Fandom: FAKE

Pairing: Dee/Ryo

Rating: Work safe. Sorry for any kind of wait for something yummy. I'm trying to build up to it though. I don't think there is any language but I'm saying there is just in case.

Spoilers: After Vol. 7

Timing: First year of being together. Just after the end of the last volume for sure. I think somewhere in the middle of May maybe since I want it to be spring. Probably just a couple of months after getting together.

Summary: Dee and Ryo are now a couple and Ryo is trying to understand about this new kind of relationship. It's time to go on vacation and Ryo is looking for a place to spend the next two weeks with Dee.

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Dee, Ryo, or Bikky. They belong to Sanami Matoh. I just like to write stories about them and play with them a bit. I do not make money for writing this. I do own Mrs. Stuckey though.

Authors Notes: This chapter is a little shorter because I have lost the ability to use Microsoft Word for the time being. If there are any mistakes, please PM me to let me know so I can fix things up. More notes at the end. Reviews are such a pleasure.

Not betaed by anyone. I don't have anyone to be a beta for me. If you're interested, please let me know. My hubby can't be my only beta forever. He's never around long enough to read my stuff anyway.

Priviously in Trouble in Little New York: It's still the same day from chapter one. In the first chapter, Dee and Ryo had a little snag in starting their vacation but then things fell into their lap. Now they've left the precinct so that they can get ready to catch thier flight.

Dee is driving both men away from the 27th precinct. Dee notices that whatever was bothering Ryo in the office was still apparent on his face. "What's wrong, babe?" he asks tentatively.

Ryo glances over at Dee and sighs, "It's JJ, I'm getting a little sick of him always barging into our office unannounced and always tackling you. Trying to take care of your bruises almost once a week is getting rather annoying. I'm just surprised that he hasn t given you a concussion yet."

Dee snorts at the last comment. "Actually, so am I. It must be due to my unlimited luck." He chuckles at that statement.

Ryo rolls his eyes but calms down more after being away from JJ and the office. "Can we go and pick up Bikky from school? It's time for him to be out and I figured he would want to have a little more time with me before we left."

Dee hides his affectionate grin and agrees to pick up the brat. As they drive to Bikky s middle school, Dee's mind begins to wander to their upcoming flight to Japan. "Ryo? What time does our flight leave?"

Ryo looks at this watch. It read a little after 2:30pm. "Our flight leaves at 7pm tonight."

They finally arrive at the middle school at 2:40pm and they see Bikky walking along with some of his friends getting ready to leave the school grounds. Dee pulls to the curb and Ryo rolls down his window. "Hey Bikky", he calls out, "Want a ride home? I'm off of work and I was getting ready to go home and I thought maybe you would want to have a ride as well."

First Bikky looks suspiciously at Dee, then slightly longingly at Ryo before making up his mind. He knows this is the day that both Ryo and the perv are going to leave for Japan and this might be the last time he gets to really hang out with Ryo before the flight. "Sure, Ryo", he finally answers. "Hey guys", he then calls over his shoulder at the three boys he was walking with, "I'll see you tomorrow." He then gets into the back seat of the car and decides to ruffle Dees' feathers. "What's up perv? You re not going to come home with us and start mooching off of us again are you?"

"And so what if I was going to do that you simian ape?" Dee comes back but not looking into the rearview mirror. "It's not your call where I can and can't go anyway."

"Whatever, old man. Just stop eating up all of our food."

And it continues like this all the way to Ryo's apartment. Ryo just sighs at the bickering and looks out of his window as the city passes by.

Finally in Ryo's apartment, Bikky and Ryo finally have some time to themselves. Dee only dropped them off so he could head home and start his packing.

"Man, Ryo. I don t like the idea of you going away for two weeks without me," Bikky says as they made their way to Ryo's room. "Who's going to take care of you while you're all alone with that ginormous pervert?"

"B," Ryo sighs, "You know that I've finally decided to get into a relationship with Dee. I just thought that it would be nice for us to get away from the city for a while on a vacation. That's all. Besides, I wouldn t leave you here alone. I've got Mrs. Stuckey from this floor coming to watch over you while I m gone."

"She's not going to live in this place with me, is she? Bikky asks warily. He doesn't like the idea of some old busy body he hardly knows always watching over his shoulder, making sure that his homework was done right or that he didn't spend too much time on video games or watching T.V.

Ryo looks at Bikky a little suspiciously. "No. Why?"

"No reason. Just wondering."

"I have her coming here in the mornings to get you some breakfast and give you a lunch and get you out to school on time. Then when you get home, she might be here to see if you re hungry for something quick, but if not she would come in later to start dinner up for you. She's also agreed to keep the apartment tidy while I m away too. In case you're wondering if she's going to get nosey in our, or should I say your, business, she shouldn t. She knows what I need her for and nothing else. Now," he continues after a breath, "if there was something going on that shouldn't be happening I expect her to call me to let me know about it right away."

Bikky, just stares at Ryo after this conversation. Sometimes Ryo could be so clueless to what s going on around him, but then he pulls out the surprises when he comes out of his mouth with all of the things a person is worrying about. "Nah," he finally manages to get out. "I have nothing to hide. I just don t want her snooping in here is all."

I" trust her enough, Bikky. Things should be fine."

In Ryo s bedroom, Bikky is not surprised to see Ryo's suitcase on the bed almost packed up. "The only way I'll be happy and remain quite about this whole trip is if you buy me a souvenir every day that you're gone." Bikky says a little sullenly.

