Hi guys, I'm back (surprisingly fast, it even surprised me lol) anyway, I hope you all enjoy this chapter since I can't tell when I'll be able to upload another one! Maybe I'll even upload two chapters today, who knows! ;)
NOTE: If you allow, I would like to quickly publish a small fic from my own ideas list if you guys don't mind! Don't worry, your own requests will come soon! As well as "Letters from War" I will probably publish it in the weekend or sooner if I have time! :)
FUN FACT: The name I gave Lena and Greed's second daughter Avaritia is Latin which stands for...hihi the sin "Greed". Yeah, I know cliché, but I couldn't resist. Suggestions for names are welcome though! ;)
ANSWERS TO REVIEWS:
Emma: Letters from War? Sure thing! Though I'm afraid I can update that bit in the weekend (maybe even sooner if I'm lucky lol) and it will come as a SEPARATE story, titled "Letters from War" so just go on my profile if you wanna see it :)
Anonymous J: haha that's ok, I figured it was you ;) haha thanks, what can I say, I'm a dreamer and a optimist, two very dangerous combos ^^ Though I hate it when the realist in me comes out at times (sweat drop) Yeah, I'm doing fine, though I must say school piles up my stress levels . Exams after exams, it's a miracle I updated this! Granted it is 10:00pm...heh...
Daughterofapollo12345: Ah, mine too we are in the same boat there (salute!) Meh, I'm used to flamers in real life too (ironically enough, it's mainly because of my English grades being better than theirs .), well Guest can voice their thoughts though I would have preferred it to be in a more civil manner but oh well. And thanks for the cheer up :)
Panic: State Alchemist huh? Hmm...actually, I haven't decided on that one. I originally planned to have her being offered the position in the military countless of times but she turned them down because she was too stubborn/proud to be chained down and ordered around (even more than Ed lol) haha Yeah, Greed has his own body, man that would be pretty awkward if Ling is married to Lan Fan and Greed is married to Lena, how those two couples would together under the same roof...sheesh. ^^ Wow, two years huh? I hope it doesn't come to that haha. Sure thing, got them noted down ;) hahaha Thank you so much Panic! I try but I'm afraid more exams are coming...demons called exams...reminds of the old anime Inuyasha (chuckles) :D
Hope you enjoy everyone!
Domestic Bliss
"Greed...honey, what are you doing?" Lena blinked incredulously, rocking her daughter lightly in her arms as both watched the tall man furiously tapping the rubber end of a pencil against his head, the other hand absently drumming fingers against the wood of the dinner table.
Papers were scattered across the whole expanse of the table, they looked like...like...
Lena's eyes widened as she came closer to inspect what in the world her husband was doing, "Discount coupons?" she blinked at Greed, who seemingly didn't even notice them yet.
She gently touched his broad shoulder and that was when he snapped out of his thoughts, startled, he looked up at her and smiled when his little daughter Avaritia stretched her little hands out to him, Greed grabbed them gently and kissed them lovingly, chuckling when she giggled.
Lena smiled warmly at the display and shook her head, she still couldn't believe how much Greed had changed after they had gotten together. Sure, he was still the same foulmouthed, bossy, moody, greedy, dirty little bastard he usually was but he also revealed a side to her nobody would probably believe if she told it to anyone; he was incredibly caring and protective, he liked to cuddle, he often overreacted especially when it came to either herself, Avaritia or Emilia. She often had to calm him down before he would work his brain to overload from worrying and fussing over them, like when Emilia scraped her knee that one time while playing outside with the Elric kids, oh god...Greed practically had a heart attack, he had immediately rushed to the scene, carried his favorite little princess in his arms and ordered Winry to heal her least she lost her leg.
Least to say the scene had been hilarious, with Greed threatening to severe Winry's hands if she didn't treat his daughter and with Ed, being the ever overprotective husband, butting in and nearly beating Greed up for his tone with his wife. Lena had to giggle at the memory, before she focused on the present.
"Care to explain why you suddenly hoard...discount coupons?" she snickered, not at all used to this new side of her husband.
