Chapter 12
Wow, he is soooo adorable. Have I mentioned how impossibly CUTE Edward Elric is?
Especially when he's all shook up and can't even look you in the eye cause he's so embarrassed. The two of you are currently seated at a booth in the corner of a sunlit restaurant and stuffing yourselves on ice cream sundaes. You don't have any more cash (you spent it all on lunch yesterday, remember?) so Ed is paying for yours.
Well, Edo finished off his bowl of sugary goodness in one fell sweep, so now he's sitting and watching very intently as you eat yours. It's actually making it a bit difficult to swallow, the way he's staring. Not that you're about to complain.
Ed's huge gold eyes go blink-blink, following the ice cream's journey from the bowl to your mouth and down your throat with rapt interest, as if this is some sort of new and unheard of phenomenon. And like I said, it's incredibly complicated to make the muscles in your neck function properly when they're practically being marinated in that warm gaze.
"So." he says.
"So."
"You're, uh… new in town."
You nod.
"How do you like it? For the most part."
So you launch into a rant about that idiot Scar who's been chasing you, and the evil military that denied you a decent job, and the stupid writer that's been jerking you all over God's green earth and hasn't been feeding you. Ed: *glares at writer*
"You have anywhere to stay yet?"
(You don't, because I didn't give you enough money to pay for housing. Oops. But who needs money with cuties like this running around?)
Ed smiles sympathetically and then enthusiastically offers to let you stay in his dorm at HQ if you really have nowhere else to go and don't mind a bit of a mess.
Your answer?
That's really nice of him, but you want to prove you can take care of yourself. Say thank you to Ed for buying you lunch and head out to find employment. Go to Chapter 13
Wow, he is so sweet!!! Go to Chapter 14