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About a week has passed since Phoenix and Edgeworth's visit to the precinct together. Phoenix hasn't been seeing Edgeworth a lot since then. Crimes rates have somewhat risen and Edgeworth had to take on a lot of cases. More importantly, Edgeworth has been directing the investigation of these cases: he has gone off to work early in the morning, before the sun actually even rose and came back late night at god-knows when since Phoenix has been sleeping most of the day and night. Cats need their 18 hours of sleep everyday you know. When Phoenix gets hungry he goes to cook for himself or if he's lazy he'll order something on the phone and have them deliver Phoenix's meal. However, the cases have all been solved with a "guilty" verdict by Edgeworth and the days went back to normal.
Phoenix woke up especially early the morning today mainly because of his stomach. He hasn't been eating yesterday, since he was sleeping, and he didn't want to until now, since his stomach woke him up and everything. Phoenix yawned and stretched, bounded downstairs in his clothes that were on him ever since two days ago and went into the kitchen. He looked at the clock. "Mm... it's only 6 am. Edgeworth'll be up in about an hour and he'll leave." Phoenix poured himself a glass of milk, drank that and poured another glass. He took out two slices of bread, an egg, two slices of cheese and a slice of ham. He didn't want to pig out in the morning just after he woke up. He turned on the stove, poured the oil into the wok and heated the oil-covered wok for a few minutes. He had to be careful not to get the egg all over his hands, he doesn't want to wash it with water. "Yuck...," Phoenix shuddered at the thought of running water.
As he cooked his egg, he looked out the kitchen window: the birds were already chirped and flying about outside. Phoenix flipped his egg with a swift movement of the wok. He yawned and took another gulp of milk. It was 6:10 now and he wanted to eat fast and go to sleep. He put the two slices of cheese on the egg over low heat and waited for the cheese to melt. Then he wrapped the egg up to prevent the cheese from escaping and wrapped the egg in the ham and put that between his two slices of bread. He poured himself another glass of milk and took that along with his snadwich and fled to the red couch in the living room.
Phoenix watched the news while he was eating. He had missed out on everything due to his lack of activity nowadays. He finished his sandwich, put the plate in the sink along with his glass and hoped Edgeworth would agree to wash the dishes for him. Phoenix didn't feel like sleeping after eating and so he watched TV until it was 6:55...
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Edgeworth had a really bad day yesterday especially with all the cases and the last day of trial. Even though he received his "guilty" verdict, Edgeworth had an unpleasant opponent: a very sick defense attorney. Today, as Edgeworth woke up, he didn't feel like the day was going to be any better. "I'm going to be fine, I'm just really stressed with all the cases and trials," Edgeworth told himself as he trotted off to the bathroom. By the time he wobbled downstairs, Phoenix was already awake. Edgeowrth ignored Phoenix, he was too tired to even say a "Good Morning." Instead, he wobbled into the kitchen, hoping to find asprin or something that'll cure his fatigue. In the kitchen, Edgeworth let out several coughs and sneezes which caught Phoenix's attention. "Edgeworth, are you alright?" Phoenix asked as he poked his kitty head in the kitchen.
"I'm fine," Edgeworth replied in a somewhat annoyed tone while blowing his nose.
"You don't seem fine."
Phoenix immediately tackled Edgeworth after Edgeworth threw his tissue away. With the big cat on top of him, Edgeworth tried to fend the cat away but his usual strength wasn't responding. "Ha! You can't even fend me off today! Are you sick?"
"I'm fine Wright!" Edgeworth yelled in a hoarse voice trying to push the cat off of him.
"If you can't push me off then something is wrong," Phoenix explained.
With Edgeworth struggling , Phoenix tried to whack Edgeworth's hands off of his body and then he managed to get a hand on Edgeworth's forehead. "M-Miles! You're burning!" Phoenix exclaimed as he took his hand off of Edgeworth's forehead.
"I'm... fine..." Edgeworth said, trying once again to push the cat off.
"I'm making you stay home today. I'll call the Prosecutor's Office to call in sick for you," Phoenix bounded off of Edgeworth to pick up the nearest phone.
"Wright... stop... I said I'm fine," Edgeworth coughed as he tried to get up.
"No you're not!" Phoenix called from the room as he dialed the number for the Prosecutor's Office.
After trying to get to the room that Phoenix was in, Edgeworth sat down in the nearest chair. After a few seconds, Phoenix returned with a smile on his face but, of course, the prosecutor wasn't satisfied. "Why'd you have to do that?" Edgeworth asked with hositility in his voice.
"Aww... come on. You're sick so you're supposed to stay home. I stay home from work when I'm sick. I know you: you're pride's too important to let you stay home from work," Phoenix said with a huff and a hint of mockery in his voice.
