Tifa & Yuffie II

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Phoenix stiffened and cast a rather half-hearted glare to Miles, looking particularly defensive now. "hey! I do NOT!! I'll admit that I can be a bit of a romantic at times, but I don't 'go all to pieces' over kittens!" he snapped, making an expression amusingly similar to Maya's 'puffer fish face'. "you're so MEAN, Miles!" he complained, folding his arms again and pouting. Cearan was too busy laughing, at first, to reply to Miles' statement, but eventually he replied, still chuckling lightly.
"relax, Mr Edgeworth! I'm not a homophobe or anything! given its weird, but I don't see how it's all that bad!" he said, smiling. "but are you sure you'd want me to come and stay with you? I mean I don't want to be getting in your way or anything"

Phoenix had just about withdrawn from the conversation, muttering to himself about how Miles could be a right ass at times, though as much as it came across that he minded, it was easy enough to tell that he wasn't actually THAT bothered by it.

[Tifa Lockhart]

"Hush Phoenix, you're being a child," Miles scolded playfully, a hand coming to rest on his love's knee beneath the table. They were both only playing, as they so often did
"You wouldn't be in the way, Cearan, we've got a spare bedroom. When I said I owned a big apartment I was under-stating it's size to appear more humble." The slight air of arrogance that Miles had, that had ebbed away since his involvement with Phoenix, flared again for a moment.
"Wright and I - well, mostly just myself - work quite late... so as long as you're confident to mind yourself for the few hours before we get home, I'm sure everything will work out fine."

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Phoenix had promptly elbowed Miles, gently, before smirking slightly and grabbing Miles' hand again and falling silent again, to listen.

Cearan at first still seemed a little unsure whether he should, but after a fairly long moment thinking, he nodded. "well, I guess...I mean I know I can trust you guys...you know me better, so maybe it'll be a little better that way" he decided, with a warm smile. "thanks, Mr Edgeworth, Phoenix, it's really kind of you two to offer to take me in" Phoenix just grinned in response, as was his way.

[Tifa Lockhart]

"You're welcome, Cearan," Miles replied with a smile. "Everyone deserves a chance, I just felt compelled to offer you yours." He stood then, urging Phoenix to follow suit. He tugged his shirt back into its neat place.
"We have some paper work to fill out I suppose... how long will you need to get ready?"

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Cearan smiled. "I'll just need to pack my things up and I'll be ready, so probably a few hours" he replied, also standing as the two men did. Phoenix briefly let go of Miles' hand as he stood, to tug at his gloves which he had left on, before he took hold of his love's hand again, turning to Cearan as he seemed to have a thought. "by the way, Cearan, you aren't allergic to dogs are you?" he asked. Cearan immediately shook his head. "no way! I used to have a retriever when I was little, mom got him before she met dad, so he died a while ago...do you guys have a dog?" he asked, figuring that was why Phoenix had asked. The attorney nodded, smiling. "She's a Shiba Inu, I'm sure she'll love meeting you!" he replied, turning his gaze to Miles to see if the man had anything to say.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Miles seemed quite pleased to learn that Cearan liked dogs.
"I'm sure you and Pess will get along great." He gave Phoenix's hand a squeeze, his own subtle way of expressing his joy. "You go pack while we sort out all the legalities."

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Cearan smiled and nodded, looking surprisingly enthusiastic considering his usual nature. "alright, I'll see you guys then!" he said, waving as he went off to go back to his room and pack his things up (and say goodbye to James, who would be awake by now).

Once Cearan had left, Phoenix turned to give Miles a soft kiss on the lips, smiling warmly as he pulled back. "see, I told it'd be fine!" he said, chuckling lightly. "excited?" he asked, gently urging Miles to follow him as he started walking.

[Tifa Lockhart]

"I don't get excited," Miles insisted as he pulled back from the brief kiss and moved to follow Phoenix out to where they could organise all the legal requirements for adopting Cearan.
"Admittedly... I am possibly close to excited," the prosecutor relented after a moment of silence.

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Phoenix glanced over his shoulder at the man, grinning cheerfully. "great!" he exclaimed, seeming generally cheerful right now.

[Tifa Lockhart]

The paperwork didn't take too long, so soon Phoenix and Edgeworth were waiting in the foyer for Cearan to finish packing his things.

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Cearan finished up his packing as quickly as he could, giving Miss Sarah a quick goodbye, as well as James before he departed his room, heading out into the foyer under the guidance of the owner of the orphanage, not that he felt he needed the guidance.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Miles was standing over by the door, he appeared to be talking to someone on his cell phone. He looked up when Cearan came out and the gestured to Phoenix, seemingly speeding up his phone conversation in an effort to hurry and wrap it up.

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Cearan spotted the men by the door and quickly ran over to them, sporting a few bags with him. Phoenix moved to help him, offering to help with the bags with a warm smile. The boy thanked him and asked politely if he could carry the black suitcase, which Phoenix immediately moved to pick up. It was relatively light considering its size, so he assumed it was his clothing. He then turned to the boy. "so, you looking forward to seeing home for the first time?" he asked, cheerily.
"I guess, a little nervous I suppose, but yeah, I can't wait to see it!" Phoenix laughed
"you'll want to see the VIEW, Miles knows how to pick places to live, that's for sure!" he joked, grinning happily before turning to see if Miles was done on the phone yet. After a moment he grinned in a mischievous fashion and put the bag down for a moment, moving to stand beside Edgeworth and poke his shoulder, just to irritate him.
"Hey...hey Miles...Miles...hey Miles...hey...hey....hey Miles" he repeated, poking him continually for a while before he grinned amusedly. "am I annoying you yet?" he laughed almost childishly, expecting Miles to thump him one and recite something along the lines of "You're a fool Wright!"

[Tifa Lockhart]

Miles glared darkly and swatted Phoenix over the back of the head.
"Wright this is important, so just shut up for a moment," he scolded jokingly enough. He then turned his attention back to his phone conversation.
"Yes... yes... thankyou, deliver it please. Thankyou, that's all." He closed his phone and gave Phoenix a shove. "You're such a child," he sneered before moving to lead Cearan out to his car.

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Phoenix just giggled childishly, offering a playful grin. "hey, you know you love it!" he joked, picking up the bag he was carrying and catching up to Miles and Cearan, the latter of which had moved to stand next to Miles a moment ago. He had a rather cheery attitude right now, a certain hop in his step and a playful glint to his eye, which Miles was quite used to by now. Cearan had found the whole thing rather amusing and even now seemed amused by Phoenix's general attitude. Cearan looked like he was about to say something, but stopped and snapped his fingers as Phoenix managed to call shotgun before him XD.
"what's got you so happy, Phoenix?" he asked, waiting for Miles to pop the boot before he put his bags in and turned back to Phoenix. The Defense attorney quickly did the same with the bag he was carrying before shutting the boot and turning to answer the question.
"nothing, really, I'm just in a good mood!" he replied, grinning happily. "ask Miles and he'll tell you I have mood swing problems" he shrugged, nonchalantly. "heh, at least I don't randomly get in a bad mood, I regularly switch between a good mood and a serious mood, not really much difference though, considering it's me" he laughed, turning to walk around the car, opening the door for Cearan on the way.