Well, another short story finished! I hope you guys like it, I thought it was pretty cute :3
*edit*: I kind of forgot to put in the ending lol. Skip to the bottom if you've already read this chapter XD
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Apollo walked into the Wright Anything Agency to find his sister and his cru- co-worker talking. As soon as Trucy saw him, she began to giggle, and Athena shot her a confused glance. Apollo groaned mentally. Trucy was NOT going to help make the situation any less awkward.
"Hi, Polly! Where were you?"
Well, you see, I was asking a glimmerous fop for relationship advice so I can ask out my co-worker who's sitting right next to you. "Uh… You don't need to know that."
"Was it for work? Or something else?" Trucy grinned at him expectantly.
"Work." Well, I was at the Prosecutor's office… And I was talking with him about a lawyer…Trucy glared at him. She knew he was basically lying, of course.
"But you aren't on any cases right now, are you?" Athena cut in.
"I was talking with Prosecutor Gavin about some old cases." Technically, we were talking about the Phantom case.
"Then why didn't you say that at first, Polly?" Trucy winked. "I think you're lying."
"I still have the parking stub from the lot. Don't ask me why my taxi made me pay for parking, I'm not quite sure myself." He reached into the pocket of his vest and produced a white slip of paper.
"Then why didn't you want to tell us at first?" Athena wondered aloud. "Ooh! I know! I think it's time for a counseling session!"
"Ahh! I-I mean, sure, why not?" He remembered Klavier's advice, and he figured he might feel a little less nervous if he knew that Athena liked him back. "Can I get a glass of water first, though?"
"Oh, I'll get it for you, Polly!" No, Athena was supposed to get it! Argh! "Here you go!"
"Ah… Thanks."
"Ok, Apollo! Tell us what you were doing at Prosecutor Gavin's office!" Athena grinned through the translucent blue screen of Widget.
"We were talking about some old cases."
"Huh. You're abnormally sad. What cases were you talking about?" With Trucy in the room, he knew that he couldn't lie, and with Athena in the room, he knew that all of his feelings would be displayed for all to see. What would Gavin do? Oh, right. He'd eat ice cream.
"The phantom case, mostly. We kind of brushed over a few things from other cases, like me perceiving."
"Huh. All of your emotions are activated by the thought of the phantom case. I mean, I can see why you'd be sad, because you lost someone close to you… And it all turned out well, which explains the happiness… And you probably should be scared, considering you almost were murdered because of that case… But why are you angry?"
"I don't know. Maybe I'm mad because of what the Phantom did?"
"But he's in jail now, and everything's returned to normal. Most people aren't very angry about someone who's already been punished."
"Well then, what do you suppose I'm angry about?"
"Wait. Repeat what you said about you being mad about the Phantom."
"I'm mad because of what the Phantom did?"
"Oh, the anger's overwhelming!"
"Am I really that angry?"
"Hmm. Well, you aren't mad at the phantom… But the only other person in this picture is… Oh! Apollo… Are you mad at yourself?"
"What kind of question is that?"
"You're angry because of what you did during that case."
"I basically abandoned you guys."
"But why are you more angry about it now than you were before?" Because I realized I liked the girl that I hurt so badly.
"I… I don't know."
"Yeah, you do," Trucy interrupted, her mouth brimming with popcorn. Seriously? POPCORN?!
"What's making you so angry?"
I can't do this. I can't tell her. Not without knowing if she feels the same way. Apollo felt like a coward for not being able to confess, but he knew that he couldn't. He would rather keep the peppy, beautiful, brilliant, optimis- girl as a friend than lose her because he tried to take the relationship too far. He didn't want to lose her, no matter how he felt.
"Why don't you tell me about what you did during that case, so I can try and figure it out?" Because you'll figure it out.
"I-I don't know if you'll want to hear the answer."
"Apollo, I'm your friend! I don't care if you end up saying that you killed someone, I'll always be there for you!" Apollo felt his bracelet tighten. "Just try and get her to call you her friend, and try doing that thing where your eyes bug out and you scare all the witnesses." He felt his heartbeat quicken, which Widget didn't seem to like. It's hard to listen to someone's heart when it's doing flips inside your chest.
She likes me back.
"Are you ok? Your heartbeat just sped up a good 50 beats a second."
"I-I'm fine," he breathed. "And I don't think I'm mad anymore."
"Wh-what? I've never seen an overwhelming emotion go away that fast before, but it's true!" Athena gasped. "What did you do?!"
"Athena, I…" He couldn't quite finish the sentence. "Mein Gott, Apollo! No wonder you're single!"
"What is it now?" Her concerned blue eyes met his intensely, and he felt as if the tide had just washed over him. Something about how beautiful she looked in that moment struck him, and he felt a small boost of courage.
"I was mad at myself because I thought that I had messed up so badly that you would never feel about me in the same way that I feel about you."
"You… You mean…"
"So then I went to Prosecutor Gavin's office to ask for advice, because I didn't know if I'd lost you forever or not."
"Apollo, I… You never lost me. I've been here the whole time."
"I know."
Athena leaned forward, her soft lips meeting his. Apollo's eyes widened in shock, before pleasure overtook him and forced them closed. Small arms wrapped around his waist gently, and warmth spread through his entire body as her figure perfectly fused with his. Apollo pressed into the kiss, both parties so overwhelmed with passion that when they finally broke apart, they were gasping for breath.
Of course, there was always something to ruin the moment.
"AWWWWWWW!"
Apollo blushed as his gaze shot towards his sister. Trucy watched the couple with glee, and Athena burst out laughing. Then, a sound similar to a bear's came from Athena's stomach, causing Apollo to begin laughing with her.
"You don't laugh much," she commented. "I like your laugh." He smiled.
"According to your stomach, you don't eat much."
"Oh, if only there was someone who could feed me," she whined sarcastically.
"Do you want to grab dinner? I know a nice German place." I definitely almost said "ja". Oh gosh, he's finally getting to me.
"Ooh, really? I've probably been there before. What's it called?"
"Best Worst, or something like that." Apollo's butchering of the German caused her to laugh.
"That's quite the contradiction."
"All the better for lawyers." Apollo grinned cheesily.
"Yeah," she laughed. "I've been there a few times, the food's great." The thought caused her stomach to growl again, this time resembling an angry moose.
"So, do you want to go?"
"Sure."
On their way out, Trucy snuck up to Athena and whispered something in her ear that Apollo didn't catch.
"Considering the quality of that restaurant, I'm pretty sure he likes you."
Athena burst out laughing, leaving Apollo confused. "You know, you laugh a lot. But I like your laugh, too."
She leaned forward to meet his lips briefly, and proceeded to grab him by the wrist and pull him down the hallway. "Allons-y!"
"We're going to a German restaurant, fraulein." For about the sixth time today, I sound like a glimmerous fop.
"Europeans know lots of different languages, si?" The girl in front of him grinned, and he couldn't help but feel captivated by her bright smile.
Maybe sounding like a glimmerous fop isn't all that bad.
On his way down the elevator, he pulled out his phone.
To: Klavier
I won't be joining you for ice cream tonight.
His phone began buzzed almost immediately.
To: Herr Forehead
You were too scared to ask, weren't you? ;)
On second thought, I'll try to use my own words for the rest of the night.
