Happy late Chinese New Years everyone! And Happy early Valentine's Day!

Ugh! I'm almost done! Need to finish this story! And another one!

And must update my other stories!

Takao smiled as he dreamt; well, daydream since he's at the stage between asleep and awake. He turned over and hit another body, Rei's to be exact. Takao started blinking his eyes awake and then rubbed his eyes to try and wake up.

"Oh man…I'm so tired. Not to mention I feel so sore back here…" Takao thought as he moved again to get more comfortable.

"This feels so nice…"

"Hmm…mmm..." Takao didn't want to get up; it just felt so nice for him to be sleeping next to Rei. It's one of those kinds of feelings when people sleep in because it just feels so nice that you don't want to get up.

"Wow, the sun is shining pretty bright, my eyes, ugh…" Takao raised a hand to try and block the sun from the window in Rei's room.

"……Wait a minute! SUN!?"

Takao sat up and pulled up the curtains to see outside; it was bright daylight. He looked around to find a clock and saw a digital one by Rei's side reading 10:03.

"…Rei! Rei! Wake up! Rei!" Takao started shaking Rei but he only groaned, not wanting to wake up anymore than Takao did before.

"Rei!" Takao shouted again.

"Not now…my angel…" Rei murmured and reached for his spread out hair to cover his face from the now stronger sun thanks to Takao opening up the curtains more. Takao rolled his eyes,

"Yeah, well your angel is now a fallen angel since you completely forgot to take me home last night!!!" Takao nearly shouted as he looked under the covers and then quickly put them over his body again while blushing.

"Wow…guess we really did do it last night…And I actually thought it was all dream. But dream or not, I didn't return home last night! Nii-Chan's going to kill me!!!"

"Rei!" Takao tried again trying to wake Rei up but it like trying to wake up a cat sleeping on top of a T.V.

"Ugh!" Takao groaned and while trying to keep the covers over the lower half of his body (still a bit embarrassed), he moved to the edges of the bed to try and find his clothes. While that was happening, Rei kept sleeping through it.

"Lazy cat…" Takao muttered after getting one layer over his body and is now searching around the area for his belt, jacket, and cap. Takao picked up Rei's rat-tail-holder-thingy, whatever it was called, Takao(nor I) didn't care, and tossed it over and it landed on top of Rei.

"Rei! Wake up!" Takao called for him again and at least this time he got more of a response as Rei groans.

"Hm? Taka?" Rei half-opened one eye as he looked sweetly at Takao.

"About time! Rei! Get up! It's going to be noon in about 2 hours and Nii-Chan is never going to let you 100 feet within our residence if we don't come up with an excuse of why I wasn't home last night!!!"

"…Wait what?" Rei asked as he slowly got himself to hit up as he rubs his eyes.

"Ugh!!" Takao was getting annoyed that Rei wasn't even fully awake to hear what's going on and panic with him.

"What's going on Taka? You look like the world's going to end or something," said Rei rubbing his eyes and shaking his head a bit to wake up.

"It just might!!" Takao replied and found his cap under Rei's Chinese top from yesterday.

"Hm? Hey Taka, why don't you just borrow some of my clothes instead of wearing yesterday's wait…" Rei blinked and his mind began to process the fact that this morning is the next day from yesterday…

"Well, this should be an interesting story…" said Hitoshi, arms crossed, staring at Takao and Rei who were sitting in front of him on the sofa, both ashamed. Takao came back home wearing Rei's clothes instead of his own from yesterday (besides the cap). Rei tied his hair in a simple down ponytail since he really didn't have the time to put it all into a rattail after realizing he kept Takao with him overnight which he was most defiantly not supposed to do. Rei made a mental note to ask his friends where they were throughout the whole time.

"Well, funny you should ask…" Takao started. Both Takao and Rei were pretty surprised that Hitoshi didn't send out a search party or track down Rei's house to bring Takao back last night.

"Because, well, last night we sort of lied down resting…watching a movie…and I guess we fell asleep…"

Rei looked at Takao; he actually came up with that story on the spot?!

"Really…?" Hitoshi sat opposite of them with a raised brow. The other two hesitantly nodded.

"What could you possibly be watching?"

"Uh…" Takao ran out of ideas at that moment.

"We watched more than one…that's why we sort of lost track of time and ended up getting tired because it got late…I truly apologize for not being more responsible," said Rei and bowed for forgiveness.

"Uh huh…Why do I get the feeling you're not telling me the whole truth? If the truth at all?"

