Author's Note: So, I am sure that you guys remember the moment of Hughes' funeral service, and there comes my favorite line of all time, when Roy says that it's raining. So, I wanted to elaborate on that, and decided to put that in the terms of Riza's death.

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Disclaimer: Last time I checked, I did not own Fullmetal Alchemist…Nope, still don't.


To others,

Walking by the small cemetery that day,

It is lovely.

.

The sun is shining-

Not too harshly,

Not so little

As to be nonexistent,

But enough to bring a flush of color

To frozen hands-

The breeze blows by,

Every once in a while,

The birds are chirping out a new melody,

And it is lovely.

.

All is well.

.

For the man standing there,

Up in the cemetery,

Standing at a simple gravestone,

With a name carved into it,

Nothing else,

It is awful.

.

While everyone else

Sees clear blue skies above,

Feels soft rays of light

Fall on their skin,

He sees rain.

.

It is raining,

Raining hard,

And the sun is completely obscured

By the menacing gray clouds,

Looming overhead.

.

The rain pelts him,

Hard and fast,

Never seeming to end,

Hitting him

Like bullets digging into skin.

.

And with the rain,

This awful, tragic rain,

Comes memories.

.

A woman's laugh,

Light and tinkling,

Like the sound of bells.

.

Hair,

The color of sunflowers,

A darkened blonde,

And eyes

Like the earth they grow in.

.

The black pistol,

The one that she always carried with her,

The one that had saved her life-

And his-

On multiple occasions.

.

And then,

Lastly,

A scene that truly hurts:

Her bruised and battered body,

Bones snapped,

Neck nearly broken,

Blood everywhere-

Her blood,

Only hers-

As he ran to her,

Lying,

Dead,

In the middle of the crowded road.

.

Tears,

Tears that had been held in,

Held in,

For so, so long,

Begin to pool in his eyes.

.

And soon,

They will fall.

.

People today,

Laughing and talking with their children,

Playing ball with their dogs-

He remembers Black Hayate,

Her loyal pet-

Sitting and eating a picnic lunch-

They see clear skies,

A cool breeze,

And fair weather.

.

Him?

.

He sees pouring rain.

.

And the tears finally fall,

Hitting the grassy ground,

Falling on the hard granite of her tombstone.

.

He looks up into the blue sky,

The puffy white clouds

Drifting aimlessly overhead,

Looks at the picturesque scene in the park-

Before looking right in front of him,

Looking to the granite headstone,

Bare,

Save for a single name.

.

Riza Hawkeye.

.

He looks up at the sky once more,

The pleasant weather,

The smiles,

All seeming to mock him,

Straight to his face.

.

More tears fall,

Slowly,

Slowly,

Hitting the ground,

With an inaudible drop.

.

Yes,

He thinks,

It's definitely raining.


Author's Note: Yeah…So Riza's died. I think that you guys saw that coming, though. It's AU, slightly, like with the death by car crash (I presume), and I'm sure that there are some other nitpicky details. But it's all very small. I don't really include many details of the alchemy and the like, so you guys can just imagine that he has it or not, it makes no difference.

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