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fic: Poly Polly
Title: Poly Polly
Series: Ace Attorney
Character/pairing: Klavier/Apollo/Athena/Juniper with Nahyuta/Ema, Trucy, Juniper/Hugh/Robin,
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 2,251
Summary: Caught up in confusion about romantic ties that sprung up last couple of years, Apollo confesses the convoluted love triangle he's accidentally gotten himself into. Klavier is only too happy to help. With power point presentations and polymory pamphlets. Ema and Nahyuta somehow arrive at this seminar as well.
Author's note: This whole thing came from a joke about how much I multiship when it comes to Apollo and Athena. I actually left out a couple pairs for the sake of simplicity.
After the case, Prosecutor Gavin approached him.
"Good to see you back in the states, ja. Oh? Why the frown? What is it, Herr Forehead? Are you hungry?"
Apollo rubbed at his head.
"It was a pretty long case."
"Then let me buy you dinner."
Apollo blushed. "I-I think I'll pass."
"Then, a drink? My treat."
"All right. But it's got to be quick. My flight back to Khura'in is in just a couple days and I've got to make sure my things are packed."
He'd taken this case on as a favor to Mr. Wright. It was good to see everyone again, but he'd pay hell for the jetlag that was coming.
Soon enough they were off to a nearby bar that served lawyers, called "The Bar." When people went there, they'd say they were 'taking The Bar.'
At least they would if they were Mr. Dad Joke Wright.
The place was cozy, with a big wooden bar and a whole lot of familiar faces. A too loud Gaviners song played on the jukebox.
Klavier ordered some fruity mixed drink with a name so ribald it made Apollo blush, while Apollo just had a beer.
"Now, Herr Forehead, tell me all your troubles. Lay all your problems upon my bosom," Klavier said.
Apollo grimaced. "You didn't have to put it like that," Apollo said.
Apollo glumly looked down at his beer bottle. "So, there's this girl."
Klavier nodded knowingly.
"Ah, often there is. Though sometimes, it's a boy. Or someone who identifies beyond either male or female."
Klavier's voice made Apollo shift uncomfortably in his seat. The way he could make some inflections sound so suggestion and honey sweet was really doing things to him.
Things he didn't have time to consider. Like the fact that it was supposed to be just two guys out for a drink and felt like a date.
The last thing he needed was more love troubles right now.
"Could it be your pants are too tight?"
Apollo flushed as red as his suit. "I'm fine!"
"Ah, yes you are. You are very fine," Klavier said. "Now, tell me: Is it that lovely new recruit? The redhead?"
Apollo nodded. "Yeah, it's Athena."
"I thought so. I sensed something between you."
Klavier smiled. "Good choice, Herr Forehead. She's quite brilliant, spritely and lovely."
"That's not all. She's also in love with her friend. Who is also in love with me. And her."
"Ah....So that's how it is," Klavier said.
He took a sip of his drink.
"I do not see the problem here. If anything, it seems a very easy answer as all parties love each other. All you have to do is figure out if you need to get a bigger apartment to move in together, if you wanted to live all in one place," Klavier said.
"Well, I don't really know her friend that well, but she's--" he rubbed sheepishly at his hair now. "--Pretty cute."
"See? All the edges fit," Klavier said.
"But, then, we'd have to choose. And no matter who chooses, somebody is going to get hurt."
"Why?"
"Because--" Apollo broke off. But he couldn't find a single excuse or objection. In fact, Klavier's whole question shattered some wall inside him.
Why couldn't he, Juniper and Athena all love each other?
"Because that's what society says? Nein. How preposterous. Some people are limitless in their affections. Like me."
Klavier leaned in a little closer, until Apollo could smell the soap he used. Of course he would wear Old Spice.
"Invite your girls. I'll put on a show which will catch their eye, and explain you the many facets of love."
"Is this going to be something I regret?" Apollo said.
Klavier winked. "Now, now, Herr Forehead. You'd never regret or forget a night with me."
Maybe for once Klavier was right. His pants were suddenly too tight.
*
They'd pulled out several fold out seats in the crowded seating room of the Wright Anything Agency. Apollo was wedged between floating spaghetti tricks and other magic props, while Athena and Juniper were seated just behind him.
On the other side, Ema munched away, with Nahyuta right next to her.
Klavier pulled out a power point presentation about as gaudy as the man himself.
"Now, let me tell you about love," Klavier said.
Ema stopped in her snacking to cup her mouth and start jeering.