"Well, we thought you would be angry…we're just kind of, uh…" Takao wasn't sure how to explain to Hitoshi without mentioning the fact he just lost his virginity about 14 hours ago.

"I see, so you're saying I'm being too nice? Well maybe I should-"

"Gah! No! You're perfectly fine! You're acting fine!" Takao immediately protested nearly waving his arms and smacking Rei.

"I-I'll take the responsibility for the trouble I have caused. Please don't be too angry with Takao!" Rei pleaded. Hitoshi got up and started to walk away,

"I'll think of a punishment later. Go do what you guys want today…but actually come back this time!!"

Takao smiled brightly,

"Okay! We will! Thank you Nii-Chan!"

"Yeah, whatever…" Hitoshi waved his hand to let Takao know he heard.

Rei blinked twice and was tempted to pinch himself to make sure he's awake.

"Pleeeeaaaasse Kai?" Takao nearly begged over the phone.

"…No."

"Kaaaaaiiii! I'm trying to be nice here!"

"You're not being nice. You're just trying to get me involved," Kai replied.

"Just do me one little favor! Is that too much to ask?!" Takao asked with an anime vein, losing his patience.

"Yes."

"Arg! You're hopeless Kai!"

"If you're looking for a double-date why don't you just ask your brother and his lover?" Kai suggested in a monotone voice.

"Okay, who goes on a date at all with a sibling tagging along?!"

"It was just a suggestion. But I don't want to go on a double-date so go ask someone else…"

"Like who? Max is apparently still single. I swear, I don't know anyone else around our age that's dating!"

"Our age? There's Mihaeru and Mathilda. Michael and Emily. Rick and Mao. Kane and Salima. And…"

"Where do you know about this stuff?" Takao interrupted with a sweatdrop but Kai didn't give a straight answer.

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"Sure Takao! I'll call up Mihaeru! And we can go out together!" said Matilda over the phone in a happy voice.

"Thank you for accepting, Matilda-Chan…" Takao thanked in relief.

"Of course! Anything for Rei-San!" Matilda replied,

"Oh I see…"

"She's doing it for Rei?"

After hanging up, Takao went to look for Rei that went somewhere around his home.

"You can clean the dishes next!"

Takao headed for the kitchen upon hearing his brother's voice. There he saw Hitoshi at the table drinking from his mug and Rei on a chair catching his breath.

"Nii-Chan! What did you make him do?!"

"Mow the lawn quickly. Front and back," Hitoshi replied, "Don't worry; I'm paying him for his troubles."

"That's not a reason to make him work for us!! He's not a maid!"

"T-Takao…it's alright…I'm fine…" said Rei between breaths and then leaned back against the chair.

"He was injured a while back! He's not in in the condition to work!"

"He did a pretty good job to me…" Hitoshi replied taking another sip. Takao growled and went over to Rei to make sure his brother didn't push him too hard.

"So what's going on?" Rei asked,

"We're going out with Mihaeru-Kun and Matilda-Chan tonight! It's a double-date!" said Takao with a grin.

"Really? Not Kai?"

"Kai didn't want to apparently…" said Takao with a sweatdrop.

"So you do have friends to go with?" Hitoshi asked and Takao nodded,

"Good, then I'll let you two out together only after I see you and the two people you're going with."

"I hate you Nii-Chan…" Takao muttered.

Hitoshi let the two have their date after seeing the other two people they were going with and the four went to see a movie.

"I really owe you, Matilda-Chan, Mihaeru-Kun," said Rei walking next to Takao.

"Anything, Rei-San! It's the least we could do for you!" Matilda replied with a smile.

"Why is that exactly?" Takao asked Rei but Matilda answered for him,

"Well, it was Rei-San and the rest of the detectives that got me and Mihaeru together!"

"Oh…so that included Max and…Kai?" Takao asked and tried to imagine Kai helping two people get together…it wasn't happening. Rei smiled nervously,

"Um, yeah…"

"Rei-Kun, are you completely gay or bi?" Mihaeru asked,

"Huh? Why do you ask?"

"Well, I remember you freaking out a bit after Matilda kissed you on the cheek after you and the others got Pochi back for her and us together," Mihaeru reminded.

"Huh?!" Takao found this old news a bit…new.

"It was on the cheek!" Rei defending himself when he saw Takao glare at him. Now Rei remembers that day perfectly.

The four got their foods and found their seats in the movie theater.

"So, how are the rest of my hero detectives doing?" Matilda asked Rei next to her-with Takao next to Rei and Mihaeru next to Matilda.

