Ban looked evenly at the middle aged man, Terazuma Yoshigawa, across the booth from he and Ginji. His fine black hair was graying at the temples, and crows feet were etched around his eyes. Eyes that were currently judging Ban and Ginji.

“I need you two to retrieve a statue.”

“Okay. Any idea who took it?”

“Tomura Tekodashi.”

Ban gave a low whistle. “What did you do to piss a guy like him off?”

“I won the statue at an auction. He wanted it, I refused to sell it to him.”

“Ahh. Okay. How much are you willing to pay to get this statue back?”

“Two million.”

Ban choked on his coffee and Ginji’s eyes filled with tears. “Ban-chan! That’s more than enough to get the car back!”

Ban calmed down enough to be able to start breathing again. “The GetBackers take this mission with confidence, Yoshigawa-san!”

Yoshigawa appeared again the next day, looking like he swallowed a live spider.

“What’s up, Yoshigawa-san? We were going to go tonight to check out the mansion-”

“He’s throwing a party tonight. It would be the perfect opportunity for you go steal it.” He held out the invitation to the two. “Of course, this party is not my type of thing, but if you two could fake it long enough to get the statue and get out, I’d gladly pay you double, and supply you with anything you might need.”

Ban opened the invitation and choked. “A PET party?”

“It’s a party where men bring their male lovers, who are dressed up as pets, to show them off to other men. Of course, the ‘pet’ costumes usually leave nothing to the imagination, and are borderline nudity.” Yoshigawa sighed. “As I said, not my thing. If I was going to have my lover dress like that, it would not be in front of other people.”

Ban was torn. On one hand, he and Ginji had their pride. On the other hand FOUR MILLION YEN! “We’ll still do this. We do have our pride as retrieval specialists, you know.”

“Of course.”

Ban turned to Ginji. “We’ll flip to see who will go as the ‘pet’.” Ban gave an inward shudder at this, but as long as the Monkey Tamer didn’t find out about it, he was fine. “Heads or tails?”

“Tails.”

Ban flipped the coin.

Ban stared in disbelief at the coin on the table, heads up.

“It’s okay, Ban-chan! I have the perfect costume idea for you!” Ginji said happily. Ban fought down the urge to curl up under the table and cry.

That’s when Hevn and Shido walked in.

“Hi! I have a job for you.”

“We already have one.”

“Oh, Yoshigawa-san, you contacted them already?”

“Yes. Thank you for your recommendation Hevn. I’ll still pay you the mediation fee, of course.”

“That’s very kind of you, Yoshigawa-san. This is another retrieval specialist, Shido. I asked him to help out on this job as well, since it’s such a dangerous one.”

Ban, for a split second, wondered when every single enemy he had ever made, living or dead, would kick down the doors of the Honky Tonk thirsting for his blood. It would be the perfect ending to his day.

“Yay! Shido!” Ginji glomped onto his friend. “Now you can go into the party with Ban-chan, because I’m no good at those types of fancy parties.”

Ban opened his mouth to say something, but all that came out was a squawk of indignation.

“Ginji, I’m not good at those types of things either.”

“But you’ve had more experience than I do! I might make a, uhhh, fo’ pause.”

“That’s faux pas, Ginji.” Ban said, getting his voice back. “AND THERE’S NO WAY IN HELL I’M GOING IN THERE AS MONKEY TAMER’S PET, MUCH LESS HIS LOVER!”

Shido blinked at this. “Pet? Lover? What the-?”

Ban thrust the envelope into Shido’s hands. “It’s a pet party.”

Shido blinked. “Eh?”

“It’s where men go to show off their male lovers, who are dressed in skimpy ‘pet’ outfits, to other guys.” Ban seethed.

Shido blinked at this. “And how did you end up being the pet?”

“We flipped for it, and I lost.”

Shido read the invitation again. “Okay. I’m in. What’s the plan?”

“WHAT?! NO! NO NO NO NO NO! You are NOT in on this. NO!”

“Yay! Shido-kun’s helping!”

Ban turned to Paul. “Kill me. Kill me now.”

“Not until you pay off your debt.”

Ban sighed. “Paul, if I die, Natsumi gets my car, Himiko gets my lighter, and you have to take care of Ginji.”

“It’s not gonna be that bad, Ban-chan! Don’t be so negative.”

Ban sighed. “That’s because you’re not the one going in there and getting molested.”

Shido sighed. “Do we have a plan at all?”

“I have an idea.” Ban muttered. “But we’ll need one more person to pull it off, mostly because I’m not comfortable with Ginji being all alone in a place like that.”

“How about Himi-”

“NO.”

“Emishi then.”

Ban seethed. “Fine.” He leaned against the counter. “Basically, the way I figure it, while Shido and I are at the party, we’ll see if we can get away and search the house for the statue, under pretense of... doing things. Once we find it, we contact Ginji and Emishi, letting them know where it is and, if we can get our hands on an infrared emitter, we could put that on it so Ginji can find it just by sensing the waves.” He turned to his partner. “Once we contact you, Ginji, wait ten minutes, blow the electricity, get the statue, bring it back here. Shido and I will stay for the rest of the party, so that we do not draw attention to ourselves, because we do NOT want Tekodashi after us.” Ban flipped some of his hair out of his eyes. “Now, all we need to do is get my costume, something for Shido to wear, the communicators, and the emitter, if possible.”