"Hey, Prosecutor Gavin! The 90s called, they want their power points back!"
"I didn't even know it was possible for power points to be that glittery," Ema said on aside, to Prosecutor Sahdmadhi.
"The world is full of many mysteries," Prosecutor Sahdmadhi said.
But Prosecutor Gavin was used to her insults by now. "Anything is possible, fräulein," Klavier said.
He turned to Apollo. "Herr Forehead. Is she one of your loves?"
"Not even. I'm just here for the free snacks and to insult you," Ema said.
"And him?" Klavier said. He motioned to where Prosecutor Sahdmadhi serenely sat beside her.
"He's my brother. I'm not sure why he's here," Apollo said.
"Free snacks?" Ema suggested.
"Ema told me she was attending a lecture. I wanted to learn as well. Is there any additional pamphlets for me to read?"
"That would imply Prosecutor Gavin would let the spotlight leave him for more than two seconds," Ema said.
"It's more an impromptu thing," Apollo said dryly.
Klavier ignored their criticism, and pointed up at the powerpoint presentation.
"Let's rock--with with lecture on the beautiful, the wonderful Polyamory!"
He snapped his fingers for effect.
"Polly-what?" Athena said.
Juniper looked up from her knitting. The scarf was all hearts.
"Society says you must choose, and I say society is wrong. The heart is vast and endless~"
Klavier went into a song interlude, as he pointed out the parts of his incredibly glittery powerpoint.
"Did he just go into an 80s cover band version of edutainment about sex education?" Ema said.
No one answered her, and Klavier's 80s power ballad interlude ended, only to go back to the class.
"There are several models of loving multiple people. The triad, the open relationship, the polycule, polyfidelity, polysingle, an open relationship, a limited open relationship--but for you, it seems more that of a triad, or a throuple. Where all of you date each other, all of you love each other. If what Apollo told me is right, you--" he pointed to Athena now, in his best prosecutor's objection stance "are in love with both your dear friend, and Apollo here."
Athena blushed bright red. "That's--t-true."
"Juniper gasped. Really? Thenie? But I'm also in love with Apollo! I'm so happy we love the same person! Well, more than one person. Because I have to confess, I'm also in love with my friends, too."
Klavier snapped his fingers. "See? Simple."
"But...that wasn't simple at all!" Apollo burst out.
"Ah, society frowns upon such things. But society frowns upon many things they do not understand, like the love between two men, and two women. Or sometimes both those women are in love with each other, and the men, who are also in love with each other! Sometimes, those loves cover all of Seattle!"
"No, because that's not all. "Because it's not a triad. Because I--"
Ema's munching intensified.
Apollo glared at Ema.
"Ema, please."
Ema rolled her eyes. "What? It got intense!"
"Because I--have a little thing for--"
Apollo balled his fists, his voice took the fever pitch of a chords of steel exercise.
"--YOU!"
Ema let out a sigh. "Saw it coming years ago. You still have bad taste, Apollo. You could've at least gotten yourself that six foot goth samurai and gotten to spend time with a bird wearing a banana and a permanent discount at Hot Topic out of it."
They ignored her comments. Klavier burst into a big smile. "Finally! I've been trying to catch your eye for years. Achtung, Baby! We're all dating now!"
"Really, it's that easy?" Athena said. Wow! Widget chimed in.
"I'm so happy!" Juniper blushed deep as she knitted heart after heart in her little scarf.
"Of course, certain rules will have to be negotiated. And the lovely flower over there must inform her friends. I do not think we are dating them as well."
"While this has been an interesting lecture, this is entirely wrong. The term--Polyamory--That's Greek and Roman root words. The proper term would be Multiamory. Mixing Greek and Latin roots is deeply putrid to my senses."
"All minor quibbles, Herr Monk. After all, just look at the foibles of the English language. It is a very amorous language. It borrows from the French, the old English tongue, even the German and many other languages. Sometimes at once. You could say English is a dirty girl who is vary polyamorous, for our language is one of many loves."
Ema tugged at the scarf tied at her throat. "You--speak ancient Greek and Latin?"
"Naturally, they are the building blocks of our civilization. I also am fluent in English, German, Japanese and French, and many varients of Khura'inese, to say nothing of traditional Zheng Faiean."
"Oh, fuck it," Ema said under her breath.
Ema grabbed his collar and kissed him right in front of everyone. Juniper blushed, and her hat fell straight off her head.
"Seriously, Ema? Right in front of his presentation?!" Apollo said.
