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Phoenix was exhausted. Sure, he had won the case, but this particular trial was unusually long with even more problematic witnesses combined with Edgeworths continuous objections to his contradictions. So right now all he wanted to do was go home and just pass out.
“Yoo, Niiiiickk!!”
Right. He had completely forgotten about Larry, who was a witness in the trial.
“Larry! Why are you still here? I assumed you would have already gone home at this point”
“What kind of friend do you think I am!! Of course I stayed, I just had to see who would win y’know, I also had a little chat with Maya”,Larry said, while doing his usual grin.
“Right…. speaking of Maya, have you seen her? She left pretty quickly after the trial”
“She’s not with you?”
“Nope”
Just as phoenix was going to start looking for her, he heard a familiar chirpy voice behind him.
“Niiiiickk!! Congrats on the win!”
“Maya! Where were you? You just disappeared out of nowhere!” Phoenix asked with a hint of concern and relief in his voice.
“ Oh, I was just talking with Edgeworth about something”, Maya had a sly smirk on her lips as she said that. What did they talk about? Phoenix wondered, and decided to ask about it. Maya said that it was nothing he had to worry about, which Phoenix doubted, but he was honestly too tired to argue about it so he dropped it.
“Well, I’m going home now, see you tomorrow”, Phoenix was already on his way out of the courthouse.
“Wait, you’re not gonna celebrate your win at all or anything?” Phoenix felt a little bad after seeing Mayas expression at that, but oh well, there's nothing he could do about it now, was there?
“I’m just tired right now, we can celebrate tomorrow in some way, if you'd like”
“Okay! See you tomorrow then, and good night I guess”, Maya said while waving her arm at Phoenix.
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“I-I have no idea what you're talking about, Maya”, Phoenix was sure his face was beet red by now. Maya had been teasing him about Edgeworth all morning. Phoenix obviously denied everything, but it was starting to be a bit too much for him.
“Whatever you say~!….Wait, didn't you say you need to go get something from Edgeworths office~?”Maya teased and did a knowing smirk.
Ugh. He had honestly completely forgotten about that already. It should be simple, he just had to go get the autopsy report for his next case, but for some reason he could feel himself get a little nervous at the thought of going to Edgeworths office. Why? He has gone there multiple times, it shouldn't be any different from those other times, right?
”Yeah…I need to go get the autopsy report from him. I should probably message him about that actually”, Phoenix pulls out his phone and clicks on Edgeworths contact.
Phoenix: Are you at your office right now? I was gonna come pick up the report
Edgeworth: Yes, I am at my office currently. See you soon.
”What are you smiling at on your phone?” Phoenix heard Maya say from behind him.
”AH! Umm-uhh… Nothing! Well, I'm gonna go pick up the report now, byee!” Phoenix said quickly as if trying to leave the situation as fast as possible.
”Have fun!!” He heard Maya scream after him.
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As Phoenix was cycling to the prosecutors building, he felt even more nervous now. These past few weeks had been strange as he would say, him and Edgeworth had gotten closer in a way and there's nothing strange about that, but the weird feeling he would get because of it was. He had talked about it with Maya, but that didn't really help since in her opinion Phoenix had a crush on Edgeworth. That's ridiculous, of course I dont have a crush on him, thats ridiculous!….I think..? He thought.
His train of thought was cut as he had already reached the prosecutors building. He put his bike somewhere to the side and went inside. He could feel a strange sensation getting stronger and stronger as he waited in the elevator. When he had finally reached the correct floor he stood in front of Edgeworths office debating whether he should knock or not. Of course he was going to knock, what was he thinking! After knocking he could hear a faint ”Come in!” behind the door, upon hearing that he gently opened the door and let himself in, closing the door with him.
Edgeworth looked up from his desk and smiled gently ”Hello Wright, I will go get the report for you, wait here”
before Phoenix could say anything Edgeworth had already left. He decided to sit on the couch while he waited, as he was doing so his eyes started to wander around the room. It sure is clean and tidy here, which is to be expected from Edgeworth I guess, he thought to himself. He noticed the custom chessboard that had the red and blue pieces. Wait, is that pawn supposed to be me? Why does it have spikes like I do? Phoenix couldn’t dwell on the thought for too long before Edgeworth had already arrived with the report in hand.
”I apologize for the wait, Wright, here you go”, Edgeworth said as he handed the report to Phoenix.
”Thanks! Edgeworth”, Phoenix said enthusiastically as he smiled brightly.
”You are welcome, but before you go… would you like to…um…stay for tea perhaps?” Edgeworths cheeks started to get a little rosy as he said that. Phoenix thought it was honestly kinda cute how easily Edgeworth could get flustered.
”Of course!” Phoenix said, even though he doesn't even like tea that much, but he couldn't say no to that.
Edgeworth poured a cup of tea for both of them silently. Their fingers brushed slightly as he handed Phoenix his cup. They started chatting about their jobs and the next case while drinking their tea, they were probably there for a good 20 minutes just chatting. Finally as Phoenix was about to leave so Maya wouldn't get worried he got a sudden urge of confidence to ask about something from Miles.
”Uh- umm… before I go I would like to ask something from you”, Phoenix said nervously as he could feel his cheeks getting hotter by the minute. ”Would you like to….umm…go out sometime? Like just hang out, and stuff…?” Now both Phoenix and Miles were as flustered.
