This ones a tad shorter and I apologize for that.
And there they were. In Roy's apartment. Neither of them knew what to do with each other. Roy cleared his throat.
"I'll set you up on the couch." He got a couple blankets and laid them out while Edward looked around the place. He noted all the books and all of the maps as well as a few random stacks of papers.
Roy turned to see Edward feeling the chair cushion. "Well. The bathroom is over there, food's in there and here's a pillow. Don't touch anything." Ed walked to the couch and sat on it, testing it. He hadn't been in a nice place like this in over two years!
He felt the blanket and played with the pillow before looking to Roy.
"Good. Well... goodnight." Roy turned and walked to the bedroom more than eager to go to sleep. He just wanted to forget about this night. This day. This week. Everything.
When he woke the next morning he remembered the kid on the couch and dreaded getting out of bed. He didn't want to deal with kids they were messy, didn't listen, and at that age, they threw temper tantrums and they didn't know how to speak fluently. The list could go on and on and on.
Eventually he dragged himself out of bed and got dressed before going out to...
An empty couch. An empty couch?! Even the blanket and pillow was gone! That thief! Wait... They needed him!
Roy bolted out the door in hopes he would find Edward but no such luck. The next plan was to call Hawkeye to help look...
"I came as quickly as I could!" Hawkeye bolted through the door finding Roy pacing madly.
"He ran away."
"Are you sure?"
"Well it's not like he'd play hide-and-seek!"
"Sir. He is a kid after all." Hawkeye sighed. "Let's look around here first before assuming."
And the two began to look. They looked in every cubby in every closet, and eventually found the boy asleep in the cupboard under the sink in the bathroom.
"And you thought he ran away." Hawkeye smirked triumphantly.
"Yeah yeah." Mustang groaned. "Well you and I both know he likes to run."
"So. Are you planning on taking today off then?"
"Why would I do that?" He asked, unamused.
"Edward can't live in just one outfit forever, and this one looks really really used, not only that you need to get him some food, like crackers and stuff like that, get a lot too."
"He's small. How much can he really eat?"
"He's a growing boy. He could eat a whole supermarket if given the chance."
"I see..."
"Maybe a couple toys to keep him entertained too."
"Alright alright I get the point."
After Hawkeye left, Roy woke up Ed who seemed a little mad at the fact that he was disturbed from his slumber.
Roy gave him a cut apple for breakfast which Ed ate happily. After he was finished, Roy sat down a small glass of milk and much to his surprise, the kid looked at it, got up and put it back in Roy's hand.
"Hey. Drink it." Roy sat it back in front of the boy and Ed pushed it away.
Mustang growled and pushed it back only to watch in horror as Edward tried to push it off the table. Luckily he caught it and he started to get frustrated.
"Edward! Drink the milk!" Roy angrily put it back in front of Ed already losing his patience.
This time Ed dramatically fell on to the floor and laid there watching Roy who was now rubbing the bridge on his nose.
"Fine. You don't want to drink it, then fine. Be dehydrated." Mustang looked back go the boy who had yet to move. "Let's go."
He fastened the boy in the back seat with the seatbelt and everything and suddenly realized something. The kid was way too small to sit in the seat, he needed a car seat.
'Great.' Thought Roy. 'I don't have a carseat and it's too far to walk. What did I do last night?'
He thought back to how they got home and he sighed in defeat. He was so exhausted he couldn't remember.
The man just put Edward in the seat and drove very carefully taking back roads and being very cautious.
The first thing he got was a carseat which he fastened in immediately. The next thing he did was get three new outfits as well as a pair of scissors. The child had long ratty hair that needed cut badly. He got a few children's cups that had lids and wouldn't leak, as well as some crackers, fruit snacks and more apples.
By the time he got all that, Ed was getting tired of going into all these stores and started pouting. It got to the point where Roy picked up Ed and held him since the kid was only slowing him down.
Edward froze when he was lifted. He didn't know what to do with the man holding him, and he didn't want to get down either. It was... Nice having someone hold him.
Roy found it surprising when Ed leaned into him almost affectionately.
They had finally reached the last store when Edward pointed to something. Roy didn't understand at first and Edward kept pointing now somewhat whining.
The older man finally looked up and saw a teddy bear. It wasn't expensive either and was actually decent sized for being so cheep. Hawkeye did say get him a toy...
So in when the bear. After it was purchased Ed looked like the happiest boy in the whole world. He loved the bear already.
Mustang kinda smiled a little. "Huh... Maybe this won't be so hard after all?"
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