It had been a couple of weeks since Chiko and Roy were sick and they were back at work. Roy was doing his paperwork while Chiko was on his head watching him. Tomorrow was the weekend and Roy needed to go to the store but was worried about Chiko, it was gonna be windy that day and Roy was worried that Chiko might get blown away or get sick again. He had been thinking about this for awhile now but didn't know what to do, Chiko got lonely easily and she'd cry when Roy left her alone for too long. Roy was knocked out of his thoughts when there was a knock on the door, he jumped a little before saying. "Come in!" The opens to reveal Hawkeye with a stack of papers in hand. "Here some more documents sir." "Thank you Lieutenant."
Hawkeye looks at Roy to see a conflicting look on his face like he didn't know what to do with something, so Hawkeye asked. "Everything alright sir?" "Mhm? Oh yeah, everything's fine... Hey Hawkeye?" "Yes sir?" "How did Black Hayate handle being by himself for the first time in your apartment? How'd you make sure he didn't get lonely?" Hawkeye looks at him and smiles a little. "Is this about Chiko Sir?" Roy nods and Hawkeye chuckles before answering. "Well what i'd do is give Hayate somethings to play with so he doesn't get bored and some food to eat in case he gets hungry and in your case sir, i request a security blanket for Chiko." Roy nods and says. "Thank you Lieutenant, I'll keep that in mind." Hawkeye nods back and walks away as she opened the door she stops and looks at Roy.
"Sir?" Roy looks up from his papers and looks at her replying. "Yes Lieutenant?" "Are you okay?" Roy got started by the question and looks at her surprised. "Yeah I'm fine why?" "Just asking sir." Hawkeye leaves closing the door behind her as Roy looks shocked. She never asked him if he was alright out of the blue before only if he didn't get some sleep or seemed sick. This was weird, Roy shook his head and looked back at his paper getting back to work. After work Roy and Chiko went home, Roy didn't feel like cooking so he got take out. He got Xingese takeout with a bowl of fruit for Chiko, as they ate Roy kept thinking about how weird Hawkeye acted today but Roy shook that off and went to the bathroom with Chiko. Roy took off his clothes and got into the bath with Chiko, he relaxed as Chiko swam around in the tub.
Roy looked at the ceiling in thought. 'A security blanket Huh? I think I know what she means by that.' Roy looked at the water and cupped his hands together, splashing his face. He lowered his hands and looked at Chiko, who was swimming around with a smile, Roy smiled at this and his gaze softened. They got out and got dried, Roy got into his pajamas and laid down with Chiko on the other pillow. Roy stared at the ceiling and turned his head to look at Chiko. He watched her tiny sleeping form and smiled thinking. 'Yeah, she's gonna be okay.' He closes his eyes and fell asleep.
The next day Roy put Chiko's little books on the table along with some food and a clock. He looked at Chiko on the table and says. "Alright Chiko. I'm gonna go and get some things at the store but I'm gonna leave you here by yourself. We're gonna see how you take being alone for an hour. Think you can handle it?" Chiko nods as Roy smiles at that. He points to the clock at the big hand saying. "When this hand is here and this hand is here it means I'm on my way home, it won't take long but I am walking there so be prepared for me to be a little more late." Chiko nods in understanding giving a little squeak, Roy smiles at this and says. "Glad you do and if you get lonely, this is for you to cuddle on."
Roy takes a handkerchief out of his pocket and gives it to Chiko. "This is for incase you get lonely." Chiko nods in thanks and hugs it. Roy's smile widens as he says. "See you later Chiko." Roy walks out giving Chiko a wave as Chiko waves back. Roy opens the door and steps out while closing it, Chiko immediately got lonely but buried her face into the handkerchief, taking Roy's sent as if he was here.
At the store Roy payed for his groceries and jogged home. 'I got that done quick. I'll be home a little early.' As Roy was jogging, he stopped hearing someone call his name. "Roy!" He looked around and saw Gracia waving at him, he smiles and waved back at her. She catches up to him and says. "How've you been?" "I've been fine. How're you and Elicia been doing?" "We're fine, Elicia is at a friends house right now. She loves the toy you gave her, she's being extra gentle with it." Roy smiles and says. "I'm glad she is." "I was just wondering how you came up with such a cute creature?" Roy freezes at that and says nervously. "I came up with it in my head." "Oh. I guess that makes sense." Roy mentally sighed in relief that she believed him and Gracia asked. "Would you like to come with me to pick up Elicia? She'd love to see you."
