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So You're Not Surprised	By : rj1ofakind Category: +. to F > FAKE Views: 1683 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Beginning again

"Hey Ryo," Ryo heard his dad yelling from the living room.
"In my room, Dad," Ryo yelled back, continuing to flip through his textbook.
His Dad poked his head in Ryo�s room "Hey, what�s your plans for this weekend?"
"There�s a soccer game on Saturday with some friends then maybe a movie that night � Jeff and Chris want to see some horror flick. Why?" Ryo peered up from his homework.
"Thought we might head out to the shooting range, we could go Sunday?" Frank shrugged. "Hey, what about Ti, I haven�t seen him around much lately?" He had asked the question before Ryo could answer the other.
Ryo shrugged "We don�t hang around much any more."
"You two didn�t get into it did you?" His father looked concerned.
"No," Ryo carefully kept his head down as if he was trying to continue with homework, "we just hang out with different friends now, that�s all."
"Okay. So you game for Sunday?" The okay had sounded weak, but Ryo was determined to ignore it
"Sure sounds great." Ryo smiled at his dad and watched him leave, feeling the lies getting easier.

"Ryo, earth to Ryo"
Ryo blinked as his attention was drawn back to the present. "What? Sorry Bikky, I spaced out."
Carol smiled at him. "I�ll say." She hoped Dee and him worked things out soon. This was her second burger out with Ryo and Bikky in four days, definitely not normal. Ryo usually liked to cook healthy meals, especially on his days off like today. He was always talking about trying to balance out the junk he knew they all ate at other times. Plus Bikky was worried. He tried not to show it, but he�d become attached to Dee, and Ryo just wasn�t himself. "Just asked if you liked your burger?"
"It�s good. I like the mushrooms," Ryo answered, smiling at Bikky as he made a face.
"Who could like mushrooms?" Bikky�s face scrunched up as he stuck out his tongue at the thought.
"Me." Ryo smiled silently with his reply. He began to say more but fell silent, staring over them. Bikky and Carol looked up and followed the direction of his stare. Dee had just walked in, of all the places in NY, Carol thought. But maybe it wasn�t too much of a coincidence. Ryo had seemed indecisive about where to go for lunch until Bikky mentioned this place.
Dee must have felt the stares because he looked over at their table. Ryo smiled timidly, holding his breath until Dee smiled back. Dee spoke to the waiter at the counter and then walked toward them.
"Hey guys! What are you all doing here in my neighborhood?"
"Bikky suggested it," Carol piped in. "They have good burgers here."
"Great minds think alike, huh Biks?" Dee teased. He gave a wink at Bikky, knowing choice of food was one of the few things they agreed on.
Bikky look down at his food. "Yeah, whatever." He knew Ryo had said it was his fault but Bikky was mad at the perv for obviously not forgiving Ryo and working things out. He didn�t like seeing Ryo so sad.
Ryo glanced at Dee with an apologetic smile, noticing the concern on Dee�s face. "Would you like to join us?"
Carol nodded her head in agreement.
"Sorry, I can�t." Dee seemed regretful. "I, um, have plans with some friends of mine."
"Oh, that�s right, you said something about that last week." Ryo nodded as he remembered Dee telling him about meeting up with an old friend before the fight. His smiled faltered slightly as his mind remembered that detail. Ryo tried to control the disappointment on his face. "Next time then." Ryo�s smile widened to show Dee that he meant it.
"Hey, if you�ll think you�ll still be up," Dee paused a little, "I�ll call." Dee actually seemed hesitant.
Ryo smiled widely. "Yeah, I�ll be up"
"You�d better not wake me up, you old codger." Bikky glared up at Dee. He began to feel a little friendlier toward Dee since he was going to talk to Ryo.
"Like I could, ape brat. A bomb going off in your room couldn�t wake you," Dee quipped back.
"Oh yeah." Bikky breathed in to let loose his next insult, saw Ryo�s glare and breathed out.
"Bikky, that�s enough. We are in a restaurant."
"Fine, whatever," and settled on a glare at Dee being his reply. He had to fight back the smile as Dee stuck his tongue out at him.
"Dee, don�t tease him," Ryo said without thought.
Dee winked at him in reply. "I�ll talk to you all later."
Ryo took in a deep breath as Dee walked back to the counter. He smiled as he let it out. He watched as Dee grabbed his order and waved bye to them. Dee would call. They would talk. After four days of nothing but professionalism from Dee, Ryo felt a huge surge of relief wash over him.

