Tatsuya was finishing up putting the second coat of wax on his brother's car. He wanted to hurry up and finish, but at the same time didn't want to do a shitty job because he'd end up hearing about it from Katsuya later.

Tatsuya had about enough of his brother for the weekend. Katsuya had been nagging him all day and Saturday about the text messages he sent Friday night. Tatsuya didn't know what was worse. The fact that his brother could hold a grudge for eternity, or the fact that he had no sense of humor.

"So, have you thought about the consequences of your actions?" Katsuya asked. Tatsuya decided both were equally bad.

"You're never going to let that go are you? You need to lighten up…a Lot! It's called a joke. It's supposed to be funny." Tatsuya buffed the car, blatantly ignoring his brother's reaction to his statement. He didn't bother looking up until he heard the garage door the station close. One of the beat cops stood there in mild shock, staring at the door.

"What crawled up his ass and died?" said the Beat Cop. Tatsuya could tell from the statement that the guy was a transfer.

"You're new here huh?" Tatsuya was expecting the cop's surprised reaction.

"That obvious huh? I hope I'm not going to regret transferring." The Cop said as he took a seat on the hood of his car. He looked a bit dejected over the situation.

"He's a great cop. He just has no sense of humor. Between you and me, he's probably one of the few with rank that isn't corrupted as shit." Tatsuya finished buffing the wax off of the car, and started on the windows. "By the way, you didn't hear that from me."

"Hear what?" The Cop asked. Tatsuya laughed with the Officer. He could sense this guy would be alright as long as he kept his nose clean.

"Hey, is Officer Suou around?"

Tatsuya turned toward the direction of the newcomer. His heart skipped a beat as he gazed upon the most beautiful sight he had ever laid eyes on. The face the voice belonged to looked soft and fragile, but the eyes expressed a strength that was not to be underestimated. Tatsuya wanted to run his fingers through those dark tresses that fell in such a way as to obscure the newcomer's right eye. He wanted to brush his lips against the other's soft, supple lips. Tatsuya immediately attempted to think about baseball. He had to behave himself. He didn't want to scare this delicate looking young man away. Not to mention he wasn't exactly wearing the loosest fitting jeans today. Where these feelings came from, he didn't know. Right now he didn't care.

Nonchalant, nonchalant

"Yeah, he's on duty today. I'll let him know someone's here to see him." The Beat Cop said. Tatsuya was somewhat grateful. He'd have to move fast before his brother got outside though. However, fate it seemed would be on his side today.

"You must be Officer Suou's brother. I could tell. You look a lot like him." The young man said. Tatsuya balked at being compared to his uptight older brother. The other male seemed to sense his discomfort.

"I don't mean that in a bad way, I assure you. In fact, I think you're gorgeous." The young man said. Tatsuya had trouble remembering how to breathe. The other male was flirting with him, and he was choking on the response.

He felt heat rising to his ears in a mixture of bashfulness and admiration. The heat he felt was suddenly met with cold wetness. It took him a second to realize that he'd been dowsed in water. The newcomer was holding the water hose, laughing lightly at Tatsuya's disheveled state. Tatsuya smirked as he grabbed the sponge from the soap water bucket and lobbed it at the newcomer. The beautiful newcomer squeaked and tried to shield himself. However, Tatsuya's aim was true. The two continued to trade water projectiles as they played and laughed in the summer sun. Eventually they abandoned their chosen weapons and resorted to wrestling with each other on the grass. Tatsuya vaguely registered rolling on top of the hose at one point, but he didn't care. He was having so much fun. Eventually the two had to stop to catch their breath.

"You know me, but you never told me who you are." Tatsuya had his arms wrapped around the other boy's waist. He wasn't going to let him go without learning his name.

"Eh hem?" Tatsuya looked up to a rather amusing sight. Katsuya was standing about ten feet from the two. It appeared that the Sergeant had become a casualty of rough housing. His hair and his blazer were soaked.

"You know you'll get wrinkles a lot sooner if you keep frowning like that." Tatusya said. Katsuya's frown deepened at his younger brother's smartass remark.

"Honestly Tatsuya, is it too much to ask for you to behave even a little bit?" Katsuya asked. Tatsuya paid no attention to his brother as he helped the other boy up.

"Actually Officer Suou, it wasn't his fault. I hit him with the water hose first." The dark haired boy said.