Roy thought about it and thought it might be short so he said. "Sure." "Great." Gracia smiled and him and they walked to the house where Elicia was.
At Roy's house Chiko was wrapping bandages around a rubber lizard until it was completely covered. She smiled with joy and started hopping up and down while squeaking like saying 'I did it!' Until she realized that she was alone, her eyes started to water a little but shook her head and dried her tears. A little growl came from her stomach and decided to eat her lunch, hoping Roy to come back soon.
Roy and Gracia made it to the house and picked up Elicia, when she saw Roy she squealed and ran to him hugging his legs. Roy laughed at that and patted her head saying. "Hey there cupcake. How was your play date?" "It was fun! We played with the stuffed animal you gave me and dressed it up but I made sure to be extra careful of it!" Roy chuckles and say. "Good to hear." 'I think Chiko's old owner did the same thing but I haven't asked.' "You ready to go sweetheart?" "Yes mommy." "Alright. I'll see you later Roy." "Yeah see y'a." As they were walking their separate ways, Roy remembered that there was a killer on the loss attacking blonde women. Gracia wasn't Blonde but Roy would never forgive himself if something happened to his best friends wife and kid.
Roy turned around and ran towards Gracia and Elicia. When he caught up to them he said. "Gracia Wait!" They stopped and looked at Roy. "What is it?" Roy caught up to them and said panting a little. "Why don't you two come home with me and I can call Hawkeye to come pick you up." "Uh sure but why?" "Well, it's been awhile since I've spend time with you guys and i wanted to show you guys something." Roy looked at her pleading with a look that said he'll explain later. Gracia understood and nodded with a smile. "Sure. We'd love to come over." "Yay! We're going to uncle Roy's!" Roy smiled and said. "That's right cupcake but first I have to go to the store and get some more ingredients. I only have enough for one." "Thats okay." Roy smiled at her and they made their way back to the store.
Chiko was watching the clock as it struck 5 o'clock. She got excited and looked towards the door with a smile expecting Roy but he didn't enter. Chiko got sad but then remembered that Roy might be late, so she shook off her sadness and went back to the clock and watched it with Roy's handkerchief wrapped around her body. Hoping her owner to come home quick.
Roy, Gracia and Elicia walk out of the store with more groceries in hand. As they made it to his house, they stopped at the door and Roy looked at Gracia and said. "Little warning, I have a pet here that's really shy." "Oh we don't mind." "Yeah but that's the thing, I brought her when we were taking care of Elicia." Gracia looked at him confused as he opened the door.
Inside Chiko was watching the clock wrapped around in the handkerchief when she heard the door open and Roy's voice. "I'm home!" Chiko took off the blanket and ran to the edge of the table and started hopping up and down with a smile. As Roy entered the room Chiko noticed that Gracia was with him and remembering what Roy said about not moving with people that didn't know about her. She stopped hopping and froze on her hind legs but flopped on her face.
Roy winced at this and walked up to her, he put his hand on her and said. "It's okay Chiko, your not in trouble. They know." Chiko got back up and looked at him tears in her eyes as of saying. 'Are you sure?' Roy smiled at her and said. "Yes." Roy lowered his hand to her and she hopped on, he turned around to Gracia and Elicia who were waiting patiently. He showed Chiko to them and said. "This is Chiko, my pet and the one that inspired the stuffed animal that I made. She's really shy but can warm up to people." Gracia smiled and said. "It's nice to meet you Chiko." Chiko waved at her and Roy got to work on dinner.
He called Lieutenant Hawkeye to come and pick them up, Roy told Gracia about the murders that have been happening and wanted to keep them safe. Gracia understood that and agreed to wait for Hawkeye, Roy had made stew for dinner and a bowl of nuts for Chiko. As they ate there was a knock on the door and Roy got up to go answer it, as he grabbed the door handle a wave of fear got to him as he realized that Hawkeye might be busy and sent Monroe. He started breathing heavily and started to have a panic attack, Chiko wasn't with him and he was afraid of what might happen if Roy let Gracia and Elicia go with him.
