Okay, chapter 2! Slightly less depressing than the last throughout, but, being Miego, there's always going to be a hint of bitterness. Thanks for the reviews so far. Enjoy.

Chapter 2: In Which There Are Promises

September 10th, 2012

They told me I should keep a diary. They don't know if you can hear me or not, so if - when – you wake up, you'll be able to see what I've been saying. The nurse told me to write about nice things, tell you how everything is. I'll do the second, Diego, but I'm afraid I can't do the first.

It's been two weeks now, and you've shown no sign of recovery. You're alive, by some miracle, but only just. Your hair has turned white and all you can do is lie there. I hate it.

I know I'm being selfish, but so what? I'm allowed to be selfish if I want to be. You were the one that told me that, Diego. Remember when Mr Grossberg decided that his newest employee would be fit for doing all his paperwork?

"Just leave it." You said.

"No, no, I couldn't. That would just be selfish."

And then you smiled at me, that stupid thousand watt smile of yours and said "You're allowed to be selfish sometimes, Kitten. That's one of my rules."

I miss your cocky grin and your silly rules, you idiot. Hurry up and wake up, will you?

You promised.

Love, Mia xx

September 15th, 2012

I still won't let Maya come to see you. I don't know if she could handle it. My little sister is strong, but she's just a kid. She's not been back to Kurain Village, not once. She called up Aunt Morgan and told her she was staying with me until I felt better.

It was bad those first two weeks, Diego. That's why I couldn't visit you, and I'm sorry. I barely noticed anything. I just lay there, occasionally accepting my sister's attempts at food without speaking, like some sort of zombie.

Remember the hangover I ended up with after your 'come on, Kitten, just one drink' at the Christmas party? I was a bit like that, I guess. Except without the constant stealing of your coffee and demanding aspirin.

The nurses are looking at me funny. They must think I'm crazy, sitting here laughing over your comatose body. Maybe I am crazy. It's not like this is a normal situation.

I'll get her for this, Diego, I swear I will. Dahlia Hawthorne will pay for what she's done to you. You just concentrate on waking up, okay?

You promised.

Love, Mia xx

October 1st, 2012

I don't think Maya's planning on going home any time this year, you know. She's insisting on staying with me. I think she wants to see you quite badly. I don't even know why I'm stopping her anymore.

It'll please you to know that I've taken to drinking a lot of coffee. I think I just missed the smell in the apartment. Fresh air doesn't quite beat it, you know?

Mr Grossberg sends his wishes. I think Hammond does to; he just sort of grunted when I mentioned it this morning. My little cousin, Pearl, told me over the phone that she hoped my special someone would get better soon.

Come on, Diego, she's only a baby. Surely you wouldn't break her little heart?

You promised.

Love, Mia xx

October 15th,2012

Mia said I could write to you, too. I hope you don't mind. See, I'm writing in a different colour than she is so you can tell the difference! I'm in black, and she's in your favourite, naturally. Neat, huh? Anyway, Mr Armando, you don't look so good. Well, duh, that's obvious, but you know what I mean. I said to the nurse that all you needed was some coffee, but she just glared at me. Hey, you're gonna wake up soon, right?

Maya x

As you can probably see, I gave in. Maya was horrified when she first walked in here, but she soon calmed down. She's amazing at putting on a brave face. I think she's taking advantage of the fact I'm not Aunt Morgan, actually. She's had me take her everywhere the last few weeks – theme parks, the circus, movies: you name it, we've been.

You'd enjoy it. Hurry up and get better so you can join us.

You promised.

Love, Mia xx

November 12th, 2012

The probability of you ever getting better is slim to none, apparently. According to the new statistics, that is.

Can I cry now, Diego? Now that it is all over? Or are you going to tell me otherwise?

You promised.

Love, Mia xx

November 24th, 2012

So, uh, Mr Armando. I can't believe you've been out for so long. Mia's going bananas. Yesterday, she said "That's it! I can't stand it anymore, and stormed out of Mr Grossberg's office!

