*This is my first time writing a gay love scene, so...just know I tried really hard XD*
"What?! Cancelled?!" "Yeah, man. They cancelled all the missions for tonight." Phoenix was shocked, hearing the news. He was already getting ready for his mission that night when Larry came in and broke the news to him. "Why?" "I don't know. Maybe Mia knows. I'll go ask her. Want to come with?" "Sure."
They walked down the hall and turned a corner. Phoenix was the one to knock on the door. "Yes? Oh, Phoenix! What are you doing here?" "Um, do you know why the missions are cancelled? I mean, the missions are kind of important. That's what keeps the organization running." "Oh, I'm not sure. Maybe it is because of B-4." Mia bit her tongue, realizing that Larry was standing right there as soon as the words left her mouth.
"What?! I thought you said they were okay!" Maya came running up behind her sister. "What's all the ruckus? Oh, hey Larry!" For once, Larry didn't pay attention to Maya, but her sister. "Larry, I didn't want to worry yo-" "You could have at least told us!"
"There you guys are!" Phoenix jumped at the sound of Edgeworth's voice. "Edgey, are missions cancelled because of B-4?" "What?! B-4's still gone?!" Mia sighed, all the commotion going on at once. Phoenix tried to handle the situation. "Look, let's all calm dow-" "No! Mia told me B-4 was fine and they're not!" Phoenix was ticked off at Larry's attitude.
"Why does he care so much about one team?" "Larry, what's the big deal? I'm sure th-" "The big deal is that my cousin is on that team!" Phoenix was shocked at Larry's words. "And this bitch lie-" Edgeworth slapped Larry across the face. "Don't you ever call Mia that again!" Phoenix stood still, breaking into a cold sweat. "What the hell did Edgeworth just do?!" "Larry! I know your cousin is on that team, but don't you ever call Mia that again! I don't care what is going on between you two, you don't ever do that." Larry glared at Edgeworth. "Sorry Mia," he mumbled. Mia smiled. "It's okay Larry. I know you didn't mean it. Just remember. Don't do it again." "Alright." "What the heck just happened? Larry acted like Edgeworth's mom yesterday, now he's being scolded by him."
Edgeworth smiled at Phoenix. "Why are you upset? Cat got your tongue?" Phoenix got out of his startled position. "I-I'm fine." Maya laughed behind Mia. "Hey, can they come in? Maybe we can have a party tonight, since there's no missions!" "Well it's up to them." Mia turned towards the boys. "Do you want to party in here?" Larry was the first to say yes, Phoenix and Edgeworth repeating.
Mia let them in. "Hey, where's Maggey?" Phoenix asked. "Well, since you creamed Shi-Long, she's hanging out with Gumshoe in their room."
The boys all sat on the floor, cross-legged while Maya was hopping around, grabbing things party worthy. "Let's play spin the bottle!" "You sure that's smart Maya?" Mia asked, nervous. "Oh come on! It's not like it's serious anyway!"
Maya grabbed an almost empty water bottle and drank the remaining droplets. "Okay here we go. Larry! You spin first!" Larry gave a smile, rubbed his hands together, and spun the bottle. Phoenix leaned back against the edge of the bed while it continued to spin. Larry almost jumped up with excitement when it was slowing down at Maya. Unfortunately, it continued to Mia. "Make up kiss!" Maya shouted. "Alright, come here Larry!" Larry leaned over on the ground and allowed Mia to give him a quick kiss on the cheek.
Everybody clapped, including Edgeworth. "Okay, my turn!" Maya spun the bottle like a crazy woman, spinning for what seemed like forever. It finally landed on Phoenix, his face turning red. "Come here!" Phoenix leaned in, nervous of what Larry would do to him later. Maya got onto her feet and gave Phoenix a kiss on the forehead. "Nick, your turn now!" Phoenix was surprised to hear the voice come from Maya, not Larry. He ignored it as he spun the bottle.
"Please be one of the girls," he thought to himself. Even though he was gay, he didn't know what the others would think if they saw him more comfortable kissing Larry or Edgeworth. Even the bottle started slowing down at Maya, it continued and finally stopped at Edgeworth.
"Frick! What if what Ema said is true?! I don't even know h-" Phoenix had his thoughts interrupted from Edgeworth giving him a full kiss on the lips. Nobody else seemed to be in the room now, just Phoenix and Edgeworth. Phoenix relaxed and gave the kiss back, not giving a care in the world if others saw. He then knew that Edgeworth was the one for him, no matter what. He held the kiss until Edgeworth gently pulled back. The room was quiet, everybody staring at the two. The two boys faces turned a deep deep red really quickly. They were still looking deep into each other's eyes. Phoenix was the first to smile, Edgeworth following. "I didn't know you were such a good kisser, Edgeworth, or else I would have done something sooner." Edgeworth gave his smirk back. "I didn't know you were a good one too, Wright."
