Welcome to Rio and Supai's "first date"!

Disclaimer: Rio is not mine, and neither is any other DRRR character; only Supai and Arlua are.

So does this happen on all your first dates?" Rio asked dryly. Supai grimaced, feeling the cold metal of the handcuffs on his skin and not liking it one bit.

"Of course not. I usually save this stuff for the second date," he replied. She rolled her eyes at him, her own pair of handcuffs glinting in the multicolored glow of police lights.

Earlier…

"Are you sure about this?" Supai asked. "This is your last chance to back out." Rio gave him a look that made his heart skip a beat, steady and determined and fierce, so different from her distant expression at school.

"I said I would help you bring hour cousin down. If breaking into his office will help you do that, then I'm with you," she told him. He studied her for a long moment, then pulled out the electronic lock pick he had snatched from Arlua's apartment and set it to the keypad.

A moment later, the door clicked open, giving no sign that their forced entry had triggered the silent alarm that Arlua and Izaya had finished setting up the day before.

Fifteen minutes later, as they were browsing the hardcopy files and waiting for Supai's hacking virus –also borrowed from Arlua – to crack the password, the police arrived.

Five minutes after that, they were handcuffed, side by side, in the back seat of a police car.

"Your parents are going to kill me," Supai sighed. Then he glanced at her, at the way the lights highlighted her features, and was surprised to find her eyes gleaming with excitement.

Maybe…just maybe…is she enjoying this? The danger, getting in trouble…? he thought. Rio grinned at him, and he found himself grinning back, his heart skipping a beat once again.

"I should've known he'd have a silent alarm," Supai laughed.

"You should've brought something to take care of that, too, since you had something to handle the rest of his security," she replied.

"Yeah, I'll bring something for it next time," he laughed. Their eyes met.

What a first date though, he thought.