Ness kicked Lucas to the wall and brought out a gun. He held it toward Lucas's head and grinned evilly. Despite having a gun aimed at him, Lucas wasn't scared. He looked directly into the barrel of the gun with full confidence. "And tell me in less than five words why I won't shoot you if you're so bloody confident," Ness sternly said. Lucas chuckled.

"Because you love me," Lucas confidently said. Ness gulped.

"N-no I don't. You haven't got a clue of how I feel."

"Oh do I now?" Lucas planted his forehead against the barrel of the gun and looked directly into Ness's nervous eyes. "No matter what you say or what you do, you can never truly deny your love for me." Ness's heart started pumping hard in his chest. "And if you so believe that you don't love me, then shoot me. Scatter my brain over these damned walls you call protection. Be a damn man and shoot." Ness pulled back the hammer of the gun. Lucas closed his eyes

"I'll….I'll do it. D-don't test me."

"Shoot me or not, please make a decision fast." Lucas opened his eyes and looked back into Ness's nervous and lovestruck violet eyes. "I've got someplace to be. It's your choice what place that is." Ness's hand started trembling and his lips started quivering. "Do you not have the balls? Want me to shoot instead."

"N-NO! D-don't you dare." Lucas rolled his eyes as he backed his head up. He crossed his arms as he held a smug smile.

"I've killed many people, many people that I love. And yet, here we stand, in your lovely abode, where you're incapable of killing me. What makes us so different, huh Ness?" Ness growled as he held the gun back up and confidently pointed it toward him.

"Exactly, you're still in my house. I can still do whatever the hell I want." Lucas started cackling.

"Now, now, now, detective. That's not very…...detective-like of you."

"It'll just be seen as self-defense." Lucas started laughing some more.

"You notice how as soon as I back away from the gun, you grow confident," Lucas said with a small raise in the corner of his lips, showing the start of a genuinely happy smile. "You know why that is?" The nervousness started coming back to Ness. "That's because I can actually do something, and you can't do fuck-all."

"I'm still the one with the gun."

"That's true, one simple BANG and I'm gone," Lucas said while making the motion of a firing gun with his fingers. "But I've been here for five hours, four more than I intended. And yet, I'm still standing, without a single scratch on my body." Ness held the gun confidently toward Lucas. He was contemplated.

I should shoot him. Everyone wants me to shoot him. He deserves to die. After all he's done, he deserves nothing less, and yet….why can't I shoot? Why am I letting personal feelings get in the way? Why did I have to fall for a criminal?

Ness sighed as he lowered the gun. He closed his eyes before dropping the gun on the ground. "Awww, you finally made your decision?"

"...Just go, before I change my mind."

"You're in turmoil, you're in so much pain." Lucas walked toward Ness. Despite Ness only being able to see Lucas's legs and feet, his face started blushing and his heart started beating quickly. Lucas was only a few inches away from Ness. "You're going through so much when you're so young." Ness gulped before moving his head up to see Lucas's head. Their noses were nearly touching.

"You're the same age as me. What does that make you?"

"Yes, we are the same age." Lucas placed his hand on Ness's body, making Ness's face heat up more. He started walking around Ness. "But I don't mean young in age, I mean young in mind." Lucas stopped right behind Ness. Lucas placed his chin on Ness's shoulder. "You can be an arrogant little bitch sometimes, but that's part of your charm, isn't it?"

"Why aren't you leaving."

"Because you don't want me to." Lucas continued walking around Ness once more and stopped right in front of Ness, slightly closer than before. "You want me to stay right here….with you." Ness tried to gulp down his nerves, trying to calm himself down.

"Wh-why would I want that?"

Dammit, why did I have to stutter like that? Get yourself together, man. What type of detective are you?

"Ohoh, I know very well why you want to keep me here. You want to kiss me, you want to love me, you want to do whatever a normal couple does." This shot into Ness's heart.

"A-and if I did? If I tried?" Lucas giggled before putting his forehead to Ness's chest.

"I'd let you. I'd allow you to do whatever the hell you wanted with me." Lucas tilted his head up so his chin was on Ness's beating chest and Lucas was looking dead into Ness's eyes. "I'd be yours. No matter what you wanted to do; shoot me, hit me, kiss me…..fuck me, it wouldn't matter to me. I'd be all yours."

"A-and if I-I wanted to throw you in jail." Lucas picked his head away from Ness's chest.

"As I've said, I'd allow it. But I know you won't arrest me. I know how you act…." Lucas's smile showed how cocky he was. He patted Ness's chest and stepped aside. "I know what you're going to do….." Lucas started walking past Ness.

You're going to grab me.

Before Lucas could get past Ness, Ness grabbed his arm. Lucas felt satisfied that he was correct. He turned his head to Ness and saw his awkward expression. "Y-you're right…..I-I don't want you to leave."

"I knew it, you didn't need to tell me."

"Please….stay with me," Ness said as he turned toward him. Lucas playfully looked away with his sly smirk.

"Oh, I don't know. My boss will be fuming if I'm any later." Lucas looked back at Ness and saw his eyes pleading for Lucas to stay. Lucas found this look cute. Ness was no longer trying to hide his true feelings. Lucas loved seeing who he truly was, the side of Ness he kept hidden from everyone. "I could stay with you, but…."

"Please, I'll do whatever you want. Just stay with me for the night."

"Pretty desperate are we." Seeing Ness's serious look amused Lucas. Lucas came to Ness's house for one reason and one reason only. "If you'll kill the big man, I'll stay the night with you. How's that sou—"

"Deal." The sudden answering of the question surprised Lucas. A new fire ignited in Ness's eyes. "I'll kill him." Lucas giggled as he held a surprised face.

"Damn, I'll honestly say, I didn't expect this. I expected you to still hold at least some of your old morals. Do you love me that muc—" Ness slammed Lucas into the wall, holding his hands over his head. "AACK, the hell're you doing?" Lucas looked up at Ness and saw the lust in his eyes. Any morals he may have had once, no longer existed. Lucas did what he came to do, but to a much greater extent than he expected.

"You said you'd do whatever I wanted, right?"

"Yes, but—" Ness put his hand on Lucas's neck, dropping the hand he pinned. Ness clenched but it wasn't enough to fully choke Lucas. Ness then forced Lucas to look up. Ness kissed Lucas. Despite being in the situation he was in, Lucas melted into the kiss. The kiss ended and Ness looked down with the same lust he had before the kiss. He took in a deep breath before letting go of Lucas.

"S-sorry about that. I-I don't know what c-came over me." Lucas giggled as he rubbed his neck.

"Heh…..maybe next time, don't hold back."

"If I didn't, I could've killed you." Lucas gripped Ness's waist and held his own look of lust.

"You think I'm scared of death? How charming." Lucas slammed his head into Ness's chest and sighed happily. "Say it."

"Say what."

"Say you love me, dammit." Ness grabbed Lucas's chin hard and forced him to look up.

"I love you, dammit." Lucas held a face of satisfaction before leaning in to kiss Ness. Ness returned the kiss. They moved their heads back after the kiss and both had the same idea. "You really wanna see my rough side, you could get hurt…..seriously hurt."

"As I've said, hit me with your best damn shot. I'll take whatever the fuck you give me, babe." Ness chuckled before nuzzling his nose with Lucas's.

"Whatever you say, babe. But you may not be able to walk tomorrow." The two boys giggled maniacally as they stood in front of Ness's couch which held the dead bodies of Ness's and Lucas's families.