The attorneys and magician turned their view towards the abrupt noise. Knock. Knock. Before one of them headed towards the door, it opened on its own. Pearl entered with her hand still behind the door. "Mr. Niiiiiiiiiiick!" she sassed.
Her head peeking out at the corner and doing a complete 180 to make sure everyone was accounted for in the office. Her specific target was Phoenix Wright. Opposite side of the ajarred door, which was partly covering Pearl's body from his view.
"Hey, Pearls!" Phoenix was a little happier knowing that a familiar face that brought him similar joy to his daughter was in view. "Where have you been?"
Pearl, the little spirit medium, but with a large heart, stared right at Phoenix with the great anticipation on her face. "I went back to Kurain, Mr. Nick. There was some preparations that had to be done, but I'm back."
She giggled in her little hand that was visible from the doorway. "But, I'm not alone." The little blush that was appearing on her face made Phoenix's heart jump a little, partly in fear, another in curiosity.
"You brought someone from Kurain?!" Phoenix shifted from behind the desk to a few feet away from the little spirit medium. His heart was jumping with anticipation. 'Is it?! Is it?! Is it?!'
Pearl finally pulled a familiar face from the door. He remembered when she first came through that door. The black hair. The warm eyes. The Magatama around her neck. 'IT'S! IT'S! IT'S!'
His heart raced, his face tinged with heat, his legs in tune with his heart beat, practically tackled her to the ground to see the once young woman assistant to a ravishing Master, Maya Fey. Phoenix was devouring her in kisses all across her face. He held her down by her wrists and straddled his weight lightly over her small frame to prevent her from escaping his hold, giddy and overflowing with joy. Tickling her with his lips that lavished across her face and neck. She was writhing and hysterically laughing as the defense attorney overpowered her in his embrace of playful welcome. He buried his face in her neck and blew against the sensitive skin. Maya's eyes were overflowing with tears of hysteria and euphoria as the defense attorney continued his onslaught of kisses, showing no signs of stopping.
"Mr. Nick! You're going to kill her from laughter!" Pearl was trying to pull Phoenix off of Maya, but Phoenix barely noticed her strength.
Phoenix finally lifted his head to gaze upon the woman he loved, under him. He didn't want to let her go. He wanted to hold her there, never to leave his sight. His breathing was rapid and a wide open mouth smile was plastered onto his face. His heart was beating so fast that he felt his pulse against his own hands, the very ones holding down the Master, his girlfriend, the love of his life.
"I-I-I- Maya! I-!" Phoenix was too excited to even create a coherent sentence.
"I know, Nick. I missed you, too." Her face was still flushed from her recent inescapable tickle of death.
Her voice was sincere and longing, echoing into his mind. Their breathing began to pace in sync with each other. He finally let go of Maya's wrists and wrapped his arms around her, tucking them between her and the floor. She responded by wrapping her arms around his neck. He lightly squeezed her in his grasp to make sure she really was there, in front of him, lying on that very floor that he was kneeling on. She was really there. He yearned to finally hold his girlfriend in his arms, the warmth of her skin, the soft black hair that brushed against his fingers, and the light aroma of her presence. His face was buried in her hair taking in the beautiful whiff with each breath.
He felt a burning sensation in his eyes as a small wet drop fell onto her hair. "I missed you so so much, Maya…"
Maya squeezed him back. "I missed you too, Nick."
She was reveling in his embrace. His stature overpowered her, a little more than what she remembered. His broad shoulders and his sturdy arms held her close to his chest and she was nestled neatly against him. His masculine aroma along with a hint of aftershave made her hold against him tightly, never wanting to release him. She could swear that his jawline can cut through solid objects, as she gazed upon his handsome appearance. "You may have gotten older, Nick. But you're still a hottie." She giggled.
"And you're still ravishing as ever, Maya." His voice slightly seductive in tone. He lowered his lips onto hers, slow yet passionately. A peck on the lips. Wright was very thrilled, but didn't want to urge no more than a friendly kiss to his former assistant in front of everyone for too long or his libido would kick in, which had been dormant since the last time he saw her.
Apollo and Athena had never seen their boss so ecstatic and youthful by a person who they had never met, only hushes and whispers from Pearl and that letter she brought with her before Orla Shipley's trial. They looked at each other in confusion on the drastic change of the man, but Pearl knew so much better. Pearl was holding her face, hiding her blush on how Mr. Nick was reunited with his special someone, Mystic Maya.
His eyes glassy and pupils enlarged to see his partner with a smile so large it almost went ear to ear, in the same office! On this very day; September 5: The day they met.
"This is such a glorious day!" Phoenix shouted. He shimmied off his girlfriend and lent a hand to help her back on her feet. The purple dress she wore was stunning. It had thick straps with a frilly and lightly scrunched ends at the bottom. But what got his attention the most was how it defined her mature curves that made his eyes vibrate violently in their sockets. He held her under his arm, hand wrapped at her shoulder and walked to his employees. "Apollo, Athena, Trucy… this is Maya Fey, the first person to work with me at Wright & Co. Law Offices as my assistant." He gestured his hand to the woman wrapped in his arms.
