Top note: Sorry for the delay everyone! I was currently in this test and thanks to that test, I have no homework for two weeks. so that means I can update more often. Okay, here's a long chapter as my sorry for not updating in a long time!

THE NEXT DAY…

"Welcome to our little café. My name's Seiren. What would ya like to order?" I asked my new customers.

"Mama! Mama! She has cute wittle cat ears just wike Fwuffy!" the little girl exclaimed pointing at my cat ears.

I grinned as I silently squealed. This is, by far, the best part of the job. I get cute little girls with their cute little accents because they can't pronounce words yet. It's just so adorable!

The mother smiled as she patted the girl on the head. "Yes, yes. Mama sees that dear," she said as she beamed at her daughter. The girl just grinned in reply. I giggled. She turned to me with a motherly smile still on her face. "I'd like to order the breakfast regular while she'll have the Kiddy-pancakes."

I shook my head at the choice of names for the food. Whoever came up with the names has the creativity of a walnut. "Is that all? Anything to drink?" I asked.

"Just a glass of water for me please," the woman said .

"Hot cocoa pwease!" the girl said eagerly while laughing.

I giggled and smiled whole heartedly in a long time. I patted the girl's head as I bent down to her level. "How about I give you two hot cocoa's. Free of charge," I said smiling.

The little girl gasped with excitement. "Wow! Two?" she asked holding up two fingers. I giggled and nodded at the same time. "Wow! Thank you pwetty wady!"

I stood up as I beamed at her. "Don't mention it. Just make sure not to waste it okay?" I asked. She nodded, still smiling.

I was about to walk off as the woman stopped me. "Oh, you didn't have to do that. I can pay for it myself," she said showing me the money. I waved my hand with my half smile.

"No worries," I said. "Please, it'll be my pleasure."

The woman smiled. "Thank you."

"Don't mention it!" I said as I waved over my shoulder. It's not that big of a deal really. I'm happy to pay for it out of my own paycheck. That girl is just so adorable! I grinned.

"SEIREN!"

"What the-" I was stopped short as someone tackled me onto the floor of the kitchen.

"SeirenSeirenSeirenSeiren!" the person didn't take the time to pause in between her babbling, so my name came out quickly in a jumbled mess. I didn't need to think twice to know who this was. I didn't even need to recognize their scent.

"Paige! What the hell are you doing!" I yelled as I tried to squeeze out of her tight hold.

"SEIREN I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE BACK ON THE JOB!" she shouted teary eyed. "I WAS SO WORRIED!"

I rolled my eyes as I pushed the girl off of me and brushed all of the dust off. "I told you. I was just sick," I lied, well, half lied. I was sick. But I was also not really. I'll just go for the latter, lying.

But I suck at lying.

Damn unintentional puns.

"Really? You promise it was just that?" Paige pressed on squeezing my shoulders. I sighed as I took the platter of food for my next customers.

"Yes, Paige," I said as I walked over to my next customers.

I walked on the floorboards with my doll shoes tapping on it lightly. My apron had been cleaned and didn't have my blood from when I got glass in my hand. I could still see the cuts on my hand from the day before so I wrapped it in white bandaging. No need for the boss to be sued for a worker's cuts from the day before. He already has three injuries on workers and he really didn't need another strike. I walked over to the little girl's table and placed all of the food down along with the promised hot cocoas. She grinned and I smiled back and I walked on over to my next table. I passed by multiple scents so all it was, was a mirage of scents. Too many to distinct any from the other. But my nose did detect something rather familiar.

"Hey there cat ears."

I coughed and almost fell flat on my face at the voice. My shoes skidded across the floor making a screeching noise. When I stopped, I immediately ran over to where the voice was. It can't be them.

But then again…

"What are you doing here?" I asked the blond irritably. "I'm on the job!"

"That's the problem. You should be packing to leave for Central," Ed replied simply. I glared at him while he returned it with a smirk.

"I'm broke okay! I need to have some money! That's the whole reason why I'm over here anyway! Mustang found out that I'm moneyless so now I'm stuck here until I can at least pocket something!" I said irritably

"Not my fault you're broke," Ed said simply as he leaned back in his seat. I glared at him again.

Al waved his hands reassuringly. "Uh, don't worry Seiren. We completely understand. It's just that we plan on leaving earlier than what we bargained for."

"Heh?" I asked cocking my head to the side.

"We found out that the last train for Central is leaving tonight at 7:00. So we came to find out if you have your stuff ready," Al explained.

I sweat dropped. I wasn't sure if it was possible, but my cat ears drooped along with my mood. "Really…?" I asked fidgeting with my sleeves.

"Yep," Edward said standing up. "Be ready or we're-"

"Dragging me over there anyway. I got it okay!" I said as I turned on heel and ran into the kitchen. "Paige! I'm leaving again!"

"B-But! W-Why!" she complained as she put down the platters of food she was holding and ran up to me.

"It's the military," I said taking off my apron.

Paige's eyes widened as she grabbed my wrist and pinned me to the wall. I didn't complain as she crossed her arms and glared at me. "What did you do this time?"

"Nothing!" I sighed.

She shook her head as she patted me down and searched me military style. After patting me down, she stood up and brushed her hair out of her face. "Okay, you're clean," she said going back to her happy go lucky self.