Ema gave him a one finger salute, and didn't even come up for air until Nahyuta's mouth was smeared with her lipstick.
"Good luck dating Prosecutor Gavin. He's going to take up all the bathroom space with hair products, keep you up until dawn when he's composing some stupid catchy song, fill the fridge with green juice protein shakes, blind you with glitter, and worst of all are the dirty things he does to the German language."
"You sound like you dated him, Ema," Apollo said.
"Worse, I worked with him for four years," Ema said.
Klavier bent over in a laugh. "You say that, fräulein, yet if you would look in the mirror, you would find your are just as high maintenance as me. You call me 'glimmorus fop' and 'princess Gavin' and yet, all along you were a princess as well!"
Athena, Apollo, and Juniper full out gasped.
Apollo flinched. "Klavier, you didn't...!"
Nahyuta placed his hand upon Ema's shoulder, and removed the bag of snacks from her tight grip.
"Prosecutor Gavin, you wouldn't dare---"
"Now, now, Ema. Murder isn't allowed," Nahyuta said soothingly.
"But, he--"
He put himself between Klavier and her. "Remember, Ema. You are supposed to save people, not murder them. Release these putrid thoughts. Let it go, and move on."
"Grrrr he's just so! So! Aggravating! How could he say something like that about me?"
Ema glanced around the room. Apollo coughed and looked away, while Athena sheepishly tapped her fingertips together. Juniper looked from one to another in confusion.
"What? You agree with him?"
"I mean, 'princess' might be a bit strong, but..." Athena trailed off.
Apollo was far more blunt. "You definitely used to make us do cartwheels to get the autopsy reports back in the day. I say if the shoe fits, wear it."
"No, it is exactly the right word for you," Nahyuta said.
"Not you too!"
"Oh no, trouble in paradise!" Athena said.
"Your lively personality is charming, and I admire your strength of wit and will. And you will be a princess, if I have any say in it," Nahyuta said.
Ema clutched her cheek, which were now a flaming pink. "N-Nahyuta!"
"Wait, did he just--" Juniper said.
Athena clasped at her cheeks in shock. "I think he did!"
"Wow, a real royal wedding!" Junipier and Athena clutched hands.
"No, it is a statement of intention. I have been planning how I would woo her for a very long time. I simply had some...loose ends to take care of before it could be managed. However, in her usual way, she broke all those plans and started the wooing early."
Ema stuck her tongue out at Klavier. "Just for that, you're not invited to my hypothetical future wedding. Even if you are dating Apollo who's bound to be the best man."
"Now, Ema..." Nahyuta said.
"It's my hypothetical future wedding, and I can be a bridezilla if I want," Ema said.
"So, you're saying I can have more than one boyfriend and girlfriend?" Trucy piped up from the back, where she had hidden behind the doorway.
He hadn't even seen her at the door.
"Fräulein, you can have as many boyfriends and girlfriends as you want!"
"Good! Because I just got confessed to by two girls who are twins, and I couldn't choose. Now I can just accept both of their confessions."
"Mr. Wright is going to kill us," Apollo said.
Athena nodded along sadly.
*
Apollo and Athena glanced at each other. The flirting in the office had become constant, and on more than one occasion Phoenix had walked right in on them.
"You start," Athena said.
Apollo crossed his arms over his chest. "Fine, I'll tell him."
"Is this about that broken teacup?" Phoenix said.
"No, that was one of Trucy's magic tricks," Apollo said.
"Actually, sir we're---"
"---all dating!" Athena spilled out.
"You said you wanted me to tell?" Apollo said.
Athena folded her hands and burst into a big smile. "I couldn't hold it in anymore!"
Phoenix spat out his tea. "All of you?"
Athena burst into a big smile. "Yep! It feels wonderful to finally say that! Apollo and Juniper and Klavier and I are all together! Oh, and Juniper is also dating her friends, but that's another thing."
Phoenix was sweating like he was bluffing straight through a trial. "W-what about Trucy?"
"What about her?" Apollo said dryly.
"She isn't--"
Apollo and Athena both shook their heads.
Phoenix let out a long sigh of relief. But moments later, he rose up with a determined look in his eye.
"There's a second power point presentation today. It's mandatory," Phoenix said.
"But we're going to lunch," Athena said.
"It'll have to wait. This is important," Phoenix said.
At the top of the poster board, he wrote Grammyre Family tree.