”I- uhmm…. Would not.. mind that” Miles was struggling to make out his words as he too was probably already starting to match the color of his suit. ” Where were you thinking we could go then?” Shit. He hadn't thought about that at all! ”Uhhh- Well..like maybe to a restaurant or something…?”
”Alright. I assume you will text me the time and address later on, yes?”
”Yeah! Of course!…. Well, I’ll go now, so see you tomorrow!” Phoenix said and already started leaving the office with the report in hand.
”Yes, see you, Wright” He heard Miles say from behind.
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Phoenix had no idea what he was doing. He had acted impulsively and ended up in this situation. He was in his apartment debating on what he should wear and if this was even a good idea. What if he doesn't even like the place I picked! Or maybe he doesn't even want to go out but agreed out of pity or something! It was safe to say that his mind was racing with all the possible scenarios that could happen. Why had he even picked a restaurant? It made it feel like a date, which it totally was not! Totally platonic outing, he convinced himself.
Phoenix looked at the time and saw it was already time to go. He had picked out a restaurant that was fancy, but still friendly to his wallet. Edgeworth had offered to ride them there with his obnoxious red sports car, speaking of which was now outside Phoenix’ apartment.
As Phoenix was walking outside he could once again feel that strange feeling in his stomach, he tried his best to ignore it, but it was more intense this time, making that task all the more harder. Phoenix was wearing his usual get-up and Edgeworth seemed to be wearing his too. Phoenix finally reached the car and opened the door gently and greeted Edgeworth as he got fully inside the car.
The car ride was quiet; they didn't really talk, just sat silently. Though both of them seemed to be a bit flustered and nervous for obvious reasons.
When they had finally reached the destination they went inside and got themselves a table for two. They said their orders to the waiter and while waiting for the food they decided to chat in the meantime.
”Um..Hopefully this place I picked is to your liking. I didn't know where you would usually go so I didn't really know what to pick..” Phoenix said shyly.
”It is fine. I think this restaurant is just fine.”
”W-well that's a relief..” Phoenix smiled bashfully.
”Were you that worried you would not match my expectations? I assure you that basically anything you would do, I would be grateful for.” Miles smiled slightly while looking to the side.
” Well… you know, I'm not even sure you like my company that much that you would genuinely want to be here..”
”you’re saying that as if you're a horrible person to be around”, Edgeworth chuckled a little. ”Rest assured I very much enjoy your company, after all I wouldn't have come here if I didn't.”
”Th-thanks I guess..”
”Wright. Is everything okay? You keep talking quietly and never quite finishing your sentences, it is unlike you.” Edgeworth looked at him with worry, which made Phoenix’ heart flutter a bit.
”O-of course! I'm just a little nervous is all!” Phoenix said as he perked up a little.
”I see.” Edgeworth nodded.
They stayed quiet for a while after that, which wasn't very long since their food arrived shortly after. They chatted about some recent cases both of them had had while eating their food. Around 30 minutes later both of them were already finished and had decided to leave.
”Would you like to come to my place for some time? It's pretty close from here.” Phoenix offered while not meeting Miles’ eyes. Miles froze for a second before speaking.
”Uh- Y-Yes, I would like that”, Miles said with a slight blush on his cheeks.
”Sweet! Well lets go then.” Phoenix said cheerily as he and Miles were getting to the car. Miles nodded and got inside the car. Phoenix followed.
The car ride was quiet once more, but this time it was more comfortable and homey.
When they arrived at Phoenix’s apartment, they got out of the car, neither of them saying anything this whole time. They silently went inside the apartment taking their shoes off and blobbed down onto the couch.
The tension was getting heavier by each passing second, Phoenix felt like he needed to say something, he wanted to say something, but forming the words was harder than he'd anticipated.
”I- uhh”, Phoenix started, the words getting stuck in his throat.
”What is it, Wright?” Miles said, completely clueless.
”I’ve been meaning to say this for some time…but..uhh..I really don’t know how to put this-”, Phoenix took a deep breath before continuing. ”I-I think I like you!….like romantically..”, Phoenix whispered the last part.
Miles stared at Phoenix, dumbfounded, he didn't know how to answer to that. Phoenix already started internally panicking if he'd done the wrong thing and completely ruined their friendship.
”I-I mean… I understand if you don't feel the same, I just wanted to let you know…” Phoenix said, sounding a little sad.
Phoenix was about to continue saying something until he felt lips being pressed to his own. Phoenix's eyes went wide as he stared at Miles who was kissing him! Phoenix tried to reciprocate the kiss to his best abilities, but he was a little dazed making the task a little difficult.
After they parted they were both a little out of breath and definitely flustered.
”Can I assume that you do feel the same or…?” Phoenix asked, a little sheepish and dazed.
”Yes, I love you too, Phoenix”, Miles said while smiling and looking a little to the side. Phoenix’s heart fluttered madly at hearing such a strong word as love, from Miles nonetheless, not to mention the use of his first name.
Safe to say that the rest of the night they were kissing and being all lovey-dovey. Phoenix will have a field day telling about this to Maya, wouldn't he? Well, right now he didn't really care about that, he has a man in his arms after all.
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