I rolled my eyes as I turned away from the wall. "It's been two years. I don't carry weapons on me anymore," I said annoyed. "Well, anyways. I gotta go. It's Mustang. He assigned me a mission."

"But you're not part of the military!" Paige objected as I put on my black trench coat.

"I know I'm not! But the Fuehrer said I do something or I'm not welcome to hang around the office anymore!" I called. "Bye!"

I ran through the streets with my raven hair blowing in the wind. Sometimes, it got annoying to have hair that reached to the middle of my back, but I prefer it long. I tried going short, but it just grew back in a month. My hair loved to be this long, never grows longer, never grows shorter. I guess it's the vampire thing. Auntie Amber's hair is the same way. It stays curly and rests on her shoulders. Never shorter, never longer. She can't even straighten it.

I ran into Aunt Riza's house and ransacked my drawers pulling out all the things I might need. I pulled shorts, pants, shirts, underwear, bras, gloves, my toothbrush, and my hairbrush. Just the essentials. I don't own too much stuff. When Mustang found me all I had was what I was wearing. I was lucky enough to find clothes of Auntie Amber's that wasn't too showy. Luckily, she was sizes bigger than me so it acted like normal clothes…sort of. Aunt Riza bought me clothes when Mustang ordered her to take care of me. I quickly put the stuff in my backpack and was happy to find that it fit. I looked in the mirror to find that I still had on my uniform. I sweat dropped at the cat ears but as I looked myself over, I was actually pretty cute.

I giggled at the outfit I was wearing and decided to keep it on. I never knew how I looked like with it on, it's pretty comfortable and cute. I decided to swap the cat ears with a head band and I walked outside.

As I walked outside, I was met with Aunt Riza. I stared at her and she blinked her eyes in return. "Seiren? What are you doing here?" she asked.

"The question is, why are you here?" I asked back. She normally got home around ten.

"The colonel decided to let me leave early," she replied in monotone. "As I asked earlier, what are you doing here? Weren't you at the café?"

"Oh! Remember the thing that Mustang conned me into?" I asked bitterly. She nodded. "Well, turns out the last train leading to Central is tonight as 7:00," I said. She sighed. "Oh yeah. Did I mention he knew all of this?"

Aunt Riza shook her head as she rummaged through her bag. "That's the Colonel for you. Sorry Seiren," Riza said.

I smirked. "No, I feel sorry for you. You're the one who fell in love with him," I said simply. Aunt Riza's cheeks flushed as her eyebrow twitched in annoyance. She sighed as she looked to the side. I knew she hated how I brought the subject up, but I couldn't resist.

"Must you address such a lie?" she asked flustered. To most, she seems annoyed. But no. She's flustered and annoyed.

"What are you talking lie?" I asked with my eyes sparkling. I hugged myself as I swear, hearts surrounded me.

"Don't Seiren…" Aunt Riza trailed off but it was too late.

"You two are so ADORABLE together! The subordinate falls madly in love with her commanding officer but they both can't recognize their LOVE because of such fraternization laws! It's all because of those damn laws! If only…if only…" I trailed off trying to find the words.

"Seiren, it's not like-"

"IF ONLY YOU TWO WOULD ADMIT YOUR LOVE AND EMBRACE IT!" I shouted as I twirled around. "It's only every girls' DREAM to fall in love! Maybe once they see how in love you two are, you'll live a happily, ever, after!" I shouted as I hugged myself and blushed dreamily. I sighed happily as I felt like I was flying.

If only those two would admit their love and get it over with! I mean really! What is Aunt Riza waiting for? She can go over and confess right now! Maybe then they can get to be boyfriend and girlfriend, get married, have children-

"No. We aren't going to do any of that," Aunt Riza sighed. I snapped out of my cute trance as I looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"How'd you know what I was thinking?" I asked.

"You said all of that out loud," She replied normal as she handed me something. "I won't be there for the time being so make sure to send me letters often telling me how you're doing and such. I can't have a vampire running around unsupervised. You at least have Alphonse to look after you," she said handing me a journal. "And this is to record everything you have done.

"You mean a diary?" I asked taking it from her. She nodded.

"Yes. Now, don't cause any trouble while I'm gone. Don't do anything I wouldn't do," she said.

"Then I can't do squat!" I complained.

"Exactly. Look around, do your research, file in a report and get out of there soon after. Do your mission, and come right back. That's an order," she said coolly.

My eye twitched at the last word. She knew damn well how much I hated that word. But, if anyone, I only allow her to say that to me. She's the only one I tolerated to say that word to me. "F-Fine…But I promise you I'm getting the hell out of there as soon as possible. That scent is-"

What do you mean 'scent'?" Aunt Riza asked. I sweat dropped.

I haven't told her about Edward's scent yet have I? I thought. Maybe it's best if she didn't know about him exactly… "Oh, nothing. I'll be back as soon as possible Aunt Riza," I said.

She nodded. "Okay. Goodbye and good luck."

BN: oh, how I love Seiren's cute trances! There's sooo fun to write! Okay, I still don't know what pairing to make... -_-" People wanted AlXOC others wanted EdXOC, so I'm jsut gonna go with the flow and see how the pairings go!

Until next chap! =:D