ACE ATTORNEY AU

[enigmaster]

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[agoodname]

[aosdihflsdfs Oswald....goes bright red at that. That's.....incredibly flattering and he really doesn't know what to do with that?!?!?! Anyway he's bright red and speechless for a moment and alsdkhflsdkhfoshdfds oswald get a hold of yourself] Well, not everyone is worth your time, so. I suppose that makes sense. [he presses his lips together for a moment, face burning] I...think you're pretty great also.

[enigmaster]

Well, not always on purpose, you know. [Mostly it just happens either way. He started doing it actively because, hey. Just saves time and effort... But then Oswald says that and. Oh.] Oh... [Um???] I... um... [Edward sounds honestly confused. Because he is. There's nothing great about him, what is this.] T-Thank you...?

[agoodname]

You're, um....welcome. [hhhhhhh]

I'm...glad you're staying with me. It's really nice having you.

[enigmaster]

Even though I'm kind of taking up your room? [Your bed, Oswald???]

[agoodname]

[he chuckles a bit at that] I was considering making the study a guest room anyway eventually, so maybe I should just get on that. But...even so....yes. [he swallows a bit] I didn't realize how much I missed living with someone else until you moved in.

[enigmaster]

[.............wait, huh?] ...It kind of sounds like you want me to... stay? [that can't be right, though. can it.]

[agoodname]

[Oswald blinks. Was that not....obvious??] Well...yes. [adskhfs] If you'd like.

[enigmaster]

I-I mean, I didn't want to get in your way, so I figured I'd try to find someplace quickly, but...

...You really... don't mind?

[agoodname]

Edward, you're not in my way. Quite the opposite, in fact. [alsdkhfsdh his face is still....bright red] I...I really enjoy having you stay. So if you'd like to, I'd...I'd be more than happy to have you.

[enigmaster]

[Edward just... goes quiet, for a bit. He really figured he'd get in Oswald's way. That he'd be bothering him, surely, even if he was too nice to say something. But he... hasn't, really? A part of him is... scared to believe that. But... But it'd be nice. Staying with Oswald. And he remembers the nightmare that was finding the apartment he even did get. All he could afford on his own, with no job or anything. Having to go back to his caseworker and ask for help has been something he's been dreading, too. ...It seems almost too good to be true, but...] I'd... [He hesitates.] ...like that, then.

[agoodname]

[alskdhfs Oswald breathes out a sigh of relief, then, before he practically beams] That's--that's great. I'm looking forward to it.

[enigmaster]

You are? Really? [listen this all just still sounds super fake and it's gonna take a bit for it to sink in that this is real and happening]

[agoodname]

Yes. I am. [skhdfskdhf he's actually super happy right now and still a little red and y e a h] I really am.

[enigmaster]

[Edward goes a little red himself, looking down at the ground because eye contact.... hard.] O-Oh... [That just... causes this warmth inside of him and oh no, oh dear.] I was... a little nervous, to be honest. That I'd be moving out soon and then I wouldn't see you again, or something...

[agoodname]

I...[what why would he be moving out]...would have found that upsetting. If I never saw you again.

[enigmaster]

...I just sort of assume that's how things will always go. It's sort of been the pattern.

[agoodname]

....I'm sorry. [that's....pretty horrible honestly] That won't be the pattern here.

[enigmaster]

I'm... glad it's not. I just, you know... try to never get my hopes up. [He wasn't expecting this.] I've never actually stayed with anyone for more than a few months at most. [And that was with people who had to take him in.]

[agoodname]

You can stay with me as long as you like. No matter what.

1/2

[enigmaster]

[It's... a lot, really. That's not something he ever thought he'd hear. At least, not sincerely. But Oswald... really seems to mean it. For a moment, he just... stares. Not sure what to say or do or... what. But then...]

2/2

[enigmaster]

...Thank you. [Edward is smiling. It's the first time he's done that that Oswald has seen. And it's... the first time he's done that in years, honestly. It's amazing, how different it makes him look. A lot softer, less tense. As young as he is, but in a good way. Like he's put the heavy weight he's always carrying down for a moment.]

[agoodname]

[Ah. Edward's smiling. And Oswald can't help but stare because he just looks...happy. He looks happy and free and it makes his stomach tie into knots to see it because that's how Edward should look all the time. He shouldn't be burdened by whatever's happened to him in the past; he doesn't deserve that. This is what he deserves--to be able to smile, like that. And it feels a bit like Oswald's heart might explode just from looking at him.] You're welcome. [it's immensely, irrevocably fond, and he's looking at Edward like there's nothing more important in the world than him right now. Because there isn't]

[enigmaster]

[He feels happy and that's... odd, isn't it? When was the last time he felt genuinely happy, without immediately trying to stop the feeling? At least four years ago, by now, surely...] I guess I'm pretty lucky you're the one who got assigned my case, huh? [If things had happened just a little differently, would they be here now? Probably not. So he's... glad.]

[agoodname]

I was going to say I think I'm the lucky one. [:>] I insulted Meroni at just the right moment, seems like~

[enigmaster]

You think so...? [Oswald considering himself lucky is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh???] ...Your assessment of him was very accurate.