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The whole board and other executives were at the meeting. Their PA's were standing behind their employer, taking down notes. Mustang sat at the head of the table with Maes at his right. The twenty-one seater table was filled with men and women at the top of the business. One of the brand managers was reporting about their stocks and publicity ratings.

Mustang always grew bored with meetings such as these but what can he do? He's the CEO of the company that he inherited from his parents. His phone sat on the long table atop some documents and papers that they wanted him to have a look at. Mustang boredly scanned them and placed it back in the folder for further reading.

"So far, the civil war at Ishbal gave us the most money," said Archer. "Our profit margin increased by more than 70% and now the military is offering us a partnership. They are most interested with our new projects."

Hughes began to say a few things about the war and how He and Roy don't want to sell them more equipment for massacre purposes.

Roy was only half listening. His mind pondered more about kids… that led to his sad past.

But before Roy could go down memory lane, Hughes objecting further with Archer and the other people in the room go into a riot, Roy's phone rang.

Everyone fell silent and turned their heads slowly to their boss.

"Excuse me," Roy said and answered his phone.

On the other line were his three kids, Micha, Edward and Alphonse. The three of them started singing to their dad one of their favorite songs, "I just called to say I love you" by Stevie Wonder. Mustang had to hold his phone three inches from his ear so he wouldn't go deaf. Everyone in the room slowly had a grin forming up their face. The women were touched by how his kids would just randomly call him to say that they loved him… or sing it to him in this situation.

Mustang smirked in amusement whilst Maes just watched his best friend and listened to his kids express how much Roy really means to them.

"WE LOVE YOU DADDY!" The three of them yelled at the end and laughed.

The other people simply laughed and clapped at their little performance for Roy.

"Is that clapping?" Edward asked. The three of them seemed to be on speaker phone.

"Yes, Ed. I'm in a meeting." Roy said calmy.

There was silence on the other line and in the meeting hall as well.

"Oopsies," Al blushed on the other line. This caused the whole meeting hall to roar in laughter. Roy joined in as well. The three kids on the other line started to laugh and his eldest daughter apologized.

"Sorry to disturb you, dad." Micha said. "We were just really bored and… yeah…" She trailed off.

"It's ok, but next time, please don't disturb me when I'm in a meeting," their father replied calmly.

"Ok."

Roy ended the call and placed it back down on the table. He cleared his throat and smiled a bit. "I'm sorry, please continue."

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Roy drove to the restaurant that Edward said he felt like eating in after he called Maes to tell him where to meet up. The two fathers gave their cars to the valet parking and proceeded inside the restaurant. It was a homey seafood style restaurant. The two families settled down on a round table for eight and ordered their food.

Maes told Gracia about the little call Mustang received during the board meeting. Gracia chuckled and looked over to where the kids were sitting. Somehow, Micha was able to get Edward to sit next to Winry while Al sat next to her and little Elicia sat in a high chair next to Gracia.

"Papa," Winry called her father's attention.

"Yes, my little angel?" Hughes said in a sugary sweet voice.

"Can Ed and Al go see the fish with me?" She asked cutely.

Maes looked at her adorable daughter dreamily and said, "Sure, sweetie, just be careful!"

Micha stood up and carried Elicia in her arms and took the other kids with her to the other side of the restaurant, leaving the three grown-ups behind.

Roy watched his kids from afar then Gracia started a conversation.

"How are the kids, Roy? Don't they look for Rachelle?" She asked, hoping it wasn't a touchy subject anymore.

"It's been two years since our divorce, Grae." Roy replied calmy, not taking his eyes off his little bundles of joy. "Micha doesn't seem to care… she always disliked the idea of having a step mother… as for Ed and Al…" He turned his gaze to the couple and let out a sigh, "they are doing ok, I guess. Edward's a strong kid, he can live through it. Same goes for Al."

"I see…" Gracia said.

"You married really early, buddy. Maybe she just wasn't the one… a mistake even…" Hughes said.

"I may have made a lot of mistakes in my life, but my kids are certainly not one of them." Roy had an unreadable expression on his face. "Even when I was half my age and got Josephine pregnant with Micha…" Roy looked at his best friend intently, "even if it was really hard to take care of her when I was still studying…" Roy shook his head and stopped as the food arrived. The kids also came back and started to eat.

