Chapter 2

True Reaction

Disclaimer: I don't own FMA and never will, unless I'm dreaming!

First off, I want to say thank you to all who reviewed! And also a special thank you to YAJJ who helped me fix this chapter, by having Ed and Roy have a conversation instead of having Roy just bluntly tell Ed that he is going to adopt him. Also thank you to everyone else for their helpful criticism. Now on to the story!

As soon as Mustang became serious so did Edward. Ed knew right away that Mustang wasn't joking around anymore, so he said, "Fine, what did you want to tell me that made you become so serious all of a sudden?"

"Ok. First off please listen to what I have to say all the way through and answer any questions I have truthfully before you get angry and start yelling," Roy told Edward with a tiny hint of nervousness that quickly disappeared.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Just get on with it," Ed replied impatiently.

"Well, would you ever trust another father figure again?" Roy questioned.

"I doubt that I would ever need another father again anyway, so I guess the answer is no," Ed replied.

"Are you sure you don't need a father anymore? The way I see it, right now you need both a mother and a father, instead of just a father!" Mustang exclaimed.

"Oh, yeah? Care to explain that theory to me?" Ed asked while trying to remain calm.

"Gladly. First off, since Alphonse left for Xing and you decided to stay here in Central, I would think that you would get lonely and bored. Also, you kind of attract a lot of danger all the time, especially when you are alone and bored. And also, you are only seventeen, therefore you aren't even an adult yet, so you have a lot more to learn from adults," Roy reasoned to Ed.

"Yeah, as if I get into danger all the time. You can't be ser-" Ed started to say.

"Uh, do I have to remind you. There was Scar, the Homunculi, Father, and countless other people/things. Anything else you want to say about you and danger?" Roy stated.

"Okay, okay, fine, whatever. You're right. I mean having a father who actually would stay by my side would kind of be nice when I think about it," Ed admitted.

"Well, you know, you kind of have had a father who has stayed by your side for 6 years, and he's still here. Would you mind if I became your father, Edward?" Roy asked.

"What do you mean? Am I understanding this right?" Edward gasped.

"If you mean that I'm going to adopt you, then yeah you did," Roy answered.

"Wait! How do you even have the right to do that? Don't I have a say in anything?" Ed quickly questioned the Fuhrer.

"Actually since you are 17 you still aren't an adult and, since you want to leave the military, you will have no legal guardian and therefore have nowhere to live," Roy calmly replied.

"Well that sucks. And just to let you know, I am not going to settle for this without a fight!" and with that Ed barged out the door and ran away from the Fuhrer's office.

"Damn it! When I find him, I will punish him so much that he will never think of pulling something like that ever again!" Roy roared as he too stormed out of his office, calling Riza by his side and explaining everything that happened to her.

"Sir, I think you should calm down and think with a rational head so that we can find him fast. Then after we find him you can go crazy as much as you want," Riza told Roy as they started their search for Edward.

"Yeah, you're right. But, after all that I helped Ed with, I would think that he looked up to me more instead of brushing off the idea of me being his adoptive father so fast," Roy replied with some sadness in his voice.

"I think you might be surprised at his reaction after we find him," Riza replied knowingly.

"If you say so," Mustang said uncertainly.

Riza and Roy searched for 3 hours looking everywhere they would imagine Ed would go but they still couldn't find him. Roy, not wanting to give up, decided to think very hard as to where Ed might decide to go when troubled, upset, or angry. Then he remembered that Ed once told him that he likes rivers because they soothe him, so he started running to the only river in Central that he could think of with Riza following him.

When he got there, he found Ed sitting by the riverside in deep thought. Roy tapped him on the shoulder and Ed jumped and yelled, "What the hell are you doing here? How did you know where I would be?"

Roy replied by saying, "I remembered when you told me that you like to sit near rivers when you are angry, upset, or troubled because they soothe you."

"You remember that?" was all Ed could say while looking at the Fuhrer with an astonished face.

Mustang just smiled softly and said, "Of course I do. I remember everything that you've ever told me about yourself, that's how much I care."

"Yeah, right, you just wanted to make sure I always was at the top of my game so that you could get more promotions," Ed stated.

"Yes, at first, but later on I looked at you as if you were my son and tried to take care of you as if you were my son. But now that you want to leave the military I have to find another way to take care of you since Al won't be able to keep you out of danger anymore," Mustang replied.

"Ok. Fine, I can see that you aren't lying to me. I will accept you as my adopted father. Anyway, I basically grew up without a father and I would like to see how it is to have one," Ed muttered, embarrassed that he was actually telling Mustang his true feelings.

So that's what Hawkeye meant Mustang thought to himself. Then to Edward he said, cheerily, "Great! Now that that's out of the way, let's go home, to where I live and where you will now live. Then we can start to discuss your punishment for running away before."

"WHAT! I AM 17, YOU FUHRER BASTARD, I DON'T GET PUNISHMENTS!" Ed screamed at the top of his lungs, clearly surprised that Roy was going to punish him.

"Well, since I am your father that means that I decide whether you get a punishment or not and I say you do. Also, calling me Fuhrer Bastard earned you another punishment, so I strongly advise you to call me something else, like Dad," Roy answered happily, with a smirk on his face.

"Fine, I guess I have no choice," Ed said while pouting. But Ed being himself was already planning revenge even though he had no idea what kind of punishment Mustang had in store for him.

Please review! And I hope this chapter was better than my first one. I took in consideration most of the pointers, if not all, that people left me in reviews. Thank you to all who reviewed, and to others who didn't review but read the first chapter if you are out there. Also, please review! No flames please because I am still getting the hang of writing fanfictions!