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Negotiations

Chapter two

Pairing:
Dee/Ryo

Fandom: Fake

Rating:
Mature

Notes:
Kissing between two men.

Spoilers:  To
Volume 7

Timing: In my
vision of Fake, Dee and Ryo become a couple in May. That's when the wonderful RPG Fake 2^nd
Chances had their relationship begin, so I went along with that start time,
even though it looks like dead winter in the manga. (But Bikky and Carol had
gone off to 'summer' camp! Go figure) Negotiations takes place in
July of that same year, so Dee and Ryo have been together for a couple of
months at this point.

Summary:
Rose extracts concessions from Ryo in exchange for canceling Dee's
suspension from duty.

Disclaimer:
I do not own these characters. They are the property of Sanami
Matoh. I am not making any money from this.

This is the
second chapter of three. There
will be a sexy citrus addendum to this story following chapter three, but only
on my LJ. The third chapter is
already up right now on my LiveJournal page at

http://brit-columbia.livejournal.com/   I'll post chapter
three here on AFF in another week or so.

Blue
Simplicity beta'd this for me and for all of you. Thank you Blue!

Negotiations

Chapter two

Commissioner
Rose had intimated that in exchange for certain concessions from Detective
McLean, he would be willing to cancel the three-week suspension from duty that
he had just given to the man's partner, that sullen, smart-mouthed jackass, Dee
Laytner.

Both
men were looking at him expectantly, but both were nervous. He noticed that they hid their anxiety
in very different ways. Dee's
attitude was one of swaggering bravado, whereas Ryo was projecting an aura of
mildly respectful assurance. Rose
made them wait a little bit longer as he pretended to give due consideration to
his options. Finally, he spoke.

"First
of all, I expect you to stop avoiding me, Ryo. You'll soon find I'm not such a bad person after all if you
do."

"Sir,
it's not my perception that I have been avoiding you."

"Well,
there it seems our perceptions differ.
I assure you that you have.
But that's easily remedied.
If you will consent to have dinner with me once a month for a period of
six months, I'll no longer have grounds to feel that you desire to shun
me. And I will remove one week
from Detective Laytner's three-week-and-holding suspension."

Dee
snorted in disgust and glared at Rose with all the dislike he could
muster. The commissioner remained
unmoved.

"Lunch,"
said Ryo. "I'm a single
parent. And three months."

Dee
stared at Ryo and seemed about to speak, but Ryo increased the pressure of his
hand on Dee's arm.

"All
right, lunch," agreed the Commissioner. "But I'm afraid I must hold firm on the six
months. Three lunches would be an
insufficient amount of time for you to get to know me."

"Done,"
said Ryo. "Next?"

"I
expect you to seek me out and greet me daily. With a smile. I
know, I know--" he held up a hand because Dee and Ryo's mouths had just
dropped open at exactly the same time.
"It's a strange request, and I'm aware it has all the makings of a
chore, but if you make it a part of your daily routine, it will soon seem less
distasteful to you. If you will
consent to do this, I will remove another week from the suspension."

Ryo
smiled at him, and it was very hard for the Commissioner to tell whether he was
smiling in relief or genuine warmth.
"It IS a strange request, sir, but it isn't distasteful to me. Of
course I will. And the final
week?"

"Ah,"
said Rose and gazed at Ryo with affection. He deliberately swept his eyes down over Ryo's face and body
and then back up again, while the silence in the room lengthened. The smile dropped away from Ryo's face
and was replaced by the usual expression of slight apprehension that he often
unconsciously wore in the Commissioner's presence.

"No.
Absolutely not." That was
Dee's voice, low and dangerous. "Don't even say the words or I swear I
will kill you."

The
Commissioner gave Dee an impatient look.
"Don't kid yourself that I'm as big a fool as you are,
Detective. I believe I know your
partner -- your CURRENT partner, I might add -- a little better than you give
me credit for." He turned
back to Ryo and drew himself up.
"I'm sorry, Detective McLean, but I'm of the mind that the third
week should stand."

"But
sir, I -- I need him. Today, I mean."

"I
can see that."

"Isn't
there some way...?" Ryo tried
again.

"Yes,"
said Rose. "But you're not
going to like it."

Dee
moved to block Ryo from the commissioner's view. "Forget it, Dick-head," he snarled. "I'll take the fucking week."

"Oh
dear, what did I tell you? Now
we're back to two weeks."

Dee
started forward with murder in his eyes, but Ryo grabbed him and hauled him
back. The Commissioner looked at Ryo in surprise. Because Ryo was usually so gentle, shy and soft-spoken, it
was easy to forget how strong he was.