Series: Ace Attorney
Character/pairing: Klavier/Apollo/Athena/Juniper with Nahyuta/Ema, Trucy, Juniper/Hugh/Robin,
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 2,251
Summary: Caught up in confusion about romantic ties that sprung up last couple of years, Apollo confesses the convoluted love triangle he's accidentally gotten himself into. Klavier is only too happy to help. With power point presentations and polymory pamphlets. Ema and Nahyuta somehow arrive at this seminar as well.
Author's note: This whole thing came from a joke about how much I multiship when it comes to Apollo and Athena. I actually left out a couple pairs for the sake of simplicity.
After the case, Prosecutor Gavin approached him.
"Good to see you back in the states, ja. Oh? Why the frown? What is it, Herr Forehead? Are you hungry?"
Apollo rubbed at his head.
"It was a pretty long case."
"Then let me buy you dinner."
Apollo blushed. "I-I think I'll pass."
"Then, a drink? My treat."
"All right. But it's got to be quick. My flight back to Khura'in is in just a couple days and I've got to make sure my things are packed."
He'd taken this case on as a favor to Mr. Wright. It was good to see everyone again, but he'd pay hell for the jetlag that was coming.
Soon enough they were off to a nearby bar that served lawyers, called "The Bar." When people went there, they'd say they were 'taking The Bar.'
At least they would if they were Mr. Dad Joke Wright.
The place was cozy, with a big wooden bar and a whole lot of familiar faces. A too loud Gaviners song played on the jukebox.
Klavier ordered some fruity mixed drink with a name so ribald it made Apollo blush, while Apollo just had a beer.
"Now, Herr Forehead, tell me all your troubles. Lay all your problems upon my bosom," Klavier said.
Apollo grimaced. "You didn't have to put it like that," Apollo said.
Apollo glumly looked down at his beer bottle. "So, there's this girl."
Klavier nodded knowingly.
"Ah, often there is. Though sometimes, it's a boy. Or someone who identifies beyond either male or female."
Klavier's voice made Apollo shift uncomfortably in his seat. The way he could make some inflections sound so suggestion and honey sweet was really doing things to him.
Things he didn't have time to consider. Like the fact that it was supposed to be just two guys out for a drink and felt like a date.
The last thing he needed was more love troubles right now.
"Could it be your pants are too tight?"
Apollo flushed as red as his suit. "I'm fine!"
"Ah, yes you are. You are very fine," Klavier said. "Now, tell me: Is it that lovely new recruit? The redhead?"
Apollo nodded. "Yeah, it's Athena."
"I thought so. I sensed something between you."
Klavier smiled. "Good choice, Herr Forehead. She's quite brilliant, spritely and lovely."
"That's not all. She's also in love with her friend. Who is also in love with me. And her."
"Ah....So that's how it is," Klavier said.
He took a sip of his drink.
"I do not see the problem here. If anything, it seems a very easy answer as all parties love each other. All you have to do is figure out if you need to get a bigger apartment to move in together, if you wanted to live all in one place," Klavier said.
"Well, I don't really know her friend that well, but she's--" he rubbed sheepishly at his hair now. "--Pretty cute."
"See? All the edges fit," Klavier said.
"But, then, we'd have to choose. And no matter who chooses, somebody is going to get hurt."
"Why?"
"Because--" Apollo broke off. But he couldn't find a single excuse or objection. In fact, Klavier's whole question shattered some wall inside him.
Why couldn't he, Juniper and Athena all love each other?
"Because that's what society says? Nein. How preposterous. Some people are limitless in their affections. Like me."
Klavier leaned in a little closer, until Apollo could smell the soap he used. Of course he would wear Old Spice.
"Invite your girls. I'll put on a show which will catch their eye, and explain you the many facets of love."
"Is this going to be something I regret?" Apollo said.
Klavier winked. "Now, now, Herr Forehead. You'd never regret or forget a night with me."
Maybe for once Klavier was right. His pants were suddenly too tight.
*
They'd pulled out several fold out seats in the crowded seating room of the Wright Anything Agency. Apollo was wedged between floating spaghetti tricks and other magic props, while Athena and Juniper were seated just behind him.
On the other side, Ema munched away, with Nahyuta right next to her.
Klavier pulled out a power point presentation about as gaudy as the man himself.
"Now, let me tell you about love," Klavier said.
Ema stopped in her snacking to cup her mouth and start jeering.
"Hey, Prosecutor Gavin! The 90s called, they want their power points back!"
