More slice of life stuff between the three. I like the sort of every day tone thing I get from them. It's really cute. This angle took a bit because I was trying to get the tone right.


Work Out

To keep herself in idol image Rise had a very strict work out regime. She didn't fall for the other traps that other idols did in the industry with dieting issues, and other ways to keep themselves looking thin. She did it by the books, good and balance diet and made sure she was best friends with the gym. She made sure she surrounded herself with people who were good influencers, supportive of being healthy and human. Not giving her any absurd expectations. It was probably why she came out so bubbly and energetic, she was just short of an athlete and after the events of the midnight channel, it always served as a reminder to always keep at it, keep training cause you never know what might happen.

However...

...Whenever she had a tendency to meet her favourite couple sometimes being wrapped up in them was enough to make her forget about her weekly schedule. So this visit she made sure to book gym days when she came to see them, that's when she found out she isn't the only one also best friends with the gym.

When she told Naoto that she needed to find somewhere secluded get some work out time and not be interrupted by people Naoto suggest to join her and Souji at one of the nearby establishments owned by the Shirogane Estate. What she didn't know was how well equipped it would be. Currently running on one of the most high tech treadmills she's been on, she was acutely aware of the Detective Prince running alongside her, she couldn't help but check to see if her speed was faster than her.

"Naoto-kun?" Rise asked, still a little breathless while running.

'Get up! Get Up! It's time to get real, Can't control the steering wheel...'

The blue haired detective removed her ear buds. "Yes Rise-chan?"

Rise quickly noted how she answered without losing any of her stride. Man did she train a lot more than herself, and she was sure Naoto was running at a faster speed than herself too while talking.

"You train often?" Naoto nodded focusing back to her on own exercise.

"Me and Souji do whenever we can." Rise laughed. Figured they would be into this sort of thing. I wouldn't put it past them that it was actually Naoto's idea. "Souji trained once and a while but I pushed him to do it more of a couple's activity since I'm away a lot we don't get to be together as much."

Right on the money.

"So..." Rise started, momentarily taking her concentration off the conversation to look back at Souji doing knee lifts with weights, his sleeveless shirt clinging to him making her blush just slightly. "...I figured you guys had a place but I didn't expect this."

Naoto hummed, quickly pressing a button to raise the elevation of her treadmill. "Grandpa owns quite a few places for anyone working in the Estate to stay while they are on assignments around Japan or East Asia. It's really quite useful, this one happens to be near us so we go when we can."

"That sounds useful. But is all of them as decked out as this?"

"Yes, some of them are available for public use which helps those become self sustainable, ones like this is not however, Estate staff only, hence why there tends to be a lot of security around here. Estate areas can be targets because you know how criminals work and all. Anything to get the upper hand..."

Rise could only nod, noticing that Naoto's brain went else, pondering something that was probably a lot deeper or darker than the conversation needed to be.

"That's fine. I was only wondering because this place is perfect for keeping up with my weekly schedule."

"You have one?" Rise giggled.

"You think this body just comes naturally? No way, I have to work for this to an extent." Naoto looked over at her for a second, blushed lightly and turned back to what was in front of her.

"That makes a lot of sense." Rise tut signalling she wasn't impressed.

"The problem is when I ever come to see you guys, you two have a tendency of making me forget about my schedule. You two are a horrible influence."

Naoto's eyes widen at the accusation.

"Eh!? You're the one who always wants to stay in bed."

Rise huffed. "Do you blame me?"

"Yes."

"Well of course you would. Not my fault you're so cuddly."

Naoto sighed as she upped the speed on her treadmill again, getting really close to sprint speed. Sometimes she wondered how pointless it was arguing with the idol about things like that. Not like she didn't appreciate someone to work out with, no matter the situation Rise was able to uplift the mood unless it involved complete silence.

Naoto's cardio regime was almost done, having the fitness is important considering how many cases dissolved into chasing suspects or witnesses before they were able to bail. Having Souji on some of them when he's had to chase after people or react to things quickly opened her eyes to how important it was when it came to being a detective. So she started to emulate Souji's training ethic and patterns and realised how beneficial it's been for her. It also allowed her to be a lot more confident when working on her own knowing that she was more all rounded than she was before. She must admit though one of the added benefits to training is coming to watch Souji. Naoto wouldn't tell him that though, she didn't really feel like feeding his ego.

Seeing her target reached, the Sleuth pressed the slow down button on the treadmill as it considerably decreased it's speed changing Naoto's running stride to a swift power walk.

"You're finished?" Rise asked curiously, noting she still had at least another 10 minutes on her work out target.

"Yeah, this is only the first half though." Rise raised an eye brow.

"You go on it twice?" Naoto was about to reply when almost right on cue, Souji appeared near the two, with a small towel slung over his shoulder, currently topless.

"Ah Souji-kun..." Naoto exclaimed. A little thrown off by his attire or lack of it. He only shrugged not seeing the issue. For that moment though Rise felt her breath hitch, happy her body knew to instinctively to keep running even though her focus on something else.

