Notes:
Hey guys! This is the first fic I'm posting here, so I'm very excited about it. I tried to explore some improbable points of view for this one and I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I am when writing!
Thing is, I'm not english and there's not much public from my country here. That doesn't mean I won't write in my own language as well, but for now I decided I would face the challenge and write in a foreign language so everyone can read it, specially this story I care so much for.
So I wanted to ask you guys to be patient with my grammar mistakes and to give me your reviews so I can learn more and get better at it :)
Well, I hope you guys enjoy my work!
- updated! Some few mistakes corrected :)
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I do not own Phoenix Wright series or its characters.
Between Wines and Grape Juices
Chapter 1
"Badger Get!"
-Flash-
"Yay! Thank you very much, Mr. Badger!"
Hitting the air in a victory gesture and announcing her pictures of the very first badger louder than the sirens from police vehicles, the young lady celebrated her comeback to the streets of L.A and, more specifically, to that police station which she walked out skipping her steps. Still looking at her camera for her taken photos, she started walking the path to her next destination, a path she knew better than the palm of her gloved hands. Well, actually she didn't even know her hands, there wasn't time to lose with such trivialities not including Badgers, Steel Samurai, Pink Princess or any other issue clearly more important to her life.
There was it: The Prosecutor's offices. And yes, she arrived within 3 min by walking.
"Hellooo, miss receptionist, I'm visiting Mr. Edgeworth! Yeah, that's me, his loyal and unique assistant, honorable lady Kay Faraday Muahahhaha" The girl had her both hands aiming for the ceiling.
Okay, people would find it strange if they didn't know already she was… strange.
"Good to see you, Ms. Faraday! I'm afraid Mr. Edgeworth is at court this morning, he may return after lunch time, you won't have to wait too much"
"Oh, I see. So, could you please give me the keys to his office? I'll tidy it all up and surprise him! Muahahahaha!"
As if it was never tidy...
The sound from the elevator stopping preceded the running girl on the hallways going directly to room 1202, opening it and immediately crossing it to open the magenta curtains and letting the sun in. Nothing changed at all... The same incredibly clean work desk that showed even your reflection on it, his debut suit framed and hung on the wall, the chessboard with its single blue pawn, the Steel Samurai figure along with flowers and a card written "Wendy" on it…
Everything was the same as always. Except…
"Hmm? What's this gray box mixed with his case files?" Kay grabbed it, shaking and trying to hear any noise coming from there. "Well, thank God this isn't a new tea set or I would have broken it! But anyway, what's this?"
She examined the box from every possible angle, only to let herself even more confused. "Hah, just a little look won't be of any trouble… maybe I can even steal it?"
Letter envelopes? Thousands of them! In the middle of the mass there were a tiny black notebook which could also be an agenda and a medium-sized album.
"Bo-ring..." Kay insisted on checking the album anyways. "Oh my, what do we have here…?"
"Hey, c'mon, I thought we were friends!"
"You know I can't give you information like that, you moron!"
"But… aww Edgey…."
"Don't you dare calling me like that again…."
Kay heard distant voices from the hallway and immediately started rearranging stuff. Still, she dropped some letters and in despair threw all of them on the box again, being caught on the spot with the object still on her hands.
"K…Kay?"
"Mr. Edgeworth!" Her eyes shone in happiness as she run over him for a hug that almost broke his bones. "Mr. Edgeworth! Oh I missed you so much!" She said, almost strangling him by pulling his cravat in excitement.
"Well, what a relief seeing the open door wasn't any big deal, huh" said a voice other than the prosecutor's and whose owner was soon spotted by her green eyes. His blue suit caught all her attention, followed by the red of his tie and the sharpness of his hair.
"Well, I should introduce you both… Kay, this is Phoenix Wright, defense attorney, and Wright, this is Kay Faraday, a stubborn girl which I believe works as my assistant"
"You know, you forgot to tell her we're friends! Best childhood friends!"
"And you forgot to tell I'm the Great Thief Yatagarasu!"
"T…Thief? You're working with a thief?" Phoenix repeated with a clearly disturbed expression.
"And you work with a spirit medium…"
"But she doesn't steal stuff…" Phoenix paused, narrowing his eyes at his second thought "Oh, wait... she does steal my burger often"
Edgeworth smirked.
"Ah, but don't get me wrong, Mr. Wright!" Kay elevated her voice, while punching the air with one hand "The Great Thief Yatagarasu isn't any criminal! I'm a defender of justice, stealing in name of the peace to the entire world! Ha ha ha ha ha!"
