Phoenix woke up to see the light coming through the bottom of the bathroom door. He heard Larry snoring slightly as he got out of bed to put his clothes on. Being short of his white t-shirt, he began looking for one the many black ones given to him by Gant. "What did he say about them? Could never have to many? Something like that."
Phoenix looked at the clock. 5:56. "Woah, I never get up this early," he whispered to himself, looking through his bag for clothes. He found the pants, but had to dig deeper for the shirt. Edgeworth came out of the bathroom, drying his hair, shirtless. Phoenix noticed the cross tattoo around Edgeworth's heart. "Surprised I didn't notice it yesturday."
"Hey, twinsies," Phoenix whispered, not wanting to wake up Larry. "I hate that word with all my life," Edgeworth mumbled back. "Come on man! Don't be so gothy today!" "Do these earrings say anything?" Edgeworth asked as he stuck one in.
Phoenix noticed that Edgeworth's hair was growing a little bit, enough for a really small ponytail. Edgeworth pulled on a tank top with a faded rock band name on it. "Green Day?" Phoenix asked. "Yeah."
"Hey, can I do something with your hair?" Phoenix turned a deep red immediately regretting asking. "Sure, don't mess with the bangs, though." Phoenix grabbed a thin rubber band from his bag and walked over to Edgeworth. He pulled the hair back and tied it as tight as he could so it wouldn't fall out. "What the heck?" Edgeworth felt the back of his head. "Oh, come on. I like it." Edgeworth smiled. "It's okay I guess. It has been bothering me."
Larry rolled over and jumped off the bunk. "Can we talk after I take a shower?" He asked Edgeworth with pleading eyes. "Sure," he said, a hint of aggravation in his voice. Larry closed the door, sounding like he was rushing. Phoenix went back to his bag and finally pulled out a t-shirt. He grabbed his vest and threw it on as well.
Phoenix looked at Edgeworth's hand, the bandages gone. "Do you want me to wrap your hands?" Edgeworth looked away, face turning a pink/red. "Sure." Phoenix grabbed the roll of bandages the nurse gave him and got to work. He caressed Edgeworth's hand in his and wrapped the bandages around with the other hand. He didn't want to wrap too many layers, so he wrapped only 3 layers around the palm. Phoenix sighed. "Don't do that to me again, okay? I don't ever want to see you in pain." "I know, Wright, I know. I'm sorry. Speaking of, I don't want to see you in pain either." Edgeworth rubbed Phoenix's hand with his thumb.
Larry came bursting out of the bathroom, only underwear on, interrupting the moment. "Edgey, I'm so sorry man," he said, throwing his pants on. "I didn't mean those words, I promise. I was just mad that...that..." Larry put his t-shirt on. "That what, Larry?" "That...never mind."
Phoenix saw the Psyche-Locks appear around Larry again. "Larry, what is it? Wright, are the Psyche-locks around him?" Phoenix remembered telling Edgeworth about the Psyche-Locks his first day. "Yeah. It's bad. 10 black ones." Larry looked at Phoenix and Edgeworth suspiciously. "What the hell are Psyche-Locks?" "No need for you to know. We just need to break them if you want me to forgive you." Larry sighed. "Guess you guys aren't joking by the look of Nick's bracelet."
The Psyche-Locks began to break, stopping at five. "But...but it's just so stupid..." The Psyche-Locks began breaking again, one left. The one around his heart. "Will you really forgive me, Edgey?" "Of course. I just want to know why you are upset about last night." The last Psyche-Lock broke into what seemed like a million shards.
"I...I just...We have known each other for so long, Edgey. You're the closest person I got. But...but then Nick came around and I could tell you were acting different. I don't want to be alone, Edgey. I don't want you to leave with somebody you just met." Phoenix felt bad for Larry, even though he was bad mouthing him. He didn't mean to take away the only person Larry could be himself around. "Larry...I'm sorry. I didn't know you felt that way." "It's alright man. You can still date Nick, but just...try to understand how I feel, alright? You forgive me?" "Yeah. I forgive you." "Cool."
Larry walked back to the bathroom to fix his hair. "Is there going to be training tomorrow? Since it's Sunday?" "Usually there's not, and I doubt we are going on our mission tomorrow too. I usually just hang out with Kay and Larry." "Alright." They continued to talk while Larry kept fixing his hair. Once he was done, they went to the mess hall, one of the first teams arriving.
"Wow, Edgeworth, you're here early." Kay cartwheeled towards the three, also adding a back flip or two. "Hey, Kay. Do you know what they are going to do about the simulator? They won't have the electric cards for the missions." Kay thought for a moment. "Not sure. Maybe it'll be just free time." "Hopefully." Phoenix remembered the simulator yesterday. It was intense, so he hoped they didn't have it today.
