"Stop killing me!"

"Well, I would if you weren't so terrible at this"

Maya and Apollo were sat crossed legged in front of the TV in the Wright Anything Agency office, game controllers gripped tightly in their hands. Phoenix had taken Trucy out for lunch and Athena was down at Criminal Affairs checking over some evidence with Ema; this left Apollo and Maya alone at the office. It all started out as a casual, normal conversation. Until Maya caught sight of the game console out of the corner of her eye and got an idea. Without explaining what she was doing, she walked over to it, plugged it into the TV, grabbed two of the controllers, and sat down on the floor. When she noticed Apollo hadn't moved, she tapped the spot on the floor beside her and signalled for Apollo to join her. Confused, Apollo sat down next to her and crossed his legs. Just as she handed him a controller, the title of the game they were about to play appeared on the screen.

"Smash Bros? Really?" Apollo raised his eyebrows.

"What? It's not like we have anything better to do" Maya commented.

"Fine, you're on" Apollo smirked, his competitive side already beginning to show. They had only been playing for about fifteen minutes before Maya had to take a break because she was laughing so much she could barely see the screen anymore.

"I'm sorry, Apollo. It's just, you're so bad at this!" Maya managed to say once the majority of her laughing fit was out of the way.

"Okay, so I'm a little rusty" Apollo admitted "That still doesn't mean you have to laugh at me this much" But nothing he said could stop Maya's laughter. Apollo sighed and stood up.

"Oh, come on! Don't start sulking about it" Maya said, turning around. But before she could see Apollo, a cushion hit her square in the face. Instantly, Apollo burst out laughing so Maya picked up another cushion and threw it at him which he managed to easily dodge. Just as she picked up a third cushion, the original cushion hit her stomach.

"At least give me a fair fight!" Maya protested.

"It's not like you were giving me a fair fight earlier" Apollo replied and Maya had no choice but to agree with him on that point.

"I leave you two alone for one hour and you're already arguing?" Phoenix sighed from the doorway as Trucy stood next to him, giggling at Apollo and Maya's shocked faces.

"It was his fault!" Maya instantly said, pointing towards Apollo who turned bright red at her accusation.

"No it wasn't, this started because of you!" Apollo frowned.

"Wait a minute, is that what you two were doing?" Trucy asked, pointing towards the TV. Apollo's eyes went wide as he watched Phoenix's face- how was he going to explain to his boss why he was slacking off?

"Let me guess, Maya wiped the floor with you" Phoenix smiled and Apollo blushed from a mixture of embarrassment and relief.

"He was terrible!" Maya burst out and began laughing again. Without thinking about it, Apollo picked up the cushion to threw it at her. As soon as it left his hand, he realised what he had just done. Slowly, he turned around to face Phoenix. But to his surprise, his boss actually started laughing.

"Hey! You're supposed to be on my side here" Maya pouted and threw the cushion back at Phoenix. He caught it easily but, inside of throwing it towards Maya like everyone had been expecting, he turned and threw it at Trucy.

"That was a big mistake," Trucy said darkly and, for a moment, Apollo was actually quite scared for Phoenix's safety. She then picked up the cushion by her feet and began hitting her father with it. Phoenix ran towards the couch, grabbed another cushion, and used it as a shield. As he backed away from Trucy, he bumped into Maya who immediately began hitting him with her cushion.

"Come on, this isn't fair! Two against one. Apollo, a little help here?" Phoenix called out. Apollo took a moment to laugh at his boss looking so helpless before jumping (literally) to his aid and throwing a cushion at Trucy. The next thirty minutes continued in much the same way- cushions were thrown, barricades were created from couches, bookshelves, and even Charley at some points, truces were quickly made and then almost instantly broken. But during the course of this cushion fight, something quite important had completely slipped Phoenix's mind- Edgeworth was coming over to the office to get back some evidence he had needed to the previous day's trial.

"Wright, I'm-" Edgeworth started to say as he opened the door but stopped short when he saw the sight in front of him- couches tipped over, bookshelves moved away from the walls, the piano pulled out with Maya hiding behind it, Apollo making some kind of cushion wall in the corner, and Phoenix and Trucy in the middle of the room, each one side of the coffee table. Suddenly, a cushion went flying past Apollo's shoulder and hit Edgeworth's stomach. The room fell silent and precisely ten seconds rolled past as Edgeworth held the cushion in his hands and the others stared at him, unsure of what to do. Then a wicked grin spread across Edgeworth's face and he threw the cushion directly into Phoenix's face. He used everyone's combined surprise to throw a further two cushions- another one towards Phoenix and one at Maya. Once the others managed to recover from the shock, all five of them broke out into a full-on cushion war. Edgeworth, as it turned out, had incredible aim and even managed to hit Maya and Trucy with one cushion in a single throw. By the time the war was finally over, the room was a complete mess and all five of them were so out of breath that they could hardly move.

"I never knew you had such perfect aim, Edgeworth" Maya commented once she caught her breath back.

"Blame Wright," Edgeworth said with a soft smile. Confused, Maya, Apollo, and Trucy all turned to look at Phoenix.

"We used to have massive pillow fights when we were kids" Phoenix explained, allowing a hint of wistfulness into his voice.

"Larry used to have such terrible aim" Edgeworth laughed quietly and Phoenix nodded.

"We should probably tidy up," Apollo said, but no one made any effort to move.

About an hour later, Athena returned to find the office door open. Confused, she stepped inside and her hand flew to her mouth in shock at what she saw. The couches were both tipped on their sides, the bookshelf and the piano had been pulled away from the walls, and the entire office looked a complete mess. But even after seeing all of that, nothing could stop the smile forming on her lips when she saw her boss, Apollo, Maya, Trucy, and Edgeworth leant against the back of one of the couches, all fast asleep. Not wanting to wake any of them up, she quietly tiptoed around them as she returned the office to a vaguely presentable state, that warm smile never once leaving her lips.