Phoenix got stuck in his thoughts, probably trying to comprehend logically how to separate the words thief and criminal before assimilating stealing and peace.
"So, Kay…" Edgeworth spoke calmly, turning his face downwards to the smaller girl "What are you doing here?"
"Well I came back earlier than I thought I would and I…"
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH… THAT…?" Edgeworth interrupted, with a rough and scandalous voice.
Kay looked at her arms and noticed she was still with the gray box on her possession.
His eyes… so open wide…
His hands… so freaking shaking...
His voice so… intimidating…
Damn it, I forgot this…!
She looked up to Mr. Edgeworth while elaborating an excuse, seeing the killing eyes from the demoniac prosecutor.
'You… hand it… to me…. Right now!"
"Aaah, Mr. Edgeworth! Calm Down!" Kay screamed as he held one side of the box and started to pull it out of her, who didn't let go of it.
"Why… the…hell… WON'T YOU GIVE IT TO ME ALREADY?
"Gaahhh!" Mr. Edgeworth freaked out! Kay got really scared at the monster with demoniac eyes and clenched teeth which came out drag the box out of her hands! What was inside it that made it so special? It didn't have anything looking dramatically important to light such a reaction on him!
"Hmm… Well I… err…."
Silence was brought up by Wright and his unconfidently way of calming down the situation. Still, somehow, he managed to get their attention.
"Hey Edgeworth… calm down… why don't you just ask the box back? I think you're scaring her." Phoenix stated calmly, but trembling, clearly scared as well.
Kay felt through the box the way Edgeworth flinched at that statement. In seconds, the prosecutor let go of it, only to stand there completely motionless.
"Is he all right? Did he hit his head this morning?" Kay asked Phoenix while watching him mumbling to himself some strange things they couldn't even comprehend.
"Guess it was a long day in court…" Phoenix smiled sheepishly "Anyway, can you give me the box now? I think it will calm him down"
"nnnn…"
"Sure! Here it is!"
"NNNNN…."
"Thank you, miss Faraday. We now can look…"
"NOOOO!"
"for a place to…"
A punch…
Straight…
On the nose.
… Wright's nose.
A punch? On Wright's face?
I thought he was going to look what was inside. But he was about to look for a place to leave it. What's happening to me? Guess I overthought this time.
Well, he deserved that for a long time now, didn't he?
Even so, it felt so wrong. Edgeworth felt as if he was a criminal. Despite their rivalry in court, that scene never even passed close from Miles' thoughts until then. How ironic… Wright being the one punched on the face. And the prosecutor's hand still hurt a little, just to keep him remembering what he had done. What if it turned out to be something serious? What if he broke his nose? What should he do? He never thought he'd cross the line like this.
"I might even have to pay his surgery…"
"Don't be so exaggerated, Mr. Edgeworth."
"Hmm?"
Ah, that's right. Edgeworth had been lost in his thoughts while watching the view from the 12th floor. Such a monotonous activity, yet exactly what he needed to let his mind flow unaware of what was happening around him.
Completely unaware, for he didn't notice his assistant on the sofa, looking at an album of photographs.
And… some envelopes and papers scattered over the sofa and the surroundings…
And… A gray box all open on the floor…
…Shit
"What are you…You…Kay, you…" Edgeworth looked down, trying to contain himself but with no success "Why, you're STILL SPYING ON MY STUFF?"
"Tee hee" Kay smiled as if she wasn't being any threatened "Calm down, Mr. Edgeworth! Oh my, I never knew you hated so much being reminded of your childhood! But you were such a cute kid! You and Mr. Wright too! " She said, waving an old photograph of him and Phoenix at his face.
"You… how much did you see...?"
"Sorry for that, Mr. Edgeworth, but I got really worried about your behavior earlier. I mean, since when you started punching people on their faces?"
"And so you just went and peeked in my stuff? You… YOU…" That demoniac Miles Edgeworth was slightly coming up again.
"Ah, by the way, is he okay? Your friend?" She said it straight, knowing he would be taken by his guilt.
"I don't know yet… Gumshoe said he would call when they had the diagnostics."
"Keep it cool, Mr. Edgeworth. I know you didn't do it on purpose."
"I'm… sorry?" He lifted his head in surprise.
"Of course you wouldn't! You didn't really want to hit your childhood friend like that. I saw the letters he wrote to you! He seemed to miss you so much back then… You can't hate him! I'm so glad you're friends again!"
"You… read… my… things?"
"I wonder if Mr. Wright would cheer up if we showed him all these memories you keep stored in this box! He would laugh, wouldn't he?"
"No! He won't see it!"
