Roy's "I love dogs" speech cracks me up everytime... well... I just felt like saying that... Constructive criticsm is appreciated! Did I just spell "criticsm" wrong? I have no idea, I must be losing brain cells. ON WITH CHAPTER TWO!
Note: None of my stories ever, ever, have a happy ending.
.So…. HURRY UP AND GET A WIFE!
Will you SHUT UP!
Colonel, please be gentler when hanging up the phone.
Someone that she has to protect…. The red splatters the ground as she's frozen, unable to move, her life flashing before her eyes. She feels her strength draining from her as her vision blurs and pain shoots through her. This must not be the end…. In the haze she sees him, the corners of his mouth curve upwards in a cruel, triumphant grin.
"Humans are so pathetically weak. That's what makes them so amusing…. This was too easy…" He turns and walks away, barefooted, his piercing violet eyes casting a look of disdain upon her.
Riza coughs and more red falls on the ground. This time, she can't tell if it's raining or not. Her eyes squeeze shut and tears slide down her cheeks. She keeps coughing as she falls to her knees, struggling to breathe. Please no… not now…. His face appears before her. "I'm sorry, Colonel…..."
"Stop crying, Lieutenant. Get up."
Her head instantly snaps up and she can just make out the silhouette of the person she must protect. Is it really him, or just another cruel imitation? She hears the snap of fingers as a wave a burning heat crashes around her. And then, she feels herself being lifted up, bridal style, being cradled gently in his arms. Those tears simply run faster, cascading down her cheeks. No, Riza Hawkeye knows that happy endings are a rare thing in this imperfect world. There's nothing he can do, not anymore. He's done enough, and she wasn't able to protect him.
The end is coming, as her heartbeat slows down, ever slower. He shakes her, cries out her name. She's known him for a long time now, and he's not what he appears to be. He'll become Fuhrer- it's his destiny. She sighs, wishing for the words, the voice to say
I love you.
It only resonates in her head, like every other thing she wishes she could say to him. It will be the guilt- she will not be able to protect him anymore, to be by his side as she always has been. Why can't this dream last forever? Dreams always come to an end, she tells herself, and she knows reality- cold, hard truth, will always crash down upon her. Dreams can't last forever- the best thing you can do is enjoy it while it lasts. The only thing she lives for is gone, now. He has the capacity to become someone great, to change every person he meets. He will rise to the top- with or without a wife. She's failed in her duty- but her life has been so sweet. The only thing she's ever wanted is his happiness, his well-being.
She doesn't mind this ending… it's a happy ending, in her eyes. And now she can only muster up the strength to say one last thing, barely a whisper. Her eyes lock with his, and he sees one last faintly wistful smile that seems to be permanently imprinted in his mind, forever and always.
Goodbye.
