving you no choice but to seek other means of connecting to him?"

All heads turned towards the door.

"Agent Spacey!"

"Hey, hot FBI chick! Long time, no see."

"Oh great, another thorn in my ass." Dee muttered.

"Nice to see you too, handsome." Diana winked and let him walk out the door, then entered to catch up with the boys for a few minutes.

Dee grumbled all the way back to his desk. Was it so obvious that Ryo avoided PDA that Diana had noticed it? Not to mention the entire precinct. Dammit! It just pissed him off.

"Hey Dee, you okay?" Mr. Oblivious sat at his desk going over the case file for their most recent investigation. They'd made little headway and Dee assumed that was why Diana had been called in.

"Fine." He slouched down in his chair and casually glanced over what was on his desk. Paperwork, paperwork, old case file, criminal records for a few suspects, and...

"Hello there," He whispered, picking up a plain white envelope placed directly on top of his mess. He opened it.

'Believe it or not, I know I'm not the easiest person in the world to get long with...
There are times when I'm moody, and no matter what you say or do, I'll find fault.
I know, at times, I push you to the point where you feel like you just can't win and you wonder what you could possibly be doing wrong...
Well, it's not you, it's me. (I know it's cliché, but it's true.)
I just can't understand what someone as wonderful as you could see in me and I get scared.
I'm afraid you'll suddenly see all my flaws and fall out of love with me.
I know it's not excuse, but those times when I'm the most difficult are probably the times I'm loving you the most and can't bear thoughts of life without you.
So I'm trying...And I love you, more than anything in the world.'

Ryo was concentrating on the case file when Dee looked up at him. But there was a small smile tugging at the corner of his mouth. Suddenly, he felt much better. The same kind of feeling he'd have after kicking Berkley Rose's ass or making love to Ryo.

Not saying anything, Dee glanced over to make sure the office door was closed going over and gently kissing his partner on the forehead and walking out. But not too quick to miss Ryo's deep blush and sideways glance at the door. His smile grew a little though, and it was a little harder for him to concentrate on that case file. And that made Dee feel like he was on top of the world.

They could hardly wait for that evening to come.

Okay, I DID NOT WRITE THAT CARD! It was taken from another greeting card. The passage is by Linda Lee Elrod. Gorgeous, ne? Also, I've been told this is a good enough ending place. I didn't feel like ending it yet, but an unofficial ending if you want to skip a bit of OOCness, some angst, and a lovely public bathroom scene in a few chatpers.