Ryo looks at Bikky's face and almost grabs the boy into an embrace. "Sure, B. I can do that for you, he says instead. But on one condition of my own."

Bikky looks at his foster father with some minor idea of what s coming next. "What is it?"

"Can I get a hug from you?" Ryo s face turns a slight pink at this question. He can't seem to fathom why this kind of affection is so hard for him to get out, even if it is his foster son, but it's just not easy at all to ask Bikky for a hug. Bikky has been getting more and more distant since he was eleven but now that he's twelve as of a week ago, it seemed to be getting a little worse.

The two embrace and for the next two minutes no words are said between them. Bikky doesn't even try to pull away from his foster father. Ryo is the one who fianlly pulls away from the hug and gives a fond smile to his foster son.

"What about..." Bikky began when Ryo puts a hand up for him to stop.

"Carol can come over as well," Ryo interupts, "Just so long as Mrs. Stuckey is here to keep an eye on things. I trust you but it's just the right thing to do."

"Thanks man." Bikky sighs in appreciation. He didn't want to be home for the whole two weeks with no one here. He doesn't even fight about the whole comment about Mrs. Stuckey having to be in the apartment at the same time.

"By the way, Bikky," Ryo begins as he wanders over to his closet, "I've left you five hundred dollars in your room under your pillow. It's just some spending money while I'm gone."

Bikky's mouth hangs wide open at the amount of money he heard Ryo mention. "T-thanks." Is all he's able to stammer out. Finally he regains his resolve and decides to make a joke. "Let me help you finish your packing so I can get you out of here sooner."

Ryo looks at Bikky with slight surprise on his face. At first he doesn't hear the joking tone in the boy's voice but when he looks into the blue eyes, he sees the mischevious sparkle of someone who's trying to have a little fun. He smiles and lightly smacks Bikky on the top of his blond head and retorts, "So much for spending some extra time together, huh?"

After a good laugh and some more light humor, the pair end up finishing the rest of the packing.

Not even ten munites of getting the bags by the door the phone rings. Ryo checks the caller ID and sees that it's Dee calling. "Hello there, Dee. What's up?"

Bikky rolls his eyes at the name and sticks out his tounge at the phone. "Moron probably isn't even done packing and he's trying to get you to come over so you can help him finish."

Ryo ignores Bikky's comment and listens to what Dee is saying on the other end of the phone.

"I was just calling to see what you're up to." Dee says innocently.

Ryo knows this tone of voice very well and in his mind agrees with what Bikky has said out loud. But instead he answeres Dee with different words. "Bikky and I just finished packing and I have my bags by the door so that I'm ready for when you come to pick me up to go to the airport."

"Well since you're done," Dee's voice sounds happy, "Don't you want to come over to my place for a little while?"

"Why?" Ryo's voice sounds wary. "You didn't even start packing yet, did you?"

Dee's response sounds sheepish since he got caught. "Yeah, I'm not even started like you said. I was hoping that you could help me get my things together. You're so organized and quick about things like this."

"Though I should thank you for that compliment, I really want to scold you for not even attempting to even start packing. I'll come over and help. Hopefully we can get done before it's time to go."

"Thanks man," Dee sighs with relief into the phone. "Would you like me to pick you up?"

"You might as well. That way we wouldn't have to come back here to get my things."

"Great. I'm already outside. I'll see you when you come down."

Ryo hangs up the phone with a sigh and then looks appologetically at Bikky. "You were right, B. He hasn't even starte his packing. I'm going to go over to his place to help him get things done on time."

"That no bastard," Bikky says angrily. "Just when you think we can have some time to ourselves, he just ruins it all. Well you know what?" he gets a stubborn look on his face, "I'm coming with you too."

"Huh?" Ryo's mouth hangs open.

"That way, there'll be extra hands to get things packed up and you two will be done quicker than before." 'And that way I can make sure no icky things can happen too.' he thinks to himself.

"That sounds like a great idea, Bikky. Thank you for being so thoughtful." Ryo rubs the top of the blond head affectionatly. He has no idea that Bikky has an underlying reason to coming along.

Ryo grabs his suitcase and suit bag while Bikky grabs the carry on shoulder bag and between the two of them, they head out of the apartment, lock it up behind them and make their way down stairs.

Once outside, Dee cracks a wide smile at the sight of Ryo carrying luggage out of his apartment. "Finally decided to leave your place and that brat behind?" he jokes.

Ryo only glares at the comment and Bikky rolls his eyes as they load the items into the trunk of Dee's car.

Dee is just about to make a comment about leaving him behind when his eyes widen in shock as the twelve year old boy climbs into the back seat of the car. "What's going on here?" he demands a little angrily.

Ryo looks at Dee with calm in his dark eyes and explains to Dee what's going on. "Well since you haven't even started packing and I'm done with the help of Bikky, we both agreed that he should come along and help you pack your suitcase so we can get out of your place on time to the airport."

"Fine, whatever." Dee says calmly and gets into the driver's seat of the car.

Chapter 2 comes to a close here because I'm having issues with typing without my beloved word. I just know that there are a couple of people who have been waiting on this chapter so I didn't want to dissappoint them too much longer. Please bear with me as I get my computer back in order. I have not given up on this story at all. I'm trying very hard to get it out for your enjoyment. I'll get to some yummy lemon by chapter 3 or 4. Sorry you have to wait so long to get to that. Please let me know if you see anything wrong with this chapter at all. Thanks for reading and reviewing.