"I didn't even know it was possible for power points to be that glittery," Ema said on aside, to Prosecutor Sahdmadhi.
"The world is full of many mysteries," Prosecutor Sahdmadhi said.
But Prosecutor Gavin was used to her insults by now. "Anything is possible, fräulein," Klavier said.
He turned to Apollo. "Herr Forehead. Is she one of your loves?"
"Not even. I'm just here for the free snacks and to insult you," Ema said.
"And him?" Klavier said. He motioned to where Prosecutor Sahdmadhi serenely sat beside her.
"He's my brother. I'm not sure why he's here," Apollo said.
"Free snacks?" Ema suggested.
"Ema told me she was attending a lecture. I wanted to learn as well. Is there any additional pamphlets for me to read?"
"That would imply Prosecutor Gavin would let the spotlight leave him for more than two seconds," Ema said.
"It's more an impromptu thing," Apollo said dryly.
Klavier ignored their criticism, and pointed up at the powerpoint presentation.
"Let's rock--with with lecture on the beautiful, the wonderful Polyamory!"
He snapped his fingers for effect.
"Polly-what?" Athena said.
Juniper looked up from her knitting. The scarf was all hearts.
"Society says you must choose, and I say society is wrong. The heart is vast and endless~"
Klavier went into a song interlude, as he pointed out the parts of his incredibly glittery powerpoint.
"Did he just go into an 80s cover band version of edutainment about sex education?" Ema said.
No one answered her, and Klavier's 80s power ballad interlude ended, only to go back to the class.
"There are several models of loving multiple people. The triad, the open relationship, the polycule, polyfidelity, polysingle, an open relationship, a limited open relationship--but for you, it seems more that of a triad, or a throuple. Where all of you date each other, all of you love each other. If what Apollo told me is right, you--" he pointed to Athena now, in his best prosecutor's objection stance "are in love with both your dear friend, and Apollo here."
Athena blushed bright red. "That's--t-true."
"Juniper gasped. Really? Thenie? But I'm also in love with Apollo! I'm so happy we love the same person! Well, more than one person. Because I have to confess, I'm also in love with my friends, too."
Klavier snapped his fingers. "See? Simple."
"But...that wasn't simple at all!" Apollo burst out.
"Ah, society frowns upon such things. But society frowns upon many things they do not understand, like the love between two men, and two women. Or sometimes both those women are in love with each other, and the men, who are also in love with each other! Sometimes, those loves cover all of Seattle!"
"No, because that's not all. "Because it's not a triad. Because I--"
Ema's munching intensified.
Apollo glared at Ema.
"Ema, please."
Ema rolled her eyes. "What? It got intense!"
"Because I--have a little thing for--"
Apollo balled his fists, his voice took the fever pitch of a chords of steel exercise.
"--YOU!"
Ema let out a sigh. "Saw it coming years ago. You still have bad taste, Apollo. You could've at least gotten yourself that six foot goth samurai and gotten to spend time with a bird wearing a banana and a permanent discount at Hot Topic out of it."
They ignored her comments. Klavier burst into a big smile. "Finally! I've been trying to catch your eye for years. Achtung, Baby! We're all dating now!"
"Really, it's that easy?" Athena said. Wow! Widget chimed in.
"I'm so happy!" Juniper blushed deep as she knitted heart after heart in her little scarf.
"Of course, certain rules will have to be negotiated. And the lovely flower over there must inform her friends. I do not think we are dating them as well."
"While this has been an interesting lecture, this is entirely wrong. The term--Polyamory--That's Greek and Roman root words. The proper term would be Multiamory. Mixing Greek and Latin roots is deeply putrid to my senses."
"All minor quibbles, Herr Monk. After all, just look at the foibles of the English language. It is a very amorous language. It borrows from the French, the old English tongue, even the German and many other languages. Sometimes at once. You could say English is a dirty girl who is vary polyamorous, for our language is one of many loves."
Ema tugged at the scarf tied at her throat. "You--speak ancient Greek and Latin?"
"Naturally, they are the building blocks of our civilization. I also am fluent in English, German, Japanese and French, and many varients of Khura'inese, to say nothing of traditional Zheng Faiean."
"Oh, fuck it," Ema said under her breath.
Ema grabbed his collar and kissed him right in front of everyone. Juniper blushed, and her hat fell straight off her head.
"Seriously, Ema? Right in front of his presentation?!" Apollo said.
Ema gave him a one finger salute, and didn't even come up for air until Nahyuta's mouth was smeared with her lipstick.