“I could probably get the emitter from MakubeX when I go to pick up Emishi.” Shido said. “And I already have something to wear to this.”

“I will loan you my limo, to use. I will also pay for anything needed.”

“I’ll help Gin-chan get Ban-kun his costume.” Hevn said, with a gleam in her eye that Ban would’ve sworn was sadism.

“I’ll have the limo pick you both up here at seven, is that all right?”

“That’s fine.” Shido turned to Ban and smiled, albeit slightly evilly, then turned to Hevn. “Make him pretty. I have a rep to keep, you know.”

“WHY YOU-” Ban was spitting out obscenities as Ginji held him back, while Shido walked out laughing.

“Come on, boys. We have to get Ban-kun his costume!” Hevn’s voice was sing-song and gleeful.

“I hate my life.” Ban grumbled as he, Hevn, Yoshigawa, and Ginji walked out of the Honky Tonk.

“I think Ban-chan should go as a kitty!”

Hevn raised an eyebrow at this. “Really?”

“Ban-chan would make a very cute kitty!”

“He does have that ‘holier-than-thou’ air about him that cats seem to have.” Yoshigawa said.

“Ummm, do I get a say in this at all?”

“Just stand there and look pretty, Ban-kun. This has nothing to do with what you want.”

“But, I’m the one that has to wear this thing you know!”

“I’ll try to make it as sexily modest as I can, Ban-kun.”

“Based on what you wear, that thought does not comfort me.”

Hevn, ignoring Ban, turned into a store. “Perfect!”

Ginji stared wide eyed at the store’s contents. “Ban-chan, what’s that for?”

“I have no idea.”

Hevn, in the meantime, had been walking around doing the strange female ritual of picking things up, making noises over them, putting them back down, only to come back and pick them up again. She came back and thrust a pile of black into Ban’s arms. “Go try this stuff on.”

Ban grumbled and walked into a dressing room, while the three waited outside patiently. A few minutes later, an outraged squawk came from the room. “I AM NOT WEARING THIS!

“Come on out and let us see.”

“No! No no no and MORE no!”

“Come out or I’ll have Gin-chan kick down the door and drag you out.” Hevn said coolly.

Ban, who would have never admitted to such an act, pouted. “Fine. If any of you laugh, I’ll kill you all.”

“We won’t laugh, Ban-kun.”

Normally, when Ban walked into a room, the first thing one would notice is his hair, the crazy mass of spikes that stuck up everywhere, making him appear as though he had stuck his finger in an electrical socket (or an extreme case of static electricity, what with having Ginji as his partner and all). The next would be his eyes, those shockingly blue eyes that would have you turning away because of something deeper in them. This time, it was his legs. Lean legs that were encased in low slung black leather that left nothing to the imagination, with a black tail attached to the back that curled at the end. The next thing was the expanse of stomach that revealed well toned abdominal muscles, up to the bottom of Ban’s ribcage, which was where the tight black vest began, with its lone button in the middle that held it together. Then there were the full length black velvet gloves that came to the middle of Ban’s biceps. A pair of cat ears on his head completed the look.

Ginji flushed. “B-Ban-chan...”

“What?! What is it?! I know I look stupid, you don’t need to-”

“You look GREAT, Ban-chan!”

“My my, if I were ten years younger.”

Ban scowled. “I’m changing back..”

“Wait. It’s missing something. Stay right there until I get back.” Hevn walked away. She came back and clasped something around his neck. “There.”

Ban reached up and his fingers were met with velvet and a bell. “I’m going to kill you, Hevn, I’m not wearing a-”

“It really brings the whole outfit together quite nicely, really.”

Ban glared at them. “I’m very uncomfortable, just so you know.”

“Change back, and we’ll go pay for this stuff. I want to test out a theory though, Ban-kun.”

“What theory?”

“You’ll see.”

Once they returned to the Honky Tonk, Yoshigawa had left quickly, the time of the party drawing closer. “No.”

“I’m beginning to think that the first word you ever learned was no, Ban-kun.”

“Actually, it was die.”

“Really? Get in there and change.”

“But... Hevn!” Ban’s voice held a hint of desperation in it. “Nat-”

“Is a big girl and can handle a little skin.”

“But-”

“Don’t tell me you’re SHY, Ban-kun.”

Ban seethed. “FINE!” He stalked into the bathroom to change.

“Hevn, You said something about a theory, before.”

“You’ll see, I said.” She walked to the door of the bathroom. “Ban-kun? You finished yet?”

“..Yes.”

“I’m coming in.”

“NO! GO AWAY! I’m not coming out until that damned Monkey Tamer shows up with Miracle Whip so we can LEAVE.”

“Gin-chan, could you kindly open the door?”

“Break that door, it goes on your tab.”

