Kit's Adventures in Amestris
14. Saying Goodbye
Summary: It's now Friday which means Clara is being sent home. She wakes up extra early for some alone time with Kit. To ensure maximum privacy Clara asked Kit to take her to the remains of Edward and Alphonse's childhood home. Good byes aren't always sad but they are when both party's know it's for forever.
Special Note For the sake of Public Knowledge: As FMA takes place in 1914-15, This story takes place the Monday before Kit's 17th birthday, so this is in 1916, the year after the Promised Day. In preparation for writing this I looked at a 1916 calendar. Now Kit's birthday is March 11th and for 1916 that's a Saturday. However Clara will be coming on Monday the 6th at 6:30 pm and will be leaving Friday the 10th at 8 am. Kit will be celebrating her birthday on Thursday the 9th with a big dinner. I only bring this up because I might do a few more Kit's Adventures in Amestris chapters that lead up to Kit's birthday.
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"So this is where those boys grew up?" Clara asked when they arrived at the ruins of the Elric house.
"Yup. This is it, all that's left of where they grew up." Kit nodded.
"Hm. There's a kind of beauty in it, isn't there?"
Kit shifted her gaze from the remains to her mother, her lower lip was a bit on the red side from her biting at it. Clara's eyes had began to well up already as well.
"Mom… We didn't come here to talk about the corpse of my boyfriend's childhood house. Please don't put off what we really came here for. Truth could take you back at any moment."
Clara jumped slightly at her forwardness.
"Right. Sorry hun…"
"Don't be sorry. I just don't want to leave anything unsaid."
Clara smiled, "I don't either. I'm going to miss you Kit."
"I'll miss you too. But hey Roxy's there. And I suppose you have Dimitri there too." She tried to keep the venom from her voice as she said the man's name. It didn't really work.
"He's not that bad sweetie. He was insecure about not feeling a connection to you. That's not unheard of. He and I talked about it and we're good. I'm not defended his actions but I understand."
"... Has he asked about me? Where I've been I mean."
"He has, he does worry about you in his own way. I've told him you ran off with a decent young man and I'm okay with that."
"It's not a total lie… I call bullshit on his worry though. Did you tell Katherine that as well?"
"I did and mother got very smug about it."
"She's never really thought much of me though."
Clara turned and reached up, placing a hand on one of Kit's cheeks, "Such a sweet girl. Mother was crazy not to see that."
"I think she just saw you gave me her name and decided I wasn't good enough for it."
"You're too good for it, my little Kit. I love you hun."
"I love you too mom."
"But, calm your shit about the relationship. That squeal is annoying."
Kit giggled softly and nodded.
"One more thing, even if I won't be here, give me a grandbaby!"
"Not right now. It's too soon for babies. And I don't even know if Ed even wants one."
"I think he does, not now but at some point."
"Okay, okay. Tell Roxy I miss her too, will ya."
"I can do that."
"Also, don't get pregnant with Dimitri, make him work for it."
"Wasn't even thinking about having another baby of my own…"
"And, and, stop working so hard. It can't be good for you."
"I do take mental health days."
"You didn't tell Ed anything embarrassing while you were here, right?"
"Kit, hun, you're ruining our good bye."
"I'm sorry!"
Clara kissed Kit's forehead before she vanished.
Kit chewed on her lower lip and sat down. She raised a hand to where her mother's had just been and frowned. It set in immediately, this could be the last time she saw her mom. Her eyes welled up and and tears rolled down her cheeks.
With her breath catching in the back of her throat she gasped to get air as she cried.
Standing, she sniffled and gasped and continued to cry. Her tears clung to her eyelashes and made it hard to see as she turned around and ran back to the Rockbell house.
As she ran she tripped over pebbles but she hardly noticed.
When she got to her destination she closed the door behind her and leaned against it as she caught her breath and wiped at her face.
"Kit?"
She looked up to find Al looking at her. She flung herself at him and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Mom's gone…"
"Your legs are bleeding…"
"I fell, a lot."
"Let's get you cleaned up before Brother wakes up." He sighed.
"Okay.." Kit nodded and released Al from her hug and allowed him to lead her to a bathroom and she sat on the edge of the tub.
He got out some things. Bandages and peroxide, she figured. Then he got to work, dabbing at her legs.
While he did that she looked at her lap. She was wearing a short skirt that Winry had given her, even though she said no presents. It was dirty from her falling so much and she found a small hole from when a rock stabbed her thigh as she fell.
"Do you think Winry will be angry? I got a hold in my skirt already…"
"I think she'd be more angry you maimed yourself." He answered as he raised the skirt slightly dabbing that the one she just found and any others he saw.
Taking her hands in his, her carefully dabbed at her palms, which she'd also landed on quite a bit. Using tweezers he carefully removed any pebbles that had embedded themselves in her flesh.
She winced as he went about tending to her.
Then he bandaged up her knees and palms.
"There, all patched up." He said with a smile as he stood and put things away.
"Thanks Al."
"You're welcome. Why don't you go on back to bed?"
"Okay." She nodded and stood.
Getting up on her tippy toes she kissed his cheek before going to bed and snuggling with Ed.