"Well, Max is going great as usual. And Kai is…well, Kai…"

"Is Kai-San still with his girlfriend back in junior high?"

"Um, yes actually…I think…"

"And Max-Kun?"

"Max is still single…I know, still…"

"Oh, poor Max-Kun…"

"Well Max isn't too down about it. He says he would help as much women as he can and when the time comes, he'll meet the girl he's meant to be with," said Rei and reassured Matilda.

"Wait, are we watching a horror movie or a chick-flick?" Takao asked the other three.

"Neither, it's an action movie with romance along the way," Mihaeru answer.

"Oh…well that's cool."

Rei sighed as he watches the couple on his right plus Takao on his left were carrying a conversation without him. Not that he minded, he wanted to have time to think. It's got to be safe to say they're 'back together' now but Rei couldn't help but feel it's not complete yet. Well he couldn't, that's the answer.

"Oh! It's starting!"

Rei snapped out of his thoughts when the room got darker. His eyes quickly adjusted to the dark and he looked next to him to see Matilda lean on Mihaeru. Then he looked to his left to see Takao eating the popcorn and staring ahead of him. Rei lets out another sigh and watches the movie as well. Though his mind was completely elsewhere.

Later that night, Takao and Rei came back to Takao's home and was greeted by Brooklyn.

"Oh! Taka-Chan! And Rei-Kun! How was the double date?" Brooklyn asked when they walked in. Rei and Takao changed expression when they saw Brooklyn wearing Hitoshi's apron and was covered from head to foot with flour, mix, and other stuff they weren't sure of…

"It was great!" Takao replied with a smile, snapping out of the stare.

"Yeah…" Rei added.

"Huh? You didn't have fun, Rei-Kun?" Brooklyn asked, catching Rei off guard.

"What? I said 'yeah' didn't I?"

"But you didn't sound very happy…" Brooklyn pointed out.

"…I was just thinking of something. That's all."

Takao stared at Rei with concern. He grabbed a hold of Rei's arm and pulled him along,

"We'll see you later, Brookly-Chan!"

"Okay, oh! And also, your brother is out so I'm watching the house for the moment!"

"Okay!"

Takao pulled Rei up to his bedroom and shuts the door after they walked in. He then jumped on the bed and sat there, waiting for Rei to come sit with him.

"Something wrong, Rei?" Takao asked with concern.

"No, I'm fine…"

"But didn't say a word to me the whole time on our way back," Takao pointed out.

"I'm just thinking, that's all…"

"About what? Us? Mihaeru and Matilda?"

"It's us…them…both I guess…"

Rei hasn't been giving very good answers all day as Takao has noticed.

"Are you worried about last night?" Takao asked,

"Yes…no…kind of…"

Takao sighed; Rei obviously wasn't even thinking straight; either he hit his head sometime between the Tokyo Tower incident and now, or he's having second thoughts on this relationship and doesn't know how to say it.

Takao leaned in and kissed Rei on the cheek, awakening Rei from his trance.

"T-Takao!"

"Did I make you uncomfortable?"

"No! Of course not!"

"So, what's wrong? I'm trying to figure out what's bumming you out but you can't even answer some simple yes-and-no questions," said Takao sitting back up straight again.

"I…I'm just a bit concerned…"

"About what?" Takao asked, trying to get Rei to continue talking.

"About…how, um, we're progressing I guess. It's almost like nothing ever happened between us when something did. And yet, even though it's almost like we have a strong relationship, we don't. And I'm nervous, wondering when's the right time to do what and when's the right time to say what...if that makes any sense…I'm just…so confused!" Rei puts a hand on his head and lightly groans.

"…Its okay, Rei. Do you want to take some time to yourself?"

"…Yes…please…"

Takao looked down, disappointed that Rei won't say anything to him.

Rei walked home even later that night; he left rather quickly too. Takao watched disappointedly as Rei leaves his home with only a 'goodbye' but no 'goodnight.'

Rei walks silently down the street with a lot of thought in his head.

"When is the right time…to tell him how much I love him?"

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"Brookly-Chan, if my brother doesn't feel like talking to you about his problems, what do you do about it?" Takao asked sitting on a chair watching Brooklyn's own attempts to make something for Hitoshi. Brooklyn said he's already made dinner for the family but he won't let Takao see it.

"Well that depends on what the situation is. But this always works for me: Act cute and act like he's treating you as if he doesn't love you anymore. So saying things like 'Why do you hate me, Hito-Chan!!!!' always works!" Brooklyn advised with a sweet and innocent smile. Takao's brow twitched, Brooklyn can't be as innocent as he looks...

