Title: Bake Date

Prompt: #20-Cookies

Pairings: Implied Larry x Maya

Author note: There isn't enough Larry x Maya in the world, so I wrote this.AndI don't know why the Wright and Co. Law Offices have a kitchen, so don't ask.

Disclaimer: If I didn't own the Ace Attorney series last chapter, why would I own it this chapter?

Summary: Hey, baking cookies was a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon. Especially when your cooking partner was a cute as Maya was.

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It wasn't very often that Larry stopped by Wright and Co. Law Offices. In fact, the only time he did stop by was when he needed a loan from Nick.

His latest girlfriend McKayla had recently dumped him, leaving him high and dry. And if he planned on asking the beautiful Namine out, he was going to need some money.

And so now he found himself walking into his friend's office, looking around for a familiar face. The place seemed deserted, which was very strange at this time of day.

"Helloooooo! Nick, you home?"

Footsteps came toward him from the back, but he soon saw it wasn't Nick approaching him.

"Larry!" Maya exclaimed, walking out into the front office, "What are you doing here?"

"I came to see Nick, and…um…uh…Maya? Why are you wearing an apron?"

Maya looked down at her outfit. She smiled.

"I'm baking cookies for Pearly! She got a one hundred on her reading test yesterday!"

"Really? That's great! I always failed those things. But Pearl's real smart! I bet she aces all her tests!"

"Well, she usually does well, but a one hundred is something to celebrate!"

"Yeah! And maybe you could share some cookies with your good buddy Larry…?" Larry trailed off, hopeful.

Maya smiled. "Tell you what. Nick's out right now, so while you're waiting for him to get back, why don't you help me make the cookies? If you help, you can have some."

Of course, Larry accepted. The idea of free cookies-heck, free anything in his current financial position-was too good to pass up. Unfortunately, Larry had never been the best cook. Over the course of the next hour, he managed to spill flour all over the floor, drop eggshells in the batter, and eat half of the brown sugar before it got into the bowl.

But in the end, as the cookies were placed in the oven, both Larry and Maya were laughing. Baking cookies, Larry decided, wasn't a half-bad way to spend a Saturday afternoon, especially when your cooking partner was a cute as Maya was. As they watched the cookies bake, she glanced over at him, smile bright, eyes dancing. He smiled back, surprised at the skip his heart took when their eyes met.

When the cookies were done, Maya removed them carefully and set them on potholders on the table.

"They're still hot," she said, "but you're welcome to take some."

Larry took her up on her offer. Warm cookies were the best. As he took his first bite, he congratulated himself silently. They were freaking amazing. He was on his third cookie when Phoenix showed up. He raised one eyebrow, taking in the curios scene in front of him.

"Larry helped me make the cookies for Pearly!" Maya explained cheerfully. "Oh! That's right! You needed something from Nick, right Larry?"

"Well, I did, but I…forgot what it was," Larry said sheepishly.

Phoenix smirked. "Whatever you say, Larry." He walked back into his desk area, leaving Larry and Maya alone again. Maya leaned over and kissed Larry on the cheek.

"Thanks for all the help," she said.

"Hey, don't mention it. I better get going, though. Tell Pearl I said congrats, ok?"

"Ok, I will! See you around!"

As Larry walked out of Wright and Co. Law Offices and back into the world, he thought about the lovely Namine.

Well, he could probably wait a little bit longer to ask her out. After all, there seemed to be even lovelier girls closer to him than he thought.