“NO! Don’t break the door Ginji!”

“Ban-chan, you’re being unreasonable!”

“...Fine.” Hevn disappeared into the bathroom. “NO! YOU KEEP AWAY FROM ME, YOU FEMALE SPAWN OF SATAN!”

“Hold still before I poke out your eye, Ban-kun!”

“HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!” With that final cry, all fell silent.

“What did she do?” Ginji whispered to Paul, who shook his head.

“I have no idea.”

“Master, I’m scared. Do you think Hevn-san killed Ban-san?” Natsumi clung to Paul’s arm.

Hevn walked out whistling, twirling a black pencil between her fingers of one hand, while the other held Ban’s sunglasses. “Ban-kun, get out here.” Apparently something was said, for Hevn responded with a firm “Now.”

“Ban-chan! Are you okay?!” Ginji’s voice was distressed.

“At least get out here so Ginji knows you’re still alive.”

Ban stepped out of the bathroom. “I feel so violated.”

“Ban-chan?” Ban’s eyes seemed more... intense. “What has she done to you?”

“I just put eyeliner on him. No big deal. Now show the others how sexy you look.”

Ban walked towards the center of the Honky Tonk and glared at Hevn. Then at Paul and Natsumi, who were staring. Natsumi’s face was redder than Ginji’s had been in the store.

“You clean up rather well, don’t you?” Paul said, smirking.

“Oh shut up!”

The bell above the door rang.

Ban ran back into the bathroom as soon as he heard the bell jingle, and left Shido and Emishi blinking.

“What was that?”

“Ban-chan.”

Shido, who was dressed in his suit jacket and pants, with a gray silk shirt underneath, shook his head. “Ban. Come on out, we have to get moving.”

“Emishi, tell Ban-chan you won’t laugh.”

“What?”

“You two have to swear you won’t laugh, or Ban-chan won’t come out.”

“We swear!” Emishi called, grinning.

Ban walked out again and glared. “Not a WORD, Monkey Tamer.”

Shido’s eyes widened as he stared at Ban, looking him over from head to foot, then shrugged. “You’ll do.”

Before Ban could yell at Shido, Emishi spoke up. "Hey baby, are those astro pants?" Ban blinked at him. "‘Cause your ass is out of this world!"

Ginji blinked as Ban winced. “OW. Miracle Whip, that was so bad it was painful.”

Emishi scratched the back of his head. "Don't like that one? Okay, how about, 'Hey, I lost my teddy bear, will you sleep with me, pretty kitty?'" Emishi gave Ban a leering smile.

“I might get fleas.” Ban deadpanned, becoming less nervous as Emishi’s comments continued.

Emishi remained unfazed. “Okay, how about, those pants would look good on my floor?”

Ban smirked. “They'd also look better in my car, but that implies all the wrong things, doesn't it?”

Emishi stared in shock as Shido laughed. “I concede defeat this time around. But I will get you! Mark my words, little kitty.”

“We’re going to be late if we don’t leave soon.” Shido spoke up, amused.

Ban returned his attention to Shido. “Do you have the communicator and emitter?”

“Yep!” Emishi grinned as Shido nodded. “So Ginji-han and I will follow the limo to the party, and stay hidden until you give us the word, right?”

“Right.” Ban glanced at Shido and started towards the door. “The limo’s here. Later, everyone.” He walked out and started towards the car when he heard a whistle.

"Me-yow! Where have you been all my life?"

"Hey there, kitty, want some milk?"

"Kitten want his tummy rubbed?"

Ban bristled, looking very much like a cat as he turned and glared at the three school boys. He looked very close to chasing the little demons down when Shido came out. “I suggest you leave him be. He’s a wild cat. Very dangerous.”

“We could take him!”

Shido whistled and crows attacked the boys, sending them running in the other direction screaming, as he held down the hissing Ban and ushered him into the waiting car. “I’m sure. Driver, we’re ready to go.”

“I’m going to kill them.” Ban snarled as the car pulled away from the Honky Tonk.

“Oh relax, they were little kids.” Ban glared at him. “By the way. While we’re at the party, you are to refer to me as ‘Master’, alright?”

Ban could only stare at Shido in disbelief. “WHAT?”

“Listen, to me, unless you want to blow our cover, we’ll have to act like the other people there, or Tekodashi will know something’s up.”

“Monkey Tamer, I swear if you hold this night over my head, I will kill you.”

“Don’t worry about it. I made Emishi swear to leave you alone about tonight.”

“Hn. Fine.” Ban batted his eyes at Shido. “Master.” The word was said with such sugar-y sweetness, Shido almost gagged.

“Don’t do that.”

Ban blinked at him innocently. “But I thought you wanted me to call you master, Master.”

“Not that. The eye thing. Don’t do the eye thing.”

Ban sat back against the seat. “As you wish, Master.”

Shido sighed. It was going to be a long night.

Ban faced away from Shido, staring out the window silently.

“Are you going to be like this all night?” Shido was a little unnerved by the silence between them. He could hardly even hear Ban’s breathing!