Icy glares… icy glares everywhere…
Kay felt that terrible cold through her spine, but then she cautiously continued
"C'mon, Mr. Edgeworth… why he won't see it? I don't get it… you should…"
"I never told I kept this stuff. He may believe I discarded those." He said in a hush, almost regretting he said it in first place.
"Oh poor letters… "Kay grabbed them on her hands, rubbing them on her cheeks with an infantile manner" But what's the problem? Just tell the truth and it will be fine!... hmm?"
Kay's eyes directed to something Miles didn't notice.
"But isn't it… How can I put it… awkward? Knowing the other party omitted the truth by saying those were never open. It would be a shame to my pride and…"
There was he again mumbling the last words. Not for so long though, as Edgeworth's eyes widened once again. Kay had her eyes on one of the letters: The only one that was different from the others, written with nankeen in a cream toned paper.
"Wha…. WHAT ARE YOU DOING, KAY FARADAY?"
"Aaaaahhhhhhh!"
"GIVE IT TO ME!"
"Naahhh, devil Edgey is trying to kill me and then he'll hide all evidence and pin his guilty on other person!" Kay had a childish tone on her voice as she kept the box out of the devil's hands.
"GIVE IT… BACK… NOW…"
"Man, you look like you're gonna twist my neck, haven't you learned anything from before?"
Edgeworth froze. 1x0 to Faraday's.
"But I get it now… I understand everything! The reason you were so startled before, it has to do with this!"
"Please… refrain… "
"This one is the only one that's different! And it's in your handwriting… but it's still here, so you didn't send it after all. And you don't want him to know about this letter you never sent back!"
"You… I… I… ob… objec…"
"But then you could have just destroyed this one… but you didn't. So you still see this as something especial for you. This plus all the photos and letters you received…"
"Pre… preposterous… I… This isn't what really…"
Kay's mouth dropped as she held a large quantity of air while putting her thoughts together to reach her conclusion.
"Why, Mr. Edgeworth! I think you have a crush on Mr. Wright!"
Kay's eyes shone with enthusiasm while she couldn't stop sharing her theory.
"Yeah, that explains it! Why you were all defensive with this box! It's like your deadly secret you can't let anyone find out! Oh, and that's why you hit Mr. Wright, because he put his hands on it! You can't show him because he would get scared when finding out the truth! But you can't just destroy everything cause you can't let go of your feelings! Aw, how cute is it now? It's so lov… huh?!"
Edgeworth was staring her. A deep stare…
His cheeks… Same color as his suit…
Those wide open eyes as if… as if something rang a bell.
His mouth open wide, but no words coming out.
What…?
"Mr. Edgeworth? Er… I was only kidding you know…"
But his expression didn't change a bit…
Wait, why is he so… paralyzed like this…?
No way, you gotta be kidding me!
"Mr Edgeworth! Is it… true?"
"Oh God… If he was trying to kill me before, now he will send me directly to hell!"
Kay stood up and, shaking, she started gathering the letters and other belongings she saw, putting them all back to the box and storing it back at the bookstand.
She sighed, imagining her punishment already.
It's no use! I'm soo screwed up…
"Huh?" Kay looked around after losing sight of her boss. Luckily, his embarrass state seemed to be blocking his logical thoughts as he forgot he still was clearly visible underneath his desk.
"Mr. Edgeworth...huh... You know there wasn't an earthquake today, right?"
"Obviously…"
"So you know you don't have to… hmm, hide and curl under the table, right?
"mmmnnnghhh"
Seriously… what is going on here? I leave for 2 weeks and the chaos takes completely over this place!
Kay sighed and knelt down to look him in the eye.
"You know… it's okay"
"What?"
"Having feelings for Mr. Wright"
"HGNNNNNNNHN…"
Edgeworth hid even more under the darkness of the shadow, this time covering his even redder face with his hands.
"I'm… doomed"
Now, now… he's really worried about it, isn't he…
"Hey, Mr. Edgeworth, cut it off! It's true I know Mr. Wright for a really short time, but he seemed to be a nice person! So you don't have to be ashamed, falling for other people is completely normal. Being honest, I got worried when Gummy said you were kind of an asexual person. Now that I know you do have feelings, I admit I'm relieved for you!"
"Normal? This isn't normal for sure"
"Why? Because he's a man?"
Edgeworth groaned slightly there, but he was trying to keep his composure… if the was still any.
"That… too…"
"Hah, Mr. Edgeworth, you shouldn't worry about it! Now you know you can have feelings! C'mon, I didn't know you were such a cryin' baby about all of this! You're looking like a teenage girl who doesn't know anything about love! Ha Ha Ha!