Dee glanced around the small room he and Elena had entered.
"Why in the hell did they take all this?" The shock on his face was evident as he took in the amount of items taken for the case.
"You�re the detective, you tell me," Elena snapped backed. Dee actually backed away from the petite woman. "Sorry, I . . ." she dropped off the rest of her thought as her voice began to break.
"Don�t worry." Dee hesitantly ran his hand down her back. When Elena didn�t pull away he left his hand there for comfort.
Elena turned her face to Dee with a tight smile. "They wanted to make an example of this case, I think. They were bound and determined to link Ryo�s parents to the drug ring, so they could bring down the whole syndicate or something. They confiscated most of his parent�s assets, insisting that it was all made from drugs. Rick and I were young and just starting out- broke most of the time. We didn�t have the money for a lawyer. And Ryo would have had to do the official filing and such. At first, I think he wanted to believe the cops would do the right thing, but as time went on . . ."
Elena looked back at the boxes on the table. With a determined sigh, she moved to take a lid off of the closest box and began to look through the books and paperwork. "By the time the state declared that his parents were not involved, his parents things had been sold. I tried to get Ryo to take action; I tried."
Elena sighed again and shook her head as she continued "As time went on, he just seem to close that part of his life off. He wouldn�t talk about it, would leave the room if I tried, I �" Elena mouth stayed opened as she struggled for words to explain.
Dee moved closer and placed his hand on her arm, "I know."
As Elena recognized the look of frustration in his eyes, she forced a chuckle. "Well, we both know how stubborn he is."
Dee chuckled at that statement and shook his head in agreement. "Yeah we do."
"I know Ryo should be telling you all this." Elena looked away as she tried to begin an apology. "He�ll probably be mad at us both. But I needed to get to this stuff. There might be something here that could help." Elena voice found that edge of determination again.
Dee sighed, "This wouldn�t be the first time I�ve had to find out second hand." The frustration Dee felt was barely concealed.
"What are we looking for?" Dee asked as he mentally pulled himself back to the task at hand. They only had the afternoon, after that Diana would have to return the evidence. And since Ryo wouldn�t deal, he would just have to deal with Ryo later.
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Ryo jumped when the phone rang, even though he�d been staring at it all evening. "Hello?"
"Hey," was all he heard, but Dee�s voice made him want to jump for joy.
"Hey, yourself" Ryo replied unsure of what to say. "I�m glad you called. I�d like for us to talk." Ryo said all this with one breath.
"Me too, but maybe not over the phone." Dee voice sounded strained.
"Sure." Ryo waited again unsure of how to proceed.
"Maybe we could . . .." Ryo heard the yawn in Dee�s voice.
"You need some sleep," he said, his own voice giving way to a yawn.
Dee chuckled. "Yeah so do you.
"You know," Ryo started tentatively, " I was sort of glad to see you coming into the office looking tired. Not that I wanted you to be tired, but it felt good to know that this was bothering you too." His voice came out small and unsure.
"Yeah, I know what you mean. I was scared you might want to just move on or something." Dee sounded distant, hesitant about what say as well.
"No Dee. I want to work on this. I need you in my life more than just as a coworker." Ryo heard Dee sigh. To reassure Dee and himself, Ryo added, "I love you, Dee."
"I love you too, Ryo." Dee�s voice was soft but sure, then he paused. "How about tomorrow night, unless you have plans."
"No, no plans. Tomorrow night is good. We have a mid shift the next day. I�ll see if Bikky can spend the night at a friends." Ryo spoke quickly to again assure Dee he was all for talking.
Dee snorted "You mean Carol�s."
"Probably, if her Aunt hasn�t gotten tired of him yet." Ryo smirked unconsciously with his answer.
Ryo heard Dee chuckle again "When are you going to start worrying about the sleepovers?"
"When I start finding Playboys under his mattress or find myself locked out of the bathroom more than once a day," Ryo replied dryly chuckling to himself at the end of the comment.
Ryo heard Dee laughing out loud, giving him a smile. "It�s good to hear you laugh."
"Yeah, it�s feels good to laugh." Dee�s voice softened but sounded lighter. "Well I�ll see you tomorrow, kay and we�ll talk tomorrow night." Dee paused. "I love you Ryo."
"I love you too, Dee. Goodnight." Ryo heard the phone click, but held onto the hope that he allowed to grow a little more in his chest.
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