Otp: Here's another one for you guys. I hope you like this one. I think it's cute lol. Prompt is Keys and special thanks to MSD for the prompt list.
Disclaimer: *refer to chapter one*
Keys
Roy Mustang waited impatiently for the babysitter to arrive. He glanced at his watch again and frowned. 'Crap, she better get here soon or Riza is gonna kill me for being late again,' he thought looking down at his son who was playing happily with his toy cars.
For a moment, Roy forgot about his current situation and thought back on what had happened in the last few years. He had married the woman of his dreams and had a wonderful son. Maes was like a mini Roy in appearance with his jet black hair. The only difference being their eye color. Maes had Riza's eyes.
He looked down at his son again who right back at him and smiled, showing off his new pearly whites. Roy had an intense urge to grab a camera but he blew it away with a frustrated sigh. 'Where the heck is Sheska? She should have been here by now…' he thought, glancing back at his watch.
This had all began earlier this morning when he was just about to head off to work. Gracia had called and said that she wouldn't be able to come over and pick up Maes because Elysia was sick. This news had forced Roy to either bring Maes to work with him or hurry and find another sitter. Thinking about this, he had decided against bringing Maes to work. Riza wouldn't like him being there. So that just left getting another sitter.
After much contemplation, Roy had decided to give Sheska a call. She had happily agreed to come and watch over Maes.
That had been fifteen minutes ago and Roy was starting to lose his patience. He had only ten minutes to get to work on time and if he was late again…Riza would…well, he didn't really want to think about what she would do. He just wanted to get to work on time.
After two more minutes had passed, Roy had just about given up hope when there was a knock on the door. He shot out of his seat and dashed to the door, pulled it open. "Finally! You know what to do, so I'll leave you to it. Thanks for coming by on such short notice. I'm off to work, bye!" he said in a rush grabbing his keys and flying out the door past a confused Sheska and down the street.
Sheska stood in the doorway for a moment, trying to figure out what had just happened. Shaking her head, she headed into the house deciding to forget what had just happened. She strode into the living room to find Maes still playing with his cars. He held one up to her, smiling, asking her to play. She happily accepted the car and they began to play.
Meanwhile, Roy had finally arrived at the office out of breath and seconds to spare. He pushed open the door and entered the office. Havoc, Breda, Falman, and Fuery looked up from their work to give him a quick salute.
Havoc glanced at the clock and grinned. "Well, would you look at that, you made it right on time. Way to go chief."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence Havoc," Roy replied walking over to his office door with a frown. The last thing he needed this morning were smart ass comment from Havoc. With a sigh he put the hectic morning behind him and pulled out his keys to unlock the door.
He tried to put the key in the lock only to find something was odd. Keys weren't supposed to feel slightly sticky. Looking down at the keys he held he withheld a groan. In his hand, he held a set of keys, but they weren't his keys. No, they were the plastic set that he and Riza had gotten for Maes to teethe on. Today was just not his day.
Roy leaned forward and let his head hit the door. Now he had to go back home and find his keys.
"Sir, is there something wrong?"
He turned to find himself looking at his wife. She stood right beside him, her arms loaded with paperwork. He sighed and leaned his head against the door once more. "Oh, nothing, just a bad morning is all."
She frowned at this and turned, setting the papers on her desk, then she set her attention back on Roy. "What do you mean? Did something happen?"
"Gracia called saying she couldn't pick Maes up because Elysia was sick so I had to call Sheska. So I waited for her to come over and before I knew it, I had about ten minutes to get to work or I'd be late. Once she got there, I grabbed my keys and rushed out the door. I arrived just in time and then I come to open the door and I realize that our son had switched my keys," he held up the plastic keys.
Riza just smiled taking the keys from him. "Well, maybe you should learn not to leave your keys in reach of a two year old. Go home and give these back to Maes then I want you to find your keys. I think I can handle things here," she said taking pity on her husband. The man may be a great father but he still had a lot to learn.
Roy sighed once more and nodded. "Alright, I'll be back soon," he said taking the keys from Riza and trudging out the door.
Riza shook her head rolling her eyes as he left and strode back over to her desk to work. She wondered idly if Roy would be back at all today. Toddlers had some of the most interesting hiding places.
In no time at all, Roy was back at the house, knocking on his own door because he didn't have his keys. Sheska answered the door and her eyes widened in surprise. "Sir! What are you doing back so soon? Did something happen?"
He shook his head and held up the keys. "Nothing like that, my son just decided to play a little trick on daddy, that's all. I'm just here to find my keys," he replied as she stepped aside to let him into the house.
Roy stepped into the living room and the second Maes saw him, the toddler stood up on shaky legs and waddled towards Roy. He knelt down and scooped the boy up into his arms and smiled. "Hey there, you've done something naughty Maes. You hid daddy's keys so where did you put them?" he asked handing his son the key ring.
The boy just gurgled in reply and began to gnaw on the keys. Roy sighed. "Guess you're not gonna answer. Okay," he turned to Sheska. "Can you watch him while I go look for my keys?"
"Sure," she said coming forward to take the child.
"Thanks," Roy said, handing Maes over to her. He turned, regarding the room before him looking for any place that a two year old might have hidden his keys. 'Let's see, any small space would be good. He may have hidden them in something too, like his crib or his toy bin,' he thought. He walked over to the toy bin and began to sift through it. He found nothing.
He moved on to look through the crib, Hayate's dog bed, the bookcase, all the drawers that were within the toddler's reach, and under the furniture but he turned up with nothing. Now he was crawling on all fours lifting the carpet and anything else that was in his way desperate to find those keys.
'Where the hell could he have hidden them? I've looked everywhere!' he cursed in his mind. He leaned back against the sofa and gazed at Maes, who was still playing with his cars. That's when something caught his eye. In the back of the truck that Maes was playing with were his keys.
Roy crawled over to his son laughing at the ridiculousness of the situation. "Maes, why do you have daddy's keys in your truck?" he asked pointing to the truck.
Maes just smiled picking up the truck. "Kiki make car go vroom," he stated moving the truck forward. Roy stared for a moment then laughed. He couldn't wait to tell Riza about his interesting day.
Otp: There you have it. Total awesomeness LOL and cheesiness. I love cheese. Luvs hugs pocky and cheese to all! Reviews are much appreciated.
