Christmas Omake

"Hey," Riza lightly tapped Roy on the back with her finger, waking him from his slumber.

"Huh?" Roy groaned. He looked up at her.

"It's snowing out, you want to go and build a snowman with me?"

Roy blinked. "What? Snowmen?"

Riza face went a little pink. "It's just, It's been a few years since it snowed last and I was wondering if you wanted to help me."

Roy frowned. "I don't think I've ever built a snowman before."

Riza's eyes widened in surprise. "You're kidding right? You've never built a snowman?"

"Snows not really my thing." Roy yawned turning back to his alchemy work.

Riza smiled. "Come on!" she said, yanking Roy by his collar and dragging him towards the door.

"Hey! I've got work to do!" Roy yelled.

"No you don't. If I leave you to finish that you'll just fall asleep again."

Roy opened his mouth to protest but found he didn't really have a response to that.

"Put your coat on." Riza instructed as she tossed him a pair of mittens.

Roy's frown deepened when he caught the mittens.

"Do they have to be pink?"

"We have matching earmuffs if you like them." Riza smirked.

Roy grumbled as he pulled his winter wear on.

"Alright," Riza started. "First thing we need to do is make the base."

"How do we do that?" Roy asked.

"Well, we take a snowball and roll it until it gets big enough."

Roy looked down and picked up a wad of snow. He awkwardly tried to press it into a ball, but the snow crumpled and fell apart.

"Here let me do it." Riza expertly patted the snow down until it formed a perfect ball. The two slowly rolled it around until it was as high as their waists.

"Good," Riza smiled. "Now we just need to do it again, except this time on a smaller scale."

"How do we lift it up on the snowman?" Roy asked.

"Carefully," Riza answered, flattening the base so the torso would fit lay nicely.

After forming the snowball and making it larger, Roy and Riza gently lifted it up and placed it on the base.

"Good, and finally we add the head." Riza said as she formed a final snowball and rolled it around in the snow. She placed it on top, and the snowman's body was complete.

"Now what?" Roy asked.

"We give it a face." Riza told him.

"Are we going to use a carrot or something?"

"No, I have some pieces of coal my dad didn't need." She handed Roy the pieces and he carefully made a face. They also looked around and found some sticks to use as arms."

"He should have a dog too." Roy said.

"What?" Riza looked over at him in surprise.

Roy bent over and pulled up a large pile of snow. After some shaping, it vaguely resembled the shape of a small puppy.

"Here," Riza handed him the left over coal. Roy took it and gave the puppy a small face.

"Aww, it looks cute." Riza smiled, at Roy's small snow creature. "Are you going to name it?"

"It's a pile of snow," Roy said. "Why would I name it."

"Aw come on Roy, look at how sweet it looks, you should name it."

"Ok then…" Roy sighed. "It should have a really cool name, how about Black Hayate?"

Riza frowned. "That's a scary name to give a snow puppy."

"No," Roy said. "It's cool, and intense sounding."

Riza laughed. "What bad taste in names, I'd never name a puppy something like that."

"Hey!" Roy frowned. "Don't go making fun that name. It commands power. This puppy will be respected because of its name."

"I'm sure." Riza said sarcastically. "Now lets go inside before it gets too cold."

"Ok, Ok." Roy sighed. The two walked inside leaving the snowman and it's guard dog to stand quietly in the snow.

Happy Holidays Folks

By the way, I'm suffering from writers block at the moment, so if any of you have ideas I'd love to hear them.