"Are you insulting me Wright?"
"No..." Phoenix face softened as he looked at Edgeworth, "It's because I care."
"Wright..." And Edgeworth sneezed.
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After a few minutes when Edgeworth got into his bed and started reading, Phoenix bounded into his room and jumped on the bed. "Don't break my bed Wright!" Phoenix bounced lightly on the bed gleefully as Edgeworth face began harden. When Edgeworth finally gave Phoenix the death glare Phoenix stopped bouncing. "Sorry, your bed's too soft and cuddly," Phoenix said apologetically.
"Hmph! I just don't want you breaking my bed," Edgeworth said as he continued reading. "By the way, why are you here?"
"I want to be with you so you don't get lonely. Besides, it was my idea that you should stay home," Phoenix rolled and cuddled next to Edgeworth under the blanket.
"I didn't say I needed your company."
"I promise I'll be a good kitty," Phoenix sang out.
Edgeworth gave up a few moments later and said, "Fine. As long as you don't disturb my reading."
"Promise," and Phoenix curled up.
A few moments later, with no sounds from Phoenix whatsoever, Edgeworth looked up from his book and looked at the curled up kitty. Phoenix was asleep. Purring softly. Dreaming of mice. Edgeworth couldn't stop his lips from curving into a smile. He took a hand, put it on top of the kitty's head and scratched the kitty behind his flattened out ears. Edgeworth, while scratching Phoenix behind the ears, went back to reading his book titled "How to Love Your Cat."
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Phoenix was half-awake and half-asleep when he felt someone scratching him behind the ears. It was soothing and gentle and hypnotizing him. It didn't cross his mind that it was Edgeworth nor he cared. In response to the scratching, Phoenix purred and mewed ever so softly and gently that not even Edgeworth noticed. After a few moments of enjoying the pleasure, Phoenix felt the desire to sneeze... "AH-AH-ACHOO!" Phoenix sneezed, startling Edgeworth from his scratching and reading. Phoenix shook his head to shake off the sneeze when Edgeworth said, "You're finally awake Wright. You were sleeping like a log, I thought a freight train couldn't even wake you up."
"Ha ha...," Phoenix replied sarcastically.
"Oh well," Edgeworth began as he continued reading his book, "I guess I can't scratch your ears since now you're awake." And Edgeworth smirked.
"Y-you? You were scratching my ears?" Phoenix asked in disbelief.
"Who else would? The three blind mice with their canes?"
"Mew... you could always scratch me behind my ears again," Phoenix suggested, hoping Edgeworth would agree.
"Hmm... I don't know. My fingers are getting kind of sore..."
Phoenix sat up and licked Edgeworth's finger for a while and looked up hopefully, "Are they any better now?"
"... Much better," Edgeworth replied and went back to scratching Phoenix behind the ears.
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It felt like ages when Phoenix stepped outside with Edgeworth after Edgeworth had gotten a lot better from the fever. Phoenix had convinced Edgeworth not to drive his car and therefore they walked outside together, enjoying the summer breeze. They went to the places where parking was really hard to find and place where they never had the chance to stop by. Afterwards, both men hung around in the park when it was about time for the sun to set. "Rynard! Stop!" A woman cried out which caught both men's attention. In an instant, Phoenix was suddenly bombarded by a huge dog, a St. Bernard, which was constantly licking Phoenix ever since it jumped on him. It took a few seconds for Phoenix to register that he had been jumped by a huge DOG which caused Phoenix to start squirming and crying out for help while Edgeworth was just staring at the dog. "Rynard!" The woman earlier cried and pulled the dog's leash back, trying to get the big dog off of Phoenix. "I'm ever so sorry. I was walking my dog, Rynard, earlier when he suddenly barked and escaped from my hold and ran on top of you. I'm so sorry," the woman stated, ordering the dog, Rynard to sit.
"Uh... It's fine. My friend doesn't really matter right, Wright?" Edgeworth turned to Phoenix who was trying to hide behind Edgeworth from the huge dog.
"Oh I'm glad then. My name is Ellen."
"And I'm Miles and my friend is called Phoenix."
"Oh nice to meet you two. It is strange: my dog doesn't usually jump on top of people that much..."
"What do you mean?"
"My dog only gets excited when he sees cats."
"Cats?" Both Phoenix and Edgeworth repeated.
"Yes, cats. My dog has this passion of loving cats even though he's a dog. He's been loving cats ever since he was a little puppy."
"..." Both men was speechless.
"Uh... m-maybe we better get going Edgeworth..." Phoenix got up and started tugging at Edgeworth's sleeve, eyeing the dog nervously.