Greed pouted, crossing his muscular arms, "I don't hoard them, I collect them so we can buy cheaper things once we go shoppin'," Greed took Avaritia away from Lena and sat her on his lip, asking with all seriousness;" Now, honey, tell daddy what you want to eat for dinner tomorrow,"
The little girl, only at the age of two, sucked on her thumb and looked between her father's serious expression and the little papers with pictures printed on them on the desk. Randomly, she pointed to a picture which had a delicious looking cookie pack and Greed grinned at his little girl.
"Cookies it is!"
Lena rested her hand on her hips, jabbing her finger against Greed's cheek sharply, "Now listen up you, my children will not eat sweets for dinner you hear me?! I don't care if you used to be a big, bad Homunculus, you'll sleep outside if you give them sweets to eat for dinner! Are we clear?!" she glowered at him, not at all intimidated by his overall physical appearance.
There was a moment of silence, before Greed rubbed his cheek and muttered;" Crystal,"
Lena smiled happily, ruffling her husband's hair, "Aw, good!" Greed's eye twitched in mild annoyance at being treated like a kid, but a kiss from his wife melted away all his anger. At least he got a kiss damn it.
"Back to my original question, why do we need coupons? I mean, it's great that you start to save up more money but we have more than enough Greed," Lena cocked her head to the side, perplexed.
Greed turned to her in his chair and steadied Avaritia in his arms, "Can't a man save up money too? You do that too," Greed looked at her with one eye open, feeling defensive.
Lena rolled her eyes and giggled, "Sure thing, I was just baffled why I find you sitting here like some patient that just recently escaped from the nut house in front of a desk full of discount coupons." She retorted dryly, shaking her head.
Greed stood up, a head taller than Lena and carefully handed their daughter back to her, "I've got something to do, be back by supper," he kissed her forehead, retrieved his trademark black coat and out the door he was.
"Ugh, great, now I have to buy milk?" Ed sighed heavily, furiously tapping his foot against the floor in the supermarket as he remembered his wife's words from earlier.
You don't want our children to be as short as you when you hit puberty right? If you don't come back with milk in tow you will sleep outside in Den's house and she will sleep with me in bed!
Edward groaned in annoyance, asking himself when he had gotten "whipped" as Ling had teased him for recently. Damn Lord was whipped himself, whenever he didn't do something Lan Fan strictly ordered him to do, about his kingly duties, then he would sweat buckets and be off in a jiffy, he would run faster than Ed had ever seen him run before.
Ed had a small glaring contest with the six pack of milk, sitting innocently in the fridge.
"Alright, listen up you demon spawned from hell, I hate you and you hate me. But I will take you with me because I don't wanna sleep outside when I can sleep with my wife in bed...don't expect me to drink you, you bastard," Ed grimaced as he, with a shaky hand, grabbed the handle of the six pack of milk and carefully placed it inside the shopping cart. He wiped his hand off on his clothes, afraid the white demon had left its curse marks on him somewhere.
"Right, vegetables," Ed sighed, ticking off "milk" from his grocery list. He would never understand why Winry insisted on writing everything down that they needed to buy, Ed had a very good memory, hell he had a good enough memory to remember all the complicated formulas for alchemy and Alkahestry, he could damn well remember a stupid grocery list.
And suddenly his shopping cart crashed into somebody else's.
"Excuse me-" Ed was mid-sentence when he suddenly saw exactly who he had crashed into.
"W-W-Winry?!" Ed blinked several times rapidly, seeing the all too familiar figure of his wife, with his child, in her arms, donning his oversized white sweater and a pair of sunglasses, blond hair in a high pony tail.
The woman, obviously his wife, froze and said in a fake accent:" O-Oh! Apologize I very much, yes, yes, I do! I'm sorry for um...disturbing!" she dashed passed him, Edward stood shell shocked for a little while longer, until he took chase.
"FREEZE RIGHT THERE YOU MECHANIC FREAK! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?! I AM TASKED WITH BUYING THE GROCERIES TODAY!" he mentally cheered in his head when he got her cornered in the cereal department. He grinned like the devil as she looked like a deer caught in headlights.
The little girl in the cart, Sarah Elric, reached her arms out towards her father, giggling happily;" Daddy!"
Winry hissed softly a "shh" at her daughter, Ed deadpanned:"Alright, little lady, what are you doing with my sweater and my child?" Ed crossed his arms.
