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When Phoenix figured out that he had a crush on you, it was a bit, uh- shocking for him- He became a bit awkward around you for a little bit, but put a stop to that really fast.

Why? Well, because turns out, Maya can sense that stuff from a mile away, and when she does, she’s RUTHLESS about it.

It doesn’t help that you’re almost like a sibling figure to Maya. You two are practically joined at the hip, y'all talk whenever you can, you give her advice, all that stuff.

If she- or, hell, anyone else- finds out that he likes you, HOO BOY, he doesn’t even wanna think about it.

Mostly because you guys are practically best friends, and he didn’t wanna risk losing your friendship if you didn’t reciprocate his feelings. He just had to wait out this stupid little crush...

Of course, even after all his efforts, Larry seemed to sense that something was wrong one day while they were hanging out after work, and asked what was wrong.

Phoenix knew he couldn’t hide it forever, so he told him. Larry was surprisingly chill with it.

He then offered to be his wingman. Phoenix declined, but Larry persisted. So did Phoenix. Eventually, they both just left and went home.

Little did Phoenix know that, not only was Larry STILL planning on being his wingman, but turns out, the next day, when he came into work, you and Maya had planned to hang out at a new burger joint nearby, and guess who was invited? 

Yeah, that could NOT have been at a more inconvenient time.

And of course, he accepted.

After a very long day at work, the three of you walked to the burger joint and ordered your food. 

Phoenix ended up sitting beside you, which couldn’t have been worse. He was just focusing on hiding his face so neither of you could see the blush on it.

Maya asked what was wrong, like, twice, and he just said nothing was wrong. You were a bit worried as well, but didn’t say anything.

After chowing down on your food- Phoenix lost his appetite, for obvious reasons, and gave his burger to Maya- you guys went back to your apartment/house/whatever you live in

You all decided to binge Steel Samurai- since you and Maya love the show and Phoenix had no other ideas-

Eventually you asked Phoenix to come outside with you, saying you needed to tell him something. He was a bit nervous, but followed you out the door.

‘This is it- they figured it out- i’m finished-’

“Phoenix, I think i’m in love with you.”

“...wait, what-?”

Yep, turns out you liked him back.

He confesses that he’s liked you for a while as well, now back to his usual relaxed self.

Then- suddenly-

“Hey S.O! Hey Nick!”

“(sigh) Hey, Larry...”

Larry proceeded to not-very-discreetly talk to you about how “cool” Phoenix was, until you eventually told him that you and Phoenix already confessed to each other and how he wasn’t even being a GOOD wingman.

He pouted and left, Phoenix being kind of horrified and embarrassed at his friend’s stunt.

- Phoenix Wright -

Phoenix has never really FELT your pain, he’s generally pretty good at catching social cues, as well as dishing them out himself- well, dishing out sarcasm, jokes aren’t his strong suit- but he understands why you have trouble catching them.

He does nOT tolerate people mocking you for it, and would definitely tell them off.

He probably wouldn’t get physical, but he DID slap Lotta that one time when she made a comment about Maya getting accused of murder again (either that, or my memory’s failing me-), so maybe he would?? Maybe depending on how bad the comment was and how bad it affected you, I don’t know-

He would definitely explain the social cue to you and comfort you if you felt embarrassed.

So, overall, it doesn’t matter to him and he loves you anyway!!

- Miles Edgeworth -

I imagine that Edgeworth has a bit of trouble catching social cues as well, due to his general lack of social skills, so he does actually feel your pain. 

Luckily, no one actually often mocks HIM for it, because of him being generally someone people don’t mess with, so they usually leave you alone as well.

However, when people DO mess with you, he does basically the same thing as Phoenix- tell them off.

He does comfort you if you feel embarrassed, and you two actually try to figure it out together if he didn’t understand it either.

Honestly, him getting physical is straight up out of the question, but I think when he tells the person mocking you off, how cold and harsh he is when he does it depends on your reaction and how bad the comment was.

Again, something this little would never affect your relationship in a bad way- in fact, it makes it a little bit better, with the fact that you share something like that in common!

- Larry Butz -

I can’t help but see Larry having the EXACT same problem as you, maybe worse, not wanting to admit it at first, but then finding out that you have the same problem, and then just going “oh hey me too :D”.

You both probably get mocked for it occasionally, and his reaction is just about the same for both of you, but maybe a bit worse when you get mocked- just absolutely flying off the handle.

You’d probably expect that you would both have to comfort each other, but he would definitely comfort you, even if he’s, uh, maybe a bit bad at it. He’s not really embarrassed about the actual thing, but maybe about his reaction a bit later.

I don’t think he’d get violent, at least not often. I think he’d teeter in the middle of being all bark and no bite and you having to physically hold him back, and it depends probably solely on your reaction.