"Good luck dating Prosecutor Gavin. He's going to take up all the bathroom space with hair products, keep you up until dawn when he's composing some stupid catchy song, fill the fridge with green juice protein shakes, blind you with glitter, and worst of all are the dirty things he does to the German language."
"You sound like you dated him, Ema," Apollo said.
"Worse, I worked with him for four years," Ema said.
Klavier bent over in a laugh. "You say that, fräulein, yet if you would look in the mirror, you would find your are just as high maintenance as me. You call me 'glimmorus fop' and 'princess Gavin' and yet, all along you were a princess as well!"
Athena, Apollo, and Juniper full out gasped.
Apollo flinched. "Klavier, you didn't...!"
Nahyuta placed his hand upon Ema's shoulder, and removed the bag of snacks from her tight grip.
"Prosecutor Gavin, you wouldn't dare---"
"Now, now, Ema. Murder isn't allowed," Nahyuta said soothingly.
"But, he--"
He put himself between Klavier and her. "Remember, Ema. You are supposed to save people, not murder them. Release these putrid thoughts. Let it go, and move on."
"Grrrr he's just so! So! Aggravating! How could he say something like that about me?"
Ema glanced around the room. Apollo coughed and looked away, while Athena sheepishly tapped her fingertips together. Juniper looked from one to another in confusion.
"What? You agree with him?"
"I mean, 'princess' might be a bit strong, but..." Athena trailed off.
Apollo was far more blunt. "You definitely used to make us do cartwheels to get the autopsy reports back in the day. I say if the shoe fits, wear it."
"No, it is exactly the right word for you," Nahyuta said.
"Not you too!"
"Oh no, trouble in paradise!" Athena said.
"Your lively personality is charming, and I admire your strength of wit and will. And you will be a princess, if I have any say in it," Nahyuta said.
Ema clutched her cheek, which were now a flaming pink. "N-Nahyuta!"
"Wait, did he just--" Juniper said.
Athena clasped at her cheeks in shock. "I think he did!"
"Wow, a real royal wedding!" Junipier and Athena clutched hands.
"No, it is a statement of intention. I have been planning how I would woo her for a very long time. I simply had some...loose ends to take care of before it could be managed. However, in her usual way, she broke all those plans and started the wooing early."
Ema stuck her tongue out at Klavier. "Just for that, you're not invited to my hypothetical future wedding. Even if you are dating Apollo who's bound to be the best man."
"Now, Ema..." Nahyuta said.
"It's my hypothetical future wedding, and I can be a bridezilla if I want," Ema said.
"So, you're saying I can have more than one boyfriend and girlfriend?" Trucy piped up from the back, where she had hidden behind the doorway.
He hadn't even seen her at the door.
"Fräulein, you can have as many boyfriends and girlfriends as you want!"
"Good! Because I just got confessed to by two girls who are twins, and I couldn't choose. Now I can just accept both of their confessions."
"Mr. Wright is going to kill us," Apollo said.
Athena nodded along sadly.
*
Apollo and Athena glanced at each other. The flirting in the office had become constant, and on more than one occasion Phoenix had walked right in on them.
"You start," Athena said.
Apollo crossed his arms over his chest. "Fine, I'll tell him."
"Is this about that broken teacup?" Phoenix said.
"No, that was one of Trucy's magic tricks," Apollo said.
"Actually, sir we're---"
"---all dating!" Athena spilled out.
"You said you wanted me to tell?" Apollo said.
Athena folded her hands and burst into a big smile. "I couldn't hold it in anymore!"
Phoenix spat out his tea. "All of you?"
Athena burst into a big smile. "Yep! It feels wonderful to finally say that! Apollo and Juniper and Klavier and I are all together! Oh, and Juniper is also dating her friends, but that's another thing."
Phoenix was sweating like he was bluffing straight through a trial. "W-what about Trucy?"
"What about her?" Apollo said dryly.
"She isn't--"
Apollo and Athena both shook their heads.
Phoenix let out a long sigh of relief. But moments later, he rose up with a determined look in his eye.
"There's a second power point presentation today. It's mandatory," Phoenix said.
"But we're going to lunch," Athena said.
"It'll have to wait. This is important," Phoenix said.
At the top of the poster board, he wrote Grammyre Family tree.
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I half-expected Pearl, Jinxie, and Vera to make appearances as well. But the DeFamme twins have it bad enough for Trucy as it is.
HA! Finally, he admits it. XD