“Like what?”

“This. Quiet and sulky.”

“I’m not sulking.”

“Pouting, then.”

“I’m not pouting either.”

“Then what are you doing?”

“Silent protest.”

“Silent protest, hm?” Shido reached over to touch Ban’s arm. “Listen..”

Ban turned to face him. “What?! What is it?! You want me to call you ‘Master’ for the rest of the night? FINE! Just leave me alone!”

“Ban, will you calm down? The ‘Master’ thing is only for the sake of appearance, but we also have to act like lovers. You spend the whole night ignoring me and someone’s going to think something’s wrong. This is all about not drawing attention to ourselves, remember?” He smoothed back some of Ban’s hair away from his face. “So can you please just tell me what I did to piss you off before we go in there?”

Ban appeared to be looking past Shido, then suddenly snuggled up against him, much like a cat would.

“Sirs, we’re here.”

“Thank you.”

A butler in a scrap of material that could hardly be called clothing opened the door and Shido stepped out and then helped Ban out of the car. Ban made a strangled noise in the back of his throat. All of the ‘pets’ were wearing much less that Ban was. Shido inwardly rolled his eyes, and dipped his head low, making it appear as though he was doing more than just murmuring things to Ban. “Relax. You may be overdressed, but you’re the classiest ‘pet’ here.”

Ban turned his face, rubbing against Shido’s cheek with his own. “You’re too kind, Master.” Shido escorted Ban into the house, and found a quiet corner for them to sit in. “In two hours or so, we go to find the statue.” Ban said, then in a slightly louder voice, “Master, would you like me to get you anything?” Ban smiled at him, and Shido blinked. He had no idea Ban could smile like that.

“Uh, sure.”

Ban tilted his head in a kitten-ish manner. “What would you like, Master?”

“Whatever you’re having is fine.”

Ban gave a small giggle, which frightened Shido even more, and set off to find the bar. As Shido looked around the room he noticed a lot of the ‘pets’ being.. fondled by their ‘owner’.

“I hope Ban doesn’t get into any trouble.” Shido murmured, more to himself than anything.

When Ban appeared by his side again, he was grinning as he handed Shido a glass of wine. “Sorry I took so long, Master!” Ban was smirking as he sat down carefully, so he didn’t sit on his tail and crush it.

Shido made sure Ban knew he was teasing when he scowled at him. “What have you done now, you naughty little kitten?” He tapped Ban’s nose.

Ban blinked, almost innocently, at Shido. “All I did was calmly state to a nice man that my Master is the only one allowed to pet me.” Ban took a sip of his own wine and muttered, “Fucking perverted old man. I should’ve broke his fingers.”

“What did you do?” Shido put his arm around Ban’s shoulders, only half surprised when Ban leaned into it. He drained his glass of wine and set it on the table nearby.

“I threw your first glass of wine into his face, then I had to wait for another one because the bartender was busy.”

Shido laughed. “Bad kitty.”

Ban glanced at Shido out of the corner of his eye, amused. “You would have rather me allow him to grope me, Master?”

“No. You could have gotten me.” Shido leaned closer.

“He was rather insistent.”

Shido dipped his head near Ban’s ear. “Ban, I need you to give me permission to touch you.”

“Eh?”

“I said-”

“I heard you the first time.” Ban turned to face Shido. “You mean touch as in..” He tilted his head to indicate a couple who were practically having sex in a chair a few feet away.

“Something like that.”

Ban fixed him with a glare. “Listen-”

“I know I shouldn’t be asking but-” Ban placed a velvet covered finger on Shido’s lips.

“Only for tonight, right?”

Shido nodded.

Ban sighed. Shido would have sworn he sounded defeated, but then again, this was Ban. He’d never admit to defeat. “Ban...”

Ban winked and gave Shido a smile that bordered between seductive and teasing. “Be gentle with me.”

Shido rolled his eyes and ran a hand along Ban’s thigh. “I’m always gentle.”

“Mrowr.” Ban nipped gently at Shido’s jaw.

“How much did you have to drink?”

“Just this glass.” Ban drained the last of his wine. “We have about an hour and a half to kill before we have to go off and find the statue under the pretense of ravaging each other, what do you suppose we do? Have a deep and meaningful conversation about why these types of parties are always hosted by creepy old men?”

Shido’s arm wrapped around Ban’s waist and tugged him into his lap. “We could always bend to conformity and make out.”

Ban raised an eyebrow at Shido and smirked. “Like this, Master?” Ban rolled his hips against Shido’s, causing his eyes to widen.

“Shit, Mi-”

“Master? Did that displease you?” Ban was deliberately tormenting Shido, and loving every minute of it.

Shido growled and thrust up against Ban, grinding their crotches together. “Does this feel displeased to you, Kitten?”

Ban’s eyes widened and a strangled moan escaped him. “Oh.” Shaking his head, as if coming back to himself, Ban blinked at Shido. “Umm..”

“I’m going to kiss you now.”

“Then shut up and do it already.” Ban snarled. Shido raised an eyebrow at this and Ban gritted his teeth. “Master.”

