Like i said in the last chapter, this contains a little twist. Think youre ready? Then read on:
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Chapter 7.
"No."
"No, what? I didn't even ask anything yet!"
"But whatever it is, the answer is no."
"But why, Roy?"
"Because I said so, Abigail."
"What if I said I just wanted to know if you wanted some ice cream?"
"I don't want any ice cream, Abigail."
"Well, what if I wanted to know if you needed help with your paperwork?" He stopped and looked at me. A small smirk grew on my lips.
"Well we both know that wouldn't happen." Damn right it wouldn't, I couldn't be associated with his lazy ass.
"Okay. Well, I was just going to tell you that I was going out."
"Out?" His ears perked up like a little puppy. "With whom?"
"What makes you think I'm going out with someone?"
"You hate going out."
"I. Do. Not." I shot him an evil glare. "Out. Hates. Me. That's why I'm either always falling or hurting myself in someway. Thus I am just a little anxious about out-side."
"Fine. Abigail?"
I turned to face him at his desk. "Yeah, Roy?"
"Just be careful." I knew he cared, I never doubted it. Now whatever he was telling me to be weary about was another question. He waved in his short sleeved white t-shirt, rocking his civilian clothes as he always did on the weekends when he needed to catch up on all of his procrastinated work that he didn't do during the week. Turns out he was right, as always. If he would have known that I was going out with someone, that smug-ass look that I hated so much about him would rear its ugly head. Once I finally reached the courtyard behind HQ, I adjusted my glasses and caught up with Al in the middle of the yard. The transmutation circle he had drawn had what looked like a busted flashlight in it. He looked at me and stepped back, giving me the floor. I placed my hands down on it, focusing- then a white light in the shape of the circle. The flashlight had been fixed!
By me! ME ALONE!
"Nice job, Abby!" I shot him a huge grin, he nodded in agreement, smiling on the inside. In an attempt to show affection, I tried to wrap my arms around him, but ran too quickly and hurt myself in the act. Not too mention he was too wide to hug anyway, at least I tried. He laughed, obviously embarrassed that I was just a klutz. We kept taking things apart so that I could transmute them back to their original states, eventually it took less and less focus and energy. And every time Al would give me positive feedback, which made me feel even better.
At one point, I could fix a calculator with the simple touch of my pinky. Of course, now I was simply showing off, but it was fun. As I was taking my little bow, I heard an extra set of hands clapping in addition to the metal ones. "Brother!" Al yelled towards the southern part of the courtyard. I looked up and...
Oh hell no. It was the little blonde. I whipped my head around to Al so quickly that we were both surprised I didn't get whiplash. I pulled him down by his loincloth to my eye level, "You didn't tell me that HE was your brother!"
"I didn't know that you knew him! This will be great!"
"Alphonse, I swear—" Just then the little blonde caught up to where we were standing. I adjusted my glasses before looking at him. He gave me another dirty look, completely anticipated. He looked up at Al, who seemed like he was getting more and more uneasy at this situation with each passing moment. I never took my eyes off of his face, his blonde hair falling into his face, the rest of it pulled back into a braid.
"Alphonse, is this the girl you were telling me about?" He nodded obediently, as if the little blond were the big brother. Which was obviously physically impossible. He gave me a quick look up and down, slightly increasing the un-comfort level. Looking about his feet, he saw all of the now fixed items, thanks to me, and let out a small laugh. Before I knew it, he ripped my glasses off of my face, threw them on the ground, stomped his boot on them multiple times. "She's okay. But lets really test her skills."
I stared at the heap of metal and plastic that I loathed so much, before returning the gaze of disbelief to his eyes. He locked his gaze on mine as I did on his. They were golden, like eyes I had never seen before. I had never seen eyes with such a glow in my life, the sun only enhanced this. Before I could remember what had happened a few seconds before, he stumbled a couple steps backwards. He pointed at me, his hand was shaking a little bit. His mouth stuttered as his pupils contracted, a look of disbelief on his face. "Y-your eyes..."
I blinked a couple times, looked down at my crushed glasses and then looked back at the blonde. He was frozen, staring at me... then it hit me. Shit. I dropped my head and busted through the two brothers back into HQ. Knowing I startled him, I didn't give a shit, "ROY." He looked up at me, and his eyes grew wide. In the reflection of the mirror he had on his office wall, I saw red eyes staring back at me.
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Fun fact, i wrote chapters 5-8 in one day so I was fighting on whether or not to upload them all at the same time. But here they all are! So, what did you think of that little twist? Tell me in a review!
As always, thanks for reading!
