I like hiatuses, they're tasty. So, it's been a while, and now that I have my trusty chair back (reference to my co written story), I can finally write again. It's a magic chair. Also, I needed time to think about what was going to happen. And Luna won't talk to me. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID!
Anyways, I don't own FMA, and I don't...own...the...Nordics... *cries up a river* MY BAES NOOO! I WANT TO OWN YOU!
Three hours has passed, and here is the 4th chapter.
Riza Hawkeye was sitting in her apartment. She gazed outside, and saw the white snowflakes drift down onto the white pavement. It was late December, and it had snowed quite hard the past couple of days. She was glad that it finally calmed down. It was so peaceful everywhere. She was about to take a sip of her drink, when-
"RING RING RING RING!" Her phone started abruptly ringing. After getting over the small shock and wiping her drink off of her face, she went to answer it. When she picked up the phone, she heard that now familiar, cheerful, foreign accented voice.
"Moi Riza!" She couldn't help but smile a little. His happiness was contagious, even over the phone.
"Hey Tino."
"Berwald, our friends, and I are hosting our annual Christmas party, and you are invited." She raised an eyebrow at this.
"A Christmas party?"
"Joo, a Christmas party. Do you want to come? It's tomorrow." She thought for a few seconds. Everyone else has already said that they were going to be busy, so she had nothing to do.
"Sure, why not? Where and when should I come?" After giving the time and place, both Riza and Tino hung up. It looks like she would be meeting his friends tomorrow...
The next day, it occurred to Riza that she had something she was going to do... oh that's right, she was going to her friend's Christmas party. She wasn't told what to wear, so she wore pretty casual clothes along with a warm sweater. She decided not to bring Black Hayate with her, so she (reluctantly) left him in the care of her friend and superior, Roy Mustang.
When she reached the address she had been given, she looked the house over. It was fairly big, with the front lawn covered in snow, and the outer walls were a nice peach colour. When she knocked on the door, she faintly heard a voice say, "I'll get it." The door then opened for her.
There, standing in the doorway, was a man with sky blue eyes and blond hair that seemed to defy gravity. His grin was way too wide as he looked over his shoulder.
"Guys! Tino's girlfriend is here!" Riza's eyes widened.
"I'm not his girlfriend." The blond rolled his eyes with a smile.
"Suuure you're not~" Finally, a familiar face came to the front as he pushed the other one out of the way. It was Berwald. He waved at her.
"Hei Riza." She waved back.
"Hey yourself." She walked inside, but not before shaking the snow off of her boots.
She saw three others inside the house. One was Peter, there was a blond with a curl that seemed to be... detached from his head? She shook her head. There was also a teen with silverish white hair. They all looked at her, and Peter ran up to her.
"Riza! Remember me? Peter! I'm Peter!" She nodded.
"Of course I remember you, Peter. Why wouldn't I?" Berwald went over to her.
"N'glect'on." She nodded.
"Peter, I won't forget you." His smile brightened as he hugged her. She smiled and hugged him back. The other two sighed, and the blond one spoke.
"My name is Lukas, and this is my baby brother, Emil." 'Emil' frowned.
"Lukas! I'm not your baby brother!"
"But you will call me big brother~" He shook his head.
"Never!" She decided to just ignore them. She turned to Berwald.
"I don't see Tino here. Where is he?" Berwald pointed out the widow. It was sundown, and a black silhouette could be seen leaping from rooftop to rooftop, sometimes doing flips carrying something. She raised an eyebrow.
"What is that?"
"T'no 's our S'nt'." It took her a while to process what he just said, before her eyes widened.
"Really?" He nodded, before the figure flipped off of the roof, and started walking towards the house they were in. The door opened to show Tino carrying an empty sack and dressed in red and white. He smiled at her.
"Sorry I couldn't be here when you got here, Riza, I still had some presents to deliver." She looked at him weirdly.
"So... you're Santa?" He nodded.
"Joo."
"Oookay then." She looked around. "Is anyone else going to attend?" The blond that opened the door nodded excitedly.
"Ja! And then the party really gets going!" He held up a finger. "I bet you didn't know this, our Christmas parties are indirectly responsible for 1.5 deaths and 2 births per 5 year period!*" Her eyes widened.
"What?!" The next thing she knew, Lukas was choking him with his own tie.
"Don't listen to Matthias. He's an idiot." She nodded.
"Yeah. I bet he is." Matthias took a deep breath.
"That was so uncalled for!" Then, the door opened...
Riza Hawkeye blearily opened her eyes, to find herself not in her own room. She sat up in the fairly comfortable bed, and looked around. Sitting in a nearby chair was Tino. He waved at her.
"Glad to see you're up, how do you feel?" She held her head as searing pain went through it.
"Like hell... What happened?" Tino shrugged.
"I saw you passed out, so I brought you to my house so you could sleep." She frowned.
"I was passed out? How much did you drink?" He counted on his fingers.
"Between us, Raivas and I drank 31 bottles of vodka." Her eyes widened.
"How...?"
"We don't get drunk. It's just that we ran out of vodka." She frowned. There was so much to this man that she would have to find out...
LONGEST CHAPTER AWARD!
So anyways... this was nice.
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