“Much better.” In one swift movement, Ban’s vest was open with Shido’s hands running along his nipples, and Shido’s mouth was on his. That was all Ban’s mind registered before his brain shut down completely.

By the time Ban and Shido broke apart for air, Ban had Shido’s suit coat opened and his shirt half undone, and Shido had Ban’s vest hanging off of Ban’s arms and one hand cupping Ban’s ass while the other was buried in Ban’s hair.

Shido grinned at Ban. “My my, you are fast.”

“I’ve always been good with my hands.” Ban smirked.

“Mmm.” Shido began to lay Ban back on the couch.

“Umm... Master?”

“Mmmm?” Shido’s mouth descended to Ban’s neck, causing Ban to give a tiny shiver of pleasure.

“Can we not do that here?”

Shido lifted his head from Ban’s neck and looked Ban in the eyes. “Oh?”

“I may be an attention whore when it comes to finding jobs, but I am not an exhibitionist.”

Shido glanced at his watch. “Eh. We should start looking for that statue anyway.” He started re-buttoning his shirt and suit coat while Ban re-buttoned the lone button on his vest.

Ban grinned. “Yessss, the statue. Our meal ticket. We’re getting paid four million for this job.” Ban snuggled against Shido. “It brings me joy.”

Shido hefted Ban into his arms. “You know, for someone as strong as you are, you really don’t weigh much.”

“Fast metabolism and not enough food.” Ban wrapped his arms around Shido’s shoulders. “You know. I could get used to this.”

Shido walked up the stairs, still carrying Ban. “Get used to what?”

“Us not trying to kill each other.”

“But we’re just being nice because that’s our cover.”

“True. Plus, Ginji made me swear not to kill anyone.”

“Ahh. The truth comes out.” Once they were out of sight from the rest of the party, Shido let Ban down slowly. “Now, we search.”

Ban blinked. “There it is.”

“What?”

“Down the hall.”

Shido blinked and right there, down the hall, was the statue they were looking for. “That was surprisingly easy.”

“Somebody up there is liking us today.” Ban wandered over to the statue, bringing Shido with him. “Gimme the emitter.”

“It’s in my pocket.”

“And?”

“We might be being watched right now.”

Ban reached into Shido’s pocket, and blinked. “My my my.”

Shido nipped at Ban’s ear. “Hurry up. You can play with that later.”

“Purr.” Ban stroked Shido a bit more, then pulled the emitter out of his pocket. “Oh Master! Look! It’s pretty!” Ban made a show of gently rubbing his fingers against the statue, and placed the emitter in the back.

“If you want a statue so badly, we’ll get one later.”

“Really? You’re the best!” Ban glomped onto Shido, deliberately rubbing against him in ways that weren’t exactly meant to be done with clothing on, then Ban whispered into Shido’s collar, where the communicator was. “Ginji, do you hear me?”

“Loud and clear, Ban-chan.”

"You do know we can hear EVERYTHING you two say to each other, right?" Emishi said, the grin obvious in his voice.

"Repeat any of it and DIE, Miracle Whip." Ban hissed.

"Shido-han, I never knew you were such a romantic." Emishi was snickering now.

"Emishi...” Shido growled. “Just shut up and wait ten minutes to get the damn thing, okay?”

"I got it, I got it!"

“At least you two are getting along. Emishi and I will sever contact once we get the statue to the client.”

“Got it. We’ll see you guys later.” Ban scowled. “Oh. And Miracle Whip?”

“Hmmm?”

“Thanks.”

A pause, and then- “You’re welcome, Kitten.”

Ban smirked. “Be careful, you two.” Shido said, threading his fingers through Ban’s hair.

“We will, Shido-kun. Don’t worry. You and Ban-chan enjoy yourselves, okay?”

“Sure. Bye, you two.” The line went dead, and Shido and Ban walked away from the statue.

“I am not happy that they can hear everything we say to each other.” Ban muttered.

“Eh. They’re not recording any of it, and Emishi has been asked to not make jokes about it.”

“Bah.”

Shido rolled his eyes, dipped his head and kissed Ban, just as the lights when out. “Come on.”

“What was that about?”

"Do you know what you’ve been doing to me all night?" Shido pulled Ban closer and began to nibble along his jaw and neck, his hand effortlessly flicking open the button on Ban’s vest.

"I'm sure I could guess..." Ban bit back a moan as Shido trailed a hand down his side to rest on his hip, Shido’s thumb tracing lazily along the curve of Ban’s hip.

"So responsive, Ban. I love it." Shido kissed Ban hungrily. As far as kisses go, it was possessive and sweet. Shido pulled back and stared at Ban's blue eyes, which had darkened to the color of twilight skies with lust and his pupils were dilated, as if he couldn't see. Shido kissed him again, hungrier this time, pressing Ban back towards the wall and proceeded to remove his vest, desperate to taste and feel as much of Ban's skin as possible. His mouth passed roughly over a nipple and Ban bucked beneath him, an almost mewling sound of need passed his lips as his head thrashed from one side to another, velvet covered hands fisting themselves in Shido’s shirt. Shido grinned and did it again.

