Title: worthwhile
Rating: G
Fandom: Great Ace Attorney
Relationship: Asougi Kazuma/Barok van Zieks
Wordcount: 270
Short summary: Sometimes life in London is hard but for Kazuma, one man makes it worth it.
Sometimes life is hard.
Sometimes life is even harder after the 10th xenophobic comment, or the 9th threat of violence, or the 8th time another customer is served instead of him, or the 7th time a cart almost hits him, or the 6th time the guard asks for his ID because the guard doesn’t believe he works here.
Even after 5 years, Kazuma can’t say he particularly likes living in London or in the country of England more generally. He can’t say he likes anything about London or this country in particular; he isn’t the biggest fan of the food, the weather, or the tourist sights.
But there is something he likes very, very much. Something that makes life here worth it.
Barok van Zieks.
An imposing man physically, whose expression often cycles between disinterest and displeasure, and rarely has a nice word or a warm smile to give. But that is the Barok van Zieks that is shown to most people.
To Kazuma, Barok is his love, his comfort, his support. The van Zieks manor is Kazuma’s home. The food and the wine they share is Kazuma’s joy. The nights in bed they share is Kazuma’s peace.
It may have taken a year or so to reach this state with Barok. To be able to truly smile at the man and have the man smile back. To be able to truly love the man and be loved right back. And maybe Kazuma would have left, but…
Sometimes life is hard in London, but Kazuma wouldn’t trade it for anything else. Not if instead he’d lose this life with Barok.