Kay got her breakfast with the boys, since her team wasn't even up yet. "Edgey, get more than that!" Edgeworth didn't even grab a tray, knowing he wouldn't eat much. He peeled the single orange he got and started eating. "Told you yesterday and the day before, and pretty much everyday. Not hungry."
They all sat down, Kay sitting next to Larry and Phoenix next to Edgeworth. Kay smiled, glad that Edgeworth and Phoenix were getting at least a little more serious than a game of spin the bottle.
"Do you feel better, Edgeworth?" Kay asked. "I'm fine. I've had worse." Phoenix looked at Larry, hoping for an answer. "One of the missions, he got hit in the head pretty hard." "Oh." "Is that why he didn't want me messing with the bangs? There can't be a scar on his forehead, the bangs obviously show that. Maybe around the hairline."
Phoenix spun the spoon in the cereal bowl, thinking about last night. "Wonder if Shi-Long got his ass out of here yet."Larry stood up to go smoke in the lobby, Edgeworth following.
Kay scooted over to come face to face with Phoenix. "Have you and Edgeworth talked yet? About the thing?" "Depends which thing you're talking about." "Well, everything last night, really."
"Well, Larry apologized to Edgeworth." "Did you break his Psyche-Locks?" "Yeah." Kay leaned closer to Phoenix. "What was he upset about?" she whispered, afraid that Larry was going to come back at any minute. "Well, he was saying how he was close with Edgeworth and that he was one of the only people he could call a friend or whatever. I guess he was upset because Edgeworth was kind of drifting away from him because of me." Phoenix felt guilty and stared at the bracelet. "Phoenix, don't blame yourself. I don't know how I would take that. Sounds like Larry's jealous of you." "I'd rather not think of it like that."
"Did you talk about anything else?" Phoenix nodded. "I told him not to do that again, but I'm not sure if he knew how much I was pleading." Kay leaned back into her chair. "I don't think he'll do it again. I mean, when he cut his leg he was regretting it for days. I'm sure you asking him just makes him not want to do it more."
Kay's face lit up. "Did you two sleep together?" "Oh my gosh Kay, no! Where did you get that idea?!" "I don't know. You guys are a couple now, so just figured." "Seeing the cross tattoo on Edgeworth's chest, I'm guessing he's Christian and wouldn't sleep with somebody unless he married them." Kay smiled even bigger. "Guessing you're Christian too if you knew that. But tell me, just how did you see his chest?" Phoenix sighed, getting annoyed with Kay. "He was getting out of the shower." "Then what's up with the ponytail?" Phoenix did a face-palm, forgetting all about the hair and hand rubbing. "Okay, I don't see how that relates to sleeping together, but I did do his hair and bandages."
Kay gave a bigger grin than seemed possible. "So you did his bandages too? Did you hold hands for a while?" Phoenix blushed. "He kind of rubbed his thumb and it felt...relaxing." Kay squealed. "I'm glad you found someone for you, especially since it's Edgeworth."
Kay leaned in once again and whispered to Phoenix. "Edgeworth didn't want to be gay. He didn't know what his religion would think of him." Phoenix smiled. "Well, I'm in his religion, so he doesn't have to worry." Phoenix looked up and saw Larry and Edgeworth walking back. People were starting to gather in the mess hall, so they all sat and talked until Gant came up to the podium where the microphone stood. Kay went to sit with her team when they came and Mia and Maya sat with the boys.
"I apologize for the last minute cancellation of missions last night. Missions will resume on Monday, so you guys better get your rest!" Gant left the stand, Phoenix relived that he was back to his normal self.
"So is B-4 back?" Mia stood up, as usual, looking for them. "Oh yeah! There are the Marshells!" Larry gave Mia a glance. "What about Goodman?" "Um, I don't see him. Maybe he's just in the room. He's probably tired, being on a mission for two days." Larry didn't buy it. He stood up, mumbling something about the restroom.
"Here. I'll come with," Phoenix volunteered. Larry pushed open the doors. "Medical Area?" he asked. Larry nodded, doing a speed walk. Larry opened the doors, gasping. Phoenix peeked over his shoulder to see a man with an eye-patch and stitches across his chest. "GOODMAN!" Larry yelled, not making the effort to keep his voice down. "That's his cousin I guess." The nurse, with clipboard in hand, gave Phoenix a glare. "I'm going to be seeing you a lot, aren't I?" "Um, yeah." Phoenix didn't want to interrupt crazy Larry, so he left and went to the Science room to tell Ema about last night. "She's going to enjoy this."