"But say if you were in my situation. You had a problem earlier in the relationship and now he's acting weird but he won't say anything…"

Brooklyn looked up and thought about it.

"Well, I wouldn't know for sure since that's never happened to me but…I'd say by the way Rei-Kun is acting, he's afraid I guess."

"Afraid? Afraid of what?!"

"Well think about it from his point of view, Taka-Chan. Wasn't he the one that did the breaking up? And you turned him away when he asked you to go back to him? And what about that double-date? Did the other two and you two do anything different? Did you guys act the same? Different?"

"I don't know…I don't pay attention to that kind of stuff…" Takao admitted,

"Well chances are, you two weren't acting as close as your friends that you went with. The last time I saw him, he didn't seem as down as he was when I saw him today. You think maybe he's afraid he'll repeat his mistakes with you? He may not know how to act in his second-chance-relationship. I assume he's the older and mature one…being so I think he's taking more responsibility on himself more than he should…"

Right then, they heard the door open and saw Hitoshi and Grandpa walk in with some bags. Takao got up and helped them.

"Hito-Chan! Kinomiya-San!" Brooklyn greeted. Hitoshi gave Brooklyn a weird look,

"What have you been doing?"

"Making dinner! Well dessert right now," said Brooklyn and went back into the kitchen and took a piece of cloth off the counter to reveal food-good looking food. Takao's mouth dropped open as he stared at the mouth-watering food that Brooklyn made for the family. Takao then started thinking…whose idea was it to have Brooklyn make dinner in the first place? Is it so he can be on good terms with Grandpa? Later, he found that the answer was a 'yes.'

After dinner, Takao went up to his brother was doing dishes…again.

"Nii-Chan…do you love Brookly-Chan?" Takao asked innocently.

"Of course."

"Do you tell him that?"

"Not often, but yes."

"Did you confess first?"

"No, Brooklyn did."

"…Why didn't you?"

Hitoshi stopped and looked up at the ceiling.

"Let's just say that the more 'manly' of the 2, or the seme, is better at saying 'I love you too' than just a simple 'I love you.' If this is about Rei, remember that you're both growing up. Rei must be getting some manly pride too…" Hitoshi explained.

"…Okay, thanks, Nii-Chan."

"But it's always a good idea to-hey! Where are you going?!"

"I'll be right back!" Takao announced while quickly putting on his shoes and then running out the door.

Takao ran through the night, even though he's been told repeatedly to not go out alone at night, but Takao had to tonight.

Rei sat alone on the rooftop of his home and played with a rose with one hand. He sighed constantly and often looks up at the moon while thinking about Takao(what else could he be thinking about anyway?).

Rei did have a talk with his friends but by the way they were acting, they heard what he did with Takao last night for sure…Rei didn't think he could be so red in front of his friends, ever!

Rei's ears picked up disturbance in the peaceful night and he moved a bit forward and looked below him and then a bit down the street to his left and right and spotted Takao heading over.

"Takao!" Rei quickly started to climb down from the roof and jumped to nearby tree for the rest of his way down. As soon as he touched the ground, he opened his arms for Takao who ran to him for an embrace.

"Takao…what are you doing here?" Rei asked whispering to Takao.

"…" Takao didn't reply, he just held onto Rei tighter. Rei didn't say anything else as he stayed there holding Takao close to him. Takao moved a bit and then kissed Rei on the lips,

"I love you, Rei…" he whispered leaving Rei in a small state of shock trying to register what just happened into his head. It took a tap from Takao to snap him out of it.

"I love you too..."

Next:

The last chapter-not much of a preview, I know.

Notes:

-Mihaeru is Miguel. Matilda is Mathilda. I hope I didn't get the 2 names confused…

-Rei, Max, and Kai got Matilda and Mihaeru together back in "BBA School Detectives." Though the main case was get Matilda's pet back to her but in the process of that, they got Mihaeru and Matilda to confess their love for each other.

-Those that already did read "BBA School Detectives" might recall Emily having feelings for Max on one chapter. It wasn't said officially and I can't remember if I mentioned it at all that Emily moved on and is with Michael now.

-Kane and Salima got together also in "BBA School Detectives"

-I like the Rick/Mao(Mariah) couple but it was never mentioned or put in any of my stories until now. I think they're quite compatible and cute together.

-As a thank you gift for the detectives, Matilda kissed each of the boys on the cheek and Rei started to get nervous, afraid that if word gets out about him getting kissed by a girl, Takao will be angry with him(they were already together).