"Shido!" Ban arched again, the name ending in almost a whine.

"Where's your cool confidence now, Ban?" Shido practically purred the sentence. Ban's answer was a moan, "My my my, you act as though you're a virgin." Shido blinked, then looked Ban in the eye, "Don’t tell me you’re a virgin..?"

Ban shook his head, whimpering as the warmth left his body. "Don't stop..."

Shido kissed Ban again. “Is it your first time with a man?” he murmured this against Ban’s mouth, so that no one else would be able to tell what he said, much less hear, aside from Ban, who, at that one moment in time, was all that really mattered to Shido.

“Far from it.” Ban murmured back. Shido growled at the thought of Ban being with other people. “I was always on top though.”

“Not this time.”

"What?"

Shido just dipped his head and kissed Ban. Ban wrapped his arms around Shido’s shoulders, losing himself in the sensation and didn't even realize it when Shido had begun to ease Ban back onto the mattress. Ban opened his eyes and blinked, then smirked up at Shido. "A bedroom?"

"Where else would I take you for our first time?" Shido was kneeling over Ban, his weight resting on his knees on either side of Ban's hips. "Do you know how beautiful you look right now, Ban?" The man blushed. "You do. I could spend hours just looking at you." He kissed Ban again, his hands trailing down to undo the lacing of Ban's pants. "Touching you." He murmured against his lips as his hand moved to cup rock hard flesh through the leather of Ban’s pants.

Ban let out a throaty moan, "Shido..." He reached up to Shido, but his hands were caught and pinned above his head.

"Ban... Let me touch you..." Shido lowered his mouth to Ban's neck and kissed his way across, lapping at the sweat that had gathered in the hollow of Ban's throat.

"Oh God..." Ban breathed, his eyes fluttering closed.

Shido’s mouth continued downwards, pausing to lap at the sensitive spot discovered before. As Ban whimpered and writhed, gloved covered hands clenching and un-clenching in Shido’s hair. Shido smiled against Ban's skin and travelled to the other, neglected nipple. Shido took it between his teeth and ever so gently, tugged. Ban arched his back off the bed, pressing himself against Shido’s mouth with a shameless moan of pleasure. “Like that, don’t you?” Shido murmured smugly against Ban’s skin.

Ban cracked one eye open and glared the best he could, "I will kick your ass and leave."

"As if you'd leave now. I'm nowhere near finished." Ban's eyes widened and he whimpered, not so much in fear of the look in Shido’s eyes as in anticipation. Shido grinned, "Can I continue?"

Ban nodded, and his breathing hitched ever so slightly as Shido licked his way down and around Ban’s navel. "Oh..." Shido dipped his tongue inside and Ban nearly screamed.

"You really are very sensitive, aren't you?"

"Obviously." Ban hissed out. Shido began to ease Ban's pants down.

“My my, no underwear, Ban?”

“Pants were too tight for anything else.”

Shido kissed his way down Ban’s torso, then veered off, lapping at the hollows of Ban's hips, causing him give a tiny, pleading mewl. "Not yet, Kitten." A growl of frustration escaped Ban as he bucked his hips up, but Shido held him down, "Soon." His fingers danced down Ban's legs, spreading them as his fingers trailed lightly across the muscles of Ban’s thighs and calves, then stood to remove his own clothes.

Once fully naked, Ban groaned at the sight of Shido. “Oh.. fuck yes.”

Shido smirked and kissed him. "I'll take care of you."

Ban snarled, "Then hurry it up, or let me lead!"

"Tsk tsk, such impatience." Shido nipped at Ban's lower lip and aligned himself over Ban, then slid down to his weeping erection.

Ban propped himself up on his elbows and his eyes widened in shock as he watched Shido lap at the tip, then lick the underside of him. This, this was new. Before, it was always straight to the rutting. But this. This was..something else entirely. "Oh... my..." He watched as Shido engulfed him, and his world exploded into a thousand little pieces as he felt the light scrape of teeth and the rasp of tongue. Ban buried his hands in Shido’s hair as he came, as if to anchor himself to reality. "Shido. Gods, Shido..." He never realized he had been chanting it the entire time until Shido kissed him.

"Shhh.. I'm still here."

"That was..." Ban stared up at the black haired man in wonder. In all of his life, he never felt things like that. Yeah, the sex he did have was good, but this was.. He searched Shido's eyes, those warm, gray eyes, and was confused by what he found there. "Shido?" Shido opened a drawer in the table next to the bed, muttering and growling to himself about how it should be there in this stupid pervert’s house and smirked with satisfaction when he found what he was looking for. He removed a bottle. “Oh jeez, you are just insa-fucking-tiable aren’t you?”

"I never said I was done." Shido kissed him, and opened the bottle. The scent of apples and cinnamon filled the room. Shido poured some into his hand, and began applying it to himself.

