This is one of my plot bunnies that popped into my head, like… five seconds ago.

This is why I'm broke. IMPULSES! -smack-

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Theme Twenty Eight: Your Hair's Getting Long

"Riza?" A quiet voice whispered into the cold room. He stuck his head in to find the small girl closing her book and sliding off her bed gracefully. She nodded as he presented the large stuffed quilt and they both headed down the stairs.

The shabby brown couch, scratched and withered with years of neglect creaked as they sat down upon it. Roy leaned back against the arm closest to the window, making sure not to have Riza sit there. She folded her skirt underneath her and sat down, resting her back against the couch and facing Roy. He grabbed the blanket and threw it over both of them, tucking it between Riza and the couch and shifting to make them both comfortable. When Riza buried her head into his shoulder he knew she was content, and lie still save to put his arm around her.

"You're sure Master is gone?"

"He left this morning."

"He'll be back though."

"Noon tomorrow. We'll have plenty of time." She snuggled up against him. He smiled and looked down upon her, her long blonde hair cascading down over the back of the couch. He grabbed a few strands of it and played them around his fingers. "Your hair's getting long." He muttered absently. She nodded. "Father likes it long. He says it reminds him of mother. She had really nice long hair… down past her waist…" She yawned. He placed the hairs back down and smoothed them against her head. "I like it better short. It suits you more, I think." She blinked a few times sleepily and drifted to sleep in Roy's arms.

The next day, her father merely gaped to see his daughter with short cropped hair, not long enough to even tie back. "Riza…" He said slowly, "What did you do to your hair, young lady?" She shrugged but did not look at him. "I thought it was time for a change. It was so long it was getting in the way anyway."

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I have another story about Riza's hair length, but I'm still working the kinks out of that one. See, I thought she would have her hair long to cover up the tattoo more. But if Roy asked her to cut it then she definitely would.