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Chapter 4

Ed ambushed Roy the moment he got back to work. "Well! What did the doctor say!" he demanded.

Roy tried to slip away. He really didn't want to deal with this right now.

Ed, however, was not going to let him get away. He advanced on Roy. "Tell me what's wrong with my brother!" he growled.

Roy glanced pleadingly at Riza. He didn't find any help there. She was busy throwing up yet again. Havoc patted her back helplessly.

Roy took a deep breath. Ed would have to be told eventually. He briefly considered that Ed might not like the news being announced in the middle of Central HQ, but reasoned that if he was going to be maimed he wanted at least a dozen witnesses.

"Th-the doctor said Al is pregnant"

There was a dead silence in the building, then a hushed whispering that gradually got louder and louder until it reached a deafening volume, as the news was spread throughout HQ and then the world.

"Are you serious?" Ed asked in a dangerous voice.

"Yes" Roy looked away. He really didn't want to be here right now.

"WHAT! YOU BASTARD! YOU GOT MY BROTHER PREGNANT! HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET MY BROTHER PREG –" Several people dragged him away, kicking and screaming and yelling death threats at Roy.

Roy sighed. Al would have to talk Ed around. Right now, though, Roy wanted to talk to Havoc and Riza.

"Um… Jean, Riza, can I ask you two something?" he asked nervously.

"Sir?"

"… How can I help Al?"

"Just be there to support him. That's the best thing you can do" said Riza

"And let him eat whatever he wants" advised Havoc "No matter how weird it is"

"What do you mean 'weird'?" Roy was starting to panic.

"Well, the other day Riza wanted strawberry gelato with mustard. And before that it was roast pork with chocolate sauce and wasabi. And before that–"

"He gets the point" cut in Riza hurriedly.

Havoc laughed and gave her a one-armed hug. "Ok then"

Roy stared at him. "Are you serious! We don't even have wasabi!"

Roy strode through the aisles of a supermarket. "Wasabi… wasabi… where the hell is all the wasabi!"

Finally spotting the wasabi, he scooped the entire contents of the shelf into his hand-basket and rushed to the checkout.

When Roy got home, Al was talking to Ed, who seemed to have accepted that Al was pregnant and was now excited at the thought of being an uncle. Though he was still furious at Roy.

They looked up as Roy came in, and stared at the grocery bag he was carrying, which was spilling over with wasabi.

Deciding not to ask, Al informed Roy that they had to go to Rizenbul to tell the news to Winry and Pinako. Apparently, it was too important an occurrence to simply tell them over the phone. Al exclaimed that he just had to see Winry's face when they told her.

Roy shuddered. That was something he'd much rather miss, if it was all the same. However, he consented to go.

Hmmm… Roy has latched onto the idea of the wasabi and he's not letting go. He won't admit it, but he's in over his head here. Maybe the wasabi will become a main theme in this story…?

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