Chapter eight: Sweet kisses after ten months
Roy spun her a final time, looking off across the fields. "Hell. It's my dad."
Kiwi broke away. "I don't want to talk to HIM ever again. Hmph." She crossed her arms and spun on her heel.
"Come on, Ki, don't hold a grudge…"
"I'll hold a grudge if I want to, Fuhrer's boy." She started to walk away in a huff, leaving Roy alone.
"Kiwi, wait…" He drew an alchemy circle and made a bouquet of white roses from the ground. He darted over to her and handed them over. "Here."
"Roy" Kiwi took them and sniffed them. "They're lovely…" She looked at him, and he looked at her. The roses hit the ground as they fell from Kiwi's hands and a delicate foot popped up behind them.
Kiwi's eyes snapped open. "What…" She sat up and looked around. There was a needle attached to her arm, and a small machine measuring her heart rate beside her. "Where am I?" She looked around. "A hospital?"
"EEK!"
Kiwi's head snapped up. "Mommy?"
"THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! BASTARD!"
"Coniniaue, calm down! It's almost over!"
"BASTARD! WHY DID YOU GET ME DRUNK? WHY?"
"I was drunk too! I'm sorry! It's almost over!"
"BASTARD! BASTARD!"
Kiwi pulled back the curtain just as the screaming stopped. Her pupils shrank as she just stared. "Oh… God…"
Coniniaue's face was red, but calm. Edward had his fingers closed around hers, as her other hand was occupied by…
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?" Kiwi screeched, pointing. A four-year-old girl was screaming that in a hospital. It was an odd sight.
"Kiwi!" Edward let go of Coniniaue and picked her up, hugging her. "You're awake! You're awake…"
"What… What day it is?"
"Erm… Thursday."
"What DAY day?"
"August twenty fourth…"
Kiwi squirmed from his grasp. "How… How long have I been asleep?"
"Ten months!"
"TEN MONTHS?" Kiwi sat in a corner. "So I guess I'm five now… NOW WHAT IS THAT?"
"Kiwi, this is your little sister… Mango…" Coniniaue smiled wryly.
"Mango?"
"MANGO?" Edward shouted, outraged. "You named our daughter MANGO?"
"Yes. Problem?"
"BIG problem! MANGO? Who names their kid MANGO?"
"I do. And if you have a problem then I swear I will twist your nose off your face."
"Mango? Isn't that GREAT name. Mango Elric. I LOVE IT!"
