Heya, guys. First of all, I would like to credit Boo2020 for letting me
use their character, Molly Hott from Relationship Status for this fic.
Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to do this idea that I had for a while.
Second of all, I'm gonna leave a description of how Juno looks, since
I figured I'll leave how he looks in the first chapter of the story here...
for whatever reason.
JUNO CHANCE:
Has black spiky hair similar to Phoenix's but there's only 3 of them and they go
more upwards and are a bit more looser. Only difference is that he spikes
lead to little 'ramps' at the front line of his hair. He wears a dark blue suit that's
almost like Phoenix's 'classic' suit, but it has it's own differences(I can't think of
anything, I'm sorry!) and he wears a black tie underneath.
Finally, I hope you enjoy the story.(And that I don't disappoint some of you!)
"Juno, you were amazing in there!" Athena cries out, with a big grin on her face as they were finally walking out of the courtroom doors. Blackquill was the prosecutor for the case and it made getting to the truth harder than it should of been.
Juno couldn't help, but chuckle in response. He admits that he did well on the trial, but amazing? That's a bit overkill for his taste. He'd say that Phoenix was amazing, when it comes to trials, not himself. "It's not all my doing though, we have to thank Mr. Toadsin's slip-up for that. We wouldn't win the case, otherwise."
"No, Juno, you're wrong! If it wasn't for those 'Nerves of Steel' of yours, you wouldn't of continued pressing on him and find out that he actually smashed the victim with a brick as the murder weapon! We'd be toast back there, if it wasn't for you!" Athena exclaims, causing the small smile on Juno's face to expand a bit more.
"I guess you're right, but I say it's because of my capability to sense how suspicious he was. Not the fact that I disobeyed the judge and risked a penalty… or worse." Juno says, as he was scratching his forehead. How they managed through the trial was a mystery to him, but at least they got there in the end.
"Oh yeah… I forgot that you can sense things… Wait, can you sense me?" Athena grinned.
"Uhhh… sense what, exactly? I need you to be more precise, Athena." Juno questions, crossing his arms and tiling his head. "There's various things that I can sense, so I kinda need you to be more specific..."
"...Can you sense what I'm feeling then?" Athena asks, as she started flicking her earring.
"Hmmmm…" Juno says, as he closed his eyes and lowering his head as if he is in thought. "I can sense you're happy about winning the case… and you're also hungry."
He opens his eyes and lifts his head up to see Athena in shock. Looks like she wasn't expecting that last part at all.
At that time and as if on cue, Widget spoke up. "Damn, how did he know?!"
"Widget!" Athena said, quickly covering it with her hands and looking a bit embarrassed.
Juno laughed at the gadget's exposure on Athena's thoughts, who in turn, punched Juno on the shoulder, making him wince a tiny 'ow' before continuing to laugh his head off.
Once the laughter subsides, he regains his composure and mutters a quick apology to Athena.
"So, what are you planning to do?" Juno says, stretching his back and arms as well. Doing barely anything in that courtroom for so long made him feel so... cramped.
"I gotta take the evidence back to the agency to be sorted. What about you?" Athena says.
"I'm gonna relax at the local park a bit. I'll wait for ya and we'll get lunch then." Juno smiled, as he was rubbing the bottom of his nose with his right hand's index finger.
"Sounds like a plan, you're buying though!" Athena grinned, not long before waving to Juno as she was dashing off and out of the courthouse.
Juno sighs, he had a feeling there was gonna be a catch. Good thing he has plenty of money to spare… Plenty being a keyword.
As he was making his way out of the courthouse, he began thinking… he had been hanging around with Athena a lot over the years, probably more than any other of her friends as, even her best friend, Juniper Woods. Before meeting Athena years ago, he never thought he'd find someone so… interesting. At first, when he first came to Europe in his quest to become an defense attorney, mainly inspired by his one of his long-time friends, Phoenix Wright… he met Athena at his very first trial… which he was to do on his own. Thankfully, he had some kind of… experience back then, but when it came to defending a client.
He still remembered that day clearly, how Athena looked so worried before the trial and even shutting down, when it was all too much for her to handle. Looking back at the memory, he couldn't help, but feel guilty. She was in so much pain, the trial, her mother's death and Simon's imprisonment… It was all crashing down on her with such force, that it could break her like a twig.
