Author's Notes: Yay chapter 3! Hum…this chapter shouldn't exist; it came from nowhere...lol. Really random. Thanks for the reviews, and thanks for reading, and thanks for everything else. :)

Disclaimer: I do not own anything from the Ace Attorney series, how sad… :(

Maya arrived in Phoenix's apartment, hungry as ever, opening the door with a smile on her face.

"Nick, I'm back! I hope you bought my burg-

She stopped talking after seeing Phoenix sitting on the couch, apparently crying.

"Nick, what's wrong? Are you okay? ". She asked, approaching from him. Phoenix, noticing her presence, quickly wiped the tears that were falling from his eyes.

"Oh, Maya ... it's nothing, I'm fine ..."

She then sat beside him, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"No, you're not! You're crying! I demand an explanation immediately! "She insisted, still not getting a response from him.

"... This has something to do with Mr. Edgeworth, right?" She asked, and when she saw his eyes filled with tears again, she knew she was right.

"What he has done now? Please, tell me…"

Phoenix was silent for some time, feeling like he would start crying again if he started speaking now. Maya waited patiently until he calmed down.

"He …he's going away again..."He finally spoke.

"…Going away? Where he's going? "She asked, confused.

"He's going in a business trip to Europe ..."

Maya looked at him, feeling a little relieved. So it was just a business trip ... I thought it was something more serious. She thought.

"Aw, Nick, stop crying! You don't need to be so sad because you'll stay a few days away from him!" She said, trying to cheer him up, but it didn't work.

"This is the problem! He will not be just a few days away ... he will be more than a year!"

"What? A year? What the hell of business trip is this that takes all this time? ".

Phoenix then lowered his head again, not saying another word.

"Nick! You can't just sit there doing nothing! You got to stop him!"

"You think I haven't tried? I've talked with him, but he didn't heard me ... I don't know what to do to stop him ... "He said, tears falling from his eyes again.

Maya kept watching him, not knowing what to say to comfort him. She then put her arms around him, hugging him.

"Maya…this is not fair ... he first got me thinking about for a whole year that he had died, and now ...now that I thought he would stay with me he will leave again ..."

Maya said nothing, just stood beside him, trying to comfort him. No, this is not right! Mr. Edgeworth will have to listen to me!

"Nick... you need to rest. Go to your room and try to get some sleep. "Maya said, after he calmed down.

Phoenix agreed with her, getting up and walking towards his room.

"Thank you, Maya." He said, looking at her with a small smile.

"No problem Nick! Just don't forget my burgers! ". She said, smiling back.

Phoenix then went into his room, lying on his bed, without bothering to change his clothes. He closed his eyes, feeling exhausted and falling asleep minutes later.

Meanwhile, Maya was in the living room, waiting for Phoenix to fall asleep to put her plan into practice.

"I think he slept ..." She said, softly. Then she took his phone that she had put in her pocket without him knowing it, and started looking for Edgeworth's number.

"Let's see ... here it is."

He will listen to me ... She thought, waiting for him to answer the phone.

"Miles Edgeworth speaking".

"Mr. Edgeworth, it's me, Maya!"

"Maya? Why are you calling me? Is there something wrong?"

"Mr. Edgeworth, I'll go straight to the point, how can do this to Nick? You can't leave him like this!" She said, angry.

"... So he already told you."

"Yes, he did! He said that you will leave him because of a business trip, and this isn't right!"

"Maya, this is an important trip, I can't-

"Important? It's more important than Nick?" Maya asked, interrupting the prosecutor.

"I didn't say that ..."

"You didn't, but it is as if you had said! You'll leave him because of this trip! Do you know how much this is hurting him? Maybe it doesn't make much difference for you to spend a year or more away from him, but it does for him, because he loves you!"

"I...".

"No, I don't want to hear your excuses. I just called to tell you to think carefully about this before you go... and good night! ". She said, hanging up the phone, annoyed.

Well ... I hope this helps him to give up of this trip. Maya thought. At least things can't get worse than they already are.