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FAKE First Year Together: A New Day (May)	By : BrittColumbia Category: +. to F > FAKE Views: 14597 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A
New Day

Pairing:
Dee/Ryo

Rating:
Chapter three is Mature. Coarse
language, no sex.

Spoilers:
To Volume 7

Timing: Set in
May directly after Book 7 ended

Summary:
Ryo is coming to terms with the changes in his relationship with Dee, as well
as his new sexual identity. Meanwhile, Dee and Ryo are searching for a young
runaway. This story explores homophobic attitudes but is primarily a love story
between two men.

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

Author's
notes: I believe in a strong and
equal Ryo and Dee. Chapter four is
going up on

my Livejournal
page later this evening. http://brit_columbia.livejournal.com/

Thank you to
my beta, Blue Simplicity, for keeping me pointed in good directions.



A NEW DAY

Chapter three

The
door banged open and JJ erupted into the room, eyes darting around in search of
his target.

"He's
not here," Ryo said without looking up from a pile of photographs on his
desk.

JJ
put a hand on one of his hips. "Well, don't you know where he is?"

"Yeah,
but would he thank me for telling you?
Now there's a question I think I know the answer to."

JJ
pouted a little. "Well, I have an important message for him from the
Chief. Come to think of it, I
should probably tell you, too

"And
why is that?"

JJ
sighed. "He wants to see you
two in his office ASAP. Not sure
what it's about."

"What?
Honestly, JJ, you should have just said so at the beginning," said Ryo,
standing up hastily and stuffing the photos back into the manila envelope where
they belonged.

"Why
don't you go along to the Chief's office right away, and I'll find Dee for you
and let him know where to join you?" JJ suggested hopefully.

"Fine,
whatever," said Ryo.
"He's on the roof having a smoke."

JJ
vanished instantly, leaving no trace of himself in the long corridor which Ryo
stepped out into a moment later. Ryo gave his head a slight shake of
exasperation. He strode off down
the hall and met Dee coming up the stairwell with a cup of coffee in each hand.

"Chief
wants us," Ryo informed him.

"Damn
that badger! This better not take
too long. Don't we have an
appointment at three?"

"Um,
yeah. I wonder what he wants?" murmured Ryo to himself.

Dee
glanced over at him. There had
been minimal eye contact and communication from Ryo all day. It was like an extension of his
behavior last night, except Dee knew he had not dreamed the part about getting
his nose kissed. He sighed. His partner was a man of many moods,
and Dee just did his best to hang on for the ride.

"He
probably just wants to load more cases on us, as if we're not busy enough
already," he grumbled, taking a swig of his coffee.

Ryo
didn't answer, which didn't surprise Dee, and they lapsed into silence as they
walked down the hall toward the Chief's office.


&^&^&^&^

"Do
we know if he was having trouble at school?" Dee asked.

"His
dad didn't mention anything about that," the Chief replied. "You can ask the parents when you
see them. Just find the kid quick. I've known Mike Abernathy a long time, since
we were both on the beat together.
A few years ago, he went in for a desk job over at I.A. He's hoping to keep this as quiet as
possible. I told him I'd put my
best guys on it."

"Did
he--" Ryo began, but the Chief cut him off.

"Everything
I know about this case --and that ain't much-- is in the file, there, Randy.
Look it over tonight and tell me what you're gonna do about it tomorrow. Now, get out of here, guys. I got work to do, unlike some
people." The Chief clamped
his cigar back in his mouth and fixed them with an irascible glare.

Dee,
always glad to be dismissed, was on his feet immediately. "Come on Ryo, let's get back to
that MOUNTAIN of investigations we were in the middle of before this latest
interruption."

"Laytner!" The Chief growled warningly.


^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^

A
little later, they were exiting the station parking lot in Dee's car. Dee sat
in the passenger seat, trying hard not to give Ryo driving and route
advice. He distracted himself by
playing with the radio and complaining about the new case the chief had just
given them.

"It
seems like we're getting stuck with yet another case that should be going to
Juvie," he said.

"Yeah,
but why us? Why not Drake and
JJ?" Ryo was frowning
slightly as he drove.

"'Cause
we're better than Drake and JJ.
Hey, you missed Fourth!"

Ryo
ignored that last remark. "OK, you might get me to agree with you there,
but this is not a high profile case.
This one could've been given to anybody. There must be some reason why he gave it to us."

"It's
probably got something to do with you being such a 'family man'," Dee
said.

Ryo
glanced quickly at him. "You
think so?"

"We'll
find out if I'm right. Damn
walrus. Hey, where exactly are we
going?"

"Bikky's
school," Ryo said apologetically.
"This'll only take a few minutes, I hope. Sorry about that."

"Ah,
don't worry about it," said Dee, who was quite pleased to be taken along
on whatever personal thing Ryo was up to with Bikky. It was a clear sign that Ryo wanted his company, maybe even
his support. "So, this is our
three o'clock 'appointment', is it?
Didn't know you had it in you."

Ryo
gave him an amused look, but forbore to say anything.

Dee
was surprised when Ryo parked halfway down the block from the school, and made
no move to get out of the car.

"Uh,
we goin' in or what?" Dee
pulled a smoke from the pack in his shirt pocket and lit it.

"Not
yet. There's something I want to check out. Let me know if you see him."

Dee
nodded. "You were all edgy about getting him from the bus station,
yesterday, too. What's going on?"

"Nothing,
I hope," Ryo replied.
"I've just got a bad feeling, that's all."

They
sat in companionable silence for a few minutes, and then Dee said, "Had an
interesting conversation in the car with Carol last night."

"Oh?"

"Yeah. She congratulated me."

"What
for?"

"Bagging
you, doofus. She also warned me,
on pain of losing her affections forever, not to break your heart."

Ryo
stared at Dee for a moment, then laughed.
"That sounds like her," he said. "She's really happy for us, Dee."

Dee
blew smoke out the window. "I
ask you, do I LOOK like the heart-breaking type?"

"Yep,"
said Ryo.

"Whaddaya
mean, 'yep'? Don't you even want
to think about it for a few minutes first?"

"Nope,"
said Ryo.

"Yo,
Bikky and crew at two o'clock. Headed this way."

"Let's
hope he doesn't see us."

Dee
sprawled with his back to the passenger window, effectively blocking Ryo from
view. Ryo's eyes stayed on Bikky,
who was coming toward them, but on the opposite side of the street. He was in the company of his usual
posse, plus a few other slightly older kids that Ryo didn't know. As soon as they had gone by, Ryo was
out of the car, followed by Dee.

The
teenagers ahead of them were too busy talking, laughing, and insulting each
other to notice that they were being followed. Presently, they stopped at the entrance to an alley, and the
noise they had been making suddenly stopped. One of the older boys slung an arm around Bikky, and they
seemed to be conferring briefly in low voices. After a minute or two, Bikky stepped away with a confident
grin and a quick salute, and strode purposefully into the alley.

Aware
that one of Bikky's friends might glance their way at any minute, Ryo tugged
Dee into a doorway. His face was
set and tight. Dee could see he
was gritting his teeth.

"How
long you wanna give him?" he asked.

Ryo
shook his head. "I
dunno. Not long."

"Smells
like drugs to me," Dee remarked in a neutral tone, eyes on Ryo.

"That's
what I think, too," Ryo sighed.
"Let's go stop him."


~~ end of chapter three~~
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