I'm Dreaming of a Wright Christmas

Kiria, Yoshiya, and Mariko Nomura, Nathaniel Price, Nadeshiko Suzuki, and any other character that is not part of Capcom's original series is of my own creation. Alternatively, any character from Capcom's original series is NOT mine, and while I wish I did, I don't make any money from the series.

Based off of the 25 Days of Fic prompt on Tumblr.

Rated K+.

Note: This is standalone to the Seven Year War series; characters from it will be used, but their functions will be clear enough for anyone to see (it will be clearer if you read the other fictions, but, hey, what can I say?). For those reading the Seven Year War series, popular demands that I receive may be incorporated into the prompts. This does not make them canon in the series. Timelines may be altered, again, this does not make them canon.

Prompt #1 :: Mistletoe

It had not been Phoenix Wright's idea to hang mistletoe in the office. He had been okay with the other decorations. Just not the mistletoe.

In fact, he was pretty sure he hated the stuff. Ever since Larry had hung it in the student government room in high school and Phoenix had been forced to kiss the ugliest girl in the senior class, he had avoided it whenever possible. But now it was in the office, hanging just above the door to Kiria's personal office.

Actually, he was pretty sure it was one of Pearl's schemes to get him and Maya to show more affection toward one another. She had frequently voiced her disapproval, insisting, "special someones need to show lots of love to one another!" He, for one, didn't feel that they needed to show any more love to anyone, and was all for taking it down. Maya, however, disagreed.

"You can't just take it down, Nick! Do you know how long it took Pearly to get that up there?" she scolded.

And since he couldn't take Pearls being mad at him, let alone Maya, it was still up in the office. He sighed. One of these days, he would put his foot down and stop them from walking all over him.

That day, however, was not today.

It had, however, caused a few awkward moments with his former assistant and current lawyer of the office. He would be standing in the doorway one minute, and she would brush by him to get something from the front room. This would prompt both of them to look upwards to see the leaves and tiny white berries above them, and Kiria would grumble under her breath about never hearing about this tradition to kiss under the mistletoe in Japan, and one of them would give the other a shy peck on the cheek or forehead, and they would pretend it had never happened.

"Can't we put it up somewhere else?" Kiria complained one day.

"There's nowhere else to put it up!" Pearl protested.

"Nuh uh!" Trucy argued. "There's the front door!"

"That sounds like an even worse idea," Phoenix said under his breath.

"Hey, if it gets away from my office door, I'm all for it," Kiria said.

Two hours and one more conversation about it later, and the mistletoe was hanging above the front door of the office. "We'll test it out tomorrow. If it needs moved, it needs moved and we'll find another place for it," Maya compromised, almost giggling when everyone lined up single-file to go through the door one at a time. And no matter how much Trucy and Pearl pushed, Maya and Phoenix went through the door separately as well.

The next morning caused no debacles. Kiria had a trial that morning and wouldn't be in until after lunch. There were no clients, and Phoenix took them all out to lunch after learning that Kiria and Edgeworth would be going to lunch together. When they came back, he had been caught crossing the threshold with Maya. Pearl's grin couldn't have been wider. "This was a great idea!" she whispered to Trucy as they watched the adults kiss.

"I know, right?!"

"Kiria in her office?" Phoenix asked when they parted.

Trucy ran to check. "Nope!"

"Must still be at lunch. I'll leave a note on her desk."

"I don't get it!"

"Oh, come on, Edgeworth! I think Oldbag is getting more attached to you every case!"

Edgeworth groaned. "Can't we arrest her on something?"

"Stalking, maybe. You'd have to catch her in the act though; she's pretty stealthy about it, it seems." Kiria giggled, opening the door to the Wright Talent Agency. "That file is in my office; I'll go get—"

She was cut off by an enthusiastic gasp by Trucy.

"You all certainly decorated," Edgeworth said, looking around the office from the doorway. "The Christmas tree is a nice touch. Anyways, that case file . . . ?" He stopped when he saw Kiria looking up. "Is that—?"

"Mistletoe? Yes." Kiria was silently cursing herself, eyes shut as she remembered her exact words from the day before. "Hey, if it gets away from my office door, I'm all for it!"

"Kiria! There you—oh." Phoenix paused, his eyes on Edgeworth. Oh, this could be interesting. This could be very interesting. He leaned up against the couch, smirk on his face. No one could ever pay him any amount of money to miss this.

Edgeworth cleared his throat, face decidedly pink. "Ah, erm, mistletoe. A nice touch."

"I suppose." Kiria seemed to have gathered her thoughts by this point, because she had turned, face set. "We could just forget this happened. It's been a joke around the office, but—" This time, she was interrupted by his lips pressing against hers softly. It was quick and chaste, but it still stunned her into silence.

"It's important to observe every tradition," was all he said. Kiria made a quick exit into her office while Phoenix continued to lean against the back of the couch, smirking widely.

"Important to observe every tradition, eh, Edgeworth?" he asked. "Never knew you were so into the holidays." He only smiled wider when Edgeworth had no answer to that. Perhaps the mistletoe had had another purpose after all.

A/N: Barely made the word limit there!

Anyways, this is going to be a collection of one-shots that are all surrounding the holidays, obviously, based off of prompts given by the lovely users of Tumblr. They'll feature different pairings, characters, et cetera. Really, it'll be anything that comes to mind. It's an exercise in fluff, which I have never written very well.

This one was really inspired by the fact that the biggest request I get in the Seven Year War series is Kiria/Edgeworth romance, so I decided to give a little bit here. Not sure we'll have many more of this pairing (it all depends on the prompts), but, hey, here was a piece.

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