A/N: This is a pretty short chapter. I had a hard time writing this one.. And I liked the first two chapters better. God, it looks like the chapters are getting progressively worse :P Anyways, I just couldn't really word what I was trying to say in this chapter, so I got lazy and gave up, hehe. Thank you to the people who reviewed so far :D And sorry if you're disappointed with this.

Disclaimer: SURPRISE! In the short interval of time between writing last chapter and this one, I came to own Ace Attorney! Haha, I wish.

Nick watched in amusement as Trucy danced shamelessly in the middle of the poorly decorated school gym. Everything she did, she did shamelessly, Nick realized. Trucy didn't ever hold back. She never feared embarrassment or humiliation. Maybe all performers were like that, thought Nick. He remembered that time he had seen a man dressed in shocking yellow, performing at a supermarket parking lot. Come to think of it, he was a magician too...

The screeching of a cheap microphone broke through Nick's random musings. The DJ announced, in a voice that he clearly thought was low and sexy, that they were toning it down with a few slow songs. "So grab your date - hell, grab someone else's date if you want - and turn up the romance," he finished.

With a gulp, Nick sidled towards Trucy, pushing a couple that was violently locking lips out of his way. "This is a Valentine's Dance," he said to her with a smile, "so maybe we should share a slow dance or something."

"Sure, Nick!" Trucy was as bright and cheerful as ever. And oblivious to Nick's furiously beating heart, apparently.

Trucy laid her hands on Nick's shoulders. Swallowing his nervousness, he placed his hands lightly on her waist. Nick had no idea how to dance. Thankfully, Trucy didn't try to force him into doing some complicated tango, and they just swayed slowly from side to side, like the dozens of couples around them.

Trucy tilted her head slightly upwards. Nick was a whole head taller than her. "Wow, when'd you get so tall, Nick?"

Nick stared down at her, a faint smirk crossing his lips. "I'm not that tall. You're just really short, Trucy."

Trucy stuck her tongue out at him. Nick searched her face, and his steadfast brown eyes met her unsettling blue ones. Even while slow dancing, Trucy prattled on about the most trivial of things, but Nick didn't mind. Her chattering was like the melody of his life - he wouldn't feel complete without it. Nick himself barely said a word. He just felt his gaze melting into her azure eyes. Holding her in his arms, standing in that gym that still reeked of body odor, with paper streamers falling into their hair... Nick felt happy. It almost felt like Trucy was his.

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The sky was starry and brilliant as they walked back to Trucy's place. The peaceful night silence was pierced only by their occasional laughter. Conversation flowed easily for them, as always. Why wouldn't it? Nick, like the idiot he was, had been too cowardly to admit his feelings to Trucy as they slow danced. He just enjoyed the feeling of holding her warm body and staring into her sparkling eyes...

Nick felt a surge of disappointment when they reached the door of the Wright Anything Agency. He did not want his amazing night to end yet. "Wait," he said, before Trucy could knock. "I have a present for you."

He reached into the deep pocket of his jeans, feeling rather self-conscious. Nick took out a brooch, very similar to the one Trucy wore on a daily basis. It was even in the shape of a suit in a deck of cards. Clubs, since Trucy had diamonds. He pressed the brooch into the palm of Trucy's hand. "Now all you're missing is the hearts and the spades," he joked.

Trucy stared at the brooch. She curled her fingers around it. "Wow," she breathed. "Thanks a lot, Nick. You have no idea how special this is."

"I'm glad you like it. Happy early Valentine's Day." He grinned sheepishly at her.

"Now I feel like a total jerk," she said. "I didn't get you anything."

"That's alright," said Nick. "You can make it up to me by letting me do this." Hesitating for just a split second, he leaned down and softly pressed his lips against hers for the briefest of moments.

Phoenix, who was spying through the peephole, nearly fainted.

A/N: Just so you know, Phoenix had been looking through the peephole for ten minutes before Trucy and Nick's arrival. Hehe. There will be a next chapter, 'cause I already know what's gonna happen next. Hopefully it'll be better than this chapter :/