I'm gonna make it up to you guys with this one. :D All smiles.. I hope. Hehehe.
I don't own FMA or its characters. I only own the OCs and the plot.
Micah left early for the office to settle some things with Maria and more projects were to be put into action. The boys were feeling lazy that day. They were dragging their feet into Riza's car. Roy on the other hand, was nowhere to be found.
It wasn't very traffic and they stopped at the red light. Riza watched the boys from her rear view mirror. Alphonse seemed to be mumbling about something while Edward looked grumpier than usual. Looking at their faces, Riza made a decision. When the stoplight flashed the green go signal, Riza turned left.
"Uhh, where are we going?" Edward asked. "Auntie's house is that way," Edward pointed at the other direction.
"Yeah…" Al agreed. "We were supposed to turn right…"
Riza kept her voice calm. "I thought we could do something different today."
"What?" Edward asked, aghast. "Why? Father's gonna get mad at you… AT US!"
"Auntie Izumi's gonna worry too…" Alphonse added quietly.
"I'll take care of it," she replied. Riza parked the shiny red Mustang under a tree and locked the doors. The boys hopped out.
"What're we doing in the park?" Edward was annoyed.
Alphonse was looking about. There were kites covering the sky. His eyes widened with interest. He admired the art on the flying objects. "Brother!" He exclaimed, excitedly. He pointed a small finger at the colorful kites. "Look!"
Edward sharply turned around and looked at the sky. He too, was amazed. Riza smiled upon seeing the looks on their faces.
"Come on you two. Let's go buy one." The two boys didn't even hesitate to go with her.
They stopped at a stall and bought two kites. Edward picked a red and black one with a sort of merlion on it while Alphonse chose the one with a figure of a knight in a big strong armor.
The two boys watched how the other kids made it fly. It only took them a while before they picked up what to do. They improved every time they tried. Riza sat down on the grass and watched the two boys happily.
"It's nice to see them smile and laugh for once." She whispered to herself. "They look better running in fields and having childish fun rather than in dull rooms, learning to be the people they're going to be in twenty years… Children should have fun. These boys are no different."
"I agree."
Riza snapped and stared at the figure who sat beside her sharply. I didn't even feel him come near. She thought. She recognized him as one of Micha's friends.
"Hi, Miss Riza. I'm Daniel. Daniel Fritzer," he introduced himself. "It sure was nice of you to bring the boys to the park today." He grinned.
Riza looked at the boys from the corner of her eye. They were now playing with a boy with brown hair their age.
"You don't have to be alarmed. They're playing with my brother, Lorenz," Daniel laughed. He was away for a while. He misses playing with them." He was now watching the three boys run around with their kites.
"You're one of Micha's friends, correct?" Riza's voice was firm.
"Yes, I am." He replied and then muttered something else Hawkeye didn't catch.
"I beg your pardon?"
"Nothing." He gave her a lope sided grinned, "it's nothing."
Riza smirked and proceeded watching the boys. She couldn't help but smile. These boys were growing closer and closer to her heart every day. She exchanged small talk with the teenage boy who seemed quite the heartthrob. Girls kept approaching him, asking for a picture. Riza would move away and let him have his moment with them before he walks back to her.
"Sorry. I was hoping people wouldn't recognize me today." He scratched the back of his head.
"Why, what are you?" She asked. She felt quite embarrassed that the question sounded so aloof.
He laughed nervously. "Well, it's nothing really. I'm taking a summer job.. Modeling. Leila talked me into it and she said it would keep me entertained for a few hours while getting paid so I thought, why not?"
Riza laughed at the boy. "That's nice. What magazine?" When Daniel mentioned the name, her eyes grew wide with shock. That was the top fashion Magazine in Amestris! "Congratulations."
The boys ran over to them, breathing heavily.
"Dany, dany! Where's Mikey?" asked the little boy with big emerald eyes and brown, messy hair.
When Daniel couldn't answer, Alphonse caught him. "She's busy today, Lorenz," he answered.
"Aww," he pouted. "I thought I could see her today…"
"You can!" Edward exclaimed. "We can swing by the office! Come over for dinner," he invited. "You too, Daniel. I'm sure she's like that very much."
The two brothers gave him smug smiles. That was when Hawkeye realized who Mikey was. She looked at her watch, "Micha's gonna be done in a while, I suppose. Though, why don't you ask your father if it's okay with him first?"
"Father doesn't mind," Al replied. Just tell Daisy that they'll be coming over so she can cook enough food for us. Besides, we haven't seen Lorenz in a year!"
Hawkeye was hesitant, but she yielded to the boys. They were making her softer. Oh no.
"We wouldn't want to intrude…" Daniel said. He was red from the boy's teasing.
"Whatever. You want to come over. Don't deny it," Edward rolled his eyes.
Alphonse took out his phone and called his sister, "Can Daniel and Lorenz come over for dinner? Can they? Can they? Pleaaaaase!" he begged.
There was a few moments of silence on the other end of the line, "sure, Al. No problem. What do they want? I'll call Daisy to make preparations," she replied.
Alphonse covered the receiver, "she's asking what do you guys want."
Daniel started stammering, "n-no. I-it's okay. We'll have whatever you're preparing!" Lorenz and Ed started snickering uncontrollably and Hawkeye found it—admittedly—cute.
"Daniel said he'll have whatever you're preparing," Al answered his sister.
"…Me? So he—he wants me to cook? O-okay. I'll just do some groceries and I'll be right home…"
"Thanks, sis! You're the best!" Al cheered and then ended the call.
The three boys had huge teasing grins on. The way they lifted their eyebrows were far too synchronized. It made Riza laugh and Daniel bury his face in his hands.
(((-)))
Micha immediately picked up her phone, dialed and called home.
"Mustang residence," Philip answered.
"Hello, Philip?"
"Yes, young miss? What is the matter?" He asked.
"Umm, listen. I need you to send Matthew to the grocery. Tell him I'll meet him there. Start shopping for my pasta ingredients and tell Daisy to start on the pot roast she marinated. Aaaand…" Micha's mind was filled with different thoughts. About what to cook, what was needed— she couldn't even remember what she was doing for the past five minutes. She kept saying things that didn't even make sense anymore.
The butler smiled while his mistress kept talking nonsense. "The Fritzer brothers are coming over, aren't they, young miss?"
Micha stopped talking and flushed at the thought of having them at her dinner table. Her face felt hot. "JUST TELL MATTHEW TO MEET ME IN THE MARKET," she blurted before slamming the phone down in shock.
Philip laughed as he gently put the phone back down. He turned around sharply. All the servants were standing in a neat single file facing him. He clapped his hands twice for their attention and they straightened up. "Listen up, we have guests! The Fritzer brother's are coming over for dinner. Code Blue. You all know what that means, now—get to it! Chop chop!"
All the servants saluted and replied, "YES SIR!" they all dispersed. There were preparations to be made.
That ends here for now. ;;) This is like the second chapter I've made in one sitting. I guess I'll be making shorter chapters for now and just upload one chapter for each week or something. So you guys get updated a bit more? I don't know. I personally think it gets draggy if I put like, a shitload of happenings in one chapter. Either that or it gets too darn messy. Idk.
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