Chapter 3: Liebling

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Apollo rolled his eyes as his assistant, Trucy, dragged him down the halls of the courthouse. The two had just finished up another trial, which was thankfully a short one. It turned out that the defendant was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, and by noon the real culprit was found. Although the trial was quick and easy, Trucy still claimed she was starving. Apollo allowed Trucy to lead him to the vending machines, as he knew that she was relentless when it came to snacking.

Although she's not as bad as Ema, Apollo thought dryly.

Finally the two made it to the vending machines, where Trucy released her grip on Apollo. She scoured the options through the glass, trying to decide what to eat. Apollo rolled his eyes again, although he gave a slight smile at her antics. After what seemed like hours, Trucy had finally composed her order.

"Okay, Polly, I want two packets of M&M's, one granola bar, two bags of skittles, a bag of pretzels, and two packs of Swiss Rolls!"

The defense attorney's eyes bulged at the request.

"Trucy, don't you think that's a little too much snacks?"

At this the young magician puffed out her cheeks in frustration.

"Of course not! Now hand over the money!"

Sighing in defeat, Apollo counted up the total price of the snacks, with the total being $18.50. He couldn't believe he was paying almost twenty dollars for Trucy's appetite, but he knew there was no way out of it. Trucy was staring at him impatiently, so he reached into his back pocket and pulled out his wallet. Inside, he found a meager $6.53.

"Um, Trucy...? I'm sorry, I don't have enough money on me..."

Trucy's jaw dropped open.

"What?! But, Polly, I'm starving!"

Suddenly an arm slung was slung over Apollo's shoulders, and any counter argument on his lips died. The voice of the newcomer spoke instead.

"No need to worry, Fräulein. My treat, ja?"

Trucy stared at Klavier with a look of complete adoration, and practically bubbling with excitement that Klavier Gavin, Rock God was offering to pay for her snacks.

"Wow, thank you so much, Mr. Gavin!"

Klavier merely chuckled.

"Please, Fräulein, call me Klavier, ja?"

Trucy squealed loudly and bounced up and down. The prosecutor flashed his most charming smile, and then handed her the money for her snacks. Although, her hunger was forgotten, and Trucy rushed out of the room to call all of her friends and tell them that she was now on a first name basis with Klavier Gavin.

Prosecutor Gavin sure knows how to woo the ladies, Apollo thought with a tinge of jealousy. Even though Apollo wasn't looking to charm women, he had never been very good at flirting.

Apollo snapped out of his reverie when Klavier leaned forward and flashed one of his winning smiles. The gesture was a common sight for the defense attorney, but this time he noticed his courtroom rival, and secret crush, was leaning a bit too close. A light blush started to dust Apollo's face.

"So, there was something I wanted to ask you, Forehead."

"And what would that be?"

Klavier slowly leaned in a little bit closer, and Apollo was starting to feel a bit uncomfortable.

What is he doing?

Before Klavier could elaborate, Trucy bounded back into the room, completely shattering the moment. As the young magician rushed up to the vending machine, having momentarily forgotten her snacks in the excitement, called out to the two lawyers.

"Do you guys want any food? Oh, what about a Twix bar? Hmm, wait, you probably have to eat healthy to keep your rock star appearance, Mr. Gavin! Then how about a bag of potato chips?"

"Trucy, I'm not sure potato chips are all that healthy," Apollo replied.

"What? Of course they are! Potatoes are vegetables, Polly!"

Klavier chuckled at their little squabble.

"I'm fine without anything, Fräulein. Actually, I was just about to head out for lunc-"

Trucy's cell phone began to ring, effectively cutting off the prosecutor.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I better take this!"

While Apollo stood awkwardly while Trucy talked with her father, Klavier leaned against the wall of the courthouse hallway smiling one of his dashing, trademark smiles. Yet, this time, there was a little of something else laced in the grin, something Apollo almost wanted to call 'flirtatiousness'.

Don't get your hopes up, Justice, he chided himself. He's a super famous rock star. He could have anyone he wanted, so why would he want a plain, poor defense attorney?

Apollo didn't get to feel sorry for himself any longer, because Trucy interrupted once again.

"Daddy wants me to come back to the Agency, so I have to head out now. Bye Polly, bye Mr. Gavin!"

With that, and a twirl of her cape, Trucy was gone. Now that they wouldn't be interrupted anymore, Klavier continued on what he wanted to say earlier.

"So, Herr Forehead, as I was trying to say earlier, I was planning on heading out for some lunch. Maybe you'd like to go with me?"

Apollo had no intentions of declining, but if he had, they would've dissipated when Klavier gave him a genuinely sweet smile. With a light blush dusting his face, Apollo stuttered out his reply.

"S-sure, that sounds nice."

If possible, Klavier's grin grew larger. He reached out, grabbed Apollo's hand, and dragged him out of the courtroom.

"Then let's get going, ja?"

A blush spread like wildfire across Apollo's face. He was all too aware of the contact between their hands. Suddenly, Klavier stopped leading the attorney. This caused Apollo to look up, and he saw that they had arrived at Klavier's iconic motorcycle. Then, their hands separated as Klavier suavely mounted his beloved hog. Apollo gaped as he realized what the situation implied: he would have to ride the motorcycle. With Klavier. Which means they would be sitting very close. He wasn't sure if he could do it, but after a few moments, Klavier picked up on the other's nervousness.

"It'll be fine, Herr Forehead. I'm a safe driver, and it's not very far away. And if you get scared, you can always hold onto me, ja?

Apollo gawked at the implications of Klavier's comment, but begrudgingly joined him on the motorcycle. After a few very ungraceful attempts, he was finally sitting behind the prosecutor.

"Achtung! Let's ride!"

With that, Klavier floored the gas and the motorcycle accelerated with astounding speed. Apollo would've screamed, but the velocity kept him frozen in fear. The next few minutes of the ride were silent, except for the howling wind in their ears.

However, Apollo did scream when Klavier made a very sharp right turn. Acting purely out of instinct, Apollo grabbed the closest thing to him. When he heard laughing, Apollo realized exactly what he had just wrapped his arms around.

"ACK!" He jumped back, as if touching the prosecutor would burn him. His courtroom rival continued to laugh, making it even harder to apologize.

"I-I'm sorry...," grumbled Apollo.

"Ah, no worries. I didn't think you'd take my suggestion seriously," Klavier said with a smirk.

"Besides, you're cute when you're scared."

The prosecutor's comment rung in Apollo's ears. Did he just say that I was... cute? A slight blush began to creep onto his face, and Apollo realized that they were going out to lunch.

He invited me to lunch, and now he's calling me cute...? Is... is this a... date?

"Hey, Klavier?"

"Ja?"

"Is this... um... that is to say... well, is this a... date?"

Klavier relaxed the speed as the pair approached a red light. Once they were at a complete stop, Klavier turned to face his passenger.

"That depends... do you want it to be one?"

When a small, hopeful smile appeared on the prosecutor's lips, Apollo decided a date with his courtroom rival wouldn't be that bad.

"I wouldn't mind. I-I mean, I wouldn't mind if this was a date."

Klavier's teeth were visible now.

"Then it's a date, Liebling. "

The light turned green, and Klavier turned and faced forwards. Slowly, Apollo wrapped his arms around Klavier again.

Ugh, I know this is later than I expected. Sorry... Hopefully you guys will enjoy this chapter though! And, I'm sorry again, but I'm not sure when chapter 4 will be posted... cross country is kind of dominating my life :( I'll work hard though, so, see you guys there! Thanks for reading! :D