Ace Attorney X Reader One Shots Vol. 2

For Myself (Manfred Von Karma x Reader)

For Myself (Manfred Von Karma x Reader)

Your Pov:

I sat in my bed, blankets curled around my small form. In the bathroom, I could hear the shower water stop. I got up from the bed and redressed. Right after I finished, the bathroom door opened. I looked up at him, "Good morning, dear." He looked up, fixing the cuffs of his deep blue jacket, "Good morning. I need to get going. I'm surprised she hasn't called."

Just then, his phone rang. He sighed, "Speak of the devil..." He walked across the room and grabbed his phone off the nightstand. He answered it. Immediately, I could hear her voice screeching through the speakers. Soon enough, he ended the call. He turned to me, "I'll call you."

I nodded, and watched him leave in silence.

Time Skip...1 month later...

I awoke to an empty bed and a running shower once again. I sighed and redressed. I knew that he was going to leave as quickly as he could, but I was going to talk with him. The shower stopped and after a few minutes, he stepped out. I swallowed the lump in my throat, "We need to talk. Right now." He looked at me, "What is it? I need to leave soon."

I frowned, "I've been sitting here, staring at the clock on the wall. And I've been laying here, praying. Praying she won't call, It's just another call from home, and you'll get it and be gone, and I'll be crying." He spoke up, "You know it'll be a little longer until we can be together. Just wait a little more." I shook my head, "And I'll be begging you...Beg you not to leave. But I'll be left here waiting with my heart on my sleeve. The next time we'll be here, seems like a million years, and I think I'm dying! What do I have to do to make you see she can't love you like me?" He frowned, "She's suspicious."

He continued, "We just have to wait until she's no longer suspicious." I felt tears welling up in my eyes, "Why don't you stay? I'm down on my knees! I'm so tired of being lonely! Don't I give you what you need? When she calls you to go. There is one thing you should know: We don't have to live this way. Why don't you stay?" He scoffed, "If I could stay with you, I would, but she doesn't trust me right now." I bit my lip, trying to speak.

"I feel terrible for doing this because you have a child. A daughter. And you just took in a little boy who lost his father. They don't deserve that, but, you keep telling me, there will come a time when you will leave her arms and forever be in mine. But I don't think that's the truth and I don't like being used, and I'm tired of waiting." He frowned, "Don't bring them into this. You knew what you were getting into from the moment you agreed to this. So don't make me the bad guy."

A tear fell from my eye, "It's too much pain to have to bear to love a man you have to share. I can't take it any longer, but my will is getting stronger.
And I think I know just what I have to do. I can't waste another minute after all that I've put in it. I've given you my best! Why does she get the best of you?!" He gripped my hand as I looked away, "You want to leave me?"

I pulled away from him, "So next time you find you want to leave her bed for mine...Why don't you stay? I'm up off my knees! I'm so tired of being lonely!
You can't give me what I need! When she begs you not to go, there is one thing you should know:  I don't have to live this way! Why don't you stay?"

Without a single word, he turned and left the room. A few minutes later, I heard the front door slam shut. I collapsed on my bed and sobbed.

I knew that making him leave would hurt a lot, but it was the right choice.

I finally felt at peace for once.