"U-u-uhh, don't know me who you are handsome stranger! Ha ha haha!" Winry laughed awkwardly in a deeper voice, a burning blush of embarrassment on her face.
Ed exploded:" KNOCK IT OFF WITH THE FREAKISH ACCENT! YA SOUND MORE LIKE A MAN THAN USUAL! NOW SPIT IT OUT! WHY ARE YOU HERE?!" Ed hollered, annoyed that his wife was, what he suspected at least, spying on him.
Winry ripped off the sunglasses and screamed right back at her husband:" MORE THAN USUAL?! EXCUSE ME?! HOW DARE YOU COMPARE ME TO A MAN!?"
Ed groaned, "Of course you would only hear that..."
Edward tapped his foot impatiently against the floor until Winry finally relented, burning blush in place:" I...I...well...I sort of...was afraid...you wouldn't buy the milk..."
Ed's eyes widened comically, "YOU STUPID MECHANIC! WHEN IN THE MILK DID I EVER NOT BUY MILK WHEN YOU TOLD ME TO?!"
Winry barked right back:" THAT TIME WHEN IT WAS RAINING AND YOU CAME BACK WITHOUT ANY MILK YOU ALCHEMY FREAK!"
"I TOLD YOU IT GOT WASHED AWAY BY THE RAIN!" Ed defended himself, arguing with his wife in the middle of the store, parents and other people making a wide detour around them to try and avoid the bickering couple. Everybody knew the (in-)famous Edward Elric and the best mechanic Winry Elric nee Rockbell. Nobody in their right minds would try to mess with them. At least not when their battle modes were in full power.
"Kiba, are you concentrating?" Ling peered closer down at his son, who was sitting cross legged on the ground, eyes closed and a calm, concentrated look on his face.
Kiba sighed for the umpteenth time at his father's pestering, "Yes, father, I am for the forty-sixth time," the little guy opened one dark brown eye, peering up at his father.
Ling had tears running down his face, "T-that's my boy!" Ling cried heavily and Kiba sighed, sharing a look with his mother over his shoulder, who just contently sipped her tea, holding Nanami on her lap who clapped and cheered for her brother.
"Mother...help..please..." Kiba pleaded desperately.
Lan Fan had a secretive smirk on her face as she lowered her tea cup, "I'm sorry Kiba, but you know how your father gets when you have managed to successfully detect his chi, again," she smiled when Kiba groaned, being picked up by his overexcited father and continuously celebrated like he just saved the world.
"Lan Fan! Did you see that?! Did you feel that?! OUR SON CAN DETECT CHI!" Ling cried tears of joy, hugging Kiba close to him.
Lan Fan smirked at Kiba's annoyed expression, "Yes, I did Ling," she giggled, kissing her daughter's forehead as the little girl cheered.
Kiba just thought this;" Ugh...oh dad...I wonder how you will react when I tell you I can detect uncle Greed's chi too...he would probably have a seizure if this continues..." Kiba shook his head but a small content smile appeared on his face as he hugged his father close, "Well, let's make the best out of it,"
Back with Greed and Lena
The devil himself entered his house, placing his black coat over the hanger and entering the kitchen where the light was still on.
Lena was waiting for him.
He suddenly got a tea cup thrown at his face, but he caught it just in time, "Where the hell were you?! It's 9:00pm you moron! I was worried!" Lena growled at him, jabbing her finger against his chest harshly.
Greed just had a large grin on his face as he pulled his wife close to him by her waist, delighted at her surprised squeak and adorable blush at their sudden close proximity.
"Sorry, it took a while, but I got you this," Greed bashfully held out a small square like box, grinning when she accepted it with wide eyes.
"G-Greed...this is...it's not what I..." she swallowed hard, "What I think it is...is it?"
Greed shrugged, "Look for yourself," he winked at her.
Lena practically ripped out the lid of the box.
"OH MY GOD I LOVE YOU SO MUCH YOU MORON!" she flung herself at the startled man, the content of the box falling out of it.
It were tickets for the new movie that was coming out soon.
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Real Story
There you have it! Some randomness! ^^ I'm afraid I will make Lena even crazier than she already is (though not as crazy as me...that would be too much lol XD) Thanks for reading!