"Well, fortunately my shift is over, so no harm done." Katsuya said. Tatsuya couldn't believe his ears. He was about to get reamed again, while this beautiful creature next to him was going to get off the hook. He began to wonder about his brother.

"Anyway, was there something you needed Jun?" Katsuya asked. Tatsuya finally had a name to a face.

"Actually, I wanted to apologize for the texts I sent Friday night. I started that too." Jun said. Tatsuya was stunned. This Adonis standing next to him, who had just been in a water fight with him, was also the one whom he had flirted with on Friday night under the guise of his older brother. Tatsuya didn't know if he should consider himself lucky or not.

"Again, no harm done." Katsuya said. Tatsuya rolled his eyes.

Fuck and lie Katsuya. Fuck and lie.

"Would you like to have dinner with us tonight?" Tatsuya asked Jun. He was kicking himself for the random request, but he desperately wanted to establish something with Jun.

"That would be great, so long as it's okay with your brother." Jun said. Tatsuya turned a pleading look to Katsuya. He knew it never really worked, but he hoped it would at least this once.

"Sure why not." His brother had one hell of a soft spot for Jun. Tatsuya was a little worried that he was going to have Katsuya as competition for this young man's heart.

"I have a few things I need to do, would it be alright for Tatsuya to pick you up?" Katsuya asked. Tatsuya gazed into Jun's eyes. He could get lost for hours in those dark irises.

"That would be fine. Meet me at the bus station in Yumesaki. Call me when you're ready to pick me up" Jun said as he handed Tatsuya a folded piece of paper. Tatsuya felt like he had hit the jack pot at Mu Continent when he unfolded the paper. The simple nondescript piece of paper contained Jun's cell phone number.

Score!

He barely registered Jun waving goodbye. Tatsuya waved back, then turned to his brother, who was in the process of folding his blazer. The summer heat had dried his hair, but his clothes were still wet. The smirk his brother wore told him that gears were turning in the elder's head.

"So, what is it about Jun that made you go soft." Tatsuya asked as he sat on the hood of his brother's car. He was anticipating his brother's answer.

"He's a good kid. Unlike a certain delinquent I know." Katsuya retorted. Tatsuya was used to such remarks from his older brother. He just decided to run with it though.

"Please, I'm not even half the delinquent you were when you were in high school. Besides, are you sure that him being a "good kid" is the only reason why you're so soft?" Tatsuya knew that his brother would know what he was implying.

"Actually, I've never been much of a sausage fan. Sorry little brother." Katsuya said. Tatsuya was elated.

"Don't be sorry, I'm happy. That's less competition for me. I did wonder though considering you don't seem to be much of a ladies man either." Tatsuya knew he was sailing into dangerous territory, but he pressed on.

"We're not going to go over this again are we. My love life, or lack thereof, is none of your business…" Katsuya's voice trailed off. Tatsuya followed is brother's gaze. Not much could make Katsuya stumble in his speech, but whatever he was looking at sure did. Tatsuya saw two ladies. He guessed they were probably in their early twenties. One of the ladies had a perm in her hair. She was carrying a digital camera. The other wore her hair without any adornments or obvious product. She carried a recording device. Tatsuya guessed those two worked for either Kismet or maybe SumaruTV. Out of the corner of his eye, Tatsuya noticed movement near the second lady's skirt. The thing moving looked vaguely ghost like. He could almost make out a sort of feline appearance to the apparition. The "It" was reaching for the lady's skirt.

"Oh, jeez." Katsuya adverted his eyes, but not before getting an eyeful of the lady's under garments. Tatsuya also adverted his eyes out of politeness. He knew that whatever that thing was had lifted that lady's skirt. Out of the corner of his eyes, Tatsuya noticed that the two were walking in their direction.

"I'm sorry, I d didn't mean to look…I'm not perverted or anything." Katsuya was stumbling horribly over his apology. Tatsuya almost felt bad for him.

"That's alright, it could have been worse. Good thing I decided to wear panties today." The lady said. His poor brother looked like he was going to have a nosebleed on the spot. Tatsuya guessed that she was the one Katsuya had gone gaga over.

"Anyway, I'm Maya Amano and this is Yukino Mayazumi. We're here from Kismet. Is Sergeant Katsuya Suou around by chance? We have an interview scheduled with him today." Maya asked. It seemed to Tatsuya that his brother had lost his ability to speak, so he spoke for him.