"Tell me you’re not going to-"

Shido gave him an almost feral grin, settled himself between Ban's legs, and slowly slid one oil-slicked finger inside of him. "I'm sure you can guess." Ban's eyes were wide open, but unseeing and Shido’s finger slid slowly in and out of him. More fingers were added to the first and Shido brushed against the sweet spot inside Ban, making him press against Shido’s hand and give a high pitched whine. "I think you're ready." Shido removed his fingers, causing Ban to whimper at the feeling of emptiness, and longing for the touch that had been, in his lust addled mind, unjustly ripped from him. Ban’s glove covered fingers dug into Shido’s shoulders as Shido positioned himself and then, ever so slowly, entered Ban. Once he was fully inside, he paused to allow Ban to get used to him being there. "Ban." Shido breathed the name as if it were a prayer, his control slipping away from him as he was enveloped in the tight heat that was Ban. Then, slowly, he began to pull out, almost all the way, then pressed himself in again, picking up the pace with each stroke. Ban wrapped his legs around Shido waist, his head thrown back in pure, undiluted ecstasy, hips moving to meet Shido’s, ensuring that Shido hit that spot with each stroke. Moans, curses, and breathy sighs fell from Ban’s lips as Shido reached down and began to stroke Ban in perfect rhythm with his thrusts. Ban came, muffling a scream of Shido’s name by biting into Shido’s shoulder. Shido was a spilt second behind him. He collapsed, falling next to Ban, who was breathing deeply.

“..Fuck.”

“Quite the elegant statement,” Shido lifted himself up to look Ban in the eye, and smirked. Ban was still wearing the cat ears, the gloves and the little bell collar. “You look like every man’s fantasy right now.”

Ban ran a velvet hand down Shido’s cheek and grinned up at him. “That was a surprisingly interesting experience.” Ban shifted and winced. “God damn it hurts like hell.”

“Poor thing.” Shido rolled his eyes and smoothed some hair out of Ban’s face.

“Now I know what it’s like to be the bottom.” Ban mused. “They say you learn something new everyday.”

“And what else did you learn today?”

“You are a sex fiend. You’re attracted to men, and I have to split the four million with you and Miracle Whip. God damn it. Now Ginji and I only get two million yen.” Ban groused and mock pouted, Then he blinked. “The lights are back on.”

Shido grinned. “So they are.” Shido kissed Ban. “Shall we return to the party?”

“I guess so.” Ban looked bored. “When Ginji and Emishi let us know they’re at the Honky Tonk, we leave, alright?”

“Sounds good to me.”

“Great. Now I just need to convince myself that, yes, my legs can move.” Ban wiped himself down with the bed sheet.

Shido laughed, and stood, stretching. “Are you always like this after sex?”

“Wouldn’t know, never had sex that good before.” Ban stretched and started gathering up his clothes.

“Wanna do this again, sometime?”

“What, dress up like a cat? No.”

“No.” Shido tilted his head towards the bed.

Ban pulled on his pants and tied them. “No.”

Shido paused in buttoning up his shirt. “What? Why not?”

“Because next time I wanna be on top.” Ban smirked and buttoned his vest and Shido laughed. They walked out of the room, arm in arm, looking very satisfied.

Ban rubbed the bridge of his nose. “I need another scotch.”

Shido raised an eyebrow at this. “I thought the only drink you had tonight was that glass of wine?”

“I lied.” Ban glared at the people around them. “You honestly think I could make it through this night without going stir crazy or getting drunk?”

Shido rolled his eyes. “You didn’t have to lie about it.”

Ban gave a half shrug, as the communicator crackled to life. “Ban-chan! Shido-kun! We’re back at the Honky Tonk.”

“Finally. We’ll blow this joint as soon as I get one last glass of scotch.”

“Ohhh, think you can bring us back a bottle of that, Shido-han?”

“Why?”

“Because I asked nicely?”

“Maybe we will, maybe we won’t. Depends, if you’re nice to me, maybe I’ll convince Shido to buy you one on the way home. Maybe.”

“Ohh, I‘ll be as nice as you want me to be, Kitten.”

Ban could hear the leer in Emishi’s voice. “Hmmmm...”

Shido snarled.

“I’ll pass. We’ll get you the scotch on the way home, okay?”

“Oh you love us. Or are you in a good mood because you just had really good sex? We heard that too, you know.”

Ban blinked at Shido, then scowled. “Really?”

“Umm, yeah?”

“If I buy you the scotch, will you pretend like you never heard it?”

“Heard what?” Ginji asked innocently.

“Good enough.”

“Have fun you two.” Ginji laughed and the connection was severed for the final time that night.

“Damn.”

Shido laughed against Ban’s ear. “Looks like we got caught with our pants down.”

“Not funny.”

Shido nipped at Ban’s ear gently. “Mmm.”

“Excuse me?”

Shido glared at the man interrupting them. “Yes?”

“Hi. I’m Takaru Tekodashi.”

“Tomura’s son?”

“Yes. I’m sorry, but my Father wants to have a taste of your pet.” The boy scowled. “I told him I didn’t think you’d go for it. You two look like you’re really in love.”

Ban stared at Takaru in shock. “Really?”