"Um, sorry to interrupt, but what the hell was that?!" The two boys, now lovers as it seemed, looked at Larry's dumbfounded face. Edgeworth and Phoenix laughed, not really caring that everybody saw. "Too bad Shi-Long wasn't here to see it," Phoenix joked. Everybody laughed, directing the attention off of the crazy kiss. "Mia, it's your turn!"
The night continued full of kisses and giggles. Edgeworth's spins landed on Larry once, but landed on Mia or Phoenix for most of the time. Edgeworth, Phoenix, and Larry walked back to their own room after Mia smacked Larry for trying a kiss on Maya's lips.
As soon as Larry closed the door, he started going psycho. Not for B-4, he had his mind off that, but for Phoenix and Edgeworth's "stunt". "What the fricken hell was that?! Are you two drunk!?" Phoenix laughed, Edgeworth smiling. "No, just...normal." "Dude, that's not normal what-so-ever. Edgey, that is just so unlike you! I'm convinced you're drunk." "Well, I'm not Larry, so deal with it. We didn't even drink alcohol."
"Nick, I thought you said you had a girlfriend!" "Yeah, the one that tried to kill me! I realized that I was gay during training." "You can't just date one girl and say your ga-" "On the contrary, most people don't even date the opposite sex and realize they're gay," Edgeworth interrupted, taking Phoenix's side, both physically and in the argument.
"Larry, I don't see what the problem is," Phoenix said, trying to calm him down. "You seriously don't see the problem?! One of the many problems?!" "Fine, Larry. Name one problem." "Well, one of the many I can name is what everybody is going to think of us! I mean, Maya probably thinks I'm gay now, so that ruins my chances with her!" Phoenix and Edgeworth stopped smiling. Edgeworth spoke first. "That's seriously what you are upset about?! Larry! Who cares what others think of you!" "Oh yeah, says the boy with anxiety issues about his dead daddy."
Edgeworth was taken back, surprised that Larry even touched that subject. "Don't you ever bring my dad up again!" "Why not? Like you said, and I quote, I don't see what the problem is. It's fact and you know it." Edgeworth growled. "Back to the subject," he said through clenched teeth. Phoenix couldn't tell if they were closed because he was trying not to cry or just plain old angry. He let Edgeworth continue anyway, not wanting to have Larry yell at him, since Edgeworth knew Larry for longer.
"Look, there're a bunch of other people who make themselves more known and embarrass themselves everyday if you're concerned about popularity or whatever." "No, it's not that!" "Then what the hell is it, Larry?!" "You won't understand." "I won't understand?! You haven't even been understanding the situation." "Fine! I'll tell you then!" Phoenix cringed at Larry's volume-rising voice.
"You just kissed a boy, who you just met yesterday I might add, while it took you forever to ask everybody else out! It pisses me off! That 'love' is not real! Deal with it!" Phoenix saw Edgeworth's blood rising.
"That's seriously what you are ticked off about?! That I found somebody that I like?! That I found somebody, even though I'm younger, and your still looking? Don't tell me it's true Larry, or else I will be pissed off." "Well, guess what, pretty boy, it is! You can't just find somebody and date them the next day!" "What the hell would you know?! All you have your eyes on is Maya and she doesn't even like you back!"
Edgeworth and Larry continued to argue. Phoenix was lost in thought, looking at his bracelet, glowing a dark green. He looked up at Larry. Not 4, but 10 black Psyche-Locks around him. "What the hell is he hiding?"
"And you can just get the hell out of here with your new boyfriend, because I don't give a damn anymore! Just get the #*& out of my face, you disgusting bastard!"
Phoenix was brought back to reality from Larry's last argument. Edgeworth paused and stared at his friend. Larry realized what he just said, his face softening. "E-Edgey, I'm so-" Edgeworth shoved past Larry, running out the door. Larry cursed under his breath.
"Larry, I know you're hiding something, but I'll talk to you about it later." Phoenix walked out the door before Larry could ask him what it was. Phoenix walked down the hallway, figuring Edgeworth ran to the music room. He wanted to run after him, but Edgeworth might go somewhere different if Phoenix followed him.
As he turned another corner, he ran into Kay. "Oh, sorry Phoenix! Are you alright?" "Yeah, I'm fine. I'll have to talk to you later, Kay." "Oh, alright. What's the problem?" "I'll tell you tomorrow," Phoenix said back, walking down the hall once more.
He flew the door open to the music room to see Edgeworth biting his lip, unsuccessful in stopping the tears. He was holding his right arm behind his back, which Phoenix found strange. Then, Phoenix saw blood drip from behind Edgeworth through the opening of his spread apart legs.