"I was wondering if you want me to get the mats out?" He asked simply.

Naoto nodded.

"Definitely. I'll go get change while you do. Then you can change after when I get the pads out."

"Got it." With that Souji walked off to the open spaces in the gym hall to one of the equipment crates. The curiosity got the better of Rise. She turned off the treadmill she was using, remembering the number she was on to pick it back up later, she was interested in what was going to happen now.

"Senpai!" She called as she got near the box Souji was shuffling through, she stopped when she saw him heave out a large floor mat, then a second then a third.

"What are those for?"

Souji hauled another mat out before clapping his hands together in success. "Oh, these are for practice."

The Idol tilted her head in confusion. "Practice for what?"

She watched carefully as the former leader rearranged the mats into a large rectangle, almost like a combat ring. "It's normally when we practice-"

"Souji-kun I'm ready." Souji turned around, his face visibly brightened up when he saw his girlfriend. However Rise eyes went wide at the Detective Prince's attire.

"Good. I'll go get changed now, I'll only be a minute." Naoto nodded quickly, quickly heading to the same supply box that her boyfriend was in a minute ago.

"What are you wearing?" Naoto frowned at the combination of her best friend's question and the quest to find the elbow and knee pads she sought for. Once finding them, she pulled out two pairs with the added bonus of finding their shin guards too. With a bit of a heave, she threw them out of the box so they were on the make shift ring and stood up. She turned to her best friend, hands on hips.

Rise couldn't help but gawk at her appearance. Naoto was wearing a black pair of spats, similar to what Chie used to wear but even more skin tight than that. Her chest was covered by a sports bra that left nothing to the imagination. She was sure that she would never wear anything that revealed that much skin in public under normal circumstances.

"This is what I normally wear when practice Jujitsu. Is this unusual?"

Rise's expression turned coy. "I wouldn't know, not seen you wear anything that showed that much skin, unless it's intentional."

Naoto blushed, suddenly feeling self conscious. "Hey!"

"I'm back- Oh you found the shin guards too. Awesome." Souji said walking into vision. Rise couldn't help but raise an eye brow at him too.

"Are you two trying to kill me here?" Souji shrugged and picked up a pair of the elbow guards and started to fit them on. Rise took in what he looked like as well, the training pants were replaced by tight cycling like shorts that cling to his well defined legs, and a skin tight sleeveless shirt, leaving the arms that she very much loved to have circle her on full display.

"Maybe you should take your mind out of the gutter Rise." Souji said simply. Plopping himself on the mats so he can easily put on the knee pads and shin guards.

"That would be good advice Rise." Naoto piled on, fitting on her own safety gear, happy that her blush was dying down. After a moment the pair was all ready and suited, they sat back to back in the centre of the mats.

"So how long have you two have been doing this?" Rise asked curiously, watching the two.

"About a couple years or so. Ready Naoto?" The Sleuth hummed in acknowledgment, ready to get started. The silence the two induced in the room as they mentally prepared to do battle was suffocating to Rise, she just needed to break the silence to take the edge off.

"Wait before you get started, how about we up the ante on this one?" Souji and Naoto but paused for a second with the tension broken and looked at the idol curiously.

"Well the winner of you two's little practice gets a little something." Rise now fully aware that her own lust that was silently building in the background was driving her little game. Well might as well go all in. "The winner will get a kiss from me of course. How does that sound?"

The couple took a moment to look at each other to seemingly make up their mind.

"Deal!" Rise's smile turned very mischievous very quickly at their response.

'No matter how calm and collected they are, they are no match for the charm of Rise Kujikawa. Muhahaha, even these two will fight over me.'

Back to stance the two with new conviction in their eyes for a reason to win this practice. Rise not realising that this is due to the couple's very competitive nature more than being for her.

"On three Naoto?" She felt the Sleuth behind him nod against his back.

"Three..."

"Two..."

"One!"

From the number call, the both turned around in a flash. Souji with the height advantage managed to get his arm around Naoto and pin it to her body for just a second before she started rolling over for a reversal, pinning the former leader to the mat.

"Give up!" She snarled, Rise taken back by the ferocity in her words.

"No!" Souji shouted, tucking his knees in and rolling to the side reversing the weight causing Naoto to stumble out of her hold. She scrambled back to a vertical base bettering on Souji taking a moment longer to write himself so she could get the height advantage. Unfortunately she guessed wrong and by the time she was back up Souji had her by the elbows and was about to bring her to the mat again. She quickly used his weight as a counter for to try and send him the other way but Souji blocked by a shift of the feet, changing his weight distribution.

Souji smiled at his forward thinking but the ever analytical mind of Naoto was already work. Noticing that his posture is was slightly off due to his quickly get up, She moved forward quickly, sweeping him off his feet. He fell with a yelp, trying to roll out of the incoming pounce of Naoto. He managed to avoid landing on his back but Naoto caught him mid-roll and put all of her weight on his back, trapping him in the previous position they were before. Trying his original way of escape, it was thwarted by Naoto's left knee not allowing him to move.

