It was afternoon and the shirtless half demon known as Dante was relaxing with his legs on the desk and reading an adult magazine. It was a quiet afternoon but he was currently going through a hangover and he just wanted some alone time, or at least until his headache goes away soon. Of course, he heard the doors to his shop open and an ebony haired female entered the shop. Lady was wearing a white short button-up shirt, black shorts with her belt that had her weapons in holsters and ammo in pouches all around her waist, long dark red combat boots and dark red gloves.

Dante looked up from his magazine and couldn't help but get reminded to the day he had met Lady and notice how she'd changed over the years. She had almost the same outfit, except the sleeves on her shirt right now were longer and her belt where she keeps her weapons was different. Her body, however, had grown in certain areas and gotten more to Dante's liking. He couldn't keep his eyes away from her as she swayed her hips as she walked towards his desk, and he loved to stare as her breasts bounced whenever she walked, and that's not to mention that ass of hers. Dante had to always remind himself to not stare too much at her assets or she might notice and break hell loose on him like that one time when Trish noticed Dante was checking out Lady while she was bending over the desk, checking some papers and his eyes went straight to her ass and Trish decided to speak up about him looking at "Lady's sexy ass". He got the scolding of the month and bullets in his skull yet again.

His thoughts were interrupted when he heard Lady's hand slam on the table and looked at him with her blue and red eyes and her other hand resting on her hip. That's when Dante remembered why she was here: money. He really wished for her to forget about last night's bet but he knew it wasn't going to happen any time soon. He lowered his magazine and looked at her with a bored expression, knowing what was going to come out from her soft looking lips.

"Alright, pay up."

"How the hell am I supposed to pay you when you already take most of my money whenever you get involved in a job with me?"

"Hey, a bet's a bet; you knew you were gonna lose and yet you still accepted it. You really thought I was gonna forget?"

The white haired devil hunter sighed and ran a hand through his hair. His drunken ass had accepted a bet with Lady last night even though he knows he's horrible at them. What was the bet? A simple game of pool and he lost, to no one's surprise. They had betted money, or rather, the female devil hunter wanted money if he lost while Dante betted that if he won, Lady would have to accept going on a date with him. Lady had only scoffed; he was too drunk to know what he was saying. Of course, even though the red clad devil hunter was drunk, he remembered what had happened last night and even the words he said, hell, he was even checking Lady out when she would bend on the pool table to do her move and he was lucky enough to not get caught, though some might blame it on his state of inebriation. He may have been drunk but he managed to keep his mouth shut about it, he didn't want another bullet through his skull again.

"You know more than anyone that my ego and pride gets too big when I'm drunk. Do I really have to pay you now? Didn't I give you half of my money from the job you decided to tag along last week?"

The ebony haired girl crossed her arms and looked at the half demon from across the desk. "I had to pay the rent, do the groceries and bought some clothes 'cause, y'know, my clothes always gets messy when I'm hunting demons and some stains aren't easy to get out, y'know?"

The half demon rolled his eyes when he heard her say she spent money on clothes. He gets that some of her clothes get ruined due to some demons but she shops for clothes almost twice each month. "Tch, women and their clothes…" he muttered as he got his legs off the desk and placed the magazine down.

A part of him really wanted to win that bet last night at that bar, not only would he not have to deal with this if he won but he would be able to take Lady on a date. It's not the first time he'd asked her out, though; he asked Lady out on a date once or twice in a year, after they met each other, of course, but she shot him down, often literally. He didn't really mind and never asked her out again after a while because he knew the answer to it even though a couple of years had passed but he didn't want to ruin their friendship. Sure, he would flirt with her sometimes and they still got along pretty well, even though she's practically taking his money every now and then. But people are fully honest when they're drunk, or so Dante heard someone once say. He betted it without thinking and had a bit of hope that he would win but he already foresaw how it would turn out.

"Look, I got no money at the moment. The little money I had I spent it on beers last night and pizza, so can't I just pay you later? Besides, you knew I was gonna lose so it isn't really fair." said the half demon as he crossed his arms.

"I know but hey, you know how I am, I need to pay bills too and eat, gotta get my money somewhere." said the female demon hunter as she giggled a bit when she saw Dante's annoyed face.

"Well, I sure ain't a gold fountain; get your own damn jobs instead of tagging along in my missions and taking more than half my money in the end. You can call Morrison so he can get you some jobs."

"But where's the fun in that?" teased the raven-haired woman.

"You really enjoy making my life hard, don't you?"

"You could say that, yeah."

Dante rolled his eyes and stood up. "Well sorry, babe, but today I got nothin'." He started walking to his music box.

