A little bit angsty again, but what can I do? Rachel is on her teens...

Roy Mustang: 27
Rachel Mustang: 13
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"Thank you for coming. I didn't know what else I could do…"

"No problem. Is she upstairs?"

"Yes, she refuses to come down or speak. I wished you could do something."

Roy just nodded and headed for the stairs, leaving his worried mother to look at his back.

It was hard for Roy to believe he was doing this. This soon, anyway. It felt like it had been just yesterday when he first time held the little girl in his arms, or when he saw her taking first steps or heard her reading her first words by herself. When did the girl grow up so fast?

Step by step Roy neared the room which door had been closed for a long time already (so he had heard). When he got there, he first tried to listen if there were any noises. When he couldn't hear anything he saw it acceptable to knock. There came no answer so Roy tried again and this time he decided to spoke up, but before he got any word out, there came an angry answer.

"Go away!"

"Rachel, it's me. Is it okay if I come in?" Roy spoke with gentle voice, trying to placate his sister. Without any results, however.

"I told them to leave me alone! I'm not in the mood for talking right now!" After that Roy heard a silent thump, which he supposed to come from a pillow. There was quiet for awhile before Roy knocked again.

"Rachel? Can I come in?" When he wasn't getting any answer, neither a concession or a protest, so he pulled the door handle.

"I'm coming in, Rachel." he said one more time and pulled the door open.

And there she was. Rachel was lying on her stomach on her bed, face buried in a pillow. She didn't make a sound when Roy stepped into the room.

"Rachel, are you okay?" Roy asked as he came closer to the bed. Still not getting an answer Roy sat down on the bed, next to Rachel's legs. He put an arm on the girl's shoulder and shook it gently.

"Hey, Rach?" No answer. "Ducky?"

Rachel sniffed, lifting her head and looking at Roy. Her eyes were red and a little swollen.

"Rachel, what has happened?"

Rachel swallowed and let her glance drop. She wiped her eyes and sniffed a little more.

"Rach?"

"He left me." Rachel said with a plugged voice. "He's now with that Sarah girl. He left me for her." All during the sentence her voice was starting to break again, and when she quieted down, new tears were already filled up in her eyes.

Roy put his arms around his sister and hugged her, and Rachel pressed her face on Roy's chest, hugging him back. Roy tried to calm her down by stroking her black hair and hushing.

"He wasn't worth you, Rach. You will find someone else who really cares about you."

"But I thought he liked me! He told me so. Why did he say that if he didn't mean it!?"

"Men are pigs, Rachel." Roy said simply and started rocking the crying girl in his arms.

It was then and there when Roy promised to himself to not let any guy hurt his sister ever again.


In the next chapter we'll see the rest of the FMA gang. Again, till then...