A.N.- Naorise official on tumblr declared Naorise week a go! Had to contribute to the OTP that got me on the interweb.

First times

The gossiping wasn't anything new.

"I heard Risette got a boyfriend!"

"I heard he's filthy rich!"

"I heard he's cute!"

"I heard-"

"I heard-"

Rise had heard enough. The more people talked, the farther it got from the truth. All those years as an idol dulled her attention to the whispers. Yet, she still picked up the bigger scandals and they still hurt her. Something about the products she was in commercials for or one production she did. Mostly negative things that she had no control over.

But the fans tended to drift into the more personal rumors. Boyfriends, family, anything that could be, they thought of it. Except for the truth. After all, a super popular, attractive, and wealthy idol must be able to date any one they want and do it, right?

Rise rolled her eyes whenever she thought of that mentality. Many idols were not allowed to have dates, due to the backlash and snooping of the press that would ensue.

And even if they allowed dating, Rise never had someone who came to mind. Before she was an idol, no one looked her way, and now roses to 'Risette' were common. It even followed her when she took a break. She didn't blame them, marketing teams knew how to make things appealing, but she wasn't interested.

It wasn't until she joined the Investigation Team that she actually found someone. She clung to Yu because he believed in her and even helped her with her identity of being an idol. Soon the town was talking about how she was dating him.

Again, it wasn't the truth. It took a while after rescuing the Detective Prince for her to get her first real crush. And then her first date.

And then...

Naoto had been fidgeting a lot as they walked back to Rise's after a date. Well, not exactly fidgeting, but Rise knew Naoto's body language.

"What's up?"

"Hmm? Oh, nothing..." Naoto waved it off, going back into the thoughts that seemed to provoke the fidgeting.

"Liarrr," Rise puffed her cheeks out and playfully poked Naoto's arm. "What's bothering you?"

Naoto had a habit of turning away to hide a blush if the hat wasn't reachable or on Rise's head instead.

"I heard that..." Naoto's voice betrayed some of the nervousness. "It is...customary to kiss after walking someone home..."

Rise smiled. Naoto had probably spent a while asking their friends for date advice despite the embarrassment it caused.

"It's a cliché, but yeah I've seen a lot about it." The idol took Naoto's hand and gently squeezed it. "You don't have to though, if you aren't comfortable."

"N-no I..." The detective sighed. "I want to, I just don't know..."

"How?"

The slight nod was all that it took to have Rise continue.

"It's okay, I don't know either." Naoto seemed shocked at this, but Rise just shrugged. "It's my first time dating someone too, so we'll figure it out together, okay?"

Rise gave Naoto a smile and for a moment it looked like the detective was going to keep arguing, but Naoto nodded back.

"Together."