"E-Edgeworth!" Phoenix ran up to him and pulled his hands in front of his body. Edgeworth's left hand was holding a bloody knife while the right was just covered in blood. "What did you do?! Here, give me the knife."
Edgeworth kept still as Phoenix pulled the knife from his hand. Phoenix took off his vest and started cutting his shirt into pieces when Kay came running in.
"Edgeworth! What happened?" When Kay saw Edgeworth's pained face and Phoenix cutting his shirt into strips, she understood. "Don't tell me you hurt yourself again!" "Again?!" Phoenix questioned. "He cut his leg when his dad...you know."
It seemed like Edgeworth was in another world, eyes sealed shut, tears coming out through the cracks, breathing heavy like his anxiety attack just yesterday. Phoenix began wrapping the torn strips around Edgeworth's hand. "Here, let's get him to the medical ar-" "No..."
Phoenix looked at Edgeworth as he whispered the word. "I-I-I-I'm f-f-f-f-f-f-f-" "Edgeworth, your not fine," Kay said, answering Edgeworth's unfinished sentence. "Please...please no."
Phoenix was shocked. "Edgeworth, you'll be fine if you just let us help you." "No...please no. No-not that aga-again." "What again?"
"Edgeworth, it's for your own good!" Kay was aggravated at Edgeworth for not cooperating. "Edgeworth...please..." Edgeworth looked at Phoenix, pleading. "O-o-okay." Phoenix finished wrapping the strips and put his vest back on, but didn't have a shirt to cover his fine toned stomach muscles. He took another look at Edgeworth, shaking.
"Here, get on my back." Edgeworth didn't argue, wrapping his left arm around Phoenix's neck. He let Phoenix grab his legs, piggy back style, and walk out the door, Kay behind them. "Oh, crap..."
Phoenix saw Shi-Long around the corner, his bag in hand, indicating that he was indeed leaving the organization for good. He looked up at Phoenix carrying Edgeworth, showing his evil fanged smile. "Well, well, well. So you two are dating now! How sweet!"
Phoenix just glared at Shi-Long, even though it was kind of the truth. Phoenix walked a little faster, boots hitting the concrete floor. Edgeworth looked away from Shi-Long, embarrassed from the hand and tears. Kay followed Phoenix, picking up the pace.
"What's the matter, porcupine? You mute from the black eye?" Phoenix felt Edgeworth breathing heavy again. "It's okay," he whispered.
Phoenix finally got to the medical area, successfully getting away from Shi-Long without a fight. The nurse came in and immediately started taking care of Edgeworth, Phoenix and Kay standing back.
"What did Edgeworth mean by 'again'," Phoenix asked Kay. "Oh, therapy." "For hurting himself?" "Yeah. He said it's just a waste of time and it didn't help. It had helped until today." Phoenix nodded.
"Why all of a sudden did he do it?" Phoenix shook his head, as dumbfounded as Kay. He explained what happened in the girls' room and Larry's outburst when they came back.
"What did Larry say right before Edgeworth walked out?" "Well, for a little of the argument I was distracted, but at the end, Larry lost it. He told Edgeworth to get out of his *(%#^% face and he also called him a disgusting bastard." Kay was shocked, hearing the words said.
"Edgeworth is sensitive to name calling. What were you distracted with?" "Oh, my bracelet." "Was it glowing again?" "Yeah, but for a different reason than wrestling."
Phoenix explained the magnetama to Kay and his discovery of black Psyche-Locks. "I think the black ones would be harder ones to break than regular ones." "Yeah, they just give out a cold vibe, like they would die protecting that secret."
When the nurse was done patching up Edgeworth's hand, she talked to him a little bit, arranging a time for the therapy.
"Is everything alright?" Phoenix asked the nurse. She nodded, not saying a word. Edgeworth still looked uneasy, so Phoenix carried him back to the room. "See you in the morning, Kay." "See ya guys!"
Phoenix pushed the familiar metal door open to see Larry, pacing around the room. He looked up at the sound of the door closing. "Edgey, I'm so..." Larry stopped in mid-sentence, seeing Edgeworth's bandages. "Shit...man I'm so sorry. I really didn't mean it, you have to believe me. Please, man...forgive me." Edgeworth was silent. "We can talk tomorrow. Put me down, Phoenix." Phoenix set Edgeworth on the floor. He pulled off the t-shirt and pants, only in his boxers as he climbed up the bed and faced the wall, going to sleep after the fast-paced night. "Nick-" "We can talk tomorrow, Larry." Phoenix pulled off his vest and pants, hopping in bed too. Larry sighed and turned off the light, going to sleep himself.