Good day guys! At last, I'm able to update this story for its seventh chapter. I do hope you still remember a few details of it since it took me months to update. I was able to update since it's the end of summer. I still don't want to o to school!  anyway, I edited the previous chapter: It's not Riza's mom she visited, it was her grandparents already. I only noticed that her mom's dead in the manga :D

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A Visit to the Old Ones

Before leaving, she had to call up her grandfather and grandmother to tell them she would be coming.

After a long hot trip, at last she got in the East to visit. A car was waiting for her as her grandmother came out to welcome her.

"Riza!" her grandmother called! She went close and hugged her tight.

"It's so nice to see you! Hop in, we'll go back home okay?" her grandma offered.

"Thanks gradma" she smiled warmly and entered.

Soon they reached the great mansion it was so big but only the grandparents lived there.

"Home" she sighed, "It feels so good" she looked to her grandma

"Your mom usually said that, you remind me of her so much. Being the only granddaughter, it's quite hard to be lonely." Her grandmother said as they entered.

"Where's the general?" Riza asked her as her grandmother asked the maids to prepare a meal for her.

"You mean your grandpa. He'll be back soon, he went out for a while." She relieved her. Riza finally placed her bag in the sala and sat back comfortably.

"So, how are you already Riza, my dear granddaughter?" Her grandma asked, as she sipped some coffee.

"I'm fine, aside from work; well I get to play with my pet dog Hayate." She told her with a smile as she served some homemade baked brownies.

"Ah... isn't that my sweet little pumpkin angel, you are such an animal lover." Her grandma told her while pinching her chubby face.

"Grandma, I'm a young woman now." She said a bit exasperated.

"Young? You call 26 years OLD young?" she chuckled loud. I met your grandfather when I was 23 years YOUNG! I got pregnant when I was 25 years YOUNG!" she kept on bragging herself, emphasizing with the young and old, while her daughter kept on blabbing, repeating the old and young words in an annoying way.

"It is young! Compared to you now, grandma. I mean, really how old are you now? 78?" she sighed hard with a sour face painted.

"Correction, I'm 77 years of age." Her grandma said as she took one of the cupcakes served.

" You just got yourself screwed up at a VERY young age, that's all." She said in with rolling eyes. Her grandmom got a bit angry with the words that left her mouth she stomped her foot.

"Ouch!" she screamed, seeing her grandma in heels and her in slippers.

"I love your grandfather very much. It wasn't any accident; your mom wasn't an accidental baby! We were about to go away from our families.... we were not just that..." her mom looking at her coffee.

"Careful. Patient. Cautious" she enumerated.

"Oh, dear. Maybe those might do, but we were just really..."

"In love, lustful for each other, impatient, hungry,,,," she enumerated once more, her grandma a bit shocked once again.

"I don't know! Just keep your mouth yours, will you!" her grandma said, raising a fist.

"alright! Alright!" she gave up with a grin on her face.

Silence once again is present until....

"so tell me, speaking of being an animal lover. Have any plans on keeping a real wild animal in your room, I mean house?" her grandma spoke with eager and interest.

" Huh? What do you mean?" Riza spoke until she finally realized what her grandmother was saying.

"GRANDMA!!!!" she exclaimed, her grandma laughing out loud. "I.... I have no plans on keeping one!" she defended herself, with chin up.

"Oh, alright, but you've let one once?" once again her mom brightened, and this made Riza really pissed.

"Grandma, I'm a virgin and single young woman. I still have no plans on having someone to stay with me forever." She told her, still, her mind roaming around, and Roy was in it.

"Still have no plans? So you're planning to have one when you're around 30.... hmmm... it's not really safe though, you might lose your child easily at that age." Her grandma informed.

But deep in Riza's mind, she can't even think she'll have one. Roy was the only person she plans to love whole heartedly forever, but now, it's a bit too late.

"....are you even listening to me? You're just staring outside. Tell me darling, someone's in your mind. I can see that." She told her granddaughter.

"Of course not. I was listening to you the whole time." She pretended as she took a brownie and took it as a whole in her mouth.

"Well, if you say so... but I can see there's something wrong." She told her. All Riza did was sighed and swallowed it slowly.

"You have no one in mind?" her grandma asked once more. She shook her head as she sipped some hot chocolate and a bight of brownie.

"Oh, I remembered" she took out a picture of a handsome young man, about his age. Her grandma gave it to her and said, "That's David, a guy next door. He's around your age."

"What will I do with this?" she asked as he read a few details about him at the back of the picture.

"I took some info about him. I thought you might like him, so I can just call him up and he could ask you to a date and-"

"Grandma, I don't need any boy right now, I can handle myself." She smiled but at the same time was pissed.

"But darling he is a handsome young cutie! I told him a lot about you and he seemed to be impressed."

"Please, I don't really need one." She smiled forcefully.

"All I'm saying is that, if ever something happens to us, who would take care of you? You need to get yourself a love life." Her grandma said a bit worried.

"Nonsense! She already has one!" her grandfather exclaimed as he entered by the huge doors.

Riza stood by and saluted. "Now, now, we are not in office." Her grandfather gave a warm smile.

She gave her grandpa a warm hug and sat by the chair again.

"So you mean he hasn't asked you for marriage?" her grandfather asked. Riza gave a confused to look to his grandpa. "Roy. Roy Mustang of course. Who else?"

"Grandpa, why would he do that? He doesn't even love me. I'm only a subordinate in his eyes." She explained slowly.

"Even so. I asked him too." He said as he sat comfortably.

"You asked him too?!" both females exclaimed.

"Of course, that's not bad, is it?" he said with an innocent look.

"It's not that easy, first of all, he has a girlfriend. Second, we shouldn't forget about the fraternization. Third, we're prioritizing his position now, I'm helping him to become the Fuhrer, so marriage would just be a hindrance for him to rise."

"Well said dear, but that doesn't mean I can't make a way." His grandpa said, touching his chin

"What plan? What way?" Riza said with bit eagerness.

"Of course, there's no way, if you really want him." Grumman said.

"Oh" that was all she could say. She hoped too much,

"But I can see you love him." Both grandparents said.

"I love him, in a different way." Riza explained, looking at her cup of drink.

"Really now, oh well, if you say so dear little one." Grumman said as he stood up and walked around.

"I'll be in my room for a while. I need some rest before my arthritis hurts." He announced as he stretched a little with a sour face.

Soon, after a few female chat between the granddaughter Riza and her grandmother, the day went fast and soon ended.

"I wonder if she got there safely..." Roy said, talking to himself at home while looking outside the window for some fresh air.

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This is all for now. I'm really, really sorry if it took me months before to update, school became much more hectic this year. I hope I'll be able to finish this story typing today so I'll be updating every week.

Thank you sooooo much for your support everyone!

I love you sooooo much guys, thanks!!!

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