Kay stopped laughing, only to see life being leeched out Edgeworh's body.
Shit… he really doesn't have experience with love?
"Mr. Edgeworth! Be strong!" Kay screamed dramatically, yet childishly.
"I just don't know… how to… deal with it. This is the first time it happens and I don't even really know for sure if I… really am… like this. "
Kay quieted down.
"I don't know what to do, no matter how much I think about it, I just don't have a conclusion. It's like a case I can't wrap up and…"
His eyes carried a combination of bitterness and uncertainty. . He probably was having a tough time. He was scared of it. Even so, Miles Edgeworth was there, talking and sharing his feelings with someone.
What a turnabout.
Kay gave him a light punch on his shoulder before standing up and looking straight at him with those confident emerald eyes.
"Then you have to get out of there if you really want to know the truth and wrap this case up! Everything will be okay, Mr. Edgeworth. And I'm pretty sure up here is way more comfortable than under the table"
He looked bluntly at her before rebuilding himself and preparing to come out. The sudden opening of the door, however, came as a signal the trouble wasn't over.
"Hey Edgeworth, you're there?" The blue suited silhouette came walking in only to see a man who came back hiding under the table "Huh? What are you doing down there?"
"I… I… ughnn, I… my pen! My pen fell down!"
Great. Just… Great.
"Oh, I see" Wright answered clueless. "Well, I came to check out if you guys were doing fine".
"What do you mean us? You're the one with a curative in the nose, you idiot!"
"My, is that a worried Edgeworth I'm seeing? If you had hit my eyes I would think I'm seeing things!"
Edgeworth groaned, looking away from him.
"But how are you, Mr. Wright? Is it broken? And why Gummy didn't call?" Kay covered for his inability to react.
"I told him not to because I would come personally to tell you both. I'm fine, it was just a bleeding and it's inflated, but nothing really serious." He smiled in tenderness, and the shine on Mr. Edgeworth's eyes didn't pass unnoticed by his assistant.
How could he smile so kindly even after being punched right in the middle of his face?
"So, how are you guys doing? Cooled down already?"
He isn't mad at Edgeworth? How so?
"Yeah, I think everything is normal again!" She smiled, hoping that such a plain lie wasn't discovered.
"That's nice. I'm glad to hear everything is fine."
"Hah, c'mon Wright, I know you're here only to pester me until I give you the information you need"
Huh? A smirk? Crossing arms? A cold glare?
What the hell happened to the love melted Edgeworth?
"Hey Edgeworth! I was really worried, you know?"
"Worried about the case, I assume. You wouldn't have followed me all 12 floors by stairs if you weren't here just because of that. And now you come back all over again just to know if we're fine? I doubt it"
"Well… it's not like I don't want it, but… you were so…"
Wright started mumbling with puffed cheeks just like Edgeworth was doing before when embarrassed.
"Hmph. Just bluffing as always, huh? How annoying" Edgeworth intervened with an indifference air, but just at the right time to cut what he didn't want to hear.
"I wasn't bluffing! Besides, I guess you need to properly apologize for your violent behavior against this beautiful face of mine, hmm?" He said with his cheery smile, while following the prosecutor all around the room.
"What? Already at the blackmail part? That was faster than usual, Wright".
"But I never blackmailed you!…Did I?"
Mr. Edgeworth was all lit up when Mr. Wright smiled, yet he's treating him as a piece of junk now. But actually it looks like Mr. Edgeworth is having fun by picking on him. And it seems pretty natural between them. Also, it looks like the more Mr. Edgeworth mistreats him; the more Wright comes around him.
… reminds me of Gummy
…except when it's Gummy on his feet, his humor is terrible. Hmm… no surprise his salary keeps dropping.
But when it's Mr. Wright… Yeah, his humor lights up. Just look at his face, he's all happily arrogant in front of him! It's as if his star shines even brightly when mocking Mr. Wright!
Kay smiled in determination, rubbing her nose once her decision was made.
"Mr. Wright! Please, join us at my welcome dinner tonight! Than you and Mr. Edgeworth can talk about it in a more relaxing place! It will be awesome!"
"Huh? Well, I'd love to! Thanks, Kay" Phoenix smiled widely. Edgeworth blushed slightly and had this confusion expression on him.
Hah, it's all settled then. You prepare yourself, Mr. Wright.
The Great Thief Yatagarasu will soon pay you a visit and guess what will be the target?
My, it'll be that heart of yours. It will be my Christmas present for Mr. Edgeworth.
Well… Christmas is a bit too far, isn't it?
Whatever... It gives me plenty of time.
You just wait and see!