"Hello?"
"Hey Kay. It's me, Wright."
"Oh! What's up?"
"You still live at Edgeworth's place, right?"
"Yeah. Just until I finish college and find my own place. Why?"
"Can you unlock the door for a little bit?"
"What are you up to?"
Phoenix looked at the shampoo bottle in his hand. "Nothing."
After getting the cab driver to agree to wait, Phoenix walked up to Edgeworth's house. Just like Kay had promised, the front door was unlocked. He let himself in and saw Kay Faraday stretched out on a couch reading a book. Before he could say anything to her, Kay spoke.
"I don't know what you're doing, but I had nothing to do with it. Capice?" she didn't even look at him.
Phoenix smirked. "Wow, I can't believe Edgeworth would leave the door unlocked while nobody's here."
He strode into Edgeworth's bathroom and found his shampoo. He poured the hair dye from his prank bottle into Edgeworth's shampoo. He didn't want his old friend to have any reason to suspect a thing. Quite proud of himself, Phoenix walked out the bathroom and back to the front door. Kay still hadn't looked up from her book.
Phoenix skimmed his case file as he paced to the courtroom. The trial had been extended to another day, giving him time to gather some new information. He felt sure he had all the facts now.
"WRIGHT!" he heard a man yell behind him. Phoenix had a feeling about who it was.
His suspicions were confirmed when he turned around and saw Edgeworth coming at him. Phoenix pressed his hat against his head and ran in the opposite direction as quickly as he could. With Edgeworth still on his tail, Phoenix made a mad dash to the defendant's lobby.
"GET BACK HERE YOU IDIOTIC SON OF-" Phoenix closed the door to the lobby before Edgeworth could finish his sentence. Thank-you, soundproof walls.
His adrenaline spiked, he couldn't stop grinning as he locked the door. He pressed against it with his body, feeling Edgeworth's fists pound the door on the other side. He heard the Steel Samurai theme song come from his cell phone. He recognized the number and put his phone away. I'll give him a few minutes to vent with the door.
When he felt the door abuse die down, Phoenix opened the door. He smiled like a madman when he saw the prosecutor in front of him. He was wearing a white fedora, which conveniently covered all of his hair.
"Et tu, Edgeworth?"
Edgeworth gave the defense attorney a look meant to burn like dry ice. It might have worked if Phoenix didn't know what was underneath the hat.
Edgeworth walked in and Phoenix closed the door behind him. "Wright, how the heck did you get into my house?" Edgeworth growled.
"Through the door, of course." Phoenix said smugly. Before Edgeworth could say anything else, Phoenix changed topics. "C'mon, take it off."
"No."
"Ah come on, I thought it was funny."
"It stopped being funny when you broke into my house!"
"I didn't break into your house. Take it off."
"What do you mean you didn't break into my house? The only other person… Don't tell me you put Kay up to this!"
"Kay has nothing to do with it," Phoenix said, respecting Kay's wishes. "Now take it off. Please?"
"No!"
Phoenix reached for Edgeworth's hat, but he dodged and backed away.
"Don't you dare!" Edgeworth said,
"Just for one minute! It's only fair."
"Fair?"
Phoenix made for Edgeworth's hat again, but he ducked and jumped away. Phoenix didn't give up though, and eventually he managed to grab Edgeworth and hold him still. Before Edgeworth could get away, Phoenix took off the white hat.
Edgeworth pushed away and glared at Phoenix, crossing his arms. His hair was, of course, green. Phoenix started laughing.
"Alright, you've had your laugh. Now give it back!"
Phoenix did no such thing. So Edgeworth went after him. Phoenix laughed at Edgeworth's expense while avoiding him.
"Ha ha ha! You- you're right! This is funny! Ha ha ha!"
Edgeworth got behind Phoenix and reached for white hat, which Phoenix kept just out of reach.
"You are so immature!" Edgeworth said.
"Ha ha! You seriously want to have that conversation right now?"
Without warning, Edgeworth switched tactics and swiped Phoenix's hat.
"Hey!"
Edgeworth stepped away and twirled the red hat around his finger, obviously quite happy with himself.
"I'll give this back if you give me mine, Green-ix." Edgeworth said, regaining some of his smugness.
The tides turned, Phoenix went for Edgeworth, who dancingly evaded him. After a couple minutes of this, Edgeworth started going for his hat again. They had both completely forgotten that all they had to do was trade. They were too wrapped up in what they doing.
Edgeworth got behind Phoenix again and reached out for his hat, which Phoenix kept just out of reach. Edgeworth was slightly taller than Phoenix, which he used to keep the red hat a little too high for his opponent to reach. This stalemate might never have ended if someone didn't enter the room. As soon as they heard the telltale "click" of the doorknob being turned, they immediately separated and put each other's hats on.
"Mr. Wright, the trial's about to start," said a court bailiff.
"Okay, I'll be right there," Phoenix said.
The bailiff nodded his head and shut the door.
Phoenix released a breath he hadn't known he'd been holding. "Dodged a bullet, there."
Edgeworth didn't reply. Instead, he swiped the white hat off Phoenix's head and smashed the red hat on in its place. He then put the white hat on himself.
Phoenix smirked. "Better?"
"Shut up. Let's just get to the trial."
The End. In case you're wondering, I checked and yes, Edgeworth is about two centimeters taller. According to .com anyway. Hope you liked this, feel free to review.
P.S. In case it wasn't clear, in this story Kay's a college student crashing at Edgeworth's house. She plans on living there until she graduates. I assume Edgeworth's okay with it.