"Um... Is there something wrong? You aren't afraid of Rynard are you? Don't worry, he's a nice dog. He just has a habit of tackling people's cats," Ellen put her hand over the St. Bernard and stroke him gently.
"Um..." But before Phoenix could even reply the dog was once again loose from Ellen's grasp and jumped onto Phoenix, wagging its tail. "Wahhh!!!!"
"Woof! Woof!" Rynard barked and licked Phoenix over and over again while Phoenix tried to curl up into a ball.
"W-Wright!" Edgeworth yelled, trying to get the dog off of the feline hybrid along with Ellen.
After a few moments, both Edgeworth and Ellen finally got the dog off of Phoenix. Phoenix shuddered, hiding behind Edgeworth again. "I'm so very sorry... Don't be scared... Rynard just doesn't have enough friends. I'll tell you what. Let me give you my address so you can all come over and I'll make it up to you. How's that sound Phoenix?" Ellen offered, writing down her address on a piece of paper.
"Um... uh... OK... I guess..." Phoenix stuttered, eyeing the dog.
"Great! Here's my address. We'll be going now! Bye-bye and sorry for all the trouble!" Ellen waved as she left along with the unwilling dog.
"Phew! That was really scary!" Phoenix exclaimed, pocketing the piece of paper.
"Heh. Are you that AFRAID of the dog?" Edgeworth asked, teasing Phoenix.
"If I'm afraid of Missile then I have every right to be afraid of Rynard. He was HUGE."
"Heh," Edgeworth chuckled and stretched, "Let's go home."
"Yeah... Let's go!" Phoenix chirped, clinging onto Edgeworth's right arm.
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A few days has passed since Phoenix's meeting with the big dog and he didn't know why he actually accepted Ellen's address but he was sort of grateful now that he has it. Edgeworth has started on a new case and Phoenix needed some company. Ellen perhaps but definately not THAT dog. Phoenix sighed. 'Hopefully the dog won't be there. I don't know why or how but somehow I wish the dog wouldn't be there...' Phoenix thought as he headed outside towards Ellen's house.
Ellen's house was medium-sized, not as big as Edgeworth's but it had a beautiful garden in the back. Phoenix walked up to the door and rang the bell twice and in a few moments the door opened with Ellen at the door. "Phoenix! You've came!" Ellen cried out, hugging Phoenix tightly, suffocating the poor kitty.
"Y-Yeah I came..."
"Great! Come inside and have a seat."
Phoenix went into the house and closed the door behind him. The whole house was decorated in different shades of blue. Not to mention, the color of Rynard's collar and leash was blue. He looked around the house. Not a sight of Rynard anywhere... Phoenix sighed, 'How would I explain this to Ellen if her dog attacks me and I meow and try to scratch at the dog?'
"Well, have some cookies and milk," Ellen said, coming out of her kitchen and setting a tray down on the table.
"Thanks," Phoenix gulped down the glass of milk before taking a bite out of the cookie.
"Wow... Aren't you thirsty?" Ellen exclaimed, holding her hand to her mouth.
"Heh heh," Phoenix laughed nervously, wiping the milk mustache from his upper lip. "By the way, where's Rynard?"
"Oh. I do believe he's out in the backyard. He would love to see you once more. He's going to leave with my relatives who are coming over in a few weeks. You should go pet him and say 'hi'."
"Uh... OK..." But Phoenix was unsure whether he should go or not. Either way, Ellen pushed him to the door leading to the backyard.
The backyard has flowers. Blue flowers. Very blue flowers. So many blue flowers. Phoenix didn't mind. He loved blue. And Ellen apparently. As Phoenix walked about in the garden he noticed a brown-haired man sitting on a chair in the backyard. Phoenix approached him. The man seemed familiar and yet he was a stranger. Before Phoenix could say anything the man turned his head around and looked at Phoenix. The man smiled. "Why hello there pretty kitty."
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GREAT! NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE A DOG HYBRID FLIRT AND HIT ON PHOENIX!!! SOMEONE SHOOT ME BEFORE THIS MADNESS GETS OUT OF HAND!!!! AND THEN I'M GONNA HAVE EDGEWORTH FIGHT WITH A FREAKIN ST. BERNARD OVER A DEFENSE ATTORNEY!! And boy did I drool when I wrote that part about Phoenix cooking. I bet you guys were too. Well, change of plans guys. I didn't have this planned but it'll make everything all the more interesting. I know you'll hate me now. But hey, fluff between Edgeworth and Phoenix xD And you'll have to wait 5 months for the next part. I know you wanna wait. You guys won't want to see Rynard hit on Phoenix. Review! NYA! (with kitty ears)