“Plus, I have a pretty good idea of what you two were doing when the lights went out.” Takaru laughed. “Not that I can blame you for it, but at least you had the decency to find someplace private.”

“My lover is mine and mine alone when it comes to sex.”

“So I figured, but Father insisted that I pass along his request anyway.”

“Tell him no. My pet is only to be seen. No one touches him.”

“I love it when you get all possessive. Really. It just does something to me.” Ban smirked.

“Alright then.” Takaru inched away from them as Shido started growling.

“Hey, Takaru?” Ban reached out and snagged Takaru’s sleeve.

“Hmm?”

“How do you feel about your father throwing parties like this?”

“To each his own. Personally, I could never put my lover on display like this, male or female.”

“Neither could I.” Shido said, running a hand through Ban’s hair.

“Then why did you?”

“I lost a bet.” Ban said.

Takaru laughed. “Have a good night you two.”

“Good night.” Takaru left. “Well. That was fun and exciting.”

“Right. We’re leaving.” Shido grabbed Ban and half dragged, half carried him out to the limo.

“But... scotch...”

“No. We are not staying here.” Shido shoved Ban into the limo and climbed in after him.

“What has got your panties in a twist?” Ban took off the cat ears and shook out his hair.

“You’re MINE.”

“Excuse me? This is just an act. A one night stand.” Ban glared at Shido. “I’m not your anything, except your rival.”

“Not anymore.” Shido crushed his mouth to Ban’s, easing Ban’s body backwards so that they were lying on the seat.

“What the hell is wrong with you? Are you this possessive over everyone you have sex with?”

“Yes!”

“How many people have you had sex with?”

“Including you? Two.”

Ban blinked. “What happened to the other one?”

“She was killed in a raid from the Beltline.”

Ban blinked up at Shido. “Wow. That sucks.”

“It also killed the mood.” Shido rested his head next to Ban’s, breathing in the scent of his hair.

“Then why are you still on top of me?” Ban ground out, annoyed.

“Because you’re comfy.”

“We have to buy them scotch.”

“Oh yeah. Driver? Could you bring us to a liquor store first?”

“Of course, sirs.”

“Do you have a name, other than Driver?” Ban wondered, half to himself.

“Daisuke.”

“Okay then. Thanks a lot Daisuke.”

“My pleasure, sirs.” He pulled up to a liquor store and they bought the scotch, earning themselves a few odd looks, to which Ban smirked, threw his arms around Shido and kissed him deeply.

They got back in the car, laughing. “Man, did you see their faces?! That was great.”

Shido shook his head. “I thought you weren’t an exhibitionist.”

“That wasn’t being an exhibitionist, that was making the stupid people who were staring at us feel stupid.”

“Ahh.”

“To the Honky Tonk, Daisuke!” Ban called out, still laughing.

Ban threw open the doors of the Honky Tonk and walked in grinning. “Yo!”

Yoshigawa looked up. “I’m glad to see you’re both back safely. Here is your pay.” He handed Ban an envelope and walked out with the statue under one arm. “Good night.”

Ban grinned and counted the money. “Four million yen.” He started to hand out the money. “One million for Miracle Whip. One million for Monkey Tamer, and that leaves two million for me and Ginji.” Ban counted out some of the cash and handed it to Paul. “Now stop bitching at us.”

“Heh. ‘Bout time.”

“Yeah yeah yeah. In celebration of this grand occasion, we have quite the variety of alcohol to get drunk with!” Ban walked to the back of the Honky Tonk, dragging Shido behind him and beckoned Ginji and Emishi to follow. Folding his legs underneath him, Ban took the brown paper bag from Shido and grinned as the others joined him on the floor. “Scotch, by request.” He took out two bottles. “Whiskey.” One bottle. “And lastly, rum.” He took out three bottles and grinned. “Well?”

Emishi snagged a bottle of rum, opened it and held it up as he draped an arm around Ginji’s shoulders. “Drink up, me hearties! Yo ho!” He took a deep drink from the bottle as Ban, who had opened one of the bottles of scotch, laughed.

Ginji took the bottle from Emishi and drank. “I don’t get it.”

“I don’t either.” Shido said.

“It’s a pirate thing.” Ban said, taking another swig of scotch.

“Pirates?”

Ban explained about pirates to Shido and Ginji as Emishi chimed in with merry drinking songs about ladies named Venus and their body shapes.

“Oi! Ban..”

“Wazzat?” Ban took another drink.

“What’s the deal with you and Shido-han?”

Ban, not quite as drunk as he felt he should have been to answer the question, narrowed his eyes at Emishi. “Why?”

“He’s mine, Emishi. Mine mine mine mine mine...” Shido listed to the side, leaning against Ban and nuzzling his hair. “Smell nice...”

“Wow, Shido’s drunk.” Ginji said, giggling.

“Sooo? Are you guys together, or not?”

Ban blinked, then grinned and kissed Shido. “Yeah. I think so.”

“This calls for more rum!” Emishi raised another bottle.

And a good time was had by all.

“YO HO!”