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Chapter 2- Birthday Girl
Riza Hawkeye was never lonely. Sure there weren't any neighbors living near by but she would often chat with the girls in the nearby village whenever she stopped by for supplies. Still, she couldn't help but feel a sense of emptiness within herself. Perhaps it was because her father was always occupied with his research, or he simply didn't care. Either way Riza couldn't help but feeling jealous when her father devoted his time to teaching Roy alchemy. He was nice enough, but for the most part she had never had much contact with him since his time here, she was always away at boarding school or he was always in her father's labs studying alchemy, something she had never been able to grasp. Or perhaps, she thought to herself, I don't want to become like father.
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It had been 8 months since Roy had arrived and as Riza marked the calendar she noted with little enthusiasm that her 12th birthday was in two weeks. It wasn't that she didn't care, but since her birthday fell during the week after her boarding school's summer break started none of her friends were around to enjoy it with her. And father too busy with his alchemy, Riza thought bitterly to herself. It's summer, and I'm not going to waste it by crying over myself, Riza thought to herself as she gathered her art supplies. Painting had always soothed her and being a beautiful summer day, she decided to find a nice spot in the gardens and finish the picture she had started.
It was on her way there that she ran around a corner into Roy, spilling paint all over herself and her canvas. Maybe it was out of her jealousy, but something in her had snapped.
"Riza, sorry I didn't see you there. You need some help cleaning tha-" But was cut off before he could finish.
"Argh, Roy why don't you just go back too my dad! He seems to like you better than me anyways!" Riza was surprised to find tears in her eyes, she never cried. It was just that there was something about having another person receiving the attention she never got from her father.
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It was another bright sunny day and she was sitting under a tree in the yard confident that Roy having left for the nearby village wouldn't disturb her and ruin her birthday. For the last two weeks Riza had avoided Roy whenever she saw him around the house. Suddenly a hand tapped her on the shoulder startling her and she turned around to see the face of Roy looking down at her. Riza's startled expression quickly soured.
"What do you want Roy?" She pouted and was surprised to see him extend his hand revealing a set of brushes and paint.
"I heard it was your birthday today. You like to paint right?"
Riza looked up at his grinning face, it was so… contagious. Riza couldn't help but smile back.
Looks like this summer won't be so bad after all.
Maybe not what you were expecting? Still I thought that I should at least expand on their past relationships a bit more before I get too Ishbal (hope you put up with me until then) please leave feedback. These should be coming out fairly quickly since I have nothing better to do and I'm trying to keep each chapter short.