However, he saw it through and proven Athena's innocence, he knew such an innocent girl couldn't ever dream of murderous intentions. After her 'not guilty' verdict, Athena charged at him with emotions of joy and happiness that she had knocked him to the floor, hugging him so tightly and crying out 'Thank you's over and over. To him, that was his reward. He didn't care about the money, all he wanted was the truth and Athena's happiness that day. Nothing else mattered to him. Since then, they had gotten to know each other. He learned some things about Athena and vice versa. However, he had developed something that she didn't know about…
...He had a crush on her. He was in love with Athena Cykes. ...Or rather, to be more precise, he had already fallen in love with her, about… two or three years ago? He couldn't bring himself to deny it, nor prove himself wrong. Whenever Athena would show her beautiful smile without a care in the world, it would make his heart feel it had gone into overdrive and would pop out of his chest like a cannonball. He didn't know how the hell she has that effect on him, you'd think he'd go crazy, otherwise. There were times, where he really wanted to tell Athena. Tell her about how he fell in love with her, how badly he wanted her. But… he never took the chance to. He was scared. Scared of the possible consequences of taking the risk. What if she thought he was a creep? What if she set Blackquill on him? He pretended to be a murderer for her sake, Juno wouldn't put it past the twisted samurai to slice him into bloody chunks… or possibly worse.
He didn't care about telling Athena or not, however. Not now at least, there's plenty of time and chances to. Right now, all he wants is, to Athena's happiness and have nothing ruin that.
Continuing to train through his thoughts, Juno ended up bumping into somebody by accident. Snapping out of his trance and not even taking a proper glance at the person he ran into, he muttered a quick "Sorry", before he walking towards the exit.
Or rather… he would of… if his waist wasn't suddenly hold back by something. He immediately reacted by instinct as he was raising his fist and gritting his teeth with his thumb making an audible cracking sound for effect. Looking behind him, he saw a young woman with coppery red hair that falls down in waves, around her shoulders and about halfway down her back. She wore a tight black pencil skirt and a white blouse with a blazer of the same colour of her skirt. However, her legs were bare and the black high heels she was wearing, added about… 5 inches to her height, he'd say. Which also helps to make her shaped legs more… noticeable.
His face transitioned to confusion, as the woman in the front of him began to speak. "You're Juno Chance, right? The one and only Juno Chance?" She says, inquiring as she tilted her hand to get a look at him. She had hold him to a complete stop.
"...Yeah? What about it?" Juno says, blinking twice and not looking amused at all.
"I heard about you! You're one of the legendary attorneys in this courthouse!" She continues on, then going on about his history of cases.
Juno knew that he didn't put a stop to this, he'll be stuck with this sudden 'fan' of his. After all, he didn't want to be stuck in one place for the rest of the day.
"Yeah, that's nice and all, but I gotta go... " He says, wrenching his arm out of the woman's grip. "See ya!" He smiled, as he went to walk away before she was gripping his waist again, even tighter than before, may he add.
"Wait! I was wondering if…" She says, trailing off a bit. He simply stares at her and blinks. "...If we could get to know each other a bit more, over drinks?" She finishes, tilting her head, awaiting his answer.
…Is she asking him out right now? He barely knew her! He didn't believe in love at first sight, anyways. After all, it took him some time before realising his crush on Athena.
Juno shakes his head. "I'm sorry, but I'm not interested." He simply says, trying to leave once more, but the woman wasn't letting him off the hook that easily.
"Oh, c'mon. It's just a drink." She says, pouting with those full lips of hers.
Juno was furrowing his eyebrows now, as he was suspicious about this lady. He just wants to go meet Athena, hang out with her like he normally does and enjoy the day. Who is this woman anyways?!
"Excuse me, miss... but what is your name anyways?" He simply asks. Maybe he could just report this woman for harassment or something, if this gets too out of control.
"Miss Hott. But you can call me Molly, if you'd like" She smiles, as her coppery hair fell down a shoulder.
However, Juno didn't catch that last part of the sentence, nor did he need to. He had heard about this woman from before. This woman… was the same lady who stalked his friend, Phoenix. She had tried to also ruin Phoenix's and his girlfriend, Maya's relationship, just to claim Phoenix for herself. Oh no… This was bad. Really bad. He had to find a way out of this situation… and fast.
Think, Juno, think! How do you get away from a stalker's grasp…?! He can't wrench free. She'd just grab him again. He doesn't have anything to blind or distract her… Wait… that's it! It might be crazy… but it has to work… It just has to! Otherwise, he may be screwed…
Suddenly, he gasps dramatically as he points behind Molly. "Oh my god! Is that Phoenix Wright?!"
"Where?!" She cries out, releasing her grip on Juno and frantically looking around the room.
Not wasting any precious time, Juno makes his escape by speeding out of the courthouse and out of sight as fast as his legs could take him. He never dared to look back. Once he got far enough, he pants and wheezes, as he wipes sweat off his face.
"Never… again…" He says between gasps for air, trying to catch his breath. He hopes he would never have to see that woman again.