A/N: Hiya! Thanks to those of you who reviewed! You guys are amazing!(I tend to say the word 'amazing' alot...) And well.. I know at times this can get out of character but i'm only human! And there's a few things i gotta clear up: In this fanfic...Roy's General..Because General Roy Mustang sounds so cool so deal with it.. And I'm not usually all too serious when it comes to writing stories soooo expect some randomness. So expect different things...And I know it's a slow beginning but bear with me!
Disclaimer: sighs No I do not own FMA...And I never will...No matter how many times I try..
As Riza watched Maes and Chris go, she could just barely overhear Falman, Fuery, Breda, and Havoc whispering to each other, making another bet of some sort:
"I say that Riza's becoming soft because of that kid..." Falman whispered as the four of them huddled towards each other...
"My money's saying she's putting on an act!" Breda said while holding up the money in his hand
"I'm not gonna put any money down...But I agree with Breda.." Havoc simply put while his cigarette dangled from his mouth
"What about you Fuery? What'd you think" Breda said as he looked over at Fuery, waiting for his answer. This was followed by Havoc and Falman, so in other words it looked as though three vulturs staring down at their pray.
"Uh...Umm..." Fuery responded nervously, looking around at his fellow gamblers "Stop looking at me!" he exclaimed..Though in this situation this didn't help much. Then suddenly all four of them turned around after they heard an all too familiar sound
Click
"So.. what are you all talking about now?" Riza asked pointed her gun towards the small group. She was getting annoyed when it came to being bet onbut who wouldn't get mad?
Then Fuery scrambled pointlessly around the room yelling "Please don't shoot me!!! I have a whole life ahead of meeee!"
This was followed by Havoc, Falman, and Breda randomly running around the room, like chickens scrambling around a farm with their heads cut off.(aint that a lovely visual?) And running a few times around the room, they found their desks, sat down and quickly got back to work.
And surprisingly Riza didn't even fire off one shot the whole time, odd isn't it? Riza sighed and clicked the safety back on her gun, then put it away. Then she realized she forgot to pick her and Roy's paperwork on their way in. She then headed for a door until...
Roy quickly stood up from his desk."Wait Lieutenant, where are you going?" Roy said so fast she could barely make out what he said
"I'm going to get your paperwork sir..." Riza replied with a somewhat confused look on her face
'Damn it! Can't I ever get a break? Hmm...This time I could...Actually find a way to stall?..' Roy thought quickly, trying to come up with a way to stall his work for a little longer. Then Roy heard this little voice in his head saying
"Tsk Tsk Tsk...Roy you know that's not the way.." Roy looked around him, trying to find out where the voice came from. Suddenly a little angelic version of Roy popped up on his right shoulder. (And yes people it's those frisky little conscience you see in random stuff) The little, 5-inch tall figure fixed his halo then cleared his throat to speak. Roy then looked over on his shoulder and stared at it in awe 'Am I going crazy?...' he thought
"Yes Roy it's me...You're conscience...It's been awhile hasn't it?..But I was trying to tell you, is that you shouldn't do this, I mean if you stall then you can get it done faster"It said while using hand motions to emphasize the meaning in his words
"Pshh...Who cares? Just stall for once. Take a chance for crying out loud!" Another voice cried out as a 5-inch devilish version of Roy popped up on his left shoulder. "I mean what's so wrong about it? Actually I shouldn't even be here but I had to because HE had to show up" he added while glaring at his opposite counter part.
Roy, who was dazed and confused switched glances between his left and right shoulder, watching the two trying to tell him what to do
"Sir, is there something wrong?" Riza asked observing the way he's acting.
Then Roy, plus this consciences looked up at Riza. "Uhh no...Actually I was just going to get get the paperwork for you?..."
"What are you-?" Riza was quickly cut off by a
"Ok!Be back in a bit" Roy said quickly as he darted out the room and shut the door behind him. 'Well...Now I can take a little detour and avoid the paperwork' he thought as he put on a smirk and casually walked down the hallway.
"Score one for me" The devilish conscience cheered before he disappeared in a puff of smoke. While the other one just sighed and also disappeared.
-Meanwhile...In the infirmary...-
Maes watched the doctor from across the room as he inspected Chris's shoulder wound. Not too long after the doctor cleaned up the wound and started wrapping it up in bandages. Once the doctor was done Maes walked over to ask the doctor a few questions
"So..How is he?" Maes whispered. He trying to make sure that only the doctor could hear him and not Chris.
