Okay, I'm back and I have a new fic with me. The sequel to It's all relative I promised to you. And like I said before, this is about how Roy handels his role as an uncle (and later on as something else, too -winkwink-)
Trisha-Melissa Elric: 2
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Riing… riing… riing…
Riing… riing… ri-
"Mustang."
"Were you asleep or something?"
Roy took a deep breath and shifted his weight from one leg to another. "Well hello, Edward. I've been great, thanks for asking."
"Cut it down, bastard. It takes you pretty long to answer a phone. Ya getting old or something?"
And here Roy just tried to be nice, again. "Unlike some people, I don't spend all my time lurking the phone and waiting for someone to call. I do have a lif, you know." Then Roy rolled his eyes and decided to start speaking properly. "And if you really have to know, we were having lunch. Happy now?"
There was a short silence before Edward spoke up again, now with slow, dark voice.
"You left her alone in the kitchen? Now go right back there, she cans hold a fork by herself, got it!?"
Roy frowned and tried to get out a faint chuckle. "Of course I didn't leave her alone. What kind of irresponsible adult you think I am..?" Roy chattered hurriedly as he crapped the phone set quickly went to the door way of kitchen where Trisha still was sitting on her high chair and stuffed mashed potatoes in her mouth (and on her face, table and even floor, for that matter). "I can see her right at present."
There was a silence again, which while Edward seemed to think if he was happy with Roy's reassurance.
"So was there a reason you called or..?" Roy asked, just to break the silence and left the question open so Edward had to say something.
"Oh, I just wanted to talk with Trish." Edward sounded somehow embarrassed. "I miss her…"
Roy lifted his brows, still having a hard time to believe that the shrimp had actually become a responsible father.
"Well, if you say so. She's right here, I could ask get her to-"
"No, don't do that!" Edward hurried to protest, having Roy confused on the other end of the line for that.
"It's just… she gets really mad if someone interrupts her meal." Edward explained now with more calm voice.
"Sounds like someone I know." Roy said, trying to hide his smirk (which he knew would be heard even through the phone. That was just how awesome he was).
"Anyway…" Edward said, obviously trying to ignore Roy's jab. "I can always call later when you are not in the middle of something, okay? So if you didn't have anything to tell me, then I'll-"
"Actually, now that you mentioned it…" Roy remembered one thing he had taken a note of when they had just started their lunch with Trisha. "I do have some question. About Trisha's milk…"
"What about it?" Edward said hastily before Roy even got to finish his question. "What about milk? Is there some problem in Trisha drinking it?"
"Yeah. She doesn't." Roy looked at the blue sippy cup where he had poured milk for Trisha to drink, but which the girl had determinedly pushed away and hadn't touched it after that.
Roy heard Edward struggling and groaning, as if the man wasn't sure what he should say.
"Listen…" Edward said finally. "If she doesn't want drink it then she doesn't. Don't force her."
Roy was a bit surprised, since he was expressly told to watch that Trisha drunk at least one cupful of milk while she was at Roy and Riza's.
Then again, it was Rachel who had said anything like that, Edward had just stood there next to her and seemed uneasy.
Understanding, Roy nodded to himself.
"Okay, I won't. Now I would like to continue my lunch, if you excuse me."
They ended the conversation there and Roy could go back to Trisha, who got excited as she saw the man appear from the doorway.
"Woy! Woy!" the girl shouted loudly and waved both her arms enthusiastically. As she did so the spoon in her other hand spattered all the mashed potatoes in it all over the kitchen floor.
Roy shook his head, smiling sadly. God help that girl if she was going to be any more similar with her father than she already was.
Well, that was it. Tell me what you think about it.
And about Riza. They are still engaged and living together, only in this chapter Riza had... other thing to do. You'll see in the next chapter what I mean ;)