Thanks to Vanessa Wolf-Nero Wolf for this idea! ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ

Masamune's eye twitched as he watched Ritsu being attacked by the little Japanese spitz he had bought for him, officially dubbed "Yuki" for his pure white coat. He'd thought it would be a good idea for his subordinate to have a pet at the time he held it in his arms at the store. Of course, there was no accounting for Ritsu's inability to even take care of himself, or the busy schedules that he had, no. All the older man had imagined was both of them playing around with the dog and laughing together and…well, he'd been working in the shoujo manga business for a while, okay?

But oh, how wrong he'd been. Yuki had accustomed to his new home very easily—maybe a bit too easily. And Onodera easily welcomed the small white dog into his apartment like he always belonged there. There was some suspicion on why he bought the pup in the first place, but that was brushed aside when it had bounded into Ritsu's arms and barked playfully, licking his face and making him laugh.

God, how Masamune regretted his decision now. It was probably not one of his best ideas when it came to Ritsu, maybe in the bottom ten. Why?

Because the fucking dog is taking up my precious time with Ritsu!

He only felt his irritation grow when Ritsu cooed at the dog and rubbed at its head. Refusing to admit his jealousy for the barely 3 kg dog, Masamune scooted over to where Ritsu was sitting on his living room floor, still engrossed in that animal.

"Onodera."

Ritsu only glanced over once before turning back again to Yuki. "Hm?" He replied distractedly, laughing again—for what must have been the 20th time in as many minutes—when his Yuki snuffled its nose into his neck.

Masamune swallowed a territorial growl of "He's mine, back off" and instead said, "I assume you'll be able to keep up with work, considering your new…house guest."

"Well you bought him for me so you must've had that in mind right, Takano-san?" Ritsu asked confusedly, tilting his head—which should not have looked so cute. Wasn't it a crime to be so adorable without even realizing it?

Damn him for his lapses in judgment! He clenched a fist in his jacket pocket. "Of course. I was just making sure, is all. The quality of your work had better not drop because of this."

"Yeah, yeah…" Ritsu waved off idly, nodding. "I get it." The dog had started to whine, causing Ritsu to rub his stomach with more coos and soft smiles of "Who's a good boy? You are!".

Ugh, Masamune shouldn't have found this scene as sickeningly sweet and cute as he did. Curse his weakness for fluffy things and Ritsu's. Mouth flattening into a thin line, he stood up and moved towards the door, deadpanning, "I'm going back to my apartment. See you."

"Mhm…"

He almost wanted to throttle something for how little attention Ritsu was paying him. Normally, Ritsu would inadvertently give all his undivided attention to Masamune, which of course pleased the older man greatly. But he pressed down his violent urges into a deep, dark corner of his mind and just left, all the while slowly formulating a plan—granted, a very stupid plan—to get Ritsu to pay attention to him.

Ritsu stared blankly at the sight before him. He didn't look very pleased, Masamune thought. Well, he was sort of wearing dog ears, so…

"What," Ritsu stated.

"Woof," Masamune answered, trying his best to act like a dog. Hey, he'd said beforehand that it was a very stupid idea, but what could you do when it was the person you loved? To play it up even more, he rolled over onto his back and brought his hands up to his chest like he'd seen other dogs on television do.

Sadly, Ritsu only rubbed at his eyes and continued staring like he couldn't believe what was happening. "What," he said again, this time with his signature frown just for Masamune.

Well, he wanted to feel special, that's all.

"Woof."

"Takano-san. Just…no. Why would you do this? It's…disturbing." At least Ritsu had stopped fawning over that dog for the meantime. Though…even the dog was staring at Masamune strangely. Tch, even the mutt thought he was being weird. Great. What had he been reduced to?

"I'm a dog. Pet me. Love me," was Masamune's deadpan answer as he sat up again and pushed his head into Ritsu's hand.

And here was the shocker. Ritsu had started laughing behind the hand that wasn't scratching at Yuki's fur. Granted, it was kind of mocking and wasn't the sort of laugh Masamune had hoped to bring from his beloved, but well…it was still a laugh. He smirked triumphantly.

Ritsu shook his head after his laughing fit. "Takano-san, you are just ridiculous. What were you thinking?"

"I want to be the only one to get your attention."

Those emerald eyes he loved so much widened. Masamune swore he could hear Ritsu's increasingly-quick heartbeat from where he was sitting. He was so predictable, even though it was endearing sometimes. "Then why did you buy Yuki for me?"

Masamune shrugged and took the dog ears off. Don't ask where he got them on such short notice. Let's just say there was an incident involving Sorata and keep it at that. "Stupid ideas." Well, it's because of you I make stupid ideas, you know… But of course, he wasn't going to say that. He didn't want to scare Ritsu away just yet.

"Wow, Masamune Takano has stupid ideas. Imagine that," Ritsu muttered, sounding exasperated.

"Oi. It's not so weird, you know." Masamune's eyes narrowed.

Ritsu shrugged and just gave him a lopsided smile. "I know. It's just funny."

God, Masamune wanted to see that smile for the rest of his life. "Uh-huh…"

"But, well…" Ritsu held the white dog up to Masamune's face and smiled uncertainly. "He's technically your dog, too."

Ba-thump. Ba-thump. Stupid heart. It shouldn't have been beating faster just from this one sentence. But it was. "Hm."

"S-so…" Oh, that adorable blush. "If you ever need to come over to see him…"

Is that your way of saying you want to spend more time with me, Ritsu?

As soon as Ritsu raised his small, blushing face with those pouting lips and glaring eyes, Masamune was already lost. He then proceeded to ravish the all-living hell out of him.

All. Night. Long.

Not bad for a day, huh?

A/N: I couldn't help but burst out laughing at Masamune's impression of a dog. Jeez.

-ChemicallyEnhanced