Royai: Dinner Talk

„Do you hate me?"

That was the first thing he asked after my father had walked out of the kitchen taking his dinner including himself towards his study.

"No", I simply answered.

He looked confused, but I decided to ignore it and continued picking with the spoon through my soup which was getting colder with every second I neglected to eat it.

"Then why are you running out of a room as soon as I enter it and why are you always disappearing as soon as I want to start a conversation with you?"

That was his second question. But I have to say that he got a point there. Everything what he said was true. Beside that he thought that I hated him. I really didn't hate him. It was exactly the opposite. I really, really liked him. And that was what confused me the most. As confused as I was I tried to make every of his chances to talk to me impossible. But still there was dinner. That was when Roy took his only chance of the day and talked to me.

Sometimes I just wanted to handle it like my father: Take my dinner and go to my room. But that would be impolite and as the person who I am, Riza Hawkeye, I hated beeing impolite.

So I mostly just sat there and tried to say as less as possible.

But that wasn't actually the major reason why I hid every time I saw him: My father told me to do so. He said that he didn't want me to be a distraction too his new student and that I should go out of his way. And so I did. I wasn't able to just neglect my fathers words. I was just too damn weak for my own good. All I'm strong enough is to watch him from my window, when he's sitting out there in the high green grass of the backyard with one of those heavy alchemy books, he's always carrying around, on his lap.

I always thought that he must think that I'm shy – but of course he got everything wrong with that.

At first I wasn't sure if I should just denie everything or tell him the truth. I decided on the latter.

"My father doesn't want me to be around you – I could distract you."

He seemed speechless about my confession, but quickly regained his composure.

"No, No, I'm sure you wont be a distraction! I'm also sure that I would be learning a lot faster with you around, helping me!"

I laughed slightly at that.

"If you need help with your studies please ask anybody but me. I'm a total looser at performing alchemy – that's why you are his student! But if you need a book about something, anything, just ask me. I know about every book in this whole house!"

I smiled politely at him. But when I saw that he wanted to say something I took my now empty plate and put it into the sink. I quickly left the room after that. I would wash the dishes later. All my way to the stairs I could feel Roy grinning after me. I smiled softly at myself.

Roy was watching Riza leaving with a grin that easily reached both of his ears.

"Maybe", he thought "I will be able to talk more to her tomorrow evening. After all she opened up a bit today, right? So why shouldn't she be talking to me tomorrow too? I think I just have to ask her the right questions."

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