Sometimes it's
the little things.
Like when he wakes up with her dog lying at his
feet. Other than the steady rise and fall of Black Hayate's
breathing, the room is still.
He mumbles something like why
didn't she wake me up and forces himself out of bed, yawning. And
then - wait, what's that smell?
Something down the hall seems to
be burning.
What's going on - "Riza?" he calls as
he closes the bedroom door behind him. "Is something
wrong?"
She's in the kitchen, holding a plate of something
that might look like waffles had waffles traveled to the earth's core
and come back burned to a crisp, and giving said plate a look that
Roy remembers all too well as her you're being unhelpful
expression. (He's been on the receiving end of it enough times to
know.)
"I ruined them," she says, with that calm way she
has that pretty much means I'm annoyed but I don't feel like
showing it.
He takes the plate from her hand. "No, you
didn't. It would still be good with maple syrup..."
So for
breakfast that morning, Roy has charred waffles almost smothered in
syrup (and spends the work day complaining that he feels sick.)
And
Riza pours herself a bowl of cereal.