Lady couldn't help but stare at his bare back as he walked to his music box. She wouldn't admit it out loud but she would often let her eyes wander over Dante's body when he isn't looking or too busy hunting. Once, when they were fighting a horde or demons, she let herself get distracted for a moment because Dante took off his red coat (for whatever reason he did; she never knew why) and she almost got her arm cut off, luckily she managed to snap out of it on time and escaped with only a flesh wound. She really found him attractive. Her younger self would be yelling at her and scolding her for letting herself slowly fall for a demon (or half-demon, in Dante's case) but she grew up and she knows him better now. She never told anyone about her crush on Dante, but Trish would tease her when they're out shopping. Last night when Dante betted that if he won she would have to go on a date with him, she was honestly taken aback by it. He was drunk and she expected for him to say that if he won, she would pay him back all the money she had taken from him or something but no, he just wanted a date with her. She knew he asked her once or twice on a date but she had shot him down because she wasn't really sure of her feelings towards Dante, plus she was starting to have a good friendship and she felt she didn't want to ruin it or for it to become awkward between them. Now, however, she would like to give him a chance if he asked her again.

"Tch, this shit ain't working again," mumbled the white haired devil hunter as he started smacking the jukebox.

Lady came back from her thoughts when she heard Dante smack the jukebox. "Well, if you keep hitting it, of course it's gonna stop working sooner or later," said the ebony haired hunter as she sat on his desk. "Hmm… You got any leftover pizza?"

The half demon kept smacking the jukebox, performing more percussive maintenance as he called it, trying to get it to work, while he replied, "Nope, ate the last pieces this morning."

"Then let's make a deal." Lady looked at Dante's direction and she saw him stop hitting the jukebox. He gave her a suspicious look before speaking. "What kind of deal?"

"Don't look at me like that; it won't involve money this time."

Dante crossed his arms, still giving her a suspicious look and not believing a single word of her statement.

"Ok, it involves a bit of money but it isn't as much as we gambled last night." said the female hunter.

"Then, what, you're gonna lower the price? I still won't have the money for today," said the half demon.

Lady crossed her legs and shook her head. "Nope. Instead of giving me money, how about you just take me out to pizza? It's better than paying me seven hundred bucks, no?"

"I'm pretty sure it was $650," Dante said while he raised a brow, surprised at Lady's words. Was he hearing right? He had to be dreaming; she wants him to take her out for pizza. They never really ate together in the pizzeria, Dante would just call for pizza and that's it, or when Lady and Trish were in the shop just talking but none of them would ever eat in the pizzeria together, so this was rather unusual. "So you want me to buy you pizza and take it to your house? Or you mean like a date? Like only you and me eating pizza alone?" he couldn't help but grin and start walking towards the female hunter.

Lady's cheeks turned a bit rosy and she looked away, starting to feel a bit of regret on making this little "deal" with the half demon hunter. "I-it's just us going out for some pizza and you fully paying, nothing special. Who said anything about a date?" The ebony haired girl flinched a little when she felt Dante slam both of his hands on each side of her against the desk. When she turned her head, she felt her cheeks get a bit hotter and red. Dante's face and body were too close for her liking. If she were younger, she would have already shot him immediately for invading her personal space. But this was actually the first time he got so close to her like this in a long time. Her eyes would go from staring at his icy hypnotizing eyes to his lips and then back at his eyes.

"Really, now? To me it sounds like you want me to take you out on a date and honestly, I'll be glad to take you out on that date, babe." The half demon chuckled a bit when he noticed Lady's face turn red like a tomato, but he had to admit he was really holding back right now, he really wanted to feel those soft-looking lips against his and it was taking a lot of his willpower to hold back from leaning in for that kiss. He couldn't help but enjoy himself on invading Lady's personal space and so far she hasn't shot him yet but the fact that she is flustered due to how close he is to her right now was priceless. She liked to make him suffer so why couldn't he? He just saw his chance and he gladly took it without a second thought.

"D-did he just?" thought Lady as she was having a hard time on processing what was going on. She wished this was a dream but this wasn't a dream, this was real. Dante said that he would gladly take her out on a date, his face was so close to her, she could feel his hot air hitting her lips and it was driving her mad. She felt teased but tempted too. Dante knows the risk of him being too close to her like that but she just wasn't reacting fast enough. She could feel her body frozen and her face on fire but she was still trying to move her hand to one of her pockets to take out her gun and point it at him so he can back away from her personal space and stop torturing her like this.

"D-Dante, I suggest you step out of my personal space if you know what's best for you." said the female hunter, trying to sound threatening like she normally sounds like most of the time but she was so flustered, her hand that was trying to move to get the gun was shaking and even a bit slow, giving him a chance to back away before she takes it out and threats to shoot at him for the thousandth time in all the years they've known each other.

"What if I don't want to?" grinned the half demon before noticing her shaking hand getting closer to her gun on her belt. Dante decided to push his luck and held both of her hands down so that she wasn't able to take out her guns or hit him.

"Dante…" glared Lady at Dante, still with her cheeks red. She knew that he knew he was crossing the line with her but she couldn't help and have the feeling that Dante was doing this on purpose to make her suffer since she always makes him suffer by tagging along in missions so she can then take money from his payment. "You're digging your own grave right now."

Oh how those eyes drove him crazy, especially when she looked at him like that but it was even better when she's blushing. "Then I'll go out with a bang," growled the devil hunter as he leaned in and pressed his lips against hers. He could hear her gasp when he went in for the kiss but he didn't feel her struggle, just flinch at the sudden feeling. Her lips were soft and sweet, he just wanted to devour her right there on his desk. He didn't want to continue crossing the line he had already crossed when he invaded Lady's personal space, though, but damn it, he wanted more of her, to feel her closer to him, explore her body and even make her scream his name but wouldn't.