Poor Roy… Thought Gracia. Even if he's been through so much… he still finds something to be happy about. She smiled as she watched Roy fill Edward and Alphonse's plate with food and Micha passing it to her brothers. He's such a wonderful father. He deserves more justice in this world…

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It was already seven in the evening and a certain blond haired lady was cooking herself some dinner in her small apartment. Things haven't been going so well for her lately. Because she refused to teach the other snipers units and declined her promotion, she has been an on call soldier for six months now and running low on savings. Riza refused to teach other people to kill. Even if her commanding officers told her that she was wasting such a talent and skill, she still declined. Riza closed her eyes for a while and remembered that time.

"I am flattered with this offer, but I must decline." She said sternly.

"But Hawkeye!" Exclaimed Captain Buckley, "You're wasting such a fine offer! Any soldier would kill to have this position!"

"I am sorry, sir. But I do not wish to teach people how kill and I am certainly not one of those soldiers who would kill for this position."

"So what?" he smirked. "You'll just be locked up in the offices filling paperwork for the rest of your life?"

"Sounds good to me." Riza said sassily.

The Captain left her enraged and the very next day, she was demoted into being on call and gave one of her workmates her offer instead.

Riza's burgundy eyes opened once she felt her little puppy tugging on her loose pajamas. She shook her head and finished her food, placed it on a plate, then fed her dog before consuming her own.

Despite her intelligence, reliability, and experience, people always prioritized men for the jobs that she had applied to. At first, she applied to work in a gun shop, but declined once the manager found out that she was good at handling them. He was probably scared that she would shoot his manhood. But before she left that gun shop, she noticed a little poster taped to the wall. It was an add saying that the CEO of Mustang Inc. needed a babysitter/nanny for his three kids. Riza recalled watching his interview with his kids. There were three of them, if she could recall. Hawkeye jotted down the number and address then went home. She then made an application form and headed down to his office.

Once she got there, there was a long line of ladies. Some of them were trashy sluts-wanting to get to Roy and not his kids, young teenage girls wanting a part-time job, and a mixture of middle aged ladies who looked pretty experience in handling kids.

When it came to her turn, Mustang's personal assistant took her application form, asked her a few questions and told Riza that she would give her boss her application form and call her when Roy was to do the interviews.

Hawkeye simply nodded and left. With those much girls, I don't know if I'll get in… she thought. Wait, what am I thinking? Riza really needed a job and was running low on savings. The military hasn't called her in three months to do anything. With that, she bought a newspaper, stopped in the nearest coffee shop and looked for other options.

Once she encircled some job ads and went to the said addresses, all Riza got were all the same.

"Ok, we'll call you if we have any other openings."

"Sorry, honey, we need a man to do this job. Now run along home."

"You're a sniper? You say you were in the Ishbal war? Please, get out. We don't want someone like you to work here…"

The last excuse really hurt Riza. She wasn't proud of her past either and her conscience gnawed on her at night with guilt. She was forced and ordered to kill more than seven-hundred people in the span of two weeks. Thankfully she was added late and only had to go through hell for two weeks.

Riza went home, feeling defeated and hopeless. She turned on the television and stroked Hayate's soft coat. It was a news report about Mustang Inc. not wanting to pull through with the partnership with the military.

"According to Mister Archer, one of the board members, told us that during the meeting the director of the board, Maes Hughes, was saying that Mister Mustang doesn't want to support and supply for massacre purposes but then was cut off when Mister Mustang's children called and sang him a sweet song." Smiled the reporter.

They played a short video of Archer saying his opinion, "If you ask me, it was an inappropriate time for him to accept a call from his children during a meeting and take it lightly. Mustang should really discipline his children!" Commented Archer harshly.

"Sure… and what if his children were dying and Mustang didn't answer because of a damn meeting?" Riza mumbled. She still couldn't believe that she had applied to be his babysitter. I'm so desperate… She thought.

The reporter went on about how Mustang and his kids were close and even showed a small clip of the three of them in the park, flying kites last spring. They were surrounded by other rich people in their level. The sight of Roy picking up Alphonse to give him a hug, helping Ed fix his kite and simply putting his arm around his eldest daughter made her lips curve up. He really was a kind father and truly loved his kids. Riza always dreamt of getting married to a wonderful man and having kids but sadly getting together with Roy will be impossible.

She crawled into bed and Hayate took a spot near her feet. Hawkeye slowly drifted to sleep and prayed for better luck with finding a job.