Roy and Riza dropped the kids off at the hospital. A nurse had been quite upset that Edward hadn't been in his wheelchair, but rather in Roy's arms and made a great deal of effort to communicate such to the officer. Roy, to placate the old woman, promised not to do such a horrible thing again and left the hospital to visit the Fuhrer and learn of his orders; but not before promising the clingy Alphonse that both he and Riza would return and that there was nothing to worry about.
It was the next day that he actually got to see the Fuhrer on the matter, to which the man replied that Al could go back to Risembool if the boy so wanted, but that Edward was to stay in Central. Fullmetal had been exposed to too many of the State's secrets and as he had some semblance of what had happened before, Edward wouldn't be allowed to leave Central until his contract was up. Considering Fullmetal had just renewed it last spring, the boy had four more years in the military.
Not only that, but Roy would also be required to take care of Fullmetal (and Alphonse too if he chose to stay with his brother), unless he could find another willing officer (of a rank of Major or higher) to accept the boys.
At the end of meeting, one thing was quite clear to Roy - Fullmetal was to stay in Central and the military despite his young age, and he wasn't to receive any missions unless they were first approved by General Haruko or General Colt. The military really was messed up. Roy thought bitterly to himself.
As Roy made his way back towards the hospital, he decided that he would let Al choose whether he wanted to stay with his brother or go back to his town. He could only hope that if Al chose to go back to Risembool, Ed wouldn't make this any more difficult than it had to be.
However, it didn't become an issue. Al almost threw a fit when it was suggested that he could, if he wanted to, leave his brother and go back to Risembool. He would never abandon his brother, and that was that. End of discussion.
And that's that. XD I might do a sequal, but IDK. I've got no real general direction I want to go with this. Maybe cute fluff with the Unit, Roy adapting to being a dad... Hughes giving sagely advice...
I just had the ingenius notion of one of the brothers having a crush on Elysia Hughes! Like... Ed or something. 3 Maes would not be happy...
Ah well, I hope you guys enjoyed this little story, my rants/ideas, and I hope you'll read and review. I really love reading your comments on my stuff. It really makes my day and it gives me ideas and stuff! XD *hint hint*
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