"And now current girlfriend of Mr. Phoenix Wright." She winked at Phoenix before directing her view towards the members of the Wright Anything Agency. Apollo stuck out his hand for a shake, "It's an honor to meet you, Maya!" His toothy grin shined with exuberance. "The pleasure is mine." Maya responded.
"Hey, Trucy! Nick has told me so much about you!" Maya directed herself towards the magician. "He has?" Trucy gasped before reaching to the spirit medium in a hug. "Yep! He told me how talented you are and how supportive you've been when I wasn't around, ain't that right Nick?" Maya looked towards Phoenix as she held the magician in her arms. Phoenix nodded, "Yup."
"Oh, Daddy. Stop it!" Trucy blushed with a while swaying the air towards her father. Maya released the magician and looked towards the yellow attorney. The attorney was eager to meet the very first employee under her boss. 'Tell me your secrets!'
"I'm Athena Cykes, nice to meet you, Ms. Fey!" She reached in to hug the Master of Kurain. Her grasp was one of comfort. "Nick has also told me about you, Athena. I heard about your unique ability. It sounds very cool!" Maya complimented. "Hehe, thanks." The yellow attorney rubbed her arm in content of the compliment.
Maya refocused on her tasty looking boyfriend. "Nick… I love the new getup. But what I love the most is the vest! Ah! The vest!" She reached the lapels and glided her fingers up and down the slick black fabric. She continued her ascent to his chest and then to his face, cupping his cheeks in her hands. "You really like it, Maya?" He asked sheepishly, waiting for his girlfriend's reassurance.
"Of course I do. I love everything about you." She continued, but her tone changed, "well, except that sometimes you don't have the balls to admit your feelings earlier."
"Hehe...ugh...sorry…" Phoenix looked down, slightly defeated, but the gaze in that spirit medium's eyes always lifted his spirit.
"But one question, I wanted to ask. I love the new getup and all, but where's your signature blue suit?" She gave a puzzled look with some concern sprinkled in it.
"It got torn up, Maya." His face slightly saddened.
"How?!" Her expression transformed to complete concern. Her hands released his face and rested by her sides.
"Well…" He hesitated, trying to somehow word an explanation without riling up Maya too much. "Something happened and my suit suffered the consequences."
"Nick…" her face gave that look of 'are you serious?' expression. "What happened to your suit?"
"Ugh… I was attacked an-" he was cut off.
"YOU WERE ATTACKED?!" Her voice any higher could've damaged the eardrums of residents of the room. "Are you okay? What happened? NICK?!"
"MR. NICK YOU WERE HURT?!" Pearl interjected with full blown angst.
"Maya! Pearls! I'm okay! It's all over." His hands swayed forward to calm the spirit mediums. "As you can see, I'm fine. Just my old suit isn't."
"Did you at least find the person who did it?!" Maya kept throwing questions at Phoenix. She shot an angry look.
"No… we don't know who it was." His view looked towards his coworkers. Their faces slightly somber on how fresh the incident was and the condition they found him in, especially Apollo.
"How'd you not know? Couldn't you see the person? What they attack you with?!" Maya's demeanor was gradually becoming more frantic.
He tried really hard to euphemize the words so Maya won't go in a fit trying to find out who attacked him down the street. "I was found passed out. I don't remember."
"UGH! If I found that person, I'll- ooh! Watch me!" The spirit medium was on a roll now.
Phoenix held her by her shoulders, "But I got a new suit! See! Trucy got it for me." He pointed to the suit that was folded neatly in the white gift box trying to make Maya forget what he said.
She ran towards the sumptuous suit, inspecting it. "Good job, Trucy! Delectable fashion taste."
"Hehe, thanks, Maya." Trucy played with her hat.
"Mystic Maya! Mystic Maya! The invitations!" Pearl jumped up and down with excitement.
"Oh yeah! Nick! We got invitations for a dinner and dance at Gatewater! Remember, where we had the honeymoon suite?" Maya winked again at Phoenix.
Phoenix swore that if she winked one more time at him, his libido would take over and possess him. "That sounds great, Maya! But you know I can't dance." A discrete look appeared on his face.
"Ah!" She swiped his chest. "Don't worry, I got you!" The spirit medium was teasing him with just her words.
"Okay then, as long as Athena, Trucy, and Apollo can come too, right?" Phoenix asked promptly.
"Of course! The more the merrier!" Maya whipped out a small stack of invitations from her pocket. "Right here, everyone can come!"
"Alright! Hey, Daddy. Maybe you can try on your new suit at this place." Trucy suggested with eagerness.
"I sure will, Truce" he smiled at his daughter.
