Chapter 2 - Mother (The soppy, soap opera-ish, fluffy chapter)
Thanks for the 2 people who reviewed me, Chibiiac and Stone Wolf Alchemist, you gave me the strength to go on. All this just came off the top of my head so...feel free to flame.
Picking up where we left off, Edward had just had a little temper tantrum in Roy's office and Riza said she would talk to him being the "hot stuff" that she is.
It was now Riza Hawkeye's lunch hour and she had just left her boy friend, Roy Mustang's office to go get lunch, and more importanly, talk to Ed about his anger troubles. She thought she would try to comfort him since shooting him would only make matters worse as she had already found out about half an hour ago. Riza made her way into the cafeteria, she noticed a couple of men staring at her, 'Typical...' she thought, since none of them had been interested in her before she was with Roy. She grabbed her lunch whatever it was (She didn't really care since she had been in the Ishbal War and had to eat anything that was available.). Now she was walking around with her tray, looking for Ed. Then she saw him. He was just sitting there with his head on the table, his golden blond hair not in it's usual plats, instead it was untied and just laying about covering his entire face. Alphonse wasn't next to him, he was distracted by a kitten at the other side of the cafeteria. "May I sit with you?" Riza politely asked. Edward didn't answer. "Edward?" she said again, but there was still no answer. Riza took a closer look at him and saw that he was accually asleep. Suddenly remembering that she noticed he had baggy eyes back in Roy's office. 'Thats it?' she thought in irritation, 'Thats why he was angry? Because he wasn't getting enough sleep? Well...so much for "teenage troubles"!'. She was about to leave when she suddenly heard a mumbling noise coming from inside of Ed's golden locks, he was talking in his sleep. Riza moved her head closer to Ed's to hear what he was saying. "No..." he grumbled, "Where you goin'coward...?" he went on in his sleep. Then suddenly he woke up yelling "COME BACK AND FIGHT! MOTHER FUCKER!" morphing his automail in to a blade and shooting it forward as if he were to attack someone and causing Riza to drop her tray and fall to the ground as Ed himself fell onto the table.
Everyone in the cafeteria stared in Ed's dierection, but when they saw he wasn't moving for a while and they knew there wouldn't be a show, they just went about their business again. Riza just got up, tidying herself up a bit and looking at Ed. He had already gotten off the table and on to the floor, panting and sweating. Alphonse was already rushing back to Ed (With a kitten in his armor hoping it wouldn't make any noises.). Riza decided to let Ed calm down for a minute before talking to him, but in this whole minute she was looking him in the eye and wiping his sweat for him with a napkin, it reminded Ed of his own mother for a second. After a while Ed shifted her hand away using his human hand and said "Sorry if I startled you.". He morphed his automail into its original form and he got off his chair to go clean up the tray that Riza dropped. 'Thats it?' she thought 'Thats all he has to say to me?' she felt like smashing Ed's head with her gun, but then she looked at his eyes and they were still droopy and emotionless, and she didn't think it was because he had just woken up, he seemed really sad about something. Riza was thinking 'I bet that Winry girl rejected him cause he was too short.' Riza didn't really know what to say to Ed, who was now sitting on a chair again. Al had his hand on his shoulder and was constantly asking if he was alright, Ed kept smiling back like nothing happened, but the cat in Al's armor started to meow, Ed's eyes narrowed, "Al...? What did I tell you about taking in stray cats...?" Al knew this wasn't a time to argue with Ed, so he just built it a little shelter using his alchemy and said "I'll wait for you outside, brother.". Riza patted Ed on the shoulder to speak to him, she opened her mouth but before she could say anything she was cut off by Ed "Look, if its about me calling you what I did, I'm sorry. Just leave me alone, I've already got Colenel Dickhead on my case...". Ed was platting his hair and before he knew it Riza had one arm around his back and onto his shoulder, again in a motherly fasion.
Ed couldn't believe his eyes or his shoulders, the woman he had barely even talked to for 3 years since they men now had her left arm wrapped around his back and on his left shoulder, the only one that could feel. Riza was now rubbing his shoulder and asked "Is something bothering you? You seem to be having nightmares, can you tell me about them?" Ed was still gaping at Riza with his eyes wide open, he had no idea she could be so sensitive. Confused, he said "Uh...Miss Hawkeye...?" "No, just call me Riza," she said in that warm, unnerving voice that was so unusual for her, " what was your dream about?" she continued. Riza's warm look of concern, and her motherly frown reminded Ed so much of his mother that he wanted to hug and snuggle her like he did with his mother when he was a child, but he decided it was inappropriate so he thought he should just tell her. "Its not really anything serious, just a bit of frustrations. I just keep dreaming about that time I faced scar in Central, I faced scar, I found out it was him who killed the Rockbell couple, Winry's parents. That motherfucker got away in the end, I never got to murder the sorry punk's ass...". Riza noticed Ed's eyes widen, it didn't look good at all, for a second she thought she saw is eyes glow yellow. Ed noticed Riza looking really worried for a moment and his expression immediately to one of comfort, he was smiling at her, he said "You and Mustang should have kids, I know you'd be a great mother..." he gave Hawkeye a hug, a few people were staring now, they were murmuring "Full Metal and Hawkeye...? Sweet!" but neither Ed or Riza could hear them. Ed left and joined his brother Alphonse, who said "Brother, where are we going now?" "Elementary Al..." as if he was Sherlock Holmes, suddenly his eyes narrowed and he growled "Scar...!"
Riza was still sitting where she had comforted Edward, suddenly she noticed everyone was gone. She looked at her watch and screamed "HOLY SHIT!" it was 2:00 pm. She was an hour late for her meeting, and she hadn't even eaten anything yet!