"Honey, I'm going to the doctor to pick up the boys' medicine. I'll be back in a half hour," Winry had said just fifteen minutes ago. Edward was left alone with his twin boys, something that he didn't think would be too hard. They weren't a handful when Winry was around, and besides, how much trouble could two six month old babies get into? Apparently, a lot.
"Don't tell your mother, don't tell your mother," Ed whispered out as he sat the babies on the floor, looking at each of them deeply in the eye. "Crap.." he trailed off.
Edward Elric, the father who had been overjoyed to discover that his magic dick managed to get identical twins on the first try, had mixed up his children.
"Okay, raise your hand if you're Ethan," the father tried. Both babies just flashed identical smiles, amused by their father's antics. Edward groaned. "Okay, okay..How do I keep track of you guys when your mom is here?" Winry always kept track of both the boys, and Ed was always told who was who whenever he was handed a baby. Not this time.
"I got it! I'll call Mustang." Edward grinned at his brilliance. "Okay, boys, don't move," he ordered, walking over to the cord phone in the dining room, keeping the boys in sight the entire time. Even though he delivered an order, he didn't expect it to stick. He picked up the phone, dialing his previous superior officer's number.
"Hello?" the man's voice sounded on the other line.
"Mustang, it's me!" Edward laughed nervously as he turned his vision away from the boys for one second, turning back to see they were gone. "Dammit!"
"Edward? Why are you calling me?" Mustang asked. "Is something wrong?"
"Yes, something is wrong!" Ed shouted out. "I mixed up the boys and called you to ask how you managed to keep them together when you babysat but now they're gone!"
"Well, actually, I just kept the kids exactly how you gave them to me, changed a few diapers, and gave them back. You guys knew who was who. Where's Winry?" Mustang asked.
"She went to the doctor to pick up their medicine and she'll be back in fifteen minutes," Edward was frantically looking for the boys while trying to stay on the phone, which only stretched so far. "Look, I gotta go, I need to find the boys." Ed hung up the phone, slamming it on the receiver and went off to try and find his boys.
He ran to the front door where he found Winry on one knee with a baby on the other grabbing on her hair and another baby grabbing onto her knee to try and crawl up. Edward had expected her to yell a few choice words and threaten the almighty sex against him for not watching the boys, yet she seemed amused.
"What's so funny?" he asked, slightly offended.
"I left you alone for fifteen minutes and you've lost the boys." Winry laughed.
"I thought you were going to be gone for a half hour," Edward commented, letting her amusement slide.
"I got the prescription earlier than expected. I was going to get some tea with some friends in town since I had the extra time, but I missed my baby boys too much," Winry spoke, kissing each of the boys on their cheeks playfully. It erupted giggles from them that filled the room.
"Hey, Win.." Ed trailed off. He didn't want to outright tell her that he mixed up the boys. "I'm glad you decided to come back early. Why don't you take Ethan to get a diaper change while I feed Anthony?" he suggested.
"Actually, why don't you give Ethan a diaper change. I just got back." Winry smirked in an evil little way that showed Edward that she knew what had happened.
"Fine.." Ed trailed off, trying to pick which baby to pick up. He grabbed the one who was trying to crawl onto Winry, taking him into the nursery.
"Lucky guess!" he heard Winry call.
He smirked. "Daddy's a good guesser." Ethan laughed.
