Go on, boy.


The bonds of friendship can last years, even if contact has been lost. Fifteen years have passed they last talked to each other, but now they were reunited.

"Hector! There you are, ol' buddy o' mine!"

A ginger stud by the name of Eliwood greeted his cool, blue friend with a great big hug.

Hector looked awkwardly around him while Eliwood kept hugging him. Ten seconds passed and the hug didn't stop. Hector patted his friend on the back before forcibly removing him off his chest.

Looking at Eliwood, Hector loss any discomfort and laughed. "Eliwood! Good to see you're still fine! If not a little too sensitive still…"

Eliwood nodded. "It's been so long! I haven't seen you since that great big adventure we had! You know, the one we had fifteen years ago?"

Hector nodded. "Yes, I remember-"

"At first I was on a search to find my father, then we got into some sort of political conspiracy before we got thrown into the whole 'Dragon's Gate' problem, which resulted us in going back and forth, country to country, to stop Nergal and his minions, including Denning, the nice messenger who told us Nergal's message… repeatedly… and then we went back to Dread Isle and-"

"Eliwood! I know! I was there! I just told you I remembered it!"

Eliwood looked aside and gave a single laugh. "Ah, that's right. I was just… checking your memory. In any case, how've you been!? We're so darn busy all the time, we haven't had the time to talk anymore!"

Hector couldn't agree more. "Yes, we really should fix that." He then saw a red fluff move behind Eliwood. "Er, it's too bad my schedule has gotten full, though. These small talks of ours will have to remain rare and uncommon…"

Eliwood was taken aback. "Wh-what!? No! I've got plenty of time now to visit you all I want now."

"Eliwood, I'm a very busy man. You can't just bother me whenever."

Eliwood frowned. "I suppose so. Oh! By the way, I have a son!"

"Damn it!" Hector shouted.

Eliwood stepped aside and revealed a small child behind him.

"This is my boy, Roy! Say 'Hi!' to Uncle Hector, Roy!"

A certain talk between Eliwood and himself surfaced in Hector's mind. Looking at Roy gave him a mixed bag of emotions, none of them good.

"F-F-F-Father! Is he angry!?" Roy almost felt like he should fall to the floor and cry when he saw the blue fire in his new uncle's eyes.

Eliwood walked over to Hector and wrapped an arm around his buddy. "Nah. That's just your mind playing tricks on you. Forget about the fact that Hector can pick you up and throw your tiny, little body across the ocean and you'll see he's a real pal!"

Looking at Hector, Roy felt like he would be mercilessly drowned instead.

"Go on, boy," Hector said slowly. "Greet me."

All light and fire in Roy had gone out. "Um, um, um, um, hello L-L-Lord Help-me!"

"What was that?" Hector snarled.

"Lord Hector!"

Without missing a beat, Eliwood laughed and said, "What a fine introduction, wouldn't you say? Hecty?"

"I thought I told you never to call me that again."

Eliwood looked around and said, "Hey, now that I think about it…"

"Eliwood, I already know what you're going to say, and I'm warning you-"

"You have a child as well, don't you?" said Eliwood with the happiest smile on his face.

"No."

Eliwood frowned. "Wh-what!? I always thought we were the best of friends! You didn't just lie to me, did you?"

Hector snarled some more, but admitted to himself it was low of himself to lie to his friend. "Erm, what I meant to say… I have an angel with me."

Eliwood brightened up again. "Aw! How sweet!"

With a happy grin on his face, Eliwood stared at Hector, who was trying to think of a way to change the subject. Eliwood blinked for the hundredth time and he gave up. "Guh! Fine! I guess I should introduce my daughter…"

He called for his daughter and in came a little girl with blue hair. Roy's face got red and his heart started beating faster. The blood in his body started to rush and…

"Father!" he shouted. "Something's wrong with me! My body is all tingly, and my pee-pee is getting-"

Hector slammed his axe down and roared, "Eliwood! I knew this was a bad idea!"

Eliwood waved both of his hands at Hector in a lame attempt to calm him down. "Wh-What? I have no idea what you're talking about… Roy, we'll talk about your little problem back home, nothing serious. Let's have your daughter introduce herself, huh?"

Before he could protest, his precious fruit began to talk.

"Um, my name is Lilina. A pleasure to meet you both…"

"Lilina!" Roy shouted! "I'm Roy! My father is Eliwood! I'm, I'm, I'm- Let's be friends!"

"Hold it!" Hector shouted. "Don't you think you should go home and check up on that tingly feeling, Roy? My father died a few days after he experienced the tinglies…"

Roy gasped. "Huh!? I'm going to die!?"

Eliwood intervened and said, "Hector, what are you saying!? My boy's just a little hot from the sun, that's all!"

"For his sake, that better be the only reason he's feeling hot right now!"

"Hey, kids!" Eliwood said. "You two want to go somewhere else and play?"

"Y-Yes!" Roy said.

Lilina hesitated a bit before nodding and smiling.

"Then get out of here you two!"

"Wait, Lilina!" Hector held out an arm for her. "Don't leave me here, Lilina! Lilina!" he shouted, but not really because he never wanted to raise his voice towards her. They were gone and he was left all alone… with Eliwood.

"What a cute child," Eliwood said.

Hector turned to him and shouted, "This was your plan from the very beginning, wasn't it!? If you value our friendship, you'll tell me the truth!"

Eliwood pouted and looked aside. "Uh, but what's the big deal?" Eliwood said. "You once told me you were having dreams about our children marrying, didn't you?"

"I distinctly remember telling you that they were also giving me night terrors. Eliwood!"

"Hey, relax. Let's just let whatever happen, happen. Sure, I might encourage something to blossom, but…"

"I'm going to die for this one day, aren't I?"

Eliwood and Hector went elsewhere to talk. Hector hoped for some nice, friendly talk with Eliwood at the very least, but all Eliwood wanted to do was spout information the whole time.

"By the way, have you any word on Mark?"


Sorry for a tiny hiatus there. Work and school projects got in the way.

I recently finished FE7 sometime in the past weeks and I chuckled when Eliwood summarized the game's plot at the end while also low-key introducing his son despite his B support with Hector. I'm currently playing through both Sacred Stones and Shadow Dragons, so expect one-shots on those someday.