Typical Maya. Why don't you make it so that the first thing my fiancé remembers about me is my loose grip on reality? What actually happened was

I just grabbed the diary off of her because I remembered something. Mr Armando, you're not just Mia's boyfriend. She's your fiancée! You need to get better NOW. We have a wedding to plan!

As I was saying, what actually happened was…well, I suppose it was what Maya wrote, but it wasn't because I'm loopy. I just couldn't stand the awkward silences anymore. I'm taking a break from work, that's all.

Mad Mia.

Dead sister. Get your backside back here, Diego. She'll shut up if you tell her to.

Will not. But there's the small matter of a WEDDI

Grabbing the book off of her before she goes into a rant. Hurry it up.

You promised.

Love, Mia xx

And Maya, too! x

December 25th, 2012

Merry Christmas, Diego. They've decorated your ward. I wish you could see it; it's cheesier than one of your ridiculous metaphors. I made Maya go home for Christmas, but I think she's coming back for New Year.

Wouldn't it be nice if you were awake for her then?

Or for me?

You promised.

Love, Mia.

February 14th, 2013

It's Valentine's Day! Come on, Mr Armando! All the guys are queuing up to get to Mia. They say it's her pretty face. I think it's something to do with her really big

Excuse me while I shout at my sister.

Anyway, like I was saying, her really big, caring personality. I don't know what she thought I was going to say.

In any case, I brought you some chocolate. Coffee flavoured. You must be dying for a bite. All you have to do is wake up.

I love you.

And you promised.

Love, Mia xx

P.S. If you reeeeaaallly don't want the chocolates, I'll have them!

P.P.S Mia got mad at me for writing that. Guess you can have them after all.

P.P.P.S What do the 'P's and the 'S's stand for? Tell me when you wake up, okay?

Maya x

April 1st, 2013

Quick! Mr Armando! Get up! Mia's ran off with Mr Grossberg!

Haha, April fool. I've been playing jokes all day. But I have some bad news. Mia doesn't love me anymore! She's sending me away!

I'm sending Maya back home. Aunt Morgan's pretty irritated that she's still here, so she's going back, for a while at least. I hope you don't mind, stuck with just me for company. Personally, I'd go crazy.

All you need to do to hear someone else's voice is open your damn eyes, Diego. It can't be that hard, can it?

Afterall, you promised.

Love, Mia xx

Maya, too! x

April 10th, 2013

You won't believe this. Guess who's taken on a case? Yes, that's right, me. Not you. Because you're too busy sleeping, you lazy idiot.

Guess who I'm defending? Well, his name is Phoenix Wright.

Yeah, Phoenix. Ringing some bells? Me, too. The victim is Doug Swallow. Remember him? Her boyfriend, according to Ivy U's website all those months ago. This could be it, Diego. I could get her, and get her for good.

I'll keep my promise.

You promised something, too.

Love, Mia xx

April 11th, 2013

I did it, Diego! I did it; I caught her, that witch! That poor kid had no idea. He was head over heels for her.

Somehow, though, I can't feel as happy as I thought I would. I was stupid enough to think that by getting her put away, I'd get you back. "There are none quite as foolish as a fool in love", I suppose.

But you did promise.

Love, Mia xx

November 24th, 2013

How does "Fey and Co Law Offices" sound to you? Good? I hope so, because that's where you'll be working when you finally get up.

I couldn't stand it anymore, working at Grossberg's firm. So now I have my own! You can be the 'and Co.', okay? Until the day we finally get this marriage thing done and it's the "Armando and Co Law Offices"

Oh, you'll love that.

We'll need to find another 'and Co.', then. Maya said she'll do it, but that's only because she's sick of her training. Lazy girl.

So hurry up and get up. There's a whole law office for you to gain.

You promised.

Love, Mia xx

February 20th, 2014

You scared me, Diego Armando. Never do that again, you hear me? Never. A nurse told me you were dead. You took a bad turn, apparently.