"Actually ladies, you're in luck." Tatsuya patted his poor brother on the back.

"I don't remember having any appointments…" Katsuya muttered. Tatsuya heard the door to the garage open.

"Suou, you have an appointment with Kismet today. Oh, I see they're already here. I'll leave you to it then." Chief Togashi said before retreating back into the building. Tatsuya wondered if he didn't purposely wait until the last minute to tell Katsuya just to bring a bit of spontaneity into his life. He vaguely remembered the Chief being a bit of a prankster, but that was well over ten years ago. Before their father…

"I've got a few things to do today. Will you be okay by yourself Katsuya?" Tatsuya could see his brother was still in shock.

"Ladies, be gentle with him." Tatsuya said before leaving his beleaguered brother in the care of the two reporters. He took off towards Satomi Tadashi's store. Tatsuya felt his brother deserved a slight break, so he decided to do the grocery shopping for tonight.

…..

"So, how did your brother's interview go?" Jun asked. He dismounted from the bike with Tatsuya's help.

"It went pretty good. Poor Katsuya, he was kind of blind sided at first. Then again, this is a man who hasn't been on a date since he attended the festival in high school." Tatsuya stated. The look on Jun's face said it all. "Anyway, it's good that she gave him her phone number. I think they're supposed to continue their "interview" over dinner on Saturday."

"What is he being interviewed for?" Jun was curious. He also felt a pang of sadness for his lonely friend.

"He was being interviewed for "Coolest" magazine. I guess next month's issue is about public servants, so they've interviewed people from the Police Department and the Fire Department. I haven't figured out why they picked Katsuya though." Tatsuya stated.

"I wonder if it has to do with his fan page." Jun mused. It was Tatsuya's turn to be surprised.

"You didn't know? Your brother has one heck of a following. Didn't you notice how petty theft and other such small crimes increased among women for the last four years? That would be about the time Katsuya joined the force." Jun asked. Tatsuya was stunned speechless. His elder brother, of who he was unsure had working parts until this afternoon, had a fan following.

"Here I'll show you." Jun led Tatsuya into his house. Jun noted that neither of his parents were home, which he preferred. He led the taller male to his room. It didn't take him long to pull up the website. Being a bit of a fan himself, he had it saved to his favorites.

"Oh shit." Tatsuya couldn't believe what he was seeing. The site Jun had pulled up was completely devoted to his older brother. There were several photographs, most of which were substandard quality and candid. There was a forum connected to the site that talked about all things Katsuya Suou.

"I think I'm going to throw up." Tatsuya ran to the bathroom and deposited his portion of dinner into the porcelain bowl. When he returned to Jun's room, Jun had already turned the monitor on his computer off. Tatsuya was very grateful for that. He took a seat on the bed and let his head fall into his hands. He was still feeling a bit sick over how perverted a lot of the women in the city were. He felt Jun's arms wrap around him.

"Feeling better?" Jun asked. He was feeling a bit better, and nodded in affirmative.

"You know, the funny thing is, Katsuya has no idea that this site exists. It would probably be best if he didn't know about it." Jun said. Tatsuya had to agree with that last statement. Katsuya would absolutely freak out if he knew he was being stalked by almost every woman in Sumaru.

"I don't plan to tell him." Tatsuya looked at Jun's watch. The watch looked familiar, but he dismissed this thought. The time read 9:00. "Crap, I should get going. School tomorrow and everything."

"Good night. Oh, I almost forgot. On Friday night when I was at the Giga Macho. Katsuya broke up an argument between me and five guys from Sevens. I overheard one of them mention taking it out on you. Be careful." Jun begged. Tatsuya gave Jun a reassuring smile.

"Don't worry. I'll be fine." Tatsuya said before heading home, leaving Jun alone in his house.

Jun was lying on his bed when he heard the door open and close about a half an hour later. Jun could tell it was his father by the heavy foot falls. He noticed that his father was heading toward his room. The door opened. Due to the darkness of the room, Jun could only make out his father's silhouette. Jun was about to berate his father for not knocking when he felt an oppressive shadow descend onto his mind. He fought with all he had to clear his head, but the shadow pressed on. He heard mad laughter from somewhere distant before the shadow overtook him.