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Summary: Roy has to deal with Ed…..

Roy's perspective

In the few weeks that Roy was stuck in the hospital, Ed still haven't stopped nagging him about him and his mom's relationship. As if it wasn't mortifying enough to hear that he and a woman, three years older had a relationship when….. He was 13. He still remembered the cold glare on Hawkeye, it would've been better if she just shoot him…really. Apparently he also went to learn fire alchemy when he was 18, leaving five years after he started the relationship, but he didn't just went back, he began his military career and when he found out what the boys did. He suggested, no demanded for them to join the military, what father would do that? And how did he get a girl pregnant at 13? He wanted to ask the blonde but the full metal alchemist always had something to…yell at him about. And how were they genetically related, he had black hair, his mom from the one picture that Al showed him to explain his brother's behaviour at the beginning of the short alchemist's career, she had brunette hair? And he was half Xinganese, half Creta for crying out loud! His parents came to Amestris when he was three because of the depression in Creta and Xing was a trip impossible for him to survive at that age. The truth took his eyes, now it gave him a son, a short tempered, vertically challenged, evil little brat! Although he could almost understood why that presence, thing did it, the kid lost his mother and brother too young, his father abandoned him, not once but at least twice, the man left again two weeks ago. Even if the kid has his brother back, he only had that auto mail girl and that old granny that he saw him with on their first encounter. And age or time isn't kind to anyone, that granny looked at least in her 70s, so she might not be here for long. And if Ed decides to leave the military then it's just him, Al and the auto mail girl. Now he even gets why the brat calls him a bastard all the time, even he's angry the real bastard left again!

Grumman's perspective

In central there was an endless amount of commotion, King Bradley was dead under assassination by an assassin from Creta, and was taken over but Gruuru Grumman, the white hair and moustache man who was the former commander of Roy Mustang. He never thought that there would be a military request so fast but the full metal alchemist demanded that he and his dad, Mustang get two month to go back home. He didn't know that Mustang had a kid, or his kid was the full metal alchemist, he was already the flame alchemist! He went to ask Mustang about it but Mustang seemed timid, but just as confused as him but it couldn't be helped so he granted the request, not demand that he like to think of it as. After everything that happened, everyone needs a break but from what he learned the two alchemists were at the center of it, the bait to get the prey apparently.

Roy Mustang finally got out of the hospital but he had a brat helping him around when he could've gotten a nice cute nurse or maid to help him around. He knew he was blind but with full metal, there could only be more trouble. They were going to his house right now, they had Havoc driving them and Breda tagging along, nothing happened yet…..

At his house, only he and full metal were there because Havoc had a date, and Breda had to go back, he was only there to help Havoc. Although he and Havoc were friends, he used to steal the chain smoker's girls so Havoc sounded almost happy…even if he was in a wheel chair.

"So…when are you man enough to ask Hawkeye out?" Ed asked in the same tone that he himself would often tease the little alchemist with. Wait, why was their conversation beginning with this what did the brat want now?

"What do you mean full metal, Hawkeye and I are only coworkers, and I'm her commander, nothing else." He mustered in the calmest tone he could, really where did the boy came up with these questions, he was suppose to be naive as a five year old or as thick as the boy's own auto mail!

"Yeah, yeah you womanizing bastard." Full metal said in a tone which to Roy sounded like a disappointed kid or a kicked puppy and scoffed.

It wasn't as if he didn't know how the kid felt, his own father died within month when they came to Amestris and then his mother left him in front of the bar that his stepmother owns. He just found out that she died two years ago, she couldn't afford him so she remarried and had more kids but his step siblings didn't turn out so well, two of them were in gangs and one of them preformed human transmutation and their skill level was nowhere near Edward Eric's.

"How about you and Al stay here after he gets out of the hospital, the dorms couldn't possibily accommodate a recovering man." He offered to the blonde, short tempered boy.

"you mean it?" the tone that full metal asked in reminded of him when his step mother decided to treat him to ice cream when he unsuccessfully tried to cook a meal for both of them and failed miserably and almost burned the whole kitchen down at….the age of 7. And he could just imagine his boyish face looking up at him, eyes wide questioning his motive, a slight frown on his mouth, crossing his arms debating to believe him or not.

"When did I ever say things that I didn't mean?" Roy stated, but with this situation at hand, he was sure he was going to hear a lot from full metal.

"Let see, you never came back, the philosopher's stone, you never gave us any real leads, you send us on stupid missions for no reason. You said that if I wore the military uniform once you gave us a lead, you never did that, you did it with milk too. You said for me and Al to meet you for a mission but you forced us to go to a restaurant with you and some random woman… " and the young blonde boy rumbled on about mustang's wrong doings.

Roy's perspective

Just how much of the boy's memory had the truth modified? As much as he would like the brat to drink milk and such….that never happened. Sure he didn't always gave the kid real leads but it was to gave him lighter missions, and maybe a few silly missions once or twice a year like last year he send full metal and his brother to catch a thief at the amusement park, they had full day passes for all the rides, not including water, and the thief was nonexistent. The amusement park was in different parts of the country at different times of the year like a circus, but the boys didn't only went on the rides…they made nine arrests on that day, nine thieves were at the park on that day, and tried to steal from the chibi because he looked rich? Apparently that day he wasn't wearing his usual leather pants, boots and trademark jacket.

One week later the chibi moved in with his brother, Al as always was grateful and polite while Ed, he still couldn't get what he said about Hawkeye out of his head. Although he lived by himself, the house he bought had three bedroom, two bathroom, library, kitchen, basement, front and back garden, living room and an extra entertainment room all within two floors, ground and basement. And the bedrooms were finally being put to use, Ed wanted to stay with Al because he was recovering but after a few hours of debating choose the remaining room. He was in the master bedroom, Al was in what was used to be his paperwork room….the paper work never stops, and Ed was in his old workout room with all….the weights….and heavy objects that could be used as weapons. He had to order two new mattresses since whenever he had paperwork, he would work in the paperwork room and fall asleep there, whenever he had time to work out, and sometimes he over worked himself….yes he did work, Hawkeye didn't need to shoot at him all the time he would pass out on the other bed.

Since he was blind, and Al was recovering Ed did the cooking…..it wasn't a pleasant experience. The first meal consisted of him chocking, he though the little brat was faking all this so he could kill him. And Al, well he wasn't on his way to recovering anytime soon.

"Brother what did you put in the chicken?" it tasted like salt mixed with mud? And was there also sugar cubes in this dish? Why did his brother think he could cook? He did all the cooking for them back then and was there something moving in his 'food'?

"Let 'see, the recipe said it needed minerals so I added some dirt, there are tons of minerals there. Milk but I replaced it with coconut juice, salt, I think that's salt? And…." The full metal alchemist rumbled on.

From that day on they ordered out, even of Roy was blind he could make a better meal that little brat! He was mixing alchemy was real food! Really how had the Eric brother survived so long?

AN: Grumman is the white haired guy that took over after King Bradley in the brotherhood version, he monopolize people so Guuru, and I found his name. And Xing and Creta do exist on the FMA map. And I know the beginning's depressing but Roy would think everything through and I included as many factors as possible. In this version he also have a step mother, not sure about the FMA version so his history is similar to Ed's anyways REVIEW.