"Well his wound wasn't infected otherwise it could be much worse...And I also noticed some bruises on both his arms, so there's a pretty good chance that he abused at home." The doctor explained the best as he could, then he asked Maes "What do you plan to do with him now? You don't expect to send him back to his home do you?"
"Well we're definately not going to send him home...But besides that I'm not too sure.." Maes said and paused for a few seconds then asked "So can I take him back to the office now?"
"Yes, he's free to go. His wounds don't seem that serious to keep him down here any longer" The doctor smiled
Maes's serious look quickly disappeared and was replaced by a grin, "Thanks that's good to hear!...C'mon Chris let's go up and visit Riza"
"Okay!" Chris smiled and followed Maes out the door while waving goodbye to the doctor.
As Maes and Chris walked down the hall, something popped into Maes's mind and he said "Hey Chris you're not doing anything this weekend right?", and before Chris answered he continued, "Good! Because my little Elysia is turning 7 this weekend! You should come! Ohhh she'll be so delighted to meet you! You two will be great friends!" and again before Chris could answer Maes reached into his pocket and flashed out his latest picture of Elysia "She's the best, you'll see!" Then Maes put the picture back and continued walking.
"Umm..Okay.. but will happen to me now?" Chris asked as looked up at Maes "I don't wanna go back home..."
Maes slightly ruffled the kid's hair and smiled, "Don't worry Chris, you'll stick with us for now."
-And Meanwhile..-
Roy was done taking his detour and was running back towards the office with the stack of paperwork in his hands. While he was thinking in the back of his mind, 'Dammit, dammit, dammit, Riza's gonna kill me!' , For you see...When Roy takes a "small detour" to avoid paperwork, you all should know that it'll be a long detour. And apparantly this detour he took was pretty long. Long enough that Riza would figure out what he was up to.
As Roy continued running down the hall he noticed two people up, as soon as he noticed who they were he tried to stop running so stop but failed. And just guess who the two people up ahead were..Maes and Chris. So failing to stop, Roy ran straight into Maes, sending paperwork left and right.
The crash sent Roy towards the ground and same with Maes, while Chris was untouched by the crash and watched as the papers flied and as the two slowly got back up. Maes was the one to stand first and extended his arm to help Roy up. As soon as Roy stood up he ran his hand through his hair and looked around at the mess he created. "Great..." he mumbled
Roy sighed and started picking up the scattered paperwork. Maes and Chris helped out which made the process go much quicker. And by no time Roy had all his paperwork and the three were walking back to the office. On their way, Maes explained how Chris's condition was.
"So Roy... Got any idea what's gonna happen to Chris?" Maes whispered to Roy (and they were talking quiet enough so Chris wouldn't hear them)
"How am I suppose to know...We could drop him off at an orphanage." Roy said in a way as in he didn't care. Neither of the two said another word until they reached Roy's office.
When they got there, Roy dragged himself all the way across the room and dropped the stack of paperwork unto his desk. And though Riza DID figure out that Roy took another "detour" again, she didn't say anything about it.
"Miss Riza!" Chris called out as he found his way by Riza's desk and the two of them started to talk to one another.
"Hey, Roy can I talk to you outside for a moment?" Maes asked as he stood by the doorway
Roy sighed and walked across the room and over his friend as he shut the door behind him, leaving him and Maes in the hallway.
"What do you want now?"
"Well I think I've figured out a place where Chris can stay!" Maes declared triumphantly "Though..Before I tell you you have to promise not to burn me to a crisp!"
"Maes...Where are you going at?..."
"I think you should adopt him!! I even have the adoption papers right here" Maes said as he handed the papers to Roy
"You've got to be kidding me.." Roy grumbled as he looked through the papers
"No, no I'm serious...And It'd mean alot to Riza" He grinned "I mean, you have enough money to care for Chris...And you have a huge house so there's plenty of room for him!"
Roy sighed and thought for a few minutes "Fine...I'd adopt Chris..." he said in defeat, "But I have no idea how to be a parent! So why should I?!"
"Ohh don't worry I'll teach you everything you need to know" Maes replied back
Roy nodded and looked through the papers as he headed back into the office.
'Operation "Get Roy a wife" is now in progress' Maes thought as he cheerfully headed to his office with another one of his grins on his face.
A/N: Well ya I know this isnt the best chapter and yes it does have a slow beginning I am aware of that..And I know Roy would probably never ever adopt a kid but like I said expect different things.And oh yes..Sorry I didn't update sooner because I had internet problems and stuff lately...And uhh I'll try to put in more Royai fluff in the next few chapters and I'm trying my best people! I just thought it'd be different if I added that haha, anyways please review!! Next chapter's gonna be up really soon...