So many thoughts went through his head that he let the door knob go and backed up grabbing his chest to calm down that he didn't hear the door open and it was Hawkeye not Monroe. She looked at the colonel worriedly to see him having a panic attack, she approached him with caution and asked. "Colonel? You okay?" Gracia walked in hearing her and looked at Roy to see him panicked. Hawkeye called out to him on more time touching his arm. "Colonel?" Just as she made contact Roy breathe hitched and he passed out on the floor.
Hawkeye and Gracia ran to him and tried to get him to wake up but nothing worked, Hawkeye wrapped his arm around her shoulders and picked him up from the floor. She dragged him out of the hallway and brought him to his room she laid him down on his bed and felt his head for a fever. He was a little warm so she went back downstairs and grabbed a wet wash cloth and came back with Chiko back up. She placed the wash cloth on his forehead and put him under the covers with Chiko in his hair petting him. Hawkeye knew she had to take Gracia and Elicia home but was worried for Roy, she trusted Chiko to keep and eye on him.
She kissed Roy on the cheek and left with Gracia and Elicia taking them home, she was gonna come back to check on the colonel when she was done with her task.
Roy woke up with his cheeks a little pink. He slowly opened his eyes and looked around, he was in his bed room. 'I don't remember coming in here.' He slowly sat up with his head down and felt something fall on his lap, he opened his eyes and saw Chiko there looking at him worriedly. Roy smiled at her and said. "I'm okay Chiko, don't worry." He gave out a big yawn while Chiko did the same. As Roy stretched the door opened to reveal Hawkeye, she looked surprised and said. "Oh sir your awake." "Yeah. Do you know what happened? I don't remember."
Hawkeye walked to the bed and sat down on the edge looking at Roy. "Well, you had a panic attack at the hallway to your door and passed out when I touched you." Roy's eyes widened at this and all the memories came back flooding back, he remembered that the panic attack was about Monroe being at his door and telling awful things to Gracia and Elicia but instead it was Hawkeye. He looked at her and saw that she had a concerned look on her face and she asked. "Do you remember what it was about?" 'Yes it was the brat that's been beating me, turning my team against me and blackmailing me with you.' "No, I don't." Roy said looking away from her as she and Chiko look at him concerned. Hawkeye was about to touch his arm but retracted remembering that he passed out due to her touching him.
Hawkeye sighed and said. "If you don't need anything else then I best be going now. Goodnight sir." "Goodnight Hawkeye and be safe going home. I know you can handle yourself but be safe for my sake of mind." Hawkeye smiled and nodded, she walked out of the room and Roy heard the door closed. He flopped back down on the bed with a moan making Chiko jump and squeak in surprise as she looked at him. "I swear that brat continues ruining my life even at home. (Throws arms up in the air.) And he doesn't even know where I live!" He drops his arms and left arm covered his eyes while the right on hanged off the bed.
He sighs in defeat and he felt his eyes get misty, he was so tired of everything. With work, helping the Elrics, becoming Führer, life, Monroe's bullshit and finding who killed Hughes. It just made Roy tired, he didn't have anyone to vent with anymore. His team hated him, the Elrics are always traveling and hughes was gone. He felt so lonely that he started to cry and sob, he stopped crying when he heard a tiny squeak. He uncovered his eyes and saw Chiko on his chest looking, his eyes widened until they softened and he smiled at him. "Your right, I'm not alone. I have you Chiko." Roy lowered his head back to his pillow and said. "Good night Chiko, I love you." Chiko gave a squeak saying the same thing and they went to sleep. With Chiko on his chest and Roy not moving an inch.
Hawkeye opened her apartment door and walked in, she turned on the lights and closed it. She leaned against the door and slide down as Hayate walked over to her and looked at her. She looked at him and said. "Somethings wrong with the Colonel. First the scar and bruises, then the nightmare and now a panic attack. Somethings going on with him and Monroe has something to do with it." She put her thumbs on her forehead and said. "The hawks eye is what they call me but I don't deserve that title because how can I see everything if I don't even know what's going on between my superior and his subordinate." Hayate sat lowering his head and whined sadly, not even he knew what was going on.
Hey sorry i haven't been posting in awhile. I've been focusing on my other writing accounts and posting on them. But I'm back and I'll be working on my other books.
To be continued