Al wonders about things...
December 15th -- Al
His brother had disappeared for a couple hours with Fury yesterday afternoon. He couldn't help wondering where they'd gone, but didn't ask. It didn't really matter to him, just mild curiosity was all. That Ed had come back much more placid than he'd left was good enough for him. The elder had been getting more and more unsettled lately.
Al had spent much of the afternoon at Lieutenant Hawkeye's apartment, playing with Black Hayate and talking with her. She'd seemed to be a completely different person than the sharp woman he knew from around the office.
He was particularly surprised to discover a quirk of his mother's in her. There were wrapped presents in the hall closet. No real attempt to hide anything more than the colorful paper did already. Likely few people ventured into the Lieutenant's home, so she didn't have any need to put them out of sight.
He'd found she veritably disliked clutter. That was how he'd discovered the gifts in the first place. As usual, Al had Ed's suitcase with him, since they hadn't been back to their dorm yet. She didn't mind him over, enjoyed the company she'd said. But she'd told him to put the suitcase in the hall closet, so it didn't get tripped over.
Al had wondered briefly who all of the gifts were for, but Hayate had come up and wanted to play, so he'd thought nothing more of it. He supposed if he was to know, he'd find out when Christmas came.
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I so enjoying making Riza a nice person. She is, I'd say, and everybody just makes a habit of getting on her bad side is all.