"I said give up!" She shouted applying more pressure on his right arm that was hooked behind his back. Souji breathed out trying to avoid the need to tap. With strength born of panic he lift both him and Naoto's weight on one arm and shifted them both to the side knocking her off him.

Rise watched curiously as her two most loved people take out any domestic issues they had with each other on the mat. She couldn't help but smile at the fact she assumed they were fighting extra hard over her. But Rise herself already had a bias on who she wanted to win. For her it was a case on who looked better in their work out gear. Given that criteria she had already decided who would that be, time for herself to play a role.

"Hold still!" Souji barked as he tried to work her left arm in a grounded wrestle. Naoto struggled under his weight, not being able to shift or rock to cause momentum meant that she was trapped under him and was only a matter of time before he pried open her defense to go for an arm bar.

"Ah ha!" He caught her arm and extended it out while trapping it between his legs. In a cry of defiance, Naoto reached around with the arm that was pinned down and interlocking her hands, stopping him from fully extending it. All Souji had to do is outlast Naoto and eventually pull her hands apart, once he could do that he could have victory. He closed his eyes and tensed, putting as much strength as he could without hurting her to pry her arms apart.

"Senpai..." Souji heard in the back of his mind. He tried to push out the voice out focusing at the task at hand. Any break in concentration now and Naoto would find away to reverse it.

"Senpai..." The voice said a little louder, enough for Souji to finally take notice. His eyes peered up just to check what it was and in his peripheral vision it was Rise, with the most sultry expression she could do, slowly lifting her shirt up. "Senpai..." She breathed again.

"Rise what the hell-" At that moment Souji figured out what was going on. Realising that he took his mind off Naoto for the moment she rolled on top of him, reversing the hold to catch his own hand in an arm bar of his own. He was too slow to react and Naoto fully extended his arm and the pain shot through him instantly. He tried to fight the pain, thinking of a way out, but he couldn't move due to the torque on his arm being too much. Through the excruciating pain, he could hear Rise cackling evilly.

With his pride hit hard, Souji tapped against Naoto's leg signalling he was throwing in the towel. Letting out a breath of relief, Naoto let go, seeing him arm flop on to the mat.

"I guess I win this one Souji-kun." Naoto said gleefully. Souji just huffed and turned away. Annoyed at himself at letting himself get distracted.

"Good job there Naoto-kun" Rise walked over to the Sleuth sitting upright just stretching out her limbs from the action.

"Thanks, but I didn't need the assistance."

"Aww, you sure?" She scoffed at Rise's tone.

"Anyway, Souji-kun, we'll continue this again next week, I'll make sure it's a lot more fair."

"Yeah yeah." Souji was sulked as he sat up. It's how he lost more than the fact he just lost is what got to him.

"So Naoto-kun, do you want your prize now?" Naoto raised her eye brow.

"I'm getting it now?" Rise shrugged.

"Sure, no one else is here."

Naoto's face started to bloom in colour. "But any of the staff can walk in."

"If no one has come in since we got here, no one is going to come in now." Naoto turned to Souji hoping for back up, but he simply shrugged.

"Fine..." Rise trademark flirty smile returned, as she leaned in on the Sleuth who is sitting on her knees. Naoto looked up and pouted, but inwardly happy that she was getting some attention. Once their lips made contact their eyes closed as Rise's hand came to the detective's face to hold the contact and deepen it just enough to feel Naoto sigh against her lips. Just as the comfort of Rise's lips was starting to make Naoto relax the door opened.

"Naoto-sama, a call from the estate..." One of the assistance staff walked into the room. She quickly froze at the scene with the room suddenly dipped to a chilling temperature. In Souji's head, a sense of déjà vu was a bit too much and caused him to laugh despite the freezing silence. Maybe this was karma here at work.

"Hey there Ida-san." He called, humour laced in his voice. He could tell as one of the head maids of the estate wasn't too sure what to do or say.

Her brain was seemingly stuck in neutral gear trying to process what was going on. Interactions with her beloved Souji was one thing but she just walked in on Naoto-sama in a passionate embrace with her best friend, with her significant other watching. What world of debauchery has she immersed herself in?

"Naoto-sama! what on Kami's name is going on?" With a small groan Naoto pulled away from the furiously blushing Rise who was now trying to blabber an explanation.

"Mention no word of this to anyone in the Estate, do I make myself clear?" All the warmth in Naoto's voice was gone as her tone of authority came back in an instant. She turned back to Souji and shot him a glare to stop him from laughing.

"I- Yes Naoto-sama!" The maid complied with a swift bow. Whatever it is the head Estate house needed, it could wait until heir has cooled off. Her job meant much more to her than that.

Rise, still almost hyperventilating about being caught, tried to now apologise to Naoto for getting them caught. The detective just raised her hand, cutting off her trail of nonsensical words.

"Don't worry about it, we'll finish this later."