Lady's heart skipped a beat when he suddenly leaned in and pressed his lips against hers. She had to remind herself that this wasn't a dream, this was actually happening. She never expected for him to kiss her like that but at the same time she didn't mind because she had been wanting for him to kiss her like that for a while now. This was her first kiss so the feeling was a bit shocking and unusual but it felt very nice, his lips were soft and his kiss was a bit rough when he pressed his lips against her but also gentle. She didn't even realize she had closed her eyes until Dante slowly broke the kiss and let go of her hands. She looked at him with wide eyes at him as he slowly stepped back and crossed his arms. When he grinned at her was when her expression turned from flustered and shocked to furious. She immediately stood up from the desk and took out her gun, pointing it at the half demon hunter in front of her. "What the hell was wrong with you?! This time you crossed the line, Dante!" said the female demon hunter, her cheeks still flushed.

Dante raised his arms at her. "Hey, you warned me but you didn't tell me to stop nor did anything about it."

"That's because you were holding my hands down!"

"Firstly, even before I held them down you were taking too long to take your gun out, and secondly, you could've just kicked me so I could stop. But you're right, I did cross the line so go ahead, shoot me." The devil hunter opened his arms, his grin still plastered on his face.

He was right though, she could've just kicked him to push him away or for him to stop but she didn't; she was adept in hand-to-hand combat, after all. She was too lost in those icy blue eyes of him, frozen by his touch flustered by how close he was to her. She kept her gun pointed at him, her cheeks still flushed and her heart still beating fast against her ribcage.

Lady looked away and lowered her gun, her red face now with a bit of a mad pout. Dante tilted his head a bit. "Well this is a first, you're not gonna shoot me or scold me for kissing you like that?"

"Shut up!" said a flustered Lady. "I'll let it slide if you take me out on that date like you said you would 'gladly' do…" she didn't dare to look at Dante while she said this, she was too flustered.

Dante chuckled. "Alright then, Lady, will you go out on a date with me? I'll take you to eat pizza and we can watch a movie here after we eat, all on me. How about tomorrow at 6:30pm?"

Lady looked at the white haired hunter and raised a brow. "I thought you said you were broke at the moment?"

Dante scratched the back of his head. "I, uh, always keep a little money just in case I ever get the chance to ask you out on a date again and not get rejected…" his cheeks turned a bit rosy and he looked away.

Lady couldn't believe her ears. He kept money saved for when he asked her out on a date and if she finally said yes, he would use it. She couldn't help but start laughing.

"Hey, what's so funny?!" asked the half demon as he looked at her.

She stopped laughing and looked at him with a little smile. "I just think its sweet you saved money for a moment like this." Lady started walking towards Dante and stopped when she was next to him. "To be honest, you kept me waiting. I never thought you would ask me out on a date again."

Dante's eyes got wide in surprised; he turned to look at Lady who was making her way to the doors of his shop. "Kept you waiting, huh? What's that supposed to mean? I asked you out twice and both times I literally got shot down." He crossed his arms once more.

"That was five years ago already, you moron; you should've asked me again now instead of saying that if you won the bet I had to go on a date with you," giggled Lady as she stopped in front of the exit and looked back at Dante with a little smile.

"Hey, I thought you were gonna say no again and besides, I was drunk as fuck last night!" he shook his head and then looked at her. "So, is it a yes or no this time?"

"Hmm…" she looked up as she was thinking hard on what to decide. "I'll think about it."

"You said I kept you waiting and now you won't even give me an answer? Seriously?" he uncrossed his arms and placed his hands on his hips, shaking his head. Damn, what a tease Lady was.

"Well, for kissing me so suddenly like that I should say no just so I can see you suffer."

"Then I guess it was worth it, besides, don't lie; you enjoyed it too," he grinned at Lady. "Your lips were very soft and sweet," he added, licking his lips at her.

Lady's cheeks turned red once more. "Oh shut up, and fine. Tomorrow at 6:30pm, don't you dare be late."

"I won't." Dante gave a little bow towards Lady, who rolled her eyes at him but gave him a little smile before heading out the doors. Dante couldn't help but smile. "Well, whaddaya know? I guess I did win that bet after all. I finally got a date with the hot babe that likes to shoot me in the head."

It's been a while since I wrote a DantexLady fic, heh. Also, huge thanks to my boyfriend who helped me correct some grammar errors before publishing, a few always escape my grasp. This is a one-shot UNLESS you guys want to see how the date goes and make it into a two-shot? And would you guys like me to raise the rating from T to M if I do make the date chapter with some smut or leave it with kisses, teases and cuddles? Please let me know in the reviews but for now it's just a rated T one-shot, you'll guys know if I make another chapter and make it into a two-shot if you follow or favorite this. I do apologize if the Lady or Dante came out a bit ooc, they're older now and I didn't want to make them act exactly like when they were young in the beginning, people grow no? ^^' But I do hope you guys enjoyed this, thanks for reading!