"Dee,
stop it," Ryo warned, and turned back to Rose. "Tell me your terms and I'll give you my answer."

"Very
well. When I walked in here, he
was kissing you. Oh yes, you were saying,
'No, stop, no', but you did seem to be enjoying it, Ryo."

"Your
point?" Ryo ground out,
keeping a firm hand on Dee.

"Kiss
him again. For a long time. Turn him on, right here in front of
me."

"WHAT?" hollered Dee.

Ryo
frowned. "Sir, I'm confused. First you suspended Dee for kissing
me. Now you offer to reverse the
suspension if we commit the exact same, er, 'crime' again?"

Rose
grinned. "Actually, I didn't
suspend Detective Laytner for making advances on you. In addition to his insubordination, I suspended him for
this." He held up the file he
had entered their office with.

"Uhhh...What's
that?" By the tone of Dee's
voice, it was already clear that he might have some idea of what it was about.

The
Commissioner withdrew a paper from the file.

"Damage
report," he announced, and he looked at Dee with his eyebrows slightly
raised. "Of Car three, signed
out by Dee Laytner on May 10th of this year. $2000 worth of repairs needed."

"Um...You
sure it was me? I don't like Car
three. I try never to take
it."

"Well,
it seems that a certain amount of obfuscation and confusion went on, what with
someone sneaking the damaged car back into the lot and sneaking back out with
Car two, not to mention a somewhat clumsy attempt to change the forms...but
yes, I'm afraid that the end result was that it was Dee Laytner."

"Shit,"
muttered Dee.

"Dee!"
exclaimed Ryo.

"Well,
it wasn't my fault!"

"It's
never your fault, is it, Detective?" Rose sighed.

"It
was an accident, a hit and run.
But I knew I'd get blamed so I tried to put the car back--"

"So
someone else would get blamed?" Ryo interrupted indignantly.

"Traffic
accident report," announced Rose, sweeping another piece of paper out of
the file. "Car three, an undercover vehicle with the 27th precinct of the
NYPD, license plate:
blah-blah-blah was involved in an accident on May 10th of this year
whereby the driver of the car ran a red light---"

"Well,
the guy I was chasing ran a red light!
What was I supposed to do, let him go? Cops run red lights on chases all the time."

"You're
supposed to put your lights on the roof and switch the siren on,"
suggested Commissioner Rose helpfully.

"There
wasn't time! I---Oh forget
it. You had to be
there." He glanced up at the
Commissioner. "So that's got me
a week's suspension?"

"Yes.
And another week for addressing the Commissioner of the NYPD as
'Dick-head.'" The faintest shadow of a smirk briefly appeared on his face,
putting Ryo in mind of Dee.
"But, gentlemen, don't forget I can make it all go away." Commissioner Rose gave the file a
little shake and looked directly at Ryo.

Ryo
understood. "If I French-kiss
him while you watch."

Dee
protested. "Hey, isn't that
fraternization? You're encouraging
something that the department frowns on.
How hypocritical is that?"

Rose
shrugged. "Considering my own
track record, I think it would be more hypocritical of me to pretend that I
actually frown upon...er... this kind of affectionate behaviour in the workplace. Which I certainly don't," he
added.

"Well,
why do you want to see him kiss ME?"

"Well,
I'd much rather have him kiss ME," Rose replied frankly. "But I know better than to push my
luck.   I know he enjoys
kissing you, you no doubt enjoy kissing him, and I would enjoy watching the
pair of you kiss each other, in lieu of what is forbidden to me. And then this--", he held up the
file again, "--would become a thing of the past."

Rose
looked expectantly at Ryo, Ryo glared irritably at Dee, and Dee veered between
looking sullenly at Rose and sheepishly at Ryo.

It
was Dee who spoke first.
"Absolutely not. Not
in front of YOU. I'll just take the two weeks. Right, Ryo?"

"And
leave me stuck with all this paperwork and legwork while you play videogames
and watch TV?"

"Save
me half of it. I'll work overtime
to get it done when I come back."

"Yeah,
right. And what about our
interview with Henderson today, huh?
Suppose I get shot at or something?"

"Ryo!" Dee looked stricken. "Don't
go. We'll reschedule."

The
Commissioner chimed in. "I
already volunteered to accompany Ryo to that meeting," he said. "And I'll be happy to help him in
any way that I can during your extended absence."

Dee
gritted his teeth and narrowed his eyes at Rose. He was starting to feel cornered.

~end
of chapter two~
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