The only reason I didn't have a heart attack there and then is because I was sensible enough to attempt to channel you. Being amazingly talented at all that 'freaky spirit stuff' as you called it, I knew you weren't dead because I couldn't get to you.

Yes, yes, I know. I wittering away about spirits again. But you never know, Diego. This stuff could be important to you one day.

It could if you'd wake up.

You promised.

Love, Mia xx

November 14th, 2014

You're blind. Blind. That demon took your sight from you. They told me today. Not that I care if you're blind, of course, but…

I know how you'll miss it all. Especially those pretty girls.

Actually, maybe this isn't such a bad thing.

They're looking at me funny for laughing again. You know I love you really. I'll see you when you wake up, even if you don't see me.

You promised.

Love, Mia xx

January 12th, 2015

Mr Armando, why are you wearing a toaster on your face?

As you can see – or not – Maya is as pleasant as ever. The doctors have made some sort of mask for you. Apparently, it'll give you some of your vision back.

It looks like a toaster.

Which is great. I can imagine it would've been difficult to defend without eyesight.

Even if it makes you look like a guy with a toaster welded to him.

I think it's quite adorable. Suits you, somehow.

I think it looks like a toaster.

I think Maya's hungry. I'll see you soon. And, hopefully, you'll see me.

You promised.

Love, Mia xx

P.S. It stands for 'Postscript'. Any idea what that means? Tell me when you get up.

Maya x


March 6th, 2015

I found our 'and Co.', Diego. He's still training for the bar, but he's got potential. He's changed a LOT since I last seen him, you know.

Phoenix Wright. Yes, the one from her case. He hasn't ever mentioned her name again, and I haven't either. It's like she never existed.

Except, if she never existed, you'd still be with me, wouldn't you? Hurry up about it.

You promised.

Love, Mia xx

May 24th, 2015

You'd better watch out, Mr Armando, or this 'Phoenix' fellow is going to steal your woman. The way she goes on…!

I would send her back to the village, only Maya has her own place now, so I can't really. Anyway, ignore her. Phoenix is really nice, dedicated, hard working – the perfect little protégé. I'm bragging slightly. He just got his badge.

I bet he's less of a handful than I was. My belated apologies, Oh Great Mentor.

Anyway, I'm interested in this 'friend' of his. He seems desperate. He goes on and on about 'saving' this guy, but I have no idea who he's talking about.

If you just woke up, I could ask you for some help sleuthing. You always enjoyed that.

You promised.

Love, Mia xx

P.S. (No, I still don't know what it means) I really want to meet this Phoenix guy. He sounds cool. Mia won't let me though. Says I might scare him off. How rude!

You come back and put her in her place, okay?

Maya x

August 3rd, 2015

Phoenix's first case today! Let's see if I'm quite the mentor you were. A murder, apparently. Hey, if you get up you could come along and watch?

No? Ah well. You know, these years haven't exactly flown in, and I'm getting a bit impatient with you.

You promised.

Love, Mia xx

August 4th, 2015

He did so well yesterday. Fastest defence I've ever seen! I got a present, a clock. It's a bit creepy – it's a replica of the murder weapon. The defendant gave it to me as a present, after he asked me out.

Jealous?

Don't be. Just wake up and I'll go out with you any time, you know that.

You promised.

Love, Mia xx

September 4th, 2015

I've got him! I've got all the evidence I need against that man! He'll pay for what he did to my mother and all those others now. I'm going to call Maya tonight, have her look after it until I can sort it out. I'm debating whether or not I should tell Phoenix what's going on – I don't know if he's noticed how weird I've been acting recently.

I have to go. I need to call Maya to arrange a time when she can come over.

This would be a lot easier with your help.

You promised.

Love, Mia xx

The diary stopped here, rather suddenly.

When Diego Armando finally woke up, the nurses would give him this small collection of diaries, filled up over the years. Maya had been right; Mia had written every single letter in his favourite colour.

Maya's notes were the only ones he read in all of the diaries.

After all, his favourite colour was red.

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