January 12th
Phoenix Wright x Zacharias Barnham Residence
Labyrinthia
6:45 P.M.
"Zacharias!" Phoenix's voice called out as he walked into the living room, his face breaking out into a smile as he saw his lover sitting on the couch by the fireplace, reading a book. Constantine padded into the room behind him, his tail wagging as he walked over to where his master was, sitting down on the rug adjacent to it, his head tilting slightly to the right.
"Yes?' He looked up from his book, smiling as he saw both his lover and dog standing there, noting that Phoenix was wearing his cream colored trench-coat, blue scarf and mittens and his black winter boots and he briefly wondered what he was up to. He also noticed, with relief, that Constantine seemed much more comfortable with Phoenix's presence as of late; it had been touch and go in the beginning when it was a constant battle between his lover and his dog, the latter wanting to bite him. It seemed that time had worked this out and Zacharias was happy that they had come to some sort of agreement.
"I was going to take Constantine out for his evening walk and I wondered if you would like to join me." He smiled at him and it was then that Zacharias noticed the leash that he held in his hand. "It would be more enjoyable if you were to come." His eyes flickered over to the window, snow falling gently to the ground outside. "I would certainly appreciate your company."
"All right." Zacharias smiled as he closed the book, placing it on the table next to the couch, and stood up, planting a quick buss on Phoenix's mouth before he went into the front hall by the door, grabbing his black trench-coat, mittens, boots and purple scarf with black diamonds.
He dressed quickly while Phoenix snapped lead of the leash to Constantine's collar and both walked outside, closing the door behind them, Constantine frisking in between them. Zacharias reached out, taking Phoenix's hand in his own while he smiled at him, squeezing his hand tenderly, his lover reciprocating the affectionate gesture. They walked hand-in-hand down the snowy steps and down the sidewalk, the snow falling gently to the ground around them, Constantine's happy barks echoing in the stillness.
